• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.257-262
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• 1999

본 연구는 독자 개발한 돼지인공수정용 희석액 KpA를 실용화하기 위하여 온도와 pH 변화가 KpA의 정자보존능력에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 실시하였다. 요크셔 계통의 종웅돈에서 채취한 신선정액을 KpA와 BTS으로 희석한 다음 17$^{\circ}C$에 1주일간 보존하면서 생존율과 pH 변화폭을 조사한 결과 KpA 희석정액은 BTS 희석정액보다 보존기간 동안에 높은 생존성을 나타내었으며, 5일까지 60% 이상의 생존율을 유지하였다. 또한 두 희석액과 희석정액 모두 보존 중 생리적인 pH 범위내에서 안정하였다. 희석액 KpA의 pH를 산성 (pH 6.3~6.8), 중성 (pH 6.8~7.3), 염기성화 (pH 7.8~8.0) 으로 조정한 다음 신선정액과 희석하여 4$^{\circ}C$, 17$^{\circ}C$ 및 37$^{\circ}C$에서 보존한 결과 희석정액의 pH 는 급격한 변화 없이 안정하였으나 중성에서 보다 산성과 염기성의 환경에서 더 완만한 변화를 보였다. 또한 희석액을 산성화 또는 염기성화 하였을 때 정자가 받는 스트레스는 17$^{\circ}C$보다 4$^{\circ}C$와 37$^{\circ}C$에서 더욱 현저히 나타났다. 따라서 KpA 는 17$^{\circ}C$ 보존에 적합한 희석액이며, 보존 중 정자의 생존율을 높게 유지하기 위해서는 희석정액의 pH 와 보존온도의 조화가 중요한 역할을 한다는 사실을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.232-238
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• 2020

This study used adult wistar-based rats to observe the sexual cycle as a morphological characteristic of vaginal epithelial cells by vaginal smearing, and investigated the fetal number through mating with male rats of the same strain. The target animal was a 12 to 13-week-old Wistar-based mature unlighted rat (weight 220 g to 240 g), room temperature 23 ± 2℃, 14 hours artificial lighting (05:00 to 19:00 hours), 10 hours Adapted individuals were used for rearing for at least 2 weeks under the conditions of the darkroom (19:00 to 05:00). The feed was managed for free feeding of pellet feed for animals and water. The vaginal smearing method was used for the experiments by observing the sexual cycle every morning and confirming that the normal sexual cycle of 4 or 5 days was repeated at least 2 cycles or more. As a result, the proestrus was found to have few red blood cells, the cells and nuclei were rather large and round, and many nucleated cells were identified. In the case of the estrus, the cells were large and the nuclei were not stained, and most of the keratinocytes were found. In addition, in the metestrus and diestrus, there were many white blood cells, and it was confirmed that nucleated epithelial cells and keratinocytes were significantly reduced. The pregnancy period was 21 ± 1.8 days, and the number of live births per delivery was 11.9 on average. The number of fetuses on the 8th and 10th days of pregnancy were 15.2 ± 0.4 and 15.4 ± 0.3, respectively. On the contrary, the number of fetuses on the 12th day of pregnancy was 12.9 ± 0.6, which was significantly (p < 0.05) decreased compared to the 10th day of pregnancy, and the number of fetuses was similar until delivery. As a result of investigating the change of body weight according to the birth weight and growth stage after delivery, the birth weight of female and male was 9.2 ± 2.0 g and 9.8 ± 2.5 g, respectively. After that, until the 16th day, the female and the male showed similarly moderate weight gain, and then showed a rapid weight gain until the 21st day of lactation. With reference to the results of this study, it is expected to be used as basic data for determining the mating time of rodents and controlling pregnancy and fetal number.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.35-42
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• 1981

A total 2,488 ejaculates during 4 years from 80 Korean native bulls over the age from 3 to 12 years of bull herds of Artificial Breeding Center, National Livestock Federatives Cooperation were collected and analyzed to study the effects of collection year, age of bulls, month of years, collection interval and ejaculation frequency per day on semen volume, sperm concentration, total sperm per ejaculate and sperm motility. 1. Semen volume, sperm concentration, total sperm per ejaculate and sperm motility index for the all ejaculates using least squares procedure averaged 5.73ml, 9.133${\times}$108/ml, 52.527${\times}$108 and 62.81, respectively. 2. Semen volume varied significantly with collection year, collection interval and ejaculation frequency per day(P<0.01), but effects of age of bulls and month of years on semen volume were not significant. Eight to 15 days collection interval showed the highest volume, and 1st ejaculate contained 5.6% more volume than 2nd ejaculate. 3. There were significant differences among collection years, months of years and ejeculation frequencies per day except collection intervals in sperm concentration per ml(P<0.05, P<0.01). Six to 8-year-old bulls was the highest concentration. Higher sperm concentration per ml was in April to July and lower month was October and December. Sperm concentration in 2nd ejaculate was higher than in 1st ejaculate. 4. Total sperm per ejaculate affected by all environmental factors studied(P<0.05, P<0.01). Age of bulls, collection interval and ejaculation frequency per day showed the highest total sperm was 6 to 8-year-old bulls, 8 to 15 days interval and 1st ejaculate, respectively. Higher total sperm per ejaculate was in April to July and lower total sperm was in September to December. 5. In sperm motility, there were significant differences among collection years, ages of bulls and collection intervals except months of years and ejaculation frequencies (P<0.01). Higher sperm motility was in 6 to 12-year-old bulls and in 5 to 7 days collection interval.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.101-109
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• 1996

본 연구는 돼지 액상정액을 인공수정용 100ml 플라스틱 병에 보존하면서 Lactose-Egg yolk 희석액과 B tschwiler 희석액 간에 보존 온도별 차이를 조사하고, Lactose-Egg yolk 희석액에서의 글리세롤 농도의 효과를 조사하여 돼지 액상정액을 좀더 장기간 사용할 수 있는 방법을 찾고자 실시하였다. 돼지 액상정액을 5$^{\circ}C$ 냉장고에 보존하면서조사한 바에 의하면, 37$^{\circ}C$에서 0.5 및 2시간 배양 후의 정자 운동성은 전체 보존기간동안 Lactose-Egg yolk 희석액이 B tschwiler 희석액보다 유의하게 (P,0.05) 높게 나타났고, 정상첨체비율은 두 희석액간에 차이가 없었다. 돼지 액상정액을 15$^{\circ}C$에 보존하면서 조사한 바에 의하면, 3일부터 7일 보존시까지 정자 운동성과 정상첨체비율에 있어서 B tschwiler 희석액이 Lactose-Egg yolk 희석액보다 유의하데 높게 나타났다. Lactose-Egg yolk 희석액을 이용한 돼지 액상정액의 글리세롤 농도의 효과에 있어서는 최종 글리세롤 농도가 0, 1, 3 및 5%보다 2%일 때 가장 높은 정자 운동성과 정상첨체비유을 나타내었다. 분만율, 복당 생존자돈수 그리고 출생시 평균 생시체중은 Lactose-Egg yolk 희석액과 B tschwiler 희석액간에 차이가 없었다. 이상의 연구 결과를 종합해 볼 때 Lactose-Egg yolk 희석액은 5$^{\circ}C$에서 B tschwiler 희석액은 15$^{\circ}C$에서 6~7일 동안 돼지 액상정액을 보존할 수 있었다.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2002

본 연구는 돼지에서 동결정액을 이용한 번식능력을 개선하기 위한 동결정액 포장재료의 효과를 구명하기 위하여 실시하였다. 본 시험에는 축산기술연구소 종축개량부 (충남, 성환)의 인공수정센터에서 사육중인 종모돈이 사용되었다. 기존의 돼지 동결정액 포장방법인 maxi-straw 동결정액 포장방법과 5$m\ell$빈 cryogenic-vial 및 aluminum-pack 포장방법을 비교한 결과 cryogenic-vial로 포장하여 액체질소 상단 15cm에서 동결한 후 52$^{\circ}C$ water bath에서 190초 융해한 방법이 기존의 maxi-straw 방법과 비슷한 결과를 나타내었다. Cyogenic-vial 포장방법의 동결-응해 방법을 설정하기 위하여 융해시간을 달리하여 시험한 결과 액체질소 상단 15cm에서 동결하고 52$^{\circ}C$에서 190초 간 융해하였을 때 정자운동성이 120초 및 150초 응해시 보다 우수하였다 (P<0.05). 그러나 정상첨체비율은 응해시간 간에 차이가 없었다. 52$^{\circ}C$에서 45초간 응해 한 maxi-straw 포장방법과 52$^{\circ}C$에서 190초 융해한 cryogenic-vial 포장방법간에 정액성상을 비교한 결과 총정자운동성과 정자의 빠르기는 maxi-straw가 우수하였다 (P<0.05). 그러나 직진성과 정상첨체비율은 두 포장방법간에 차이가 없었다. 동결정액 포장방법별 인공수정시 번식성적은 maxi-straw 동결정액이 cryogenic-vial 동결정 액보다 수태율, 분만율, 그리고 산자수가 높았으나 통계적 유의차는 인정되지 않았다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 보면 cryogenic-vial 포장 방법의 동결 및 음해방법을 좀 더 연구개발하면 기존의 maxi-straw포장방법을 대체하여 실용화 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.106-115
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• 2021

Sperm cryopreservation is an important method of assisted reproductive techniques and storing genetic resources. It plays a vital role in genetic improvement, livestock industrial preservation of endangered species, and clinical practice. Consequently, the cryopreservation technique is well organized through various studies, especially on Korean native cattle (Hanwoo). However, the cryopreservation technique of Korean native brindled cattle, which is one of the native cattle species in Korea, is not well organized. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a Supplementary Table technique for the cryopreservation of Korean native brindled cattle. For this purpose, it is important to first evaluate the quality of the currently produced cryopreserved sperm of Korean native brindled cattle. In this study, we randomly selected 72 individual Korean native brindled cattle semen samples collected from 8 different region research centers and used them to evaluate sperm functions. We focused on the quality evaluation of cryopreserved Korean native brindled cattle semen following the measurement of motion kinematics, capacitation status, intracellular ATP level, sperm motility, and cell viability. Then, the values of each of the eight groups were derived from various sperm parameters of nine individual samples, including sperm motility, kinematics, cellular motility, and intracellular ATP levels, which were used to compare and evaluate sperm function. Overall, differences in various sperm parameters were observed between most of the research centers. Particularly, the deviations of motility and motion kinematics were high according to the sample. Therefore, we suggest that it is necessary to develop a standard method for the cryopreservation of Korean native brindled cattle semen. We also suggest the need for sperm quality evaluation of the cryopreserved semen of Korean native brindled cattle before using artificial insemination to attain a high fertility rate.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.458-467
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 두 개의 스피커를 이용한 청취 환경에서 좌, 우 채널의 간섭 신호를 제거하기 위한 새로운 오디오 시스템을 개발하였다. 간섭 제거는 청취자의 위치에 따라 적응적으로 이루어져야 하기 때문에, 청취 위치를 추적하기 위한 기법이 적용되었다. 청취자 위치 추적은 2개의 마이크로폰을 통하여 이루어지며 채널 간 시간 지연을 이용하여 청취자의 방향을 추정하도록 하였다. 또한 잔향 환경에서의 사용을 고려하여 선형 예측 기법을 이용한 잔향 제거 기법이 적용되었다. 좌,우 채널의 간섭제거를 위한 음원-귀 간의 경로는 KEMAR 머리전달함수를 이용하여 나타내었다. 사용된 청취자 방향 측정 시스템의 유용성을 평가하기 위해 추정된 위치에서 채널 간섭의 성능을 평가하였다. 평가 척도로 채널 분리 비를 사용하였으며, 실험적인 결과, 사용자의 실제 위치와 추정된 위치 간에 다소 차이가 있더라도 -10 dB의 채널 분리비가 얻어짐을 확인 할 수 있었다. 제안된 알고리즘은 부동소수점 디지털 신호처리 프로세서를 이용하여 실시간 구현되었으며 청취자 평균 방향 오차는 5도, 주관적 간섭 제거율은 평균적으로 80 % 얻어짐을 알 수 있었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.291-297
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• 2020

본 연구는 차세대 염기서열 분석법(NGS)을 이용하여 방어의 microsatellite 마커를 개발하고, 개발된 마커를 이용하여 방어 집단의 유전적 특성을 분석하기 위해 수행되었다. 차세대 염기서열 분석 장비인 Illumina Hiseq2500를 이용하여 총 28,873,374개의 read들을 얻어 assembly를 수행한 결과, 전체의 약 1.6%에 해당하는 466,359개의 read들이 assembly 되었으며, 이 read들의 총 길이는 7,247,216,874 bp로 확인되었다. 크기가 518 bp 이상이 되는 contig는 30.729개로 나타났으며, 이 중 microsatellite 영역을 포함하는 contig 132개(0.43%)를 1차로 선별하고, PCR 증폭 여부 및 유전자형 분석을 통해 microsatellite 후보 60개를 2차로 선별하였다. 그 중 방어집단의 마커로서 유용한 15개의 microsatellite 마커를 선택하였다. 방어집단을 대상으로 개발된 15개의 microsatellite 마커로 분석한 결과, 관찰된 유효 대립유전자수(N_A)는 평균 18.5(11~30)로 나타났다. 평균 관측치 이형접합도(H_O)와 평균기대치 이형접합도(H_E)는 각각 0.812(0.431~0.972)와 0.896(0.782~0.949)으로 나타났다. 다형성이 관찰된 모든 microsatellite 마커 간의 연관불평형은 나타나지 않았으며, 해산어의 평균 H_E 값인 0.79 이상의 수치를 나타내었다. 따라서 본 연구에서 개발된 15개의 microsatellite 마커는 방어 집단의 유전적 다양성 분석에 유용할 것으로 사료된다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.159-163
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• 2014

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of E. coli on boar sperm quality and reproductive performance in sows after artificial insemination. Three different levels of E. coli were artificially inoculated to semen with following concentrations; Control, 500, 5,000 and 50,000 colony forming unit (cfu)/ml. Semen samples were preserved at $17^{\circ}C$ for 5 days. Sperm motility was significantly decreased (p<0.05) on day 3 in the group inoculated with 5,000 cfu/ml compared to control groups. In all treatment groups, sperm motility was gradually decreased as storage time increased, but the decline pattern was more drastic in the groups inoculated with 5,000 and 50,000 cfu/ml groups from day 3 (p<0.05) compared to control group. After 3 day of storage at $17^{\circ}C$, sperm viability in sample inoculated with the highest concentration (50,000 cfu/ml) of bacteria was less (p<0.05) than that of control group. The pH of semen sample pH was maintained 7.2~7.5 in all groups during the experimental period. No differences (p>0.05) were found for both storage time and bacterial concentration. The pregnancy rate and live born piglets tend to decrease by increasing the concentration of E. coli in semen. In particular, the rate of pregnancy was lower in the group inoculated with 50,000 cfu/ml (58.3%) compare to the other groups (81.8, 75.0, 76.5%). These results suggest that the contamination of E. coli in boar semen negatively affects fertilizing ability of boar sperm and the reproductive performance obtained from sows after artificial insemination.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2011

The objective of this study was carried out to evaluate the efficiency of sperm collection methods on the post-thaw viability of cat semen. The cat semen was collected by artificial virginal (AV) and electronic ejaculate (EE) methods. The composition of semen extender was consisted of Tris-buffer supplemented with 20% egg yolk and 1% P/S antibiotics in Ext I, and more added 8% glycerol, 1.0% Equex STM paste of total volume in Ext II. The collected semen was adjusted the concentration and then diluted in Ext I for optimal concentration. The diluted semen was cooling to $5^{\circ}C$ temperature in refrigerator for at least 2 hrs and then diluted stepwise with Ext II for at least 1 hrs. After an equilibration for 1 hrs, the cooled semen was packaged in 0.5 ml straw and then freezing on the $LN_2$ vapor over 5 cm above from $LN_2$ and then immersed directly in $LN_2$ for cryopreservation. The frozen semen was thawed in $38^{\circ}C$ water for 15 sec and then evaluated the motility, viability, and morphology. Post-thaw semen were calculated the motility by SMI (sperm motility index). The live-dead sperm was evaluated by Eosin-B and morphological evaluation was by Diff-quik kit staining. The post-thaw concentration ($89{\times}10^6$ /ml vs. $128{\times}10^6$ /ml), viability ($22.6{\pm}10.6%$ vs. $37.1{\pm}26.1%$), morphological normality ($27.0{\pm}50.2%$ vs. $45.6{\pm}123.0%$) of EE and AV groups were not significant different, but the post-thaw motility was significant lower in EE than that in AV group ($53.1{\pm}3.6$ vs. $73.6{\pm}5.7$) (p<0.05). In conclusion, semen collection methods did not significant different between EE and AV groups except of post-thaw motility and so both semen collection methods could be applied in feline semen collection methods.