• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.1425-1434
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• 2017

Objective: The main objective of this study was to determine the effect of different diets for early-weaned (EW) calves on rumen development, and how this affects fat deposition in the longissimus dorsi of adult Korean Hanwoo beef cattle. Methods: Three EW groups were established (each n = 12) in which two- week-old Hanwoo calves were fed for ten weeks with milk replacer+concentrate (T1), milk replacer+concentrate+roughage (T2), or milk replacer+concentrate+30% starch (T3); a control group (n = 12) was weaned as normal. At six months, 5 calves of each group were slaughtered and their organs were assessed and rumen papillae growth rates were measured. The remaining calves (n = 7 in each group) were raised to 20 months for further analysis. Results: Twenty-month-old EW calves had a higher body weight (BW), backfat thickness (BF), longissimus dorsi muscle area (LMA) and intramuscular fat (IMF) than the control (p<0.05). Organ growth, rumen histology, and gene expression patterns in the 6-month-old calves were positively related to the development of marbling in the loin, as assessed by ultrasound analysis (p<0.05). In the group fed the starch-enriched diet (T3), higher BW, BF, LMA, and IMF were present. The IMF beef quality score of 20-month-old cattle was 1+ for the T2 and T3 diets and 1 for the T1 diet (p<0.05). Conclusion: Papillae development was significantly greater in calves fed on high-concentrate diets and this may have resulted in the improved beef quality in the EW dietary groups compared to the control.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.427-434
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• 2010

돼지고기 저지방 부위를 구성하고 있는 근육들 중 지방함량이 높은 5개 근육들의 냉장유통 중 품질변화를 예측하고자 냉장상태에서 14일 동안 저장하면서 근육별 이화학적 품질변화를 조사하였다. 육색소(oxy-myoglobin, metmyoglobin, total-myoglobin) 함량은 저장기간에 따른 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 냉장저장 중 구이용으로 가능한 근육들의 저장성에서 POV 값은 모든 근육들에서 냉장저장 14일간 유의적인 변화가 없었지만(p>0.05), TBARS 값은 모든 근육들은 냉장저장 기간이 경과할수록 유의적으로 증가하였다(p<0.05). 유리지방산은 longissimus dorsi 근육이 냉장저장 기간이 경과함에 따라 유의적으로 높아졌다(p<0.05). 지방산 조성에서 냉장저장 14일까지는 모든 근육들에서 포화지방산, 불포화지방산, 단일불포화지방산, 다중불포화지방산에 유의적인 변화가 없었다(p>0.05).

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.189-196
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• 2006

사후강직 전 쇠고기 등심근의 신장처리와 온도처리가 근절길이 및 연도에 미치는 영향을 알아본 결과, 근육의 pH는 신장처리와 온도처리에 의해 영향을 받지 않았지만 육즙 감량은 $10^{\circ}C$ 신장처리구가 $0^{\circ}C$ 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 낮았고, 가열 감량은 $0^{\circ}C$ 신장처리구가 $0^{\circ}C$ 대조구보다 유의적으로 높았다. 근절길이는 $10^{\circ}C$ 신장처리구가 $0^{\circ}C$ 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 길었고, 그 결과 전단가도 $10^{\circ}C$ 신장처리구가 $0^{\circ}C$ 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 낮았다. 뿐만 아니라 관능검사 결과, $10^{\circ}C$ 신장처리구가 $0^{\circ}C$ 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 높은 연도, 풍미 및 전체적인 기호성 만족도 점수를 얻었다. 이 같은 결과는 사후강직 전 쇠고기 등심근을 발골하여 $10^{\circ}C$에서 7시간동안 신장시킨 후 냉장보관하면, 곧바로 냉장 보관한 것과 비교하여 긴 근절길이와 연한 쇠고기를 얻을 수 있다는 것을 의미한다. 그러나 육의 안전성 확보를 위해 이러한 조건에서 냉장보관동안 미생물의 변화 과정에 대한 연구가 향후 필요하리라 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.1550-1557
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• 2018

Objective: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a newfound class of non-coding RNA in animals and plants. Recent studies have revealed that circRNAs play important roles in cell proliferation, differentiation, autophagy and apoptosis during development. However, there are few reports about muscle development-related circRNAs in livestock. Methods: RNA sequencing analysis was employed to identify and annotate circRNAs from longissimus dorsi of sheep. Reverse transcription followed by real-time quantitative (q) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis verified the presence of these circRNAs. Targetscan7.0 and miRanda were used to analyse the interaction of circRNA-microRNA (miRNA). To investigate the function of circRNAs, an experiment was conducted to perform enrichment analysis hosting genes of circRNAs using gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) pathways. Results: About 75.5 million sequences were obtained from RNA libraries of sheep skeletal muscle. These sequences were mapped to 729 genes in the sheep reference genome. We identified 886 circRNAs, including numerous circular intronic RNAs and exonic circRNAs. Reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) and DNA sequencing analysis confirmed the presence of several circRNAs. Real-Time RT-PCR analysis exhibited resistance of sheep circRNAs to RNase R digestion. We found that many circRNAs interacted with muscle-specific miRNAs involved in growth and development of muscle, especially circ776. The GO and KEGG enrichment analysis showed that hosting genes of circRNAs was involved in muscle cell development and signaling pathway. Conclusion: The study provides comprehensive expression profiles of circRNAs in sheep skeletal muscle. Our study offers a large number of circRNAs to facilitate a better understanding of their roles in muscle growth. Meanwhile, we suggested that circ776 could be analyzed in future study.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.1288-1302
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• 2011

The aim of this study was to analyze the proteome expression of bovine satellite cells from longissimus dorsi (LD), deep pectoral (DP) and semitendinosus (ST) muscle depots during in vitro myogenic differentiation. Proteomic profiling by twodimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry of differentiating satellite cells revealed a total of 38 proteins that were differentially regulated among the three depots. Among differentially regulated proteins, metabolic proteins like lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH) were found to be up regulated in ST, while alpha-enolase (NNE) in LD and DP depot satellite cells were down regulated. Also, our analysis found that there was a prominent up regulation of cytoskeletal proteins like actin, actincapping protein and transgelin along with chaperone proteins like heat shock protein beta 1 (HSPB 1) and T-complex protein 1 (TCP-1). Among other up regulated proteins, LIM domain containing protein, annexin 2 and Rho GDP-dissociation inhibitor 1 (Rho GDI) are observed, which were already proven to be involved in the myogeneis. More interestingly, satellite cells from ST depot were found to have a higher myotube formation rate than the cells from the other two depots. Taken together, our results demonstrated that, proteins involved in glucose metabolism, cytoskeletal modeling and protein folding plays a key role in the myogenic differentiation of bovine satellite cells.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.427-432
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was performed as model study using four animals to investigate the correction between the changes in Differential Scanning Calorimetry thermogram of muscle proteins during storage and meat freshness. M. longissimus dorsi of pork was obtained immediately after slaughter and chilled/stored at either $-2^{\circ}C$ or $25^{\circ}C$ for up to 96 h for analyses. DSC thermograms were determined and compared with pH values, ATP-related compounds, K-values, volatile basic nitrogen (VBN) levels, bacterial counts and electrophoretic behavior. Changes in pH, bacterial counts, VBN and K-values were associated with increased storage temperature and time. The levels of pH values, bacterial counts, VBN and K-values of pork samples stored at $25^{\circ}C$ were higher than those of the pork samples stored at $-2^{\circ}C$. ATP concentration decreased faster in samples stored at $25^{\circ}C$. Only IMP increased in samples stored at $-2^{\circ}C$, whereas the concentration of hypoxanthine and inosine increased in samples stored at $25^{\circ}C$. One exothermic peak and two endothermic peaks appeared on the thermograms of pork stored at either temperature. Lower transition temperature of myosin, sarcoplasmic protein and actin peaks were observed. The freshness parameters of K-value, VBN and hypoxanthine showed highly negative correlations (-0.742- -0.9980) to the changes in transition temperature. Therefore, the shift temperature on DSC thermogram can be used as an indicator of the freshness parameters of meat.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.106-115
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• 2018

Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary standard ileal digestible (SID) valine:lysine ratios on performance, intestinal morphology, amino acids of liver and muscle, plasma indices and mRNA expression of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism enzymes. Methods: A total of 144 crossbred pigs (Duroc${\times}$Landrace${\times}$Large White) weaned at $28{\pm}4days$ of age ($8.79{\pm}0.02kg$ body weight) were randomly allotted to 1 of 4 diets formulated to provide SID valine:lysine ratios of 50%, 60%, 70%, or 80%. Each diet was fed to 6 pens of pigs with 6 pigs per pen (3 gilts and 3 barrows) for 28 days. Results: Average daily gain increased quadratically (p<0.05), the villous height of the duodenum, jejunum and ileum increased linearly (p<0.05) as the SID valine:lysine ratio increased. The concentrations of plasma ${\alpha}-keto$ isovaleric and valine increased linearly (p<0.05), plasma aspartate, asparagine and cysteine decreased (p<0.05) as the SID valine:lysine ratio increased. An increase in SID lysine:valine levels increased mRNA expression levels of mitochondrial BCAA transaminase and branched-chain ${\alpha}-keto$ acid dehydrogenase in the longissimus dorsi muscle (p<0.05). Conclusion: Using a quadratic model, a SID valine:lysine ratio of 68% was shown to maximize the growth of weaned pigs which is slightly higher than the level recommended by the National Research Council.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제62권6호
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• pp.893-902
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• 2020

This study was conducted to compare the mRNA expression levels of myogenic-adipogenic makers in the skeletal muscle and adipocytes formation, body weight, rumen weight, and papilla length on Hanwoo calves at newborn and 6 months of age. Animals used three newborn Hanwoo calves (NC) and three Hanwoo calves 6 months of age (SC). Body weight and rumen weight were significantly increased in SC compared to NC (p < 0.01), and papilla length was longer about 10-fold in SC than NC. Adipocytes was possible to visually identify more adipocytes in SC compared to NC, and were mainly formed around the blood vessels. mRNA expression of myogenin, myosin heavy chain 1 and myosin heavy chain 2A in both longissimus dorsi (LD) and semimembranosus (SM) was found to increase with calves growth (p < 0.01), and it was confirmed that have higher levels of mRNA expression in SM than LD. In LD tissues, the mRNA expression of stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD, p < 0.03) and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ, p < 0.04) was significantly higher in SC than NC. In SM tissues, mRNA expression levels of SCD (p < 0.02) and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ, p < 0.01) were higher in SC than NC, and also mRNA expression levels of PPARγ increased, but there was no significant difference. Thus, the calves period suggests that it is an important step in the development of the rumen and the myogenesis and adipogenesis.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.82.1-82.10
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• 2020

Background: The clinical presentation of horses with back pain (BP) vary considerably with most horse's willingness to take part in athletic or riding purpose becoming impossible. However, there are some clinical features that are directly responsible for the loss or failure of performance. Objectives: To investigate the clinical features of the thoracolumbar region associated with BP in horses and to use some of the clinical features to classify equine BP. Methods: Twenty-four horses comprised of 14 with BP and 10 apparently healthy horses were assessed for clinical abnormality that best differentiate BP from normal horses. The horses were then graded (0-5) using the degree of pain response, muscular hypertonicity, thoracolumbar joint stiffness and overall physical dysfunction of the horse. Results: The common clinical features that significantly differentiate horses with BP from non-BP were longissimus dorsi spasm at palpation (78.6%), paravertebral muscle stiffness (64.3%), resist lateral bending (64.3%), and poor hindlimb impulsion (85.7%). There were significantly (p < 0.05) higher scores for pain response to palpation, muscular hypertonicity, thoracolumbar joint stiffness and physical dysfunction among horses with BP in relation to non-BP. A significant relationship exists between all the graded abnormalities. Based on the cumulative score, horses with BP were categorized into mild, mild-moderate, moderate and severe cases. Conclusions: BP in horse can be differentiated by severity of pain response to back palpation, back muscle hypertonicity, thoracolumbar joint stiffness, physical dysfunctions and their cumulative grading score is useful in the assessment and categorization of BP in horses.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.626-630
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• 2021

본 연구는 랜드레이스와 제주재래흑돼지 교잡축군에서 MYH3 6-bp 결실 변이 유전자형과 육색 형질간의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 돼지의 등심(longissimus dorsi), 상완세갈래근(triceps brachii), 대퇴두갈래근(biceps femoris), 반막모양근(semimembranosus)을 이용하였다. 총 187두의 등심, 상완세갈래근, 대퇴두갈래근, 반막모양근에서 육색 형질인 적색도(CIE a^*), 황색도(CIE b^*), 명도(CIE L^*)를 조사하였다. Mismatch primer 세트를 이용하여 MYH3 6-bp 결실 변이 QQ, Qq, qq의 세가지 유전자형을 확인하였고, 그 빈도는 각각 0.358, 0.551, 0.091를 확인하였다. 적색도, 황색도, 명도와 MYH3 6-bp 결실변이 유전자형간의 상관관계를 확인한 결과 등심(p>0.05, p<0.001, p<0.001), 상완세갈래근(p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001), 대퇴이두근(p<0.01, p<0.001, p<0.001), 반각모양(p>0.05, p<0.001, p<0.001) 부위에서 QQ 유전자형이 qq 유전자형 보다 높은 결과를 확인하였다. 이번 연구에서 랜드레이스와 제주재래흑돼지 교잡축군에서 적색도, 황색도, 명도를 높일 수 있을 것이며, 또한 MYH3 6-bp 유전자 다형성을 이용하여 제주재래흑돼지를 이용한 교배프로그램에서의 육색 형질 향상을 위한 유전적 마커로서 사용되어 돼지고기 육질 향상에 도움될 것으로 사료된다.