• 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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• 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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• 제46권5호
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• pp.729-734
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• 2004

본 연구는 한우의 mtDNA D-loop 영역 염기 변이가 산유량에 미치는 효과를 검증하기 위하여 수행하였다. 젖소의 mtDNA D-loop 영역에서 단일염기의 치환이 20 개의 지역에서 확인되었다. 그중 8, 169, 16042, 16051, 16057, 16093, 16119, 16122, 16209, 16255, 16302 bp 지역에서 높은 빈도의 염기치환이 검출되었다. 16119bp 지역에서는 T가 C로 치환된 빈도가 0 .138로 검출되었으며, 이 위치에서의 염기치환에 의한 산유량 효과는 -1.61 (p<0.1)로 나타났다. 16185bp 지역에서의 염기치환에 의한 산유량 효과는 3.557(p<0.05)로 나타났으며 G가 A로 치환된 빈도는 0.063로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 검출한 한우 다유계통 집단의 mtDNA내 D- loop 영역의 염기서열 변이 빈도와 유량과의 연관성분석 결과 등은 한우 집단의 유전적 변이성 추정과 좀 더 다양한 경제형질과의 관련성 분석으로 다양한 유전적 지표인자 발굴에 도움 될 것이며 이를 통해 분자유전학적 기법을 이용한 한우의 육종 전략을 확립하논데 기초 자료가 되는 것은 물론 우려나라 고유 품종인 한우의 유전자원 보존과 분자육종학적인 연구에 기초 자료로서 유용하게 활용 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.1340-1348
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• 2019

Objective: The objectives were to compare variance components, genetic parameters, prediction accuracies, and genomic-polygenic estimated breeding value (EBV) rankings for milk yield (MY) and fat yield (FY) in the Thai multibreed dairy population using five single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sets from GeneSeek GGP80K chip. Methods: The dataset contained monthly MY and FY of 8,361 first-lactation cows from 810 farms. Variance components, genetic parameters, and EBV for five SNP sets from the GeneSeek GGP80K chip were obtained using a 2-trait single-step average-information restricted maximum likelihood procedure. The SNP sets were the complete SNP set (all available SNP; SNP100), top 75% set (SNP75), top 50% set (SNP50), top 25% set (SNP25), and top 5% set (SNP5). The 2-trait models included herd-year-season, heterozygosity and age at first calving as fixed effects, and animal additive genetic and residual as random effects. Results: The estimates of additive genetic variances for MY and FY from SNP subsets were mostly higher than those of the complete set. The SNP25 MY and FY heritability estimates (0.276 and 0.183) were higher than those from SNP75 (0.265 and 0.168), SNP50 (0.275 and 0.179), SNP5 (0.231 and 0.169), and SNP100 (0.251and 0.159). The SNP25 EBV accuracies for MY and FY (39.76% and 33.82%) were higher than for SNP75 (35.01% and 32.60%), SNP50 (39.64% and 33.38%), SNP5 (38.61% and 29.70%), and SNP100 (34.43% and 31.61%). All rank correlations between SNP100 and SNP subsets were above 0.98 for both traits, except for SNP100 and SNP5 (0.93 for MY; 0.92 for FY). Conclusion: The high SNP25 estimates of genetic variances, heritabilities, EBV accuracies, and rank correlations between SNP100 and SNP25 for MY and FY indicated that genotyping animals with SNP25 dedicated chip would be a suitable to maintain genotyping costs low while speeding up genetic progress for MY and FY in the Thai dairy population.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.455-462
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• 2020

Leu. mesenteroides CJNU 0705 균주는 모유에서 분리되었으며 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열 분석과 자당(2%)이 포함된 tryptic soy agar plate상에서의 덱스트란 생성능을 통하여 동정하였다. Leu. mesenteroides CJNU 0705 균주는 미세먼지 속에 존재하는 피부 유해성 중금속인 납과 카드뮴에 대한 흡착능이 있으며 이러한 성질은 사균 상태에서도 확인되었다. 또한 Leu. mesenteroides CJNU 0705 균주는 여드름 원인균인 P. acnes 균주에 대하여 항균활성을 나타내었다. 마지막으로 피부 건강기능소재로 잘 알려진 녹차, 당근, 개똥쑥, 파슬리, 브로콜리 및 옥수수수염 추출물을 기본 배지(A)로 하여 2% 자당(B) 혹은 2% 자당과 3% 효모추출물(C)을 각각의 추출물에 첨가한 후 Leu. mesenteroides CJNU 0705 균주를 접종 및 배양하여 덱스트란 생산량을 확인한 결과 C 배지가 최적배지로 확인되었으며 덱스트란의 생산은 주사전자현미경 사진으로도 관찰되었다. 결론적으로 모유 유래의 Leu. mesenteroides CJNU 0705 균주나 이를 이용한 천연발효추출물은 피부 건강기능소재로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.1663-1670
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• 2014

The objective of this study was to determine the perceptions and knowledge of farmers of heat stress and tick resistance in cattle. A cross-sectional survey was conducted and 110 farmers in four villages in the sour and sweet velds of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa were interviewed. The associations among area (municipality), gender, age, level of education, employment and religion were computed using Chi-square tests. The majority of the respondents had on average 4 bulls, 4 cows, 4 heifers, 4 calves, and 4 oxen. Milk was considered as the major (28.3%) reason for keeping cattle. Most farmers owned non-descript (72.6%), and Nguni (45.3%) cattle because of their heat tolerance (54.7%), tick resistance (54.7%), and milking ability (28.2%) traits. Excessive panting (56.6%) and disease transmission (76%) were regarded as the major effects of heat stress and tick infestation in cattle, respectively. About 50% of the respondents agreed that hair length influences tick resistance and 47.17% considered coat colour when acquiring cattle. In the sampled areas, ticks were prevalent in the summer season (93%), and 77.36% of the respondents use acaricides every fortnight. Gall sickness was reported to be a major problem in the cattle herds by 36.79% of the respondents. Our results showed that farmers in the two municipalities had knowledge of cattle adaptation to heat stress and tick resistance.

• 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.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1348-1352
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• 2005

Most breeds of sheep in Iran are adapted to their agro ecological niches where it is likely that they were also artificially selected by their owners. In general, most of sheep breeds are multipurpose producing lambs, wool and milk. To compare the physical and chemical composition of the carcasses of ten Iranian native fat-tailed sheep breeds, 243 male lambs (6-7 months of age) of ten fattailed, Iranian breeds of sheep, Sanjabi (S), Ghezel (G), Afshari (A), Mehrabani (M), Lori (L), Lori Bakhtiari (LB), Kordi Khorasan (K), Sangesari (Sa), Baluchi (B) and Chal (C) were studied. Lamb breed group had a significant (p<0.05) effect on all the carcass traits measured. The LB and C lambs showed the same live weight which was significantly (p<0.05) higher than the other breeds. Carcass dressing- out percentage in S lambs was lowest (p<0.05), but not different from G lambs. K and Sa breeds showed the highest (p<0.05) carcass dressing-out percentage. The S lambs had the highest (p<0.05) lean meat percent. Lean meat percentage was not significantly (p>0.05) different in the G, A, M and C breeds. The Sa and K breeds showed the lowest lean meat percent. The S lambs showed the lowest (p<0.05) fat percent in their carcass, while K and Sa showed the highest (p<0.05). Subcutaneous fat in K, Sa and B was higher (p<0.05) than the other breeds. Lambs of S, G, A and M breeds had the lowest subcutaneous fat in their carcasses (p>0.05). Intramascular fat was significantly (p<0.05) lower in M, S and C despite the fact that this values were highest in B and K lambs. The K and Sa breeds had highest fat-tail percentage (p<0.05) in their carcass, whereas S and G showed lowest. Lambs of G, S and A breeds had higher bone percent than other breeds (p<0.05). Lowest bone percent (p<0.05) was seen in K and Sa lambs. The carcass moisture percent was not significantly (p>0.05) different in S, G, A, M, L and C breeds. M lambs showed the lowest crude protein percentage and S breed the highest (p<0.05). There were no significant (p>0.05) differences among other lamb breeds for this trait. Chemical fat percentage was the same in S, G, A, C and M breeds, but significantly (p<0.05) lower from LB, K, Sa and B. Ash percent in S, G and A had no significant (p>0.05) difference. According to higher lean meat and lower fat percentages in the carcass, the ranking of breeds would be S, G, A, M and C.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2009

소 염색체 19번에 존재하는 유지방 함량 및 지방산 조성에 영향을 미치는 양적경제 형질 유전자 좌위에서 발견된 지방산 합성 효소인 FASN 유전자는 포화지방산과 불포화지방산의 함량을 조절하는 강력한 후보유전자이다. 본 연구에서 FASN 유전자의 g.17924 A>G 변이를 한우집단과 미국산 육우 집단에서 분석하였고 그 결과는 한우에서는 GG형의 개체빈도가(71%)로 매우 높았으며, 미국산육우에서는 GG형 빈도는 불과(35%)밖에 되지 않았다. 한우 품종에서 FASN 유전자의 염기서열 분석을 하여 27 개의 단일염기 변이를 발견 하였고, 그 중 9개는 본 연구에서 처음으로 밝혀지는 단일염기 변이이다. 한우 집단 100두와 수입우 집단 96에 대하여 유전자형 분석을 수행한 결과, FASN 유전자 내의 4개의 단일염기 변이의 연관 불평형 및 반수체 구역을 연구하였다. g.10568 C>T와 g.11280 G>A 단일염기 변이의 다형성은 한우집단에서 고기의 육색(P=0.004)과 고기의 조직감(P=0.0114)에 고도의 유의성이 통계적인 분석에 의하여 나타났다. 그리고 g.13125 C>T와 g.17924 G>A 다형성은 등지방두께 및 육량지수에 유의성을 관찰할 수 있었다(P=0.0179, 0.0495). 이상의 결과는 소 FASN 유전자 내의 변이들이 한우집단의 불포화 지방산 함량과 도체 형질에 연관성은 차별화된 고급한우육을 생산하기 위한 중요한 DNA 마커로써 활용가치가 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.134-141
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• 2005

S. aureus는 자연계에 널리 상재해 있으며 우리나라의 경우 Salmonella spp.에 의한 식중독 다음으로 많이 발생하는 식중독의 원인균으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 실험에서는 상추와 원유로부터 분리한 S. aureus(n=86)의 표현형 및 유전형 특징을 파악할 목적으로 coagulase, hemolysin, enterotoxin 및 toxic shock syndrome toxin I 등에 대한 유전자를 대상으로 PCR 방생제 감수성 시험을 수행하여 그들 분리균주들의 항생제 내성정도를 결정하였다. 상추와 원유로부터 분리한 S. aureus 균주는 모두 coagulase 유전자를 보유하고 있었고, 또한 PCR 산물의 amplicon size는 500bp(2.4%), 580bp(17.4%), 660bp(61.6%), 740bp(17.4%) 및 820bp(1.2%)로 다섯 종류가 검출되었다. Hemolysin 유전자의 경우는 원유로부터 분리한 4개의 hld 유전자 보유균주를 제외하고 모든 분리균주에서 multiple hemolysin gene을 보유하였으며, 그 중 47개 균주(54.7%)가 hla/hld/hlg2 유전자를 모두 소유한 균주로서 가장 많은 분포를 나타내었다. 한편, enterotoxin 유전자를 소유한 S. aureus 분리균주는 37 균주(43.0%)로서 그중 32균주(37.2%)에서 sea 유전자가 검출되었고, 1균주(1.1%)에서 sed 유전자, 그리고 4균주(4.6%)에서 sea와 sed 유전자가 모두 검출되었으나, seb, sec 혹은 tsst-1 유전자는 검출되자 않았다. 그리고 항생제 감수성 시험 결과에서는 모든 균주가 ciprofloxacin, oxacillin, vancomycin 그리고 trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole에 대하여 감수성을 나타내었고 penicillin G(98.8%)는 높은 감수성을 보였으나 chloramphenicol(63%)과 erythromycin(59%)은 감수성이 낮았고, chloramphenicol, clindamycin, erythromycin 및 penicillin G에 대하여는 각각 4.7%, 82.6%, 14.0% 및 1.2%의 균주가 내성을 가지고 있었다. 또한 항생제 다제내성 양상을 살펴본 결과에 의하면 사용된 8종류의 항생물질들 중 2가지 항생물질에 대하여 내성을 나타낸 균주는 7개(8.1%)이고, 3종 이상의 항생물질에 대하여 다제 내성을 보이는 균주는 나타나지 않았다.