• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2021

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effects of dietary supplement of rubber seed oil on production performance, egg quality, and yolk fatty acid composition in laying hens during a 16-week feeding trial period. Methods: Forty-eight 25-week-old laying hens of Hy-Line Brown were randomly divided into three groups. Each group comprised four replicates and each replicate had four birds. Rubber seed oil was incorporated into a corn-soybean meal basal diet by 3.5% (group I), 4.5% (group II), or 0 (control group) and equivalent nutrition was supplied for the test groups and the control group. The performance related values were determined using standard or well established methods. Results: No significant difference was found in the production performance, the egg quality, the composition of saturated fatty acids, and the content of cholesterol and monounsaturated fatty acids in the yolk within the three groups. Interestingly, both test groups achieved a significantly higher content of linoleic acid, α-linolenic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid and a significantly lower content of arachidonic acid (p<0.05) compared with the control group. With the increased level of dietary rubber seed oil, there was an increasing trend in the content of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), n-3 PUFA and total PUFA, but a declining trend in the n-6/n-3 ratio. Conclusion: These results demonstrate that the rubber seed oil supplemented diet effectively improved the total PUFA content in eggs without impairing the layers' production performance and the egg quality.

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2003년도 제20차 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.103-104
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• 2003

갈색 산란계의 생산특성 및 계란품질 변화를 구명하고자 780수를 공시하여 25∼70주령까지 관행사료와 10 ％ 증가 사료를 급여하였다. 산란율은 처리간 차이가 없었으나 평균난중은 10 ％ 증가 사료가 유의적으로 무겁게 나타났다(P＜0.05). 사료요구율 역시 10 ％ 증가 사료가 개선되는 것으로 나타났다(P＜0.05). 산란율은 52주령 이후 급격히 감소하였으며 난중은 52주령까지 증가하다가 이후 비슷한 양상을 보였다. 난각강도와 후도는 60주령 근처에서 품질이 약화되는 것으로 나타났으며, Haugh unit는 56주령부터 크게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과에서 영양소 함량의 증가는 난중과 사료요구율을 개선시키는 것으로 나타났으며, 산란기 영양소는 52∼56주령 사이에 차별화해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.151-156
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• 2002

백색란 계통인 Hy-line W-98과 갈색란 계통인 Hy-line Brown을 이용하여 주요 계란형질들과 산란율에 대한 닭의 계통간의 차이를 구명하고자 시험한 결과, 각 시험주령별 평균 난중에 있어서 백색란 계통과 갈색란 계통간에 유의한 차이는 나타나지 않았으나, 전체 평균 난중은 백색란 계통이 63.57 g 이었고, 갈색란 계통이 64.43 g으로서 갈색란 계통의 계란이 0.86 g이 더 무거운(P<0.05) 것으로 나타났다. 전체 난중에 대한 난백의 비율은 54주령시를 제외한 나머지 모든 주령에서, 그리고 전체 평균 난백의 비율에서도 갈색란 계통은 백색란 계통보다 유의하게 (P<0.05) 더 높은 것으로 나타난 반면에, 난중에 대한 난황의 비율은 모든 시험주령 및 전체 평균치에 있어서 갈색란 계통이 백색란 계통보다 유의하게(P<0.05) 더 낮았다. 한편 난중에 대한 난각의 비율 및 난각의 두께는 갈색란 계통이 백색란 계통보다 유의하게(P<0.05) 더 높거나 더 두터운 것으로 나타났다. 전체 난중에 대한 난황 : 난백의 비율은4개 시험주령중 3개 시험주령에서 갈색란 계통이 백색란 계통보다 유의하게(P<0.05) 더 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 초산시(20주령)부터 56주령시까지의 전체 평균 Hen-day 산란율은 백색란 계통이 63.7%이었던 반면에, 갈색란 계통은 70.3%로서 갈색란 계통이 백색란 계통보다 6.6% 정도 산란율이 유의하게(P<0.05) 더 높았다. 결론적으로 계란소비자가 상대적으로 더 선호하는 갈색란 생산 계통을 사육하는 것이 성계의 체중과 가금티푸스와 같은 질병문제를 개량한다면 난중, 난백의 비율, 난각의 두께 및 산란율에 있어서 백색란 생산계통의 사육보다 더 바람직함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2003

본 연구는 산란계의 생산성과 난황지방산 조성에 미치는 지렁이 분말(EWM)의 첨가 효과를 구명하기 위해서 실시되었다. 총 360수의 55주령의 산란계를 공시하여서 EWM 0.0% (대조구), 0.1% 및 0.2%를 첨가한 사료로 5주 동안의 사양시험을 실시하였다. 계란은 매일 수집하여 난중을 측정하였고 산란율 및 사료요구율은 시험기간동안 매주단위로 조사하였다. 뿐만 아니라 시험 마지막 주에는 난황 중의 지방산 조성도 조사하였다. 사료섭취량은 지렁이분말 첨가에 의해서 증가하는 경향이 인정되었지만 사료요구율은 처리구간에 차이는 인정되지 않았다. 평균 산란율은 EWM 0.1% 급이구에서 증가하는 경향이 0.2% 급이구에서는 유의하게 증가하였다 (P<0.05). 평균 난중은 EWM 0.1% 급이구에서 대조구 및 지렁이분말 0.2% 급이구에 비해서 감소하는 경향이 인정되었다. 평균 산란량은 EWM 첨가로 개선되어지는 경향이 인정되었으며, 그 개선 정도는 EWM 0.2% 급이구가 0.1% 급이구보다 크게 나타났다. 난황중의 n-6/ n-3지방산의 비는 지렁이 분말 0.1% 및 0.2% 급이구에서 5:1이었지만 대조구에서는 10:1이었다. 결론적으로 55주령의 산란계에 0.2% 지렁이분말의 첨가는 산란계의 생산성 및 난황중의 n-6/ n-3비를 개선시켰다 (P<0.05).

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2003년도 제20차 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.99-100
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• 2003

육성기 제한급이가 산란생산성과 사료효율, 계란품질 및 호르몬 농도변화에 미치는 영향을 규명하고자 1일령 갈색 산란계 1,080수를 공시하여 70주령까지 사양시험을 실시하였다. 제한시기는 6주령부터 (T1)와 12주령부터(T2) 실시하였는데 18주령 이후 자유채식을 실시하였다. 산란생산성과 사료효율은 T1이 가장 개선되는 것으로 나타났으며 계란품질은 처리간 차이가 없었다. 호르몬 농도변화는 체중 및 산란 개시시기와 밀접한 관계가 있었으며, 산란시기에 따른 차이는 없었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1610-1615
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• 2008

Natto is a Japanese traditional soybean product fermented by Bacillus natto. The effects of dried fermented soybean (natto) supplement on egg production and egg qualities of layer chickens was studied with regard to the effective use of various waste foods in Japan. Dried natto, prepared by heating at $60^{\circ}C$, was added to a basic diet at a level of up to 3%. Forty 166-wk-old layer chickens (Rhode Island Red) were randomly divided into 4 groups and five layer chickens were used in each group with two replicates. Layer chickens in group 1 were fed a basic diet as the control. The remaining 3 groups were fed the basic diet supplemented with dried natto at levels of 1, 2, and 3% (w/w), respectively. The result did not show improvements in egg production or feed conversion ratio of layer chickens even when 3% dried natto was added to the control diet. The egg qualities including egg weight, eggshell strength and thickness, yolk color, yolk weight, albumen height, and Haugh unit were also not improved. However, the feeding of dried natto changed the cholesterol content in the egg yolk. The supplementation of dried natto showed the tendency to decrease the yolk cholesterol after 12-wk of feeding compared to the control diet though it did not change plasma cholesterol levels in the blood. On the other hand, yolk cholesterol decreased significantly after 12-wk of feeding 3% dried natto (p<0.05).

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.622-629
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• 2010

The effects of dietary supplementation of feather meal (FM) and pyridoxine ($B_6$) on the taurine content of egg yolk and performance of laying hens were investigated. A feeding trial was conducted in nine hundred 31-wk-old $Hy-Line^{\circledR}$ Brown layers over 4 wk. The hens received 6 dietary treatments: Control, FM 3% supplemented diet (FM 3%), FM 3%+$B_6$ supplemented diet (FM 3%+$B_6$), FM 6% supplemented diet (FM 6%), FM 6%+$B_6$ supplemented diet (FM 6%+$B_6$), and synthetic taurine 0.25% supplemented diet (Taurine). Parameters of production were significantly (p<0.05) affected by treatments. The egg production of hens fed FM 3% was the highest and hens fed FM diets were more productive than the Taurine and Control groups. The egg weights of the Taurine group were significantly lower than those of the FM 3% and FM 6% groups, but not significantly different from those of other treatments. The feed intake of the Control group was highest among all groups. The feed conversion ratio of the Control group was higher than in groups receiving other treatments of which FM 6% was the lowest. The broken egg production of the Taurine group was highest, while that of the Control group was lowest among treatments. The taurine content of egg yolk was significantly (p<0.01) increased by supplementation of taurine (64.7%), FM 6%+$B_6$ (57%), FM 3%+$B_6$ (32.1%), and FM 6% (16.6%) over a 4 wk average. Sensory evaluation data of the Taurine group showed the highest score in all of the sensory attributes and those of other treatments were not significantly (p<0.05) different. In conclusion, taurine can be enriched in egg yolk by supplementation of 6% FM and $B_6$, as well as 0.25% synthetic taurine.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.1802-1810
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• 2021

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of supplementing herbal active ingredients (YGF251) which can promote the secretion of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in the diet on production performance, egg quality, blood hematology, and excreta gas emission in laying hens. Methods: A total of 288 ISA Brown (41-week-old) laying hens with an initial body weight of 1.83±0.68 kg were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 dietary treatments in a randomized block design based on body weight. Each treatment had 12 replicate cages having 6 adjacent cages per replicate (hens are kept in cages alone). The experimental period was 35 days. Dietary treatments were based on the corn-soybean meal-wheat-based basal diet and supplemented with 0.00%, 0.05%, 0.10%, or 0.15% YGF251. Results: There was a linear increased egg weight in weeks 1 to 5 (p<0.05), egg mass in week 1 (p<0.05) and weeks 1 to 5 (p<0.05), egg strength on day 7 (p<0.05), 21 (p<0.01), and 35 (p<0.01), eggshell thickness on day 21 (p<0.05) and 35 (p<0.01), haugh unit on day 21 (p<0.01) and 35 (p<0.05), serum IGF-1 concentration on day 21 (p<0.05) and 35 (p<0.01), and serum total protein concentration on day 35 (p<0.05) were observed with the supplementing YGF251 increased in the diet, while feed conversion ratio in weeks 1 to 5 (p<0.05) and excreta ammonia emission (p<0.01) decreased linearly with the dose of YGF251 increased. Conclusion: Dietary supplementation of YGF251 positively affected the production performance and egg quality of laying hens through increasing serum IGF-1 concentration in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, YGF251 supplementation improved barn environment by reducing excreta noxious gas emission.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.252-256
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• 2007

This study was carried out to determine the effect of vitamin E and vitamin C on the performance of Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) reared under heat stress during the growth and egg production period. A total of 810 seven-day-old Japanese quails were used in the trial. The birds received a diet with either three levels of vitamin E (DL-${\alpha}$Tocopheryl acetate) (60, 120 and 240 mg/kg of diet) and vitamin C (ROVIMIX STAY-C 35) (60, 120 and 240 mg/kg of diet). Live weight on day 35 and weight gain were the lowest in the group of chicks on a combination of 60 mg of vitamin E and 60 mg of vitamin C, whereas the highest live weight was demonstrated in chicks on a combination of 240 mg of vitamin E and 240 mg of vitamin C (p<0.01). The effects of treatments on cumulative feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, age at 5% lay, sexual maturity weight, rate of lay and mean egg weight values were found to be significant (p<0.01). The highest feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, age at 5% lay, sexual maturity weight, rate of lay and mean egg weight values were found in the group on a combination of 240 mg of vitamin E and 240 mg of vitamin C. The effect of treatments on the mortality ratio was found to be insignificant (p>0.01). The cost of supplementing diets with vitamin E and vitamin C is very low. Therefore such a combination of supplement can offer a potential protective management practice in preventing heat stress related losses in performance of Japanese quails.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.702-707
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• 1998

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of a microbial enzyme (Roxazyme-$G^{(R)}$), a multicarbohydrases preparation, supplementation to the wheat-based layer diets. Diets were formulated to include different levels of wheat replacing yellow corn on isocaloric and isonitrogenous basis. The energy value of wheat in the enzyme supplemented diets was adjusted (spec-modified) to have 5% more ME than the wheat in diets without enzyme. A total of 864 Hy-$Line^{(R)}$ brown layers were assigned to 4 dietary treatments: 10% wheat (T1), 25% wheat (T2), 25% wheat (spec-modified)+ 0.01 % Roxazyme-$G^{(R)}$ (T3), and all wheat (spec-modified)+0.01% Roxazyme-$G^{(R)}$ (T4). Hen-day egg productions of T1 and T4 were significantly (p < 0.05) greater than that of T2 but not different from T3. Hen-housed egg production of T4 was significantly (p < 0.01) greater than those of T1 and T3 but not different from T2. Egg weights of T1 and T2 were significantly (p < 0.0 1) greater than that of T4. Feed consumption of T2 was significantly (p < 0.01) lower than other treatments. Feed conversion ratio (feed/egg mass) was not significantly different among treatments. Eggshell thickness of T1 was significantly (p < 0.01) greater than other treatments but ratio of broken eggs was not significantly different among treatments. Haugh unit of T4 was significantly greater (p < 0.05) than that of T2. Egg yolk color was significantly (p < 0.01) influenced by treatments in which enzyme treatment potentiated the yolk pigmentation. It was concluded that a multi-carbohydrases supplementation enables complete replacement of yellow com with wheat without loss of productivity and major egg quality parameters.