• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제65권6호
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• pp.1290-1307
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• 2023

This study investigated the effect of processed forms (defatted or hydrolyzed) of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens L., BSFL) as a protein substitute on broilers. Experiment 1 was a feeding experiment, and Experiment 2 was a metabolism experiment. In Experiment 1, a total of 120 day-old Arbor Acres broilers (initial body weight 39.52 ± 0.24 g) were used for 28 days. There were 8 replicate pens, and 5 broilers were assigned to each pen. In Experiment 2, a total of 36 day-old broilers (initial body weight 39.49 ± 0.21 g) were used for the metabolism trial. There were 2 broilers in a metabolism cage and six replicate cages per treatment. The dietary treatments were as follows: a basal diet (CON), a basal diet without fishmeal and substitute with defatted BSFL (T1), a basal diet without fishmeal and a substitute with hydrolyzed BSFL (T2). In Experiment 1, during the entire experimental period, the T2 group significantly increased (p < 0.05) body weight gain and feed intake compared to the CON and T1 groups. The feed conversion ratio showed a lower tendency (p = 0.057) in the T2 group than in the CON and T1 groups. At 2 weeks, the CON and T2 groups were significantly higher (p < 0.05) crude protein (CP) digestibility than the T1 group. At 4 weeks, the total protein level significantly increased (p < 0.05) in the CON and T2 groups compared to the T1 group. In Experiment 2, the CP digestibility significantly increased (p < 0.05) in the T2 group compared to the CON and T1 group at weeks 2 and 4. At week 4 amino acid digestibility, the T2 group significantly increased (p < 0.05) lysine, methionine, tryptophan, and glycine digestibility compared to the T1 group. There was no difference in fecal microbiota among the treatment groups. In conclusion, feeding hydrolyzed BSFL as a fishmeal substitute in broiler diets improved growth performance, CP digestibility, and specific amino acid digestibility. Therefore, it is considered that hydrolyzed BSFL in broiler diets can be sufficiently used as a new protein source.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.993-1004
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• 2009

Three experiments were conducted to determine the effects of non-ionic surfactant (NIS) supplementation on ruminal fermentation, nutrient digestibility and performance of beef steers fed high-roughage diets. The objective of experiment 1 was to investigate the effects of NIS supplementation on in vitro ruminal fermentation of cultures administered with corn and barley as grain substrate and rice straw and timothy hay as roughage substrate. The in vivo ruminal fermentation, nitrogen balance and digestibility of nutrients were also examined with steers fed a high-roughage diet in experiment 2. The aim of experiment 3 was to determine the responses to NIS of growing steers fed a high-roughage diet. In experiment 1, ammonia nitrogen concentration for NIS supplementation was higher (p<0.05) than for the control with all substrates. However, concentrations of total volatile fatty acid (VFA), acetate, butyrate and valerate of the incubated roughage substrates, rice straw and timothy hay, were higher (p<0.05) for NIS supplementation than for the control whereas VFA concentrations in the cultures of corn and barley were unaffected. These results indicated that effects of NIS on ruminal fermentation are diet dependent, specifically on roughage sources. In experiment 2, ruminal pH of steers supplemented with NIS was lower (p<0.05) than the control. Ruminal concentrations of ammonia nitrogen, acetate, total VFA and urinary concentrations of purine derivatives were increased (p<0.05) by NIS supplementation. In experiment 3, supplementation of NIS increased (p<0.05) intakes of total feed and corn silage, average daily gain, and feed efficiency of growing steers although they varied depending on supplementation level. Due to the roughage-specific feature of NIS effects, NIS appears to enhance ruminal fermentation of fibrous parts of feeds and, consequently, performance of steers fed a high-roughage diet.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1644-1650
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• 2012

본 연구는 소 유전자 database들에 대한 사전 비교연구에서 발견된 삽입/결실(indel) marker들의 다형성과 각각의 유전자형의 분포를 확인하고자 수행하였다. 먼저, 소의 유전체 서열과 발현서열표식(EST) database 간의 생물정보학적 비교를 통해 전체 51 종의 indel marker들을 검출하였다. 이 중에서 42 종을 평가하여 최종적으로 9 종의 정보력이 있는 marker들을 집단분석을 위해 선발하였다. 각각의 marker들에 대한 염기서열을 재분석하였으며, marker의 다형성을 한국 재래소 품종인 한우와 제주흑우(JBC), Holstein, Angus, Charolais, Hereford 등 6 품종에서 조사하였다. 본 연구에서 이용한 소 6 품종은 8 종의 marker들에 대해 다형성을 나타내었으나, Indel_15의 경우 Holstein과 Charolais에서 다형성이 발견되지 않았다. JBC 집단에 대한 분석에서는 관찰된 이형접합자 빈도는 HW_G1 (0.600)에서 가장 높고, Indel_29 (0.274)에서 가장 낮았다. Marker에 대한 다형정보량의 수준은 HW_G4 (0.373)에서 가장 높고, Indel_6 (0.305)에서 가장 낮은 수준을 보였다. 본 연구에서 조사한 새로운 indel marker들은 특히 제주흑우 집단의 생산성 향상을 위한 분자육종 체계의 개발뿐만 아니라 친자확인이나 생산이력추적을 위한 유전정보를 제공하는데 유용할 것으로 기대된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.1381-1386
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• 2018

Animal experiments are essential to the study of animal nutrition. Because of the large variations among individual animals and ethical and economic constraints, experimental designs and statistical analyses are particularly important in animal experiments. To increase the scientific validity of the results and maximize the knowledge gained from animal experiments, each experiment should be appropriately designed, and the observations need to be correctly analyzed and transparently reported. There are many experimental designs and statistical methods. This editorial does not aim to review and present particular experimental designs and statistical methods. Instead, we discuss some essential elements when designing an animal experiment and conducting statistical analyses in animal nutritional studies and provide guidelines for submitting a manuscript to the Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences for consideration for publication.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.263-267
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• 1990

The fat thicknesses of twenty-eight Japanese Black beef steers were measured with an ultrasonic device at eleven points on the cattle prior to slaughter and side dissection. The relation between live fat thickness and both weight and percentage of fat and lean in the carcass was examined. Fat thickness obtained from nine points of the chest, flank and rump regions was found to relate significantly (P<0.01) to both weight and percentage of fat. However, shoulder fat thickness measurements were not significantly related to the weight or percentage of fat or lean in the carcass. Addition of live fat thickness to animal age or live weight as an independent variable markedly improved the precision of multiple regression equations for predicting weight of fat and lean, and percentage of fat. In predicting the percentage of lean, both animal age and body weight were not employed in the multiple regression equation. The residual standard deviation for predicting percentage of fat and lean were 1.93 and 1.87, respectively. The ultrasonic measurement of fat thickness if supposed to be useful to the prediction of carcass composition of beef cattle.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2011

The aim of this study was to identify the polymorphism on fatty acid synthase (FASN) gene and its association with fat traits and fatty acid composition in Hanwoo. We genotyped a SNP (g.16024G${\rightarrow}$A) detected in Exon34 of FASN on 90 Hanwoo steers by PCR RFLP. A linear mixed model revealed an association of g.16024G${\rightarrow}$A with total body fat contents (P=0.006), while there is no significant effect between g.16024G${\rightarrow}$A and other traits (IMF, BF and fatty acid composition). Regression coefficient and $R^2$ of the SNP was -1.5 kg and 0.36 in this anslysis. Expecially, AA type of g.16024G${\rightarrow}$A bas a less amount of body fat (1.5 kg) than GG type of the SNP in Hanwoo. In conclusion, this study indicates an important role for FASN gene in determining body fat content in Hanwoo.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제63권2호
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• pp.332-338
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• 2021

The objective of this study was to predict body compositions of live pigs using bioelectrical impedance procedures. In experiment 1, 32 crossbred (Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire) finishing pigs with an average weight at 84.06 kg were used. In experiment 2, 96 crossbred (Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire) finishing pigs with an average weight at 88.8 kg were used. A four-terminal body composition analyser was utilized to determine fat percentage. Lean meat percentage and backfat thickness were measured with a lean meat measuring meter. In experiment 1, fat percentage was not significantly correlated with lean meat percentage, although a tendency (p < 0.1) of a negative correlation was found. Backfat thickness was significantly correlated with fat percentage and lean meat percentage (r = 0.745 and r = -0.961, respectively). Coefficients of determination for fat percentage with lean meat percentage, fat percentage with backfat thickness, and backfat thickness with lean meat percentage were 0.503, 0.566, and 0.923, respectively. In experiment 2, fat percentage was significantly correlated with lean meat percentage (r = -0.972). Backfat thickness was also significantly correlated with fat percentage and lean meat percentage (r = 0.935 and r = -0.957, respectively). Results of this study indicate that bioelectrical impedance analysis might be useful for predicting body compositions of live finishing pigs.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.1866-1872
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• 2020

Objective: The objective of the present experiment was to construct self-draining beds to keep surface bedding materials clean and dry for beef cattle comfort in a temperate climate. Methods: In Experiment 1, a self-draining bed was covered with sand at depths of 10 cm (S-10a), 15 cm (S-15), and 20 cm (S-20) respectively. In Experiment 2, self-draining beds of different sizes were covered with 10 cm of sand (S-10b) and wood shavings (WS) at depths of 15 cm and 20 cm (WS-15 and WS-20). Fifteen cattle were engaged to evaluate the comfort of self-draining beds covered with different bedding materials. Results: No cattle lay in the feed alley and cattle spent more time lying on S-10a than S-15 or S-20 in Experiment 1 (p<0.01). No difference in lying time was detected between S-15 and S-20 (p>0.05). In Experiment 2, no cattle selected the feed alley as the lying area. Cattle preferred WS-15 as the lying area and time spent lying on WS-20 was slightly higher than on S-10b (p<0.05). Feces weight was higher in the feed alley than in the different bedding areas in both Experiments 1 and 2 (p<0.01). Conclusion: Sand-bedding depth at 10 cm and WSs at 15 cm above the self-draining bed can provide for the lying comfort of beef cattle. Design of a special feed alley to hold most of the feces to keep bedding materials clean and dry is desirable for organic beef cattle in a loose barn.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.1430-1434
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• 2005

We conducted two experiments to assess the effect of transfer from housing to grazing on stress hormone secretion in cattle using urine samples. In a preliminary experiment, urine samples were collected following an adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) challenge, and cortisol levels in urine were compared with the levels in plasma. In a second experiment, urinary cortisol was measured before and after the start of a grazing season in 6 Japanese Shorthorn cows, all of which had experienced grazing before. In experiment 1, urinary cortisol showed a pattern of changes similar to that of plasma with a 0.5-h temporal lag time, and the peak levels were 4 to 10 times higher than the basal levels. In experiment 2, the urinary cortisol levels in cows did not change after the cows were let out to pasture, with no decreases in body weight. This study suggests that the transfer from housing to grazing did not affect physiological responses to cause high excretion of urinary cortisol in grazing-experienced cattle using a non-invasive sampling method.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.247-263
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• 2016

사료의 안전성은 우리가 먹는 축산식품 및 그 가공품의 안전성과 직결된다. 따라서 이 연구의 목적은 1) 사료 중 관리대상 농약의 동시분석법을 확립하고, 2) 국내외 사료 중 농약 잔류실태를 조사하여 원료부터의 축산식품의 안전성을 확보하고자 하였다. 농약 잔류실태 조사를 위해 국내 유통 사료 126점을 수거하였고, 농약잔류허용기준이 설정된 농약 121성분 중 동시분석이 가능한 105성분에 대해 분석법을 확립한 후 농약 잔류실태를 조사하였다. 농약 잔류실태 조사 결과에 따르면, 126점의 사료 중 106점(84.1%)이 불검출이었고, 20점(15.9%)에서 7성분이 농약잔류허용기준 이내로 검출되었다. 검출빈도가 높은 농약으로는 각각 5점에서 검출된 pirimiphos-methyl과 cyproconazole이었다. 이 밖에도 propiconazole, azoxystrobin, tricyclazole 등이 검출되었다. 이 결과들은 2015년 국내 유통 사료가 잔류허용기준 이하로 안전하게 관리되고 있음을 보여준다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 사료의 안전성 강화 및 불량사료 원천차단을 위해 지속적인 잔류 실태조사가 필요하다.