• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.139-146
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• 2009

This study tried to develop the system (device) that automatically notify a manager of condition just before and after farrowing to extend ubiquitous-based technology and to increase efficiency of delivery care and productivity by reducing human labor and time on standby when farrowing management is done in the difficult and hard working environment of farrowing such as night or holidays in field sand especially in pig industry. In this test, selected 10 gilts were executed timed artificial insemination and were set up each temperature sensor and load sensor to them 3 days before the estimated farrowing day and were observed the farrowing situation. This study was embodied the NESPOT-based (KT Corporation) monitoring system, the system to transmit data in real time by utilization of wireless LAN and the sensor module to apply the ubiquitous environment to them. And this study was observed the situation to automatically notify situations of 10 gilts that first bore just before and after farrowing. The result obtained the farrowing situations of them in real time by setup of the NESPOT-based monitoring system to check farrowing situation directly is as follow. The average time of the automatic notice about situation just before farrowing by the temperature sensor was 27.5 minutes before the beginning of farrowing (the expulsion time of a piglet). 6 of 8 pregnant gilts that first bore automatically were notified situations just before farrowing and the temperature sensors inserted into 2 ones before farrowing were omitted. (The automatic notice rate 75%) The average time of the automatic notice of situation just after farrowing by the load sensor was taken 46.5 minutes after the beginning of farrowing (the expulsion time of a first piglet). The average gestation period of 8 ones that first bore and were tested by the automatic notice of farrowing situation was 115.6 days. This result found that the automatic farrowing notice system by the temperature sensor is more efficient than the load sensor as the automatic farrowing alarm device and sanitary treatment and improvement of the omission rate were required.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.475-481
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• 2007

본 연구는 약 192일령의 총 40두(암 21, 수 19) 재래돼지의 일반성분 조성을 성별에 따라 비교한 결과 단백질 함량은 차이가 없었으나 지방함량은 암퇘지가 유의적으로 높게 나타난 반면에 수분 및 회분함량은 수퇘지가 더 높은 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 육질특성에서 암퇘지가 수퇘지와 비교하여 보수력이 높고 전단력이 유의적으로 낮은 것으로 분석되었으나(p<0.05) 가열감량은 성별간에 유의적인 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 육색에서는 백색도 및 적색도는 암퇘지와 수퇘지 모두 비슷하였으나 황색도는 암퇘지가 더 높은 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 재래돼지 등심육의 아미노산 조성 및 무기물 조성은 모두 성별 간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 그러나 지방산 조성에서는 암퇘지가 근내지방층에 C16:1n7, C18:1n9 함량이 수퇘지보다 유의적으로 더 많았고, 등지방층에서는 C14:0, C16:0, C20:1n9, C20:5n3이 수퇘지보다 유의적으로 더 많았다(p<0.05). 반면에 수퇘지는 근내지방층에는 C18:0, C18:1n7, C18:2n6, C20:1n9, C20:4n6, C22:4n6이 더 많았고, 등지방층에는 C18:2n6, C22:4n6 함량이 암퇘지보다 유의적으로 많은 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 관능특성에서 암퇘지가 수퇘지와 비교하여 다즙성, 연도, 향미에서 더 우수한 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 결론적으로 본 연구는 재래돼지 성별에 따른 성분조성 및 육질특성을 비교한 것으로 앞으로 재래돼지에 대한 적절한 품질인증기준을 설정하는데 중요한 기초자료로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.1019-1025
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• 2014

This study was conducted to observe the effects of crossbreeding and gender on the carcass traits and meat quality of Korean Native Black Pig (KNP) and $KNP{\times}Duroc$ crossbred ($KNP{\times}D$). A total of 50 pigs comprising seven KNP barrows, eight KNP gilts, twenty $KNP{\times}D$ barrows and fifteen $KNP{\times}D$ gilts were used in this study. Animals were reared in the same housing condition with same feed diet for six months prior to slaughter. After an overnight chilling, the carcasses were graded, and samples of Musculus longissimus dorsi were obtained for meat quality analysis. The slaughter and carcass weights and dressing percentage of $KNP{\times}D$ were higher (p<0.001) than those of KNP. The slaughter and carcass weights and backfat thickness of barrows were higher (p<0.01) than those of gilts. There were no significant difference in carcass conformation and quality grade between KNP and $KNP{\times}D$ as well as barrow and gilt. Fat content of $KNP{\times}D$ was higher (p<0.001) than that of KNP. Fat content of barrow was higher (p<0.001) than that of gilt. There was interaction between crossbreeding and gender on the fat content. KNP gilt showed higher fat content than KNP barrow whereas $KNP{\times}D$ barrow showed higher fat content than $KNP{\times}D$ gilt. Lightness, redness, yellowness, chroma and hue angle values and color preference of meat of $KNP{\times}D$ were lower (p<0.001) than those of KNP. Redness, yellowness and chroma values of meat of barrow were lower (p<0.05) than those of gilt. It is concluded that crossbreeding KNP with Duroc increases carcass productivity and meat fat but decreases meat color values and preference. Crossbreeding of KNP with Duroc produces a better fat deposition in meat of barrows than in gilts.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.74-81
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• 2010

The effects of different levels of natural clay enterosorbent on the growth, nutrient availability, and genital organs of post-weaning female pigs fed with an addition of zearalenone (ZEA) were investigated in the study. A total of thirty-five post-weaning gilts ($L{\times}Y{\times}D$) with an average body weight of 12.36${\pm}$1.46 kg were used in the test. The gilts were raised individually in metabolism cages and fed a corn-soybean meal-whey basal diet with an addition of 0 or 1 mg/kg of ZEA for 24 d with four levels of natural clay enterosorbent added in the feed. The treatments were: i) control; ii) control+2.5 g/kg clay; iii) control+1 mg/kg ZEA; iv) control+1 mg/kg ZEA+1.25 g/kg clay; v) control+1 mg/kg ZEA+2.5 g/kg clay; vi) control+1 mg/kg ZEA+5.0 g/kg clay; vii) control+1 mg/kg ZEA +10 g/kg clay. Pigs fed diets contaminated with additional purified ZEA had significantly reduced apparent digestibility of crude protein (CP), gross energy (GE) and apparent metabolic rate of GE (ME/GE, p<0.05) without changes of net protein utilization (NPU, p>0.05). Final body weight, average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), vulva length, vulva width, vulva area, relative weights of genital organ and proliferative changes of the ovary tissues in gilts fed ZEA-contaminated diet were increased (p<0.05) compared to the gilts fed the control diet. Addition of natural clay enterosorbent in the ZEA-contaminated diet showed a positive protection effect on ZEA feeding, and the protection was increased linearly or quadratically as clay content increased. However, in pigs fed a diet with clay alone at 2.5 g/kg level there was no significant impact (p>0.05) on all the parameters as compared to the control. It is suggested that feeding ZEA at about 1.0 mg/kg for 24 days might result in a deleterious effect in pigs, and addition of 5 or 10 g clay enterosorbent per kg diet can effectively neutralize the detrimental effects of the ZEA feeding.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2003

본 연구는 초임전 임신항원인자로 정소상체제거 및 정관절제 수퇘지를 종부하거나 무정자 정액을 사용하였을 때 미경산돈의 번식향상 효과를 조사하기 위하여 수행하였다. 임신항원인자의 주입에 따른 번식성적을 조사하기 위하여 7∼8개월령의 교잡종 미경산돈을 160두 공시하였다. 시험돈은 4개의 시험군으로 나누었으며, 처리는 A처리구는 정소상체제거 교배, B처리구는 무정자 정액, C 처리구는 정관절제 교배, D처리구는 무처리하여 각구당 40두를 배 치 하여 완전임의배치법으로 하였다. 미경산돈의 초임시 총산자수는 A, B, C 및 D 처리구가 각각 10.05, 10.44, 11.63 및 9.97두로 가장 많은 처리구는 정관절제교배구인 C처리구였다(P<0.05). 비경산돈의 생존산자수는 총산자수와 유사하였다. 특히 C처리구는 10.70두로 9.12 및 9.11 두인 A군과 무처리보다 많았다(P<0.05). 반면 정관절제군과 무정자 처리구간에는 총산자수 및 생존산자수에서 차이가 없었다. 한편 미경돈의 혈중 progesterone 농도는 교배후 6일에서 C처리구가 다른 처리구보다 유의성 있게 높았다. 그러나 8일 이후에는 다른 처 리구보나 낮았다. 한편 혈중 cortisol농도는 처리간에 통계적인 유의성이 없었다. 이상의 시험결과를 볼 때 임신전 정관절제 수퇘지나 무정자정액을 항원으로 주입으로 미경산돈의 산자수 증가에 의한 번식효율을 증진을 확인할 수 있었다. 미경산돈의 산자수 증가를 위한 항원으로 정관절제 수퇘지나 무정자정액을 자궁에 주입하는 방법이 효과가 있다고 할 수 있다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2000

The objective of this study was to compare different superovulation treatments using PMSG or PG600$^{ }$ and to determine the optimal time of oocyte recovery after hCG administration. A total of 90 prepubertal Yorkshire x Landrace gilts crossed with Duroc, 6~7 months old and 100~120 kg of body weight, were used. PMSG (1,500 IU/head) or 5~7.5 ml of PG600$^{ }$(400 IU of PMSG and 200 IU of hCG) were administrated subcutaneously, and then 1,000 IU of hCG were administered intramuscularly at 72 hours after PMSG or PG600$^{ }$ injection. At carious time of 44, 46, 48 and 50 hours after hCG injection, superovulated gilts were slaughtered in a local abattoir. Ovaries together with oviducts were excised from the body immediately after slaughtered and transported to laboratory in 39$^{\circ}C$ saline. Ovaries were examined fur the number of corpus hemorrhagicum and unovulated follicles present in the surface of ovary. The unovulated follicles were categorized into small (1~3 mm in diameter) and large (4~8 mm) groups according to their diameter. Oocytes were recovered by flushing both oviducts with micropipette tip (1~100 $\mu$l) attached to a 10-ml disposable syringe. The number of CH on ovary and recovered oocytes at 46, 48 and 50 hr after hCG injection in PG600$^{ }$ treated groups were significantly higher than the other group. Group of phCG 50 hr among PMSG treated groups had a greater number of CH and recovered oocytes(P<0.05). The number of CH on ovary and recovered oocytes at 50 hr after hCG injection in 1$\frac{1}{2}$ vial(7.5 ml) of PG600$^{ }$ treated groups was significantly higher than 1 vial(5 ml) of PG600$^{ }$ treated group(P<0.05). In conclusions, considering a number of corpus hemorrhagicum and recovered oocytes after superovulation in gilts, effective time of oocyte recovery by treatment with PMSG and hCG was post-hCG 50 hr and with PG600$^{ }$ plus hCG was post-hCG 46, 48 and 50 hr. Also, admini-stration of 1$\frac{1}{2}$ vial(7.5 ml) of PG600$^{ }$ treated group had a great number of CH and recovered oocytes.covered oocytes.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2012

Calcium ions play an important role in the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, but molecular and cellular regulatory mechanisms of calcium ion action in the uterine endometrium are not fully understood in pigs. Previously, we have shown that calcium regulatory molecules, transient receptor potential vanilloid type 5 (TRPV6) and calbindin-D9k (S100G), are expressed in the uterine endometrium during the estrous cycle and pregnancy in a pregnancy status- and stage-specific manner, and that estrogen of conceptus origin increases endometrial TRPV6 expression. However, regulation of S100G expression in the uterine endometrium and conceptus expression of S100G has been not determined during early pregnancy. Thus, we investigated regulation of S100G expression by estrogen and interleukin-$1{\beta}$ (IL1B) in the uterine endometrium and conceptus expression of S100G during early pregnancy in pigs. We obtained uterine endometrial tissues from day (D) 12 of the estrous cycle and treated with combinations of steroid hormones, estradiol-$17{\beta}$ ($E_2$) and progesterone ($P_4$), and increasing doses of IL1B. Real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that $E_2$ and IL1B increased S100G mRNA levels in the uterine endometrium, and conceptuses expressed S100G mRNA during early pregnancy, as determined by RT-PCR analysis. To determine if endometrial expression of S100G mRNA during the implantation period was affected by the somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) procedure, we compared S100G mRNA levels in the uterine endometrium from gilts with SCNT-derived conceptuses with those from gilts with conceptuses derived from natural mating on D12 of pregnancy. Real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that levels of S100G mRNA in the uterine endometrium from gilts carrying SCNT-derived conceptuses was significantly lower than those from gilts carrying conceptuses derived from natural mating. These results showed that S100G expression in the uterine endometrium was regulated by estrogen and IL1B of conceptus origin, and affected by the SCNT procedure during early pregnancy. These suggest that conceptus signals regulate S100G, an intracellular calcium transport protein, for the establishment of pregnancy in pigs.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.662-670
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• 2015

The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of feeding barley naturally contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins on growth performance, vulva swelling, and digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, and crude protein of gilts and the recovery of gilts fed normal diets immediately after the exposure to contaminated diets by measuring growth performance and vulva swelling. In Exp. 1, four diets were prepared to contain 0%, 15%, 30%, or 45% contaminated barley containing 25.7 mg/kg deoxynivalenol and $26.0{\mu}g/kg$ zearalenone. Sixteen gilts with an initial body weight (BW) of 33.3 kg (standard deviation = 3.0) were individually housed in a metabolism crate and assigned to 4 diets with 4 replicates in a randomized complete block design based on BW. During the 14-d feeding trial, individual BW and feed consumption were measured weekly and the vertical and horizontal lengths of vulva were measured every 3 d. From d 10, feces were collected by the maker-to-marker method for 4 d. Blood samples were collected on d 14. During the overall period, the average daily gain, average daily feed intake, and gain:feed of pigs linearly decreased (p<0.01) as the dietary concentration of contaminated barley increased. However, the digestibility of crude protein was linearly increased (p = 0.011) with the increasing amounts of contaminated barley. Increasing dietary Fusarium mycotoxin concentrations did not influence vulva size, blood characteristic as well as immunoglobulin level of pigs. In the Exp. 2, a corn-soybean meal-based diet was formulated as a recovery diet. Pigs were fed the recovery diet immediately after completion of the Exp. 1. During the 14-d of recovery period, the individual BW and feed consumption were measured weekly and the vertical and horizontal length of vulva were measured every 3 d from d 0. On d 7, the feed intake of pigs previously fed contaminated diets already reached that of pigs fed a diet with 0% contaminated barley and no significant difference in growth performance among treatments was observed during d 7 to 14 of the recovery period. In conclusion, increasing levels of mycotoxins in diets linearly decreased the growth performance of pigs, and these damages can be recovered in 7 d after the diet was replaced with a normal diet. The vulva size, blood characteristic, immune responses were not affected by increasing level of contaminated barley in the diets fed to pigs.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.544-553
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• 2018

This study was conducted to determine the effects of breed and sex on meat quality and sensory properties of the loin in three-way crossbred pigs: $Landrace{\times}Yorkshire{\times}Duroc$ (LYD) and $Landrace{\times}Yorkshire{\times}Woori$ (LYW) black pig synthesized by Korean native breed. Carcass traits did not differ by breed. Carcass weight and backfat thickness were higher in castrates than in gilts (p<0.01). LYW showed significant high values in fat content, cooking loss, and water-holding capacity (WHC) than LYD (p<0.05). Redness and yellowness of the meat were higher in LYW than in LYD (p<0.01). Further, LYW had lower pH and shear force than LYD (p<0.001). Significant high scores in color and flavor were obtained in LYW or gilts compared to LYD or castrates by sensory panel, respectively (p<0.05). However, other sensory traits did not differ by breed or sex. Capric acid (C10:0) was higher in LYD than LYW (p<0.001). However, stearic acid (C18:0) and saturated fatty acid (SFA) contents were higher in LYW than LYD (p<0.05). Eicosenoic acid (C20:2) and the n6/n3 ratio were higher in gilts than in castrates, whereas SFA content was higher in castrates than in gilts. These results suggest that certain physicochemical qualities of meat and sensory properties are improved in LYW compared to LYD. This study could provide basic data on meat quality of crossbred pigs with Woori black pig as a terminal sire.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.523-530
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• 2007

본 연구는 총 127두(암퇘지 30두, 수퇘지 97두) 재래돼지의 출하체중별 도체특성, 부분육 생산율 및 육질특성을 조사하였다. 본 연구에 이용된 재래돼지의 평균 출하체중, 도체율 및 거래정육율은 수컷이 각각 74.69kg, 71.14% 및 61.09%이었고 암컷은 75.5kg, 73.88% 및 56.25 %이었다. 결과적으로 암퇘지가 수퇘지에 비하여 생체중 및 도체율이 약간 높게 나타난 반면에 거래정육율은 수퇘지가 암퇘지와 비교하여 약간 높은 경향을 나타냈으나 성별 그룹간에 유의적인 차이는 없는 것으로 나타났다(p>0.05). 재래돼지의 일반성분 특성에서 암퇘지 그룹이 수퇘지 그룹보다 높은 지방 함량을 보였으며, 수퇘지에서는 출하체중에 관계없이 지방 함량이 낮은 경향을 나타냈다. 또한 단백질 함량은 출하체중이 증가할수록 암퇘지 및 수퇘지 모두 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 근내지방 함량이 높은 암퇘지의 경우 동일한 체중그룹에 속하는 수퇘지와 비교하여 전단력이 낮고 보수력이 높은 경향으로 나타났다. 육색에서 암퇘지가 수퇘지와 비교하여 전반적으로 L값(명도), a값(적색도), 및 b값(황색도)이 모두 높은 경향을 나타냈으나 유의적인 차이는 황색도에서만 암퇘지가 더 높은 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 따라서 본 연구결과는 재래돼지의 출하체중과 성별에 따른 적절한 품질인증기준을 설정하는데 중요한 자료로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.