• 한국양식학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.381-390
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• 1998

참전복 치패용 배합사료의 적정 지질원을 조사하기 위하여 카제인과 북양어분을 각각 단백질원으로 하고 지방산과 지질원을 달리 첨가하여 3회에 걸쳐 사육실험을 실시하였다. 세 실험 모두 평균체중 160mg의 치패를 각 수조에 100마리씩 수용하여 사료마다 3반복으로 20주간 사육 실험하였다. 1. 카제인 사료에 지방산 첨가 효과, 단백질원을 카제인으로 하여 지방산이 달리 첨가된 6종의 사료(지방산 무첨가구, 12 :0, 18 : 1, 18 : 2, 18 : 3 및 n-3HUFA첨가구)로 사육실험한 결과, 생존율, 최종 평균체중, 증체율 및 가식부 중량도 사료의 지방산에 영향을 받지 않았다 (P>0.05). 반면에 평균 각장은 지방산 무첨가구(fat-free)와 n-3HUFA첨가구가 가장 낮아서 18 : 1과 18 : 2 첨가구와 유의차를 보였다(P<0.05). 가식부의 수분과 단백질 함량은 실험구간에 차이가 없었으며(p>0.05), 지질은 지방산 무첨가구가 0.5%로 18 : 1 첨가구의 0.7%와 유의한 차이를 보였다(P<0.05). 2. 카제인 사료에 지질원 첨가 효과 단백질원을 카제인으로 하여 오징어 간유(SO), 옥수수유(CO), 우지(BT), SO+CO및 SO+BT를 각각 5%씩 첨가한 배합사료로 사육 실험한 결과, 생존율은 실험구간에 유의한 차이는 없었으나(P>0.05), 최종평균체중, 증체율 및 각장은 SO, SO+CO 및 SO+BT(n-3HUFA 함량: 0.5%) 실험구가 CO및 BT 실험구가 높은 값을 나타내었다(P<0.05). 가식부 평균중량도 SO+CO 및SO+BT 실험구는 SO 실험구와 유의차없이 좋은 결과를 보였지만, CO및 BT가 실험구는 SO 실험구보다 유의하게 낮은 값을 보였다(P<0.05). 실험 종료시 가식부의 수분과 단백질 함량은 사료의 지질원에 영향을 받지 않았지만, 지질함량은 SO가 첨가된 실험구(SO, SO+CO, SO+BT)가 CO첨가구보다 유의하게 높은 값을 보였다(p<0.05). 3.어분 사료에 지질원 첨가 효과 실용적인 측면을 고려하여 단백질원으로 어분이 첨가된 사료에 지질은 첨가하지 않은 사료와 SO, CO, BT, SO+CO 및 SO+BT을 각각 5% 첨가한 사료로 사육한 결과, 생존율은 실험구가에 유의차가 없었으나(P>0.05), 증체율은 BT와 SO+BT 실험구가 지질 무첨가구 (지질함량 : 2.2%), SO 및 CO 실험구보다 유의하게 낮았다(P<0.05). 실험종료시 가식부의 수분과 단백질 함량은 사료 지질에 영향을 받지 않았지만, 지질은 사료 지질 함량과 지질원에 영향을 받아 지질 무첨가구가 가장 낮았다(P<0.05). 이사의 결과들로부터 참전복 치패용 배합사료에는 n-3HUFA가 0.5%이상 함유되어야 할 것으로 생각되며, 어분이 첨가된 사료에 지질이 2%이상일 때는 지질을 추가로 첨가할 필요는 없으며, 지질을 추가할 경우 우지보다는 어유나 식물성기름을 첨가하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.23-40
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• 2011

Objectives: This study was designed to examine the effects of extracts of Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) on the lipid lowering, anti-oxidation and concentration of proinflammatory cytokines and was investigated on hyperlipidemic rats. Methods: Male rats weighing $182.39{\pm}4.71g$ were fed high fat diet for 8 weeks and 36 rats(above 400 g) were divided into 4 groups. Each of 9 rats was divided a control group and experimental groups. We fed a control group of rats a basal diet and administered normal saline(100 mg/kg, 1 time/1 day) for 4 weeks. And we fed each experimental group of rats basal diet and administered an extract of Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) extracts(100 mg/kg, 200mg/kg, 300 mg/kg, 300 mg/kg, 1 time/1 day) for 4 weeks. At the end of the experiment, the rats were sacrificed to determine their chemical composition. We measured lipid of plasma and liver, concentration of proinflmmatory cytokines, anti-oxidative activity and $TNF-{\alpha}$, Apo-B, Apo-E and leptin gene expression. Results: 1. Concentration of plasma free fatty(FFA) showed no significant difference in all the treatment groups. Concentration of plasma triglyceride(TG) showed a significant decrement in the 300 mg/kg in Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) groups than that of control group. 2. Concentration of plasma total cholesterol showed a significant decrement in the 200 and 300 mg/kg in Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) groups than that of control group. Concentration of plasma low density lipoprotein(LDL)-cholesterol showed a Significant decrement in the 300 mg/kg in Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) groups than that of control group. Concentration of plasma high density lipoprotein(HDL)-cholesterol showed a significant increment in the 300 mg/kg in Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) group. 3. Concentration of liver total cholesterol showed a tendence to decrease in Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) groups. Concentration of liver TG showed a significant decrement in all Ojeoksangamibang groups than that of control group. 4. Concentration of plasma and liver thiobarbituric acid reactive substance(TBARS) showed a tendence to decrease in Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) groups. 5. The values of glutathione peroxidase(GSH-Px), superoxide dismutase(SOD) and catalase(CAT) activity showed a significant increment in all Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) groups than that of control group. 6. The values of plasma aspartate aminotransferase(AST) and alanine aminotransferase(ALT) activity showed no significant different in all treatment group. 7. Concentration of plasma $interleukin(IL)-1{beta}$ showed no significant difference in all the treatment groups. Concentration of plasma IL-6 showed a significant decrement in the 300 mg/kg in Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) group than that of control group. Concentration of plasma tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}(TNF-{\alpha})$ a siginifant decrement in the 200 and 300 mg/kg in Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) group than that of control group. However the concentration of plasma IL-10 in the 300 mg/kg Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) groups showed a significant increment than that of control group. 9. In the analysis of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR), gene expression of $TNF-{\alpha}$, Apo-B and Apo-E in the Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) groups showed a lower expression than that of control group. However the gene expression of leptin showed no difference in the treatment groups. 10. The ratio of $TNF-{\alpha}$, Apo-B, and Apo-E per ${\beta}-actin$ expression in the Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) groups showed a significant decrement than that of control group. However The ratio of leptin expression per ${\beta}-actin$ expression showed no significant difference among all the treatment groups. Conclusions: According to above results, in lowering lipid effect, anti-oxidation and control of pro-inflammatory cytokines production, Ojeoksangamibang($W{\check{u}}j\bar{i}s\check{a}nji\bar{a}w\grave{e}if\bar{a}ng$) gives effect.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.488-495
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 부평초가 고지방과 고콜레스테롤 식이로 산화손상이 유도된 비만 쥐에서 간 조직의 항산화 효소활성 및 활성산소의 제거에 미치는 영향을 보고자 하였다. 실험군은 정상 식이군(N 군), 고지방과 고콜레스테롤 식이군(HF 군), 고지방과 고콜레스테롤 식이에 부평초를 5% 첨가한 군(SPA 군), 고지방과 고콜레스테롤 식이에 부평초를 10% 첨가한 군(SPB 군)으로 나누었다. 식이 및 식수는 자유섭취하게 하였으며 4주간 사육한 후 희생시켰다. 먼저 체중, 식이량 변화 및 간 무게의 변화를 측정한 결과, 체중에서는 N 군에 비해 HF 군에서 유의적으로 증가하였으나, 그 외의 군간의 차이는 나타내지 않았으며, 식이량에서 또한 각각의 실험군에서 유의적인 차이가 관찰되지 않았다. 간 무게 에서는 N 군에 비해 HF, SPA 및 SPB 군에서 유의적으로 증가하였으나, 그 외의 실험군 간의 유의적인 차이는 나타내지 않았다. 간 조직에서 주요 항산화 효소의 활성도에서 SOD는 N 군에 비해 HF군에서 감소되었으나 부평초를 공급한 SPA 및 SPB 군에서는 유의적으로 증가되었다. Gpx 및 catalase 또한 고지방과 고콜레스테롤 섭취로 인해 감소된 활성이 부평초의 공급으로 유의적으로 증가되었다. Superoxide radical 함량을 mitochondria 및 microsome에서 측정한 결과 N 군에 비해 HF 군에서 유의적인 증가를 나타내었으나 부평초 공급한 모든 군에서 유의하게 감소되었다. 특히 microsome에서는 군간의 유의한 차이도 나타났다. 간 조직의 H₂O₂의 함량은 mitochondria에서는 SPA 및 SPB군 모두에서 유의적인 감소로 정상군 수준을 나타내었고, cytosol 에서는 10% 부평초 공급군에서 유의적으로 감소되었다. 간 조직의 microsome 및 mitochondria에서의 carbonyl value는 N 군에 비해 HF 군에서 유의적으로 증가 되었으나 부평초의 공급으로 유의적으로 감소하였고 특히 군간의 유의한 차이도 나타났다. TBARS를 간 조직에서 관찰 한 결과 N 군에 비해 HF 군에서 유의적으로 증가하였으나 SPA 및 SPB 모든 군에서 유의한 감소를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과로 미루어 부평초에 함유된 여러 생리활성 물질들은 고지방과 고콜레스테롤 식이로 인해 산화적으로 손상된 간 조직의 재생에 작용하여 항산화 효과에 탁월하게 작용하였음이 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.720-732
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• 2001

Skeletal muscle is of major economic importance since it is finally converted to meat for consumers. The increase in meat production with low costs of production may be achieved by optimizing muscle growth, whereas a high meat quality requires, among other factors, the optimization of intramuscular glycogen and fat stores. Thus, research in energy metabolism aims at controling muscle metabolism, but also liver and adipose tissue metabolism in order to optimize energy partitioning in favour of muscles. Liver is characterized by high anabolic and catabolic rates. Metabolic enzymes are regulated by nutrients through short-term regulation of their activities and long-term regulation of expression of their genes. Consequences of liver metabolic regulation on energy supply to muscles may affect protein deposition (and hence growth) as well as intramuscular energy stores. Adipose tissues are important body reserves of triglycerides, which result from the balance between lipogenesis and lipolysis. Both processes depend on the feeding level and on the nature of nutrients, which indirectly affect energy delivery to muscles. In muscles, the regulation of rate-limiting nutrient transporters, of metabolic enzyme activities and of ATP production, as well as the interactions between nutrients affect free energy availability for muscle growth and modify muscle metabolic characteristics which determine meat quality. The growth of tissues and organs, the number and the characteristics of muscle fibers depend, for a great part, on early events during the fetal life. They include variations in quantitative and qualitative nutrient supply to the fetus, and hence in maternal nutrition. During the postnatal life, muscle growth and characteristics are affected by the age and the genetic type of the animals, the feeding level and the diet composition. The latter determines the nature of available nutrients and the rate of nutrient delivery to tissues, thereby regulating metabolism. Physical activity at pasture also favours the orientation of muscle metabolism, towards the oxidative type. Consequently, breeding systems may be of a great importance during the postnatal life. Research is now directed towards the determination of individual tissue and organ energy requirements, a better knowledge of nutrient partitioning between and within organs and tissues. The discovery of new molecules (e. g. leptin), of new molecular mechanisms and of more powerful techniques (DNA chips) will help to achieve these objectives. The integration of the different levels of knowledge will finally allow scientists to formulate new types of diets adapted to sustain a production of high quality meat with lower costs of production.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.76-91
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• 2002

The lipid lowering and antioxidant effects of Gansoo(BL18), Pungji(GB20) and Eumnungcheun(SP9) acupuncture in rats fed high fat diet were analyzed in biochemical and molecular biological aspects. The results obtained from this study are as follows : 1. In the body weight reduction, all acupuncture groups showed a high reduction compared to those of control group and in acupuncture groups, Gansoo(BL18) and Pungji(GB20) acupuncture groups showed a high reduction. 2. The concentration of plasma triglyceride, total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol with acupuncture groups showed a little decrease and in acupuncture groups, Gansoo(BL18) and Pungji(GB20) groups showed a low values compared to those of other acupuncture groups. However, the tendency of HDL-cholesterol concentration showed no significant different. 3. The concentration of plasma ${\beta}-lipoprotein$ and free fatty acids showed a lowest values in the Gansoo(BL18) and Pungji(GB20) acupuncture groups and the glucose concentration showed to decrease in all treated acupuncture groups. 4. The concentration of liver total cholesterol and triglyceride in Gansoo(BL18) and Pungji(GB20) acupuncture groups showed a lower values than those of control group. 5. In all the acupuncture groups, the plasma glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase(GOT) activity showed a little decrease. In the glutamic pyruvate activity(GPT), Gansoo(BL18) and Pungji(GB20) acupuncture groups showed a lower values than those of control groups. However the values of eumneungcheun acupuncture only group showed no significant difference to those of control group. 6. The plasma and liver Thiobabituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) concentration in Gansoo(BL18) and Pungji(GB20) acupuncture groups were a lower than those of control group. However the values of eumneungcheun acupuncture group showed no significant difference to control group. 7. The superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in Gansoo(BL18) acupuncture group and Glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity in Gansoo(BL18) and Pungji(GB20) acupuncture groups showed a high values. The catalase (CAT) activity in all the acupuncture groups showed a higher values than those of control group. 8. In acupuncture groups, DNA expression of Apo-B and Apo-E showed a tendency to decrease, however DNA expression of leptin showed no significant difference in all treatment groups. DNA expression of $TNF-{\alpha}$ showed a increase in acupuncture groups. These results indicate that Gansoo(BL18) and Pungji(GB20) (especially Gansoo(BL18)) acupuncture affect the lipid metabolism and showed possibility of lowering adipose tissue mass and lipid peroxidation.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.384-391
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• 2016

선행연구(12,13)에 따르면 10주간 ID1216을 투여한 비만 마우스에서 체중과 체지방이 감소하였고 이는 SIRT1-$PGC1{\alpha}$의 발현을 조절하여 나타나는 것으로 확인하였다. 본 연구는 $SIRT1-PGC1{\alpha}-PPAR{\alpha}$의 하위 기전인 UCPs, ACO, aP2의 발현 조절에 ID1216이 영향을 미쳐 그 효과를 나타내는 것을 추가로 확인한 것에 의미가 있다. 또한 10주간 ID1216을 투여한 비만 마우스의 혈액 분석 결과에서도 혈중 중성지방, LDL, HDL total cholesterol등의 혈중 지방질 수치가 개선됨과 동시에 free fatty acid의 농도는 감소하였는데 이는 ID1216이 HSL과 같은 지방질분해효소의 활성을 조절하여 중성지방의 분해과정에 관여하기는 하나 에너지 대사와 지방산 산화 과정에도 복합적으로 관여하여 최종적으로 나타내는 비만 대사 조절 효과에 의한 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 ID1216은 $SIRT1-PGC1{\alpha}-PPAR{\alpha}$ pathway를 촉진시켜 세포와 조직 수준에서 열발생(thermogenesis)에 관여하는 유전자인 UCP1, UCP2, UCP3의 발현을 증가시켰고 ${\beta}$-oxidation에 관여하는 유전자인 ACO와 aP2의 발현도 증가시켰으며 또한 지방분해(lypolysis)에 관여하는 유전자인 ATGL과 HSL의 발현을 증가시키는 분자생물학적 기전을 나타내어 체지방 감소 효과를 나타내는 것으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.20-29
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• 2005

This study is conducted to determine the effects of dietary levels of corn and tuna oils on the formation of preneoplastic lesions in die-thylnitrosamine (DEN) induced rat hepatocarcinogenesis. Weanling male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed 2.5, 5, 15, 25% (w/w) corn or tuna oils. Hepatocellular carcinogenesis was induced by DEN (200 mg/kg body weight) and two-thirds partial hepactectomy was carried out 3 weeks later and were sacrificed 8 weeks after DEN initiation. Tuna oil group showed smaller area of placental glutathione S-transferase (GST-P) positive foci than com oil group. Com oil group of 25% (w/w) showed the widest area of GST -P positive foci, and tuna oil group showed significantly smaller area of GST-P positive foci than com oil in 25% (w/w) level but had no differences between oil levels. Thio-barbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) content was the highest in 25% (w/w) level of tuna oil group fed long chain and highly polyunsaturated fatty acids. Also serum ${\gamma}$ -glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) activities in 25% level of tuna oil group were significantly higher than by other levels. As oil contents increased, glucose 6-phosphatase (G6Pase) seems to decrease in com oil groups but remained the same in tuna oil groups. Glutathione reductase (GR) activities were significantly higher in tuna oil group, and the higher the level of tuna oil, the higher GR activities. But Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities didn't seem to be influenced by levels and kind of dietary fats. Therefore, as oil levels increased, com oil rich in n-6 fatty acids promoted carcinogenesis but tuna oil rich in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) of n-3 fatty acids suppressed. Although lipid peroxidation products were elevated in 25% (w/w) tuna oil group, GST-P positive foci didn't increase. Therefore pre-neoplastic lesions might be reduced through mediation of a lipid peroxidation process in tuna oil. As fat contents of tuna oil increased, elevated GR activities may give a rise to produce more reduced glutathione in order to protect against free radical attack, and high G6Pase activities remained the same and they contributed to membrane stability. So tuna oil diet seems to protect hepatocarcinogenesis.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.532-536
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• 1998

식이성 고지혈증 유발 Sprague Dawley계 숫흰쥐를 사용하여 용담 열수 추출액을 급여하므로써 혈당 및 혈청의 지질 개선 효과를 규명하기 위해 4주간 실험 사육한 결과, 혈당 농도는 대조군인 1군(물)에 비해 2군(콜레스테롤+물) 및 3군(콜레스테롤+용담추출액)이 높게 나타났으며, 콜레스테롤과 용담 추출액을 급여한 3군이 2군(콜레스테롤+물)보다 다소 낮은 경향을 보였지만 혈당 저하효과는 유의성있게 관찰되지 않았다. 혈청중 총콜레스테롤 농도는 2군에 비하여 3군이 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다. LDL-콜레스테롤 농도는 2군에 비해 3군에서 유의성있게 감소하였으며, 총콜레스테롤에 대한 HDL-콜레스테롤 농도비는 용담 추출액 급여군이 높게 나타났다. 혈청 유리 콜레스테롤 및 콜레스테롤 에스테르 농도는 콜레스테롤 급여군인 2군에 비해 용담 추출액 급여군(3군)이 유의성 있게 감소하였다. 중성지질 및 인지질 농도는 3군의 농도가 낮았다. 혈청 AST 및 ALT활성은 대조군에 비하여 여타 실험군에서 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 이상의 결과에서, 용담 열수 추출액이 식이성 고지혈증 흰쥐에 대한 혈청지질 개선효과가 다소나마 있는 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.250-258
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• 2004

An experiment was conducted to examine the effect of a high environmental temperature on the performance, conformation, and carcass characteristics of pigs and the influence of diet. Thirty-six three-way crossed castrated male pigs with average initial body weight of 50.4 kg were used in the experiment. The pig were allocated to the following treatments: two environmental temperatures (20 and $30^{\circ}C$)${\times}$three dietary energy levels (2,980, 3,300 and 3,600 kcal/kg)${\times}$three protein levels (12.8, 15.2 and 17.2%). Daily weight gain was lighter (p<0.01) and feed: gain ratio lower (p<0.05) in pigs at $30^{\circ}C$ than for pigs at $20^{\circ}C$ The pigs at $30^{\circ}C$ were significantly taller with deeper bodies (p<0.05) and significantly longer (p<0.05) both vertically horizontally in the planum nasal when kept at $30^{\circ}C$. The width of body and the circumference of the neck were greater (p<0.05) at $20^{\circ}C$. The lean meat of the loin, middle section, ham, and hind section were significantly greater (p<0.05) in pigs kept at $30^{\circ}C$ and the belly was significantly heavier. The total unsaturated free fatty acids were significantly higher (p<0.05) in the body fat of pigs kept at $20^{\circ}C$ than in that of pigs at $30^{\circ}C$. The results indicated that when pigs are given very restricted same amounts of feed, they may need less energy to maintain their body temperature under moderately high environmental temperature ($30^{\circ}C$); consequently, their performance is better than that of pigs under optimum environmental temperature. The results showed very clearly that weight gain of pigs increased with increasing of dietary protein and energy content. The increasing of dietary protein content seemed more significant when content increasing to 17.2% compared with the 12.8 and 15.2% protein content treatments. The increasing of dietary energy content was more significant when content increasing to 3,600 compared with the other low energy content treatments.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.1717-1725
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• 2000

The objective was to determine the relationship between feed intake levels and patterns, and growth performance and body composition of barrows and gilts using automatic feed intake recording equipment (F.I.R.E.). This system records the time of visits to the feeder and the duration and size of meals for individual animals housed in groups. Ninety-six crossbred pigs were grown from $33.4{\pm}0.51$ to $109.7{\pm}1.39kg$ live weight over a 13-week period. Eight mixed-sex groups of 12 pigs were used and 4 dietary treatments were compared giving 2 pens per treatment. The dietary treatments consisted of corn-soybean meal diets with differing protein levels which ranged from 14.7% to 19% between 30 to 55 kg, from 13.3% to 16.9% between 56 and 85 kg, and from 12.3% to 16.8% for the remainder of the study. Animals were ultrasonically scanned to measure loin-eye area and backfat thickness to estimate carcass fat-free lean content at the beginning and end of the study. Barrows had higher daily feed intake than gilts (2.67 vs. 2.46 kg resp. p<0.05) which was the result of a longer feeder occupation time per visit (4.77 vs. 4.54 min, resp. p<0.05), higher feed consumption rates (30.4 vs. 29.0 g/min, resp. p<0.05), and higher feed intakes per visit (136.9 vs. 126.8 g, resp. p<0.01). Gilts had less backfat and greater loin-eye area than barrows (p<0.05). Diet had no significant effect on growth performance and had limited impact on feeding patterns. Body weight showed high correlations with ADG (r=0.74), feed intake per visit (r=0.51) and feed consumption rate (r=0.69). Positive correlation were also found between daily feed intake and feed intake per visit (r=0.45), feeder occupation time per day (r=0.56), and feed consumption rate (r=0.55), and between daily feed intake and backfat thickness (r=0.32) and feed consumption rate and loin-eye area (r=0.32). There were negative correlations between number of feeder visit per day and daily feed intake (r=-0.54), and between feed intake per visit and number of feeder visits per day (r=-0.43). However, correlations between feed intake traits and carcass traits were generally low. Visits to the feeder were greatest during the morning (0700 to 1100 h) and lowest during the evening and nighttime. These results highlight limited variation among the sexes in feeding patterns and suggest important relationships between feeding behavior and feed intake.