• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.2010-2018
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• 2017

Mixotrophic microalgal growth gives a great premise for wastewater treatment based on photoautotrophic nutrient utilization and heterotrophic organic removal while producing renewable biomass. There remains a need for a control strategy to enrich them in a photobioreactor. This study performed a series of batch experiments using a mixotroph, Chlorella sorokiniana, to characterize optimal guidelines of mixotrophic growth based on a statistical design of the experiment. Using a central composite design, this study evaluated how temperature and light irradiance are associated with $CO_2$ capture and organic carbon respiration through biomass production and ammonia removal kinetics. By conducting regressions on the experimental data, response surfaces were created to suggest proper ranges of temperature and light irradiance that mixotrophs can beneficially use as two types of energy sources. The results identified that efficient mixotrophic metabolism of Chlorella sorokiniana for organics and inorganics occurs at the temperature of $30-40^{\circ}C$ and diurnal light condition of $150-200{\mu}mol\;E{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$. The optimal specific growth rate and ammonia removal rate were recorded as 0.51/d and 0.56/h on average, respectively, and the confirmation test verified that the organic removal rate was $105mg\;COD{\cdot}l^{-1}{\cdot}d^{-1}$. These results support the development of a viable option for sustainable treatment and effluent quality management of problematic livestock wastewater.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.137-142
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• 2008

This study was conducted to evaluate the humification grade of compost, based on physico-chemical property and phyto-toxicity during the composting with three kinds of livestock manures and saw dust. The ratios of the compost, which was mixed with pig manure(P) and sawdust(S) were 4 : 6(PS-1), 5 : 5(PS-2) and 6 : 4(PS-3); poultry manure(PO) and sawdust(S) were 4 : 6(POS-1), 5 : 5(POS-2) and 6 : 4(POS-3); cow manure(C) and sawdust(S) were 4 : 6(CS-1), 5 : 5(CS-2) and 6 : 4(CS-3) by volume to volume, and they were decomposed for 60 days. In the result, the temperature in all treatments during composting rapidly increased above $65.4^{\circ}C$, and then gradually decreased to around $40^{\circ}C$. At 60 day, after the treatment, pH 5.9 ~ 8.0 at the incipient stage increased to 7.6 ~ 8.5, and the C/N ratio was 13.8 ~ 21.1 at the final composting stage. Germination Index(G.I.) showed in the range of 75.1 ~ 94.6 in all treatments at day 60. Therefore, it is likely recommended to take the best humification grade when the temperature maintains above $65^{\circ}C$ longer than a day at minimum, in the range of pH 6.5 ~ 8.5 for the final compost, under 20 of C/N ratio, and G.I. above 80. The level of G.I. above 80 should be the mature compost which could be used in the field without gas demage to crops.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.433-442
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• 2013

This study aimed to compare the dynamics of air temperature and velocity under two different ventilation and housing systems during summer and winter in Korea. The $NH_3$ concentration of both housing systems was also investigated in relation to the pig's growth. The ventilation systems used were; negative pressure type for the enclosed pig house (EPH) and natural airflow for the conventional pig house (CPH). Against a highly fluctuating outdoor temperature, the EPH was able to maintain a stable temperature at 24.8 to $29.1^{\circ}C$ during summer and 17.9 to $23.1^{\circ}C$ during winter whilst the CPH had a wider temperature variance during summer at 24.7 to $32.3^{\circ}C$. However, the temperature fluctuation of the CPH during winter was almost the same with that of EPH at 14.5 to $18.2^{\circ}C$. The NH3 levels in the CPH ranged from 9.31 to 16.9 mg/L during summer and 5.1 to 19.7 mg/L during winter whilst that of the EPH pig house was 7.9 to 16.1 mg/L and 3.7 to 9.6 mg/L during summer and winter, respectively. These values were less than the critical ammonia level for pigs with the EPH maintaining a lower level than the CPH in both winter and summer. The air velocity at pig nose level in the EPH during summer was 0.23 m/s, enough to provide comfort because of the unique design of the inlet feature. However, no air movement was observed in almost all the lower portions of the CPH during winter because of the absence of an inlet feature. There was a significant improvement in weight gain and feed intake of pigs reared in the EPH compared to the CPH (p<0.05). These findings proved that despite the difference in the housing systems, a stable indoor temperature was necessary to minimize the impact of an avoidable and highly fluctuating outdoor temperature. The EPH consistently maintained an effective indoor airspeed irrespective of season; however the CPH had defective and stagnant air at pig nose level during winter. Characteristics of airflow direction and pattern were consistent relative to housing system during both summer and winter but not of airspeed. The ideal air velocity measurement favored the EPH and therefore can be appropriate for the Korean environment. Further emphasis on its cost effectiveness will be the subject of future investigations.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권4_spc호
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• pp.730-741
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• 2024

Pig production is one of the viable enterprises of the livestock sub-sector of agriculture. It contributes significantly to the economy and animal protein supply to enhance food security in Africa and globally. This article explored the present status of pig production in Africa, the challenges, prospects and potentials. The pig population of Africa represents 4.6% of the global pig population. They are widely distributed across Africa except in Northern Africa where pig production is not popular due to religio-cultural reasons. They are mostly reared in rural parts of Africa by smallholder farmers, informing why majority of the pig population in most parts of Africa are indigenous breeds and their crosses. Pig plays important roles in the sustenance of livelihood in the rural communities and have cultural and social significance. The pig production system in Africa is predominantly traditional, but rapidly growing and transforming into the modern system. The annual pork production in Africa has grown from less than a million tonnes in year 2000 to over 2 million tonnes in 2021. Incidence of disease outbreak, especially African swine fever is one of the main constraints affecting pig production in Africa. Others are lack of skills and technical know-how, high ambient temperature, limited access to high-quality breeds, high cost of feed ingredients and veterinary inputs, unfriendly government policies, religious and cultural bias, inadequate processing facilities as well as under-developed value-chain. The projected human population of 2.5 billion in Africa by 2050, increasing urbanization and decreasing farming population are pointers to the need for increased food production. The production systems of pigs in Africa requires developmental research, improvements in housing, feed production and manufacturing, animal health, processing, capacity building and pig friendly policies for improved productivity and facilitation of export.

• 실내환경 및 냄새 학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.187-198
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• 2017

It is very important to treat infected livestock carcasses safely and quickly. In this study, the degradation characteristics and odor generation characteristics of carcasses were investigated during the treatment of swine carcasses using the anaerobic burial composting method. While the carcasses were decomposed, the temperature remained high, at $40{\sim}55^{\circ}C$ on average, and most of the carcasses were decomposed rapidly. The major odor-contributing substances in the buried composting method are sulfuric odor substances such as $H_2S$, $CH_3SH$, dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), and the odor contribution of these substances is 93~99%. Among them, $CH_3SH$, which accounts for about 56~89% of odor contribution, was the most representative indicator substance. Despite the anaerobic digestion process, the methane concentration in the digestion process was as low as 0.5~0.8% at the burial point of the carcass. The odor and methane produced during the decomposition of the carcasses decreased considerably during the discharge to the surface layer through the buried layer consisting of compost. These results suggest that anaerobic high temperature burial composting is one of the most useful methods to treat carcasses of infected livestock.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2003

축산업은 수질이나 토양오염 그리고 대기오염에 미칠 수 있는 영향으로 인해 관심의 대상이 되는 산업에 포함되어 있다. 가축분뇨가 환경오염원이 될 수 있는 것은 사실이다. 이러한 가축분뇨를 처리할 수 있는 최상의 방법은 가축분뇨를 적절한 방법으로 퇴비화 하여 유기성 비료로서 재활용하는 것이다. 따라서 본 연구는 몇가지 방법의 퇴비화 조건에서 가축분뇨의 퇴비화 특성을 조사하기 위하여 실시되었다. 각기 다른 정도의 공기를 함유하는 퇴비단들의 물리화학적 특성을 퇴비화 전기간에 걸쳐 조사하였다. 본 실험에서는 돼지분뇨를 톱밥과 혼합하여 110L 크기를 가진 실험실 규모의 플라스틱 재질의 용기들과 목재로 된 $1.5m^3$ 크기의 소형 사각용기에 충진한 후 60일 동안의 퇴비화를 수행하였다. 시험 전 기간 동안 공기펌프로 퇴비단에 공기를 공급하였고 주입 공기량은 유입부에 설치된 밸브로 조절하였다. 공기주입량은 각 용기들에 따라 20, 50, 100, 150, $200L/m^3/mim$ 수준으로 하였다. 퇴비화 기간 동안 발효 최고 온도는 $72^{\circ}C$까지 상승하였다. 퇴비화 20일째에 송풍 처리구의 퇴비단 표면에서 포집된 가스에서의 $H_2S$, $CH_3SH$, DMS 그리고 DMDS 농도는 29, 16, 6, 5ppb 이었고 무송풍구에서의 농도는 각각 32, 24, 15, 14ppb의 수준을 나타냈다.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2001

본 시험은 1998 년 축산기술연구소 초지사료과 시험포장에서 호밀 라운드베일 사일리지 제조시 수확시 숙기별로 발효가 진행됨에 따라 사일리지의 품질에 미치는 영향을 비교하기 위하여 수행되었다. 시험 설계는 분할구 배치법으로 주구는 수잉기, 출수기 및 개화기에 수확하는 수확시 숙기를 두고 세구로는 발효 경과 일수 (1, 2, 3. 5, 10, 30, 45 및 60 일)를 두고 3 반복으로 수행하였으며 라운드베일 사일리지 제조시 호밀은 수잉기에는 1일, 출수기 및 개화기에는 0.5일간 예건하였다. 최종 pH는 개화기 > 수잉기 > 출수기의 순으로 나타났으며 개화기는 pH의 감소가 발효초기에 일어났으나 수잉기와 출수기는 1~2일 늦어짐을 알 수 있었다. 암모니아태 질소 함량은 수잉기에서 놀은 비율로 나타났고 발효가 진행됨에 따라 증가되었다. 그러나 출수기에서는 발효 30일째까지 감소한 후 45일이후에 다시 증가하였다. 발효단계별 온도에 있어서 내부온도는 기상의 영향을 받지 않고 초기 3$0^{\circ}C$ 부근까지 상승한 후 계속 감소하였으나 외부온도는 10일 후부터 기상에 따라 변화하는 경향을 보여주었다. 초산 함량은 5일째까지는 수확시 숙기에 따른 차이가 없었으나 10일 후부터는 수잉기에서 높아졌으며 낙산 함량도 수잉기는 5일째, 출수기는 10일 후부터 발생되었으며 젖산 함량은 초기 l~2% 내외에서 6~8% 내외까지 지속적으로 증가되었다. 젖산균수는 출수기와 개화기는 5일째 그리고 수잉기는 10일째에 가장 높은 수치를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 호밀 라운드베일 사일리지의 발효는 초기 5일 이내에 대부분이 일어나며 따라서 초기 발효조건을 맞추는 것이 고품질 사일리지를 제조할 수 있는 가장 효과적인 방법이라 할 수 있다. 종이라 판단된다.세포 모두에서 endogenous RXR의 발현이 일어남을 확인하였고 RXR expression plasmid를 transfection시켰을 때 두 세포 모두에서 단백질의 발현이 현저하게 증가되었다. Constitutive Androstane Receptor (CAR)에 의한 CYP2B의 PBRU 활성효과를 다르게 분화된 세포에서 차이가 일어나는지를 비교하기 위하여 CAR에 의해 매개되는 PBRU의 transactivation효과를 Hep G2와 COS세포에서 조사하였다. Hep G2 세포에서는 transfection된 CAR의 발현에 의해 firefly luciferase 보고단백질의 활성이 약 12배 증가하였다. CAR 발현유전자를 15 ng transfection하였을 때 주어진 보고유전자의 양에 대하여 최대반응을 나타내었고 CYP2B1PBRU가 제거된 CYP2C1 promotor/firefly luciferase를 보고유전자로 사용하였을 때는 CAR에 의한 luciferase의 활성이 나타나지 않았다. Hep G2와는 달리, COS세포에서는 transfection된 CAR의 발현이 PBRU에 의한 firefly luciferase보고단백질의 발현에 영향을 주지 못하였다. 이러한 결과들은 분화된 세포의 종류에 따라서 constitutive androstane receptor의 CYP2BPBRU 활성효과가 다르게 나타날 수 있음을 제시할 뿐만 아니라, 간세포에서 Phenobarbital에 의한 PBRU의 활성유도에 영향을 주는 endogenous 매개 인자들 중 CAR와 RXR과는 다른 전사조절인자들이 필요로 하며 이러한 인자들의 발현이 콩팥 세포에서는 다르게 존재함을 시사한다.", including parameters affecting the

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.25-28
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• 2004

오차드그라스(Dactylis glomerata L.)의 치사온도를 결정하기 위하여, 국내 육성품종인 "장벌 102호"(Jangbeol 102) 품종을 시험재료로 하여 종자를 petri dish에서 발아시켜 작은 화분에 10 개체씩 이식, 생장실에서 4주간 재배하였다. $45^{\circ}C$, $50^{\circ}C$ 및 $55^{\circ}C$에서 처리한 경우에는 60분간 처리했을 때에도 거의 식물체 손상이 없었다. $60^{\circ}C$에서 30분간 이상 처리했을 때에는 잎 끝이 마르고 약간 시들었으나 식물체의 손상은 약한 편이었으며, $65^{\circ}C$에서 처리한 결과에서도 $60^{\circ}C$에서 처리했을 때보다는 좀 더 시들었지만 역시 심한 정도는 아니었다. $70^{\circ}C$에서 30분간 처리했을 때에 오차드그라스는 잎의 중간 정도까지 말랐으며, 60분간 처리했을 때에는 지상부의 잎이 2/3 이상 마른 상태였다. $80^{\circ}C$에서 처리한 결과에서는 처리 후 1일 이내에 50분 이상 처리에서 거의 죽어가는 현상이 나타났다. 처리 후 7일에는 55분 이상의 처리에서만 모두 죽었으며, 50분 이하의 처리에서는 새로운 shoot가 재생됨을 확인하였다. 결론적으로 오차드그라스의 치사온도는 $80^{\circ}C$에서 55분 처리하는 것으로 결정되었다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.62-67
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• 2012

This study calculated kinetic parameters of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and developed a probabilistic model to estimate growth probabilities of E. coli O157:H7 on polyethylene cutting boards as a function of temperature and time. The surfaces of polyethylene coupons ($3{\times}5$ cm) were inoculated with E. coli O157:H7 NCCP11142 at 4 Log $CFU/cm^2$. The coupons were stored at 13 to $35^{\circ}C$ for 12 h, and cell counts of E. coli O157:H7 were enumerated on McConkey II with sorbitol agar every 2 h. Kinetic parameters (maximum specific growth rate, Log $CFU/cm^2/h$; lag phase duration, h; lower asymptote, Log $CFU/cm^2$; upper asymptote, Log $CFU/cm^2$) were calculated with the modified Gompertz model. Of 56 combinations (temperature${\times}$time), the combinations that had ${\geq}$0.5 Log $CFU/cm^2$ of bacterial growth were designated with the value of 1, and the combinations that had increases of <0.5 Log $CFU/cm^2$ were given the value 0. These growth response data were fitted to the logistic regression to develop the model predicting probabilities of E. coli O157:H7 growth. Specific growth rate and growth data showed that E. coli O157:H7 cells were grown at $28-35^{\circ}C$, but there were no obvious growth of the pathogen below $25^{\circ}C$. Moreover, the developed probabilistic model showed acceptable performance to calculate growth probability of E. coli O157:H7. Therefore, the results should be useful in determining upper limits of working temperature and time, inhibiting E. coli O157:H7 growth on polyethylene cutting board.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.738-744
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• 2008

In most developing countries consumers purchase retail cuts from hot carcasses and prepare traditional meat products as per their convenience and requirements. In this study, effects of different post mortem handling practices on quality of meat curry from culled sheep meat have been studied. After slaughter, leg cuts were subjected to nine commonly prevalent handling conditions in India viz. deboning (boning out) and cooking within 2-3 h (1), deboning immediately and cooking after 5-6 h (2), deboning after 5-6 h and cooking (3), deboning immediately, storage at $4^{\circ}C$ for 24 h and cooking (4), chilling for 24 h at $4^{\circ}C$, deboning and cooking (5), deboning after 5-6 h, storage for 24 h at $4^{\circ}C$, and cooking (6), deboning after 5-6 h, storage for 48 h at 4??C and cooking (7), deboning after 5-6 h, freezing and cooking (8), deboning after 5-6 h, storage for 24 h at $4^{\circ}C$, freezing and cooking (9). Significant differences were observed in pH, water-holding capacity, cooking loss and shear force values. Sensory scores were significantly higher in conditions (1), (5) and (9), and significantly lower in conditions (4) and (6). From the results, it was concluded that, to have the best quality product, meat should be cooked either immediately after slaughter or should be deboned just before cooking. Storage of deboned meat at refrigerated temperature must be avoided.