• 농업과학연구
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.991-997
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• 2019

This study was conducted to investigate the laying period performance of two crossbred Korean native chicken (KNC) grand parent stock (GPS) layer during 20 to 40 weeks. A total of 351 20-week-old KNC GPS were allocated in a completely randomized design to give 4 birds per each cage. The chickens were fed commercial diets [i.e., week 20 - 32, crude protein (CP) 18.0% and metabolizable energy (ME) 2,850 kcal/kg; week 32 - 40, CP 17.0% and ME 2,800 kcal/kg)] and fresh water during the whole experiment period ad libitum basis. Body weight, age of sexual maturity, egg weight, hen-day egg production (HDP) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were measured during the experiment period (week 20 - 40). The results show no significant difference in the Body weight, age of sexual maturity, egg weight, and hen-day egg production (HDP) except for egg weight. 1B had a higher egg weight on week 36 only. We expect that the reason why most factors showed no significant difference is the lack of nutrients caused by limited feeding which follows the standard feeding system for the grand-parent stock. These results provide basic information for laying data in 2-way crossbred Korean native chickens.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.123-134
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• 2017

본 연구는 국산 신품종 토종닭을 개발하기 위하여 국내 토종닭 GPS 계통들을 대상으로 $5{\times}5$이면 교배조합 시험을 실시하여 교배조합별 성적을 토대로 최적의 종계 조합을 선발하고자 하였다. 총 25개 교배조합의 암컷 1,157수를 대상으로 주요 생산능력인 생존율, 체중, 시산일령, 난중, 일계산란율 및 산란지수를 조사하고 분석하였으며, 각 조합별 형질들의 잡종강세효과도 추정하였다. 분석 결과, 성계의 평균 생존율은 순계구가 67.7%, 교잡구가 77.1%로 나타났다. 체중 측정 결과, 이들 25개 조합은 뚜렷한 3개의 그룹 즉, 9개의 고체중구, 12개의 중체중구 및 4개의 저체중구로 구분되었다. 12주령 평균 체중은 고체중구는 $1,873.8{\pm}43.0g$, 중 체중구는 $1,595.4{\pm}56.6g$, 저 체중구는 $1,152.7{\pm}24.7g$이었으며, 순계구는 $1,560.2{\pm}339.3g$, 교잡구는 $1,640.9{\pm}213.7g$이었다. 산란능력에 있어 시산일령은 순계구는 $139.7{\pm}4.9$일, 교잡구는 $135.8{\pm}5.1$일이었고, 평균 난중은 순계구에서 $52.3{\pm}1.6g$, 교잡구는 $53.0{\pm}1.6g$이었다. 20주령부터 40주령까지의 산란지수는 순계구가 $58.3{\pm}12.9$개, 교잡구는 $69.2{\pm}10.4$개였다. 잡종강세 효과 추정에 있어 전체 조합에 대한 평균 생존율은 16.9%, 12주 체중은 5.4%, 시산일령은 -2.7%, 난중은 1.3% 및 일계 산란율은 14.3%의 잡종강세율을 나타내었다. 전반적으로 생존율 및 산란형질들의 잡종강세 효과가 성장형질에 비해 높게 나타났다. 이상을 종합할 때 최적의 실용계 생산을 위하여 부계통으로는 우수한 성장능력을 가진 HF 조합구의 선정이 바람직하고, 모계통으로는 우수한 산란능력을 가진 GW 및 FW 조합구의 선정이 바람직하리라 예측된다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.115-132
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• 2000

본 장에서는 양질의 계란생산에 필요한 난각과 난각색의 형성에 관해서 언급하였다. 강한 난각의 형성은 난각을 이루는 내적인 요인들 (큐티클층, 진각, 난각층의 조직)과 소화기, 난각형성에 관여하는 각종 체내 분비선, 신장, 호르몬 등의 적정기능에 의하여 결정된다. 병아리가 성성숙에 달하면 골수골은 산란계가 난각의 형성이 정점에 달했을 때를 대비 할 수 있는 정도가 되어야 한다. 난각이 형성되는데 중요한 기능을 갖는 요인들로는 산란계 사료중의 칼슘원, 산란계사료 중의 칼슘과 인의 비율, 비타민 D의 적정수준, 체액중의 각종 무기물 균형, 기타 영양소 수준들을 들 수 있다. 또 생리적, 환경적인 요인들과 산란계의 나이나 산란계사의 온도와 습도, 산란계의 계통, 질병, 계사에서 알의 수집부터 수송에 이르기까지의 각종 관리형태 등은 계한이 생산자에서부터 소비자에 이르기까지 여러 단계에서 나타나는 각종 난각 파괴의 요인이 된다. 난각에 나타나는 색소에 관여되는 요인들로는 protoporphyrin-IX, biliverdin-IX, 아연 등이 함유된 킬레이트와 때로 적은 양이 관여하기는 하지만 coproporphyrin-III 등이 포함된다. 그러나 이러한 요인들이 난각색의 형성에 관여하는 데에는 산란계의 연령, 질병, 약품 첨가 여부, 난각 형성도 중 난각 표면의 손상 여부 등 여러 가지가 관여된다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.99-105
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• 1996

Effects of conjugated linoleic acid(CLA), known as an effective anticarcinogen in several aminal models, on the egg production and egg weight of laying hens, and the weight gains of broilers were investigated. CLA was synthesized from corn oil by the alkaline isomerization method and purified by the low-temperature precipitation method. Diets for laying hens and for broilers were synthesized to meet the specification of their NRC standard rationals. Two separated experiments(Experiment I and II) were conducted for laying hens. in experiment I, 45 hens(300 days of age) were divided into 15 hens per treatment group; each hen was housed in wired cage located in a temperature and humidity-controlled house and adopted to the control diet. One week later, each group was subjected to one the four treatment groups for 5 weeks : control, 1.0% CLA, 2.5% CLA and 5.0% CLA diets. Diet and water were ad libitum. The condition of experiment II was the same as that of experiment I except for the addition of 5% corn oil diet and the extension of feeding period to 7 weeks. Egg production, egg weight and feed intake were recorded every week. Forty-five broilers(10day of age) were adopted to the control diet for a week and then switched to the treatment diets for 5 weeks : control, 1.0% CLA, 2.5% CLA, 5% CLA and 5% corn oil, Body weight and feed intake of broilers were measured every week. Diets supplemented with various amounts of CLA enhanced the egg production and increased the egg weight regardless laying hen's age(150 days or 300 days) as compared to control diet. The most effective diet for the egg production and egg weight of young hens(150 days of age) was found to be 1.0% CLA diet, but relatively higher CLA diet(2.5% CLA) was required for old hens (300 day of age) to obtain similar results as seen in younger hens. All hens treated with CLA ate greater amount of feed than control hens. Broilers treated with various amount of CLA ate less feed as compared to control ones, but the body weight gain was greater than the control broilers. These results indicate that CLA enhanced the egg production and agg weight of laying hens, and increased the body weight gain of broilers with less diet consumption.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.559-568
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• 2012

White (Lohmann LSL) and Brown (ATAK-S) laying hens, were reared under organic and conventional cage rearing systems, and the effects of the rearing system on performance parameters, egg production, egg characteristics, and immune response were investigated. For this purpose, a total of 832 laying hens of two commercial hybrids, i.e., 416 white (Lohmann LSL) and 416 Brown (ATAK-S) layers, were used. The experiment lasted between 23 and 70 wk of age. In this study, the white layers yielded more eggs as compared to the brown layers in both organic and conventional production systems. Egg weight exhibited a similar pattern to that of laying performance. However, the total hen-housed egg number for the white birds in the organic system was fewer than that of white birds in the conventional cage facility; conversely, a contradictory tendency was observed for the brown birds. Livability of the white layers in the organic system was remarkably lower (14%) than that of the brown line, whereas the white line survived better (3.42%) than their brown counterparts in conventional cages. The feed conversion ratio of the white hens was markedly inferior in the organic system as compared to that of the white hens in the conventional system, whereas relatively lower deterioration was reported in brown layers when reared in an organic system. The organic production system increased egg albumen height and the Haugh unit in eggs of the brown layers. The yolk color score of organic eggs was lower than that of conventional eggs for both brown and white hens. The egg yolk ratio of eggs from white layers was found to be higher in organic eggs as compared to those obtained in the conventional system. All organic eggs had heavier shells than those produced in the conventional system. Eggs from brown layers had more protein content than eggs from white layers. Neither housing systems nor genotype influenced egg yolk cholesterol concentration. When compared to conventional eggs, n-3 fatty acid content was lower in organic eggs, and the n-6:n-3 ratio was higher in organic eggs. In conclusion, two hen genotypes showed different responses in terms of performance and egg quality to two different rearing systems. A commercial white strain produced more eggs with higher egg quality as compared to a native brown strain. The brown strain was found to have adapted well to organic production conditions when survival and total egg number was taken into consideration.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.203-212
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• 2023

본 연구는 산란능력이 우수한 토종 실용산란계를 개발하기 위하여 토종 종계 4계통(YC, YD, CK, CF)을 이용하여 이면 교배조합 검정시험(diallel crossbreeding test)을 실시하였다. 능력검정은 6개 조합의 312수를 대상으로 발생 후부터 60주령까지 생존율, 체중, 초산일령, 난중, 산란율 및 난질을 조사하고, 이들의 생산능력 및 결합능력을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 전체 조합의 평균 생존율은 77.1±18.8%이고, 조합 중 YDYC조합의 생존율이 가장 높았고, YCCF조합의생존율이 가장 낮았다. YDYC조합의 경우, YD와 YC계통 간의 특정결합능력이 특히 우수하였다. 체중은 모든 측정 주령에서 조합 간의 유의한 차이가 있었는데, 전 기간 YDYC 조합의 자손이 다른 조합의 자손들보다 무거운 것으로 나타났다(P<0.01). 평균 초산일령은 121.3±2.5일로 조합 간의 차이는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 20주령부터 60주령까지 전체조합의 평균 일계산란율은 74.0±6.4%이었고, 산란지수는181.4±33.8개로 일계산란율은 조합 간에 유의한 차이를 보였다(P<0.05). 조합 중 YDCF 및 YCCK조합의 산란 성적이 가장 높았고, YDYC 및 CKCF조합이 가장 낮았으며, 이들의 성적은 일반결합능력보다 특정결합능력에 의해 더욱 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 난중은 측정 시점 모두에서 조합 간 유의한 차이를 보였고(P<0.05), YDYC조합의난중이 전체적으로 낮게 나타났다. 난각색, 난각 두께, 난각 무게 모두 조합 간에 유의한 차이를 보이며(P<0.01), 난각색은 YDYC조합의 달걀이 가장 짙었고, 난각 두께는 YDCF조합이 가장 두꺼웠다. 내부 난질은 조합 간 차이가 없었으며, 난황색은 YDCF조합이 가장 짙은 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 산란 능력을 바탕으로 최적의 토종 실용산란계를 선정시 산란율이 우수하면서 생존율이 높은 YCCK조합과 산란율이 우수하면서 상대적으로 난질이 양호한 YDCF조합이 가장 바람직한 조합으로 사료된다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.27-37
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• 1996

본 시험은 산란계에 대한 오전사료와 오후사료의 별도 급여가 산란능력과 경제성에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위해 ISA Brown 산란계 480수를 공시하여 32~36주령, 52~56주령 및 72~76주령에 각각 4주간씩 실시되었다. 대조구(C)는 관행적인 산란계 단일 배합사료를 급여하였고 시험구들(T$_1$, T$_2$, T$_3$, T$_4$ 및 T$_{5}$)은 고에너지-고단백질-저Ca의 오전사료와 저에너지-저단백질-고C3의 오후사료를 별도로 급여하였다. 시험결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 평균난중은 처리간에 유의적인 차이가 없었으며, 산란율과 1일 산란량은 대조구(C)에 비해 오전사료와 오후사료를 별도로 급여한 시험구(T$_{1}$~T$_{5}$)들이 유의하게 높았고(P<0.05), 그 중에서도 관행적인 산란계 배합사료에서 Ca 공급제를 제외한 사료를 오전에 급여하고 Ca 공급제를 두 배로 첨가한 사료를 오후에 급여하는 T$_2$ 처리가 가장 높았다. 2. 1일 1수당 사료, ME 및 CP 섭취량은 대조구(C)에 비해 시험구들(7,~Ts)이 유의하게 적었다. 3. 산란 kg당 소요된 사료, ME 및 CP 요구량도 대조구(C) 에 비해 시험구들(T$_1$ ~T$_{5}$)이 적었다(p<0.05). 4. 1일 1수당 사료비는 대조구(C)에 비해 시험구(T$_1$ ~T$_{5}$) 들이 낮았으며(P<0.05), 산란 kg당 사료비도 시험구들이 대조구보다 낮았고(P<0.05), 시험구들 중에서는 T$_2$ 가 가장 낮았다. 결론적으로 관행적인 산란계 배합사료에서 Ca공급제를 제외한 사료를 오전에 급여하고 Ca공급제를 두배로 첨가한 사료를 오후에 급여하는 T$_2$ 처리로 사양하면 난중에는 차이가 없으나 산란율이 4.3% 향상되고, 1일 1수당 사료 ME 및 CP 섭취량을 각각 6.2%, 5.0%, 5.5% 감소시킬 수 있으며, 산란 kg당 사료, ME및 CP 요구량은 각각 11.5%, 10.3%, 10.3%가 감소되어, 1일 1수당 사료비와 산란 kg 당 사료비를 각각 5.2% 와 10.5% 씩 절감할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제63권6호
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• pp.1275-1285
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• 2021

The objective of the present experiment was to investigate the effect of dietary palm kernel meal (PKM) and β-xylanase supplementation on productive performance, egg quality, fatty liver incidence, and excreta characteristics in laying hens. A total of 320 Hy-Line Brown laying hens (33 weeks of age) were allotted to 1 of 4 treatments with 8 replicates in a feeding trial. Each replicate consisted of 10 consecutive cages with 1 hen per cage. The corn-soybean meal-based control diet was prepared. Additional diet was prepared by including 10% of PKM in the control diet with a partial replacement of corn, soybean meal, and animal fat. In addition, 0.025% β-xylanase was supplemented at the expense of celite to those 2 diets to produce 4 treatment diets in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement. All hens were provided the diet and water ad libitum for 8 weeks. Results indicated no significant interactions between inclusion of dietary PKM and β-xylanase for all measurements; therefore, the main effects were mainly discussed. Hens fed diets containing 10% PKM had greater (p < 0.05) feed intake and yolk color than those fed diets containing no PKM. However, dietary PKM did not influence fatty liver incidence and excreta characteristics. Dietary β-xylanase supplementation had no effects on all measurements, regardless of inclusion of PKM. In conclusion, PKM can be a potential feed ingredient for laying hens at the inclusion of 10% in the diet. It appears that dietary β-xylanase used in the current experiment has little effect on layer productivity, regardless of inclusion of 10% PKM in the diet.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.1565-1571
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• 2003

Physiological mechanisms, involved in unusual ovulatory sequences in domestic hen are remaining undefined. One hundred individually caged white leghorn birds were divided into two equal groups viz. control and treatment, and 2-bromo-$\alpha$-ergocryptine, was administered to birds in the treatment group to modulate prolactin (PRL) secretion from anterior pituitary gland. The effect of modulation of PRL concentrations on egg production, sequence length and intersequence pause length were studied by analysis of oviposition records of the birds from 24 to 72 weeks of age. The surviving 48 birds in the control and treatment groups averaged $34.58{\pm}1.7$ and $25.67{\pm}1.15$ sequences of oviposition, with a mean sequence length of $9.92{\pm}0.63$ and ${\pm}1.12$ days respectively. Most of the birds had a single characteristically long sequence during the entire reproductive cycle, which averaged $46.04{\pm}3.09$ days in the control birds and $59.33{\pm}4.44$ days in the treated birds. 2-bromo-$\alpha$-ergocriptine treatments had significantly decreased (p$\leq$0.01) the circulating concentrations of PRL compared to the birds of the control group. This resulted in a significant increase (p$\leq$0.01) in the number of laying days in birds of the treatment group with a concomitant decrease in the intersequence pause length. The decreased PRL levels during prime sequences in birds of the both groups, reveals the negative role of the circulating PRL levels on egg production with concomitant shorter intersequence pause length. Hence, modulation of PRL with dopamine agonist may enhance the reproductive efficiency of hens later in life.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.1744-1751
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• 2022

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) administration on egg production, reproductive hormones, serum lipids and adipokines of hens at the late cycle of reproduction. Methods: Four treatments included control (basal diet) and XOS addition at 2.0 (XOS-2), 4.0 (XOS-4), or 6.0 (XOS-6) g/kg of diet using 288 commercial Hy-Line brown hens from 73 to 84 wk of age. Egg production, body fat deposition, reproductive tract and hormones, lipid metabolism and adipokines were determined. Results: At 84 wk, compared to the control, XOS supplementation at the three doses increased (p<0.001) egg-laying rates by 13.2% averagely, which led to a higher egg mass by 131 g/hen throughout the whole trial period. Abdominal fat and skinfold of XOS treatments were decreased (p<0.001) by 26.1% and 18.6%, respectively; large follicles and ovary weight were increased (p<0.001) by 0.73 follicle/hen and 18.6%, respectively. For serum parameters, cholesterol and triglyceride were decreased (p<0.001) by 17.5% and 29.2%, respectively; luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and progesterone were increased (p≤0.001) by 16%, 31%, 29%, respectively; adiponectin and visfatin were increased (p<0.001) by 34% and 44%, respectively; but chemerin and leptin were decreased (p≤0.001) by 22% and 14%, respectively. With the increased XOS doses, linear decreases (p<0.05) were found on abdominal skinfold and serum triglyceride. Conclusion: The obtained data indicate that XOS can be used as an additive to improve fecundity by beneficially modulating fat deposition, lipid metabolism, reproductive hormones, and adipokines of hens at the late cycle of reproduction.