• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2015

This study was aimed to investigate factors that affected the status of wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) for handling poultry carcasses with potential exposure to virulent avian infectious agents. A large outbreak of high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) occurred in South Korea in 2014. Many public officers participated for euthanizing and handling livestock carcass. However, several safety issues with using PPE were revealed. Therefore, a questionnaire survey was conducted for 340 people who participated euthanasia and carcass disposal in the place where HPAI mainly occurred in 2014. It was found that 31.8% of the respondents had ever taken off their protective equipment during operations because of its inconvenience. The most inconvenient PPE was goggles (54.6%), followed by mask (20.2%), latex gloves (11.6%), shoe covers (5.9%) and protective clothing (5.3%). The main complaints about this individual PPE was unclear sight, damp emitted toward eye, sweating, tearing easily and sweating, respectively. Considering such problems of PPE, new possible directions for improvement of gloves and goggles were suggested. With newly developed rubber coating fabric gloves and conventionally using latex and fabric gloves, H3N2 influenza virus transmission experiment was conducted. Rubber coating fabric gloves showed similar efficiency for blocking virus transmission with latex laboratory gloves and were not easily torn by sharp claws of chicken. In addition, air flow control safety eyewear was suggested to minimize moisture formation. The air flow control system efficiently suppressed moisture formation inside the goggles. Therefore our study will provide more specific directions about new PPE development for safety protection of actual wearers.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2013

Interleukin-18 (IL-18) has been known to induce interferon-${\gamma}$ (IFN-${\gamma}$) production and promote Th1 immunity. Although mammalian IL-18 has been characterized in great detail, the properties and application of chicken IL-18 remain largely uninvestigated as of yet. In this study, we evaluated the immunomodulatory properties of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium expressing chicken interleukin-18 (chIL-18) on immune responses induced by avian influenza (AI) and Newcastle disease (ND) vaccines. After oral administration of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium expressing chIL-18, chickens were vaccinated intramuscularly with the recommended dose of either inactivated AI H9N2 vaccine or ND (B1 strain) vaccine. Chickens receiving a primary vaccination were boosted using the same protocol 7 days later. Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses were evaluated in terms of HI antibody titers and proliferation and mRNA expression of IFN-${\gamma}$ and IL-4 of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in response to specific antigen stimulation. According to our results, oral administration of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium expressing chIL-18 induced enhanced humoral and Th1-biased cell-mediated immunity against AI and ND vaccines, compared to that of chickens received S. enterica serovar Typhimurium harboring empty vector. Therefore, we conclude that our proposed vaccination regimen using inactivated AI and ND viruses along with oral administration of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium expressing chIL-18 may provide a novel approach in protecting chicken from currently circulating AI and ND virus strains.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.229-235
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• 2020

가금산업에서 전염성 질병은 농장의 생산성에 악영향을 미치는 중요한 요인이다. 그 중 저병원성 조류인플루엔자는 산란율과 증체율에 영향을 준다. 본 연구에서는 육계에서 저병원성 조류인플루엔자 감염시 혈청 단백질 및 사이토카인의 변화 양상을 조사하였다. 1일령의 육계를 1주령부터 4주령까지 각 주령마다 저병원성 조류인플루엔자를 공격 접종 후 혈중 chDBP, Chicken Ovotransferrin, chIL-1β, chIL-6, chIFN-γ의 양을 비교하였다. 어린 주령에 저병원성 조류인플루엔자를 공격접종한 그룹에서는 4주령에 음성대조군과 비교해 chIL-1β, chIL-6가 유의성 있는 낮은 값을 보이는 것을 확인하였다. 추가적인 연구를 통하여 chIL-1β, chIL-6가 질병의 경과를 확인할 수 있는 보조적인 감염 지표로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.139-144
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• 1977

복숭아혹진딧물의 생활사를 야외에서 조사한 결과 1. 월동란은 3월하순-4월 상순에 부화하며, 부화율은 $95\%$였다. 2. 5월상, 중순에 겨울숙주로 이동하여 11월 상, 중순 사이에 월동란을 낳았다. 3. 1년간 빠른 개체군은 23세대, 늦은 개체군은 9세대를 영위하였다. 4. 성숙기간은 약 10.8일, 생식기간은 약 15.8일, 수명은 28.5일이었으며 모두 봄, 가을에는 그 기간이고 여름에는 짧은 경향을 나타내었다. 5. 암컷 한 마리당 총산자수는 약 50마리, 최다산자수는 118마리 이었으며, 1일 평균산자수는 3.2마리 이었으며 1일 최다산자수는 13마리었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.595-606
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• 2018

Objective: The Fusarium mycotoxins of deoxynivalenol (DON) and zerolenone (ZEN) cause health hazards for both humans and farm animals. Therefore, the main intention of this study was to reveal DON and ZEN effects on the mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and other immune related genes in the liver of piglets. Methods: In the present study, 15 six-week-old piglets were randomly assigned to the following three different dietary treatments for 4 weeks: control diet, diet containing 8 mg DON/kg feed, and diet containing 0.8 mg ZEN/kg feed. After 4 weeks, liver samples were collected and sequenced using RNA-Seq to investigate the effects of the mycotoxins on genes and gene networks associated with the immune systems of the piglets. Results: Our analysis identified a total of 249 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), which included 99 upregulated and 150 downregulated genes in both the DON and ZEN dietary treatment groups. After biological pathway analysis, the DEGs were determined to be significantly enriched in gene ontology terms associated with many biological pathways, including immune response and cellular and metabolic processes. Consistent with inflammatory stimulation due to the mycotoxin-contaminated diet, the following Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathways, which were related to disease and immune responses, were found to be enriched in the DEGs: allograft rejection pathway, cell adhesion molecules, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), type I diabetes mellitus, human T-cell leukemia lymphoma virus infection, and viral carcinogenesis. Genome-wide expression analysis revealed that DON and ZEN treatments downregulated the expression of the majority of the DEGs that were associated with inflammatory cytokines (interleukin 10 receptor, beta, chemokine [C-X-C motif] ligand 9), proliferation (insulin-like growth factor 1, major facilitator superfamily domain containing 2A, insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2, lipase G, and salt inducible kinase 1), and other immune response networks (paired immunoglobulin-like type 2 receptor beta, Src-like-adaptor-1 [SLA1], SLA3, SLA5, SLA7, claudin 4, nicotinamide N-methyltransferase, thyrotropin-releasing hormone degrading enzyme, ubiquitin D, histone $H_2B$ type 1, and serum amyloid A). Conclusion: In summary, our results demonstrated that high concentrations DON and ZEN disrupt immune-related processes in the liver.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.7-17
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• 1985

Many investigators have been pursuing various attempts so far to produce hepatitis B surface antigen(HBsAg) vaccines using the techniques such as isolation from plasma of chronic HBsAg carrier, recombinant DNA technique or preparation of synthetic peptides specific for immunogenic determinants. Hepatitis B virus can not grow on any cell lines by the tissue culture technique at the present time. The plasma of chronic HBsAg carrier is expensive and its source is limited. The HBsAg from the recombinant DNA technique gave still very low yield. Another approach, therefore, has been initiated to develop a synthetic hepatitis B virus vaccine. The possible use of several distinct synthetic vaccines in prophylaxis can be facilitated by availability of full synthetic immunogens. Peptides synthesized for potential application as antiviral vaccines have been mostly tested in the form of conjugates with carrier proteins, although the free synthetic peptide can be immunogenic. To understand basic knowledges on the antigenicity and immunogenicity of a synthetic peptide specific for major immunogenic determinant of HBsAg, a nonapeptide, $H_2N^{139}Cys-Thr-Lys-Pro-Thr-Asp-Gly-^{146}Asn-Aba$ COOH, which corresponds to HBsAg amino acid residues 139 to 147, was synthesized by the Merrifield's solid-phase method with a slight modification. The antigenicity and immunogenicity of this specific synthetic peptide were examined comparing with purified plasma-derived natural HBsAg. The results obtained are as follows; 1. The peptide synthesized showed the identical amino acid composition to the theoretical value. The degree of purification and molecular weight were acertained by methods of high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. 2. Using m-maleimidobenzoyl-N-hydroxysuccinimide ester as a conjugating agent, the synthetic peptide was conjugated to rabbit albumin and ${\gamma}$-globulin, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, and keyhole limpet hemocyanin. Their conjugation yields were 8.3, 9.5, 15.8, 13.5, and 11.2%, respectively. 3. The natural HBsAg was purified from plasma of chronic HBsAg carrier. By the electron microscopic observation of the purified natural HBsAg preparation, no Dane particles were observed and the preparation showed negative DNA polymerase activity. 4. Antigenicity of the synthetic peptide and the plasma-derived natural HBsAg was determined by competition radioimmunoassay using $^{125}I$-natural HBsAg. Their 50% inhibitions appeared as $90{\mu}g/ml$ and $0.12{\mu}g/ml$ for the synthetic peptide and the natural HBsAg, respectively. This indicates that the former was about 750-fold less antigenic than the latter. 5. Immunogenicity of the synthetic peptide was determined by administering the peptide-carrier conjugates into rabbits with and without Freund's complete adjuvant. Regardless the carrier proteins and adjuvant, positive immune responses to the synthetic peptide were observed. The higher antibody titers, however, were shown in the groups administered with Freund's complete adjuvant. 6. Immunizing dose 50% in mice of the various peptide-carrier conjugates was 5.47, 6.00, 65.16, 31.25 and $13.03{\mu}g/dose$ for rabbit albumin and ${\gamma}$-globulin, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, and keyhole limpet hemocyanin, respectively, while the natural HBsAg showed $0.65{\mu}g/dose$. 7. It was postulated that homologous proteins prefer to heterologous ones as the carriers.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2007

퇴비화 목적은 축분을 오물감과 악취 없이 살균처리 하고, 토양과 작물에 무해한 유기성 자원의 순환이용이다. 퇴비화 호기성 미생물의 이분해성 유기물 (영양원: 탄질비)분해 적정조건은 수분, 공기, 온도, 퇴비화 기간 등이며, 퇴비화 부숙 목적은 이분해성 유기물분해 및 생육저해 물질분해 등에 있다. 부숙도 판정법은 퇴적물의 온도변화(이분해성유기물분해 검사) 및 발아시험(생육저해물질 검사)등이 바람직하다. 본 연구는 퇴비화 온도, 퇴비화 암모니아가스 농도와 악취물질의 탈취처리, 종자 발아율, 퇴비재료 성분 및 EC 농도 등의 퇴비화 부숙도 주요 요인에 대한 3회 반복 실험성과는 다음과 같다. 본 연구결과로서 퇴비화 주발효 및 후숙 6주간 전반기에서 이분해성 유기물 분해와 취기물질 제거에 관련된 퇴비화 온도, 암모니아 농도, 탄질비 및 염류농도, 후반기 후숙 기간에 작물생육저해물질 제거에 연관된 발아율과 탄산가스 발생량 등을 실측조사 분석한 결과는 다음과 같으며, 안정된 숙성 퇴비의 적정 범위를 유지하여 양질 퇴비 생산이 가능하였다. 1. 축사저류조의 돼지배설물의 고액분리 고형분과 착즙액 정화처리 잉여오니 및 톱밥혼합물의 퇴비화 온도가 $55\sim65^{\circ}C$를 2일 이상 유지하여 병원균과 잡초 종자를 사멸하고, 악취가 미미한 44ppm 이하수준의 비교적 낮은 암모니아농도 및 50% 내외의 저수분의 양질 퇴비 생산이 가능하였다. 2. 퇴비화 실험결과는 퇴비화 온도가 $55\sim65^{\circ}C$로서 1주간 이상, 퇴비재료 수분 50%, 종자 발아율 70% 이상 및 EC농도 5ds/m 이하 등의 수준을 유지하고 있어 완숙퇴비 조건을 구비하고 있었다.상관관계가 비교적 높았으나, 음수량과 분 배설량$(R^2=0.2950)$, 사료 섭취량과 뇨 배설량$(R^2=0.1985)$, 산유량과 뇨 배설량$(R^2=0.2335)$의 상관관계는 낮게 나타났다. 6. 따라서 산유량과 음수량, 산유량과 사료 섭취량의 상관관계식은 $Y=0.1919X_1+11.181(R^2=0.7742),\;Y=0.8568X_2+9.3067(R^2=0.7459)$(Y=milk yield $X_1=water$ consumption, $X_2=feed$ intake)로 추정할 수 있다.. 이상(以上)의 결과(結果)로서 통일(統一)벼가 일반품종(一般品種)에 비(比)하여 저장성(貯藏性)이 우수(優秀)함을 인정(認定)할수 있어 장기저장(長期貯藏)을 위(爲)한 미곡(米穀)으로 활용(活用)할 수 있는 가능성(可能性)을 암시(暗示)하고 있다.록 Lact. plantarum ATCC 8014, Lact. fermenti ATCC 9338균주(菌株)의 산생성(酸生成)을 촉진(促進)하는 경향(傾向)을 보였다.V또는 ara-A의 동시첨가는 GCV또는 ara-A를 단독으로 첨가했을 경우보다 단백질의 합성을 더욱 억제하였다. 이상의 실험결과로 보아 GCV와 ara-A의 동시사용은 HSV-1 혹은 ACV저항 DNA polymerase변이주인 $PAA^r5$에 대해서 상승적인 억제작용을 나타냈으며 이 효과는 virus DNA 합성 억제에 의한 것으로 생각된다. ACV저항 thymidine kinase 변이주인 $ACV^r$ 및 $IUdR^r$에