• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.143-148
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• 1990

An experiment was conducted to compare the traditional weigh-suckle-weigh method and the $D_2O$ dilution technique to estimate milk consumption of suckling piglets. Milk consumption of 50 individual piglets was estimated on four consecutive days by the $D_2O$ dilution method and for approximately 8 hours on both the second and fourth day by the traditional WSW method. The average milk intake of piglets estimated by the $D_2O$ dilution method was 45.0 g/hr and there were no significant differences between the four measurement period. The traditional weigh-suckle-weigh method provided a significantly lower estimate of milk consumption (36.8 g/hr). However correction for weight losses associated with milk suckling and weighing would increase the weigh-suckle-weigh estimate to a level similar to that determined by the $D_2O$ dilution method.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.165-168
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• 1991

The maternal weigh-suckle-weigh (WSW) method for estimating milk production of sows was further evaluated by comparing this to the traditional WSW method. Twenty one estimates of hourly milk production were obtained by both methods. Total hourly milk production between the two methods was not significantly different (292.4 vs 303.3 g/h, p > 0.05). Hourly milk production determined by the maternal WSW method was highly correlated with hourly milk production estimates using the traditional WSW method ($R_2$ = 0.94, p < 0.001). When corrections for metabolic and salivary losses were made, the milk production figures for the maternal WSW method were approximately 27% less than those estimated by the traditional WSW method.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 1988

Daily milk yield estimates were obtained on 74 lactations of 35 Japanese Black cows on weeks 1 to 9, 11, 13, 17, 21 and 26 postpartum using the weigh-suckle-weigh method. The data obtained were analyzed by least-squares procedures according to the models including the following effects; dam, lactation number, season of calving, week of experiment and partial regressions on the lactation number. The overall mean and standard error for daily milk yield was $4.55{\pm}0.04\;kg$. The milk yield declined essentially linearly throughout the experimental period. The main effects of lactation number, season of calving and week of experiment were highly significant. Differences in daily milk yield among cows were significant, and the repeatability was estimated as $0.60{\pm}0.06$. The overall means(kg) and repeat-abilities of cumulative milk yield for 1, 4, 9, 13, 17, 21 and 26 weeks postpartum were 41, 0.08; 166, 0.40; 361, 0.61; 503, 0.66; 632, 0.67; 749, 0.65 and 884, 0.58; respectively. The means of calf weight at birth and 26 weeks weight for different lactations ranged from 25.5 to 33.6 kg and 145.6 to 185.4 kg, respectively. Calf daily gains between experiment weeks were low in earlier stages of lactation.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.591-600
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• 2008

본 연구는 암소의 산유량, 송아지의 생시 체중, 3개월령 체중 및 포유기 일당증체량들 간의 상관관계를 규명하기 위하여 실시하였다. 분석에 이용된 자료는 축산기술연구소 대관령지소(현 축산과학원 한우시험장)에서 2002년 6월부터 11월 사이에 128쌍 그리고 2003년 4월부터 11월 사이에 94쌍 등 총 222쌍의 암소와 포유중인 송아지로부터 조사하였는데 조사된 형질 중 암소의 산유량은 포유전후 체중차를 이용하여 추정하였다. 조사된 형질들은 모두 어미소 형질로 간주하여 분석을 하였는데 유전모수 추정은 A-I REML(average information restricted maximum likelihood) 추정치를 제공하는 Meyer(2006)의 WOMBAT package를 이용하여 실시하였다. 일일 산유량과 24시간 보정 산유량의 유전력은 각각 0.39와 0.36으로 두 추정치 간에 차이가 없었다. 어미소 형질로 간주하여 추정한 송아지의 생시체중, 3개월령 체중 및 포유기 일당증체량에 대한 유전력은 각각 0.28, 0.17 및 0.18로서 생시체중의 유전력은 3개월령 체중이나 포유기 일당증체량의 유전력에 비해 약간 큰 편이었으며 3개월령 체중과 포유기 일당증체량 간에는 유전력의 크기에서 차이가 없었다. 일일 산유량은 생시체중, 3개월령 체중 및 포유기 일당증체량에 대한 모체 효과 들과의 유전 상관계수가 각각 0.59, 0.79 및 0.68이었다. 일일산유량이 3개월령 체중이나 포유기 일당증체량의 모체효과 간에 높은 유전상관 관계가 있는 것으로 나타난 결과에 근거할 때 한우 집단에서 송아지의 포유기 일당증체량 또는 3개월령 체중의 모체 유전 효과에 대한 선발을 통해 암소들의 산유량에 대한 유전적 개량을 실현할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.