• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제4권
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• pp.102-108
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• 1986

본 시험에서는 저수태우로 판단된 우수한 형질의 젖소를 공란우로 사용하여 과배란처리에 대한 반응 및 수태율에 영향을 주는 계절, 연령, 생식기관내의 이상유무 및 반복사용에 따른 반응을 검토하였던 바 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 이른 봄(2월~4월)이 좋은 수정란 생산에 제일 좋았으며 수태율은 2월에서 7월까지는 좋았으나 그 이후 저하되었다. 2. 공란우 생식관내의 이상이 있는 경우는 과배란처리 반응 및 수태율이 예상대로 정상우보다 나빴다. 3. 8세우가 4세우보다 수태율이 높았고, 과배란처리 반응에서도 8세우가 4세우보다 약간 좋은 결과를 보였다. 4. 과배란처리 횟수가 많을 수록 첫 번째 과배란처리 보다 배란수(32:41) 및 수태율(68.4:85.7%)이 증가되었다.(단 3차반복까지) 5. 6두의 공란우에서 9회의 채란을 하여 좋은 수정란 38개를 생산했고, 이중 33개를 이식하여 25두가 임신되었다. 6. 본 실험에서 저수태우를 수정란 이식을 위한 공란우로 재이용하여 그 경제성을 높일 수 있는 가능성을 확실히 제시하고 있다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.227-237
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• 2021

Artificial insemination of Korean native cattle (KNC) is the predominant method for breed improvement. However, industrialization of embryo production and transfer is necessary to utilize the genetic potential of KNC. The aim of this study was to examine associations between KNC donor cows and ovum pick-up (OPU) conditions, in-vivo oocyte recovery, and embryo development. Oocyte recovery and blastocyst development rates were higher at 50 and 60 mmHg OPU vacuum pressure than at 40 mmHg, which was, however, not significant. Regarding follicle growth, injection of 500 ㎍ GnRH 36 hours before OPU significantly increased the number of OPU oocytes from an average of 4.6 to 7.6 (P<0.05); no significant difference in embryo development rates was observed. Significant differences were observed in the numbers of OPU oocytes, embryo development rates, and transplantable blastocysts per individual among nine KNC donors (P<0.05). Furthermore, although there was no difference in OPU oocyte recovery intervals in approximately 2~8 weeks, the number of recovered oocytes significantly decreased at the 12-week interval (P<0.05); there was no difference in embryo development rates. The number of oocytes and embryonic development rates only tended to decrease until the seventh OPU session, but decreased significantly until the eighth session (P<0.05). The average pregnancy rate after transfer of OPU-derived in-vitro embryos into recipient cows was 41.8%. To improve the efficiency of OPU egg recovery and in-vitro embryo production, considering KNC donor characteristics, vacuum pressure of 60 mmHg, GnRH pretreatment to induce follicle growth, and effective OPU egg recovery up to seven times at intervals of 2~4 weeks appears to be most suitable. This study may facilitate the industrialization of KNC embryo production and transfer using high-quality cows.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.1202-1208
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• 2020

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify a distribution pattern of meat quality grade (MQG) as a function of carcass yield index (CYI) and the gender of Hanwoo (bull, cow, and steer) to determine the optimum point between both yield and quality. We also attempted to identify how pre- and post-deboning variables affect the gender-specific beef quality of Hanwoo. Methods: A total of 31 deboning variables, consisting of 7 pre-deboning and 24 post-deboning variables from bulls (n = 139), cows (n = 69), and steers (n = 153), were obtained from the National Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) in South Korea. The database was reconstructed to be suitable for a statistical significance test between the CYI and the MQG as well as classification of meat quality. Discriminant function analysis was used for classifying MQG using the deboning parameters of Hanwoo by gender. Results: The means of CYI according to 1+, 1, 2, and 3 of MQG were 68.64±2.02, 68.85±1.94, 68.62±5.88, and 70.99±3.32, respectively. High carcass yield correlated with low-quality grade, while high-quality meat most frequently was obtained from steers. The classification ability of pre-deboning parameters was higher than that of post-deboning parameters. Moisture and the shear force were the common significant parameters in all discriminant functions having a classification accuracy of 80.6%, 71%, and 56.9% for the bull, cow, and steer, respectively. Conclusion: This study provides basic information for predicting the meat quality by gender using pre-deboning variables consistent with the actual grading index.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1250-1253
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• 2014

The objective of this study was to estimate the parameters of Gompertz growth curves with the measurements of body conformation, real-time ultrasound longissimus dorsi muscle area (LMA) and backfat thickness (BFT) in Hanwoo cows. The Hanwoo cows (n = 3,373) were born in 97 Hanwoo commercial farms in the 17 cities or counties of Gyeongbuk province, Korea, between 2000 and 2007. A total of 5,504 ultrasound measurements were collected for the cows at the age of 13 to 165 months in 2007 and 2008. Wither height (HW), rump height (HR), the horizontal distance between the top of the hips (WH), and girth of chest (GC) were also measured. Analysis of variance was conducted to investigate variables affecting LMA and BFT. The effect of farm nested in location was included in the statistical model, as well as the effects of HW, HR, WH, and GC as covariates. All of the effects were significant in the analysis of variance for LMA and BFT (p<0.01), except for the HR effect for LMA. The two ultrasound measures and the four body conformation traits were fitted to a Gompertz growth curve function to estimate parameters. Upper asymptotic weights were estimated as $54.0cm^2$, 7.67 mm, 125.6 cm, 126.4 cm, 29.3 cm, and 184.1 cm, for LMA, BFT, HW, HR, WH, and GC, respectively. Results of ultrasound measurements showed that Hanwoo cows had smaller LMA and greater BFT than other western cattle breeds, suggesting that care must be taken to select for thick BFT rather than an increase of only beef yield. More ultrasound records per cow are needed to get accurate estimates of growth curve, which, thus, helps producers select animals with high accuracy.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.187-190
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• 2008

Eosinophilic myositis lesions are characterized by severe eosinophil infiltration along muscles of affected animals. The exact cause of the lesion remains controversial and the carcass is condemned once this lesion is seen during meat inspection. A cow slaughtered in Chonbuk province, Korea was observed to have disseminated pale foci throughout the musculature; meat samples were obtained and macroscopically investigated. Cut ends of neck and thigh muscle tissues showed variably sized, multifocal pale white-grayish nodular lesions. Histopathological examination consistently revealed inflammatory lesions with adjacent infiltration of eosinophilic granulocytes and focal necrotic calcification. However, no parasites, including Sarcocystis sp., could be discerned in the affected carcass. This case was diagnosed as idiopathic eosinophilic myositis in cattle.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.23-27
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• 2013

본 연구는 강원도 영동지방에서 사육중인 1,619두의 암소를 대상으로 암소의 인공수정 실패율에 관한 조사 연구를 실시하였다. 분석에 이용된 1,619두 암소의 평균 인공수정 실패율은 34.36%로 나타났고, 동해시에서 41.46%로 가장 높은 인공수정 실패율을 보여 각 지역별로 인공수정 실패율에 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 산차에 따른 인공수정 실패율에 따르면 1 산차에서 가장 높은 실패율인 49.14%를 나타냈으며, 5 산차에서 가장 낮은 실패비율인 29.91%를 나타내 산차가 증가함에 따라 인공수정 실패율이 낮아지는 경향을 나타냈으나, 6 산차 이상의 경우 실패율이 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 둔근지방 두께(rump fat thickness by ultrasound)에 따른 암소의 인공수정 실패율을 비교하였을 때 둔근지방 두께가 15 mm 초과인 경우 인공수정 실패비율이 33.4%로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 5 mm 초과 10 mm 이하에서 가장 낮은 비율(28.9%)을 보여 둔근지방의 두께와 인공수정 실패 사이에는 밀접한 연관이 있는 것으로 사료된다. 인공수정 실패율이 높은 어미암소가 생산한 자우암소의 인공수정 실패율이 높을 확률은 약 80% 이상으로 나왔으며, 어미암소와 자우암소의 인공수정 실패율은 0.2186의 정의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 암소의 인공수정에 영향을 미치는 요인은 암소의 둔근지방 두께, 산차, 어미암소의 수태율 등으로 분류할 수 있었으며, 한우 번식능력을 평가할 수 있는 기초 자료로써 이용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 더 나아가 강원 영동지방이 아닌 전국에 더 많은 샘플 수집을 통해 분석해야 할 것이며, 번식형질에 관련된 유전자 탐색 및 단일염기다형성분석 또한 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2018

The best way to prevent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) constantly occurring in Korea will be vaccination. In this study, FMD vaccines were given to Korean native cattle (Hanwoo), dairy cattle, and pigs to investigate the antibody positive rate of FMD vaccine by age in year and month. Hanwoo, dairy cattle, and pigs showed antibody positive rates of 99.5%, 97.7%, and 95.9%, respectively. High antibody positive rates more than 95% were found in Hanwoo and dairy cattle. In particular, high antibody positive rates were found in Hanwoo and dairy cattle regardless of age. Pigs showed a relatively low antibody positive rate of 57.6% at 3 months of age and then constantly maintained a high antibody positive rate of above 95.0% after 4 months of age. As a result of this study, high antibody positive rates were found when regular FMD vaccination was given to newborn calves and piglets after FMD vaccination twice to them. Therefore, it is considered the most important to receive vaccination thoroughly according to vaccination plan in order to prevent FMD.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.239-246
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• 1993

한우 및 젖소의 조사료로 다량 사용되고 있는 볏짚의 농약에 의한 오염 여부를 판단하기 위하여 전국에서 21지점을 선정하여 시료를 수집한 후 GLC를 이용한 다중분석법으로 10종의 농약에 대하여 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 검출한계는 butachlor가 0.001ppm, chlorpyrifos는 0.002ppm, BPMC와 pirimiphos-methyl 및 diazinon이 0.003ppm, fenitrothion은 0.004ppm, phenthoate는 0.005ppm, IBP는 0.009ppm, carbofuran은 0.015ppm, carbaryl은 0.03ppm이었다. 2. 회수율은 평균 약 73-101%였으나 carbofuran과 chlorpyrifos에서는 낮았다. 3. 2-chloroacetanilide계 제초제인 butachlor와 carbamate계 살충제인 BPMC, carbaryl, carbofuran은 검출되지 않았다. 4. 유기인계 살충제중 fenitrothion은 시료번호 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 20, 21에서 0.01-0.05ppm 검출되었고, phenthoate는 시료번호 10과 12에서 각각 0.40ppm과 0.17ppm, IBP는 시료번호 7, 12, 16, 17, 20, 21을 제외한 모든 시료에서 0.01-0.2ppm 검출되었으나 chlorpyrifos, diazinon, pirimiphos-methyl은 검출되지 않았다.