• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1031-1040
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• 2024

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of feeding milk replacer (MR) with varying levels of lactose and the increased supply of total solids (from 750 to 960 g/d) on performance, blood metabolites, and health of Holstein male calves during the preweaning period. Methods: Forty newborn Holstein calves (10 per treatment) were blocked according to birth weight and date of birth and distributed in a randomized block design to different liquid diets: Whole milk powder (WMP) diluted to 125 g/L solids; MR with 48% lactose (48L), diluted to 125 g/L solids; MR with 53% lactose (53L), diluted to 125 g/L solids; 53L MR corrected to 160 g/L solids (16TS) by the inclusion of a solid corrector. Calves were individually housed in wood hutches, fed 6 L/d of the liquid diet, and had free water and starter concentrate access. The study lasted 56 days. Results: Liquid diet intake was higher for calves fed 16TS than for other treatments. Calves fed 16TS presented higher protein and fat intake, followed by those fed WMP and the 48L or 53L MRs. Lactose intake was higher for 16TS-fed calves, followed by 53L, 48L, and WMP-fed calves. Starter and total dry matter intake did not differ among liquid diets. The average daily gain was higher for 16TS than 48L-fed calves, with the other treatments being intermediary. The lowest feed efficiency was observed for calves fed 48L. No effects on health were observed, as well as on selected blood metabolites, except for albumin concentration, which was higher for calves fed 16TS and WMP. Conclusion: Higher total solids content (160 g/L) in MR increases nutrient intake and consequently improves the performance of dairy calves. Feeding MRs with levels of lactose up to 53% of the DM had no deleterious effect on the performance or health of the calves.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.1265-1272
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• 2020

Objective: To evaluate the effect of feeding acidified milk on the growth and fecal microbial diversity of dairy calves. Methods: Twenty healthy 3-day-old female Holstein calves with similar body weights were selected and randomly divided into two groups. One group was fed pasteurized milk (PM, Control), while the other was fed acidified milk (AM) ad libitum until weaned (day 60). The experiment lasted until day 180. Results: There was no difference in the nutritional components between PM and AM. The numbers of Escherichia coli and total bacteria in AM were lower than in PM. At 31 to 40 and 41 to 50 days of age, the milk intake of calves fed AM was higher than that of calves fed PM (p<0.05), and the solid feed intake of calves fed AM was higher than that of calves fed PM at 61 to 90 days (p<0.05). The average daily gain of calves fed AM was also higher than that of calves fed PM at 31 to 60, 61 to 180, and 7 to 180 days (p<0.05). The calves fed AM tended to have a lower diarrhea rate than those fed PM (p = 0.059). Bacteroides had the highest abundance in the feces of calves fed AM on day 50, while Ruminococcaceae_UCG_005 had the highest abundance in the feces of calves fed AM on day 90 and calves fed PM on days 50 and 90. At the taxonomic level, the linear discriminant analysis scores of 27 microorganisms in the feces of calves fed AM and PM on days 50 and 90 were higher than 4.0. Conclusion: Feeding AM increased calf average daily gain and affected fecal bacterial diversity.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.1700-1713
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• 2018

Objective: The aim of this study was to verify the usefulness of artificial neural networks (ANN), multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS), naïve Bayes classifier (NBC), general discriminant analysis (GDA), and logistic regression (LR) for dystocia detection in Polish Holstein-Friesian Black-and-White heifers and cows and to indicate the most influential predictors of calving difficulty. Methods: A total of 1,342 and 1,699 calving records including six categorical and four continuous predictors were used. Calving category (difficult vs easy or difficult, moderate and easy) was the dependent variable. Results: The maximum sensitivity, specificity and accuracy achieved for heifers on the independent test set were 0.855 (for ANN), 0.969 (for NBC), and 0.813 (for GDA), respectively, whereas the values for cows were 0.600 (for ANN), 1.000 and 0.965 (for NBC, GDA, and LR), respectively. With the three categories of calving difficulty, the maximum overall accuracy for heifers and cows was 0.589 (for MARS) and 0.649 (for ANN), respectively. The most influential predictors for heifers were an average calving difficulty score for the dam's sire, calving age and the mean yield of the farm, where the heifer was kept, whereas for cows, these additionally included: calf sex, the difficulty of the preceding calving, and the mean daily milk yield for the preceding lactation. Conclusion: The potential application of the investigated models in dairy cattle farming requires, however, their further improvement in order to reduce the rate of dystocia misdiagnosis and to increase detection reliability.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.391-401
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• 2013

본 연구는 국내 유기축산물(시유) 생산농가에 대한 사양관리 실태 및 생산수준에 관한 조사 연구를 통해 애로사항을 파악하고 개선방안을 모색하고자 수행하였다. 2010년 말 현재 전체 낙농가 6,347호 중 유기축산물(시유) 인증 농가수는 35호로 0.57%였다. 유기축산물 인증농가 35호 중 11농가에 대한 조사결과, 호당 평균 총사육두수는 142두로 그 중 평균 착유우 69두, 건유우 13두, 육성우 및 송아지 60두였다. 성우 대비 후보축의 비율은 42.4%를 차지하고 있었다. 조사농가의 평균 산유량은 분포는 20kg 미만이 14.3%, 25~30kg 미만이 57.1%, 30kg 이상 28.6%로 분포되어 있었다. 조사농가의 유성분 및 유질분포를 보면, 유지율은 3.3%로 전국 평균 유지율 3.95%보다 많이 낮았다. 평균 세균수는 5,775개/ml로 1A 등급, 체세포수는 192,500개/ml로 1등급에 해당되어 유질등급은 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 유기축산물(시유) 생산이 농가소득에 도움이 되는지에 대한 조사결과, 도움이 된다는 응답이 90%로 나타났으나 실제적인 경영자료를 분석한 연구가 추가적으로 수행되어야 할 필요가 있다고 생각된다. 일반 우유 생산에서 유기축산물(시유)로 전환한 이유는 친환경적 목장경영을 위해서라고 응답한 비율이 54.5%로 가장 높았다. 일반 낙농에 비해 유기낙농의 어려운 점으로는 유기사료 공급의 어려움이라고 대답한 비율이 45.5%로 가장 높았다. 실제적으로 유기 조사료 자가 생산 이용률은 43.0%였고, 구입하여 이용하는 비율은 57.0%로 나타나 유기 조사료 자급에 대한 비율을 더 높이는 것이 유기낙농 발전을 위해 해결해야 할 과제임을 알 수 있다. 평균 조농비율은 38.6:61.4로 조사료 급여비율이 매우 낮음을 알 수 있었다. 향후 유기축산물(시유) 확대를 위해서는 유기사료의 안정적인 공급이 우선되어야 할 과제라 생각된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.672-678
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• 2006

The objective of this study was to investigate whether milk performance is impacted by the housing of heifers from the second to the seventh day of life, the method of feeding milk from the second week of life to weaning, the sire lineage and by the season of birth and season of calving. From 32 Holstein heifer-calves, which spent their first day of life in a loose housing maternity pen with their mother, 19 heifers were randomly placed in hutches (IH), and 13 stayed in a loose housing maternity pen (MP). At the seventh day IH heifers were assigned to one of two treatments, 10 heifers were randomly taken from IH and relocated to a loose housing pen with an automatic feeding station (AD), 9 calves stayed in hutches with bucket drinking (BD). MP heifers were moved to a group pen with nursing cows (UD). All animals were weaned at the age of 8 weeks (56 days) and kept in group pens. After calving, they were in free-stall housing. Trial cows were divided according to the sire, season of birth and calving. The five-factorial ANOVA revealed that among all the factors taken into account in this study, only sire lineage and season of birth had significant effects. The production of milk, FCM and protein were higher in the MP group than in the IH group. The UD group tended to have the highest production of milk, FCM, protein, lactose, SNF and total solids (TS) and the AD group the lowest. The content of fat and TS were highest in the AD group. Effects of the sire were significant for average daily gains (ADG) from birth to weaning ($0.55{\pm}0.03kg$, p<0.05), contents of fat ($3.81{\pm}0.08%$, p<0.05), protein ($3.13{\pm}0.02%$, p<0.05), and TS ($12.67{\pm}0.12%$, p<0.05). In the season of birth evaluation, statistical difference was found only in the content of protein ($3.13{\pm}0.13%$, p<0.05). Cows born in March-May had the highest % protein and cows born in June-August the lowest ($3.21{\pm}0.04$ vs. $3.06{\pm}0.05%$). Dairy cows born and subsequently calving in December-February had the highest production of milk, protein and TS, and dairy cows born in June-August the lowest. FCM and fat yields were highest in the group born in September-November and lowest in the group born in June-August.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.869-878
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• 2023

Objective: Hyperketonemia remains a major metabolic issue of serious milk production and a major health concern in early lactation cows. Oral supplementation of glucose precursors (GP) can be used to prevent hyperketonemia in dairy cows. The objective of this study was to compare the beneficial effects of orally supplementing a mixture of GP on metabolic health indicators and milk production status of primiparous (PP) and multiparous (MP) dairy cows. Methods: Twenty-eight Holstein cows were blocked by expected date of parturition, previous lactation yield, and parity. The cows were randomly allocated to one of the four treatment groups (n = 7 cows/group) based on their parity and GP supplementation: i) PP cows fed basal diet only (PP-CON), ii) PP cows with oral supplementation of GP (PP-GP), iii) MP cows fed basal diet only (MP-CON), and iv) MP cows with oral supplementation of GP (MP-GP). Glucose precursor (glycoline liquid) was orally drenched (300 mL/d) in GP cows from 7 days prepartum through 7 days postpartum. Other than GP supplementation, all cows were fed similar pre- and postpartum basal diets. Results: In both pre- and postpartum periods, serum glucose concentration was increased, whereas β-hydroxybutyrate and free fatty acids were decreased in GP cows compared with the CON cows. Milk yield and milk components were statistically not different between GP and CON cows over the first 9 week of lactation. The yield of actual milk, energy-corrected milk, 63-days cumulative milk, colostrum yield, and calf birth weight remained higher in MP cows compared with PP cows. Conclusion: Oral drenching of GP around calving can be recommended to successfully improve the metabolic health and reduce the negative effects of hyperketonemia not only in MP but also in PP dairy cows.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제65권3호
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• pp.596-610
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• 2023

Focusing high marble deposition, Hanwoo feedlot system uses high-energy diet over the prolonged fattening period. However, due to the individual genetic variation, around 40% of them are graded into inferior quality grades (QG), despite they utilized the same resources. Therefore, focusing on development of a nutrigenomic based precision management model, this study was to evaluated the response to the divergent selection on genetic merit for marbling score (MS), under different dietary total digestible nutrient (TDN) levels. Total of 111 calves were genotyped and initially grouped according to estimated breeding value (high and low) for marbling score (MS-EBV). Subsequently, managed under two levels of feed TDN%, over the calf period, early, middle, and final fattening periods following 2 × 2 factorial arrangement. Carcasses were evaluated for MS, Back fat thickness (BFT) and Korean beef quality grading standard. As the direct response to the selection was significant, the results confirmed the importance of initial genetic grouping of Hanwoo steers for MS-EBV. However, dietary TDN level did not show an effect (p > 0.05) on the MS. Furthermore, no genetic-by-nutrition interaction for MS (p > 0.05) was also observed. The present results showed no correlation response on BFT (p > 0.05), which indicates that the selection based on MS-EBV can be used to enhance the MS without undesirable effect on BFT. Ultimate turnover of the Hanwoo feedlot operation is primarily determined by the QGs. The present model shows that the initial grouping for MS-EBV increased the proportion of carcasses graded for higher QGs (QG1⁺⁺ and QG1⁺) by approximately 20%. Moreover, there appear to be a potential to increase the proportion of QG 1⁺⁺ animals among the high-genetic group by further increasing the dietary energy content. Overall, this precision management strategy suggests the importance of adopting an MS based initial genetic grouping system for Hanwoo steers with a subsequent divergent management based on dietary energy level.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2018

최근 국내 낙농 현장에서는 육성우시기에 에너지가 높은 사료를 급여함으로써 초발정일을 단축시키고자 한다. 육성우 시기의 사양관리는 향후 유생산 및 번식능력과 밀접한 관련이 있으나 아직까지 관련 연구가 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구는 홀스타인 육성우시기에 에너지 급여 차이에 따른 번식능력을 분석하였다. 한국사양표준과 고에너지(한국사양표준의 110%) 사료 급여 시 체고 및 체중에는 차이가 없었으나 초발정일은 329.3일과 311일로 고에너지 급여 시 초발정일이 단축되는 결과를 보였다. 고에너지 급여에 따른 수태당 교배횟수 상승 및 분만 강도에는 차이가 없었으며 고에너지 급여 시 암송아지의 체중이 상승하였다. 또한 고에너지 급여에 따라 암송아지 생산 비율이 상승하였다. 연구 결과를 종합해 볼 때 현장에서는 한국 사양표준의 110% 에너지를 급여 했을 때 암소의 번식능력 상승이 기대된다. 본 연구 결과는 국내 낙농 현장에서 육성우 시기에 급여할 에너지양 및 이에 따른 번식능력의 상관관계를 제시함으로써 낙농 현장에 도움을 줄 것으로 사료된다.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제8권
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• pp.45-50
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• 1990

본 실험은 성선(性腺)자극호르몬과 우태아혈청(牛胎兒血淸) 첨가가 돼지 난포란(卵胞卵)의 체외성숙(體外成熟) 및 체외수정(體外受精)에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 실시하였다. 미경산돈(未經産豚)(체중 80~90kg)의 난소(卵巢)를 도살된 직후에 절취하여 $37{\sim}39^{\circ}C$의 보온병에 담아 실험실로 운반하여 난포(卵胞)직경이 3~5mm되는 것만을 골라 난포(卵胞)를 찔러서 난포란(卵胞卵)을 채취하였다. 성숙모돈(成熟牡豚)(체중 130~150kg)의 정소상체미부정자(精巢上體尾部精子)를 $4{\times}10^8cells/m{\ell}$ 농도로 희석하여 체외수정(體外受精)에 이용하였다. 본 실험의 경과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. m-KRB와 10% FCS를 m-KRB에 첨가한 경우 성숙율(成熟率)은 82.37%이며, 10% FCS가 첨가된 배양액에 PMSG, hCG 그리고 PMSG와 hCG를 각각 $10IU/m{\ell}$ 첨가한 경우 66, 58, 68%로서 성숙율(成熟率)이 향상되었다. 2. 난구세포(卵丘細胞)의 팽화(膨化)는 m-KRB와 10% FCS가 첨가된 배양액에서 일어나지 않았으나 10% FCS가 첨가된 배양액에 PMSG, hCG 그리고 PMSG와 hCG를 각각 $10IU/m{\ell}$ 첨가시 92, 13, 91%로서 팽화율(膨化率)이 향상되었다. 3. m-KRB에서 성숙된 난포란(卵胞卵)의 체외수정(體外受精)에서 정자침입율과 웅성전핵(雄性前核) 형성율은 각각 93.7%였으나 FCS와 성선(性腺)자극호르몬을 첨가한 경우 각각 100, 80%로서 웅성전핵(雄性前核) 형성율이 향상되었다.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.181-189
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• 1996

Fecal samples of calf diarrhea were taken on farms in Jeju island, rotavirus was isolated and cytopathic effect (CPE) was determined after infection to MA104 cell. Morphological evaluation on electron microscopy proved it as rotavirus. Also, its infection to MA104 cell was reidentified using a fluorescence antibody method. Genotype of Jeju island bovine rotavirus (JBR) analyzed through PAGE was 4: 2: 3: 2 pattern, which was unique in bovine and that analyzed through general PAGE was somewhat different from NCDV, UK, KK3, A5-3A, 61A, B223 and similar to N stool-5, N culture-5 and Kawatabi (Japan). By titration after plaquing, the level was $1-3\;{\times}\;10^6\;PFU/ml$, which was lower than those of NCDV and UK. Electrophoresis analysis of RNA-RNA hybridization, ELISA, and first and second PCR products of VP7 and VP4 in 1% agarose ($TAE+1{\mu}l$ EtBr) revealed that the rotavirus was a serotype of G6P11.