• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.419-432
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• 2010

본 실험에서는 월동작물로 재배되는 청보리와 호밀에 화학비료, 유기질비료 및 가축분뇨의 시용 그리고 콩과작물의 혼파재배가 작물의 생산성과 사료가치를 평가함으로써 토양의 지력향상과 함께 양질의 유기조사료를 확보하여 단위면적당 유기가축 사육능력을 추정하고자 무비구, 화학비료 인산칼리 시비구, 화학비료 질소인산칼리 시비구, 유기질비료 시용 액상우분뇨 시용구, 액상우분뇨 시용에 헤어리베치 혼파구 및 액상우분뇨 시용에 사료용완두 혼파구 등 7처리 3반복 난괴법으로 배치하여 실험이 실시되었다. 청보리의 연간 건물, 조단백질 및 가소화양분총량 수량은 화학비료 질소인산칼리 시비구가 액상우분뇨를 시용한 구를 제외하고 다른 처리구보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 청보리의 조단백질함량은 화학비료 질소인산칼리 시비구(9.8%)와 액상우분뇨 시용과 콩과작물 혼파구(8.6~9.7%)가 처리구보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 보리를 급여시 유기 한우 암소는 액상우분뇨 시용에 콩과작물 혼파구가 연간 ha당 평균 l.7~1.8두를 사육할 수 있다 호밀의 연간 건물, 조단백질 및 가소화양분총량 수량은 액상우분뇨에 콩과작물을 혼파한 구가 ha당 각각 6.9~7.1, 0.5~0.6 및 4.3~4.4톤으로 나타났다. 호밀의 조단백질함량은 화학비료 시비구가 10.8%로 모든 처리구보다 높았다(p<0.05). 호밀을 급여한 유기한우 암소의 연간 ha당 사육두수는 액상우분뇨 시용에 콩과작물 혼파구가 평균 1.9두를 사육할 수 있다. 단위당 생산수량 및 유기가축 사육능력측면에서 청보리 및 호밀에 대한 가축분뇨의 시용은 화학비료에 준하는 생산성적을 나타내었다. 가축분뇨 시용구내에서 청보리는 헤어리베치와 혼파 시에, 호밀은 사료용완두와 혼파 시에 더 많은 생산수량을 나타내었다. 또한, 가축분뇨 시용구내 콩과작물과의 혼파는 조단백질수량과 가소화양분총량을 증가시켰다. 결론적으로 가축분뇨 시용과 콩과작물과의 혼파는 유기가축사양 시 단백질공급원으로 이용 되는 수입유기곡류를 대체하는 효과를 가질 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.848-856
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• 2004

Black Bengal goat is primarily reared for meat, skin comes here as a by-product. The present trial describes the effect of age on different carcass characteristics of Black Bengal goats of either sex. A total of 61 Black Bengal goats of different age and sex groups were slaughtered. They were reared under semi-intensive management on milk alone or with concentrates (of 10.14 MJ ME and 10.48 g M/kg DM) and freshly cut Napier grass (2 MJ ME and 25 g CP/kg of fresh matter) that provides the estimated NRC (1981) requirement. The four age groups were: pre-weaned kids (0-90 day), post-weaned kids (91-180 days), growing (181-365 days) and adult (>365 days). Goats were slaughtered according to 'Halal' method by severing the major vessels of the throat by a transverse cut. Different slaughter parameters of Black Bengal goat can be best predicted from the equations as follows: live weight (kg)=0.801 (shoulder height (cm))-24.32, ($r^{2}$=0.94); carcass weight (kg)=0.364 (height at hind legs (cm))-11.54, ($r^{2}$=0.91); edible weight (kg)=0.623 (shoulder height (cm))-19.94, ($r^{2}$=0.91) and saleable weight (kg)=0.701 (shoulder height (cm))-21.99, ($r^{2}$=0.92). Live weight, carcass weight, edible weight and saleable weight of castrated goat at one-year onward ranges from 20-22, 9.4-10.5, 14-16 and 16.6-18.8 kg, respectively, which are about 80% higher than most of the reported observations on Black Bengal goat of same age and sex. Slaughter weight, warm carcass weight, edible weight and saleable weight increased curvilinearly with age of slaughter but not affected (p>0.05) by sex. However, linearity of the response curve of affect of age on mentioned parameters ends at around 9 months. Visceral fat as per cent of live weight increased curvilinearly with age and attain its maximum (about 6%) at about 500 days. However, linear part of the quadratic model ends at about 300 days when visceral fat content is about 4.8% of body weight. Blood and skin yield for one-year old male goat was 797 g and 1.61 kg, respectively. Absolute yield of blood and skin increased curvilinealry and attained maximum level at about 400 days (13.3 months). Average proportion of different carcass cut were - round 27%, rump 7%, loin 10%, ribs (6-12th) 14%, shoulder 21%, Neck 7%, chest 14%. Thigh and shoulder constituted about 48.3% of the cold carcass weight. Overall crude protein content of meat samples of different carcass cuts progressively decreased with age starting from 57 at 0-90 days to 58, 47 and 33 per cent, respectively at 91-180, 181-365 and >365 days, respectively. Overall meat fat content increased almost linearly from 11.1% during 91-180 days to 22.9 and 39.5% during 181-365 and >365days, respectively. Results from this trial suggest that both carcass yield and carcass composition changes with age; and sex have little or no effect on carcass yield and carcass composition. However, caution should be made in using second conclusion as there were few female animals slaughtered relative to the male. Optimum slaughter age for Black Bengal goat reared under semi-intensive management with adequate feeding and management would be about 9 months when their live weight, warm carcass weight, edible and saleable weight of carcass can be about 16.74, 7.28, 12.05 and 13.81 kg, respectively.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.987-992
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• 2015

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of palm kernel expellers on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and blood profiles of weaned pigs. A total of 88 weaned pigs ($6.94{\pm}0.76kg$ body weight [BW]; 28 d old) were randomly allotted to 2 dietary treatments (4 pigs/pen; 11 replicates/treatment) in a randomized complete block design (sex as a block). The dietary treatments were a typical nursery diet based on corn and soybean meal (CON) and CON added with 20% of palm kernel expellers (PKE). Pigs were fed for 6 wk using a 3-phase feeding program with declining diet complexity and with phases of 1, 2, and 3 wk, respectively. Blood was collected from randomly selected 2 pigs in each pen before weaning and on d 7 after weaning. Pigs were fed respective dietary treatments containing 0.2% chromic oxide from d 29 to 35 after weaning. Fecal samples were collected from randomly selected 2 pigs in each pen daily for the last 3 days after the 4-d adjustment period. Measurements were growth performances, digestibility of dry matter, nitrogen and energy, white and red blood cell counts, packed cell volume, and incidence of diarrhea. The PKE increased average daily gain (ADG) (246 vs 215 g/d; p = 0.06) and average daily feed intake (ADFI) (470 vs 343 g/d; p<0.05) and decreased gain-to-feed ratio (G:F) (0.522 vs 0.628 g/g; p<0.05) during phase 2 compared with CON, but did not affect growth performance during phase 1 and 3. During overall experimental period, PKE increased ADG (383 vs 362 g/d; p = 0.05) and ADFI (549 vs 496 g/d; p<0.05) compared with CON, but did not affect G:F. However, no differences were found on digestibility of dry matter, nitrogen, and energy between CON and PKE. The PKE reduced frequency of diarrhea (15% vs 25%; p = 0.08) for the first 2 wk after weaning compared with CON. Similarly, PKE decreased white blood cells (8.19 vs $9.56{\times}10^3/{\mu}L$; p = 0.07), red blood cells (2.92 vs $3.25{\times}10^6/{\mu}L$; p = 0.09), and packed cell volume (11.1% vs 12.6%; p = 0.06) on d 7 after weaning compared with CON. In conclusion, addition of 20% palm kernel expellers to nursery diet based on corn and soybean meal had no negative effects on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and blood profiles of weaned pigs.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.761-767
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• 2007

This study was conducted to determine the effects of exogenous zinc-metallothionein (Zn-MT) on anti-oxidative function and pork quality. After feeding a corn-soybean meal-based diet for two weeks, 48 pigs ($Duroc{\times}Landrace{\times}Chinese\;Black Pig$) were assigned randomly to four groups. Pigs in Group 1 were maintained under non-stress conditions, whereas pigs in Groups 2, 3 and 4 were aggressively handled for 25 min to produce stress. Pigs in Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 received intramuscular administration of saline (control group; CON), 0 (negative control group; NCON), 0.8 (low dose group; LOW), and 1.6 (high dose group; HIGH) mg rabbit liver Zn-MT per kg body weight, respectively. Pigs were slaughtered at 3 and 6 h post-injection. Zn-MT treatment increased (p<0.05) the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione-peroxidase (GSH-PX) while decreasing the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) in liver. These responses were greater (p<0.05) at 6 h than at 3 h post Zn-MT injection. Zn-MT treatment increased (p<0.05) hepatic SOD mRNA levels in a time and dose-dependent manner and decreased (p<0.05) serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase and lactate dehydrogenase activities (indicators of tissue integrity). Zn-MT administration decreased (p<0.05) lactate concentration and increased (p<0.05) pH and water-holding capacity in the longissimus thorasis meat. Collectively, our results indicate that intramuscular administration of Zn-MT to pre-slaughter stressed pigs improved tissue anti-oxidative ability and meat quality.

• 대한간호
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.85-98
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• 1995

The purpose of this study is to provide basic data regarding effective learning opportunities in childbirth education classes. Also analysis of the data indicates the optimum conditions for the welfare and improvements in the promotion of health in childbearing mothers. The results of this study are as follows; 1) The average age of the subjects in this study was 30.6 years and the total number of subjects was 58 pregnant women. The average number of children was one and 84.5% of the subjects were unemployed even though 63.8% of them held over bachelor's degrees. It was found that 22.4% of the subjects were living in an extended family. Also 61.5% of them were living with parents-in-law. The number of pregnancies were calssified as one, two, or three to nine times with the percentages of 58.7%, 22.4% and 18.9%, respectively. Further, 72.4% of the subjects had no abortion experience and 15.5% had one aborion experience. While 89.7% of the subjects planned to feed their babies with breastmilk, mixed feeding were used by only 22.4% of the sample. These data were collected at about 6 months after delivery. Thus one can see that a low rate of breastfeeding was common. 2) The length of one period of childbirth education is four weeks. It was found that 36.2% of the subjects participated in childbirth education only once, where as 13.8% participated four times and 19% of the subjects participated in this class more than four times. pregnant at least once. Further, 75.9% of the participants were participated in this education through their own will. Their motivation for participation developed through information, advertisement and posters which contained information on childbirth education. Those with unplanned pregnancies 92.9% participated after a suggestion by the nurses. The number of participants in terms of percentage according to the childbirth education contents can be classified as following. The most active participation was shown in preparation of delivery(77.6%), postpartrm management(56.9%) fetal development(37.6%) and physiology of pregnancy(17.2%). It was found that 75.9% of the subjects were willing to participate again if they were given a chance. The reason can be summarized as following: The content of the education is very helpful(47.7%). Scientific knowledge can be obtained through this program(20.5%). Participation helps in achieving psychological stability(9.1%). Participation enables one to establish a friendly relationship with other participants(6.8%) of the sample. 24.1% of the participants did not want to participate again. The reasons can be as following: They do not want another baby(42.9%). The first paricipation in childbirth education gave enough knowledge about childbirth(21.4%). Another reason for not want to participate again was because they had a cesarean birth(14.3%). Only 7.1% of them responded with a negative view. A response that they do not need childbirth education after their operation can be traced back to the general belief that childbirth education is the place where one prepares for natural birth through the Lamaze breathing technique. Of the subjects, 91.4% suggested that this program could be recommended to other childbearing mothers, because this program gave educational content along with psychological stability for childbearing women. Of the subjects 41.4% did not see any efforts towards the welfare of the baby, where as 88.2% did. Among the subjects 58.6% made some effort to eliminate the discomfort of labor by breathing and imagination and breathing and walking. Further 41.7% of the 24 subjects did not do anything toward the welfare of the baby, because they did have a cesarean section so that they didn't have a chance even though they had been educated about childbirth. Also 33.3% of the subjects did not do anything toward the welfare of the baby, because they lacked a willingness. After leaving the hospital, only 75.9% of the subjects did some exercises. The subjects who tried participate this program with their husband accounted for 20.7% of the sample. Interviewing with the subjects solved some of the uneasiness and. fear of delivery, increased self-confidence in parenting and active coping in the delivery process.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2008

목적: 복강경 보조 위전절제술은 기술적 어려움과 환자수가 많지 않음으로 인하여 복강경 보조 위원위부 절제술에 비하여 연구가 많지 않은 상황이다. 따라서 저자들은 본원에서 시행한 복강경 보조 위전절제술의 수술성적과 수술후 경과 및 합병증 발생 예측인자와 복강경 보조 위전절제술의 학습곡선에 관하여 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2005년 1월부터 2007년 9월까지 술 전 검사상 위의 중 상부에 위치한 조기위암(cT1N0)을 진단받고 한 술자에 의해 복강경 보조 위전절제술을 시행 받은 연속적인 48명의 환자를 대상으로 의무기록을 바탕을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 수술 중 합병증이나 개복수술로의 전환은 없었고 평균 수술시간은 $212{\pm}67$분이었다. 평균 적출 림프절 개수는 $29{\pm}10$개였고 모든 환자에서 안전한 종양 경계 면이 확보되었다. 수술 후 가스배출, 식이시작, 퇴원시기는 각각 평균 2.98일, 3.67일, 7.08일이었다. 외과적 합병증은 5명(10.4%)에서 발생하였고 모두 보전적 치료로 호전되었다. 단변량 및 다변량 분석에서 합병증 발생에 영향을 주는 유일한 인자는 체질량지순(P=0.035, HR=2.462)였으며 수술 시간을 기준으로 한 학습곡선 분석에서 20예가 학습곡선인 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 복강경 보조 위전절제술은 위의 중 상부에 위치한 조기위암에 대한 적절한 술식이며 수술성적과 수술 후 경과가 양호하다. 그러나 학습곡선을 단축하기 위해서는 복강경 보조 위원위부절제술의 충분한 경험이 필요하며, 특히 초기경험에서는 수술 후 합병증을 줄이기 위하여 환자 선택에 있어서 체질량지수를 고려하는 게 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.525-534
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• 2001

A total of 120 pigs were used to investigate the effects of yucca extracts on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, nutrient excretion and carcass characteristics of finishing pigs fed different levels of dietary protein. Pigs were allotted into $2{\times}3$ factorial design by the supplementation of yucca extracts (YE, 0 and 120 mg/kg) and 3 levels of dietary protein (14, 16, 18% for early finisher and 12, 14, 16% for late finisher for low, medium and high protein diet, respectively). During the early finishing period (51~76 kg BW), no significant difference was found in growth performance regardless of the YE supplementation or dietary protein levels. Growth performance of late finishing pigs (76~101 kg BW) was also not significantly different among treatments. However, ADG of pigs fed YE diet was significantly improved (p<0.05) regardless of the dietary protein levels. For the overall period (51~101 kg BW), although adding YE to the diet and elevating the protein level showed better ADG, there were no significant differences on growth performance among treatments. Early finishers showed significantly higher crude protein, crude ash and crude fat digestibilities when they were fed diets supplemented with YE. Digestibilities of amino acids were not affected by YE. Late finishers did not show any significant differences in proximate nutrient digestibilities regardless of YE supplementation or dietary protein levels. YE tended to slightly improve the CP digestibility, however no significant difference was found with increased dietary protein levels. There was no significant difference in amino acid digestibilities with YE supplementation or dietary CP levels during the late finishing period. Dry matter (DM) and nitrogen (N) excretion in feces did not show any significant difference among treatments. Early finishing pigs also did not respond to the inclusion of YE or dietary protein levels (p<0.05). Fecal N excretion of early finishing pigs seemed to be lowered in pigs fed YE. Pigs fed medium dietary protein diet tended to excrete a higher amount of N during the early finishing period, but not statistically different. A slight increase in fecal N excretion was found with the increased level of dietary protein during the late finishing period. For ammonia nitrogen excretion, although there was no significance, the NH3-N content tended to be increased by the increased dietary protein levels and with YE supplementation. The NH3-N content in manure increased by 24.5% with YE supplementation. There were no significant differences in carcass weight, backfat thickness, carcass grade and loin eye area among treatments. However, pigs fed non-YE with low protein diet showed a significantly (p<0.05) low carcass ratio among treatments and there was significant (p<0.05) difference between the YE-added treatment and non YE treatment in carcass ratio. As for the feed cost, the cost of feeding high level protein was higher than that of medium level protein by 5% and low level protein by 9% (p<0.05). Therefore, based on this study, it could be concluded that environmentally friendly agents might play a role to some extent in finishing pigs from the aspect of pollution control, and that more than 14 and 12% of dietary protein for early finishing and late finishing pigs respectively do not necessarily guarantee high growth performance.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.195-205
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• 2007

본 연구는 흑염소의 보다 효율적인 사양관리 체계의 확립에 기여하기 위하여, 조사료와 농후사료의 비율을 각각 70:30과 30:70으로 달리 하여,이들 배합비율에 생균제를 첨가하였을 때, 흑염소의 사료 섭취량, 영양소 소화율 및 질소 축적율에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 실시하였다. 본 연구에 사용된 생균제는 Lactobacillus case, Bacillus subtilis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus oryzae 및 Streptomyces griseus의 균종을 함유하는 혼합된 형태였고, 사료 내 첨가비율은 0.2%이었다. 12두의 흑염소(male)를 네 처리구로 나누어 처리구당 3두씩 완전 임의 배치하여 개별 대사케이지에 수용하였고, 실험기간은 21일간 지속되었다. 결과를 살펴보면 1일 두당 건물 섭취량은 조농비율 및 생균제의 첨가에 의하여 영향을 받지 않았다. 가소화 건물 섭취량은 사료 내 조사료 비율이 증가함에 따라 유의하게 감소하였으며(p<0.05), 생균제 첨가에 의한 효과는 나타나지 않았다. 대사체중당 건물 섭취량과 체중에 대한 건물 섭취비율은 건물 섭취량과 유사한 양상을 나타내어 조농비율 및 생균제 첨가에 의한 효과는 나타나지 않았고, 이에 따라 처리군 간에 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 영양소 소화율은 조사료 비율이 낮을수록 유의하게 높은 소화율을 나타내었고(p<0.05), 생균제 첨가에 의한 효과는 나타나지 않았다. 뇨를 통한 질소 배설은 조사료 비율이 낮을수록 유의하게 감소하였으나, 생균제 첨가 효과는 두 사료에서 공히 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 질소 축적은 조사료 비율이 증가함에 따라 감소하였고, 두 사료 내 생균제의 첨가는 질소 축적을 다소 증가시키는 경향을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과로부터, 사료 내 조농비율이 다른 두 사료에 생균제의 급여는 사료 섭취량, 영양소 소화율 및 질소 축적에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않았고, 흑염소에 대한 이들 변수는 생균제에 의한 결과라기보다는 조농비율에 의하여 지배적으로 나타나는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.199-214
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• 2011

본 연구는 토종닭(한협 3호)에 사육 기간별 대사에너지 및 단백질 수준이 다른 유기사료의 급여가 생산성, 계육품질, 혈액성상에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위하여 수행하였다. 실험설계는 전기, 중기, 후기에 각각 $2{\times}3$(ME 3,000, 3,100kcal/kg; CP 21, 22, 23%), $3{\times}3$(ME 3,100, 3,150, 3,200kcal/kg; CP 18, 19, 20%), $3{\times}3$(ME 3,100, 3,150, 3,200kcal/kg; CP 15, 16, 17%) 요인실험이며 처리구당 총 공시수 및 반복은 전기에 720수, 4반복, 중기에 702수, 6반복, 후기에 468수, 4반복으로 하였다. 사육 전기 4주간에 사료에너지 수준은 생산성에 영향을 미치지 않았지만 CP는 23% 처리구에서 증체량, 사료섭취량이 21, 22% 처리구보다 매우 증가하였다(P<0.05). 사료요구율은 사료내 단백질 수준이 높을수록 개선되었다(P<0.05). 사육 중기에 증체량은 사료내 에너지가 낮을수록, 단백질은 높을수록 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 사료내 에너지 및 단백질 수준은 사료섭취량에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 사료에너지 수준에 따른 사료요구율은 CP 19, 20% 처리구에서 18% 처리구보다 개선되었다(P<0.05). 사육 후기 증체량은 사료에너지와 단백질 수준에 따른 차이가 없었다. 사료섭취량은 ME 3,150, 3,200kcal/kg 처리구에서 ME 3,100 kcal/kg보다 감소하였지만 사료요구율은 개선되었다(P<0.05). 혈중 총단백질, 알부민, 글루코오스, 중성지방은 에너지 및 단백질수준에 따른 차이가 없었다. 혈중 총콜레스테롤은 ME 3,100kcal/kg 처리구에서 ME 3,200kcal/kg 처리구보다 감소하였고 CP 처리구간 차이는 없었다(P<0.05). 가열감량은 ME 3,150kcal/kg 처리구에서 ME 3,200kcal/kg 처리구보다 감소하였다(P<0.05). 수분함량, 전단력, pH은 ME, CP 처리구간 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 단백질용해성은 에너지 및 단백질수준이 높을수록 증가하였다. 계육내 콜라겐(collagen) 함량은 에너지 수준이 높을수록 증가하는 경향이 있다. 계육의 백색도는 사료내 에너지수준이 감소할수록, 단백질수준은 증가할수록 개선되는 경향이 있었다. 적색도는 ME 3,150kcal/kg 처리구에서 ME 3,100kcal/kg 보다 증가하였다(P<0.05). 황색도는 ME 3,100, 3,200kcal/kg 처리구에서 낮아졌으며, CP 15, 17% 처리구에서 CP 16% 처리구보다 매우 낮아졌다(P<0.05). 따라서, 사육기간별 적정 유기사료내 에너지 및 단백질수준은 사육전기 4주간에 ME 3,000kcal/kg, CP 23%, 중기 4주간에 ME 3,100kcal/kg, CP 19%, 후기 2주간에 ME 3,150kcal/kg, CP 16% 급여가 생산성 개선에 적합하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.464-469
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• 2000

Experiments were conducted to determine the effects of soybean meal (SBM) as a source of protein and sago meal (SM) as a source of carbohydrate on in situ and in vivo digestibility of dietary components in four male goats (Kambing Katjang) and four male sheep (Malin) weighing 25-35 kg. Rumen volume, as well as rumen fluid dilution rate were also determined. The animals were housed in single pens with individual feeding and drinking troughs and each animal was fitted with a rumen fistula. They were fed two diets : chopped rice straw+200 g soybean meal (SBM), and chopped rice straw+190 g soybean meal+300 g sago meal (SBM+SM). Rice straw was offered ad libitum. The supplements were isonitrogenous (80 g crude protein/animal/d), but the proportions of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude fibre (CF), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and acid detergent fibre (ADF) were lower in the SBM supplement (191, 165, 11, 40, 15 g/animal/d for DM, OM, CF, NDF and ADF, respectively) than in the SBM+SM supplement (445, 423, 25, 102, 38 g/animal/d for DM, OM, CF, NDF and ADF, respectively). Two animals from each species were fed either supplement in a cross-over design in two periods. Each period lasted for four weeks. In situ and in vivo digestibility studies were carried out, followed by the determination of rumen volume and rumen fluid dilution rate. The results showed that straw DM and total DM intakes of goats (average of $48.7g/kg\;W^{0.75}$, $72.7g/kg\;W^{0.75}$, respectively) were significantly (p<0.01) higher than sheep (average of $3.56g/kg\;W^{0.75}$, $61.6g/kg\;W^{0.75}$, respectively), but OM, N and GE intakes were not significantly different between the two animal species. When the effect of supplements was compared, animals fed SBM+SM supplement had significantly (p<0.001) higher DM, OM and GE intakes than animals fed SBM supplement. Potential degradabilities of rice straw DM were significantly (p<0.01) higher in goats (average of 48.8%) than in sheep (average of 46.1 %). The supplements had no significant effect on the potential degradabilities of DM, OM and NDF, but they had a significant (p<0.05) effect on the degradation rates of DM and NDF. The addition of sago meal in the diet reduced the degradation rates of DM and NDF of rice straw in the rumen. Potential degradability of DM of soybean meal was not significantly different between animal species as well as between supplements. Sago meal was highly degradable. At 24 h of incubation in the rumen, 90-95% of DM loss was observed. There was a significant interaction between animal species and supplements in the in vivo digestibility of ADF and GE. In animals fed SBM supplement, the in vivo digestibility of ADF was significantly (p<0.05) higher in goats ($50.6{\pm}4.22%$) than in sheep ($44.4{\pm}3.21%$), but digestibility of GE was significantly (p<0.05) higher in sheep ($70.2{\pm}1.93%$) than in goats ($63.0{\pm}3.07%$). The digestibility values of CP and OM were significantly (p<0.05) higher in sheep when compared to goats. Animals fed SBM+SM supplement showed significantly (p<0.05) higher DM and OM digestibility values than animals fed SBM supplement, but digestibility values of CP were significantly (p<0.05) higher in animals fed SBM supplement. Differences in in vivo digestibility values of CF and NDF were not significantly different between animal species or supplements. Water intake, rumen volume ($1/kg\;W^{0.75}$), rumen fluid dilution rate and mean retention time were similar between the two animal species. However, rumen fluid dilution rate and mean retention time was significantly (p<0.01) affected by supplements. Animals fed SBM+SM had faster rumen fluid dilution rate and consequently shorter mean retention time.