• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.161-166
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• 2014

We conducted investigations of the information and welfare of cattle in Korea. The livestock housing of conventional cattle farms and organic cattle farms were open side wall type with winch curtain and used litter floor. The stocking density of conventional (ranging from $10head/m^2$ to $12.5head/m^2$) and organic cattle farms (ranging from $10head/m^2$ to $16.7head/m^2$) met the demand for conventional or organic standards, respectively. The galvanized plate and sunlight plate were used as the roof material in all of farms. Especially, additional areas were provided to produce forage or to improve animal welfare in organic cattle farms. Thus we believe that present data contribute to develop the animal welfare certification for cattle and to improve animal welfare in Korea.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.171-188
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• 2020

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), first identified in China in December 2019, has widely spread worldwide and is an ongoing pandemic. It is expected that the ripple effect of COVID-19 on the global economy including the agricultural sector will increase substantially if not properly controlled shortly. This study examines the potential impact of COVID-19 on the Korean beef cattle sector and farm labor demand for Korean beef cattle using a dynamic partial equilibrium model. The agricultural production value and farm labor demand for Korean beef cattle in the scenario assuming pessimistic GDP growth rate (-1.2% in 2020) with no direct supply shocks fell by up to 4.00% and 0.67%, respectively, compared to the baseline which represents the future without COVID-19 outbreak. On the other hand, the agricultural production value and farm labor demand for Korean beef cattle in the scenario assuming both pessimistic GDP growth rate and supply shocks (-12.7% beef imports and + 2.4% feed cost in 2020) increased by up to 12.08% and 1.99%, respectively, compared to the baseline.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2002

환경오염, 자연파괴와 자연순환원리에 의한 가축사육이 되지 않는 원인에 따른 광우병, 구제역 발생으로 현대축산에 대한 비판 이 제기되고 있다. 동물약품의 발달에도 불구하고 위험한 전염병은 사라지지 않고 있고 방제가 어려워지고 있다 독일에서는 20여년 전부터 이와 같은 현대축산의 문제점을 해소하기 위하여 환경과 조화를 이루는 유기축산이 연구되고 있으며 정부에서도 기업농 형태의 농장체계를 소규모 유기농 체제로 개편하고 있는 실정이다. 독일의 경우 1950년부터 1990년까지 산유량은 152% 증가한데 비하여 번식장애는 233%, 질병 발생은 200-300% 증가한 것으로 보고되었다. 이러한 원인은 사육환경의 불량, 부적절한 사료공급, 가축 병 발생증가에 원인이 있는 것으로 지적되고 있다. 유기축산에 의한 젖소사육의 중요한 기준은 지역 및 농장에서의 물질순환 구조로 자가사료 생산에 의한 토양-식물-가축의 통합된 순환농법을 이루는 것이다. 따라서 우리나라 축산물의 품질향상과 질병방지와 지속적인 저투입 축산을 위한 한국형 유기축산에 의한 젖소사육의 모델 설정이 요구된다 또한 국제적인 유기식품 규격인 Codex 규정과 부합하는 우리나라의 유기축산 모델설정이 필요하다

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2017

Many parts of problems in livestock industry today are associated with organic dust. Endotoxin and toxic gasses on the surface of dust and dust itself can cause aesthetic displeasure and respiratory disease. It also reduces livestock productivity by suppressing immunity of animals and carrying microbes causing animal disease. However, dust level of cattle farm was rarely reported in Korea, and regulation for cattle farm worker does not exist. In this paper, dust concentration and environmental condition were regularly monitored in a commercial Korean native cattle farm. The measurement was conducted according to location and working activities. From the measurement, distribution of dust concentration was affected by wind environment, as the result of natural ventilation. TMR mixer was a major source of dust in target cattle house. The maximum inhalable dust concentration was 637.8 times higher than exposure limit as feed dropped into the TMR mixer. It was expected that dust generation could be affected by particle size and drop height of feed. This study suggests potential risk of dust in cattle farm, and necessity for latter study. Effect of aerodynamic condition and TMR processing should be investigated for dust reduction study.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1450-1454
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• 2006

Three hundred and seventy-five steers (approximately 7 mo of age and $239.0{\pm}10.4kg$) were utilized to determine the effects of trace mineral (TM) supplementation and source on performance during the on-farm backgrounding and feedlot receiving phases of beef cattle production. At their respective ranches, steers were stratified by body weight into six groups. Groups were then assigned to one of six pens and pens were randomly assigned to treatments. Treatments consisted of: 1) control (no supplemental Cu, Zn, Mn, and Co), 2) inorganic trace mineral ($CuSO_4$, $ZnSO_4$, $MnSO_4$, and $CoCO_3$), and 3) organic trace mineral (iso-amounts of organic Cu, Zn, Mn, and Co). Mineral treatments were fed in alfalfa pellets formulated to supply 360 mg of Zn, 200 mg of Mn, 125 mg of Cu, and 12.5 mg of Co per head per day from either organic or inorganic trace mineral sources. Control steers received alfalfa pellets with no additional Cu, Zn, Mn, or Co. Steers were allowed free access to harvested alfalfa-grass hay throughout the 30-d on-farm backgrounding phase. On day 30 post-weaning, steers were weighed and transported to the feedlot. Steers were blocked by treatment within ranch, stratified by initial body weight, and randomly assigned to one of 36 pens (9-12 head per pen; 12 pens per treatment). Steers remained on the same on-farm backgrounding trace mineral treatments, however, trace mineral treatments were included in the total mixed growing ration. Steers were fed a corn silage-based growing diet throughout the 28 d feedlot receiving period. There was no effect of TM supplementation on performance of steers during the on-farm backgrounding phase. By the end of the 28-d feedlot receiving phase, ADG was similar between control and trace mineral supplemented steers. Steers supplemented with organic TM had greater (p<0.05) ADG than steers supplemented with inorganic TM by the end of the 28-d feedlot receiving phase. Morbidity and mortality rates were similar across treatments.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.659-664
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• 2010

The present study was to investigate the effect of the transition from conventional to organic dairy farming on the antimicrobial resistant pattern of pathogens in milk. A farm with tie-stall management, with an average herd size of 20 milking cows, was selected based on the owner' willingness to accept, for at least 6 months, the highly restricted protocol developed in this study. Comparisons of bacterial isolates and antimicrobial susceptibilities before changing to an organic farm system (BEFORE) and for 6 months after (AFTER) operating the experimental organic farm system were performed by Fisher's Exact Chi-square tests. Significant levels were defined at p<0.05. During the AFTER period, average frequency of antibiotic treatment was decreased from more than 3 cases/month to less than 1 case/month during which the antibiotic use was authorized only by the veterinarian. In total, 92 and 70 quarter milk samples from 24 and 18 cows during BEFORE and AFTER, respectively, were included in the study. Overall, isolates ranged from a non-resistant level for cephazolin to a very high resistant level to streptomycin (64.71% to 95.45%). Percentages of antimicrobial resistant isolates during BEFORE were significantly higher than during AFTER for ampicillin (43.48% and 5.88%, respectively) and streptomycin (95.45% and 64.71%, respectively). In conclusion, percentages of antimicrobial resistant isolates were decreased after 6 months of operating as an organic farm system.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2008

Producing Korean organic beef cattle costs a great deal because it needs breeding conditions like the organic feed, an uncontaminated breeding farm and so on. So the price of Korean organic beef (KOB) is more expensive than that of Korean general beef (KGB). To overcome this adverse price condition, a case production organization in Asan will choose direct marketing routes for consumers or the shop under direct management of the organization, or franchise shops. As a result, these marketing routes are expected to narrow the price gap between KOB and KGB. And consumers will accept the price of KOB if quality of KOB is very high level, for example the first grade++.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.759-774
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• 2018

본 연구는 동일한 평가점수 체계를 이용하여 HACCP 심사를 하고 있는 소 농장 HACCP 평가항목에 대한 문제점을 개선하기 위한 방안으로 최근 3년간 심사결과 지적비율 분석, 위해의 심각도 수준 분석 그리고 중요도 수준 분석 등을 평가항목별로 분석하여 이를 토대로 평가점수를 차등 부여하였다. 최근 3년간 지적사항 발생비율을 조사하여 평가항목별로 발생 비율을 조사하였다. 위해의 심각도 수준은 한국식품안전관리인증원의 심사관 자문을 통해 해당 평가항목이 가축(원유) 또는 인체에 미치는 영향이 안전성에 직접 관련 된 경우와 시정조치에 많은 시간이 걸리는 경우에는 '상(3점)', 해당 평가항목이 가축(원유) 및 인체에 미치는 영향이 안전성에 간접적으로 관련된 경우(위해정도가 상대적으로 낮은 경우)와 시정조치에 많이 시간이 걸리는 경우에는 '중(2점)', 해당 평가항목이 가축(원유) 및 인체에 미치는 영향이 안전성에 간접 관련된 경우와 즉시 시정이 가능한 경우에는 '하(1점)'으로 설정하였다. 지적사항 발생비율과 위해의 심각도 수준을 이용하여 포트폴리오 맵을 사용하여 선행요건 관리 분야에서 최종적으로 중요도가 높은(발생비율, 위해 심각도가 높은 영역에 포함된 평가항목) 항목으로 11개(19.0%,) 중요도가 중간(발생비율, 위해 심각도 중 한 곳만 높은 영역에 포함된 평가항목)인 항목은 18개(31.0%) 그리고 중요도가 낮은(발생비율, 위해 심각도 모두 낮은 영역에 포함된 평가항목) 평가항목 29개(50.0%)로 구성되었다. HACCP 관리 분야는 중요도가 높은 항목 4개, 중간항목 5개, 낮은 항목은 6개로 구성되었다. 배점기준은 중요도 높은 항목은 3점, 중간 항목은 2점, 낮은 항목을 1점으로 하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 개발된 평가항목별 배점기준과 현재 사용하고 있는 평가항목별 배점 기준을 소 농장에 적용하여 비교분석한 결과 그 차이점이 명확하게 나타나 심사의 객관성이 향상될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 아울러 HACCP 제도의 목적인 안전한 축산물의 생산과 소비자에게 안전한 축산물 공급에도 부합할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.226-235
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• 2000

A survey on feeding practices was conducted with thirty-one cattle farmers belonging to three categories: households without land and no income from agricultural labour (Class 100;10 farms), households without land but deriving considerable income from agricultural labour (Class 101;10 farms), and households with land and without income from agricultural labour (Class 110;11 farms). Information on the types of feeds given of one year. In addition, samples of the feeds offered and refused were collected every two weeks and analysed for dry matter, organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP) and in vitro organic matter digestibility (OMD). Grass was usually cut at an early stage of growth, as such the CP(11.8%) and OMD (62%) were relatively high. All types of rice straw (whole, lower and upper part) and sugarcane forage (tops and leaves) were low in CP (<6 and <8.9%, respectively) and OMD (<45 and <47%, respectively). Rice bran and tofu waste was of much better quality than any other feed. The average number of different feeds in the rations (mean of all farms) was 1.98, with a lower value for class 101 (1.80), than for classes 100 and 110 (2.11 and 2.02, respectively). Of the total amount of OM consumed, 42% was rice straw, 21% grass, 19% maize forage, 10% sugarcane forage, <4% other forages (soya and groundnut straw), 1.3% rice bran and 2.9% tofu waste. The total amount of OM offered varied from <80 $g/kg^{0.75}/d$ in August/September to 1.5 times as much in May (P<0.01). The intake of digestible organic matter (IDOM) for farm class 110 ($37.7g/kg^{0.75}/d$) was significantly (p<0.001) lower than that for classes 100 and 101 (44.1 and $41.3g/kg^{0.75}/d$, respectively). The highest CP/IDOM ratio was recorded for farm class 101 (0.201 as compared to 0.181-0.184).

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2017

Organic dust generated inside livestock facilities includes toxic organic matters such as bacteria and endotoxin. Dust can cause respiratory disease for worker and livestock, and consequently, degradation of welfare and productivity. Influence of dust on livestock workers has been studied since the 1970s. However, exposure limit for cattle farmer has not been established, unlike exposure limit for pig and poultry farmer. Furthermore, study on air quality inside livestock facility, especially inside dairy farm has been rarely conducted in Korea. In this study, dust concentration of TSP, PM10, inhalable and respirable dust has been monitored in the commercial dairy house according to location and working activities. Bedding material inside the stall was one of the major sources of dust. The amount of dust was related to water content level of the bedding material. Dust concentration was relatively high in leeward location, and the highest concentration was measured during TMR mixing process. The maximum value of inhalable dust concentration was 29.1 times higher than the reference value as fine particles drop to the TMR mixer. Dust generated by TMR mixing was presumed to decrease by adjusting moisture and drop height of feed.