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사료작물 사일리지의 단백질 분획 및 Borate-phosphate Buffer 추출이 In vitro 발효성상, Gas 발생 그리고 분해율에 미치는 효과 (Protein Fractionation of Whole Crop Silages, and Effect of Borate-phosphate Buffer Extraction on In vitro Fermentation Characteristics, Gas Production and Degradation)

  • ;김광림;지병주;;오영균;홍성구;송만강
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • 제51권5호
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    • pp.369-378
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    • 2009
  • 본 시험은 여러 종류(호밀, RS; 볏짚, RSS; 소맥, WS; 트리티케일, TS; 귀리, OS; 청보리, BS)의 사일리지를 대상으로 단백질을 분획(fractionation)하고, in vitro 방법으로 buffer 추출 전과 추출 후의 사일리지를 배양하였을 때 반추위 미생물에 의한 발효성상, 가스발생량 및 분해율을 조사하고자 실시되었다. 사일리지의 가용성 물질은 boratephosphate 용액으로 추출하였으며, 반추위액과 인공 타액이 동일한 비율로 구성된 배양액을 혐기적인 조건에서 48시간동안 배양($39^{\circ}C$)하면서 발효 성상과 nylon bag을 이용한 사일리지의 in vitro 분해율을 조사하였다. 사일리지의 soluble protein (SP) 함량은 RSS에서 총 CP 함량 중 2.11%로 가장 낮았으며, RS와 BS 및 OS에서는 7% 이상의 높은 함량을 보였다. 또한 A fraction (NPN)은 RS에서 총 CP의 74.33%로 가장 높았으나 TS 및 RSS의 NPN 함량은 48% 정도로 비교적 낮았다. Buffer 불용성 단백질(IP) 중 B2 fraction은 RS, RSS 및 WS에서 총 CP의 7% 이상으로 비교적 높았던 반면 TS (1.45%)와 BS (2.13%)에서 매우 낮았다. 이와는 달리 $B_3$ fraction은 WS (4%)를 제외하고는 다른 사일리지에서 5.99~15.20%의 함량을 보였다. 체내 이용성이 매우 낮은 C fraction은 볏짚 사일리지(RSS)에서 27.07%로 다른 종류의 사일리지(1.40~9.93%)에 비하여 현저히 높은 수준이었다. 배양 12시간 까지는 추출 전에 비하여 추출 후의 사일리지 배양액에서 pH가 높았으나 (P<0.01~P<0.001) 48시간에는 오히려 추출 전의 사일리지 배양액의 pH가 낮았다(P<0.01). 배양액의 ammonia-N는 모든 사일리지에서 추출 전의 농도가 추출 후의 농도에 비하여 현저히(P<0.01~P<0.001) 높았으나 사일리지 종류에 의한 영향을 받지 않았다. 모든 사일리지에서 추출 후에 비하여 추출 전의 VFA 농도가 현저히 증가되었다(P<0.01~P<0.001). Acetate의 조성 비율은 buffer 추출 전에 비하여 배양 24시간까지 추출 후 모든 사일리지에서 높았던 (P<0.01~P<0.001) 반면 propionate와 butyrate 비율은 배양 24시간까지 추출 전에 더 높았다(P<0.001). 배양 12시간까지는 buffer 추출 전의 사일리지로부터 더 많은(P<0.01~P<0.001) 양의 gas가 발생되었지만 그 후로(24~48시간)는 오히려 buffer로 추출된 후의 사일리지에서 발생량이 더 많았다(P<0.01). 추출 후에 비하여 추출 전 사일리지의 DM과 CP 분해율이 현저히(P<0.001) 높았으나 NDF 분해율의 경우 오히려 추출 후의 사일리지에서 높았다(P<0.001). 그러나 각 사일리지에 대한 buffer 추출 전 후의 평균치에서는 사일리지 간에 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 본 시험의 결과로 미루어 보아 사일리지로 인해 현저히 증가된 NPN 함량이 사일리지의 단백질 이용율을 크게 낮출 것으로 보이며, 단백질을 포함한 buffer 가용성 물질은 사일리지의 초기 발효를 크게 촉진할 수 있는 것으로 여겨진다.

Measurement of the Intestinal Digestibility of Rumen Undegraded Protein Using Different Methods and Correlation Analysis

  • Wang, Y.;Zhang, Y.G.;Liu, Xiaolan;Kopparapu, N.K.;Xin, Hangshu;Liu, J.;Guo, Jianhua
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제28권10호
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    • pp.1454-1464
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    • 2015
  • Four methods were adopted, including the mobile nylon bag (MNB) method, modified three-step in vitro (MTS) method, original three-step in vitro (OTS) method, and acid detergent insoluble nitrogen (ADIN) estimating method, to evaluate the intestinal digestibility of rumen undegradable protein (DRUP) of 10 types of concentrates and 7 types of roughages. After correlation analysis to determine the DRUP values using the MNB, MTS, OTS, and ADIN methods, the study aimed to find out appropriate methods to replace the MNB method due to its disadvantages such as high price, long time period, and use of a duodenal T-fistula. Three dairy cows with a permanent ruminal fistula and duodenal T-fistula were used in a single-factor experimental design. The results showed that the determined DRUP values using the MNB method for soybean meal, cottonseed meal, rapeseed meal, sunflower meal, corn germ meal, corn, rice bran, barley, wheat bran, corn fiber feed, Alfalfa (Zhao dong), Alfalfa (Long mu 801), Alfalfa (Long mu 803), grass (North), Grass (Inner Mongolia), corn silage and corn straw were 98.13%, 87.37%, 88.47%, 82.60%, 75.40%, 93.23%, 69.27%, 91.27%, 72.37%, 79.03%, 66.72%, 68.64%, 73.57%, 50.47%, 51.52%, 54.05%, and 43.84%, respectively. The coefficient of determination ($R^2=0.964$) of the results between the MTS method and the MNB method was higher than that ($R^2=0.942$) between the OTS method and the MNB method. The coefficient of determination of the DRUP values of the concentrates among the in vitro method (including the MTS and OTS methods) and the MNB method was higher than that of the roughage. There was a weak correlation between the determined DRUP values in concentrates obtained from the ADIN method and those from the MNB method, and there was a significant correlation (p<0.01) between the determined DRUP values of the roughage obtained from the MNB method and those obtained from ADIN method. The DRUP values were significantly correlated with the nutritional ingredients of the feeds. The regression equation was DRUP =100.5566+0.4169CP - 0.4344SP - 0.7102NDF - 0.7950EE ($R^2=0.8668$, p<0.01; CP, crude protein; SP, soluble protein; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; EE, ether extract). It was concluded that both the MTS method and the OTS may suitable to replace the MNB method for determining the DRUP values and the former method was more effective. Only the ADIN method could be used to predict the values of the roughages but conventional nutritional ingredients were available for all of the samples' DRUP.

Nutritional value and in situ degradability of oak wood roughage and its feeding effects on growth performance and behavior of Hanwoo steers during the early fattening period

  • Ju, Ye Ri;Baek, Youl Chang;Jang, Sun Sik;Oh, Young Kyoon;Lee, Sung Suk;Kim, Yong Sik;Park, Keun Kyu
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제33권6호
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    • pp.930-940
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    • 2020
  • Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate changes in nutritional value and in situ dry matter (DM) degradability of oak and pine wood before and after steam-digestion process (60 min/160℃/6 atm) and feeding effect of the oak roughage on performance and behavior of Hanwoo steers. Methods: Chemical composition and tannin concentration were analyzed for oak and pine trees before and after the pretreatment. In situ DM and effective degradability of these samples were assessed using a nylon bag method. In vivo trial was performed to estimate animal performance and behavior, using steers fed total mixed ration (TMR) diets containing 0% (control), 25% (OR-25), and 50% (OR-50) of the oak roughage. Eighteen steers were allocated into nine pens (2 steers/pen, 3 pens/treatment) for 52 days according to body weight (BW) and age. Results: By the steam-digestion treatment, the neutral detergent-insoluble fiber was decreased from 86.5% to 71.5% for oak and from 92.4% to 80.5% for pine, thereby increasing non-fiber carbohydrate. In situ DM degradability of treated oak reached 38% at 72 h, whereas that of untreated oak was only 11.9%. The 0 h degradability of the treated pine increased from 5.9% to 12.1%, but the degradability was unchanged thereafter. Animal performance including BW, average daily gain, DM intake, and feed conversion ratio was not different among control and oak treatments. No differences were detected in animal behavior such as lying, standing, rumination, drinking, and eating, except walking. Walking was higher in control than oak treatments with numerically higher eating and lower lying times, probably due to bulkier characteristics of rice straw in the diet. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that the oak roughage can be substituted for 50% of total forage or 100% of rice straw in TMR diets at early fattening stage of Hanwoo steers.

포장방법이 고등어제품의 저장성에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Packaging Method on the Storage Stability of Filleted Mackerel Products)

  • 조길석;김현구;강통삼;신동화
    • 한국식품과학회지
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.6-12
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    • 1988
  • 포장방법이 고등어 fillet계품의 저장성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 시료를 무염 및 염장처리한 후 $CO_2$ gas치환포장, 진공포장 및 대조구로 하여 $0^{\circ}C$$5^{\circ}C$에 저장하면서 실험한 결과는 다음과 같았다. 염장 고등어 fillet의 제조의 경우, 시료 육에 침투한 적정 염농도를 4%내외로 하였을 때 적정 식염수의 농도는 15%였고 염장기간은 24시간 내외였다. 무염 및 염장 고등어 fillet의 VBN, TMA, 생균수, Histamine은 저장기간이 길어짐에 따라 증가 하였으나 TBA값은 저장 $4{\sim}9$일 경에 최고값에 달한 후 곧 감소하는 경향이었다. 고등어 fillet의 품질 유효 지표성분은 VBN이였고 그 함량의 상한선은 25mg%였다. 온도별, 포장별 간이 품질 평가방법을 도출하였다. $0^{\circ}C$에 저장한 무염처리 고등어 fillet의 $CO_2$ gas 치환포장, 진공포장 및 대조구의 경우, 저장 가능기간은 25, 22및 16일 이었으며, $5^{\circ}C$의 경우는 19, 14및 12일 이었다. 또한 염장한 고등어 fillet을 $5^{\circ}C$에 저장할 경우는 각각 29, 27 및 18일 이었다.

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Influence of Dry Roasting on Rumen Protein Degradation Characteristics of Whole Faba Bean (Vicia faba) in Dairy Cows

  • Yu, P.;Holmes, J.H.G.;Leury, B.J.;Egan, A.R.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.35-42
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    • 1998
  • Whole faba beans (WFB) were dry roasted at different temperatures (110, 130, $150^{\circ}C$) for 15, 30, 45 minutes to determine the optimal heating conditions of time and temperature to increase nutritional value. Ruminant degradation characteristics of crude protein (CP) of WFB were determined by the nylon bag incubation technique in dairy cows fed 60% hay and 40% concentrate. Measured characteristics of crude protein (CP) were soluble (washable) fraction (S), undegradable fraction (U), lag time (T0), potentially degradable fraction (D) and the rate of degradation (Kd) of insoluble but degradable fraction. Based on measured characteristics, percentage bypass crude protein (%BCP) and bypass crude protein (BCP in g/kg) were calculated. Degradability of CP was reduced by dry roasting (p < 0.01). S was reduced rapidly with increasing time and temperature, from 49.0% in the raw WFB (RWFB) to 26.3% in $150^{\circ}C/45$ min. D varied from 50.7% in RWFB to 73.7% in $150^{\circ}C/45^{\prime}$. U varied from 0% in $130^{\circ}C/45^{\prime}$, $150^{\circ}/30^{\prime}$ and $150^{\circ}/45^{\prime}$ to 0.66% in $110^{\circ}/45^{\prime}$ (0.24% for the RWFB). Lag time (T0) varied from 1.58 h in $130^{\circ}C/30^{\prime}$ to 2.40 h in $150^{\circ}C/45^{\prime}$ (1.87 h for RWFB). Kd varied from 24.2% in the $110^{\circ}C/30^{\prime}$ to 4.3% in $150^{\circ}C/45^{\prime}$ (21.4% for the RWFB). Kd was significantly reduced with time and temperature. All these effects resulted in increasing % BCP from 8.9% in the $110^{\circ}C/45^{\prime}$, 11.3% in the RWFB to 43.1% in the $150^{\circ}C/45$. Therefore BCP increased from 31.3 and 39.9 to 148.4 g/kg respectively. Both %BCP and BCP at $150^{\circ}C/45$ increased nearly 4 times over the raw faba beans. The effects of dry roasting temperature and time on %BCP and BCP seemed to be linear up to the highest values tested. Therefore no optimal dry roasting conditions of time and temperature could be determined at this stage. It was concluded that dry roasting was effective in shifting crude protein degradation from rumen to intestine to reduce unnecessary nitrogen (N) loss in the rumen. To determine the optimal treatment, the digestibility of each treatment should be measured in the next trial using mobile bags technique.

꽃사슴에 있어서 육림부산물 사일리지, 칡 사일리지 및 갈잎건초 급여에 따른 건물채식량, 소화율 및 질소출납의 비교 (Comparison of Dry Matter Intake, Digestibility, and Nitrogen Balance in Spotted Deer (Cervus nippon) fed Forest by-product Silage, Arrowroot (Pueraria thunvegiana) Silage and Oak Browse (Quercus aliena) Hay)

  • 전병태;김언현;이상무;김경훈;문상호
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • 제44권1호
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2002
  • 본 실험은 육림부산물 발효사료의 사슴용 사료가치를 평가하기 위해 꽃사슴에게 육림부산물 사일리지(FBS), 칡 사일리지(ARS) 및 수입 갈잎건초(OLH)를 급여하여 건물채식량, 소화율 및 질소출납을 상호 비교하였다. 건물소화율은 ARS가 가장 높았고 OLH가 가장 낮아 처리구간에 유의성(P$<$0.05)이 인정되었다. 조단백질 소화율의 경우는 OLH구가 FBS와 ARS구에 비해 현저히 낮은(P$<$0.05) 소화율을 나타냈다. 조섬유 소화율의 경우는 FBS가 가장 높고 OLH가 가장 낮았다. 건물채식량은 OLH가 가장 높아 ARS와의 사이에는 유의성(P$<$0.05)이 인정되었으나 FBS와의 사이에는 인정되지 않았다. 그러나 체내에서 이용 가능한 가소화 건물채식량으로 환산했을 경우 차이가 거의 없었다. 체내에 축적된 질소와 섭취질소에 대한 축적질소의 비율은 처리구간에 유의성은 인정되지 않았으나 FBS가 가장 높아 체내 질소의 이용효율이 가장 좋았던 것으로 평가되었다. 결과적으로 육림부산물 사일리지는 다양한 사료자원으로 구성되어 사슴의 기호성이 양호하고 높은 소화율과 건물채식량 및 영양소의 체내 이용성을 나타내고 있어 사슴용 사료로서 충분한 가치를 갖고 있는 사료자원으로 평가되었다.

Metabolisable Energy, In situ Rumen Degradation and In vitro Fermentation Characteristics of Linted Cottonseed Hulls, Delinted Cottonseed Hulls and Cottonseed Linter Residue

  • Bo, Y.K.;Yang, H.J.;Wang, W.X.;Liu, H.;Wang, G.Q.;Yu, X.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.240-247
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    • 2012
  • Dietary supplementation with conventional linted cottonseed hulls (LCSH) is a common practice in livestock production all over the world. However, supplementation with mechanically delinted cottonseed hulls (DCSH) and cottonseed linter residue (CLR) is uncommon. Cottonseed by-products, including LCSH, DCSH and CLR, were assessed by chemical analysis, an in situ nylon bag technique, an in vitro cumulative gas production technique and in vitro enzyme procedure. The crude protein (CP) content of CLR (302 g/kg dry matter (DM)) was approximately 3 times that of LCSH and 5 times that of DCSH. The crude fat content was approximately 3 times higher in CLR (269 g/kg DM) than in LCSH and 4 times higher than in DCSH. Neutral detergent fibre (311 g/kg DM) and acid detergent fibre (243 g/kg DM) contents of CLR were less than half those of DCSH or LCSH. Metabolisable energy, estimated by in vitro gas production and chemical analyses, ranked as follows: CLR (12.69 kJ/kg DM)>LCSH (7.32 kJ/kg DM)>DCSH (5.82 kJ/kg DM). The in situ degradation trial showed that the highest values of effective degradability of DM and CP were obtained for CLR (p<0.05). The in vitro disappearance of ruminal DM ranked as follows: CLR>LCSH>DCSH (p<0.05). The lowest digestibility was observed for DCSH with a two-step in vitro digestion procedure (p<0.05). The potential gas production in the batch cultures did not differ for any of the three cottonseed by-product feeds. The highest concentration of total volatile fatty acids was observed in CLR after a 72 h incubation (p<0.05). The molar portions of methane were similar between all three treatments, with an average gas production of 22% (molar). The CLR contained a higher level of CP than did LCSH and DCSH, and CLR fermentation produced more propionate. The DCSH and LCSH had more NDF and ADF, which fermented into greater amounts of acetate.

텀블링 공정 후 침지기간이 간장첨가 삶은 돈육의 품질 특성에 미치는 영향 (Effects of Immersion Period after Tumbling Processing on the Quality Properties of Boiled Pork Loin with Soy Sauce)

  • 최윤상;정종연;최지훈;이미애;이의수;김학연;한두정;김진만;김천제
    • 한국식품조리과학회지
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    • 제22권3호통권93호
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    • pp.379-385
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    • 2006
  • 본 연구는 텀블링 공정 후 침지 기간에 따른 간장 첨가 삶은 돈육의 이화학적 및 관능적 특성을 조사하여 전통적인 조리법의 개선을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 실시하였다. 돈육을 텀블링 공정 후 침지처리를 하지 않은 대조구와 1, 5, 10일 동안 침지 후 시료를 Nylon/PE bag에 넣어 중심온도가 $75^{\circ}C$될 때까지 가열하여 실험하였다. 그 결과 돈육의 텀블링 처리 후 침지기간에 따른 가열 수율 변화는 대조구보다 텀블링 처리 후 침지기간이 경과될수록 유의적으로 높게 나타났으며, 두께 감소율과 직경 감소율의 경우 대조구보다 텀블링 처리 후 침지기간이 경과될수록 유의적으로 낮은 값을 나타내었다. 수분과 보수력의 경우도 텀블링 처리 후 침지기간이 경과 될수록 높은 값을 나타내었다. 또한 전단력은 처리구가 대조구와 비교하였을 때 낮은 값을 나타내었다. 관능적 특성의 변화는 대조구와 비교하여 처리구들이 높은 평가를 받은 것으로 나타나 텀블링 후 최소한 1일 이상 침지를 함으로써 관능적으로 우수한 제품을 만들 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

Ruminal Behavior of Protein and Starch Free Organic Matter of Lupinus Albus and Vicia Faba in Dairy Cows

  • Yu, P.;Leury, B.J.;Egan, A.R.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제15권7호
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    • pp.974-981
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    • 2002
  • Faba beans (vicia faba) (FB) and lupin seeds (Lupinus Albus) (LS) were dry roasted at three temperatures (110, 130, $150^{\circ}C$) for 15, 30 or 45 min to determine the effects of dry roasting on rumen degradation of crude protein and starch free organic matter ($^{PSF}OM$). Rumen degradation characteristics of $^{PSF}OM$ were determined by the nylon bag incubation technique in dairy cows fed 60% hay and 40% concentrate. Measured characteristics of $^{PSF}OM$ were undegradable fraction (U), degradable fraction (D), soluble fraction (S), lag time (T0), and the rate of degradation (Kd). Based on the measured characteristics, rumen availability ($RA^{PSF}OM$) and bypass $^{PSF}OM$ ($B^{PSF}OM$) were calculated. Dry roasting did not have a greater impact on rumen degradation characteristics of $^{PSF}OM$ (p>0.05). S varied from 32.1 (raw) to 30.0, 27.8, 30.8% (LS) and 15.4 (raw) to 14.4, 20.8, 20.9% (FB); D varied from 65.4 (raw) to 66.3, 66.9, 55.9% (LS) and 54.9 (raw) to 55.0, 51.0, 64.7% (FB); U varied from 2.6 (raw) to 7.3, 7.0, 7.7% (LS) and 29.7 (raw) to 30.6, 28.2, 14.4% (FB); Kd varied from 6.0 (raw) to 7.3, 7.0, 7.7% (LS) and 22.4 (raw) to 24.4, 21.1, 7.9% (FB); $B^{PSF}OM$ varied from 35.5 (raw) to 33.8, 36.6, 38.2% (LS) and 41.3 (raw) to 41.5, 39.7, 47.6% (FB) at 110, 130 and $150^{\circ}C$, respectively. Therefore dry roasting did not significantly affect $RA^{PSF}OM$, which were 353.7, 367.9, 349.6, 336.9 (g/kg DM) (LS) and 12.82, 127.0, 133.7, 117.1 (g/kg DM) (FB) at 110, 130 and $150^{\circ}C$, respectively. These results alone with our previously published reports indicate dry roasting had the differently affected pattern of rumen degradation characteristics of various components in LS and FB. It strongly increased bypass crude protein (BCP) and moderately increased starch (BST) with increasing temperature and time but least affected $^{PSF}OM$. Such desirable degradation patterns in dry roasted LS and FB might be beneficial to the high yielding cows which could use more dry roasted $^{PSF}OM$ as an energy source for microbial protein synthesized in the rumen and absorb more amino acids and glucose in the small intestine.

Effects of Gamma Irradiation on Chemical Composition, Antinutritional Factors, Ruminal Degradation and In vitro Protein Digestibility of Full-fat Soybean

  • Taghinejad, M.;Nikkhah, A.;Sadeghi, A.A.;Raisali, G.;Chamani, M.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제22권4호
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    • pp.534-541
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    • 2009
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of gamma irradiation (${\gamma}$-irradiation) at doses of 15, 30 and 45 kGy on chemical composition, anti-nutritional factors, ruminal dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP) degradibility, in vitro CP digestibility and to monitor the fate of true proteins of full-fat soybean (SB) in the rumen. Nylon bags of untreated or ${\gamma}$-irradiated SB were suspended in the rumens of three ruminally-fistulated bulls for up to 48 h and resulting data were fitted to a nonlinear degradation model to calculate degradation parameters of DM and CP. Proteins of untreated and treated SB bag residues were fractionated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Digestibility of rumen undegraded CP was estimated using the three-step in vitro procedure. The chemical composition of raw and irradiated soybeans was similar. Results showed that phytic acid in ${\gamma}$-irradiated SB at dose of 30 kGy was eliminated completely. The trypsin inhibitor activity of 15, 30 and 45 kGy ${\gamma}$-irradiated SB was decreased (p<0.01) by 18.4, 55.5 and 63.5%, respectively. From in sacco results, ${\gamma}$-irradiation decreased (p<0.05) the washout fractions of DM and CP at doses of 30 and 45 kGy, but increased (p<0.05) the potentially degradable fractions. Gamma irradiation at doses of 15, 30 and 45 kGy decreased (p<0.05) effective degradability of CP at a rumen outflow rate of 0.05 $h^{-1}$ by 4.4, 14.4 and 26.5%, respectively. On the contrary, digestibility of ruminally undegraded CP of irradiated SB at doses of 30 and 45 kGy was improved (p<0.05) by 12 and 28%, respectively. Electrophoretic analysis of untreated soybean proteins incubated in the rumen revealed that ${\beta}$-conglycinin subunits had disappeared at 2 h of incubation time, whereas the subunits of glycinin were more resistant to degradation until 16 h of incubation. From the SDS-PAGE patterns, acidic subunits of 15, 30 and 45 kGy ${\gamma}$-irradiated SB disappeared after 8, 8 and 16 h of incubation, respectively, while the basic subunits of glycinin were not degraded completely until 24, 48 and 48 h of incubation, respectively. It was concluded that ${\gamma}$-irradiated soybean proteins at doses higher than 15 kGy could be effectively protected from ruminal degradation.