• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.1870-1878
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• 2021

Objective: The objective of this experiment was to investigate the effects of different colors produced by light emitting diode (LED) on Brown Tsaiya ducks. Methods: A total of 144 female Brown Tsaiya ducks were randomly allocated into three individual cage rearing chambers with different LED illumination colors as treatments. Three different treatments were: i) white color, ii) blue color, and iii) red color. The experiment periods were from ducks 21 to 49 weeks of age, determined traits included i) egg laying performance, ii) feed intake, iii) egg shell breaking strength, iv) egg shell thickness, v) egg Haugh unit, vi) egg weight, vii) serum Estradiol and Progesterone concentration, and viii) behavior pattern. Results: The results indicated that when compared with white and blue color, red color could stimulate ducks sexual maturation and raised the egg laying performance. The red light group was also observed to have the highest feed intake among three treatments. The blue treatment had the lowest egg shell breaking strength and the highest egg weight among three treatments, nevertheless, no significant difference was observed among three treatments on egg shell thickness and egg Haugh unit. The red light group had higher serum estradiol concentration than the white and blue groups, but no significant difference among treatments on the serum Progesterone concentration was found. The results of behavior pattern indicated that red light group showed more feeding and less resting behavior compared to the blue light group. Conclusion: We found a potential of applying red light illumination in the indoor laying duck raising system with positive results on egg laying performance and acceptable egg weight, equivalent egg qualities compared to white and blue light.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.665-680
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• 2016

Theoretically, it is said that economies of scope can be realized in the cropelivestock cycling organic farming. Thus, it is also used as the principle of organic farming. However, it is difficult to find the cases of the empirical analysis of it in Korea. In that sense, this study is meaningful in that it analyzed the agricultural data of case farms of obtaining the approval of both organic agricultural products and organic animal products and practicing cycling farming for 4 years and tested the hypothesis. This study measured economies of scope by using the actual measurement value and estimation value farming performance statistics for 4 years of case farms. This farmhouse conducted nutrient cycling in the farm like self-manufacturing and injecting organic agricultural byproduct and wild grass as organic livestock feed and fermenting organic livestock manure to organic compost to return it 100%. The results can be summarized as follows: According to the result of cycling farming of combining and producing organic agriculture and organic livestock, economies of scope were found to be realized in this case farmhouse. That is, although not strong, EOS>0, there were economies of scope. The measurement value appeared as 0.0722, 0.00378, 0.04667 and 0.13127 in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. It was improved as time passes and the scale gets smaller. Therefore, in order to further improve economies of scope, there should be measures of reducing duplication costs between agriculture-livestock as low as possible and lowering the production cost of organic feed. That is, there is a need for the management strategy to adjust the import function and cost function according to the change in management paradigm and cropping system.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제62권4호
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• pp.87-97
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• 2020

The livestock infections had been happened seasonally, but they have gradually changed to be irrelevant to seasons and have an aspect to rapidly spread after outbreak. Especially in Korea, proactive disinfection measures are very important because the livestock farms are located densely so high as to accelerate the spread of disease between farms. livestock disease outbreaks like HPAI and FMD occurred with high probability due to vehicles visiting the farms, this study is to evaluate the efficiency of livestock vehicle disinfection systems by investigating the disinfectant coverage according to the type of vehicle disinfection system and the type of vehicle quantitatively. In field experiments, water-sensitive papers (WSPs) were attached to 21 locations on the surface of four vehicles (sedan, SUV, truck, and feed transport), respectively, and exposed to disinfectants while the vehicle was sprayed in two vehicle disinfection systems (tunnel type and simplified type). The WSPs were scanned and image-processed to calculate the disinfectant coverage. The results showed that the tunnel-type vehicle disinfection system had a better disinfection performance with an average coverage of 90.27% for all vehicles compared to 32.62% of the simplified type system. The problem of the simplified system was a wide coefficient of variation (1.05-1.31) of the disinfectant coverage between 21 locations indicating a need for further improvement of nozzle location and arrangement.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.16-21
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• 2014

세계 인구의 증가로 인하여 식량에 대한 요구 또한 이에 비례하여 증가하고 있는 가운데 지속적으로 안정적인 가축 공급을 위해서는 농장에 대한 효율적인 관리가 중요하다. 최근 여러 가지 기술적 진보와 혁신에 목축업이나 농업 분야의 생산성이 향상되고 있으며, 각종 스마트 센서와 여러 가지 자동화 디바이스를 이용하여 가축의 생육 상태를 지속적으로 모니터링하고 생산을 관리하는 PLF(Precision Livestock Farming)의 활용이 확산되고 있다. 본 논문은 이미지 프로세싱 기법을 이용하여 가축의 체중을 모니터링하는 swine 관리 시스템에 관한 것으로서 Pig Module, Breeding Module, Health and Medication Module, Weighr Module, Data Analysis Module 및 Report Module을 구현하여 카메라를 통해 획득한 이미지를 이용하여 체중을 자동으로 계산하고 먹이량을 조절하며 건강상태도 모니터링 할 수 있도록 하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1720-1728
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• 2022

인공지능 기술의 발전으로 산업 4.0시대가 열렸고 축산업에서도 ICT 기술이 접목된 스마트 농장의 구현이 큰 관심을 받고 있다. 그중에서도 컴퓨터 비전 기반 인공지능 기술을 접목한 축산물 및 축산 가공품의 품질 관리 기술은 스마트 축산의 핵심 기술에 해당한다. 그러나 인공지능 모형 훈련을 위한 축산물 이미지 데이터 수의 부족과 특정 범주(class)에 대한 데이터 불균형은 관련 연구 및 기술 개발에 큰 장해물이 되고 있다. 이러한 문제들을 해결하기 위해, 본 연구에서는 오버샘플링과 적대적 사례 생성기법의 활용을 제안한다. 제안되는 방법은 성공적인 불량 탐지 (Defect detection) 관점을 기반으로 하며, 이는 부족한 데이터 레이블을 효과적으로 활용하는데 필요한 방법이다. 최종적으로 실험을 통해 제안된 방법의 타당성을 확인하고 활용 전략을 검토한다.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.185-188
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• 2019

The production of traditional cool season grasses in temperate regions is becoming hampered during summer seasons due to water deficit. Thus, incorporating water use efficient warm season annual grasses are generally considered to fill the gap of summer season forage reduction that would offer considerable flexibility and adaptability to respond to forage demand. Teff (Eragrostis teff Zuccagni) Trotter) is, a C4 drought tolerant warm season annual grass primarily grown for grain production, recently gaining interest for forage production particularly during summer season. Previous reports have showed that teff is palatable and has comparable forage biomass and feed quality as compared to other warm season annual grasses which would make it an alternative forage. However, the available data are not comprehensive to explore the potential of teff as forage, hence further assessment of genotype variability and performance along with compatibility study of teff with forage production system of specific environment is key for future utilization.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2023

The necessity of energy utilization using livestock manure has been proposed with the decrease in domestic agricultural land. Livestock manure solid fuel has been investigated as a promising energy resource owing to its convenient storage and use in agricultural and livestock fields. Additional electricity production is possible through the integration of a biomass combustion boiler with the organic Rankine cycle (ORC). In this study, a mathematical system model of the cattle manure solid fuel boiler integrated with the ORC was developed to analyze the components' performance under variable operating conditions. A sensitivity analysis was conducted to confirm the electrical efficiency of the ORC turbine and the applicability of this system. The minimum required waste heat recovery rate was derived considering the system marginal price and levelized cost of electricity of the ORC. The simulation results showed that, in Korea, more than 77.98% of waste heat recovery and utilization in ORC turbines is required to achieve economic feasibility through ORC application.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.466-471
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• 2010

본 시험은 육계 사료 내 발효 과일박 및 신선초박의 급여가 저장기간 중 계육의 지방산화도, 지방산 조성 및 콜레스테롤에 미치는 영향을 가능성을 알아보고자 시험을 실시하였다. 시험 처리는 무첨가구인 대조구(Control, C), 발효 사과박 1.0%(T1), 발효 배박 1.0%(T2), 발효 감귤박1.0%(T3) 및 발효 신선초박 1.0%(T4)로 처리구를 나누어 시험을 실시하였다. 시험 전 기간 동안 생산성에서는 대조구와 비교 시 발효 사과부산물 1.0% 첨가구에서 118%의 개선효과를 갖는 것으로 나타내었으며 처리구간 비교시에도 발효 사과 부산물 첨가구에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 발효 과일 부산물 및 신선초 부산물을 급여한 계육의 저장기간 중 지방산패도는 3일차까지는 차이가 없었으나 종료일인 7일차에 발효 감귤부산물에서 3.7 MDA mg/kg으로 다른 처리구와 비교 시 지방산화도에 대해 유의적인 개선효과가 나타났다(p<0.05). 하지만, 발효 신선초 부산물에서는 다른 처리구와 비교 시 개선효과가 나타나지 않는 것으로 나타나 본 실험에서는 발효 신선초 부산물이 저장 기간 중 지방산패도에 큰 영향을 하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 계육 내 지방산 조성에서 전체 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 나타내지는 않았다. 콜레스테롤 함량은 대조구에서 가장 높았으며 발효사과부산물 첨가구에서 가장 낮게 나타났다. 결과적으로 본 시험에서는 육계 사료 내발효 식물체 부산물의 첨가급여가 육계의 생산성에 대한 개선효과는 물론 혈액 및 계육 내 콜레스테롤 감소효과가 나타나 콜레스테롤 함량이 낮은 축산물 생산에 대한 충분한 가능성을 나타낸 결과라 할 수 있다. 하지만 현재까지 발효사료를 이용한 연구가 축산식품 이외의 산업에 국한된 점을 감안 할 때 축산분야 역시 이에 대한 다각적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1643-1648
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• 2006

To investigate the effects of feeding restricted on growth, carcass characteristics and plasma profiles in an attempt for optimum responses, a total of 108 cross-bred finishing barrows [(Landrace${\times}$Yorkshire)${\times}$Duroc]weighing an average of $46.88{\pm}0.52kg$ were assigned in a randomized complete block (RCB) design to one of four treatments with three replicates and nine pigs per pen. Feeding regimens were, 1) ad libitum from 50 kg to market weight (Ad 3/3), 2) restricted feeding from 90 kg to market weight (Ad 2/3), 3) restricted feeding from 70 kg to market weight (Ad 1/3), and 4) restricted feeding from 50 kg to market weight (Ad 0/3). During the experimental period, average daily feed intake (ADFI) was decreased from 2.53 kg (AD 3/3) to 2.09 kg (AD 0/3) with increasing restricted feeding duration of (p<0.05). Average daily gain (ADG) of AD 3/3 (0.79 kg) was significantly higher (p<0.05) than those of AD 1/3 (0.74 kg) or AD 0/3 (0.72 kg). Feed efficiency was not influenced by restriction regimens. Blood IGF-I concentrations were increased from 74.14 to 134.25 (167.36-115.66) ng/ml as body weight increased. Blood leptin concentrations were affected by feed intake level and coincided with blood IGF-I concentrations. Most of carcass characteristics were not significantly affected by restricted feeding, however cooking losses in AD 1/3 and Ad 0/3 treatment diet were higher than those in Ad 3/3 and Ad 2/3. In addition, there was a trend that backfat thickness was lowered in proportional to decreasing feed intake (p>0.05). In conclusion, restricted feeding improved feed efficiency after 50 kg body weight without deteriorating the pork quality of barrows.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.555-566
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• 2008

This study was performed to evaluate the effects of medicinal herbs on characteristics and qualities of pork for 6 months using 102 post-weaning piglets, To improve the bod gain and feed efficiency rate, post-weaning piglets were fed with medicinal herbs from 4 to 10 weeks after birth, while grower pigs for 60 days before slaughter. Daily body gain of piglets of experimental group was higher(493.1g) than control(447.8g), with feed demand index 1.49 versus 1.6 times in control, indicating. The more pigs were fed with herbs, the higher body gain was observed. Among carcass characteristics, dressing percentage and backfat thickness were higher in experimental group(68.26% and 14.52mm) than control(67.39% and 14.36mm). Experimental group(0.5% medicinal herb-fed) produced more A class carcass. In fatty acid analysis, meats of experimental group contained less saturated(more unsaturated) fatty acids than control. Especially, palmitic acid, a precursor of cholesterol, was less and oleic acid was more contained than control. In amino acid analysis, essential amino acids(methionine and isoleucine) were increased in meats of experimental group. In concolusion, feeding medicinal herbs has effects such as increased body gain, improved feed demand, and carcass class on piglets and improved meat quality on growers.