• 농업과학연구
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2003

This paper aims at being informed on how farms should invest resources to advertise their homepages on the internet. The number of visitors to homepage was used for analyzing the effect of advertising homepages of farmers conducting e-business. The results of analysis are as follows; (1) The daily number of visitors that has viewed homepages was 55 on average, (2) 48% of visitors came to farm homepages via search engine, which was the highest rate among accessible routes to homepage. Therefore, it was suggested that farmers should register their homepages on major search engines such as yahoo.co.kr, naver.com and daum.net in order to promote the effect of advertising homepage. We recommend that farmers should enlist the name of agricultural products on the first page of search engine view because people tend to use key word(92%) rather than homepage name(8%) when they would like to search wanted products on the internet.

• Agribusiness and Information Management
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2015

This study was carried out with the goal of improving accessibility for farmers in record management. The pre-survey for farm records found that the main reasons for lack of records were "no need" and "no time" to keep such records. Based on the results of the pre-survey of smartphone-based farm recordkeeping, the major composition articles were management books, daily work logs, analysis books and additional books compiled by setting log in, notice and suggestions. The number of smartphone-based farm record books was 4,430 nationwide. We also updated farms keeping records on seven occasions for user convenience. Regional differences in the utilization ratio of record books showed that continuous promotion and education aimed at users were key points of success for farm recordkeeping books.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2001

This research was carried out to investigate the daily amount and characteristics of wastewater produced from bucket milkers, pipeline, tandem ad herringbone milking system for washing operations after milking included 28 dairy farms. The average amount of wastewater produced from milking system was 9.8l/head/day. The amount of wastewater varied from a low of 8.2 litters/head/day(pipeline milking system) to 13.4 litter/head/day(herringbone milking system). The moisture content, Biochemical Oxygen Demand($BOD_5$), Chemical Oxygen Demand($COD_{Mn}$), Suspended Solids(SS), Total Nitrogen(T-N) and Total Phosphorus(T-P) concentration of wastewater were 99.9%, 394mg/l, 417.3mg/l, 1,201.3mg/l, 3.78mg/l, 0.51mg/l.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.1137-1143
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• 2013

To evaluate lactation performance and changes in plasma and fecal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) concentrations in response to the supplementation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product (SC), two dairy farms were selected. On each farm, 32 cows in early to mid lactation (21 to 140 DIM) were blocked by parity and days in milk (DIM), and randomly assigned to one of the two treatments within block (Control or 56 g SC/cow/d). Effect of SC on lactation performance (daily) and changes in blood and fecal LPS level were examined on d 0 and 28 of supplementation. The results showed that SC supplementation increased lactation performance of dairy cows on both farms. On Farm 1, milk production, 3.5% fat corrected milk (FCM), and yield of milk fat and protein were greater (p<0.01) for cows supplemented with SC. Supplementation of SC increased percentage milk fat (p = 0.029) from 81 to 110 DIM. There was no significant effect (p>0.05) of SC supplementation on percentage of milk protein, dry matter intake and feed efficiency. On Farm 2, cows supplemented with SC had a greater (p<0.05) milk yield, percentage of milk fat and milk protein, yield of milk fat and protein, 3.5% FCM and feed efficiency. Supplemental SC had no effect on LPS concentrations in feces (p>0.05) while it trended to reduce (p = 0.07 or 0.207) the concentration in plasma. The results indicate that supplemental SC can increase lactation performance of dairy cattle and has potential for reducing plasma LPS concentration.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.397-408
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• 2011

국내 듀록 품종 종돈의 교류현황과 또한 유전자원 교류가 국가단위의 유전능력평가에 미치는 영향을 평가하고, 돼지개량네트워크 사업을 통한 돼지개량 전략 마련을 위한 기초자료를 수집하기 위하여 한국종축개량협회의 등록 및 검정 자료를 분석하였다. 자료는 세 곳의 등지방 두께(어깨, 등, 허리)와 등심단면적, 90 kg 도달일령 그리고 일당증체량 형질을 포함하고 있으며, 1987년부터 2010년까지 총 235,511건의 등록 자료와 70,747건의 검정자료를 이용하였다. 수집된 듀록 자료를 분석한 결과, 종돈장간의 유전자원의 교류는 극히 미미한 수준으로 나타났다. 등록 후에 검정까지 수행 되어진 자료의 수는 더욱 적은 것으로 나타났고, 유전능력평가를 위해 필요한 일정규모의 두 수를 가진 종돈장의 수는 더욱 적었다. 혈연관계의 이용정도에 따라 세 가지 분류의 자료(개별 종돈장, 두개의 종돈장 그룹, 전체 종돈장)를 이용한 유전능력 평가 및 유전 모수의 추정에 있어서, 개별 종돈장 분석에서 종돈장간에 유전모수추정에 있어 거점 종돈장에 비하여 종속 종돈장의 유전력이 높은 경향을 보여 주었다. 유전력 추정 오차는 개별 종돈장, 두 그룹, 전체 집단 순으로 작게 나타났다. 유전분산이 종속 종돈장들에서 크게 나타남으로써 종속 종돈장들의 유전적 균일성이 거점 종돈장들에 비해 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 근친계수의 추정에서 차이를 보였으며, 개별 종돈장, 거점 종돈장과 종속 종돈장, 그리고 전체 집단을 평가하였을 때 각각 평균 근친이 1.12, 0.95 그리고 1.53으로 나타나 종돈장 간의 혈연관계를 고려한 전체 집단 평가에서 근친이 높았다. 추정된 육종가에 의한 상관계수에서 개별농가의 평가와 전체평가간의 상관이 가장 낮았다. 반면에 sub-population 평가와 개별농가 평가, 그리고 전체 평가는 이보다 상관이 높게 나타났다. 그러나 농장별 평가와 전체평가간의 상관계수가 이동된 종돈에서 형질별로 0.22에서 0.45, 그리고 전체 종돈에서 0.24에서 0.72의 범위로 비교적 낮게 나타났다. 연구된 결과들은 개별 종돈장 평가 보다는 국가단위의 유전능력평가가 혈연관계를 더 많이 이용하고, 돼지개량네트워크 사업이 종돈장간의 연결성을 증대시켜 국가단위 유전능력평가의 정확도에 기여한다고 사료된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.770-781
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• 2022

Meteorological disasters caused by climate change like heat, cold waves, and unusually long rainy seasons affect the milk productivity of cows. Studies have been conducted on how milk productivity and milk compositions change due to heat stress (HS). However, the estimation of losses in milk production due to HS and hereby environmental impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are yet to be evaluated in Korean dairy farms. Dairy milk production and milk compositions data from March to October 2018, provided by the Korea Dairy Committee (KDC), were used to compare regional milk production with the temperature-humidity index (THI). Raw data for the daily temperature and relative humidity in 2018 were obtained from the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). This data was used to calculate the THI and the difference between the maximum and minimum temperature changing rate, as the average daily temperature range, to show the extent to which the temperature gap can affect milk productivity. The amount of milk was calculated based on the price of 926 won/kg from KDC. The results showed that the average milk production rate was the highest within the THI range 60-73 in three regions in May: Chulwon (northern region), Hwasung (central region), and Gunwi (southern region). The average milk production decreased by 4.96 ± 1.48% in northern region, 7.12 ± 2.36% in central region, and 7.94 ± 2.57% in southern region from June to August, which had a THI range of 73 or more, when compared to May. Based on the results, the level of THI should be maintained like May. If so, the farmers can earn a profit of 9,128,730 won/farm in northern region, 9,967,880 won/farm in central region, and 12,245,300 won/farm in southern region. Additionally, the average number of cows raised can be reduced by 2.41 ± 0.35 heads/farm, thereby reducing GHG emissions by 29.61 ± 4.36 kg CO₂eq/day on average. Overall, the conclusion suggests that maintaining environmental conditions in the summer that are similar to those in May is necessary. This knowledge can be used for basic research to persuade farmers to change farm facilities to increase the economic benefits and improve animal welfare.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.317-325
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• 2015

우리나라 농촌은 지형이 복잡하고 소규모 농장이 많아 농업기상서비스 개선을 위해서는 먼저 기상청 종관 예보의 규모축소가 필요하다. 지형기후학에 근거한 공간정보기술을 이용하여 기상청의 기온예보자료 가운데 0600과 1500 LST자료를 선정된 집수역에 대해 30 m급의 국지규모로 상세화하고, 14개 관측소의 실측기온 자료를 2013년부터 2014년까지 수집하여 비교하였다. 그 결과 0600 LST기온의 경우 집수역 가운데 고도가 낮은 곳에서, 1500 LST 기온의 경우 계곡의 서향 및 남향 사면에서 정확도가 크게 개선되는 것을 확인하였다. 상세화 한 기온실황자료를 이용하여 지역 내 소규모 농장을 대상으로 하는 시범서비스를 시작하였으며 농장 맞춤 기상정보를 제공하고 있다. 예컨대 이 서비스시스템은 기온자료를 토대로 작물의 발육단계를 추정하고, 발육단계별 최저기온에 따른 서리해 발생 관계식에 의해 내일 아침 예보기온의 서리위험 여부를 판정한다. 만약 서리위험도가 미리 설정된 기준을 넘으면 농장주의 휴대폰으로 대응지침과 함께 서리해 경보를 발송하여 피해를 예방할 수 있도록 도와준다.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.77.1-77.14
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• 2020

Background: Staphylococcus aureus is one of the main microorganisms that causes bovine mastitis, and its well-known virulence characteristics and interactions with the environment are used to aid the design of more efficient therapies. Objectives: To determine whether the virulence traits, such as antibiotic resistance and biofilm-forming and internalization abilities, of S. aureus isolated from bovine mastitis are related to dairy production system types. Methods: The study was performed in the Mexican states of Guanajuato and Michoacan. Semi-intensive dairy farms (SIDFs) and family dairy farms (FDFs) (454 and 363 cows, respectively) were included. The 194 milk samples from mastitis affected quarters were collected and 92 strains of S. aureus were isolated and identified by biochemical and molecular tests. Antibiotic resistance, biofilm and internalization assays were performed on 30 randomly selected isolated strains to determine virulence traits, and these strains were equally allocated to the 2 dairy production systems. Results: All 30 selected strains displayed a high degree of resistance (50%-91.7%) to the antibiotics tested, but no significant difference was found between SIDF and FDF isolates. S. aureus strains from SIDFs had an average biofilm forming capacity of up to 36% (18.9%-53.1%), while S. aureus strains from FDFs registered an average of up to 53% (31.5%-77.8%) (p > 0.05). Internalization assays revealed a higher frequency of internalization capacity for strains isolated from FDFs (33.3%) than for those isolated from SIDFs (6.7%) (p > 0.05). fnbpA gen was detected in 46.6% of FDF strains and 33.3% of SIDF strains, and this difference was significant (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Our findings show that the virulence traits of S. aureus isolates analyzed in this study, depend significantly on several factors, such as phenotype, genotype, and environmental conditions, which are significantly related to dairy production system type and daily management practices.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.37-48
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• 2010

This paper describes a web-based information system for plant disease forecast that was developed for crop growers in Gyeonggi-do, Korea. The system generates hourly or daily warnings at the spatial resolution of $240\;m{\times}240\;m$ based on weather data. The system consists of four components including weather data acquisition system, job process system, data storage system, and web service system. The spatial resolution of disease forecast is high enough to estimate daily or hourly infection risks of individual farms, so that farmers can use the forecast information practically in determining if and when fungicides are to be sprayed to control diseases. Currently, forecasting models for blast, sheath blight, and grain rot of rice, and scab and rust of pear are available for the system. As for the spatial interpolation of weather data, the interpolated temperature and relative humidity showed high accuracy as compared with the observed data at the same locations. However, the spatial interpolation of rainfall and leaf wetness events needs to be improved. For rice blast forecasting, 44.5% of infection warnings based on the observed weather data were correctly estimated when the disease forecast was made based on the interpolated weather data. The low accuracy in disease forecast based on the interpolated weather data was mainly due to the failure in estimating leaf wetness events.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.1061-1065
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• 2015

Data collected from 690 purebred Duroc pigs from 2009 to 2012 were used to estimate the heritability, and genetic and phenotypic correlations between production and meat quality traits. Variance components were obtained through the restricted maximum likelihood procedure using Wombat and SAS version 9.0. Animals were raised under the same management in five different breeding farms. The average daily gain, loin muscle area (LMA), backfat thickness (BF), and lean percent (LP) were measured as production traits. Meat quality traits included pH, cooking loss, lightness ($L^*$), redness ($a^*$), yellowness ($b^*$), marbling score (MS), moisture content (MC), water holding capacity (WHC), and shear force. The results showed that the heritability estimates for meat quality traits varied largely from 0.19 to 0.79. Production traits were moderate to highly heritable from 0.41 to 0.73. Genotypically, the BF was positively correlated (p<0.05) with MC (0.786), WHC (0.904), and pH (0.328) but negatively correlated with shear force (-0.533). The results of genetic correlations indicated that selection for less BF could decrease pH, moisture content, and WHC and increase the shear force of meat. Additionally, a significant positive correlation was recorded between average daily gain and WHC, which indicates pork from faster-growing animals has higher WHC. Furthermore, selection for larger LMA and LP could increase MS and lightness color of meat. The meat quality and production traits could be improved simultaneously if desired. Hence, to avoid further deterioration of pork characteristics, appropriate selection of traits should be considered.