• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.680-691
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• 2021

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of fermented cottonseed meal (FCSM) on growth performance, carcass traits, and fat deposition in white-feather broiler chickens. Methods: A total of 480 male one-day-old white-feather broiler chickens were selected randomly and divided into four groups with six replicates of 20 chickens in each. The experimental chickens were fed diets including 3%, 6%, or 9% FCSM fermented by Candida tropicalis until 42 days old. In the experiment, the chickens of the control group were fed soybean meal. Results: FCSM supplementation linearly decreased the feed conversion ratio from d 15 to 21 and d 36 to 42, respectively (p<0.05). The percentage of carcass and semi-eviscerate increased in response to dietary FCSM supplementation at d 21 (p<0.05). The percentage of eviscerated and semi-eviscerate of 3FCSM was higher than that in other groups at d 35 (p<0.05). At the age of 42 d, the percentage of carcass increased in a quadratic way among increasing FCSM in diets (p<0.05). The subcutaneous fat thickness linearly decreased with the increasing levels of FCSM at d 21 (p<0.05). Gompertz and Logistic functions provided a better fit on abdominal fat and subcutaneous fat, respectively. The best fitted equation predicted that the maximum growth rate of abdominal fat weight and subcutaneous fat thickness occurred at d 28. FCSM had no significant effects on the shape of growth curve of abdominal fat weight and subcutaneous fat thickness, but reduced the height of the curve. Birds receiving the 6FCSM diet for 21 d had smaller adipocyte surface and lower serum glucose as well as triglyceride concentration. Conclusion: FCSM is beneficial for broiler chickens as it positively affects their growth and carcass in addition to altering their fat deposition.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.2082-2089
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• 2015

Avian beta-defensin 9 (AvBD9) is a small cationic peptide consisting of 41 amino acids that plays a crucial rule in innate immunity and acquired immunity in chickens. Owing to its wide antibacterial spectrum, lack of a residue, and failure to induce bacterial drug resistance, AvBD9 is expected to become a substitute for conventional antibiotics in the livestock and poultry industries. Using the preferred codon of Pichia pastoris, the mature AvBD9 peptide was designed and synthesized, based on the sequence from GenBank. The P. pastoris constitutive expression vector pGHKα was used to construct a pGHKα-AvBD9 recombinant plasmid. Restriction enzyme digestion was performed using SacI and BglII to remove the ampicillin resistance gene, and the plasmid was electrotransformed into P. pastoris GS115. High-expression strains with G418 resistance were screened, and the culture supernatant was analyzed by Tricine-SDS-PAGE and western blot assay to identify target bands of about 6 kDa. A concentrate of the supernatant containing AvBD9 was used for determination of antimicrobial activity. The supernatant concentrate was effective against Escherichia coli, Salmonella paratyphi, Salmonella pullorum, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis, and Enterobacter cloacae. The fermentation product of P. pastoris carrying the recombinant AvBD9 plasmid was adjusted to 1.0 × 10⁸ CFU/ml and added to the drinking water of white feather broilers at different concentrations. The daily average weight gain and immune organ indices in broilers older than 7 days were significantly improved by the AvBD9 treatment.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.221-234
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• 1983

육용계(肉用鷄)에서 가식육량(可食肉量)을 효과적(效果的)으로 추정(推定)할 수 있는 방법(方法)을 구명(究明)코자 W. Cornish(CC) 종(種)과 S. C. W. Leghorn종(種) (LL) 그리고 이 두 순종(純種)의 상반교잡종(相反交雜種)(CL. LC)을 각각(各各) 60수(首)씩 계(計) 240수(首)를 공시(共試)하여 체중(體重) 및 체형(體型)의 구성요소(構成要素)들의 크기와 요소(要素)들 간(間)의 상관관계(相關關係), 그리고 가식육량(可食肉量) 추정결과(推定結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1) 8주령시(週齡時) 체중(體重)과 사료효율(飼料效率)은 W. Cornish 종(種)에서 각각(各各) 1,819g과 2.2%였고, S. C. W. Leghorn종(種)에 각각(各各) 668g과 3.3%로 정상발육치(正常發育直)였다. 2) 체중(體重)에 대(對)한 가식육량(可食肉量)의 비율(比率)은 W. Cornish 종(種)에서 6, 8 및 10주령(週齡)에 각각(各各) 34.7%, 36.8%, 37.5%였고 S. C. W. Leghorn 종(種)은 각각(各各) 30.7%, 30.5% 및 32.3%였으며, 잡종(雜種)들은 중간(中間) 값을 보이는데 각(各) 계종간(鷄種間) 차이(差異)는 유의성(有意性)이 인정 되었다. 3) 체중(體重)에 대(對)한 방혈량(放血量)의 비율(比率)은 계종간(鷄種間) 차이(差異)가 뚜렸하지 않으나 두부중량(頭部重量), 우모중량(羽毛重量) 그리고 불가식(不可食) 내장중량(內臟重量)의 비율(比率)은 각주령(各週齡) 공(共)히 W. Cornish 종(種)에서 유의적(有意的)으로 적고 각중(脚重)과 복강지방량(腹腔脂肪量)은 S. C. W. Leghorn 종(種)에서 유의적(有意的)으로 적어서 계종간차(鷄種間差)가 뚜렷하다. 한편 가식부위(可食部位)에서 흉부(胸部)와 퇴경부(腿脛部)는 각주령(各週齡) 공(共)히 C Cornish종(種)에서 유의적(有意的)으로 크며, 가식내장(可食內臟)은 S. C. W. Leghorn종(種)에서 유의적(有意的)으로 크고, 경부(頸部)와 익부(翼部) 및 배부(背部)는 주령(週齡)에 따라 계종간차이(鷄種間差異)가 일관성이 없다. 4) 조사(調査)된 체형구성요소(體型構成要素)들의 크기는 W. Cornish종(種)에서 각주령(各週齡) 공(共)히 유의적(有意的)으로 크고, 특(特)히 10주령(週齡)에서 잡종(雜種)들 간(間)에도 대부분(大部分) 유의차(有意差)가 인정되었다. 5) 흉각(胸角)을 제외(除外)하고 대부분(大部分)의 체형구성요소(體型構成要素)들이 가식육량(可食肉量)과 높은 상관도(相關度)를 보이고 있어 체위측정치(體位測定値)들로 가식육량(可食肉量)을 비교적(比較的) 정확히 추정(推定)할 수 있을 것으로 예측되었다. 6) 가식육량(可食肉量)을 체중(體重)에 의(依)해 추정(推定)할 때의 정확도(正確度)로서 체위측정치(體位測定値)들로 추정(推定)할 경우 10주령(週齡)에서 W. Cornish종(種) $Y=-1,475.581 +5.054X_{26}+3.080X_{24}+3.772X_{25}+14.321X_{35}+1.922X_{27}$였고 S. C. W. Leghorn종(種)은 $Y=-347.407+4.549X_{33}+3.003X_{31}$였으며 W. Cornish 종(種)을 부(父)로한 잡종(雜種)(CL)은 $Y=-1,616.793+4.430X_{24}+8.566X_{32}$, S. C. W. Leghorn종(種)을 부(父)로한 잡종(雜種)(LC)은 $Y=-603.938+2.142X_{24}+3.039X_{27}+3.289X_{33}$이었다. 위에서 설명변수(說明變數)들은 $X_{24}$=흉위(胸圍), $X_{25}$=흉폭(胸幅), $X_{26}$=흉장(胸長), $X_{27}$=흉골장(胸骨長), $X_{31}$=퇴경부(腿脛部) 둘레, $X_{32}$=경골장(頸骨長), $X_{33}$=각장(脚長), $X_{35}$=각경(脚徑)이다. 7) 이상(以上)의 결과를 종합(綜合)하여 볼때 가식육(可食肉)의 비율(比率)은 계종(鷄種)과 주령(週齡)에 따라 현저한 차이(差異)를 보이고 있고, 이들의 추정(推定)은 좀 복잡(複雜)하지만 체형측정치(體型測定値)들로서도 비교적(比較的) 정확(正確)히 추정(推定)할 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다.