• 한국가금학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.311-323
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• 2023

본 연구는 생균제인 Bacillus subtilis(BS) 및 Oregano essential oil(OEO)이 산란말기 산란계의 계란 생산성, 계란 품질, 그리고 회장 내 융모의 조직학적 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 산란말기(69주령) 산란계 총 150마리를 공시하였으며, 시험 전 산란율 차이에 따라 산란율 100%(H), 평균(A, 88%~89%) 총 두 그룹으로 나눈 다음, 각 그룹별로 BS 또는 OEO을 처리하였다. 산란율 차이에 따른 두 그룹에서 각각 대조군(CON)은 상업용 시판사료를 급여하였으며, BS군은 대조군 사료에 3 × 10⁸ CFU/kg Bacillus subtilis를 첨가하였고, OEO은 대조군 사료에 사료용 Oregano essential oil 0.3 g/kg을 첨가하였다. 총 6처리로 하여 처리당 5반복, 반복당 5수를 완전 임의 배치하여 5주간 사양 시험을 수행하였다. 시험 종료 후 계란 생산성, 계란 품질, 그리고 회장내융모의 조직학적 특성을 조사하였다. 산란율 평균인 처리구에서 BS(91.69%) 및 OEO(91.94%)에서 CON(86.80%)과 비교하여 유의적으로 증가하였다. 혈구 및 혈청 생화학 분석 결과, 산란말기 산란율 및 BS과 OEO 첨가 급여에 따른 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 난각강도는 OEO(3.31~3.49 kg/cm²)에서 CON(2.96~3.17 kg/cm²)과 비교하여 유의적으로 개선되었다(P<0.05). 장 건강지표인 융모높이(villi height; VH)와 장샘깊이(crypt depth: CD)에 대한 분석결과, CON보다 BS와 OEO를 급여한 처리구에서 높은 VH/CD의 비율을 나타내었다(P<0.05). 본 연구 결과는 산란말기 산란계 사료에 Bacillus subtilis와 Oregano essential oil을 첨가 급여하는 것이 산란율, 계란품질 및 장 건강을 향상시키는 사료 첨가제로서 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2014

본 연구는 산란계 사료 내 분변토 발효 사료 첨가제(Fermented earthworm cast additives, FEC)의 급여가 계란 생산, 난황 지방산, 혈액 지질, 맹장 미생물 및 분변의 악취 가스에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 2개의 처리구는 대조군과 FEC 3.5%를 함유하는 시험군으로 구분하였다. 계란 생산은 FEC가 대조군에 비해서 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 난황 지방산의 n-6/n-3의 비율은 FEC가 대조군에 비해서 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 혈액 HDL 콜레스테롤은 FEC가 대조군에 비해 유의하게 높았으나, 중성 지방 및 총 콜레스테롤의 경우 그 반대의 경향을 보였다(p<0.05). 맹장의 Lactobacillus는 FEC가 대조군과 비교할 때 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 축사 내 암모니아는 FEC가 대조군에 비해서 유의하게 낮았다(p<0.05). 결론적으로 본 결과는 산란계 사료 내 FEC 3.5%를 첨가 급여해 주면 계란 생산과 난황의 n-6/n-3 지방산 비율을 개선함과 동시에 분변의 악취 저감 효과를 갖는다는 점을 보여준다.

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2002년도 가을 학술발표논문집
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• pp.106-107
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• 2002

소음크기별 산란율은 무소음구 84.56%, 75dB 소음구 83.67%, 100dB 소음구 79.17%로 무소음구 대비 T1, T2구에서 각각 1.1%, 6.4%의 산란율이 저하되었고, 난중에서는 100dB 소음구에서 무소음구에 비해 1.4%의 감소가 있었다. 수당 사료섭취량과 음수량은 무소음구에 비해 소음처리구가 모두 낮았다. 면역음 효과 비교시 산란율은 단순소음구가 79.4%, 면역 소음구가 80.3%였으며 난중에서도 소음구 59.95g, 면역음구 60.87g 으로 면역음 제공구가 산란율과 난중에서 약간 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 1995

To investigate the response of egg production to the artificial light to induce early egg laying. and the changes of egg weight and egg shape during the egg laying cycle, 30 Korean ring-necked pullets and their 1,284 eggs layed under artificial light control were used in this study. The first egg was ohserved at the age of 31 wk, after 4 wk of stimulating light(16 hour light: 8 hour dark). Egg production rate during seven 2-wk periods from the begining of the first egg was 43.7% and a clear peak egg production(61.7%) was shown at the 4th 2-wk period. The effects of egg production period and pullet on the egg weight, egg length, egg width and egg shape index(width/length) were significant(P<0.01). In the egg production cycle. egg weight, egg length and egg width increased steadly with time. but the value of egg shape index increased up to the 3rd 2-wk period and then decreased. Repeatabilities from intraclass correlation for the egg weight, egg length. egg width and egg shape index were 0.61. 0.53, 0.49 and 0.48, respectively.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.830-836
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• 2003

The classical energy balance method was used to measure the apparent metabolisable energy (AME) of four batches of broiler starter and finisher diets produced by two commercial feed companies. The results showed there was little variation in protein content between batches, but NDF content varied from 13.3% to 15.5% between batches of diet. The batch variation in chemical composition differed between feed manufacturers. While there was no difference in AME and feed conversion ration (FCR) between batches of starter diets produced by company A, FCR and AME ranged from 1.76-1.94 (p<0.001) and 11.38-11.90 MJ/kg air dry (p<0.05), respectively, for diets produced by company B. Similar results were found in a second experiment. There was no difference in AME, dry matter digestibility (DMD) and FCR between batches for finishing diet produced by company B, but a large variation occurred for the finisher diets from company A (p<0.01), where the ranges of FCR, AME and DMD were 1.95-2.30, 10.5-12.3 (MJ/kg air dry) and 58-68%, respectively. FCR was correlated with AME. AME was negatively related to the content of fibre in the diet, but positively related to DMD. The preliminary results based on 24 samples showed that near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) has the potential to predict FCR, intake, AME and DMD of commercial broiler diets, with $R^2$ being 0.93, 0.89, 0.95 and 0.98, respectively. The standard error of cross validation was below 0.2 for AME and only 0.06 for FCR.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.948-953
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• 2007

The relative performance and immune response was evaluated in White Leghorn layers fed liquid DL-methionine hydroxyl analogue-free acid (MHA-FA) relative to dry DL-methionine (DLM) in maize-soybean-sunflower based diets. Three graded levels of methionine (Met) from DLM or MHA-FA were added to the basal diet containing 0.27% Met on an equimolar basis to achieve 0.30, 0.36 and 0.42% Met in the diet. Each diet was fed ad libitum to 25 replicates of one bird (individual feeding) each, from 24 to 40 weeks of age. A regime of 16 h light was provided and all the layers were kept under uniform management throughout the experimental period. None of the parameters studied were influenced by the interaction between source and level of Met in diets. Similarly, the majority of parameters, except for daily feed consumption and immune response (influenced by level) and egg specific gravity and shell thickness (influenced by source), were not affected by either source or level of Met in the diets. Feed consumption was significantly lower in the birds fed a diet containing 0.42% Met compared to those fed lower levels of Met. The cutaneous basophilic hypersensitivity response to PHA-P and antibody titre (32 and 40 wk) to inoculation of sheep red blood cells increased significantly by increasing the concentration of Met in the diet from 0.30 to 0.36%. Thus, the Met requirement for immune competence was higher than for optimum production. The source of Met significantly influenced the egg specific gravity and shell thickness. The specific gravity and shell thickness of eggs increased significantly when MHA-FA was used as the source of Met in the diet compared to DLM. From the study it is concluded that Met requirement for immune competence (360 mg/b/d) is higher than for optimum production (300 mg/b/d). MHA-FA was comparable with DLM as a source of Met for production performance and immunity, when the bioavailability of MHA-FA was considered as 88% of DLM. Further, MHA-FA improved egg shell quality compared to DLM.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.86-90
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• 2018

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary detoxified Rhus verniciflua sap (RVS) on production performance, egg quality, lipid fractions of egg yolk, liver and serum, and the profile of cecal microflora in laying hens. Methods: Two hundred 52-week-old Hy-Line Brown layers were randomly divided into 4 groups with 5 replicates per group (2 hens per cage, 5 cages per replicate) and were provided with one of 4 experimental diets containing 0%, 0.05%, 0.1%, or 0.2% RVS, for 6 weeks. Due to unequal intervals of RVS doses, the interactive matrix language procedure of the SAS program was used to correct the contrast coefficients of orthogonal polynomials. Results: There were no differences in feed intake and egg weight among the groups. Egg production increased (linearly and quadratically, p<0.05) with increasing levels of RVS. Eggshell thickness increased (linear, p<0.05) as the level of RVS in diets increased. The levels of blood cholesterol and activities of glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase were not altered by dietary treatments. Increasing level of RVS increased (linear, p<0.05) the populations of cecal lactic acid bacteria. The content of yolk cholesterol decreased (linear, p<0.05) with increasing levels of dietary RVS, although there were no significant differences in each lipid fraction of the liver. Conclusion: This study indicates that dietary RVS could improve laying performance and eggshell quality, and affect cecal lactic acid bacteria in a dose-dependent manner.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.417-423
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• 2017

Objective: This experiment investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on the serum components, laying hen productivity, lipid composition of egg yolk, egg flavor and egg quality. Methods: Healthy 28-week-old Hy-Line white laying hens (n = 480) were divided randomly into 4 groups, 6 replicates/group, 20 birds/replicate. The 30-day experimental diets included 0% (control), 0.4%, 0.8%, and 1.6% CLA. Some serum indices of the birds, and egg production, quality, fatty acid composition, egg quality were measured. Results: The dietary supplementation with 0.4%, 0.8%, and 1.6% CLA did not significantly affect the laying rate and feed intake, as well as calcium ion and phosphorus ion concentration in serum (p>0.05). However, the CLA had significantly increased the strength of eggshell, decreased the odor, flavor, and taste of egg yolk, deepened the color of egg yolk, increased saturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids, and reduced the monounsaturated fatty acids (p<0.05). On the other hand, the dietary supplementation with 1.6% CLA had significant effects on feed/gain, and improved serum hormones. Dietary supplementation with 0.4% and 0.8% CLA can significantly enhance the activity of alkaline phosphates. Conclusion: CLA has no effect on production performance, but does enhance the lipid content of the egg yolk and the strength of the eggshell.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1638-1642
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• 2006

An experiment was conducted to elucidate the effect of graded levels of vitamin $D_3$ in White Leghorn (WL) layer breeders on egg production, shell quality, hatchability of eggs and juvenile performance of offspring during their late laying period (72-88 wk). White Leghorn breeder females were randomly divided into 5 groups of 50 each and were housed in individual California cages in an open-side housing system. Considering birds in five cages as a replicate, 10 such replicates were randomly allotted to each treatment. A basal diet was formulated containing all the nutrients as recommended for WL layers except vitamin $D_3$, which served as control. Another, four diets were formulated by supplementing graded levels of feed grade crystalline cholecalciferol to the basal diet that contained 300, 600, 1,200 and 2,400 ICU of vitamin $D_3$ per kg. Each diet was offered ad libitum to one of the above five treatment groups. The egg production, egg weight, daily feed consumption and the feed intake per dozen eggs or kg egg mass of the birds fed diet without any supplemental vitamin $D_3$ was comparable with those of supplemental groups. Similarly, the level of vitamin in the diet did not have any effect on any of the above parameters. However, the specific gravity of eggs laid by the birds fed the diet without supplemental vitamin $D_3$ was comparable with either 600 or 2,400 ICU supplemental groups but significantly higher when compared to the 300 and 1,200 ICU groups. The egg -shell breaking strength was significantly lowered in the 600 ICU supplemental groups as compared to the strength of other dietary groups. The Haugh unit, egg shell weight, shell thickness, tibia breaking strength, bone ash and calcium content were not influenced by vitamin $D_3$ concentration in the diet. Serum Ca concentration was influenced by vitamin $D_3$ level in the diet. The serum Ca concentration of birds fed either control or the vitamin supplemented diet up to 1200 ICU/kg diet was comparable. However, increasing the concentration of vitamin $D_3$ to 2,400 ICU/kg diet significantly enhanced the concentration of Ca in the serum, which was significantly higher compared to other dietary groups. The serum concentration of P and protein, however, was not influenced by level of vitamin $D_3$ in the diet. Neither fertility nor hatchability was influenced by vitamin $D_3$ concentration in the diet. Feeding a vitamin $D_3$ deficient diet or supplementation of vitamin to hens did not have any influence on their progeny chicks. It can be concluded that dietary supplementation of vitamin $D_3$ may not be essential for optimum production, shell quality, hatchability, and juvenile performance of WL breeders during 72 to 88 weeks of age.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.577-582
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• 1995

Sixty ram lambs, weighting 23.5 kg, were randomly assigned in a $2{\times}3$ factorial arrangement of two dietary energy (high; 11.7 and low; 9.0 MJ ME/kg DM) and three levels of poultry offal meal supplementation (0, 5 and 10%). Lambs were fed ad libitum for 120-day before slaughter. At slaughter, half the lambs in each dietary treatment group were randomly selected for electrical stimulation of their undressed carcasses. The M. Biceps femoris pH and temperatures were monitored at 1, 3, 5, 8 and 24 h postmortem. At 24 h postmortem, the M. biceps femoris was removed from the fight side of each carcass and steaks were obtained for determination of Warner-Bratzler shear force, collagen content and collagen solubility. The results showed that temperature and pH values during the 24-h postmortem were consistently higher (p < .01) and lover (p < .01), respectively, for M. biceps femoris from lambs fed high energy diets than for those fed on low energy diets. Muscles from high energy fed lambs had lower (p < .01) shear force values and higher (p < .01) percent soluble collagen than for low energy fed lambs; total collagen content was not significantly influenced by dietary energy level. Increased the level of poultry offal meal supplementation in the diet to 10% was associated with concomitant increases (p < .01) in muscle tenderness and percent soluble collagen. Electrical stimulation (ES) of carcasses resulted in a lower shear force values for the M. biceps femoris than in non-stimulated carcasses (Non-ES); total collagen content and percent soluble collagen were not significantly affected by ES treatment.