• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1732-1737
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• 2003

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of feeding transgenic cottonseed (Bt.) vis-a-vis non-transgenic (non-Bt.) cottonseed on blood biochemical constituents in lactating Murrah buffaloes. Twenty Murrah buffaloes in mid-lactation were divided into 2 groups of 10 each. Animals of group I were fed with 39.5% non-transgenic cottonseed in concentrate mixture while the same percentage of transgenic (Bt.) cottonseed was included in the concentrate mixture fed to the animals of group II. Animals of both groups were fed with concentrate mixture to support their milk production requirements. Each buffalo was also offered 20 kg mixed green fodder (oats and berseem) and wheat straw ad libitum. The experimental feeding trial lasted for 35 days. There was no significant difference in the dry matter intake between the two groups of buffaloes. All the buffaloes gained body weight, however, the differences were non significant. Total erythrocyte count, hemoglobin content and packed cell volume were $9.27{\pm}0.70${\times}10^6/{\mu}l$, $13.01{\pm}0.60gdl$ and $34.87{\pm}1.47%$, respectively in group I with the corresponding figures of $8.88{\pm}0.33$, $12.99{\pm}0.52$ and $31.08{\pm}1.52$ in group II. The values of total erythrocyte count, haemoglobin content and packed cell volume did not differ significantly between the two groups of buffaloes. The concentration of plasma glucose, serum total proteins, albumin, globulin, triglycerides and high density lipoprotein were non significantly higher in buffaloes fed non-transgenic cottonseed than in buffaloes fed transgenic cottonseed. The cholesterol concentration was significantly (p<0.01) higher in buffaloes of group I ($136.84{\pm}8.40mg/dl$) than in buffaloes of group II ($105.20{\pm}1.85mg/dl$). The serum alkaline phosphotase, glutamic-oxaloacetate transaminase and glutamic-pyruate transaminase activities did not differ significantly between two groups of buffaloes. However, serum glutamic-pyruate transaminase activity was considerably high in buffaloes fed nontransgenic cottonseed as compared to buffaloes fed transgenic cottonseed. Bt. proteins in serum samples of animals of group II were not detected after 35 days of feeding trial. It was concluded that transgenic cottonseed and non-transgenic cottonseed have similar nutritional value without any adverse effects on health status of buffaloes as assessed from haematobiochemical constituents.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2012

Purpose: To examine the prevalence of $Clostridium$ $difficile$ ($C.$ $difficile$) colonization (CDC) and potential neonatal determinants of CDC in hospitalized preterm infants. Methods: Fecal samples were serially collected within 72 h after birth and at 1, 2, and 4-6 weeks of age from preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) of two different university hospitals. Total bacterial DNA was extracted from each fecal sample from 49 infants, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed with primers for the 16S gene of $C.$ $difficile$ and the toxin A and toxin B genes. The correlation between the results of $C.$ $difficile$ PCR assays and the clinical characteristics of the infants was analyzed. Results: The prevalence rates of CDC were 34.7, 37.2, 41.3, and 53.1% within 72 h after birth and at 1, 2, and 4.6 weeks of age, respectively. The toxin positivity rate was significantly higher in the infants with persistent CDC than in those with transient CDC (8/12 [66.7%] vs. 6/25 [24.5%] ($p$=0.001). Among the various neonatal factors, only the feeding method during the first week after birth was significantly associated with persistent CDC. Exclusive breast-milk feeding (EBMF) significantly decreased the risk of persistent CDC compared to formula or mixed feeding (adjusted odds ratio: 0.133, 95% confidence interval: 0.02-0.898, $p$=0.038). Conclusion: The prevalence of CDC increased with the duration of hospitalization in preterm infants in the NICU. EBMF during the first week after birth in hospitalized preterm infants may protect against persistent CDC.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.797-804
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• 2003

본 연구는 개발된 육계분(64%)-제과부산물(36%) 혼합사료 90%와 볏짚 10%로의 기존의 배합사료와 볏짚 완전 대체 시 육성 거세 한우의 생산성, 경제성 및 육 특성에 미치는 효과를 구명하고자 실시하였다. 동일 열량 기준으로 설계된 대조구와 시험구 사료를 육성 한우 총 20두에게 12주간 급여한 결과는 다음과 같았다. 제조된 혼합사료의 성분 변이도는 배합사료보다 높은 편이었으며, 혼합사료의 기호성 문제는 없었다. 혼합사료 90%-볏짚 10% 급여구(시험구)는 기존의 배합사료-볏짚 급여구(대조구)와 비교해서 사료 DM 섭취량은 높았고(P〈0.05), OM 섭취량은 동일하였으며, 일당증체율(0.75 vs 0.64 kg/d)과 DM(10.1 vs 12.5), OM(9.0 vs 10.6) 사료 효율 또한 비슷하였다. 혼합사료 급여는 증체 당 사료비용을 약 45% 절감시켰으며, 육 특성에는 전혀 나쁜 영향을 미치지 않았다. 이러한 결과들은 육계분-제과부산물 혼합사료는 한우 육성용으로서 성공적으로 이용될 수 있는 잠재적 가능성을 시사하고 있다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.731-737
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• 2011

본 연구는 인진쑥으로 TMR사료를 개발하여 한우에게 급여한 경우, 인진쑥의 급여가 한우 등심의 이화학적, 관능적 특성에 미치는 영향을 확인하였으며, 그 결과로 고급화된 기능성 한우의 생산 가능성을 검토하였다. 대조군(control)은 인진쑥을 혼합하지 않은 비육우 사료를 급여하였고, 급여군(treatment)은 인진쑥을 혼합한 비육우 사료를 급여하였다. 총 카테킨 함량은 대조군 및 급여군이 각각 0.307 및 0.516 mg/kg, 에피카테킨은 각각 0.087 및 0.116 mg/kg으로 급여군이 유의하게 높아 인진쑥 급여의 영향이 있었다(p<0.05). 명도 및 적색도는 급여군이 대조군보다 높았으나 황색도는 대조군과 급여군 사이에 유의한 차이가 없었다(p<0.05). pH는 급여군이 대조군보다 높았으며, TBARS는 대조군이 급여군보다 높았으나 VBN 함량, EDA% 및 총균수는 대조군 및 급여군 사이에 유의한 차이가 없었다(p<0.05). 보수력은 급여군이 대조군보다 유의하게 높았으며, 동결감량, 해동 감량 및 가열감량은 대조군 및 급여군 사이에 유의한 차이가 없었다(p<0.05). 경도, 응집성, 뭉침성, 저작성 및 전단력은 대조군 및 급여군 사이에 유의한 차이가 없었으나 탄성은 대조군이 급여군보다 높았다(p<0.05). 생육의 냄새는 급여군이 대조군보다 유의하게 우수하였으며, 열탕 가열육의 관능특성은 대조군 및 급여군 사이에 유의한 차이가 없었다. 그리고 팬 가열육의 맛, 연도, 다즙성 및 전체적인 기호성은 급여군이 대조군보다 유의하게 우수하였다(p<0.05). 이상의 결과에서 인진쑥의 급여는 항산화 물질의 축적으로 지방산화를 억제하고 보수력을 개선시키며, 기호성에도 좋은 영향을 미치기 때문에 기능성 고품질 한우육 생산을 위한 사료로서의 가능성이 기대된다.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.356-361
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• 2012

The ultra-fine and less agglomerated titanium carbonitride particles were successfully synthesized by magnesiothermic reduction with low feeding rate of $TiCl_4+1/4C_2Cl_4$ solution. The sub-stoichiometric titanium carbide ($TiC_{0.5{\sim}0.6}$) particles were produced by reduction of chlorine component by liquid magnesium at $800^{\circ}C$ of gaseous $TiCl_4+1/4C_2Cl_4$ and the heat treatments in vacuum were performed for 5 hours to remove the residual magnesium and magnesium chloride mixed with produced $TiC_{{\sim}0.5}$. The final $TiC_{{\sim}0.5}N_{0{\sim}0.5}$ particle with near 100 nm in mean size and high specific surface area of $65m^2/g$ was obtained by nitrification under nitrogen gas at $1,150^{\circ}C$ for 2 hrs.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.56-61
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• 2001

For the development of probiotics in aquaculture of marine organisms, three strains having psychrophilic and salt tolerant characteristics were isolated from Kimchi. Amng the isolated strains. MG19, MG89 and MG208 were identified as Lactobacillus brevis, Enterococcus faecium and Lactobacillus plantarum, respectively. The neutralized culture broth of isolated strains were tested in order to evaluate the antibactrial activity, 조초 showed high antibacterial activity against Edwardsiella tarda, Vibrio cholerae andPseudomonas fluorescens. In mixed culture of pathogens and isolated strain,pathogens were signifi-cantly inhibited after 2 days of cultivation but the isolated strains showed normal growth. When the Edwardsiella tarda was cultured with three isolated strains, its growth was completely inhibited after 254 hours of cultivation. The effect of isolated three strains as probiotics was investigated based on the changes in body weight of aquacultured flounder. After 50 days feeding trial, it was found that the mean body weight gain of the tested group fed freeze-dried isolated cells was significantly greater than that of the control group. These results suggest that these isolated strains can play an important role as probiotics in aquaculture.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.685-690
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• 2014

A perianal tick and the surrounding skin were surgically excised from a 73-year-old man residing in a southwestern costal area of the Korean Peninsula. Microscopically a deep penetrating lesion was formed beneath the attachment site. Dense and mixed inflammatory cell infiltrations occurred in the dermis and subcutaneous tissues around the feeding lesion. Amorphous eosinophilic cement was abundant in the center of the lesion. The tick had Y-shaped anal groove, long mouthparts, ornate scutum, comma-shaped spiracular plate, distinct eyes, and fastoons. It was morphologically identified as a fully engorged female Amblyomma testudinarium. This is the third human case of Amblyomma tick infection in Korea.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.183-186
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• 1990

Monensin administered as a slow release capsule to Droughtmaster steers grazing mixed pastures containing Stylosanthes hamata or grass pastures fertilized with N, had no effect on growth rate over 111 day period. Monensin significantly increased the level of propionic acid (p<0.001) and decreased the level of butyric acid (p<0.01) in the rumen. The lack of response to monesin was partly attributed to the poor pasture conditions and growth rate of the steers during part of the experimental period. An implant of oestradiol improved growth rates during the period of poor forage quality and in the subsequent 56 days when pastures were of high quality following rain. Mean growth rates over the entire 157 days for control, monensin and monensin/oestradiol treatments were 0.37, 0.37 and 0.50 kg/d respectively. It was concluded that when pasture conditions are sufficient only for the maintenance of liveweight, production can be improved by an oestradiol implant but not by feeding an ionophore such as monensin.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한연소학회 2003년도 제27회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.57-61
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• 2003

In the combustion modeling of non-premixed flames, the mixture fraction conserved scalar approach is widely utilized because reactants are mixed at the molecular level before burning and atomic elements are conserved in chemical reactions. In the mixture fraction approach, combustion process is simplified to a mixing problem and the interaction between chemistry and turbulence could be modelled by many sophisticated combustion models including the flamelet model and CMC. However, most of the mixture fraction approach is restricted to one mixture system. In this study, the flamelet model based on the two-feed system is extended to the multiple fuel-feeding systems by the two mixture fraction conserved scalar approach.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.144-149
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• 1996

I investigated the predation impact by the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Protoperidinium cf. divergens on copepod eggs in the presence of co-occurring phytoplankton prey (a preferred red-tide dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra) and the selective feeding on mixtures of both prey. The ingestion rates of P. cf. divergens on Egg N (unidentified round copepod eggs with a smooth surface, about 80 in diameter) decreased by only 1.7-2 times when mean G. polyedra concentration increased by 57-115 times. In mixed prey experiments, P. cf. divergens preferred Egg N over G. polyedra even at 1.1 ${\mu}g$C $ml^{-1}$ or 470 cells $ml^{-1}$ of the latter. A strong preference of P. cf. divergens for Egg N over G. polyedra can be responsible for this relatively small effect. Protoperidinium may sometimes have a considerable predation impact on the populations of Egg N even during phytoplankton blooms or red-tide periods.