• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.1624-1632
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• 2020

Objective: A total of three hundred unsexed ducks were utilized to estimate net energy requirements of maintenance (NE_m) and weight gain (NE_g) for 2 to 3-week-old Cherry Valley ducks and to establish a model equation to predict NE requirements using the factorial method. Methods: To determine the apparent metabolizable energy (AME) of the diet, fifty 7-day-old ducks at approximately equal body weights (BWs) were randomly assigned into five groups that were fed at different levels (ad libitum, 85%, 75%, 65%, and 55% of ad libitum intake), and the endogenous acid-insoluble ash as indigestible marker. The two hundred and fifty 7-day-old ducks were used for a comparative slaughter experiment. At the beginning of the experiment, ten ducks were sacrificed to determine the initial body composition and energy content. The remaining ducks were randomly assigned into five groups (same as metabolic experiment). Ducks of the ad libitum group were slaughtered at 14 and 21-day-old. At the end of the experiment, two ducks were selected from each replicate and slaughtered to determine the body composition and energy content. Results: The results of the metabolizable experiment showed AME values of 13.43 to 13.77 MJ/kg for ducks at different feed intakes. The results of the comparative slaughter experiment showed the NE_m value for 2 to 3-week-old Cherry Valley ducks was 549.54 kJ/kg of BW^0.75/d, and the NE_g value was 10.41 kJ/g. The deposition efficiency values of fat (K_f) and crude protein (K_p) were 0.96 and 0.60, respectively, and the values of efficiency of energy utilization (K_g) and maintenance efficiency (K_m) were 0.75 and 0.88, respectively. Conclusion: The equation for the prediction of NE requirements for 2 to 3-week-old Cherry Valley ducks was the following: NE = 549.54 BW^0.75+10.41 ΔW, where ΔW is the weight gain (g).

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.259-269
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• 2007

Recently, dietary pattern analysis was emerged as an approach to examine the relationships between diet and risk of chronic diseases. This study was to identify groups with population who report similar dietary pattern in Korean genome epidemiology study (KoGES) and association with several chronic diseases. The cohort participants living in Ansung and Ansan (Gyeonggi province) were totally 10,038. Among those, 6,873 subjects with no missing values in food frequency questionnaire were included in this analysis. After combining 103 food items into 17 food groups, 4 dietary factors were obtained by factor analysis based on their weights. Factor 1 showed high factor loadings in vegetables, mushrooms, meats, fish, beverages, and oriental-cereals. Factor 2 had high factor loadings in vegetables, fruits, fish, and factor 3 had high factor loadings in cereal-oriental, cerial-western and snacks. Factor 4 showed positive high factor loadings in rice and Kimchi and negative factor loadings in mushrooms and milk and dairy products. Using factor scores of four factors, subjects were classified into 3 clusters by K-means clustering. We named those 'Rice and Kimchi eating' group, 'Contented eating' group, and 'Healthy and light eating' group depending on their eating characteristics. 'Rice and Kimchi eating' group showed high prevalence in men, farmers and 60s. 'Contented eating' group and 'Healthy and light eating' group had high prevalence in women, people living in urban area (Ansan Citizen), with high-school education and above, and a monthly income of one million won and more. 'Contented eating' group appeared lower distribution proportion in the sixties and 'Healthy and light eating' group does higher in the fifties. 'Contented eating' versus 'Rice and Kimchi eating', odds ratio for hypertension, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity significantly decreased after adjusting age and sex (OR=0.64, 0.73, and 0.85 respectively, 95% CI). Although our results were from a cross-sectional study, these imply that the dietary patterns were related to diseases.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.1005-1015
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• 2009

Two experiments were carried out to determine the utility of sainfoin hay, a temperate tanniferous forage legume, as a dietary supplement for grass-fed cows. The condensed tannins (CT) of sainfoin might counteract the typical metabolic ammonia load of cows in intensive grazing systems. Furthermore, the physical fibrousness of sainfoin might improve ruminal pH stability. In the preliminary experiment, the eating rate of non-lactating Holstein cows of two tanniferous hays, sainfoin and birdsfoot trefoil, was compared to that of a grass-clover hay after specific periods of time (n = 4). The eating rate of sainfoin was superior to that of the other forages. In the main experiment, designed as a replicated 3${\times}$3 Latin square, six ruminally-cannulated, lactating Red Holstein cows received grass, concentrate and either no supplementation, 3 kg/d of grass hay or 3 kg/d of sainfoin hay (n = 6). Measured intakes of the grass hay and the sainfoin hay were 2.0 and 1.5 kg DM, and two cows entirely refused to eat the sainfoin hay and had to be excluded from data analysis. Grass DMI was similar for cows supplemented with sainfoin hay and cows fed only grass whereas intake of concentrate was higher (p<0.01) for the latter treatment. Continuous measurement of ruminal pH showed that the minimum pH at night tended to be lower (p<0.10) with grass-only feeding compared to sainfoin supplementation, but pH did not decline below the threshold of subacute acidosis for a longer period of time. The slightly higher intake of nitrogen (N) for cows supplemented with sainfoin hay (413 g/d) compared to cows fed only grass (399 g/d) was accompanied by an increased (p<0.05) fecal N excretion and a tendency for an increased (p<0.10) urinary N excretion. Ruminal ammonia concentration, as well as plasma and milk urea, were not affected by sainfoin supplementation. In conclusion, the lack of positive effects typical for CT might be explained either by the limited CT content of this plant species (55 g/kg DM) or the relatively low proportion of sainfoin in the total diet or both. Moreover, due to the unexpected low grass quality, the general ammonia load might have been too low for CT to have an impact.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.138-148
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• 2018

Objective: Fusarium mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN), common contaminants in the feed of farm animals, cause immune function impairment and organ inflammation. Consequently, the main objective of this study was to elucidate DON and ZEN effects on the mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and other immune related genes in the kidneys of piglets. Methods: Fifteen 6-week-old piglets were randomly assigned to three dietary treatments for 4 weeks: control diet, and diets contaminated with either 8 mg DON/kg feed or 0.8 mg ZEN/kg feed. Kidney samples were collected after treatment, and RNA-seq was used to investigate the effects on immune-related genes and gene networks. Results: A total of 186 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened (120 upregulated and 66 downregulated). Gene ontology analysis revealed that the immune response, and cellular and metabolic processes were significantly controlled by these DEGs. The inflammatory stimulation might be an effect of the following enriched Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathway analysis found related to immune and disease responses: cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, chemokine signaling pathway, toll-like receptor signaling pathway, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), tuberculosis, Epstein-Barr virus infection, and chemical carcinogenesis. The effects of DON and ZEN on genome-wide expression were assessed, and it was found that the DEGs associated with inflammatory cytokines (interleukin 10 receptor, beta, chemokine [C-X-C motif] ligand 9, CXCL10, chemokine [C-C motif] ligand 4), proliferation (insulin like growth factor binding protein 4, IgG heavy chain, receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase C, cytochrome P450 1A1, ATP-binding cassette sub-family 8), and other immune response networks (lysozyme, complement component 4 binding protein alpha, oligoadenylate synthetase 2, signaling lymphocytic activation molecule-9, ${\alpha}$-aminoadipic semialdehyde dehydrogenase, Ig lambda chain c region, pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, isozyme 4, carboxylesterase 1), were suppressed by DON and ZEN. Conclusion: In summary, our results indicate that high concentrations of DON and ZEN suppress the inflammatory response in kidneys, leading to potential effects on immune homeostasis.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2015

최근 우리나라는 서구화된 식생활과 생활양식의 변화로 다양한 대사성 질환과 만성 질환이 나타나고 있다. 이러한 질환들은 지속적으로 약물을 복용해야 한다. 또한 많은 사람들이 건강한 삶을 유지하기 위해 건강기능식품과 각종 비타민, 영양제를 복용한다. 하지만 복용하는 약물들이 장내 세균에는 어떠한 영향을 주는 지에 대한 연구는 많이 이뤄지지 않고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 흔하게 사용되며 장기간 복용하는 약이 항균활성시험으로 위장 관련 박테리아에 영향을 미치는 지를 조사하였다. 그 결과 비타민 및 미네랄, 중추신경계에 작용하는 약들이 장내 세균과 유산균에 대해 항균력을 나타냈으며, 그 중 중추신경계에 작용하는 약 중 항현훈제의 dexibuprofen는 장내 유익균 인 Lactobacillus casei과 Lactobacillus rhamnosus와 장내 유해균 인 Staphylococcus aureus에 대해 항균력이 높게 작용하였다. 또한 심혈관계, 조혈기계에 작용하는 약 중 항이뇨제 의 fenofibric acid는 장내 유익균인 Lactobacillus casei에 대해 항균력이 나타났다. 비타민 및 미네랄은 대부분의 장내 균에서 항균력을 보이지만, 특히 Vitamin B-Complex/with C와 vitamin C가 유익균인 Bifidobacterium infantis과 장내 유해균 인 Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella Typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus에서 높게 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구결과 장내 유해균과 유익균에 다양하게 복용되는 약들이 대체적으로 항균활성을 보이는 것으로 판단된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.1295-1303
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• 2013

현재까지 밝혀진 사실에 의하면 지구상에는 55개 phylum의 bacteria와 13개 phylum의 archaea가 존재하여 총 68개 phylum 있으며, 대장에는 9개 phylum의 미생물이 존재하여 일반 토양환경이나 해양환경에 비하여 상대적으로 낮은 미생물 다양성을 가지고 있다. 장내 미생물의 다양성은 Host의 고유특성(genetic background, sex, age, immune system, gut motility)과 식이(nondigestible carbohydrates fat, prebiotics or probiotics), 항생제 섭취 등으로 인하여 영향 받으며, 이러한 영향이 에너지 저장 과정과 유전자 발현을 영향을 주고 나아가 비만과 같은 대사질환에 영향을 미친다. Probiotics는 숙주의 장내 균총을 개선하여 건강에 유익함을 줄 수 있는 살아있는 미생물을 말하며, 주로 lactic acid bacteria들이 이용되어 왔다. 최근 probiotics를 이용한 설사나 과민성대장증후군 등과 같은 질병 치료를 위하여 bacteriotherapy가 활용되고 있다. Prebiotics는 장내 미생물을 선택적으로 조절할 수 있는 식품 성분으로 inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides, galacto-oligosaccharides, lactulose 등이 이용되고 있으며, 최근에는 비만, 항암과 관련하여 대장 내 식이섬유소의 이용과 단쇄지방산(short-chain fatty acids) 생산에 대한 관심이 집중되고 있다. 다양한 nondigestible carbohydrates와 prebiotics, probiotics에 의해서 조절되는 대장 내 특정 미생물 종을 규명하고, 이들 미생물 종이 생산하는 단쇄지방산과 같은 대사산물들과 질병과의 연관성 규명하는 대장 미생물 연구가 더욱 필요하다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.1021-1032
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• 2020

전 세계적으로 반려동물과 반려동물 양육 인구는 증가하고 있으며 이와 관련된 사업은 고급화, 전문화되고 있다. 특히, 개는 사람과 수 천년 동안 공생하고 있으며 이들은 탄수화물 식이와 더불어 사람과 비슷한 생활 방식을 영위하고 있다. 주거와 음식을 공유하며 형성된 강력한 유대관계를 통해 사람은 반려견에 대한 책임감 및 정서적 안정을 느끼며 반려견은 사람을 의지하는 행동을 보인다. 하지만 사람과 반려견 사이에는 식이와 관련된 스트레스가 존재한다. 반려견은 본질적으로 육식성이므로, 반려견에게 영양학적으로 균형 잡힌 식이와 기능성 물질들을 제공하는 것은 그들의 건강을 위한 장내 미생물 군집 유지에 매우 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 장내미생물은 병원균과 같은 외부 유해인자로부터 반려견을 보호하고 면역계를 조절, 생리학적 항상성에도 관여하기 때문에 최근 높은 관심을 받고 있다. 비정상적인 장내미생물 군집 형성은 장질환, 대사질환, 정신질환, 신경계 질환의 병리적 과정과 증상에 영향을 미칠 뿐만 아니라 반려견의 질병은 사람에게 기회감염을 통해 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서 반려견의 장내미생물의 조성, 다양성뿐만 아니라 장내미생물과 질병 사이의 상관성에 대하여 논의하고자 한다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.144-148
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• 1999

상업적 규모의 순환여과식 탱크에서 사료 공급 횟수에 따른 산소 소비량의 변화를 조사하였다. 실험에 이용된 사육 장치는 순환여과식 시설내의 원형 콘크리트 탱크 (직경 270cm, 높이 80cm)를 이용하여 평균 체중 400g의 나일틸라피아 (Oreochromis niloticus)를 390kg 방양하여 실험에 이용하였다. 우선 3일간 사육 어류를 절식시킨 후 기초대사율을 측정하였고, 사료 공급 횟수를 1회, 2회, 5회 그리고 9회로 나누어 공급한 후 산소 소비량의 일간 변화를 측정하였다. 절식 상태에서 산소 소비량 (기초대사율)은 평균 $39.31{\pm}4.4mg\;O_2/kg$ fish/hr이였고 사료 공급횟수에 따른 1일 평균 산소 소비량은 1회, 2회, 5회 및 9회 공급시 각각 $79.9{\pm}21.5,\;81.3{\pm}14.8,\;84.2{\pm}9.9$ 및 $98.9{\pm}11.0mg\;O_2/kg$ fish/hr을 소비하는 것으로 나타나 사료 공급 횟수가 증가함에 따라 평균 산소 소비량은 증가하였으나, 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 사료 공급후 최대 산소 소비량에 도달하는 시간은 사료 공급후 30$\~$50분으로 나타나 사료공급 횟수와는 유의적인 상관 관계가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 사료공급 횟수에 따른 산소 소비량의 최대치는 1회, 2회, 5회 및 9회 공급시에 각각 161.2, 123.4, 111.1 및 111.1 mg $O_2/kg$ fish/hr을 소비하는 것으로 나타나 하루에 1회 공급하였을 때 최대 산소 소비량이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.309-318
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• 2015

Alcohol consumption increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, its effects on prediabetes or early diabetes have not been studied. We investigated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the pancreas and liver resulting from chronic alcohol consumption in the prediabetes and early stages of diabetes. We separated Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats, a type-2 diabetic animal model, into two groups based on diabetic stage: prediabetes and early diabetes were defined as occurrence between the ages of 11 to 16 weeks and 17 to 22 weeks, respectively. The experimental group received an ethanol-containing liquid diet for 6 weeks. An intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test was conducted after 16 and 22 weeks for the prediabetic and early diabetes groups, respectively. There were no significant differences in body weight between the control and ethanol groups. Fasting and 120-min glucose levels were lower and higher, respectively, in the ethanol group than in the control group. In prediabetes rats, alcohol induced significant expression of ER stress markers in the pancreas; however, alcohol did not affect the liver. In early diabetes rats, alcohol significantly increased most ER stress-marker levels in both the pancreas and liver. These results indicate that chronic alcohol consumption increased the risk of diabetes in prediabetic and early diabetic OLETF rats; the pancreas was more susceptible to damage than was the liver in the early diabetic stages, and the adaptive and proapoptotic pathway of ER stress may play key roles in the development and progression of diabetes affected by chronic alcohol ingestion.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 1983

사료급여량이 옥수수와 대두박의 TME(AM $E_{F}$ )와 TME(AM $E_{FC}$ )가에 미치는 영향과 사료의 형태(단미와 배합)가 옥수수의 TME가에 미치는 영향을 검토하고자 실시한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 옥수수 대두박의 AME, AM $E_{F}$ 가는 공히 각급이수준간 현저한 유의차(P＜.05)가 있었으며, 특히 50mg 급이수준에서 옥수수, 대두박 공히 가장 높았다. 반면 옥수수의 AME 가는 50과 75mg 합이수준간에는 유의차(P＞.05)가 없었다. 2. 옥수수의 TME와 AM $E_{FC}$ 가는 각 급이수준간 유의차가 없었던(P＞.05) 반면 대두박은 각 수준간 현저한 차가(P＜.05) 있었다. 5 mg 급이수준에서 대두박의 AM $E_{FC}$ TME 가가 가장 높은 사실은 특히 대두박의 경우에는 TME 측정상 문제점이 있음을 지적하는 것이다. 3. 단미 또는 배합사료 형태로 측정한 옥수수의 TME가는 두 형태간 유의성은 없었다. (P＞.05)