• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2006

Fifty castrated crossbred ($Landrace{\times}Yorkshire$) pigs, weighing an average of $60.6{\pm}3.1kg$ were allotted to one of five treatments in a randomized block design to examine the effects of dietary inclusion of 0.1% L-carnitine (50 ppm carnitine), 0.1% selenium-enriched yeast (0.3 ppm selenium), 0.1% Jujube fruit or 0.1% Hwangto (Red clay) on pig performance and carcass quality. All diets were based on corn, wheat, soybean meal and wheat bran and were formulated to supply 13.8 MJ DE/kg. Dietary supplementation did not influence daily gain (p = 0.57), feed intake (p = 0.52), or feed conversion (p = 0.32). Digestibility of dry matter (p = 0.60), organic matter (p = 0.74), crude protein (p = 0.76), crude fibre (p = 0.70) and energy (p = 0.75) were also unaffected by inclusion of any of the additives. Tissue samples taken from the longissimus muscle showed that the levels of carnitine (p = 0.0001) and selenium (p = 0.0001) were significantly higher with dietary inclusion of carnitine or selenium-enriched yeast. Dietary treatment did not affect dressing percentage (p = 0.33), carcass lean yield (p = 0.99) or first, $10^{th}$ and last rib midline backfat depth (p = 0.45, 0.82 and 0.47, respectively). Dietary treatment also did not affect the percentages of tenderloin (p = 0.37), bacon (p = 0.36), fat and bone (p = 0.56), picnic shoulder (p = 0.25), skirt (p = 0.80), fresh ham (p = 0.31) or ribs (p = 0.79). However, pigs fed the diet containing Jujube fruit had a higher percentage of Boston butt than pigs fed the carnitine or selenium supplemented diets (p = 0.01). Pigs fed added Hwangto had a higher (p = 0.04) percentage of loin compared with pigs fed supplementary selenium or Jujube fruit. Loin muscle from pigs fed carnitine had a significantly lower Hunter colour value for L (whiteness, p = 0.004) and a higher value for $a^*$ (redness; p = 0.069). The overall results indicate that supplementation with L-carnitine and selenium-enriched yeast can produce pork containing higher levels of carnitine and selenium, which could provide health benefits for consumers of pork without detrimental effects on pig performance.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2001

가축의 행동에 대한 관심이 치근 고조되고 있으며, 향후에는 가축복지법의 규제도 받게 될 실정인데 비하여 우리 나라는 아직 동물과 환경과의 관계에 대한 연구가 미진한 실정이다. 돈사의 구조적 특성은 돼지에게 여러 가지 측면에서 영향을 미쳐 생산성을 좌우하게 될 뿐만 아니라 동물복지 차원에서도 연구가 진행되어야 할 시점이다. 따라서 본 실험은 무창 육성·비육돈사에서 계절별 환기시스템에 따른 휴식공간을 파악하고자 하였으며, 또한 측벽밀폐 비율이 돼지의 배분 습성에 미치는 영향을 조사하고자 하였다. 1. 돈방 측벽밀폐율을 50%, 75%, 100% 세수준으로 하였을 때 돼지의 배분습성은 온도, 습도, 공기유속과 상관없이 일정한 지역에 배분하는 행동을 보였다. 따라서 돼지는 돈방내의 어두운 지점에서 배분하는 것으로 관찰되어 무엇보다도 조명의 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 2. 측벽 밀폐율에 따른 분뇨의 배분집적 높이는 50% 일 때 10cm, 75%는 5cm 그리고 100%일 때는 3 cm가 직접 되었으며, 폭은 각각 30 cm, 25 cm, 20 cm로 나타났다. 3. 돈방의 휴식공간에서의 암모니아 농도는 각 돈방 측벽의 배분율이 50%일 때 $4.2mg/{\ell}$, 75%는 $5.1mg/{\ell}$ 그리고 100%일 때 $5.8mg/{\ell}$그리고 100% 일 때 $5.8mg/{\ell}$으로 측정되어 돈방바닥면에 분뇨가 넓게 분포되는 100%일 때 암모니아의 농도가 가장 높았다. 이것을 배분습관과 연관되어 돈방내의 어두운 부분을 최소한 줄일 경우 휴식공간에서의 암모니아 농도는 줄일 수 있는 것으로 판단되었다. 4. 요인중 돼지의 휴식공간의 위치 영향에서 환경변인은 무엇보다도 공기유속인 등 하다. 겨울철에는 0.03 m/g 지점에서 휴식을 하였으며, 여름철에는 0.24 m/g 지점에서 휴식을 취하였다. 따라서 돼지의 휴식공간은 공기의 유속에 의한 영향이 매우 큰 것으로 관찰되었다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.290-296
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• 2006

감귤피를 급여하지 않은 돼지고기(대조구, T0)와 임신초기부터 분만 후 자돈기, 육성기 및 비육기까지 전 사육기간 동안 8%의 감귤피를 급여한 돼지고기(감귤피 급여구, T1, 198일령, $102{\sim}118kg$)의 물리화학적 특성과 기호도를 비교하였다. 등심과 삼겹살의 pH, 명도, 보수력, 동결감량, 해동 감량, 가열감량, 경도, 탄성, 응집성, 생육의 색깔 및 가열육의 종합적 기호도는 T0와 T1 사이에 유의적 차이를 보이지 않았다(p>0.05). 등심의 적색도, 황색도, 뭉침성, 저작성 및 전단력, 그리고 삼겹살의 항산화력, 전단력, 생육의 냄새 및 가열육향은 T0보다 T1이 높게 나타났다(p<0.05).

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.131-138
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• 2009

본 연구는 돼지의 체온 발산에 따른 행동에 근거하여 환경을 제어할 때 몸체에서 발산되는 체열과 환경의 온도차이를 이용하여 환경을 제어할 수 있는 방법을 모색하고자 하였으며, 열환경에서 얻어진 자료를 바탕으로 축사의 환경제어 시스템에 접목하고자 실시하였다. 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 환경온도에 따른 돼지의 행동을 칼라영상을 통하여 획득한 후 가시화 시스템 (열화상 프로그램)을 통한 행동상태를 고온, 적온, 저온기로 분류하였다. 2. 영상처리 시스템의 하드웨어를 적외선 CCD 카메라, 영상처리 보드DIF(TH3100) 모델과 컴퓨터는 400Hz, 128M, 586 Pentium로 구성되었으며, 프로그램은 C++ 언어로 작성되었다. 3. 영상처리시스템을 온도에 따라 분류했던 결과 저온, 적온, 고온으로 분류되어 돈사내 환경제어 시스템에 응용이 가능할 것으로 판단되었다. 4. 사료섭취량은 저온구가 다른 환경온도에 비하여 사료를 많이 섭취하였던 반면에 종료체중과 일당증체량에서는 낮게 나타났다 (p<0.05).

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.597-607
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• 1998

Processing is generally employed to alter the physical and chemical properties of feeds used in pig diets, using hammer/roller mills, pellet mills and extruders/expanders. The reported optimum particle sizes of corn are approximately $500{\mu}m$, $500-700{\mu}m$, $400-600{\mu}m$, for nursery, growing-finishing, and breeder pigs respectively. Optimum particle size of grains are affected by diet complexity. There was a trend towards reducing particle size in order to increase ADG in pigs fed a simple diet, though such was not the case for pigs fed a complex diet. Uniformity of particle size also affects the nutritional values of swine feeds. Uniform particle sizes would consistently give greater nutrient digestibilities. In terms of pellet quality, it is reported that a higher incidence of fmes in pelleted feeds has a direct correlation with poorer feed conversion ratio in pigs. Particle and pellet sizes are also very important for pelleting in terms of grinding, digestibility, stomach ulceration and pellet durability. A particle size of $600{\mu}m$, or slightly less, seemed optimal for com in fmishing pigs, and the 5/32 in. diameter pellets supported the best efficiencies of gain during nursery and finishing phases. Extruder and/or expander processes would allow the feed industry an increased flexibility to utilize a wider spectrum of feed ingredients, and improve pellet quality of finished feeds. It would appear that extruded or expanded diets containing highly digestible ingredients have little effect on the growth performance of pigs, and the feeding values of the feeds over pelleted diets were not improved as pigs grew. The extruder or expander is much more effective than a pelletizer in salmonella control. Gastric ulcerations and/or keratinizations were consistently reported in pigs fed mash and processed diets containing finely ground grains, whereas carcass quality was not affected by diet processing methods such as pelleting, extruding or expanding. In corn- or sorghum-based diets, the electrical energy consumption is 4-5 times higher in the expanding than in the pelleting process. But the expander's processing cost was half of that shown by an extruder. Finally, the decision of which feed processing technology to adopt would depend on the processing cost, and any potential improvement in growth performance and digestibilities of nutrients should offset the increased operating and capital costs related to the extruder/expander technology over mash or pelleting processes in pigs.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.1214-1219
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• 2008

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of supplementing tuna oil to diets of growing-finishing pigs (barrows and gilts) on backfat characteristics when slaughtered at different weights. Four hundred and eighty crossbred (Large White$\times$Landrace$\times$Duroc) pigs averaging 30 kg were allotted to 12 treatment combinations (40 pigs/treatment combination) in a completely randomized design with a $2{\times}2{\times}3$ factorial arrangement of treatments. The treatments were: dietary tuna oil supplementation (0 and 2%); sex (barrows and gilts); and slaughter weight (90, 100 and 110 kg). As pigs reached their slaughter weight, they were randomly selected (8 pigs/treatment combination; 96 pigs in total) and slaughtered. Backfat colour, hardness and fatty acid profile were assessed. There were significant (p<0.05) differences in colour (L* and a* values) among treatments. Backfat of the control group was harder than on the tuna oil (p<0.001) and that of barrows was harder than of gilts (p<0.05). In addition, the thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) values of fat from the tuna oil group stored for 3 days were higher (p<0.001) than the control group. The TBARS values of gilts tended to be higher than those of barrows and increased with increasing slaughter weight in the tuna oil group. The cholesterol and triglyceride levels were not affected by diet and sex but the triglyceride level increased with increasing slaughter weight (p<0.01). The tuna oil group had higher polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content, ratio of PUFA: saturated fatty acid (SFA) and total n-3 fatty acids but lower monounsaturated fatty acids content and n-6:n-3 fatty acids than the control group (p<0.01). Gilts had higher PUFA and n-6 fatty acids in backfat than barrows (p<0.05). The backfat from both 90 and 100 kg slaughter-weight groups had a lower ratio of n6:n3 fatty acid than the 110 kg slaughter-weight group (p<0.05). However, this was more pronounced in the tuna oil group. The PUFA: SFA was also increased while the n-6:n-3 ratio tended to reach the recommended levels for healthy eating in human beings of <5. However, due to oxidative susceptibility, barrows should not be slaughtered at more than 100 kg for the meat to be acceptable to consumers.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.427-433
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• 2012

The present study was performed to investigate long-term effects of the low-crude protein and lysine (low CP/lys) diet and a yeast culture supplemented to the low CP/lys diet on growth and carcass characteristics in growing-finishing pigs. Forty-five gilts and 45 barrows weighing approximately 25 kg born to Yorkshire ${\times}$ Landrace dams and Duroc sires were allocated to nine pens, with five gilts and five barrows assigned per pen. Every three pens received CP/lys-rich grower and finisher diets (control), low CP/lys grower and finisher (basal), or the low CP/lys grower and finisher supplemented (2%) with a yeast culture providing $3.2{\times}10^8$ Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells/kg diet (yeast) for 31 and 79 days, respectively. The ADG was less in the low CP/lys (basal + yeast) group than in the control group (P<0.01) during both grower (0.59 vs. 0.70 kg) and finisher (0.75 vs. 0.89 kg) phases. However, marbling score was greater (P<0.05) in the low CP/lys group vs. control (3.86 vs. 3.12) at slaughter, which resulted in a twice percentage of the $1^+$-quality grade carcasses in the former compared with that for the latter. Supplementation of the yeast culture to the basal diet caused a decrease in ADG during the grower phase (P<0.01), but not during the finisher phase (0.64 vs. 0.53 kg and 0.73 vs. 0.77 kg for the basal vs. yeast group during the grower and finisher phases, respectively), without influencing the marbling score or percentage of the $1^+$-quality grade carcasses. In conclusion, results indicate that long-term provision of the low CP/lys diet has a beneficial effect on marbling and carcass quality grade as well as a negative effect on weight gain and that the yeast culture supplemented to the low CP/lys diet has no beneficial effect on weight gain or carcass quality.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.537-546
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• 1994

This experiment was carried out to compare the effects of six different plant protein sources such as soybean meal, extruded full-fat soybean, canola meal, rapeseed meal, cottonseed meal and perilla meal as a sole protein source of diets on growth performance and amino acid bioavailabilities in growing-finishing pigs. A total of 54 pigs with average 25 kg of body weight were used as experimental subjects for a 65-d feeding trial. Digestion trial was carried out with seven ileal-cannulated pigs. The most rapid rate of weight gain was observed in pigs fed soybean meal and full-fat soybean, the moderate one in pigs fed canola meal and cottonseed meal and the least one in pigs fed rapeseed meal and perilla meal (p<0.005). Feed efficiency was better for groups fed soybean meal and full-fat soybean than other protein meals (p<0.05). The apparent ileal digestibilities of essential amino acids of soybean meal and full-fat soybean (82.5% and 81.6%) were significantly (p<0.05) higher than those of other protein sources (61.2 to 69.4%). Regardless of protein sources, the apparent ileal digestibility of arginine was highest, whereas that of histidine was lowest among essential amino acids. Proline had the lowest digestibility among non-essential amino acids. True amino acid digestibilities tended to be higher than apparent amino acid digestibilities. The differences between true and apparent ileal digestibilities were greater in canola meal, rapeseed meal or cottonseed meal than other protein sources. The differences was greatest in praline except for cottonseed meal. The fecal digestibility appeared to be higher than the ileal digestibility. The differences between fecal and ileal digestibilities were greater in canola meal, rapeseed meal, cottonseed meal and perilla meal than in soybean meal and full-fat soybean. In general, praline was the most disappeared amino acid in the hind gut, while the net synthesis of lysine in the large intestine was observed in all protein sources except perilla meal. It is appropriate that swine feeds should be formulated based on true ileal amino acid digestibility of protein sources for pig's normal growth.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1785-1793
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• 2008

Fifty-four PIC barrows were used to evaluate the effects of lower dietary lysine content and energy level on carcass characteristics and meat quality in slaughter pigs. Pigs were allotted to one of three treatments by body weight with six replicate pens in each treatment. The dietary treatments for body weights of 20-50 kg, 50-80 kg and 80-90 kg were as follows, respectively: control diet (digestible energy 14.22 MJ/kg, lysine/DE 0.67 g/MJ, 0.53 g/MJ and 0.42 g/MJ); a low lysine group (digestible energy 14.22 MJ/kg, lysine/DE 0.49, 0.38 and 0.30 g/MJ); and a low lysine-low energy group or low nutrient group (digestible energy 13.11 MJ/kg, lysine/DE 0.49, 0.38 and 0.30 g/MJ). The daily weight gain, daily feed intake and feed efficiency were calculated in the overall growth period (nearly 12 weeks). Meanwhile, carcass characteristics and meat quality were evaluated at 60 and 90 kg body weight respectively. During the overall growth trial, lowering dietary lysine and nutrient level both decreased weight gain (p<0.05) and feed efficiency (p<0.01). At 60 kg body weight, decreasing dietary lysine and nutrient level noticeably decreased dressing percentage (p<0.01) and back fat depth at last rib of PIC pigs (p<0.01), but enhanced marbling scores (p<0.10), intramuscular fat content (p<0.10) and water loss rate (p<0.01) of the longissimus dorsi muscle. At 90 kg body weight, lean percentage (p<0.01) was evidently reduced by both lowering lysine content and nutrient level in the diet. However, the shoulder back fat depth (p<0.05) and marbling scores of the loin eye muscle (p<0.05) were increased; Lowering dietary nutrient level could improve back fat depth of 10th rib (p<0.01) and last rib (p<0.01), intramuscular fat content (p<0.10), redness (p<0.01) and water loss rate of the loin eye muscle (p<0.05), but decrease loin area (p<0.05). Finally, when comparing the 60 kg and 90 kg slaughter weights, it was found that the shoulder back fat depth (p<0.01, p<0.10), 6th-7th rib (p<0.01, p<0.01), 10th-rib (p<0.01, p<0.01) and last rib back fat depth (p<0.01, p<0.01) of the low lysine and low nutrient group were all obviously increased comparing with the control group. Taken together, the results showed that decreasing dietary lysine content and nutrient level increased intramuscular fat content and water loss rate of longissimus dorsi muscle; On the other hand, both lowering dietary lysine and nutrient level markedly compensated to increase back fat deposition in the later finishing period (body weight from 60 to 90 kg) in contrast to the control group.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.183-190
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• 2002

미생물제제를 이용한 돈분뇨 처리시스템(3N-System, 속성발효시스템) 운영에 있어 돼지에 급여하는 생균제가 비육돈의 발육 및 질병발생에 미치는 효과와 분뇨처리효과를 구명하기 위하여 실시한 시험결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 생균제 혼합급여 시험은 사료에 0.1% 씩 생균제와 항생제를 각각 첨가하여 처리구별로 30두씩 3처리 평균체중이 21.4$\pm$0.54kg인 육성비육돈 90두를 공시하여 시험을 실시하였다. 0.1% 생균제 (Bacillus toyoi spore) 급여구는 육성돈에서 출하시까지 급여하였으며, 0.1% 항생제 (kitasamycin and sulfamethazine) 첨가 급여구는 출하 1개월전 부터는 항생제 첨가한 사료를 급여하지 않았다. 일당 증체량과 사료효율은 처리간에 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았다(P >0.05). 도체성적에 있어 출하시 체중과 도체중은 항생제 첨가급여구가 다소 높게 나타났으나 처리간에 유의적인 차이는 없었다(P>0.05). 등지방 두께는 생균제 첨가 급여구가 다른 처리구에 비하여 낮게 나타나는 경향이었다(P<0.05). 도체등급별 출현두수는 A등급 출현율에서 생균제 첨가 급여구가 다소 높은 비율을 보였다. 육안 병변에 대한 모니터링 결과에서는 생균제 급여구가 병변발생율이 적게 나타났다. 시험돈사의 환경조사에서 처리간에 온도의 차이는 없었으나 최저온도에서는 항생제첨가 급여구가 다른 처리구에 비하여 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(P<0.01). 습도는 생균제 첨가급여구가 84.34$\pm$6.03으로 다른 처리구에 비하여 높게 나타났다(P<0.01). 시험돈사내의 돈분뇨의 성상변화(BOD, COD, SS, T-N, T-P 및 암모니아 농도)도 생균제첨가 급여구가 낮은 수치를 보였다.