• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.3-20
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• 2015

Vitamin A exerts a broad range of effects on many essential life processes. But, since vitamin A is known to negatively affect the development of adipocytes, extensive research has been conducted to improve marbling score in beef cattle by feeding vitamin A-deficient diets. In Japan, the method of fattening Wagyu cattle using vitamin A-deficient diets has been widely adapted. Recently, the method of feeding vitamin A-deficient diets in Korean native cattle (Hanwoo) has been spread by feed companies and TMR plants. But proper guidelines in feeding vitamin A-deficient diets should be provided, otherwise it can adversely affect the health of cattle. To maximize marbling score, a controlled level of vitamin A in blood needs to be maintained and the proper period for feeding vitamin A-deficient diets should be adapted. This review was conducted to highlight the regulatory effects of vitamins A on adipocyte differentiation, and offer a potential guideline for improving beef quality grades in Hanwoo.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.3-12
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• 2016

Vitamin D plays a vital role in maintaining blood concentrations of Ca and P. In lipid metabolism, vitamin D is also known to negatively affect the development of adipocytes, but it has received little attention with regard to improve marbling score in beef cattle via restricting its supply. Recently, the method of feeding fat soluble vitamins(including vitamin D)-deficient diets in Korean native cattle (Hanwoo) has been spread by feed companies and TMR plants. But proper guidelines in feeding vitamin D-deficient diets should be provided, otherwise it can adversely affect the health of cattle. To maximize marbling score, a controlled level of vitamin D in blood needs to be maintained and the proper period for feeding vitamin D-deficient diets should be provided. This review was conducted to highlight the regulatory effects of vitamins D on adipocyte differentiation, and provide information on improving beef quality grades in relation to feeding vitamin D-deficient diets in beef cattle.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1462-1467
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• 2007

This study investigated the effect of chemical treatments on tannins (condensed and hydrolysable) and on the trypsin inhibitor (TI) activity in salseed meal. Triplicate samples of ground salseed meal (1 kg) were mixed with 820 ml of either distilled water (pH 5.3), 0.67 M acetic acid (pH 2.4), 0.67 M sodium bicarbonate (pH 8.2) or 2% polyvinyl-pyrrolidone (PVP) solution. The material was placed in airtight plastic containers and incubated at $37^{\circ}C$ for 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 h. Samples of untreated salseed meal which had not been subjected to soaking or incubation were run through the analysis to serve as control. Addition of water, acetic acid, sodium bicarbonate and PVP solutions to salseed meal and subsequent anaerobic incubation at $37^{\circ}C$ significantly reduced chemically detectable tannins. At each incubation time, alkali solution was more effective than its counterparts. The effect of acidic solution on hydrolysable tannin was least among the treatments. All the treatments reduced TI activity of salseed meal. The reduction in TI activity by these treatments was similar and ranged between 80-84%. Treatment time effected a decrease in the contents of antinutritional substances. However, the effect of the treatment with the reagents, even for zero incubation time, was quite pronounced. It may be concluded from the present results that the treatment of salseed meal with sodium bicarbonate (0.67 M) is more effective in reducing hydrolysable and condensed tannin contents than PVP, water and acid solutions. Treatment with sodium bicarbonate solution is more economical and easier to handle than acid and PVP treatments. Incubation of the treated material for 12 h is reasonably effective, economical and safe from any mould growth.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.62-74
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• 1998

In feedlot cattle the abrupt change of diet from roughage to a large quantity of grain for the purpose to improve production often results in increased occurrence of rumen acidosis or acute carbohydrate encouragement enterotoxemia, bloats diarrhea liver abscess and laminitis or robot disease. The common management practice to control these problem is to increase the amount of concentrates in the diet in a stepwise manner until the animals are adapted to a high-grain ration. However this practice requires at least about 3 weeks adaptation period and specially prepared adaptation rations which contain various amount of concentrates. Present experiment was undertaken in order to findout the more simple and rapid adaptation method of cattle to a high grain ration. Nineteen Korean calves aging from four to six month were fed artifical hay (Youngchoun Chuk-Hyup, Korea) which contains 10% of concentrates or alfalfa and rye grass hays for two months and randomly alloted to three experimental groups and two control groups. The experimental group-1 was inoculated by stomach tube for two days with li500 ml/day of ruminal fluid fished from Korean beef cattle that had been previously adapted to a high-energy ration. The experimental group-2 was inoculated by trocalization for two days with the same ruminal fluid. The experimental group-3 was inoculated by trocalization with 1,500 ml/day of bacterial culture which contained 2$\times $10$^{9}$/m1 of Gram-negative bacteria derived from adapted luminal fluid. The two control groups were treated with normal saline solution by the same methods. All animals were fed high-energy ration that contained 80% of grain ad libitum for 30-74 days beginning on the third of the treatment. The effect of the inoculation on the adaptation was observed clinicopathologically with the following results; All of the experimental calves inoculated with the ruminal fluid or Gram-negative bacterial culture derived from adapted cattle did not show any signs of rumen acidosis or other related diseases, while most of the control calves did show diarrhea and bloat and a calf laminitis. The average daily weight gain and feed efficiency of experimental calves were slightly improved compared with control calves. Following the feeding of high-grain rational the pH of the ruminal fluid was lowered in both the experimental and control groups. However severe acidosis with the pH of below 5.0 was observed in only a control group-2. The protozoal number in ruminal fluid was markedly decreased during the high-grain feeding in both the experimental and control calves. However the decrease was mere severe in control calves compared with the experimental calves. The activation of the protozoa were completely disappeared within nine hours at the refrigerator temperature (4"C). No significant differences in heamatological and blood chemical values between the experimental and control calves were recognized. However in one control calf which showed clinically laminitis marked elevations of serum glutamic oxaloacetate transaminase and lactic dehydrogenase activities and a decrease of serum glucose level were observed. From these results it would be concluded the intraruminal transplantation of unadapted calves with the adapted ruminal fluid from cattle previously adapted to a high-energy ration prevents disease problem associated with high-grain feeding and improve weight gain and feed efficiency.ency.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.603-612
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• 2021

Objective: We have tested our hypothesis that inclusion of purified glycerol as a replacer of portions of dried distillers grain with solubles (DDGS) would affect growth performance, rumen fermentation and blood parameters, carcass and sensory traits, reducing sugar and glycogen contents, and volatile compound profiles in longissimus thoracis (LT) in Korean cattle steers. Methods: A total of 20 Korean cattle steers (27.0±0.2 months old; 647±10.5 kg body weight [BW]) were assigned to a conventional control group or a glycerol group (3.17% purified glycerol addition as a replacement for DDGS and molasses). The steers were individually allowed to receive the experimental concentrate at the daily amount of 1.5% of their individual BW and a total 1.0 of kg/d of rice straw twice daily. The feeding trial was conducted for a period of 20 weeks. Results: Glycerol supplementation (GS) increased (p = 0.001) concentrate intake. However, GS did not affect (p>0.05) average daily gain, feed efficiency, and ruminal volatile fatty acid concentrations. GS tended to increase (p≤0.10) serum glucose concentrations at the 16th and 20th weeks. GS decreased (p = 0.001) LT pH. GS did not affect (p>0.05) carcass traits and the chemical or physicochemical compositions, reducing sugar or glycogen contents, sensory traits, and most of volatile compounds in the LT. Conclusion: The inclusion of purified glycerol as a replacement for DDGS in the finishing diet did not affect growth performance, rumen fermentation parameters, and carcass quality in Korean cattle. The purified glycerol could be used as a substitute for other energy sources such as DDGS in beef cattle, depending on the price.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.9-20
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• 2007

본 실험은 유휴 논토양에 톨 페스큐를 재배하였을 때, 액상우분뇨를 물로 희석하거나 희석하지 않고 시기를 다르게 시용하여 계절별 및 연간 건물수량과 사료가치를 조사하고 화학비료 시비에 따른 건물수량과 사료가치도 비교하여 액상우분뇨의 적정 시용 시기와 희석수준을 결정하고자 실시되었으며, 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1) 액상우분뇨를 물로 희석하지 않거나 희석하여 시용하였을 때 연간 건물수량이 ha당 각각 $10.57{\sim}12.51$ 톤(평균 11.50 ton DM/ha)과 $11.31{\sim}14.81$ 톤 (평균 13.13 ton DM/ha)으로 무시비구의 ha당 9.21톤 보다 높은 건물수량을 나타내었는데(Table 2), 액상우분뇨를 이른봄과 여름철 시용한 구(SA구)와 이른 봄, 늦봄 및 여름철 분할 시용한 구(SUA구) 그리고 액상우분뇨를 물로 희석하여 봄철에 전량 시용한 구(DS구), 이른봄과 여름철에 시용한 구(DSA 구) 및 이른 봄, 늦봄 및 여름철에 분할 시용한 구(DSUA구) 등에서 무시비구 보다 유의하게 높은 건물수량을 나타내었다(p<0.05). 2) 질소와 인산 및 칼리를 시비한 구에서는 ha당 15.38 톤의 연간 건물수량을 나타내어 무시비구와 인산과 칼리 시비한 구(10.68 톤/ha) 보다도 유의하게 높은 건물수량을 나타내었다(p<0.05). 또한 인산과 칼리 시용구의 연간 건물수량은 액상우분뇨 시용구의 평균 연간 건물 수량보다도 낮았다. 3) 화학비료구에서 무기태 질소의 건물생산 효율은 연 평균 31.3kg DM/kg N이었으며, 예취 시기별로 보면 2번초>1번초>3번초 순으로 낮아졌지만 액상우분뇨 질소의 연간 건물생산 효율은 무 희석구와 희석구가 각각 15.3과 26.1kg DM/kg N을 나타내었고 2번초에서 가장 높았다. 한편 무기태 질소 대비 액상우분뇨 질소의 건물생산효율은 무희석구와 희석구가 각각 48.9와 83.4%에 도달하였다. 4) 톨 페스큐의 연간 평균 조단백질 함량은 액상우분뇨 시용구에서 $9.9{\sim}11.6%$로 무시비구의 9.5%와 화학비료 구의 $9.0{\sim}9.8%$ 보다 유의하게 높았지만(p<0.05), 연간 평균 NDF와 ADF 함량은 무시비구가 가장 낮았고 무시비구의 상대 사료가치(RFV)와 TDN 함량은 모든 처리구보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 5) 액상우분뇨 시용과 희석시용으로 톨 페스큐의 연간 조단백질 수량과 가소화 양분수량은 무시비구 및 인산과 칼리를 시용한 구 보다 유의하게 높았는데(p<0.05), 이러한 경향은 액상우분뇨를 희석하여 이른 봄, 늦봄 및 여름철에 분할 시용한 구(DSUA구)에서 더욱 뚜렷하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.833-842
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 국립축산과학원에서 개발한 한우 사육기간 단축기술의 경제성을 분석하여 기술보급확산을 위한 타당성을 제공하는 것이다. 한우 사육기간 단축기술은 한우 사육농가의 사료비가 경영비에서 차지하는 비중이 점점 커지고 있다는 문제점을 해결하고자 거세 한우를 대상으로 비육기간을 관행보다 단축시키면서도 육성기 고영양 사양을 통해 품질은 유지키시는 기술이다. 분석방법은 부분예산법(Partial budget analysis)을 적용하였다. 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 실증농가는 기술도입 전에 29개월 미만으로 출하한 성적이 0%였으나, 도입 3년차에 51.2%로, 도입 6년차에는 63.6%로 증가하였다. 둘째, 출하월령과 도체중의 연차별 성적에 대해 분산분석을 수행한 결과, 출하월령에 유의수준 0.01을 기준으로 차이가 있다는 결과를 얻었다. 또한, 도체중에서도 유의수준 0.05를 기준으로 도체중이 증가하였음을 확인할 수 있었다. 셋째, 사육기간 단축기술을 부분예산법으로 경제성을 평가한 결과, 자가 TMR 제조·급여 효과와 2개월 기단 단축효과를 합하면 최대 467,990원/두/회 수익이 발생한다는 결과를 얻었다. 본 결과는 기술보급사업에서 해당 기술이 우선적으로 보급될 수 있도록 강력한 근거자료로 활용될 수 있다. 향후 본 기술의 더 많은 보급 확대를 위해서는 시범사업 추진 이후 참여 농가와 미참여 농가를 대상으로 문제점과 한계점, 도입에 대한 장애요인 등을 추가적으로 밝혀야 할 것이다.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2004

본 연구는 우사의 향방에 의한 사육장 바닥면의 조건이 육우의 생산성에 미치는 영향을 구명할 목적으로 체중 570kg 내외의 거세한우 16두를 남, 북향 톱밥 자리깃 사육장에 각 8두씩 임의배치하고, 16주일간 사양시험을 실시한 후 증체율, 사료효율 및 도축성적을 분석하였던 바 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 투광성이 양호한 남향 사육장의 바닥면은 시험기간 중 표면의 건조 상태가 좋았으나 햇볕의 효과가 적은 북향 사육장은 결빙기 이전까지 다습하고 불규칙한 표면 상태를 나타내다가 결빙기에는 표면이 심하게 돌출 된 상태로 결빙되어 비육우의 휴식과 거동에 지장을 주었다. 남향 사육장과 북향 사육장에 수용된 거세우의 두당 일 평균 사료섭취량은 각각 10.39kg 및 10.32kg으로서 유의차가 없었으나 일당증체량은 각각 0.75kg과 0.64kg으로 나타나 표면 상태가 불량한 북향사육장이 14.3% 적었으며(p<0.05), 사료요구율은 각각 13.91 및 16.12로서 15.9%가 증가하였다(p<0.05). 또한 증체당 TDN 섭취량(TDN/gain)은 각각 11.47 및 13.25로 나타나 사료이용효율은 15.5%가량 저하되었다. 한편, 남쪽과 북쪽 사육장에서 사육된 거세우간의 출하체중, 도체중량, 도체율, 육량등급 및 육질의 통계적 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 결론적으로, 사육장의 위치로 인하여 바닥표면의 상태가 불량한 조건의 깔짚 축적식 우사에서 비육말기 거세우를 사육할 경우, 활동에너지 소비량의 증가와 휴식 시 접촉면을 통한 전도열의 손실요인이 발생하여 증체율 및 사료효율이 크게 저하될 수 있다는 점이 본 연구를 통해 밝혀졌다. 이러한 결과는 육우사육에서 축사의 방향 및 지붕자재 선정의 중요성을 시사한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.1579-1584
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• 2002

Twelve adult male crossbred (Sahiwal${\times}$Holstein Friesian) cattle were distributed into four groups of three each on body weight basis. Animals were given wheat straw as a basal diet. The animals of group I and II were supplemented with concentrate mixture and animals of group III and IV were supplemented with cold processed urea molasses mineral block (UMMB). Thirty mg monensin/day/animal was supplemented to the animals of group II and 35 ppm monensin were incorporated in the UMMB supplemented to the animals of group IV. Vit.A and D mixture was given to all the animals once a week. Dry matter (DM) intake (kg/d) through wheat straw was 19.0 percent higher in the UMMB (without monensin) supplemented group (group III) than those of the concentrate mixture (without monensin) supplemented group i.e. group I. Total DM intake (kg/d) was lower in the monensin supplemented groups than those of non-supplemented groups though differences were not statistically significant. Digestible dry matter, organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) intake were similar in all the groups. Average block consumption for 45 d period in the group III (0.95 kg/d) and group IV (0.84 kg/d) did not differ significantly. DM digestibility (%) was significantly (p<0.01) higher in the group II (58.9) as compared to the group I (52.7) and group III (54.0) but similar to the group IV (57.2). OM digestibility was also significantly (p<0.05) higher in the group II (63.2) as compared to that of the group I (54.9) but similar to the group III (57.8) and IV (59.2). Ether extract (EE) digestibility was significantly (p<0.01) higher in the group I (76.9) and II (80.3) as compared to the group III (59.87) and IV (55.77). Nitrogen free extract (NFE) digestibility was significantly (p<0.05) higher in the group II (62.38) as compared to that of the other groups. Crude protein (CP) and crude fibre (CF) digestibilities were not affected either due to UMMB or monensin. Nitrogen balance did also not differ significantly among the groups. However, Ca and P balance (g/d) in the group III (3.1, 1.3) and IV (3.0, 1.4) were significantly (p<0.01) higher than those of the group I (0.6, 0.2) and II (0.4, 0.3). Blood glucose (mg/100ml) was significantly (p<0.01) higher in the group II (65.2) and IV (65.2) as compared to the group I (55.2) and group III (53.9). Plasma urea-N level (mg/100 ml) in the group III (19.0) and IV (17.8) were significantly (p<0.01) higher than that of the group I (10.5) and II (12.3). So, monensin supplementation either with cold process UMMB or concentrate mixture did not show any additional effect on feed intake and digestibility but increases blood glucose level in adult cattle.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.209-213
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• 2005

This study was conducted to determine the optimum substitution level of dried leftover food (DLF) in formula feed for Hanwoo (Korean Native Cattle) steers. A total of forty growing steers were assigned to 5 treatments based on substitution level of DLF (at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% level of formula feed). The experiment was carried out with growing steers from 6 months of age to 24 months of age. Average daily gain (ADG) was not affected by DLF substitution level up to 75% of formula feed. However ADG decreased at 100% substitution level. Daily feed intakes were similar among treatments but the amount of feed per 1 kg gain increased with increasing substitution level of DLF. Dressing percentage was around 62% in all treatments without any significant differences. Proportion of quality beef higher than grade 1 was the greatest from animals fed 25% substitution level of DLF. Economic efficiency for Hanwoo steer operator was the highest with 50% substitution level of DLF.