• Journal of Practical Agriculture & Fisheries Research
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.117-123
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• 2018

The purpose of this report is to describe the diagnosed case of a large colonic impaction in an adult donkey. An adult female donkey (Equus africanus asinus; 6-years-old) was admitted to the Equine Hospital of Jeju Race Park with signs of anorexia, which had started 1 day previously. Clinical examination revealed: weak gut sounds, dehydration, and severe abdominal distension, but normal respiratory and heart rates and no signs of pain. Transrectal palpation identified an impaction in the colon. The patient was treated with nasogastric siphonage, fluid therapy, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Over the course of a day, her condition worsened; she started trembling, could not stand, and 2 hours later she died. Upon necropsy, a vast amount of ingesta was found in the large colon, particularly in the left ventral colon. The cecum and small colon were normal. Eleven days prior to presentation, the stable management and diet of the donkey had changed. We suspect that the change of feed, reduced water consumption, and lack of exercise precipitated the illness. However, the exact cause of the sudden death of the donkey requires further investigation.

• Sim-seong Yeon-gu
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.161-200
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• 2023

The fairy tale 'The King's Ass's Ears' is a simple story about a king and a barber. The king's 'Ass's ears' is discovered by the barber, who becomes sick due to his inability to reveal the secret. He eventually confesses the secret in a deep pit and covers it with soil, but a reed grows in that spot and reveals the secret when it sways in the wind. This fairy tale is registered in Stith Thompson's narrative type AT 782 as 'King Midas and His Ass's Ears', corresponding to a well-known story of King Gyeongmun in Korea, as it is published in elementary textbooks. When something becomes conscious, its automatic mechanical tendency leads to obsolete and rigid. To avoid rigidity in our conscious life, we need continuous renewal via contact with the flow of mental events in our unconscious. From the aspect of analytical psychology, the King's 'Ass's ears' enables irrational contact with the fundamental emotions lost in the flow of life. The barber symbolizes spiritual transformation, and the reed swaying in the wind symbolizes the revelation of secretive knowledge associated with the divine. The king can hear the sound of all creation and become one with it, which was the will of the divine. The Self, as the psychic totality of an individual and paradoxically also represents the regulating center of the collective unconscious, continually seeks to merge and transform with the lost primal layer of humanity, which has now become distant and discarded due to the development of human consciousness.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.23 no.8
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• pp.1019-1024
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• 2013

The aims of this study were to determine antioxidation effect and neuroblastoma cell protection effect of donkey's bone and skin extracts (DBSE). DBSE was extracted by a pressure-cooker for 48 h and lyophilized. The 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity was significantly increased with increased doses of DBSE and 40 mg/ml of DBSE showed 95.43% of the DPPH scavenging effect, which was equivalent to 1 mg/ml of vitamin C. The 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6- sulphonic acid) (ABTS) radical scavenging activity was also increased in a dose-dependent manner, and 20 mg/ml of DBSE showed 88.73% of the ABTS scavenging effect. The oxygen radical absorbance capacity (${\mu}M$ Trolox equivalent) of DBSE was significantly increased at a concentration of 10 mg/ml, which showed $132.53{\mu}M$ TE. The viability of oxidatively stressed brain cells induced by $500{\mu}M\;H_2O_2$ was protected by DBSE at concentrations greater than $50{\mu}M$. Cell viability after DBSE treatment at 50 and $100{\mu}g/ml$ was 53.78 and $54.34{\mu}M$ TE, respectively. There was no significant difference between both doses; however, 200 and $500{\mu}g/ml$ of DBSE showed 59.74 and 66.08% of cell viability, respectively indicating that DBSE protected SK-N-SH from oxidation stress. These results suggest that DBSE may have potential to be used as natural antioxidants in food industry, while in vivo evidence is necessary to support DBSE's in vitro-based antioxidative efficiency.

• Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.120-131
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• 1995

이 연구는 우리나라의 유용 자원식물에 발생하는 진균성 미기록 병해에 대한 두 번째 보고이다. 10가지 병해에 대한 각각의 병징, 병 발생환경, 병원균, 그리고 몇 가지 병리학적 소견을 기록하였다. 동자꽃 갈색 무늬병은 장마철부터 발생하여 심한 잎마름을 일으켰으며, 병원균은 Septoria lychnidis로 동정되었다. 산박하 모무늬병은 장마철에 심하게 발생하고 작은 모무늬가 합쳐져 잎의 한쪽이 검게 고사하였는데, 병원균은 Septoria plectranthi로 동정되었다. 좀명아주 갈색 무늬병은 여름부터 가을까지 흔히 발생하여 조기낙엽을 일으켰으며, 병원균은 Cercospora dubia로 동정되었다. 나팔꽃 점무늬병은 장마철부터 가을까지 흔히 발생하여 관상가치를 떨어뜨렸는데, 병원균은 Cercospora ipomoeae로 동정되었다. 돌콩 점무늬병은 장마철부터 가을까지 계속 발생하여 생육을 크게 저해하였는데, 병원균은 Pseudocercospora ligustri로 동정되었다. 박주가리 뒷면곰팡이병은 여름부터 가을까지 흔히 발생하여 조기낙엽과 황화를 일으켰는데, 병원균은 Passalora miurae로 동정되었다. 고려엉겅퀴 흰가루병은 여름부터 발생하여 묵나물의 수향과 품질에 피해를 주었는데, 병원균은 Sphaerotheca fusca로 동정되었다. 왜당나귀흰가루병은 국지적으로 발생하여 생육을 저해하고 어린 묘는 고사시켰는데, 병원균은 Erysiphe heraclei로 동정되었다. 가래나무 점무늬병은 장마철에서 가을까지 발생하여 잎마름을 유발하였는데, 병원균은 Sphaerulina juglandis로 동정되었다.