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Performance differences of Rhode Island Red, Bashang Long-tail Chicken, and their reciprocal crossbreds under natural cold stress

  • Xie, Shanshan;Yang, Xukai;Gao, Yahui;Jiao, Wenjie;Li, Xinghua;Li, Yajie;Ning, Zhonghua
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.30 no.10
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    • pp.1507-1514
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    • 2017
  • Objective: The Bashang Long-tail chicken (BS), an indigenous Chinese breed, is considered cold tolerant. We selected BS, the Rhode Island Red (RIR), and their reciprocal crossbreds for the present study. The objectives were: i) to validate whether BS is cold tolerant and whether egg production and cold tolerance of crossbreds could be improved; and ii) to determine the physiological characteristics that underlie cold tolerance and favorable egg production performance in cold environments. Methods: A total of 916 chickens were reared in warm and natural cold environments (daily mean ambient temperature varied from $7.4^{\circ}C$ to $26.5^{\circ}C$ in the warm environment and from $-17.5^{\circ}C$ to $27.0^{\circ}C$ in the cold environment). To investigate their adaptability to the cold environment, the egg production performance and body weight were monitored and compared between breeds and environments. The cloacal temperature and serum biochemical parameters were monitored to reveal the physiological characteristics underlie cold tolerance and favorable egg production performance in the cold environment. Results: The warm environment experiment showed that RIR had the highest egg production performance, and that the reciprocal crossbreds had a higher egg production performance than BS. While in the cold environment RIR had the lowest egg production performance, and the reciprocal crossbreds had a higher egg production performance than BS. In the cold environment BS and reciprocal crossbreds had higher triiodothyronine, tetraiodothyronine levels than RIR. At 35 and 39 wk of age, when the ambient temperature was extremely low (varied from $-20^{\circ}C$ to $0^{\circ}C$), serum glucose, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol of BS and crossbreds were higher than RIR. Conclusion: Bashang Long-tail chicken has a favorable cold tolerance ability. Crossbreeding with RIR and BS is an effective way to develop cold tolerant chickens with improved egg production performance.

Implementation of low power BSPE Core for deep learning hardware accelerators (딥러닝을 하드웨어 가속기를 위한 저전력 BSPE Core 구현)

  • Jo, Cheol-Won;Lee, Kwang-Yeob;Nam, Ki-Hun
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.895-900
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, BSPE replaced the existing multiplication algorithm that consumes a lot of power. Hardware resources are reduced by using a bit-serial multiplier, and variable integer data is used to reduce memory usage. In addition, MOA resource usage and power usage were reduced by applying LOA (Lower-part OR Approximation) to MOA (Multi Operand Adder) used to add partial sums. Therefore, compared to the existing MBS (Multiplication by Barrel Shifter), hardware resource reduction of 44% and power consumption of 42% were reduced. Also, we propose a hardware architecture design for BSPE Core.

Effect of freezing on electrical properties and quality of thawed chicken breast meat

  • Wei, Ran;Wang, Peng;Han, Minyi;Chen, Tianhao;Xu, Xinglian;Zhou, Guanghong
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.569-575
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    • 2017
  • Objective: The objective of this research was to study the electrical properties and quality of frozen-thawed chicken breast meat and to investigate the relationship between these parameters at different times of frozen storage. Methods: Thawed samples of chicken breast muscles were evaluated after being kept in frozen storage at $-18^{\circ}C$ for different periods of time (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 months). Results: The results showed that water-holding capacity (WHC) and protein solubility decreased while thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances content increased with increasing storage time. The impedance module of samples decreased during 8-month frozen storage. Pearson correlation coefficients showed that the impedance change ratio (Q value) was significantly (p<0.05) related to pH, color, WHC, lipid oxidation and protein solubility, indicating a good relationship between the electrical properties and qualities of frozen-thawed chicken breast meat. Conclusion: Impedance measurement has a potential to assess the quality of frozen chicken meat combining with quality indices.

Effect of dietary supplementation with Allium mongolicum Regel extracts on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and the fat color and flavor-related branched-chain fatty acids concentration in ram lambs

  • Liu, Wangjing;Ao, Changjin
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • v.34 no.7
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    • pp.1134-1145
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    • 2021
  • Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation with Allium mongolicum Regel extracts on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, fat color, and concentrations of three branched-chain fatty acids related to flavor in ram lambs. Methods: Sixty 3-month-old, male, small-tailed Han sheep were selected and randomly allocated into four groups in a randomized block design. Four feeding treatments were used: i) a basal diet without supplementation as the control group (CK); ii) the basal diet supplemented with 10 g/lamb/d Allium mongolicum Regel powder as the AMR group; iii) the basal diet supplemented with 3.4 g/lamb/d Allium mongolicum Regel water extract as the AWE group; and iv) the basal diet supplemented with 2.8 g/lamb/d Allium mongolicum Regel ethanol extract as the AFE group. Results: The results demonstrated that the dry matter intake was lower for the AFE group than that in other groups (p = 0.001). The feed conversion ratio was greater for the AFE than that in other groups (p = 0.039). Dietary supplementation with Allium mongolicum Regel powder and its extracts decreased the concentrations of 4-methyloctanoic acid (MOA) (p<0.001), 4-ethyloctanoic acid (EOA) (p<0.001), and 4-methylnonanoic acid (MNA) (p = 0.044) in perirenal adipose tissue compared to those observed in the CK lambs. Dietary supplementation with Allium mongolicum Regel powder and its extracts decreased the concentrations of MOA (p<0.001) and EOA (p<0.001) in dorsal subcutaneous adipose tissue compared to those in the CK lambs. The concentrations of MOA (p<0.001) and EOA (p = 0.002) in omental adipose tissue were significantly affected by treatment, although there was a tendency for lower MNA (p = 0.062) in AMR, AWE, and AFE lambs than that in CK lambs. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that Allium mongolicum Regel and its extracts could significantly promote feed efficiency, although dry matter intake decreased and could decrease the MOA and EOA concentrations related to characteristic flavor and odor of body fat in lambs, except for tail adipose tissue.

Effects of Olaquindox and Cyadox on Immunity of Piglets Orally Inoculated with Escherichia coli

  • Ding, Mingxing;Yuan, Zonghui;Wang, Yulian;Zhu, Huiling;Fan, Shengxian
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.18 no.9
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    • pp.1320-1325
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    • 2005
  • A 2${\times}$3 factorial arrangement of treatments was used to determine the effects of olaquindox and cyadox on immune response of Landrace${\times}$Large-White geld piglets that had been orally given 10$^{10}$ CFU of Escherichia coli (E. coli, O$_{139}$:K$_{88}$). Factors included (1) E. coli inoculation or control, and (2) no antimicrobials, 100 mg/kg olaquindox and 100 mg/kg cyadox in the basal diet respectively. E. coli inoculums were orally administered 7 days after the diets were supplemented with olaquindox and cyadox. The effects of the two antimicrobials were assessed in terms of: (1) average daily gain (ADG), (2) systemic immune response (the number of white blood cells and lymphocytes, leukocyte bactericidal capacity, lymphocyte proliferation response to PHA, immunoglobulin concentrations, and total serous hemolytic complement activity), and (3) intestinal mucosal immunity including the number of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) and immunoglobulin A secreting cells (ASCs) in the intestinal lamina propria. E. coli inoculation reduced ADG (p<0.05) during the period of d 0 to d 14 after the challenge while the antimicrobial supplementations improved ADG (p<0.01) during the experiment. ADG in cyadox-supplemented pigs was higher (p<0.05) than that in olaquindox-supplemented pigs. The antimicrobials decreased IEL and ASC counts in the jejunum and ileum (p<0.01) while E. coli inoculation caused them to increase (p<0.01). Jejunal ASCs in the cyadox-supplemented pigs were lower (p<0.05) than those in the olaquindox-supplemented. E. coli elicited increase (p<0.05) in white blood cell counts, leukocyte bactericidal capacity, lymphocyte proliferation rate, serous IgA concentrations, and serous hemolytic complement activity. The antimicrobials decreased the measured systemic immune parameters, but not significantly (p>0.05). The data suggest that olaquindox and cyadox suppress E. coli-induced immune activation, especially intestinal mucosal immune activation, which may be involved in the observed growth promotion.

A Study on the Error Detection based on Ontology (온톨로지 기반의 에러검출 방법에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Jin-Won;Lim, Jae-Hyun;Kim, Chi-Su
    • Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.220-223
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    • 2008
  • 본 논문은 소프트웨어 설계 시 향상된 오류 검출방법을 통해서 소프트웨어 설계의 질을 향상시켜 그에 따른 소프트웨어 제품의 질을 향상시키데 목적을 두고 있다. 또한 소프트웨어 설계 방법론인 MOA(Methodology for Object to Agents)를 기초로 하고 있으며, MOA는 보편적인 정보 모델로써 온톨로지 기반 모델인 OSSD( Ontology for Sortware Specification and Desigh)모델을 이용한다. 본 논문은 OSSD 모델, 뷰-간 비일관성 검사기법, 일관성 프레임워크의 온톨로지적 특성과 연관된 규칙의 조합을 이용하여 UML모델에서 OSSD 모델로의 변환과정에서 수행되는 새로운 형식의 오류 검출방법을 정의한다. OSSD 모델로의 변환과정은 OSSD 모델의 인스턴스를 생성하기 위한 알고리즘에서 복수의 사상테이블을 이용하는 소프트웨어 설계의 어휘분석과 의미분석을 포함한다.

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Physiological and Genetic Mechanisms for Nitrogen-Use Efficiency in Maize

  • Mi, Guohua;Chen, Fanjun;Zhang, Fusuo
    • Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.57-63
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    • 2007
  • Due to the strong influence of nitrogen(N) on plant productivity, a vast amount of N fertilizers is used to maximize crop yield. Over-use of N fertilizers leads to severe pollution of the environment, especially the aquatic ecosystem, as well as reducing farmer's income. Growing of N-efficient cultivars is an important prerequisite for integrated nutrient management strategies in both low- and high-input agriculture. Taking maize as a sample crop, this paper reviews the response of plants to low N stress, the physiological processes which may control N-use efficiency in low-N input conditions, and the genetic and molecular biological aspects of N-use efficiency. Since the harvest index(HI) of modern cultivars is quite high, further improvement of these cultivars to adapt to low N soils should aim to increase their capacity to accumulate N at low N levels. To achieve this goal, establishment and maintenance of a large root system during the growth period may be essential. To reduce the cost of N and carbon for root growth, a strong response of lateral root growth to nitrate-rich patches may be desired. Furthermore, a large proportion of N accumulated in roots at early growth stages should be remobilized for grain growth in the late filling stage to increase N-utilization efficiency. Some QTLs and genes related to maize yield as well as root traits have been identified. However, their significance in improving maize NUE at low N inputs in the field need to be elucidated.

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A Study on the Regional Energy Conservation Effects of a Multi-stage Outdoor Air Enabled Cooling System in a Data Center (데이터센터용 멀티 외기이용 냉방시스템의 지역별 에너지 절감효과에 대한 연구)

  • Park, Moon-Ki;Chang, Hyun-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.71-80
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    • 2017
  • A Data center houses a large number of server computers, storage and etc in racks. With the rapid increase of heat generation rates per rack in a data center, energy consumption rates for cooling have been increased year by year. In this study, energy conservation effects of a MOA (multi-stage outdoor air enabled) cooling system in a data center has been investigated when it is applied to 5 different locations, Korea. As results, Energy conservation effects of the MOA cooling system was achieved at about 20% to 30%. Humidifier operation time was 40 to 55 days when supply air temperature was maintained at 13, and humidity condition was kept within the allowed range even though humidifier was off. Furthermore, humidification was not needed when supply air temperature was maintained at $25^{\circ}C$. In selected 5 locations in Korea, the difference of regional climatic conditions affected no more than 5% in cooling energy consumption rates.

Sporulation or Cercospora canescens Ellis & Martin in culture (녹두 갈색무늬병균(Cercospora canescens Ellis & Martin)의 분생포자 형성에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon Shin Han;Oh Jeung Haing
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.20 no.1 s.46
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    • pp.21-24
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    • 1981
  • This study was conducted to obtain a supply of conidia sufficient for screening mungbean mutant lines for a source of resistance to Cercospora leaf spot caused by Cercospora canescens Ellis and Martin. Abundant sporulation occurred in cultures on mungbean leaf decoction oatmeal agar(MOA) exposed to about 2,500 Lux of fluorescent light. but it did not occur in continuous darkness. The conditions that produced maximum number of conidia was not coincided with those for vegetative growth and pigmentation in culture medium. Removal of aerial mycelium in culture by brushing with sterile water so enhanced the conidial production that oatmeal agar medium(OA) could be useful for production of abundant conidia by the treatment.

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