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Effects of maternal dietary energy restriction on breast muscle fibre development in the offspring of broiler breeders

  • Wu, Hongzhi;Sun, Hao;Ma, Chengzhan;Lian, Lina;Lu, Lei;Xu, Liangmei;Xu, Li
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • 제34권11호
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    • pp.1829-1838
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    • 2021
  • Objective: The effects of maternal dietary energy levels on breast muscle fibre development in offspring of broiler breeders were investigated. Methods: A total of 480 20-week-old Arbor Acres (AA) healthy female broiler breeders, with an average body weight of 2.33±0.01 kg, were randomly divided into 4 treatment groups with 6 replicates and 20 broiler breeders for each replicate and fed a corn and soybean meal diet with 100%, 80%, 70%, and 50% energy levels, respectively. Approximately 300 eggs per treatment were collected for incubation for 6 days. Then, 120 0-day-old female broilers at each energy level were randomly selected and divided into 6 replicates with 20 broilers for each replicate, with this experimental phase with the offspring lasting for 49 days. Results: Compared with the 100% energy group, the breast muscle fibre diameter at embryonic day 21 in the 80% energy group was significantly reduced (p<0.05). In the 80% energy group, the muscle fibre density of the breast increased significantly (p<0.05) at embryonic days 15 and 21. The breast muscle fibre diameter of the offspring in each group was significantly decreased (p<0.05) on the 1st day. The breast muscle sarcomere length of the embryos in the 80% energy group was significantly higher (p<0.05) than those in the 70% and 50% energy groups. Compared with the 100% energy group, the expression of the myostatin gene in the offspring was significantly decreased (p<0.05). Conclusion: In conclusion, the effects of a maternal dietary energy level of 80% in this study were found to be optimal for breast muscle fibre development in offspring, which indicated that the metabolic energy level of AA broilers of 9.36 MJ/kg for the mid-term diet for laying eggs has a more practical significance.

Enteric methane emissions, energy partitioning, and energetic efficiency of zebu beef cattle fed total mixed ration silage

  • Subepang, Sayan;Suzuki, Tomoyuki;Phonbumrung, Thamrongsak;Sommart, Kritapon
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제32권4호
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    • pp.548-555
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    • 2019
  • Objective: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different feeding levels of a total mixed ration silage-based diet on feed intake, total tract digestion, enteric methane emissions, and energy partitioning in two beef cattle genotypes. Methods: Six mature bulls (three Thai natives, and three Thai natives - Charolais crossbreeds) were assigned in a replicated $3{\times}3$ Latin square design, with cattle breed genotype in separate squares, three periods of 21 days, and three energy feeding above maintenance levels (1.1, 1.5, and 2.0 MEm, where MEm is metabolizable energy requirement for maintenance). Bulls were placed in a metabolic cage equipped with a ventilated head box respiration system to evaluate digestibility, record respiration gases, and determine energy balance. Results: Increasing the feeding level had no significant effect on digestibility but drastically reduced the enteric methane emission rate (p<0.05). Increasing the feeding level also significantly increased the energy retention and utilization efficiency (p<0.01). The Thai native cattle had greater enteric methane emission rate, digestibility, and energy utilization efficiency than the Charolais crossbred cattle (p<0.05). The daily metabolizable energy requirement for maintenance in Thai native cattle ($388kJ/kg\;BW^{0.75}$, where $BW^{0.75}$ is metabolic body weight) was 15% less than that in Charolais crossbred cattle ($444kJ/kg\;BW^{0.75}$). Conclusion: Our results suggested that the greater feeding level in zebu beef cattle fed above maintenance levels resulted in improved energy retention and utilization efficiency because of the reduction in enteric methane energy loss. The results also indicated higher efficiency of metabolisable energy utilization for growth and a lower energy requirement for maintenance in Bos indicus than in Bos taurus.

광대역 에너지 탐지를 위한 수신신호 강도 크기기반 가중치인가 기법 (Receiving Signal Level Measurement Based Weighting Method for Broadband Energy Detection)

  • 강태수;김영신;김용국;문상택
    • 한국음향학회지
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    • 제32권6호
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    • pp.532-540
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    • 2013
  • 본 논문에서는 수동 소나의 광대역 에너지 탐지를 위하여 수신신호 강도 변화에 따른 가중치를 인가하는 기법을 제안한다. 광대역 에너지 탐지에 널리 사용되는 부대역 에너지 탐지 (Subband Energy Detection) 기법은 CED(Conventional Energy Detection) 기법에 비하여 다중신호 및 클러터 간섭에 강인하나, 수신신호에서 검출된 극값의 강도 변화에 따라 효율적인 가중치를 인가할 수 없어 탐지 성능을 저하 시킨다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 검출된 극값의 강도 변화에 따라 효율적으로 가중치를 인가하는 기법을 제안하였다. 시뮬레이션 및 황해 실 음향 데이터를 이용한 성능 비교, 칼만 필터를 이용한 추적시험 수행을 통하여 제안 기법의 탐지성능이 기존 기법에 비해 우수함을 관찰하였다.

The audit method of cooling energy performance in office building using the Simple Linear Regression Analysis Model

  • Park, Jin-Young;Kim, Seo-Hoon;Jang, Cheol-Young;Kim, Jong-Hun;Lee, Seung-Bok
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • 제15권5호
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: In order to upgrade the energy performance of existing building, energy audit stage should be implemented first because it is useful method to find where the problems occur and know how much time and cost consumption for retrofit. In overseas researches, three levels of audit is proposed whereas there are no standards for audit in Korea. Besides, most studies use dynamic simulation in detail like audit level 3 even though the level 2 can save time and cost than level 3. Thus, this paper focused on audit level 2 and proposed the audit method with the simple linear regression analysis model. Method: Two parameters were considered for the simple regression analysis, which were the monthly electric use and the mean outdoor temperature data. The former is a dependent variable and the latter is a independent variable, and the building's energy performance profile was estimated from the regression analysis method. In this analysis, we found the abnormal point in cooling season and the more detailed analysis were conducted about the three heat source equipments. Result: Comparing with real and predicted models, the total consumption of predicted model was higher than real value as 23,608 kWh but it was the results that was reflected the compulsory control in 2013. Consequently, it was analyzed that the revised model could save the cooling energy as well as reduce peak electric use than before.

농번기 농업인의 에너지필요추정량 설정을 위한 활동량 및 신체활동수준 평가 (Assessment of Physical Activity Level of Korean Farmers to Establish Estimated Energy Requirements during Busy Farming Season)

  • 김은경;이선희;고수영;연서은;최정숙
    • 대한지역사회영양학회지
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    • 제16권6호
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    • pp.751-761
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to assess the physical activity level of Korean farmers to establish their estimated energy requirements during busy farming season. 113 farmers (mean age $51.9{\pm}7.2$ years, male 42, female 71) who own farmland area above 300 pyung participated in measurement of body weight and height and interviewing of one-day activity diaries. There was no significant difference in age, BMI between male and female. Obesity prevalence according to BMI among male and female farmers was 40.5% and 50.7% respectively. The farmers spent about 7 hours in sleeping and spent about 4 hours 35 minutes working on the farm and spent about 15 hours 30 minutes (64.6% of 24 hours) in "very light activities" and spent about 3 hours 31 minutes (14.7%) in "light activities". Physical activity level (PAL, activity coefficient) of male farmers was 2.63 which was significantly higher than that (2.19) of female farmers (p < 0.05). Estimated energy requirements (EER) for farmers who were different in age and gender were suggested. For example, the estimated energy requirements for male and female farmers were 3058 kcal/day and 2279 kcal/day, respectively. The results of this study suggest that estimated energy requirements (EER) of farmers should be differentiated according to seasonal workload and energy balance of farmers should be evaluated to prevent obesity.