• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.1206-1211
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• 2006

The effects of taurine supplementation on growth performance, serum and liver concentrations of lipid, fatty acid composition and lipid peroxidation in the livers of broilers under chronic heat exposure conditions were investigated. The chicks with a similar body weight were equally assigned to one of three controlled-environment chambers. The brolier chicks, which were kept at $34^{\circ}C$ were fed either with a control diet or the control diet supplemented with 0.8% taurine, whereas broiler chicks kept at $22^{\circ}C$ were fed a control diet. Both of the BW and BW gains of broilers maintained at a temperature of $34^{\circ}C$ were significantly lower than those of the control group, which was maintained at a temperature of $22^{\circ}C$ (p<0.05). However, taurine addition in the diet of birds submitted to heat stress siginficantly improved BW gain (p<0.05). The feed intake of chicks declined with increases in temperature. The relative liver and gall bladder weights of chicks fed the control diet and maintained at $34^{\circ}C$ were significantly lower than those measured in the control birds (p<0.05). However, dietary taurine was found to compensate for these reductions in liver and gall bladder weights. Relative weights of abdominal fat did not differ significantly among the three groups. Serum triglyceride concentrations were significantly lower in the chicks fed the control diet and maintained at $34^{\circ}C$ compare to those measured in the chicks fed the control diet at $22^{\circ}C$ (p<0.05). Heat stress resulted in a significant reduction in total lipid and triglyceride levels, but also increased the levels of total cholesterol in the liver (p<0.05). However, dietary taurine supplementation under the heat stress condition resulted in the recovery, to control levels, of serum triglyceride concentrations, as well as the amounts of total lipids, triglycerides, and cholesterol in the liver. The livers of chicks fed on taurine diets at $34^{\circ}C$ showed significantly higher proportions of C14:0, C16:1, C18:1, C18:2, and 20:3, and lower C18:0 and C20:4 proportions than those of chicks fed on control diets at the same temperature (p<0.05). The total levels of saturated fatty acids decreased, but monounsaturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acid levels increased in chicks fed the taurine diet, as compared to chicks fed the control diet at $34^{\circ}C$ (p<0.05). Peroxidizability indices were significantly lower in the heat-exposed chicks fed the taurine diet than in the non-taurine heat-exposed groups (p<0.05). In conclusion, dietary taurine results in an increase in the growth performances of chicks under heat stress conditions via improvements in lipid absorption and metabolism, as well as an induced reduction in lipid peroxidation.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2007

목초액 투여가 생체 지질대사에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위하여 조아제약에서 개발하여 특허출원한 목초액에서 조제한 시판 목초액 (원액 35% 상당)을 사용하여 0%, 1.0%, 25.0%, 50.0%, 75.0%가 되도록 조제 (control, PL-1, PL-25, PL-50, PL-75 groups)하여 실험용 조제사료로써 8주 동안 자유 음용시킨 다음, 목초액의 지질대사에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 목초액 투여에 의한 체중변화 및 사료 섭취률에는 유의적인 영향을 주지 못했다. 그렇지만, 혈청 중의 중성지질의 영향은 목초액 PL-25 및 PL-50 투여군은 대조군 대비 20.5% 및 19.5%의 매우 유의적인 억제효과가 인정되었고, 목초액 PL-75 투여군도 대조군 대비 12%의 유의적인 감소효과가 인정되었다. 목초액 PL-25 및 PL-50 투여군의 총콜레스테롤은 대조군 대비 79.3% 및 83.7%로서 20.7% 및 16.3%의 매우 유의적인 총콜레스테롤 억제효과가 인정되었다. 또한 목초액 PL-25 및 PL-50 투여군은 20.3% 및 16.9%의 유의적 LDL-콜레스테롤의 억제효과가 인정되었을 뿐만 아니라 36.4% 및 25.5%의 HDL-콜레스테롤의 증가효과가 인정되었다. 목초액 PL-25 및 PL-50 투여군은 대조군 대비 각각 37.0% 및 50.0%로 매우 유의적인 동맥경화지수 (AI)의 억제효과가 나타났다. 따라서 목초액의 장기간 투여는 중선지질, 총콜레스테롤 및 LDL-콜레스테롤을 효과적으로 억제할 뿐만 HDL-콜레스테롤을 효과적으로 증가시켜 동맥경화지수(AI)도 효과적으로 억제할 수 있기 때문에 목초액의 장기투여는 성인병의 예방에 효과적일 것으로 기대된다.