• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.343-349
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• 2013

농협젖소개량사업소가 1983년부터 2011년까지 산유능력검정 사업을 통해 수집한 438,019두의 산유능력검정자료 1,372,050개의 기록과 유대수입과 수익자료를 개체별로 산정하여 젖소의 초기의 생산수준이 수익에 영향하는 효과를 조사하였다. 초기 (1산과 2산)의 산유능력의 중간 그룹에 해당하는 개체들이 가장 축군내에 오래 머무는 것으로 나타났다. 1산 기준에서는 9,000 kg 이상의 그룹들은 전체 산차 평균 3.13 보다 낮게 나타났으며, 생애착유일에서는 7,000 kg 이하의 그룹과 10,000 kg 이상의 고능력우 그룹에서 평균 1,076.8일 보다 낮게 나타났다. 수명관련 형질에서의 변이를 나타내는 표준편차는 생산수준이 높을수록 적게 나타나고 있다. 2산 기준에서는 11,000 kg 이상의 고능력우들이 전체 평균 3.43산 보다 낮게 나타났다. 착유일수는 12,000 kg 이상 그룹에서 각각 1,212.0일로 가장 높았고, 대체적으로 생산수준과 비례하여 저능력우들이 착유일 수가 낮게 나타났다. 초기 (1산과 2산)의 생산수준에 따른 순수익은 생산수준이 높아짐에 따라 모두 증가하고 있다. 낮은 생산수준에서는 2산보다 1산이 오히려 수익을 더 많이 내는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 높은 단계에서는 순수익이 역전되어 2산에서 높은 수익을 얻고 있다. 이러한 결과들로 미루어 볼 때 생산수준이 낮은 개체들이 생산 능력의 수준에 기인하는 것 보다는 번식 또는 기타 관리의 문제로 도태의 위험에 많이 노출되는 것으로 판단된다. 또한 1산 보다 2산에서 산유량 측정에 의한 개체의 평가가 정확성에서 보다 낮을 확률이 높게 나타내어, 생산수준에 의한 수익의 예측은 2산에서 하는 것이 바람직하다. 1산의 경우는 도태를 하는 것은 바람직하지 않지만, 부득이 도태가 필요하면 제한적으로 7,000 kg 이하의 그룹에 속한 개체들을 도태하여야 한다. 결론적으로 수익함수에 포함되는 모든 요소들에 대하여 개량목표에 반영하여야 하나, 생산수준을 활용, 제한적으로 생애수익을 늘릴 수 있도록 하는 데에 이용 될 수 있다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.111-114
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• 2007

본 연구는 젖소의 산유 능력에 따른 번식 성적을 조사하기 위하여 축산과학원 시험우사에서 사육중인 젖소를 이용하여 분만 후 유즙중 P4농도를 분석하였고, 전문경영체농장 22개 소에서 사육중인 젖소에 대한 번식 기록을 이용하여 고능력우(305일 유량 10,000 kg 이상)와 평균 능력우(305일 유량 10,000 kg이하)의 번식 성적을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 젖소의 분만 후 progesterone peak는 고능력 및 평균 능력우의 경우에 각각 $38.8{\pm}11.1$ 및 $39.6{\pm}9.7$일로 거의 비슷한 결과를 나타내었다. 2. 분만 후 첫 발정까지의 일수는 평균 능력우 및 고능력우가 각각 $99.4{\pm}2.1$일 및 $117.7{\pm}4.2$일로 고능력우가 평균 능력우에 비하여 11.6일 늦어지는 결과를 나타내었고(p<0.01), 분만 후 수태까지의 일수도 평균 능력우 및 고능력우가 각각 $145.9{\pm}3.8$일 및 $165.9{\pm}6.5$일로 고능력우가 평균 능력우에 비하여 20일 늦어지는 결과를 나타내었다(p<0.01). 그리고 분만 간격은 평균 능력우 및 고능력 우가 각각 $421.5{\pm}4.0$일 및 $448.4{\pm}7.2$일로 고능력우가 평균 능력우에 비하여 26.9일 연장되었다(p<0.01).

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.737-743
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• 2014

본 연구는 젖소의 검정성적, 총 502,228개를 이용하여 젖소군 분산에 대한 이질성을 비교 검증하고 동질적인 분산을 유도하기 위하여 수행되었다. 유량, 유지방량과 유단백량에 대한 유전력은 각각 0.28, 0.26과 0.24로 추정되었으며, 출생년도별 평균 육종가는 HV (heterogenous variance) 모형의 추정치가 animal 모형의 것보다 일괄적으로 낮게 나타났다. 국제유전능력평가 기준에 적용된 씨수소 545두에 대한 유량, 유지방량, 유단백량의 평균 육종가는 각각 453.54kg, 10.75kg과 14.33kg이었으며, 이질성이 보정된 경우의 평균 육종가는 각각 432.06kg, 10.15kg과 13.40kg으로서 모든 유생산형질에서 보정된 자료의 육종가 평균이 일괄적으로 낮게 나타났다. animal 모형에서 데이터세트 I과 II사이의 표현형 상관계수는 유량 0.839, 유지방량 0.821, 유단백량 0.837이었으며, HV 모형에서는 유량 0.841, 유지방량 0.820, 유단백량 0.836으로 두 모형에서 거의 유사한 결과를 나타내었다. animal 모형과 HV 모형으로 비교한 결과 유량에서 ${\theta}$값은 15.157에서 16.105, 유지방량은 -0.227에서 -0.196으로 증가하였으나 유단백량의 경우 0.630에서 0.586으로 감소하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권9호
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• pp.1226-1234
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• 2015

The development of effective genetic evaluations and selection of sires requires accurate estimates of genetic parameters for all economically important traits in the breeding goal. The main objective of this study was to assess the relative performance of the traditional lactation average model (LAM) against the random regression test-day model (RRM) in the estimation of genetic parameters and prediction of breeding values for Holstein Friesian herds in Ethiopia. The data used consisted of 6,500 test-day (TD) records from 800 first-lactation Holstein Friesian cows that calved between 1997 and 2013. Co-variance components were estimated using the average information restricted maximum likelihood method under single trait animal model. The estimate of heritability for first-lactation milk yield was 0.30 from LAM whilst estimates from the RRM model ranged from 0.17 to 0.29 for the different stages of lactation. Genetic correlations between different TDs in first-lactation Holstein Friesian ranged from 0.37 to 0.99. The observed genetic correlation was less than unity between milk yields at different TDs, which indicated that the assumption of LAM may not be optimal for accurate evaluation of the genetic merit of animals. A close look at estimated breeding values from both models showed that RRM had higher standard deviation compared to LAM indicating that the TD model makes efficient utilization of TD information. Correlations of breeding values between models ranged from 0.90 to 0.96 for different group of sires and cows and marked re-rankings were observed in top sires and cows in moving from the traditional LAM to RRM evaluations.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.1461-1466
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• 2000

The use of the dairy male calf for beef production has been found to be economically unprofitable during the past due to high cost of feeds and relatively low beef price. However, due to current shortage of domestic beef supply and rising beef price, this research aimed to assess feeding methods and costs and returns in raising dairy male calves for beef production under changing economic conditions. Two diets were compared: calves on an optimal feeding level were given milk replacer for 44 d and a concentrate (with ad lib. hay) to 150 kg bodyweight that contained 16% crude protein; those given a sub-optimal diet, more appropriate for smallholder farms, received milk replacer for 30 d and 14% CP concentrate. Twelve pairs of dairy male calves (average age 32 days) of Holstein-Friesian high grades were used, each pair having similar influencing factors such as weight, age, and genotype. Each animal was kept in a separate feeding stall until reaching the final weight of 150 kg. The results from this experiment showed that the differences of traits concerning growth performance and feed efficiency of the animals raised under the two feeding regimes were statistically nonsignificant. The optimal group was just slightly better, but the cost of production of the sub-optimal group was 24 percent lower (4,667 vs. 6,144 baht per animal) and the cost difference was highly significant. The results from this investigation showed that beef production from dairy male calves can be economically viable when sub-optimal feeding method is used and market beef price is at current level.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1399-1403
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• 2006

A total of 80 cows, including 40 top mastitis resistant and 40 top mastitis susceptible animals as Group I and Group II, were selected from a population of 520 cows based on clinical mastitis occurrence. PCR-SSCP analysis on four fragments within the 5'region and two fragments of Exons 4,15 of bovine lactoferrin (bLF) revealed that four fragments-P1,P4,E4,E15-had polymorphisms which totally included six base mutations, and only two of them had significant differences in allele frequencies between resistant and susceptible groups, P1 (53.7% vs. 70.0%, p<0.05) and P4 (55.0% vs. 68.8%, p<0.05). Further study on these two promising markers combined with the milk performance traits of cows demonstrated that their selection would result in higher fat percentage (p<0.05), lower Somatic Cell Score (SCS) (p<0.05) and Clinical Mastitis Residuals (CMR) (p<0.01) indicating higher mastitis resistance and lower milk yield (p<0.05). The putative transcription factor binding sites in the 5'region were also studied by using MatInspector 7.2.2 software, and two signal pathways regulating the expression of bLF including the NF-${\kappa}B$ pathway and nuclear hormone receptor pathway were predicted.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.777-782
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• 2002

Reciprocal effects among local breeds and additive and heterosis effects were estimated for total milk production per lactation (TLP), lactation length (LL) and daily milk yield (DMY). Procedures for an optimum crossbreeding system were examined by comparing various crossbred combinations. Three data sets were chosen from the total records collected from 1962 to 1997. Data set I with a total of 5,938 records composed of 9 breed groups for reciprocal crosses, data set II with a total of 6,064 records composed of 5 breed groups for additive and heterosis effects and data set III with a total of 10,319 records composed of 42 breed groups for optimum crossbreeding system were analyzed. The least squares ANOVA was used. The reciprocal crosses between Red Sindhi and the Bangladeshi Local showed significant difference. When the Red Sindhi was used as cow, the cross was superior to the opposite in terms of the three performance traits. The results showed that additive breed effects on both TLP and DMY were positive and highly significant between Bos indicus and Bos taurus, whereas the individual heterosis effects were not significant. In general, any local breeds were improved two to three times by crossing with the Friesian once or twice. However, the effect was reduced when the grading up with the Friesian was repeated more than twice. On the other hand, when the local breed was crossed with the other breeds such as Holstein and Jersey, the improvement of TLP was less. Crossing the F1 cows with the Friesian bull gave further improvement. Almost the same trends were found also for LL and DMY. The local breeds and their crosses are raised mainly for draft animals, then it is recommended that the crossbreds between the local cows and Friesian are used for dairy purposes and more than 75% Friesian blood is used for beef.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2004

The 490 and 380 performance records of Karan Fries and Karan Swiss cows developed through crossbreeding followed by inter-se mating were evaluated for production, reproduction performance and disposal rate. Duration of study (1982-92) was grouped into five periods (1982-83; 1984-85; 1986-87; 1988-89; 1990-92) and each year was divided into four seasons (Winter: Dec.-Jan.; Spring: Feb.-March; Summer: April-June; Rainy: July-Sept.; Autumn: Oct.-Nov). Data were also classified according to sire and level of inbreeding. The least squares means of FLY (first lactation yield -305 days), FLL (first lactation length), FSP (first service period), FDP (first dry period), FCI (first calving interval ), MY/FLL (milk yield per day of first lactation length), MY/FCI (milk yield per day of first calving interval), EBV (expected breeding value) and EBE (expected breeding efficiency) were $3,173{\pm}82$ kg, $34611{\pm}$days, $143{\pm}11$ days, $75{\pm}6$ days, $423{\pm}11$ days, $10.6{\pm}0.2$ kg, $8.9{\pm}0.2$ kg, $3,380{\pm}26$ kg, and $88.2{\pm}1.3$% respectively in Karan Fries. Corresponding estimates in Karan Swiss cows were $2,616{\pm}82$ kg, $328{\pm}8$ days, $148{\pm}12$ days, $103{\pm}9$ days, $435{\pm}13$ days, $8.9{\pm}0.2$ kg, $7.2{\pm}0.3$ kg, $2,924{\pm38}$ kg and $86.0{\pm}3.8$% respectively. The effect of sire was significant on FLY, MY/FLL, MY/FCI and EBV in both the herd (p<0.01). The 10 and 15% sires showed superiority (FLY) over herd average of 11 and 7% in Karan Fries and 32 and 21% in Karan Swiss cattle respectively. Inbreeding has adversely and significantly (p<0.05) affected the FLY, MY/FLL, MY/FCI and survivability of Karan Fries females; FDP and disposal through culling of Karan Swiss heifers. The Karan Fries heifers with inbreeding above 12.5% performed 16% lower FLY to herd average. The effect of season of calving was significant on FLL, FSP and FCI (p<0.05) in Karan Fries. Summer calvers ($361{\pm}12$) were have higher lactation length and autumn calvers ($329{\pm}14$) had minimum. Period of calving significantly influenced the FSP, FCI, MY/FLL and MY/FCI in Karan Fries and FLY, MY/FLL and MY/FCI in Karan Swiss. Production efficiency traits in Karan Fries herd witnessed higher yield in the last two periods whereas, Karan Swiss heifers showed fluctuating performance. The findings suggested judicious use of available genetic variability, keeping of inbreeding under safer level and managemental interventions for the consistent improvement of both herds.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제62권6호
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• pp.777-789
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• 2020

Intense artificial selection has been imposed to Luzhong mutton sheep population in the past years. Improvements on growth and reproductive performance are two breeding goals in the present herd. Although some progresses were phenotypically observed possibly due to inbreeding induced by strong selection in terms of these traits, the genomic evaluation was poorly understood. Therefore, a high-density SNP array was used to characterize the pattern of runs of homozygosity (ROH), estimate inbreeding and inbreeding depressions on early growth performance and litter size based upon ROH, and scan positive selection signatures of recent population. Consequently, a low inbreeding level was observed which had negative effects on litter size, but not on early growth performance. And 160 genes were under selection, of which some were reported to be linked to several traits of sheep including body weight, litter size, carcass and meat quality, milk yield and composition, fiber quality and health, and the top genes were associated with growth (growth hormone [GH]- growth hormone receptor [GHR]- Insulin-like growth factor 1 [IGF1] axis) and litter size (bone morphogenic proteins [BMPs]-associated). The effectiveness of previous breeding measures was highlighted, but purging selection was proposed to alleviate the inbreeding depression on litter size, providing some genomic insights to breeding management of Luzhong mutton sheep.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2013

The aim of this study was to compare both the performance of litters derived from two sire genetic origins (SGO), Vienna Blue (VB) and Burgundy Fawn (BF), along successive seasons of birth (SB; winter, spring, summer and autumn), and doe reproductive performance in an organic production system. A total of fifty-eight does consisting of a mixture of crosses of several medium-large size breeds at different parity order (P, 1 = nulliparous; 2 = primiparous; ${\geq}3$ = multiparous) and twelve males (6 VB and 6 BF) were housed indoors at environmental conditions that followed seasonality. An extensive reproductive rhythm was used and kits were weaned at $46{\pm}6$ d of age. Doe reproductive performance and the data of 105 litters (55 from VB and 50 from BF SGO) were recorded throughout the SB. No statistically significant differences related to SGO effect were observed. As regards parity order, multiparous does showed higher live weights (LW) (p<0.05), total born (p<0.01), total born alive (p<0.05) per delivery, and litter weight of born alive (p<0.05), but lower milk output at 21st d than primiparous does (p<0.05). The extensive reproductive rhythm mainly increased litter performance at birth in multiparous does but was not sufficient to permit a complete recovery of body reserves lost during lactation. Autumn SB negatively affected doe LW variation between deliveries. The number of pups born and born alive per delivery (p<0.05) and litter size at 21 d of age and at weaning (p<0.01) were lower during hot SB. Due to the lower litter size of pups born in summer and autumn, their individual weight at 21st d of age and daily individual growth rate 0 to 21 d were higher than those of pups born in winter (p<0.001). Litter performance at 21st d of age and individual pup pre-weaning growth rate were poorer for those born in spring than in other seasons due to the harmful effects of increased environmental temperatures. SB affected most of the performance traits of does and young rabbits reared under the organic farming system. The rabbits seemed better suited to organic rearing conditions during winter than in other seasons. The worst results overall were obtained in the spring SB, whereas the hot SB negatively affected both doe energy balance and prolificacy. In conclusion, the pups of the 2 SGO showed good pre-weaning performance and seemed suited to the organic rabbit production system.