• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권1호
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• pp.143-154
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• 2022

This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship among market weight, slaughter age, yield grade, and primal cut yield in Hanwoo. A total of 403 Hanwoo (Korean native cattle) was assessed for carcass traits such as carcass cold weight, backfat thickness, ribeye area, dressing percentage, yield index, and marbling score. The production yield of the individual major primal cuts of Hanwoo beef was also measured. Carcass cold weight, ribeye area, and backfat thickness, which affect meat quality increased with increased market weight (p < 0.05). The production yield of the ten major primal cuts also increased with increased market weight (p < 0.05). In terms of slaughter age, carcass cold weight, ribeye area, and backfat thickness all increased from 25 months to 28-29 months, and the production yield of all prime cuts also increased with increasing slaughter age. According to the meat yield grade, carcass cold weight and backfat thickness increased from grade A to grade C, although the ribeye area was not affected. The combined findings of the study suggest that slaughtering Hanwoo at the weight of 651-700 kg and 701-750 and age of 28.23 and 29.83 months could be desirable to achieve the best quality and quantity grade of Hanwoo beef. However, the positive correlation of carcass cold weight and backfat thickness, and the negative correlation of the yield index according to primal cuts yield indicated that it is necessary to couple the slaughtering management of cattle with improved genetic and breeding method of Hanwoo to increase the production yield of the major prime cuts of Hanwoo beef.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권9호
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• pp.1353-1362
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• 2016

Hanwoo, a Korean native cattle (Bos taurus coreana), has great economic value due to high meat quality. Also, the breed has genetic variations that are associated with production traits such as health, disease resistance, reproduction, growth as well as carcass quality. In this study, next generation sequencing technologies and the availability of an appropriate reference genome were applied to discover a large amount of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ten Hanwoo bulls. Analysis of whole-genome resequencing generated a total of 26.5 Gb data, of which 594,716,859 and 592,990,750 reads covered 98.73% and 93.79% of the bovine reference genomes of UMD 3.1 and Btau 4.6.1, respectively. In total, 2,473,884 and 2,402,997 putative SNPs were discovered, of which 1,095,922 (44.3%) and 982,674 (40.9%) novel SNPs were discovered against UMD3.1 and Btau 4.6.1, respectively. Among the SNPs, the 46,301 (UMD 3.1) and 28,613 SNPs (Btau 4.6.1) that were identified as Hanwoo-specific SNPs were included in the functional genes that may be involved in the mechanisms of milk production, tenderness, juiciness, marbling of Hanwoo beef and yellow hair. Most of the Hanwoo-specific SNPs were identified in the promoter region, suggesting that the SNPs influence differential expression of the regulated genes relative to the relevant traits. In particular, the non-synonymous (ns) SNPs found in CORIN, which is a negative regulator of Agouti, might be a causal variant to determine yellow hair of Hanwoo. Our results will provide abundant genetic sources of variation to characterize Hanwoo genetics and for subsequent breeding.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.997-1006
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• 2010

본 연구는 수소 및 거세우(24-30개월) 15두(각 육질등급별 3두씩)를 공시축으로 이용하여 우육의 부위(목심, 채끝, 우둔, 양지머리, 등심)에 따른 육질등급($1^{++}$, $1^+$, 1, 2, 3)별 일반성분, pH, 육색, 보수력, 가열감량, 콜레스테롤 및 트랜스지방산 함량을 조사하였다. 일반성분에서 단백질함량은 16.66-22.64% 범위고 수분함량은 57.40-75.69% 범위 였으며 지방함량은 0.61-24.74%로 나타났다. 육질등급별 단백질함량은 $1^{++}$등급 목심, 채끝, 양지머리, 등심부위가 16.66-19.26%범위로 유의적으로 낮은 함량을 나타난 반면에 3등급에서는 21.50-22.48%로 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 수분함량은 3등급이 다른 육질등급에 비해 유의적으로 높게 나타난 반면에 지방함량은 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다(p<0.05). pH는 5.49-5.88범위로 $1^+$등급 목심(5.61)과 채끝(5.51)이 3등급 목심(5.88), 채끝(5.92)부위보다 유의적으로 낮게 나타난 반면에 우둔과 양지머리 및 등심부위에서는 육질등급 간에 유의적인 차이가 나타나지않았다(p>0.05). $L^*$은 $1^{++}$ 등급육이 38.52-42.69범위로 3등급육(33.02-36.08)보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). $1^{++}$, 2등급 등심의 $L^*$은 각각 42.69, 40.15로 우둔부위(38.52, 35.42)보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). $a^*$은 3등급 채끝(15.36)과 등심부위(18.48)가 1등급 채끝과 등심부위(23.35, 28.11)보다 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다(p<0.05). 보수력은 등급 또는 부위에 따른 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았다(p>0.05). 가열감량은 $1^{++}$ 등급 등심부위(22.21)가 3등급(27.67%)보다 유의적으로 낮게 나타났으며(p<0.05) $1^{++}$, $1^+$, 1 등급 우둔과 양지머리부위가 28.98-31.39% 범위로 채끝과 등심부위(22.21-24.81%)보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 콜레스테롤 함량(mg/100 g)은 $1^{++}$(41.26), $1^+$(43.23), 1등급(48.63) 등심이 2(36.02), 3등급(29.84)보다 유의적으로 높은 함량을 나타냈으며(p<0.05) $1^+$(43.23), 1등급 등심(48.63)이 $1^+$, 1등급 우둔부위(36.64, 35.39)보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 트랜스지방산 함량은 1.08-2.62% 범위로 3등급이 다른 육질등급에 비해 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 이러한 결과는 한우의 육질등급별로 일반성분 및 콜레스테롤과 트랜스지방산 함량에 대한 중요한 자료가 될 것이다.