• 한국가금학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.123-129
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 고에너지 사료 내 항생제와 효모제의 첨가가 육계의 생산성, 혈액 성상 및 도체 특성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 실시하였다. 2일령 Arbor Acre broiler (male, female) 480수를 공시하였고, 사양 시험은 5주간 실시하였다. 시험사료는 옥수수-대두박 위주의 사료인 대조구(CON; basal diet), 고에너지 사료 처리구(HED; high energy diet), 효모제 사료 처리구(YD; HED without virginiamycin + 0.2% Saccharomyces cerevisiae, $15{\times}10^{10}$)로 3개 처리를 하여 처리당 8반복, 반복당 20수씩 완전 임의 배치하였다. 전체 사양 시험 기간동안 증체량은 고에너지 사료를 급여한 HED 처리구가 다른 처리구들에 비해 높은 경향을 보였으나, 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 사료 섭취량은 효모제 사료를 급여한 YD 처리구가 다른 처리구들에 비해 높은 경향을 보였으나, 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 사료 요구율에서는 고 에너지 사료를 급여한 HED 처리구가 다른 처리구들에 비해 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다(P<0.05). RBC(red blood cell), WBC (white blood cell), lymphocyte 모두 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 없었으며, 간 무게 및 생체중에 대한 간 무게 비율, 허벅지육 무게 및 생체중에 대한 허벅지육 비율, 가슴육 무게 및 생체중에 대한 가슴육 무게 비율, 복강 지방 무게 및 생체중에 대한 복강 지방 무게 비율 모두에서 유의적인 차이가 없었으나, 종료시 체중에서는 HED 처리구가 유의적으로 가장 높았으며, 다음으로 YD, CON 순이었다(P<0.05). 결론적으로, 고에너지 사료 처리구가 사료 요구율에서 유의적으로 가장 영향을 미쳤으며, 효모제 처리구는 CON 처리구와 많은 차이를 보이지 않았다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.257-265
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• 2015

생후 초기에 고온을 경험하게 되면 이후 고온환경에 대하여 저항성을 획득하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 5일령의 병아리에게 단시간 고온을 경험하게 한 다음, 29일령에 1차 고온환경을 경험한 육계에서 반복된 고온환경이 생산성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 아버에이커 초생추를 크기가 동일한 두 개의 사육실에 수용하였으며, 사료와 물은 자유채식토록 하였다. 조명 환경 조건은 점등 23시간, 소등 1시간이었다. 사전 고온 적응구는 5일령에 $37^{\circ}C$의 고온에 24시간 동안 노출시킨 후 정상 온도로 돌려졌고, 대조구의 감온 일정은 정상적으로 진행되었다. 21일령에 육계를 기존에 수용된 사육실에서 반을 다른 사육실로 옮겨, 한 사육실 내 대조군와 열 적응구가 각각 4개의 Pen에 배치되게 하였다. 1) 사전고온 적응 및 고온환경 양자 모두를 경험하지 않은 육계집단(CON+CON), 2) 사전고온 적응을 경험했지만 고온환경을 경험하지 않은 육계집단(HC+CON), 3) 사전고온 적응 없이 고온환경만 경험한 육계집단(CON+HS), 4) 사전고온 적응 및 고온환경 모두를 경험한 육계집단(HC+HS) 을 가지는 이원배치법(HC vs. HS) 으로 실험을 수행하였다. 29일령부터 3일 동안 고온환경에 노출된 육계들은 43일령부터 재차 고온환경을 경험하였다. 고온환경 처리구에서 사육실 온도를 $32^{\circ}C$($2^{\circ}C$/1 h)까지 올려 3일 동안 유지하였으며, 대조구는 $22^{\circ}C$로 유지되었다. 고온환경은 사료 섭취량, 음수량 및 체중을 현저하게 감소시켰으며, 직장 온도와 폐사율 및 corticosterone의 농도를 증가시켰고, 혈액 생화학 성분을 변화시켰다. 그러나 사전열적응한 육계에서는 비장의 상대무게가 유의적으로 높았다. 따라서 연구결과를 종합적으로 고려해볼 때, 사전고온 적응은 반복적으로 고온환경을 경험하는 육계에게 고온에 대한 저항성을 부여하지 않았다는 것을 의미한다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2023

본 연구는 고온환경에 노출된 육계의 사료 내 카테킨과 비타민 C의 단독 및 혼합 첨가에 따른 생산성, 계육품질, 혈액 성상 및 스트레스 지표에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 수행하였다. 21일령 육계(Ross 308) 수컷 360수를 공시하였으며, 처리구는 비타민 C(0, 250 mg/kg)와 카테킨(0, 600, 1,200 mg/kg)로 2 × 3요인으로 나누었으며, 처리당 6반복, 반복당 10수를 완전임의 배치하였다. 고온 환경은 32±1℃로, 습도는 60±5%를 유지하여 시험종료까지 24시간동안 노출시켰다. 카테킨과 비타민 C의 처리에 따른 증체량, 섭취량 및 사료요구율은 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 혈액생화학 성분 중 total cholesterol 함량은 카테킨 처리에서 낮게 나타났으나(P<0.05), 비타민 C와 상호작용은 보이지 않았다. 혈액 내 SOD 활성은 카테킨 처리구에서 높았으며, corticosterone과 IgM 수준은 낮게 나타났으나(P<0.05), 비타민 C와 상호작용은 보이지 않았다. 간 내 스트레스 지표로 HSP70과 MDA는 비타민 C와 카테킨의 첨가에 따라 감소하였으며(P<0.05), HSP70에서 상호작용을 보였다(P<0.05). 가슴육 내 DPPH 라디칼 소거능은 카테킨을 급여한 처리에서 증가하였다(P<0.05). 고온스트레스에 대한 행동지표인 호흡수는 카테킨 처리에서 감소하는것으로 나타났으나(P<0.05), 비타민 C와의 상호작용은 보이지 않았다. 결론적으로 고온 환경에서 육계의 카테킨과 비타민 C의 첨가는 HSP70, MDA와 같은 스트레스 지표를 완화시켰으나, 첨가물질 간 상호작용과 최적의 혼합 수준에 대해 추가 연구가 요구된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1607-1614
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• 2011

This trial was conducted to determine the effects of including canola protein concentrate in diets fed to broiler chickens on nutrient digestibility and broiler performance (0-21 days). A total of 180, day-old, male broiler chicks weighing an average of 52.8${\pm}$0.6 g were assigned to one of six dietary treatments in a completely randomized design. The control diet was based on corn and soybean meal and contained 15% canola meal. The experimental diets contained 3, 6, 9, 12 or 15% canola protein concentrate added at the expense of canola meal. There were five birds per pen and six replicate pens per treatment. Feed and water were available ad libitum throughout the 21-day experiment. Chromic oxide (0.35%) was added to all diets as a digestibility marker and was fed throughout the experimental period. The digestibility of dry matter, energy and phosphorus increased linearly (p<0.01) with increasing levels of canola protein concentrate. Although nutrient digestibility was higher for birds fed diets containing canola protein concentrate, these improvements did not translate into improvements in broiler performance. Weight gain was unaffected (p = 0.24) by level of canola protein concentrate. Feed intake was significantly increased (p<0.01) with the result that feed conversion tended to be poorer (p = 0.07) for birds fed diets containing canola protein concentrate. Mortality was also unaffected (p = 0.56) by dietary treatment.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.253-260
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• 2012

This study was undertaken to investigate the influence of multi-probiotics, fermented ginseng byproducts and fermented sulfone as an alternative to probiotics on performance, intestinal microflora and immunity of broiler. A five weeks trial was conducted with one day old Ross${\times}$Ross broilers (n=340), divided into five groups which further divided into 4 replicates with 17 birds in each replicate. Birds were assigned to 5 dietary treatments as control, antibiotic avilamycin (AB), multi-probiotics (MP), fermented sulfone (FS) and fermented ginseng byproducts (FGB). Growth parameters were recorded on weekly basis while rest of the parameters viz. blood and faeces were collected at the end of the experiment. Growth parameters were not affected statistically by dietary treatments. However, numerically, higher body weight, splenocytes proliferation and lower total cholesterol and LDL values were found in MP treatment (P>0.05). Salmonella spp. count ($P{\leq}0.001$) and E. coli (P<0.001) concentrations in the ileum were found lowest in AB treatment while FS group showed lowest level of yeast (P<0.10) and Lactobacillus spp. ($P{\leq}0.001$). Fecal ammonia and $CO_2$ emission was significantly decreased in FGB than other dietary treatments (P<0.05). It was concluded that multi-probiotics would be valuable feed additives to improve the growth performance, Lactobacillus proliferation and immunity of broiler chicks.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.455-462
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• 1995

Arbor Acres broiler chickens (N=288) with an average initial weight of 59.4 g were fed diets varying in protein and lysine (80, 100, 120% of NRC; 100, 120% of NRC, 1984) in order to investigate the effects of supplemental chromium picolinate on growth performance, nutrient utilizability, carcass composition, serum traits and in vitro protein synthesis. Six replicates of eight chicks were grouped into one treatment Six chicks were sacrificed from each treatment for carcass analysis, and six additional chicks were chosen and dissected for in vitro culture of liver tissue. Body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion, mortality, carcass composition and serum glucose, HDL/cholesterol ratio, serum triglyceride and serum nonesterified fatty acid appeared to be affected by either the level of dietary crude protein or lysine when supplemented with 200 ppb chromium picolinate (p < 0.05). Retained and secreted proteins in liver acinar cell cultured in vitro were not affected by dietary lysine level but affected by dietary protein level when added with 200 ppb chromium picolinate.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2016

A total of 144 one-day-old male broilers (ROSS ${\times}$ Ross 308) ($42{\pm}0.1g$) were used in a completely randomized design and allotted to one of three dietary treatments to give 6 replicates per treatment (8 birds per cage). The three watery dietary treatments were 1) a corn-soybean meal-based relation [Negative control (NC); no antimicrobial compounds added] with tab water, 2) 8 ppm liquid-alpha-lipoic acid [Positive control (PC)] or 3) 100 ppm liquid-resveratrol. All dietary treatments were continuously provided as a liquid form. Birds were housed in a battery cage (n=48), and were offered liquid dietary treatments at all times. The ambient temperature was maintained at $32{\pm}1^{\circ}C$ for the first 3 weeks and decreased gradually to $28{\pm}1^{\circ}C$ by the end of the experiment (d 35) to induce moderate heat stress. One bird per pen (n=6) was euthanized via cervical dislocation at day 21 to obtain terminal ileum to measure villous height and crypt depth, while another bird per pen (n=6) was similarly euthanized at day 35 and used to harvest breast meat and drumsticks to evaluate meat quality traits. Birds fed liquid-resveratrol did not improve (P>0.05) body weight and average daily gain compared with those fed other dietary treatments from day 1 to day 35. Birds fed liquid-resveratrol had no effect (P>0.05) on villous height compared with birds were in other dietary treatments at day 21. Liquid-resveratrol had no effect (P>0.05) on thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) in drumsticks compared with other dietary treatments at day 35. Furthermore, birds fed liquid-resveratrol had no effect (P>0.05) on DPPH radical scavenging activity both in breast meat and drumsticks compared with those fed other dietary treatments at day 35. Morphological changes of ileum were not observed by immunofluorescence, and the level of occludin protein from ileum extracts also did not differ among groups. Our results suggested that liquid form of antioxidant compounds used in the current study such as alpha-lipoic acid (8 ppm) or resveratrol (100 ppm) did not improve growth performance, meat quality traits and histology of terminal ileum compared with those fed negative control in broiler chickens under moderate heat stress for 35 days.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.682-689
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• 2012

A feeding trial was conducted to investigate effects of Bacillus licheniformis on growth performance and meat quality of broilers. Nine hundred one-d-old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to 3 experimental groups with three replicate pens of 100 broiler chicks. Three treatments were i) control, ii) basal diets supplemented with 1 ml of B. licheniformis for each in feed water per day iii) basal diets supplemented with 2 ml of B. licheniformis per chick in feed water per day. The supplementation of B. licheniformis significantly increased body weight in grower chickens (p<0.05), and significantly improved the feed conversion in 3 to 6 and 0 to 6 wk feeding period compared with the control group (p<0.05). Additionally, the supplement also resulted in increased protein and free amino acid contents, and decreased fat content in chicken breast fillet (p<0.05). Furthermore, improvement in sensory attributes was observed in broilers fed with the probiotic. In conclusion, B. licheniformis treatments resulted in a significant increase (p<0.05) in broiler productivity based on an index taking into account daily weight gain and feed conversion rate. Meanwhile, the probiotic contributed towards an improvement of the chemical, nutritional and sensorial characteristics of breast fillet. Overall, the study indicates that B. licheniformis can be used as a growth promoter and meat quality enhancer in broiler poultry.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.463-470
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• 1995

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of chromium picolinate on growth performance, nutrient utilizability, carcass composition, serum traits and in vitro protein synthesis of 3 day old Arbor Acres broiler chickens when dietary crude protein levels were varying in diets. Six replicates of eight chicks each (average initial weitht = 59.4 g) were randomly assigned to three levels (low, medium, high) of dietary crude protein at two levels of chromium (0, 200 ppb Cr/kg diet) as chromium picolinate. Six chicks/treatment were randomly chosen for analyses of carcass composition, six additional chicks/treatment were randomly chosen for analyses of serum components, and a chick/treatment was chosen for in vitro culture of liver tissue. Chromium picolinate did not affect feed intake, protein and fat utilizability, regradless of dietary crude protein level. But feed/gain ratio were more improved in groups fed the low protein diets added with chromium picolinate compared with groups fed the medium and high protein diets with chromium picolinate. Carcass fat tended to decrease whereas carcass protein tended to increase when added with chromium picolinate. Broilers fed diets with chromium picolinate exhibited lower serum triglyceride and nonesterified fatty acid concentrations than those fed without chromium picolinate (p < 0.05). Both secreted and retained proteins in cultured acinar cell were higher in groups fed diets with chromium picolinate than those fed diets without chromium picolinate (p < 0.05). It could be suggested that chromium picolinate was effective in improving weight gain and nutrient utilizability when dietary crude protein was low (p < 0.05), and also effective in manipulating carcass fat when dietary crude protein level was high (p < 0.05).

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.672-682
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• 2017

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of probiotic, prebiotic and synbiotic with and without feed restriction on broilers performance, blood parameters, carcass characteristics, and feed cost of production from 1 to 56 days of age. Methods: Two hundred and forty unsexed one day-old chicks of Arbor Acres breed were used. Two trials, I and II, were conducted, with 120 birds in both. Each trial was divided into 4 equal groups. The birds in trial I were fed ad libitum throughout the experiment, while the chicks in trial II were fed ad libitum during the first week of age, then subjected to 5 hours/d of feed restriction from the beginning of the second week up to the end of the experiment. In both trials, the birds in group 1 were fed on a control diet while the other groups were given the same control diet supplemented either with a probiotic in group 2, prebiotic in group 3, or synbiotic in group 4. Results: It was found that chicks fed diets supplemented with probiotic, prebiotic and synbiotic (with and without feed restriction) exhibited higher body weight and feed efficiency than chicks fed the control diets. The feed additives in both trials did not affect hemoglobin, serum total protein, albumin, globulin, glucose, and total cholesterol, except the packed cell volume which was increased in the additive treatments with restriction at the end of the experiment. Moreover, the dietary treatments did not influence the carcass yield. However, the relative weights of liver, gizzard and proventriculus, small intestine and bursa of fabricius were found to be increased. The additives decreased the visible fat in the carcass, with more decreasing effect in the additive groups with restriction. The lowest feed cost per kg of weight gain was observed in the birds fed diets supplemented with synbiotic, probiotic and prebiotic. Feed restriction improved the feed conversion ratio, economic return, but decreased the feed intake, serum total cholesterol and visible fat in comparison with non-restricted groups. Conclusion: The biological feed additives could be routinely added to broiler diets, especially when a feed restriction program is followed. Finally, it can be recommended to restrict feed, and add probiotic or synbiotic to increase weight, improve feed conversion rate and reduce feed cost of production.