• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권7호
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• pp.1289-1302
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• 2024

Objective: There is a strong relationship between the content of beneficial fatty acids in milk and milk fat metabolic activity in the mammary gland. To improve milk quality, it is therefore necessary to study fatty acid metabolism in bovine mammary gland tissue. In adipose tissue, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG), the core transcription factor, regulates the fatty acid metabolism gene network and determines fatty acid deposition. However, its regulatory effects on mammary gland fatty acid metabolism during lactation have rarely been reported. Methods: Transcriptome sequencing was performed during the prelactation period and the peak lactation period to examine mRNA expression. The significant upregulation of PPARG drew our attention and led us to conduct further research. Results: According to bioinformatics prediction, dual-luciferase reporter system detection, real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting, miR-130a and miR-130b could directly target PPARG and inhibit its expression. Furthermore, triglyceride and oil red O staining proved that miR-130a and miR-130b inhibited milk fat metabolism in bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMECs), while PPARG promoted this metabolism. In addition, we also found that the coexpression of miR-130a and miR-130b significantly enhanced their ability to regulate milk fat metabolism. Conclusion: In conclusion, our findings indicated that miR-130a and miR-130b could target and repress PPARG and that they also have a functional superposition effect. miR-130a and miR-130b seem to synergistically regulate lipid catabolism via the control of PPARG in BMECs. In the long-term, these findings might be helpful in developing practical means to improve high-quality milk.

• Near Infrared Analysis
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2001

Nowadays, medical diagnostics is efficiently supported by clinical chemistry and near infrared spectroscopy is becoming a new dimension, which has shown high potential to provide valuable information for diagnosis. The investigation was carried out to study the influence of mammary gland inflammation, called mastitis, on cow´s milk spectra and milk composition measured by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Milk somatic cell counts (SCC) in milk were used as a measure of mammary gland inflammation. Naturally occurred variations with milk composition within lactation and in the process of milking were included in the experimental design of this study. Time series of unhomogenized, raw milk spectral data were collected from 3 cow along morning and evening milking, for 5 consecutive months, within their second lactation. In the time of the trial, the investigated cows had periods with mammary gland inflammation. Transmittance spectra of 258 milk samples were obtained by NIRSystem 6500 spectrophotometer in 1100-2400 nm region. Calibration equations for the examined milk components were developed by PLS regression using 3 different sets of samples: samples with low somatic cell count (SCC), samples with high SCC and combined data set. The NIR calibration and prediction of individual cow´s milk fat, protein, and lactose were highly influenced by the presence of mil samples from animals with mammary gland inflammation in the data set. The best accuracy of prediction (i.e. the lower SEP and the higher correlation coefficient) for fat, protein and lactose was obtained for equations, developed when using only “healthy” samples, with low SCC. The standard error of prediction increased and correlation coefficient decreased significantly when equations for low SCC milk were used to predict examined components in “mastitis” samples with high SCC, and vice versa. Combined data set that included samples from healthy and mastitis animals could be used to build up regression models for screening. Further use of separate model for healthy samples improved milk composition measurement. Regression vectors for NIR mild protein measurement obtained for “healthy” and “mastitic” group were compared and revealed differences in 1390-1450 nm, 1500-1740 nm and 1900-2200 nm regions and thus illustrated post-secretory breakdown of milk proteins by hydrolytic enzymes that occurred with mastitis. For the first time it has been found that monitoring the spectral differences in water bands at 1440 nm and 1912 nm could provide valuable information for inflammation diagnosis.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.367-381
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• 2021

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to establish a mother and child cohort in the Chinese population, and investigate human breastmilk (HBM) composition and its relationship with maternal body mass index (BMI) and infant growth during the first 3 mon of life. SUBJECTS/METHODS: A total of 101 Chinese mother and infant pairs were included in this prospective cohort. Alterations in the milk macronutrients of Chinese mothers at 1 mon (T1), 2 mon (T2), and 3 mon (T3) lactation were analyzed. HBM fatty acid (FA) profiles were measured by gas chromatography (GC), and HBM proteomic profiling was achieved by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS). RESULTS: During the first 3 mon of lactation (P < 0.05), significant decreases were determined in the levels of total energy, fat, protein, and osteopontin (OPN), as well as ratios of long-chain saturated FA (including C16:0, C22:0 and C24:0), monounsaturated FA (including C16:1), and n-6 poly unsaturated FA (PUFA) (including C20:3n-6 and C20:4n-6, and n-6/n-3). Conversely, butyrate, C6:0 and n-3 PUFA C18:3n-3 (α-linolenic acid, ALA) were significantly increased during the first 3 mon (P < 0.05). HBM proteomic analyses distinguished compositional protein differences over time (P = 0.001). Personalized motherinfant analyses demonstrated that HBM from high BMI mothers presented increased total energy, fat, protein and OPN, and increased content of n-6 PUFA (including C18:3n-6, C20:3n-6 and n-6/n-3 ratio) as compared with low BMI mothers (P < 0.05). Furthermore, BMI of the mothers positively correlated with the head circumference (HC) of infants as well as the specific n-6 PUFA C20:3n-6 over the 3 time points examined. Infant HC was negatively associated with C18:0. CONCLUSION: This study provides additional evidence to the Chinese HBM database, and further knowledge of FA function. It also helps to establish future maternal strategies that support the healthy growth and development of Chinese infants.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.22-26
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• 2013

To monitor the reproductive patterns of endangered orangutan, Time-resolved fluorescence immuno assay (TR-FIA) were used to analyze metabolites of sex hormones in feces. Orangutan had long-term interbirth intervals (amenorrhea) during lactation period in which the secretion of sex hormones was repressed. The concentration of progesterone in the serum of pregnant orangutan was 30fold higher than that in non-pregnant orangutan. However, the concentration of hCG during pregnant period was different from the result of other primates. The present study suggested that age is not the important factor in determining the reproduction capability, because it is rather greatly influenced by the combination of various factors. Tracing metabolites of sex hormones in orangutan feces seems to be provide the effective solution for the infertility in orangutan. This study result shows the basic data in operating conservation project for endangered orangutan.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.738-742
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• 2003

The monitoring was carried out for one year on 20 farms of Mediterranean buffalo situated in central Italy. The milk yield, the somatic cell count, the coagulating properties and some components were determined. The average value of somatic cells was $21.28n{\times}10^3/ml$. Milk production decreased when somatic cell numbers increased. The rennet clotting time increased significantly when somatic cells were higher than $300.00n{\times}10^3/ml$, the curd firming time was significantly higher when somatic cells were more than $1,000.00n{\times}10^3/ml$ and the curd firmness increased up to $200.00n{\times}10^3$/ml, then gradually decreased. Protein and casein decreased when somatic cells increased and the same trend was shown by casein/protein ratio. Both for these components and the coagulating properties the threshold limit of somatic cells to obtain better results was $200.00n{\times}10^3/ml$. The somatic cell number did not show a trend which was strictly influenced by the lactation stage, contrary to what happened in the other species.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.333-341
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• 1986

Several aspects including physical development, reflex acquistion, neuromotor development and learning behavior at Y water maze were compared at the progeny of rats fed low 91.2mg/kg diet) or adequate leves(22mg/kg diet 0 of pyridoxine during growth, gestation, lactation, and adult period. Physical development and development of reflexes (righting reflex, cliff avoidance, negative geotaxis, palmar grasp, and startle reflex to sound) appeared different between control and deficient groups but not significantly. At the 2nd week, rats spent more time in supported standing during 6 minute period was longer in the control then the deficient groups. In the Y-water maze position reversal test, learning ability as judged by the number of errors was not different among three groups, but the rats in supplemented group(DC) reached the escape platform in significantly shorter time than the other two groups, which may suggest their emotional instability. In the visual discrimination test, the performance of rats from the supplemented group had the lower errors than the other groups on the early test days. but as the testing period progressed, the performance of rats in the supplemented group became inferior to those of the control and deficient groups. The performance of control group became superior to that of the deficient group.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.343-349
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• 2013

농협젖소개량사업소가 1983년부터 2011년까지 산유능력검정 사업을 통해 수집한 438,019두의 산유능력검정자료 1,372,050개의 기록과 유대수입과 수익자료를 개체별로 산정하여 젖소의 초기의 생산수준이 수익에 영향하는 효과를 조사하였다. 초기 (1산과 2산)의 산유능력의 중간 그룹에 해당하는 개체들이 가장 축군내에 오래 머무는 것으로 나타났다. 1산 기준에서는 9,000 kg 이상의 그룹들은 전체 산차 평균 3.13 보다 낮게 나타났으며, 생애착유일에서는 7,000 kg 이하의 그룹과 10,000 kg 이상의 고능력우 그룹에서 평균 1,076.8일 보다 낮게 나타났다. 수명관련 형질에서의 변이를 나타내는 표준편차는 생산수준이 높을수록 적게 나타나고 있다. 2산 기준에서는 11,000 kg 이상의 고능력우들이 전체 평균 3.43산 보다 낮게 나타났다. 착유일수는 12,000 kg 이상 그룹에서 각각 1,212.0일로 가장 높았고, 대체적으로 생산수준과 비례하여 저능력우들이 착유일 수가 낮게 나타났다. 초기 (1산과 2산)의 생산수준에 따른 순수익은 생산수준이 높아짐에 따라 모두 증가하고 있다. 낮은 생산수준에서는 2산보다 1산이 오히려 수익을 더 많이 내는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 높은 단계에서는 순수익이 역전되어 2산에서 높은 수익을 얻고 있다. 이러한 결과들로 미루어 볼 때 생산수준이 낮은 개체들이 생산 능력의 수준에 기인하는 것 보다는 번식 또는 기타 관리의 문제로 도태의 위험에 많이 노출되는 것으로 판단된다. 또한 1산 보다 2산에서 산유량 측정에 의한 개체의 평가가 정확성에서 보다 낮을 확률이 높게 나타내어, 생산수준에 의한 수익의 예측은 2산에서 하는 것이 바람직하다. 1산의 경우는 도태를 하는 것은 바람직하지 않지만, 부득이 도태가 필요하면 제한적으로 7,000 kg 이하의 그룹에 속한 개체들을 도태하여야 한다. 결론적으로 수익함수에 포함되는 모든 요소들에 대하여 개량목표에 반영하여야 하나, 생산수준을 활용, 제한적으로 생애수익을 늘릴 수 있도록 하는 데에 이용 될 수 있다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.739-748
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• 2003

우리나라 젖소 종모우의 국가단위 종축평가방법의 일환으로 이용되고 있는 산유형질 및 체세포지수의 305일 보정에 의한 유전평가 방법론에 대한 대안을 제시하기 위한 사전 연구의 일환으로써 검정일 기록을 이용하여 공변량 함수를 활용한 검정일 임의회귀모형에 대한 효율성을 검정하고 각 산유형질에 대한 비유일수별 유전적 변이를 추정하여 제시하고자 본 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구에 이용된 자료는 농협중앙회에서 수행하고 있는 젖소 산유능력 검정사업에서 조사된 산유능력 검정기록과 한국종축개량협회에서 조사된 개체별 혈통자료를 이용하여 분석을 실시하였다. 분석에 이용된 자료는 혈통이 알려진 1산차 개체로써 검정일별 축군당 3기록 이상을 갖고 부모가 모두 알려진 개체만을 이용하였으며 한 유기동안에 개체별 7회 이상의 기록을 갖는 개체만을 선별하였다. 또한 자료분석의 효율성을 기하기 위하여 측정자료의 이상치는 제외하였으며 축군들간의 혈연적으로 연결되지 않은 축군 자료는 제외하였다. 분석모형은 단형질 개체모형으로써 검정년도-월-연령의 효과를 고정효과 공변량모형으로 적합시켰고 개체별 상가적 유전효과 및 영구환경효과를 개체내 검정일에 대한 임의 공변량 효과로 적합하여 모형을 설정, 유전분석을 실시하였다. 여기서 사용된 공변량은 검정일에 대하여 1차항 및 2차항을 포함하는 다항 공변량 함수를 활용하였다. 분석결과 유량에 대한 검정일별 유전력은 0.13~0.29으로 추정되었으며 검정일별 변이가 큰 것으로 추정되었다. 반면에 유지방율에 대한 유전력은 0.09~0.11으로 비교적 낮게 추정되었으며 유단백율에 대한 유전력은 0.12~0.19으로 추정되었다. 무지고형분율에 대한 유전력은 0.17~0.23으로 추정되었으며 체세포지수에 대한 유전력은 0.02~0.04으로 아주 낮게 추정되었다. 유량에 대한 유전적 변이가 비유일별로 다소 크게 추정되어 비유일에 따른 잔차 변이의 이질성(Heterogeneosity)이 클 것으로 사료되었으며 이러한 효과를 고려한 모형개발에 대한 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료되었으며 또한 다산차 기록을 활용한 분석 등에 대한 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료되었다. 국가단위 종축평가에 적합하기 위한 모형제시를 위해서는 본 분석에서 활용한 모형을 확장하여 분석된 종모우별 유전능력과 305d 사전 보정에 의한 평가에서의 순위와의 비교 연구가 선행되어야 할 것으로 사료되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1504-1512
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• 2009

A feeding trial was conducted to examine the effect of high-temperature-micro-time (HTMT) processing of diets containing extruded soybean (ESB) in high quantity on milk fat production, metabolic responses, and the formation of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and trans-vaccenic acid (TVA). Twenty-one multiparous Holstein cows in mid-lactation were blocked according to milk yield in the previous lactation. Cows within each block were randomly assigned to either normal concentrate or HTMT treated diets containing ESB (7.5% HTMT-ESB and 15% HTMT-ESB). It was hypothesized that the HTMT-ESB would affect the undegradable fatty acids in the rumen and, thus, would modify the fatty acid profile of milk fat. Both 7.5% and 15% HTMT-ESB did not affect milk yield, fat, protein, lactose and solid-not-fat (SNF), but the proportion of cis-9, trans-11 CLA in milk fat was significantly increased by these treatments. Content of TVA in milk fat was not affected by HTMT-ESB. The HTMT-ESB influenced the fatty acid profile in milk fat, but there was little difference between 7.5% and 15% of supplementation. HTMT-ESB feeding significantly decreased the concentration of plasma insulin and glucose, while plasma growth hormone (GH), triglyceride (TG), non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) and HDLcholesterol were increased by 7.5% and 15% ESB-HTMT supplementation in comparison to the control group (p<0.05). However, no significant difference was observed in plasma LDL-cholesterol, insulin like growth factor (IGF)-1, T3, T4, and leptin concentrations among treatments (p>0.05). The present results showed that cis-9, trans-11 CLA production was increased by HTMT treatment of dietary ESB without reduction of milk fat, and the unchanged milk fat and yield was assumed to be associated with the constant level of thyroid hormones, leptin, and IGF-1.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1749-1754
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• 2003

The study was undertaken to see the effect of elevated feeding during pre-partum or pre- as well as post-partum period on the productive and reproductive performance of crossbred cows. The experiment lasted for 60 d pre-partum to 120 d post-partum. Eighteen dry pregnant crossbred cows divided into three equal groups were fed either as per NRC feeding standard (C) or 20% above NRC during 60 d pre-partum ($T_1$) or fed 20% above NRC during both 60 d pre-partum to 120 d post-partum ($T_2$) period. During prepartum period body weight gain was significantly ($p{\leq}0.05$) higher in $T_1$ and $T_2$ groups than that of control group. The animals fed at higher plane of nutrition ($T_1$ and $T_2$) took significantly lesser time for complete relaxation of pelvic muscles, act of calving and for expulsion of placenta than that of control group. Moreover, such cows delivered 2 to 3 kg heavier calves as compared to normal fed dams. During post-partum period, the average daily milk yield was significantly higher in $T_2$ group than that in $T_1$ and control groups. The peak yield was significantly higher in $T_2$ group, it took longer time to reach peak production but it was more persistent in this group as compared to $T_1$ and control groups. Average milk fat, solids-not-fat (SNF) and total solids were significantly higher in $T_1$ and $T_2$ groups as compared to control group. Body weight losses incurred during early lactation were not even compensated by end of 4th month of lactation in C and $T_1$ groups whereas the animals in $T_2$ group gained 2.0 kg. The 1st post-partum estrus and conception rate were better in high fed groups ($T_1$ and $T_2$) than that of control group. The returns over feed cost of milk production were higher in $T_2$ group followed by $T_1$ and control groups indicating the advantage of elevated feeding during pre- and post-partum periods.