• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1303-1310
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• 2014

A 12 week growth study was carried out to investigate the supplemental effects of dietary garlic powder (GP) on growth, feed utilization and whole body composition changes of fingerling sterlet sturgeon Acipenser ruthenus (averaging weight, 5.5 g). Following a 24-h fasting, 540 fish were randomly distributed to each of 18 tanks (30 fish/tank) under a semi-recirculation freshwater system. The GP of 0.5% (GP0.5), 1% (GP1), 1.5% (GP1.5), 2% (GP2) and 3% (GP3) was added to the control diet (GP0) containing 43% protein and 16% lipid. After the feeding trial, weight gain (WG) of fish fed GP1.5, GP2 and GP3 were significantly higher (p<0.05) than those of fish fed GP0, GP0.5 and GP1. Feed efficiency and specific growth rate (SGR) showed a similar trend to WG. Protein efficiency ratio of fish fed GP1.5, GP2, and GP3 were significantly higher (p<0.05) than those of fish groups fed the other diets. A significant difference (p<0.05) was found in whole body composition (moisture, crude protein, crude lipid, ash, and fiber) of fish at the end of the experiment. Significantly higher (p<0.05) protein and lipid retention efficiencies (PRE and LRE) were also found in GP1.5, GP2, and GP3 groups. Broken-line regression model analysis and second order polynomial regression model analysis relation on the basis of SGR and WG indicated that the dietary optimal GP level could be greater than 1.77% and 1.79%, but less than 2.95% and 3.18% in fingerling sterlet sturgeon. The present study suggested that dietary GP for fingerling sterlet sturgeon could positively affect growth performance and protein retention.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.1419-1429
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• 2012

A series of studies were carried out to investigate the supplemental effects of dietary garlic extracts (GE) on whole body amino acids, whole body and muscle free amino acids, fatty acid composition and blood plasma changes in 6 month old juvenile sterlet sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus). In the first experiment, fish with an average body weight of 59.6 g were randomly allotted to each of 10 tanks (two groups of five replicates, 20 fish/tank) and fed diets with (0.5%) or without (control) GE respectively, at the level of 2% of fish body weight per day for 5 wks. Whole body amino acid composition between the GE and control groups were not different (p>0.05). Among free amino acids in muscle, L-glutamic acid, L-alanine, L-valine, L-leucine and L-phenylalanine were significantly (p<0.05) higher in GE than in control. However, total whole body free amino acids were significantly lower in GE than in control (p<0.05). GE group showed higher EPA (C22:6n3) and DHA (C22:5n3) in their whole body than the other group (p<0.05). In the second experiment, the effects of dietary garlic extracts on blood plasma changes were investigated using 6 month old juvenile sterlet sturgeon averaging 56.5 g. Fish were randomly allotted to each of 2 tanks (300 fish/tank) and fed diets with (0.5%) or without (control) GE respectively, at the rate of 2% of body weight per day for 23 d. At the end of the feeding trial, blood was taken from the tail vein (n = 5, per group) at 1, 12, and 24 h after feeding, respectively. Blood plasma glucose, insulin and the other serological characteristics were also measured to assess postprandial status of the fish. Plasma glucose concentrations (mg/dl) between two groups (GE vs control) were significantly (p< 0.05) different at 1 (50.8 vs 62.4) and 24 h (57.6 vs 73.6) after feeding, respectively, while no significant difference (p>0.05) were noticed at 12 h (74.6 vs 73.0). Plasma insulin concentrations (${\mu}IU$/ml) between the two groups were significantly (p<0.05) different at 1 (10.56 vs 5.06) and 24 h (32.56 vs 2.96) after feeding. The present results suggested that dietary garlic extracts could increase dietary glucose utilization through the insulin secretion, which result in improved fish body quality and feed utilization by juvenile sterlet sturgeon.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.577-583
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• 2012

This study was carried out to investigate the supplemental effects of dietary garlic extract (GE) on growth performance of juvenile sterlet sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus). The first experiment was designed to determine the optimum levels of garlic extract as growth promoter during 10 weeks. Three groups (two replicates/group) of 240 fish with mean body weight of 85 g were fed with diets containing 0 (control), 0.5 and 1.0% of GE. The highest weight gain (%) and feed efficiency (%) were found in fish groups fed with diet containing 0.5% GE. Subsequently, the supplemental effects of dietary GE was studied on growth of juvenile sterlet sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) with an average body weight of 59.6 g. Fish cultured in freshwater were randomly allotted to each of 10 tanks (two groups of five replicates, 20 fish/tank) and fed diets with 0.5% GE or without GE (control), respectively, at the level of 2.0% of fish body weight per day for 5 weeks. Weight gain (51.1%), feed efficiency (79.1%), specific growth rate (1.18%) and protein efficiency ratio (1.50) of fish fed 0.5% GE were significantly (p<0.05) higher than those fish fed the control diet. Significantly higher protein (PRE 20.4%) and lipid retention efficiencies (LRE, 74.5%) were also found in 0.5% GE group (p<0.05). The present results suggested that dietary GE could improve growth and feed utilization of juvenile sterlet sturgeons.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2012

인공종묘 생산 철갑상어 사육과정에 복부팽만을 특징으로 하는 질병이 발생하였다. 병어는 위와 소화관의 가스의 이상 축적에 의한 것으로 특히, 위의 분문부에서의 가스 축적이 현저하기 때문에 이상 유영을 하다가 폐사하게 된다. 병어의 위, 양어지의 배출수와 잔사에서는 원인체로 추정되는 Candida sp.가 검출되었다. 먹이와 함께 섭취된 Candida가 대사 과정 중에 발생하는 가스가 위에 축적됨으로서 위가팽창하게 되고, 일부는 식도와 부레로 이동한 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.179-185
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• 2016

스텔렛 철갑상어 Acipenser ruthenus의 양식기술 개발 및 분류학적 기초자료를 확보하기 위하여 난 발생 및 자치어 형태 발달을 조사하였다. 친어는 2005년 6월에 PVC 원형수조 (Ø 5 m) 수온 $16.0{\pm}1.0^{\circ}C$에서 성숙시킨 암수 1쌍을 사용하였다. 난은 타원형의 불투명한 침성 점착란으로 크기는 $3.83{\sim}3.85(3.84{\pm}0.01)mm$ (n=10)였다. 난 발생은 건식법으로 인공수정 시켰고, 수정 1시간 후에 배반이 형성, 수정 31시간 후에 낭배말기에 도달하였으며, 수정 82시간 (50%) 후에 부화하였다. 부화 직후 자어는 전장 $10.1{\sim}10.3(10.2{\pm}0.11)mm$ (n=10)로 복부에 큰 난황을 달고 있었다. 부화 17일 후에는 전장 $26.2{\sim}32.4(29.3{\pm}4.39)mm$ (n=10)로 등지느러미 앞쪽이 11개의 굳비늘이 흔적 적으로 발달하기 시작하였다. 부화 50일 후에는 전장 $86.4{\sim}93.1(89.8{\pm}4.71)mm$ (n=10)로 지느러미 기조가 모두 정수에 도달하여 치어기로 이행하였다.