• 한국가금학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.239-246
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• 2022

본 연구는 여름철 γ-aminobutyric(GABA)와 생균제 급여가 산란 종계의 생산성, 계란품질, 혈액 생화학 조성, corticosteron에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. 24주령의 산란 종계 총 105수를 3개 처리(대조구, GABA, probiotics), 처리당 7반복, 반복당 5수로 설정하여 사양실험을 실시하였다. GABA와 생균제는 배합사료 내 각각 50ppm과 0.1%로 첨가하여, 총 6주간 실험을 실시하였다. 전기간 산란종계의 평균 계란 생산량, 산란량은 대조구보다 생균제 급여 처리구에서 유의적으로 높았으며(P<0.05), FCR은 생균제 급여 처리구에서 낮은 값을 나타내었다(P<0.05). 산란 종계 계란의 난중, 난백고 높이, Haugh units, 난황색, 난각두께, 난각강도에서 처리구간의 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 또한 모든 혈청 생화학 조성에서 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 혈청 내 corticosterone 농도는 GABA와 생균제 급여로 인하여 대조구보다 유의적으로 감소하였다(P<0.05). 따라서 GABA와 생균제 급여 시 고온기 산란 종계의 스트레스를 완화시킬 수 있는 것으로 사료되며, 특히 생균제 급여는 계란 생산성 및 산란량 성적을 개선할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1353-1362
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• 2005

The stressful physiological and environmental conditions around weaning often promote the proliferation of pathogens in the digestive tract of piglets resulting in diarrhoea and reduced daily weight gain. Typical dietary practices to maintain growth performance and health have led to an increased use of antimicrobial growth promoters. Due to the advanced ban of antibiotics in pig production, new concepts have been developed to secure animal health and growth performance, feed efficiency, and product quality as well. Several naturally occurring compounds seem to beneficially affect the composition and activity of the microflora in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of pigs. These are, among others, organic acids, probiotics, prebiotics, and enzymes. Organic acids are already widely used, especially in pigs, due to their positive effects on GIT health and growth performance. Probiotics have been shown to be effective against diarrhoea though effects may be dependent on diet composition and environmental conditions. Prebiotics may influence composition and activity of the intestinal microflora. Additionally, pre- and probiotics may exert positive influences on immune response, whereas enzymes may enhance feed digestibility by breaking down anti-nutritional factors. In the following, the focus will be directed to the role of organic acids, probiotics, prebiotics, and feeding enzymes as potential modulators of GIT health.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.1425-1428
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• 2001

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of supplementation of a probiotics complex on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, diarrhea score and microbial population in pigs weaned at 21 days of age. Treatments were 1) control A (0.2% antibiotics, Avilamycin), 2) control B (0.1 % $Ractocom^{(R)}$), 3) 0.1%, 4) 0.2% and 5) 0.3% probiotics complex; 80 pigs were used and each treatment had 4 replicates with 4 pigs per replicate (16 pigs per treatment). During phase I period (d 0 to 14), although there was no significant difference, pigs fed control B diet showed higher ADG (average daily gain) and better F/G (feed/gain) than any other treatments. During late experimental period (d 15 to 28), pigs fed diet supplemented with 0.2% probiotics complex showed slightly higher ADG. Overall (d 0 to 28) the diet that contained 0.2% probiotics complex gave slightly higher ADG and ADFI (average daily feed intake) than the other diets. In a metabolic trial using 20 piglets, nutrient digestibility showed the best results in pigs fed 0.2% probiotics complex diet, but not significantly different from other groups. Diarrhea score and microbial population status in intestine, colon and feces were not affected by dietary treatments. In conclusion, this study suggested that a newly developed probiotics complex can replace antibiotics in weaned pigs.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2010

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of probiotics on the malodor removal. In experiment 1, dietary effects (several malodorous gas concentration of excreta, dry matter metabolizability, and blood profiles) were determined using laying hens. A total of 30 Hy-line brown layers, 68-wk of age, were randomly allocated into 5 groups with 3 replicates of 2 birds each. The treatments were probiotics free, 0.2% and 0.4 % addition of mixed probiotics (Bacillus subtilis PNG-4 +Lactobacillus acidophilus LAS), and 0.2 and 0.4 % addition of single probiotics (Bacillus subtilis PNG-4). In experiment 2, the effects of mixing of probiotics into the excreta on the malodorous gas removal was investigated. There were three treatments (probiotics free, Bacillus subtilis PNG-4 +Lactobacillus acidophilus LAS, and Bacillus subtilis PNG-4) with three replicates. The malodorous gas concentrations were detected at 0, 3, 7 and 14 day of incubation. In experiment 1, ammonia concentration was significantly decreased by feeding mixed probiotics at 14th day of incubation. However, amines, hydrogen sulfide, ethylmercapthan, and methylmercapthan were not significantly affected by mixed probiotics. Dry matter metabolizability was significantly increased by feeding probiotics, but no significant differences between single and mixed probiotics. There was no significant differences in blood profiles. In experiment 2, mixing of probiotics into the excreta did not affect the concentration of ammonia, amines, hydrogen sulfide, ethylmercapthan, and methylmercapthan. Therefore, these experiments suggested that Bacillus subtilis PNG-4 + Lactobacillus acidophilus LAS supplementations could improve ammonia gas removal, and dry matter metabolizability in layers. Also, decrease of ammonia concentration was higher in mixed probiotics group compare to the single probiotics group. On the other hand, mixing of probiotics into the excreta appeared not to be a useful method.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.893-901
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• 2018

Influenza viruses that cause recurrent seasonal epidemics to humans can be controlled with vaccine and antiviral therapy. However, the medical treatments often exhibit limited efficacy in the elderly or immunosuppressed individuals. In these cases, daily uptake of probiotics may be an option to bring in health benefits against influenza. Here, we demonstrate the effects of probiotics Lactobacillus plantarum (Lp) and Leuconostoc mesenteroides (Lm) against seasonal and avian influenza viruses. As assessed by the plaque size reduction of human H1N1 and avian influenza H7N9 viruses, including green fluorescent protein-tagged H1N1 strain in cells, the selected Lp and Lm strains restrained viral replication in mouse lungs with statistical significance. Against lethal viral challenge, the Lp and Lm strains exhibited their beneficial effects by increasing the mean days and rates of survival of the infected mice. These results suggest that, despite rather narrow ranges of protective efficacy, the dietary supplement of Lactobacillus and Leuconostoc probiotics may promote health benefits against influenza.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.1736-1745
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• 2016

The interactions of microbiota in the gut play an important role in promoting or maintaining the health of hosts. In this study, in order to investigate and compare the effects of dietary supplementation with Lactobacillus pentosus HC-2 (HC-2), Enterococcus faecium NRW-2, or the bacteria-free supernatant of a HC-2 culture on the bacterial composition of Litopenaeus vannamei, Illumina sequencing of the V1-V2 region of the 16S rRNA gene was used. The results showed that unique species exclusively existed in specific dietary groups, and the abundance of Actinobacteria was significantly increased in the intestinal bacterial community of shrimp fed with the bacteria-free supernatant of an HC-2 culture compared with the control. In addition, the histology of intestines of the shrimp from the four dietary groups was also described, but no obvious improvements in the intestinal histology were observed. The findings in this work will help to promote the understanding of the roles of intestinal bacteria in shrimps when fed with probiotics or probiotic supernatant.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.105-115
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• 1995

The balance of microbial populations in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of all warm-blooded animals is critical to the maintenance of health and resistance to disease. The composition of the populations can be altered by diet and environment, making the host animal susceptible to disease, and reducing growth rate and feed efficiency. Some feed additives including antimicrobial agents, prohiotics or yucca extract have been used to promote growth and feed utilization. There is evidence that part of growth-promoting effect of those feed additives results from the suppression of microbial urease activity or ammonia production in the GI contents of animals. Over 200 microbial species have been known to produce urease and the product of urea hydrolysis, ammonia, is toxic to animals. Carefully tested probiotics or other urease-suppressing agents can be a possible alternative to antimicrobial agents including antibiotics as growth promotants used for animals feeds.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.157-164
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• 2016

Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by decreased bone mass, which results in a markedly increased risk of traumatic fractures. This disease is a worldwide health problem with a high prevalence. Recently, various dietary components have been found to minimize the risk of developing osteoporosis through their ability to stimulate bone formation and optimize bone health. Among them, probiotics and fermented milk can have beneficial effects to human health. Bioactive compounds derived from probiotics in fermented milk can especially modulate physiological functions related to bone health. Here, we review the evidence to support these insights into newly found functionality of dairy foods for osteoporosis prevention.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.203-209
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• 2003

본 실험은 육계에 서로 다른 혼합미생물을 급여하여 효과를 구명하고자 실행하였다. 1일령 로스 수컷 400수에 무첨가구인 대조구와 생균제 A와 B를 각각 0.1과 0.2%수준으로 5개처리구 5반복 반복당 16수씩 평사로 5주간 급여하였다. 증체량, 사료섭취량, 사료요구율을 주간별로 측정하였으며, 실험 종료시에 회장과 맹장의 전체 유산균, 효모균, 살모넬라, 대장균 수를 조사하였다. 혈장의 단백질, 콜레스테롤, ND 백신항체가를 측정하였고, 분에서 발생되는 $CO_2$, NH$_3$. COD를 측정하였다. 증체량은 사육 초기 3주간에 생균제 급여구에서 대조구보다 높은 경향이었으며, 후기 2주간에는 현저하게 높았다(P<0.05). 사료섭취량은 처리구간에 통계적인 차이가 없었으며, 사료요구율은 생균제 B 처리구에서 다른 처리구보다 유의적으로 개선되었다. 전체 살모넬라 수는 회장에서 일관성이 없었지만 대장균수는 생균제 급여구에서 대조구에 비하여 낮게 나타났다. 분에서 NH$_3$와 $CO_2$ 발생도 생균제 급여구에서 대조구에 비하여 낮았지만 통계적인 차이는 없었으며 계분의 COD는 다른 유해가스의 발생과 동일한 경향을 나타냈다. 혈중 전체 콜레스테롤은 생균제 종류에 관계없이 낮은 경향을 나타냈다. ND백신 항체가는 생균제 급여구에서 높아지는 경향을 나타냈다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2010

산란계에서 본 연구의 목적은 생균제(PY0.3%, PY0.5%) 를 산란계에 급여하였을 때 산란율, 산란수, 난중, 등외란, 파란율 등을 조사하기 위하여 실시하였다. 산란계에서의 사양시험은 36주령 ISA brown 산란계 300수를 공시하였으며, 처리구로는 옥수수-대두박 기초 사료구(Con; basal diet), 기초 사료구에 일반 효모 0.3%(basal diet+0.3% 일반효모), 일반 효모 0.5%(basal diet+0.5% 일반효모), 활성 효모 0.3%(basal diet+0.3% 유전자 변형 효모), 활성 효모 0.5%(basal diet+0.5% 유전자 변형 효모)를 첨가한 것으로 구성되었다. 총 13주간의 사양시험 기간 동안, 산란율, 산란수, 난중, 등 외란, 파란율 등을 연구했다. 사양시험에 이용한 닭은 각각 20수씩 3반복을 하였으며, 총 300수를 사용했다. 시험결과 시험군인 활성 효모 첨가군이 대조군에 비해서 산란율, 산란수, 난중에서 우수한 효과를 보였으며, 일반효모 첨가군에 비해서는 산란율, 산란수에 대해서는 우수하였으나 난중에서는 유의성이 없었다(p<0.05). 등외란과 파란율에서는 첨가 군에서 큰 란이 생산되는 비율이 크다 보니까 상대적으로 등 외란과 파란율이 높아진 면도 있다. 이러한 우수한 결과는 PY를 첨가함으로써 면역 기능강화와 bacteriocin의 기능과 효모에서 분비된 여러 가지 유용물질의 상호작용에서 기인된 결과로 보여 지며 이런 이유로 사료효율 개선과 병원성 미생물의 억제효과 등이 복합적으로 작용하여 상승효과로 작용했기 때문이라고 추정된다.