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Influence of Whole Crop Corn Silage Ensiled with Poultry Manure on the Performance and Carcass Quality of Hanwoo Steers

  • Ko, Y.D.;Kim, J.H.;Kim, C.H.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.1133-1137
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    • 2001
  • An experiment was conducted to study the performance and carcass characteristics of Hanwoo steers fed whole crop corn silage ensiled with poultry manure (PM) for 18 months. The experiment was designed as a randomized block design with three phases. Steers were allotted in one of three dietary treatments, which were ammonia-treated rice straw (AS), whole crop corn silage (CS) and whole crop corn+30% PM silage (based on DM; MS). All diets were supplemented with concentrate. Total body weight gain and average daily gain (ADG) in MS group were increased (p<0.05) by 6% over AS group. The MS treatment enhanced (p<0.05) total and daily intakes of forage compared with the AS and CS treatments while there was compensatory effect on concentrate intake by AS group. Carcass characteristics were improved by feeding MS. MS increased (p<0.05) carcass weight and marbling score (7.5 and 22.5% of AS, respectively), and reduced (p<0.05) backfat thickness (13.2 of AS and 16.6% CS). Carcass grade and meat quality grade were also improved by MS compared with AS and CS. Under the conditions of this study, MS was an efficacious replacement for corn silage for steers.

The Effect of Different Flaked Lupin Seed Inclusion Levels on the Growth of Growing Korean Native Bulls

  • Kwak, B.O.;Kim, C.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.1129-1132
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    • 2001
  • Seventy-two Korean native bulls, with an average initial body weight of $247.2{\pm}2.34kg$ were used to determine the effect of different flaked lupin seed inclusion levels (0%, 15% and 30%; Control, LS15, LS30, respectively) on growth with a $3{\times}3$ randomized complete block design at the experimental farm of TS Corporation in Korea for 150 days. There were no significant differences in average daily gain (ADG) and feed:gain among treatments, However, LS30 increased concentrate intake and total feed intake (p<0.05) and decreased rice straw intake compared with Control and LS 15 (p<0.05), With inclusion of flaked lupin seeds, concentrate intake and total feed intake increased (p<0.01) and rice straw intake decreased (p<0.05) compared with Control. There were no specific changes in the health status of animals used in this experiment with inclusion of flaked lupin seeds in concentrates. Inclusion of flaked lupin seeds in the concentrates showed a tendency of reduced average daily total feed cost per kg weight gain compared with Control by 1.6% and 3.4%, respectively, in LS15 and LS30.

EFFECTS OF PHOSPHORUS AND CALCIUM ON FEED INTAKE AND YIELD AND COMPOSITION OF MILK OF HOLSTEIN COWS

  • Morse, D.;Head, H.H.;Wilcox, C.J.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.231-237
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    • 1994
  • Three concentrations of P (0.33, 0.43 and 0.54%) and two concentrations of Ca (0.60 and 0.97%) in ration dry matter were evaluated for effects on dry matter intake and on milk yield and composition using 24 Holstein cows. Cows were arranged in a $3{\times}2$ factorial experiment as an incomplete randomized block design with three 28-day periods. Each cow consumed at least one ration with each concentration of Ca. Dry matter intake, yield of 3.5% Fat Corrected Milk, and milk composition were not affected by concentration of P, but milk yield was greater when lowest concentration of P was fed (22.8 vs. 22.1 kg/day; p<0.07). Cows fed rations containing 0.60% Ca had greater milk (22.7 vs. 21.9 kg/day; p<0.02) and 3.5% Fat Corrected Milk yields (p<0.03) and slightly greater protein content than when fed 0.97% Ca. Dietary Ca:P ratios between 1.1:1 and 2.9:1 had no effect on dry matter intake, milk yield, or composition. Concentrations of P in plasma were within the normal range for all rations. Because cows had high dry matter intake, mean daily intakes of both P and Ca were greater than required for their level of milk yield.

Effects of Soybean Oil or Rumen Protected Conjugated Linoleic Acid Supplementation on Accumulation of Conjugated Linoleic Acid in Dairy Cows' Milk

  • Suksombat, Wisitiporn;Chullanandana, Khukbuan
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.1271-1277
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    • 2008
  • The effects of feeding soybean oil (SBO) or rumen protected conjugated linoleic acid (RP-CLA) on CLA accumulation in milk, and performance of lactating dairy cows were studied. Twenty four Holstein Friesian crossbred lactating dairy cows, averaging $126{\pm}45days$ in milk, $15.6{\pm}2.43kg$ of milk and $452{\pm}51kg$ body weight were stratified randomly and assigned in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) to three treatments of 8 cows each. The treatments were control, 150 g of SBO and 150 g of RP-CLA supplementation. Performance parameters showed that DM intake, NELP intake and body weight change were similar across treatments, while CP intake was decreased by SBO and RP-CLA supplementation. Milk yield and milk composition were not significantly different among treatments, except for milk fat percentage and fat yield which were significantly decreased by 27% (p<0.05) and by 28% (p<0.01), respectively, by RP-CLA supplements compared with control treatment. Feeding RP-CLA reduced 3.5% FCM compared with the other treatments (p<0.003). Both SBO and RP-CLA supplementation reduced ${\geq}C18:0$ and CLA concentration in milk fat.

Intake and Performance of Yearling Steers Grazing Guineagrass (Panicum maximum cv. Tanzânia) Pasture Supplemented with Different Energy Sources

  • Santana, M.C.A.;Euclides, V.B.P.;Mancio, A.B.;Medeiros, S.R.;Costa, J.A.R.;Oliveira, R.L.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.349-357
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    • 2013
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of supplements containing different energy sources in relation to mineral supplementation of steers grazing guineagrass (Panicum maximum cv Tanz$\hat{a}$nia) pasture, during the dry season. The experimental design was a randomized block with three treatments and four replications. The treatments consisted of a mineral supplementation and two other supplements, one based on corn seed and the other based on soybean hulls, and provided at 0.8% of body weight. Forty-eight, 12 month-old crossbred steers with an average initial body weight of 267 kg, were assigned to twelve paddocks (1,125 ha) of guineagrass. The animals that were fed with soybean hulls and corn seed presented a greater average daily gain (0.982 and 0.937) when compared with the mineral supplementation. Soybean hulls can be used as a satisfactory food source, replacing corn as an energy source in the supplementation of beef cattle without compromising animal performance.

Effect of Different Kinds of Protein Fed with Coffee and/or Methionine on the Protein & Lipid Metabolism of Rats (단백질의 종류를 달리한 식이에 첨가한 Coffee 와 Methionine이 흰쥐의 단백질과 지방대사에 미치는 영향)

  • 김영심
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.224-232
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    • 1986
  • This study was performed to investigate the effects of different kinds of dietary protein [plant protein ; Isolated Soy Protein(ISP), animal protein ; casein] on protein and lipid metabolism in rats fed with coffee and/or methionine in diet during four weeks of growing period after weanling. Forty male growing rats fo Sprague-Dawley strain, weighing 92.5$\pm$1.8g, were distributed into 8 groups by randomized complete block design, and fed diets containing 15% of protein by weight either as ISP or casein and 10% ofcalories as corn oil, supplemented with coffee and /or methionine for 4 weeks. Coffee were added at a concentration of 1.4% of diet as instant coffee, and methionine were added to ISP or casein diet to be 0.6% of diet as DL-methionine. Results were followed ; Body weight gain, F.E. R and P.E.R tanded to be higher in methionine added groups than non-methionine groups. The nitrogen content of feces was significantly higher in coffee groups than non-coffee groups, and tended to be higher in ISP groups than casein groups. but was not significantly different with or without methionine. thus, apparent protein digestilbity was significantly lower in coffee groups than non-coffee groups and was significantly lower in ISP groups than cesein groups, but was not significantly different with or without methionine. Total cholesterol content of serum tended to be higher in coffee groups than non-coffee groups, and tended to be lower in methionine groups than non-methionine groups.

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Hypolipidemic and Antithrombotic Effects of Increasing Intake of Linolenic Acid Derived from Perilla Oil in Rats

  • Rim, Jung-Hye
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.26 no.7
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    • pp.839-850
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    • 1993
  • This study investigated the hypolipidemic and antithrombotic effects of linolenic acid derived from Korean perilla oil. The experimental rats(male, Sprague-Dawley) were divided into 5 groups using a Randomized Complete Block Design and fed one of the five following diets : DO*/O#. D4/O, D4/4, D4/8, or D4/20(D*/# represents the ratio of linoleic to linoenic acid as the percentage of total dietary energy intake) for 4 or 8 months. Bleeding time and whole blood clotting time were determined and the composition of serum and platelet lipids analyzed. Comparisons from the DO/O to the D4/20 group showed that serum lipids (total lipid, triglyceride, total cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol) gradually decreased with increasing linolenic acid intake - the hypolipidemic effect. The composition of platelet fatty acids[the ratio of eicosapentaenoic acid(EPA)/arachidonci aci(AA)] increased gradually with increasing linolenic acid intake. Higher linolenic acid intake increased bleeding time and whole blood clotting time, and decreased malondialdehyde(MDA) production in the platelets, though no significant differences. These results suggest that linolenic acid derived from perilla oil appears to suppress the conversion of linoleic acid to AA and the EPA transformed from linolenic acid appears to suppress the conversion of AA to TXA2. Since TXA2 is a platelet-aggregating and vasoconstricting agent, the redulction of TXA2 released by platelets with increasing intake of perilla oil containing a lot of linolenic acid confers an antithrombotic effect.

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초지에 대한 인산질비료의 시용에 관한 연구 IV. 인산질비료의 시용수준이 목장의 식생구성과 무기물함량 및 토양화학성분에 미치는 영향 ( Studies on the Phosphatic fertilizer Application Grassland IV. Effect of phosphatic fertilizer levals on the botanial compos

  • 박근제;최기춘;이필상
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.223-229
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    • 1994
  • To find out the effects of phosphatic fertilizer application levels on the botanical composition, mineral contents and mineral nutrient deprivation of grasses and the chemical properties of soil, this expriment was arranged as a randomized complete block design with six treatments(0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250kg $P_2O_5$/ha) and conducted at hilly land in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province from September, 1989 to October, 1992. The results obtained are summarized as follows: The botanical composition of grasses without posphatic fertilizer application was poor but with 150kg $P_2O_5$/ha application, remarkably increased in legume of grasses and decreaed in weed. As the phophatic fertilizer levels increase, P, Ca and Mg content of grasses were increased but N and K content tended not to be regular, and Ca/p and K/Ca+ Mg equivalent ratio were lowered. Up to 150kg $P_2O_5$/ha application level, the mineral nutrient content deprived by dry matter yield was increased but with that over application, tend not to be increased. Most of applied mineral elements were accumulated at a subsurface of grassland and as the phosphatic fertilizer application levels increase, the available $P_2O_5$ and exchangeable Mg contents of the soil tended to be remarkably increased and exchangeable K content tended to be decreased, but pH, OM and exchangeable Ca content tended not to be regular.

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Varietal Difference of Leaf Breakdown in Field of Flue -Cured Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) II (황색종 연초(Nicotiuna tabacum L. )에서 엽탈락의 품종간 차이 II.)

  • 조수헌;이철환
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.65-69
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    • 1989
  • This study was conducted to obtain the breeding Information for varietal difference of leaf breakdown of flue-cured tobacco at Taegu Experiment Station, Korea Ginseng & Tobacco Research Institute In 1988. The experiment was designed in randomized block with 3 replications. And data were analyzed as spilt plot design composed with varieties for main and growth stages for sub-plots. Among the 8 varieties (NC 95, SL 72, Sleight G-28, TC 518, NC82, NC 2326, NC 567 and TC 499), first half derived from NC 95, and 4 latter varieties were used for check Plants and not derived from NC 95. Plant seedlings were transplanted in 15 April. The number of breakdown leaf were investigated twice at peak growth stage, 5 June and at early harvest stage, 30 June. NC 95 and varieties derived from NC 95 had showed significantly different on the number of breakdown leaf compared to the latter 4 ones after heavy rainfall, but there were not significantly different at the two growth stages. It was suggested that NC95 and varieties derived from NC 95 had substance to induce leaf breakdown by conditional genes after water absorption to plant tissue. Among the varieties derived from NC 95 cultivar SC 72, Speight G-28 and TC 518 had appeared significantly different on the number of breakdown leaf, respectively. These results could appreciated analogically that character of leaf breakdown were governed by heteromeric genes In NC 95.

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Studies on Ecological Characteristics and Control of Exotic Weeds 2. Introduction route and control of exotic weeds in forage crop field (주요 외래잡초의 생태적 특성 및 방제에 관한 연구 2. 조사료 포장에 발생하는 주요 외래잡초의 유입경로 및 방제)

  • 박근제;윤세형;이종경;김영진
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.103-108
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    • 2001
  • This study was carried out to investigate the introduced route of exotic weeds and the effects of herbicide treatment. Herbicide trial was arranged as a completely randomized block design with treatment 1(\circled1 Dicamba $1\ell$/ha, \circled2 Mecoprop $5\ell$/ha, \circled3 Bentazone $3\ell$.ha, \circled4 Glyphosate $4\ell$/ha and \circled5 Pyrazosulfuron-ethyl 2kg/ha), and treatment 2(\circled1 Dicamba $2\ell$/ha, \circled2 Dicamba $4\ell$/ha, \circled3 Glyphosate $6\ell$/ha, \circled4 Glyphosate 4+Dicamba $1\ell$/ha and \circled5 Glyphosate 4+dicamba $2\ell$/ha) against 10 exotic weed species, and conducted in Suwon, Seosan and Yeongam from 1997 to 1999. Exotic weeds have been mostly introduced within imported cereals for concentrate feed or within seeds for forage production. Most of exotic weeds in forage crop field were controlled more than 95% by herbicide, but it was desirable that the control of exotic weeds was abreast of chemical and ecological method.

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