• 대한수의학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.161-165
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• 2008

Many neurotoxigenic clostridia are found in soil. Among animals, birds are especially susceptible to botulism, perhaps because they feed on insects, invertebrate carcasses, and decayed feeds contaminated with spores of Clostridium (C.) botulinum. C. botulinum type C is mainly involved in avian botulism. In the summer of 2005, death of a mute swan (cygnus olor) living in the pond of large bird cage was found in Seoul Grand Park Zoo. The birds presented presumptive clinical signs of botulism, such as ruffled hackle feathers, abnormal posture of the head, weakness, and flaccid paralysis. At that time, pond water in the breeding facilities was drained for 7 days, but there were still remained water containing sediment of feed and feces. Therefore, botulism was suspected and an experimentation were made to detect C. botulinum in the dead mute swan. Gross post-mortem findings of a mute swan showed jelly-like hemorrhagic contents in the intestine, sands and vegetations in the stomach. C. botulinum was isolated from the liver, small intestine and large intestine samples. Botulism was also confirmed by mouse inoculation test with the organ samples. With PCR, a gene encoding C. botulinum type C toxin was detected for the several organs of the mute swan died. These results suggested that death of mute swan was caused by C. botulinum type C.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.299-303
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• 2021

The ascidian Halocynthia aurantium (sea peach), a marine invertebrate, belongs to the same genus of the phylum Chordata along with the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi (sea pineapple), which is one of the model animals in the field of developmental biology. The characteristics of development and reproduction of H. aurantium are not yet known in detail. In order to find out the spawning period of H. aurantium, we investigated development of the gonads during the annual reproductive cycle. Testis and ovary were both in the bisexual gonads (ovotestes) of H. aurantium, which is a hermaphrodite like H. roretzi. In H. aurantium, the right gonad was longer and slightly larger than the left gonad throughout the year. In each gonad, the number of the testis gonoducts was slightly higher than that of the ovary gonoducts. These features were similarly observed in H. roretzi. However, the number of the testis gonoducts and the ovary gonoducts in each gonad of H. aurantium was about half that of H. roretzi. The gonads of H. aurantium contracted during the winter and summer seasons. The gonads decreased to the smallest size around February, and then started to increase again in March. The gonads were most developed in September of the year. Therefore, it is estimated that the spawning of H. aurantium begins around this period.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.153-165
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• 2012

이 연구에서는 중학생(N=300)을 대상으로 질문지와 면담을 통해 주요 동물의 분류에 관한 오류와 그 이유가 되는 사고 내용을 조사하였다. 연구결과, 척추동물과 무척추동물로 분류하는데 있어서 뱀(31.7%), 새우(28.3%), 거북이(25.6%), 개구리(24.7%), 불가사리(10.7%) 등의 순서로 오류의 빈도가 높았다. 이러한 오류의 이유는 각 동물의 운동 특성과 외형적 특성에 따른 직관적 사고, 다른 동물의 특성에 비유하여 잘못된 유추를 하는 것, 각 동물의 척추 관찰 부족 때문인 것으로 나타났다. 또한 척추동물의 하위분류군을 구분함에 있어서 '도롱뇽은 파충류(45.3%), 거북이는 양서류(40.3%)'로 대안개념을 갖는 오류가 높게 나타났다. 그 이유는 분류 용어의 모호함으로 인한 혼동과 각 동물의 생리 생태적 특성을 분류 기준의 특성에 연계시키지 못하는 것에 있었다. 박쥐, 고래, 펭귄의 분류에서는 사회 문화적 요인이 오류의 빈도에 영향을 주었다. 동물 분류의 교수 학습이 암기 위주의 주입식보다는 관찰을 통한 분류 기준의 특성을 탐색하는 활동의 지도가 필요하다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2016

Echinostomes are intestinal trematodes that infect a wide range of vertebrate hosts, including humans, in their adult stage and also parasitize numerous invertebrate and cold-blooded vertebrate hosts in their larval stages. The purpose of this study was to compare Echinostoma malayanum parasite growth, including worm recovery, body size of adult worms, eggs per worm, eggs per gram of feces, and pathological changes in the small intestine of experimental animals. In this study, 6-8-week-old male hamsters, rats, mice, and gerbils were infected with echinostome metacercariae and then sacrificed at day 60 post-infection. The small intestine and feces of each infected animal were collected and then processed for analysis. The results showed that worm recovery, eggs per worm, and eggs per gram of feces from all infected hamsters were higher compared with infected rats and mice. However, in infected gerbils, no parasites were observed in the small intestine, and there were no parasite eggs in the feces. The volume of eggs per gram of feces and eggs per worm were related to parasite size. The results of histopathological changes in the small intestine of infected groups showed abnormal villi and goblet cells, as evidenced by short villi and an increase in the number and size of goblet cells compared with the normal control group.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.459-473
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• 2014

The recent mass appearances of jellyfish in Korea have caused economic and social damage, as they plague swimmers and fishermen. However, jellyfish have high economic and nutritional value, and contain low levels of calories and hydrolysates. Thus, jellyfish are a natural, healthy food that can improve high blood pressure, bronchitis, and a multitude of other diseases. Here, we present research on the ecology, classification, bloom, damage caused, food component characterization, and tissues of jellyfish, with the aim of facilitating further study. Research on use of jellyfish as salted products, and for collagen and qniumucin would also be valuable. A jellyfish body is classified into three parts: the body, termed the umbrella; the oral arm; and the tentacle. Jellyfish are planktonic marine members of a group of invertebrate animals comprising the classes Schypozoa (phylum Cnidaria) and Cuboza. In Korea in 2012, jellyfish damage resulted in decreases of annual catch and commercial value estimated at 177 and 141 billion won, respectively. Because concentrations of heavy metals are below the safety limits for seafood, dried jellyfish appear to be safe raw materials for food. The proximate compositions of Nemopilema nomurai and Aurelia aurita were 97.1% and 96.5% moisture, 0.9% and 1.2% crude proteins, undetected and 0.1% crude lipids, and 1.7% and 1.8% ash, respectively. According to their total contents of essential, total, and non-essential amino acids, jellyfish gonads were deemed good-quality protein. Because the major functional components of jellyfish are collagen and qniumucin, jellyfish can be used salted, or these components of healthy diets can be extracted from them. For more effective use of jellyfish, unit costs should be decreased and safety guaranteed. Additionally, dehydrators attached to conveyor belts should be developed. Since jellyfish can be used throughout the year, they should be listed in the Korean Food Standards Codex as a food source.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.146-156
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• 2000

황해 대청도 옥죽포의 모래갯벌에 서식하는 대형저서동물의 대상분포 양상을 파악하기 위해 1998년 6월 24일에 1개의 조사지선을 설정하여 10개의 정점에서 조사를 실시하였다. 퇴적물의 평균 입도 범위는 1.97${\sim}$2.23${\phi}$였으며, 유기물 함량은 0.52${\sim}$1.02% 사이의 값을 나타내었다. 조사 결과 총 25종의 저서동물이 채집되었으며, 채집된 저서동물의 총 개체수와 생체량은 각각 10,705개체, 89.13 gWWt였다. 본 연구 지역에서 가장 우점한 분류군은 미소갑각류에 속하는 단각류와 등각류였으며, 주요 우점종으로 Eohaustorius setulosus(33%), Excirolana chiltoni(26%), Haustorioides koreanus(12%), Platorchestia crassicornis(8%), Cycladicama cumingii(6%) 등이 출현하였다. 이들 주요 우점종들의 대상분포 양상은 Dahl(1952)과 Jo(1990)의 연구 결과와 매우 유사하였으며 다음과 같이 3층의 대상분포 양상이 뚜렷하게 나타났다: (1) 상부의 Platorchestia crassicornis, (2) 중부의 Excirolana chiltoni, (3) 하부의 haustoriid - dogielinotid - urothoid - oedicerotid로 구성되는 단각류 군집.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2004년도 International Conference Global Environmental Problems and their Health Consequences
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• pp.173-177
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• 2004

The acute toxicities of two major anti-pathogenic veterinary medicines, i.e., ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin, and six benzimidazole anthelmintics, i.e., albendazole, thiabendazole, flubendazole, febantel, fenbendazole, and oxfendazole, were evaluated with a marine bacterium, Vibrio fischeri, and invertebrate Daphnia magna. These veterinary medical products have been widely used for farm animals, but their impact on aquatic fauna has seldom been investigated. In general, daphnids responded as much as 3 orders of magnitude more sensitively to the tested pharmaceuticals than the microbes. For Daphnia, the most toxic product among the tested anthelmintics was fenbendazole, followed by flubendazole > albendazole ${\approx}$ febantel > thiabendazole > oxfendazole. Daphnids' EC50 values obtained from 48 to 96 hrs of fenbendazole exposure ranged from 2.7 to 6.3 ug/L. The mixture toxicity of the test pharmaceuticals was generally additive in nature and was well predicted by a concentration addition model. Using the predicted no effect concentrations (PNECs) of the benzimidazole derivatives estimated from this study, and predicted environmental concentrations (PECs) of these pharmaceuticals, the risk quotients of each anthelmintics were calculated. Most of the test anthelmintic compounds resulted in risk quotients greater than 1. Especially, risk quotient for fenbendazole was 2,791, which strongly indicates this compound might cause severe ecological consequences, should no future action be taken. This study is the first report on the aquatic toxicities and potential ecological risk of major anthelmintic and antimicrobial veterinary products in Korea. The result of this study provides information necessary for conducting more detailed ecological risk assessment of pharmaceutical products in ambient water and guiding proper management decision.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.435-446
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• 1998

It is suggested that Urechis unicinctus is a filler feeder as like many tide and watery invertebrates which filtrate food materials by ciliary movement. However, the structure of the filter is not yet known in U. unicinctus, nor the filtering mechanism is not well understood. This study reveals ciliated epithelial cells in the foregut and the features of the cilia are good accord with that of known filtrating apparatus of other tide animals. This may implies that the foregut is in function of filtration and the food materials are filtrated by the ciliary movement. With the observation of the filtrating apparatus in the foregut, the intestine of U. unicinctus can be functionally compartmented into 3 parts. These are already known midgut and hindgut in function of digestion and respiration respectively, and the foregut in function of filtrating apparatus for foods. The filtrating apparatus of U. unicinctus is composed of the pseudostratified columnar epithelial cells with numerous cilia. The cilia are well differentiated kinocilia with the typical microtubule pattern, kinetosome and cilia roots. There are two kinds of striated cilia roots, the main root and the accessory root. The main root is extended perpendicularly from the cell surface to basement membrane and the short accessory root is branched with an acute angle of about $80^{\circ}$ from the main root at level of basal plate of the kinetosome. The spacial approaches of the main root with the large fused form of mitochondria is one of the characteristic features which might be in structural consideration an intimate association between energy source and energy mass consuming cell organelles.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권2_spc호
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• pp.317-331
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• 2022

The aim of the present investigation is to determine the nutritional composition of various insects and their potential uses as alternative protein sources in animal diets. The feeding industry requires production systems that use accessible resources, such as feed resources, and concentrates on the potential impacts on production yield and nutritional quality. Invertebrate insects, such as black soldier flies, grasshoppers, mealworms, housefly larvae, and crickets, have been used as human food and as feed for nonruminants and aqua culture while for ruminants their use has been limited. Insects can be mass-produced, participating in a circular economy that minimizes or eliminates food- and feed-waste through bioconversion. Although the model for formula-scale production of insects as feed for domestic animals has been explored for a number of years, significant production and transformation to being a conventional protein resource remains to be deeply investigated. This review will focus on the nutritional composition of various insects and their potential use as alternative protein sources, as well as their potential use to promote and support sustainable animal production. Furthermore, nutritional compositions, such as high protein, lauric acid omega 6, and omega 3, and bioactive compounds, such as chitin, are of great potential use for animal feeding.

• 환경생물
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.159-169
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• 2008

아라비안 원유 86,886.2톤 이상을 선적한 유조선 Sea Prince호는 태풍 페이를 피하다가 1995년 7월 23일 소리도 인근 해안에 좌초되었다. 이후 4,155.3톤의 원유와 979.9톤의 엔진오일 (벙크C, 벙크A)이 유출되었으며, 유출유는 주로 북동방향으로 확산되어 소리도와 남해도를 중심으로 수백킬로미터의 해안이 기름으로 뒤덮였다. 본 연구는 Sea Prince 유류 유출 사고 2년 후, 유류의 영향이 가장 심각했던 지역부터 영향을 받지 않은 지역까지 유류 확산 경로를 따라 조간대 대형저서동물군집에의 영향을 알아보기 위하여 수행되었다. 현장 조사는 사고 2.5년 후인 1998년 2월부터 11월까지 계절별로 Sea Prince 유출유가 뒤덮인 연안을 대상으로 7개 지역의 암반조간대를 선정하여 실시하였다. 조사기간 중 11개 동물문이 채집되었으나, 이중 해조 덤불속에서 채집된 단각류와 등각류 등의 일부 종은 미동정되었다. 동정된 종은 총 5문 9강 65과에 속하는 158종이다. 연체동물이 100종(63.3%)으로 가장 많은 종 수가 채집되었고, 다음은 갑각류 38종(24.1%), 극피동물 12종(7.6%), 해면동물 5종(3.2%), 자포동물 3종(1.9%)이 채집되었다. 소리도 덕포(Sea Prince 좌초 지역)에서 계절에 따라 28$\sim$35종으로 가장 출현종수가 적었다. 출현종수는 덕포에서 가막만쪽으로 가면서 증가하였으며, 소횡간도에서 가장 많았다. 특히 소리도 덕포에서는 다른 지역에 비해 해면동물이나 자포동물과 같은 부착동물의 종 수가 매우 적었다. 상부조간대의 서식밀도와 생물량은 유류 영향이 적은 지역으로 갈수록 증가하였으나, 중부조간대의 생물량은 오히려 감소하였다. 조사지역의 무척추동물 생물량은 부착동물의 양에 좌우되었다. 최우점종은 조무래기따개비 (Chthmallus challengeri), 총알고등(Littorina brecicula), 담치류이었다. 상부조간대의 조무래기따개비와 총알고등의 생물량은 소리도의 좌초지역에서 가장 높았으며, 이 곳에서 멀어질수록 감소하였다. 반면에 중부조간대의 담치류는 반대의 경향을 보였는데, 이는 소리도 좌초지역에서 담치류의 개체크기가 다른 지역에 비해 크기 때문이다. 군집분석 결과로는 유류의 영향이 뚜렷이 나타나지 않았다. 생태지수와 집괴분석 결과 조고에 따라서는 뚜렷한 차이를 보이는 반면에 유류 경로에 따라서는 의미있는 결과를 보이지 않았다. 이는 Sea Prince사고 이후 유류확산 지역에서 군집 수준에서는 어느 정도 회복되었음을 의미하는 것으로 보인다. 그러나 우점 부착동물의 개체군이나 개체 수준에서는 유류 사고 이후 회복에 더 많은 시간이 걸림을 보여준다고 할 수 있다.