• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2021

The study has been carried out with an objective to prepare Siberian roe deer habitat potential maps in South Korea based on three geographic information system-based models including frequency ratio (FR) as a bivariate statistical approach as well as convolutional neural network (CNN) and long short-term memory (LSTM) as machine learning algorithms. According to field observations, 741 locations were reported as roe deer's habitat preferences. The dataset were divided with a proportion of 70:30 for constructing models and validation purposes. Through FR model, a total of 10 influential factors were opted for the modelling process, namely altitude, valley depth, slope height, topographic position index (TPI), topographic wetness index (TWI), normalized difference water index, drainage density, road density, radar intensity, and morphological feature. The results of variable importance analysis determined that TPI, TWI, altitude and valley depth have higher impact on predicting. Furthermore, the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was applied to assess the prediction accuracies of three models. The results showed that all the models almost have similar performances, but LSTM model had relatively higher prediction ability in comparison to FR and CNN models with the accuracy of 76% and 73% during the training and validation process. The obtained map of LSTM model was categorized into five classes of potentiality including very low, low, moderate, high and very high with proportions of 19.70%, 19.81%, 19.31%, 19.86%, and 21.31%, respectively. The resultant potential maps may be valuable to monitor and preserve the Siberian roe deer habitats.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2014

To describe the macroscopic anatomy and ovarian-physiological difference of the genital organs of the female Korean water deer, organs from captured animals in a wild area of Korea were dissected. The ovary of estrus group was about $1.10{\pm}0.02mm$ long and weighed about $0.50{\pm}0.02g$. And pregnant group was about $1.3{\pm}0.10mm$ long and weighed about $0.40{\pm}0.05g$. And the crowns of corpora lutea were found in the estrus group, but we couldn't find crowns at the pregnant group. Especially, the estrus ovaries tended (p=0.04) to be heavier than the ovaries during pregnancy. The MMP-9 activity was higher at the Graafian follicles of pregnant group than that in estrus group. However, with regard to follicles of estrus group, MMP-2 level was higher than that in pregnant group. Furthermore, apoptosis detection marker (Casp-3) was highly expressed in Graafian follicle of the pregnant group and the corpora lutea of estrus group. Thus, the differential expression of MMPs observed in this study suggests that the reflected the mechanisms underlying of monovulatory in estrus and/or pregnancy. Our results may be very useful as it provides with information that may be considered for the development of reproductive biotechnologies in endangered animals.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.463-469
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• 1997

This study was performed to investigate the gross anatomical features and microscopical structures of the hemal nodes and the hemolymph nodes in the water deer (Hydropotes inermis) found in Kangwon-do, Korea. The hemal nodes and hemolymph nodes were observed mainly in the periphery of the thoracic and abdominal aortae of the animals. The size of hemal nodes was generally smaller than that of the hemolymph nodes, and the shape of the both organs was spherical or ovoid. The color of the hemal nodes was red or black while that of the hemolymph nodes was gray with red bands. The hemal nodes were surrounded by a thin connective tissue capsule and there were extensive subcapsular and deep sinuses distended by a great number of erythrocytes. Although a few number of lymphatic nodules and small areas of diffuse lymphatic tissues were observed in the parenchyma, no typical cortex and medulla were defined in the hemal node. Small numbers of blood vessels were found at the connective tissue capsule but lymph vessel was not observed microscopically in this organ. The hemolymph nodes were covered by a relatively thick connective tissue capsule and there was a hilus in each node. The parenchyma was divided into cortex and medulla. The cortex was composed of a few numbers of lymphatic nodules and some diffuse lymphatic tissues. The medulla comprised medullary sinus and cords. Afferent and efferent lymph vessels were observed at the periphery of the capsule and the hilus, respectively. The subcapsular and medullary sinuses were not extensive but filled with small numbers of erythrocytes. The stroma of hemal node and hemolymph node was composed of reticular cells and fibers, and the capsule and trabecula consisted of collagenous fibers with smooth muscle fibers.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2006

Objectives : Deer antler Water Extract(DAE), prepared from the pilose antler of Cervus korean TEMMINCK var. mantchuricus Swinhoe (Nokyong), a traditional immuno-suppressive and immuno-activating Korean herbal-acupuncture, is thought to play an important role in human bone remodeling. Methods : To determine whether DAE can induce the differentiation of resting zone chondrocytes(RC) or not, confluent cell cultures were pretreated for 24, 36, 48, 72, and 120hrs with DAE. At the end of pretreatment, the media were replaced with new media containing $10^{-10}{\sim}10^{-8}M\;1,25-(OH)_2D_3$ and the cells incubated for an additional 24hrs. Results : This second treatment was chosen because prior studies had shown that only the more mature growth zone chondrocytes(GC) respond to this vitamin $D_3$ metabolite. The effect of DAE pretreatment on cell maturation was confirmed by measuring alkaline phosphatase (ALPase)-specific activity. Changes in matrix protein synthesis were examined by measuring collagen synthesis, as well as $^{35}SO_4$ incorporation into proteoglycans. When RC cells were pretreated for 120h with DAE, treatment with $1,25-(OH)_2D_3$ caused a dose-dependent increase in ALPase-specific activity and collagen synthesis, however, the proteoglycan production was not affected. RC cells pretreated with $1,25-(OH)_2D_3$ responded like RC cells that had not received any pretreatment. Conclusion : These results indicate that DAE directly regulates the maturation of RC chondrocytes into GC chondrocytes. Therefore it was indicated that DAE may play a significant role in regulating chondrocyte maturation during endochondral ossification.

• 환경생물
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.363-368
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• 2009

한국고라니(Hydropotes inermis argyropus)는 우리나라의 고유종으로 가장 흔한 종의 하나이다. 이 종은 한반도 전역에 널리 분포하며 자연생태계에서 초식자로서 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 고라니는 서식지의 질을 모니터링하는데 하나의 좋은 생물지표종으로 이용될 수 있을 것이다. 이 연구에서는 강원도 철원지역과 전라남도 동부지역에서 수집된 한국고라니의 서로 다른 3가지 조직(신장, 간, 지라)에서 5가지 중금속(Fe, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb)의 농도를 측정하였다. 중금속 농도의 분석에 따르면, 철의 농도는 구리, 아연, 카드뮴, 납에 비해 모든 조직에서 높게 나타났다. 이중, 지라(286.50)가 신장(39.40)과 간($23.21\;{\mu}g\;g^{-1}$)에 비해 높은 중금속 축적을 보였다. 일반적으로, 중금속의 농도는 전남 동부지역에 비해 강원도 철원지역에서 조금 높게 나타났다. 특히, 카드뮴과 납의 경우 매우 유의한 차이를 보였다(P<0.05). 이러한 중금속의 농도는 지라의 철을 제외하고는 모두 백그라운드 수준(background level) 내로 낮게 나타났다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.443-452
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• 2014

동물로부터 발생하는 분변은 질소, 인산, 칼리 등의 영양분을 함유하고 있으며, 동물의 분변이 환경에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구는 매우 다양하다. 그러나 육상 생태계의 주요 구성원인 포유류를 대상으로 한 연구는 전무한 실정이다. 그러므로 전 세계적으로 한국과 중국의 토착종이고 우리나라 고유종이며 우리나라 전역에 서식하는 고라니의 분변을 이용하여 각각의 토지 유형별로 고라니의 분변량의 차이가 생육하는 식물의 생장에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 고라니의 분변량과 토양의 차이에 따른 옥수수 개체의 생장량, 생물량, 탄질비를 분석한 결과 고라니의 분변량과 토양의 차이는 식물체의 생장량과 탄질비에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났으며, 토양의 차이보다 분변량의 차이가 식물체의 생장에 더 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 고라니의 분변은 다른 동물의 분변에 비하여 낮은 탄질비를 가지고 있어 퇴비화의 과정을 거친다면 작물 생육에 적합한 비료의 역할을 할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 동물의 분변이 육상생태계에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였으며, 동물 분변의 효율적인 자원화 방안을 마련하도록 기초자료를 제공을 함과 동시에 동물 생태계와 토양 그리고 식물체 간의 물질 순환을 정량화 하고 서로의 관계를 파악할 수 있다는 점에서 의의가 있는 연구이다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.239-248
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• 2022

법곤충학은 사체에 유인되는 곤충을 통하여 현장재구성을 목표로 하는 학문으로, 국내연구는 주로 돼지와 닭 등의 사체를 이용하여 연구되고 있다. 이에 기존에 연구된 돼지와 비교하여 털의 밀도와 길이의 조건이 다른 고라니의 사체를 활용하여 시식성 곤충상을 알아보고 특이점이 나타나는지 알아보기 위하여 본 연구를 수행하였다. 고라니 사체는 전남 야생동물 구조관리센터에서 분양 받아 연구를 수행하였으며, 2021년 5월 19일부터 2021년 7월 2일까지 약 6주간 사체의 부패진행단계를 관찰하고 각 단계별로 사체에 접근하여 활동하는 곤충을 위주로 채집하였다. 총 4목 21과 51종의 곤충이 확인되었으며 금파리, 연두금파리, 큰검정뺨금파리, 큰검정파리, 검정송장벌레, 꼬마검정송장벌레 등이 가장 많이 채집되어 시식성 지표종으로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 생각되었으며 사체가 완전히 부패한 후 기타 곤충의 활동이 확인되지 않는 단계에서도 수시렁이, 거저리등의 곤충이 고라니 사체의 털과 가죽에서 가장 마지막까지 채집되어 파리목 외에 딱정벌레목의 곤충들이 모질을 보유한 사체의 부패에 관하여 법곤충학적 자료로 유용하게 활용될 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.409-414
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• 2009

본 연구는 녹용 추출물이 scopolamine으로 기억손상을 유발한 실험동물의 기억력 개선과 AChE, MAO-B의 활성억제, 신경전달 물질인 ACh 함량을 치매 치료제인 tacrine과 비교하여 분석하였다. 공간인지력을 평가하는 Morris water maze test에서 scopolamine(2 mg/kg, i.p.)으로 기억손상을 유발한 경우 4일간의 인지훈련에도 불구하고 platform을 찾아가는 escape latency 시간이 증가되었으며, tacrine과 녹용추출물 투여군은 훈련 2일째부터 유의적으로 escape latency 시간이 감소하였다. 실험 5일째 platform을 제거한 probe test에서도 녹용 추출물 처리군은 scopolamine 처리군보다도 escape latency 시간이 유의적으로 감소하여 장기기억 개선효과가 있음을 보여주었다. 뇌의 신경전달물질인 ACh 생성은 대조군 대비 scopolamine 투여군은 84.7% 감소하였으나, 녹용 추출물 투여군(97.5%)은 치매 치료제인 tacrine(97.8%)과 비슷하게 정상적인 수치로 ACh 생성량을 증가시켰다. Tacrine 처리군은 scopolamine 투여로 상승한 뇌조직과 혈청의 AChE 활성을 유의적으로 감소시켰고, 녹용 추출물 처리군은 뇌조직의 AChE 활성을 유의적으로 감소시켰다. 뇌조직의 MAO-B 활성은 그룹 간 유의적인 차이는 없었으나, tacrine과 녹용 추출물 처리군이 scopolamine 투여군보다 MAO-B 활성을 감소시키는 경향을 보였다. 따라서 녹용 추출물은 scopolamine으로 기억손상을 유발한 치매 동물모델에서 신경전달물질을 분해하는 효소의 활성을 저해함으로써 장기기억 활성을 촉진하고 콜린성 신경계를 자극하여 기억 및 학습 증진에 효과적으로 작용하는 천연물 유래 기능성 물질로 사료된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.314-318
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• 2008

Korean long-tailed goral (Nemorhaedus caudatus) is one of the most endangered species in South Korea. However, detailed species distribution and sex ratio data on the elusive goral are still lacking due to difficulty of identification of the species and sex in the field. The primary aim of this study was to develop an economical PCR-RFLP method to identify species using invasive or non-invasive samples from five Korean ungulates: goral (N. caudatus), roe deer (Capreolus pygargus), feral goat (Capra hircus), water deer (Hydropotes inermis) and musk deer (Moschus moschiferus). The secondary aim was to find more efficient molecular sexing techniques that may be applied to invasive or non-invasive samples of ungulate species. We successfully utilized PCR-RFLP of partial mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (376 bp) for species identification, and sex-specific amplification of ZFX/Y and AMELX/Y genes for sexing. Three species (goral, goat and water deer) showed distinctive band patterns by using three restriction enzymes (Xbal, Stul or Sspl). Three different sexing primer sets (LGL331/335 for ZFX/Y gene; SE47/48 or SE47/53 for AMELX/Y gene) produced sex-specific band patterns in goral, goat and roe deer. Our results suggest that the molecular analyses of non-invasive samples might provide us with potential tools for the further genetic and ecological study of Korean goral and related species.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.87-91
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• 2016

Deer serve as reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens that impact on medical and veterinary health worldwide. In the Republic of Korea, the population of Korean water deer (KWD, Hydropotes inermis argyropus) has greatly increased from 1982 to 2011, in part, as a result of reforestation programs established following the Korean War when much of the land was barren of trees. Eighty seven Haemaphysalis flava, 228 Haemaphysalis longicornis, 8 Ixodes nipponensis, and 40 Ixodes persulcatus (21 larvae, 114 nymphs, and 228 adults) were collected from 27 out of 70 KWD. A total of 89/363 ticks (266 pools, 24.5% minimum infection rate) and 5 (1.4%) fed ticks were positive for Anaplasma phagocytophilum using nested PCR targeting the 16S rRNA and groEL genes, respectively. The 16S rRNA gene fragment sequences of 88/89 (98.9%) of positive samples for A. phagocytophilum corresponded to previously described gene sequences from KWD spleen tissues. The 16S rRNA gene fragment sequences of 20/363 (5.5%) of the ticks were positive for A. bovis and were identical to previously reported sequences. Using the ITS specific nested PCR, 11/363 (3.0%) of the ticks were positive for Bartonella spp. This is the first report of Anaplasma and Bartonella spp. detected in ticks collected from KWD, suggesting that ticks are vectors of Anaplasma and Bartonella spp. between reservoir hosts in natural surroundings.