• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.107-114
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• 1990

The purpose of this investigation was to study the hematological response of Saudi Arabian Baladi fowl to protein rearing regimens. Males and females were subjected to the following 4 protein rearing regimens: conventional, C; reverse protein, RP; 2 single-stage low protein, $SS_1$ and $SS_2$ using 15% and 12% CP diets, respectively. Regimen effect was highly significant ($$p{\leq_-}.01$$) on BW, PCY, TP and U-Ac and significant ($$p{\leq_-}.05$$) on TL. Serum chol levels were not affected by regimen. In general $SS_{2}$ birds showed the lowest values for all parameters studied, except for PCV. However, the differences were not significant in each case. Age and sex effects were highly significant ($$p{\leq_-}.01$$) for all parameters, however, the regimen X sex interaction was not significant except for PCV. Regimen X age interaction, on the other hand, was highly significant ($$p{\leq_-}.01$$) only for BW, TP and U-Ac concentrations. The data may suggest that low levels of protein in the rearing regimen is an important factor influencing levels of the blood parameters studied. The data also indicate a lack of clear relationship between hen-day egg production and the blood parameters studied.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2007

산란계의 생산성, 계란 품질, 질소와 인의 흡수량과 배설량 및 회장 소화율에 미치는 파이타제의 첨가 효과를 구명하고자 사료에 0, 300, 600 FTU/kg의 파이타제를 첨가하여 4주간 사양 시험 종료후 1주간 대사실험을 실시하였다. 공시동물은 산란율이 유사한 55주령 White Leghorn 산란계 162수$(1.6{\pm}0.3\;kg)$를 공시하였으며, 처리구는 첨가 수준에 따라 P0(대조구), P1(300 FTU/kg), P2(600 FTU/kg)의 3처리구로 나누고, 처리구당 6반복, 반복당 9수씩 완전임의 배치하였다. 산란율은 파이타제 첨가 수준에 따라 증가하였다. 계란 품질은 난중, 난각 두께, 하우유니트와 난황색 모두 처리구간에 차이를 보이지 않았으나(p>0.05), 난각 강도는 파이타제 처리구에서 4주째에 각각 3.86 $kg/cm^2$와 3.85 $kg/cm^2$로 나타나 파이타제 첨가에 따른 차이를 보였다(p<0.05). 질소 배설량과 흡수량은 처리구간에 차이가 없었으나(p>0.05), 인 배설량과 흡수량은 파이타제 첨가구에서 대조구에 비해 배설량이 크게 감소하고 흡수량은 증가하였다(p<0.05). 파이타제 첨가에 따른 영양소와 아미노산의 소화율은 조섬유, 조회분, 칼슘과 인, 필수 아미노산 중 lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, 비필수 아미노산 중 alanine, cystine, glutamic acid, glycine, tyrosine의 소화율을 유의적으로 증가시켰다(p<0.05). 이 실험 결과 산란계에 미생물유래 파이타제 급여는 산란율을 향상시키고, 인 배설량을 낮추며, 흡수량을 증가시키지만, 계란 품질에 미치는 영향이 없었고, 소화율에 대한 영향은 추후의 연구가 필요하다고 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.421-427
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• 2009

A mixture of three dietary medicinal herb extracts (MHE, mulberry leaf:Japanese honeysuckle:goldthread = 48.5: 48.5:3.0) was prepared as an additive of hen's feed. One hundred-eight, 28-wk-old Lohmann Brown hens were assigned randomly with three levels of MHE in the diet (0, 0.3, and 1%). Hens were fed for 6 wks and eggs were collected in the 6th week, and stored at $4^{\circ}C$ for 14 days to investigate the effect of MHE on the quality and oxidative stability of eggs. Internal quality of the egg including weight, shell color, albumen height, yolk color, shell weight, shell thickness, and Haugh units was not different among the dietary treatments. The oxidation stability of raw and cooked egg was determined by 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) value, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity and 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzonthianoline-6-sulfonic acid) ($ABTS^{+}$) radical reducing ability. Results indicated that TBARS value at day 0 and $ABTS^{+}$ radical reducing ability of eggs from hens fed MHE were higher than from the control group. However, DPPH radical scavenging activity showed no difference in both raw and cooked samples. Results of the present study indicate that dietary MHE may slightly enhance the oxidative stability of eggs.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.1715-1724
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• 2019

Objective: As laying hens become aged, laying performance and egg quality are generally impaired. One of the practical methods to rejuvenate production and egg quality of aged laying hens with decreasing productivity is a forced molting. However, the changes in intestinal microbiota after forced molting of aged hens are not clearly known. The aim of the present study was to analyze the changes in excreta bacterial communities after forced molting of aged laying hens. Methods: A total of one hundred 66-wk-old Hy-Line Brown laying hens were induced to molt by a 2-d water removal and an 11-d fasting until egg production completely ceased. The excreta samples of 16 hens with similar body weight were collected before and immediately after molting. Excreta bacterial communities were analyzed by high-throughput sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes. Results: Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, and Proteobacteria were the three major bacterial phyla in pre-molting and immediate post-molting hens, accounting for more than 98.0%. Lactobacillus genus had relatively high abundance in both group, but decreased by molting (62.3% in premolting and 24.9% in post-molting hens). Moreover, pathogenic bacteria such as Enterococcus cecorum and Escherichia coli were more abundant in immediate post-molting hens than in pre-molting hens. Forced molting influenced the alpha diversity, with higher Chao1 (p = 0.012), phylogenetic diversity whole tree (p = 0.014), observed operational taxonomic unit indices (p = 0.006), and Simpson indices (p<0.001), which indicated that forced molting increased excreta bacterial richness of aged laying hens. Conclusion: This study improves the current knowledge of bacterial community alterations in the excreta by forced molting in aged laying hens, which can provide increasing opportunity to develop novel dietary and management skills for improving the gastrointestinal health of aged laying hens after molting.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2000

Embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent cell lines, which derived from preimplantation embryo. These cells have been used as a vehicle of foreign DNA for production of transgenic mammals. this experiment was performed to examined the possible use of blastodermal cells derived from hen's egg for germline manipulation. Stage X blsdtodermal cells isolated from fertilized eggs were cultured in DMEM containing 15% fetal calf serum. Blastodermal cells wre co-cultured on the chicken embryonic fibroblast (CEF) or mouse embryonic fibroblast(MEF) cells. to examine the effects of growth factors on stem cell growth, bFGF and LIF were added. There was no significant difference in colony formation of putative ES cells between CEF and MEF as a feederlayer, but the addition of growth factors enhanced the proliferation and inhibited differentiation of blastodermal cells. To characterize the cell colonies as a putative ES cells, putative embryonic cell colonies were stained by periodic acid Schiffs (PAS) reagent. The putative ES cell colonies showed intensive positive reaction similar to the property of undifferentiated PGC upto 20days in vitro, but not in other cell types. this result demonstrates that PAS-positive cell colonies may be used for the study of establishment of chicken ES cell lines for the production of transgenic chicken.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2005

본 연구의 목적은 Bacillus subtilis를 산란계에 급여하였을 때 계란 품질, 혈액 성상 및 분내 암모니아태 질소 함량에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 실시하였다. 사양시험은 49 주령 Hy-line brown 산란계 252수를 공시하였으며, 처리구로는 옥수수-대두박 기초 사료구(CON; control), 기초 사료구에 Bacillus subtilis를 $\0.2%$ (BS0.2: control + $0.2\%$ Bacillus subtilis)와 $0.4\%$ (BS0.4: control +$0.4\%$ Bacillus subtilis) 첨가한 구로 구성되었다. 총 6주간의 사양시험 기간동안, 산란율은 Bacillus subtilis를 $0.4\%$ 첨가한 처리구가 수적으로 높은 경향을 보였으나 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 난중, 난각 강도, 난각 두께, Haugh Unit, 난황색 그리고 난황계수도 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 그러나 난중과 난각 강도의 증가량은 Bacillus subtilis를 $\0.2%$ 첨가한 처리구가 대조구에 비해 높은 경향을 보였으나 유의적인 차이는 없었으며, 난황계수는 Bacillus subtilis를 첨가한 처리구가 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 증가하였다(P<0.05). RBC와 WBC는 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 분내 암모니아태 질소 함량은 Bacillus subtilis를 $0.4\%$ 첨가한 처리구에서 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 감소하였다(P<0.05). 결론적으로, 산란계 사료내 Bacillus subtilis의 첨가는 분내 암모니아태 질소 함량을 감소시키는 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.1179-1189
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• 2006

This experiment was designed to examine the effects of supplemental vitamin D on laying performance, metabolic profile and egg quality of hens fed diets containing different fat sources and levels. Lohman strains (n = 480) were assigned to one of 10 diets: basal diet (BD), BD plus 2.5 and 5.0% sunflower oil (SO) or tallow (T) at vitamin D provided $1{\times}$ and $3{\times}$ of the current recommendation. The experiment lasted from week 30 to 44 of age. Each diet was tested in 12 replicate cages of 4 hens. Production, metabolism, and egg quality data were subjected to three-way ANOVA. Both fats decreased feed intake (FI) as compared to BD. Increasing SO and T levels linearly decreased and quadratically increased FI, respectively. The dietary factors did not affect egg production (EP) and egg weight. Vitamin D supplementation increased and decreased EP when diets contained SO and T, respectively. Feed conversion efficiency (FCE) for hens fed SO was lower than for hens fed T. However, increasing T level improved FCE, whereas increasing SO level worsened FCR. Vitamin D supplementation increased serum vitamin D and glucose concentrations. Vitamin D supplementation also caused a decrease and an increase in serum vitamin D concentration when diets contained SO and T, respectively. Serum glucose concentration for hens fed SO was lower than hens fed T. Increasing fat level linearly increased serum triglyceride and VLDL concentrations, regardless of the fat type. Increasing SO level linearly decreased serum cholesterol concentration. Vitamin D supplementation did not alter lipid metabolites. The dietary factors did not affect serum total protein, Ca, and P concentrations. As compared with BD, feeding SO decreased dry tibia and ash weights more than feeding T. Vitamin D supplementation tended to increase dry tibia weight and decrease tibia ash weight. Eggshell strength and thickness, yolk and albumen indexes, and Haugh unit were not responsive to the dietary factors. Eggshell strength quadratically increased with increasing T level. Yolk color for hens fed SO was lower than for hens fed T. The dietary factors did not affect most of yolk fatty acids. Increasing SO level quadratically decreased yolk $C_{18:2}$ concentration. Vitamin D supplementation increased and decreased yolk $C_{18:2}$ concentration when diets contained SO and T, respectively. In conclusion, increasing fat level improved laying performance without altering metabolic profile and egg quality. Vitamin D supplementation had minor alteration effects on laying performance, metabolic profile, and egg quality in response to fat feeding.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1993

본 연구는 반성 은색유전자(S：silver gene)를 도입하여 성 감별용 산난종계 계통으로 육성하여 이를 모계통으로 이용함으로서 깃털에 의한 자웅감별이 가능할 뿐만 아니라 잡종강세(heterosis)를 이용한 우수실용계 (commercial chicken)를 작출하고자 수행되었다. 시험은 암수감별용 계통으로 조성된 계통을 이용하여 1차년도에는 생산능력이 우수한 계통으로 육종하기 위해 폐쇄군 육종방법 (colosed flock breeding)을 사용하였고, 2차년도에서는 새로 조성된 계통을 활용하여 실용계 작출을 위한 우량 교배조합 선발을 실시하였다. 합성종 계통의 상업용 실용계로서의 산난능력 검정을 위한 교잡시험에서 B$\times$A, B$\times$C 교잡구와 외국도계 2계통, 그리고 국산계 2계통을 대조구로 삼아 56주령까지의 일반능력을 비교한 결과 생존율, 체중 등에 있어서는 교잡구와 대조구간에 차이를 발견하기 못하였다. 산란능력에 있어 초산체령은 170일 전후로 Manina White의 153일을 제외하고는 약 10여일 지연되었으나, 시험구간에 차이는 없었다. 산난지수는 B$\times$A, B$\times$C 교잡구가 각각 186.3, 191.3으로 외국도입계인 ISA 계통보다는 낮았지만 다른 대조구보다는 양호하였다. 산난율의 경우 교잡구가 각각 75.7%, 76.8%로서 ISA계통을 제외한 다른 대조구에 비해 높았고 난중에 있어서는 B$\times$C 교잡구가 64.5g으로 가장 높게 나타났다. 한편, 초생추들은 깃털색에 의해 완전하게 자웅감별이 가능함에 따라(99%) 이미 조성된 합성종의 유전적 조성이 고정되었음을 알 수 있었다. 이상으로 교잡시험의 결과를 살펴볼 때 B$\times$A, B$\times$C 교잡구의 산난능력은 다른 외국 도입계와 국산계에 비해 결코 떨어지지 않는다고 결론지을 수 있다. 결과적으로 본 시험을 통하여 암수감별용 계통으로 조성된 합성종의 능력은 우수하였으며 앞으로 산난계 개량에 매우 유용하게 이용될 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2002

본 연구는 식물성 phytase 처리수준이 산란계의 생산성에 미치는 영향 및 인 이용률에 미치는 영향을 검토하기 위하여 실시하였다. NRC 사양표준의 유효 인 요구량을 충족시킨 대조구와 무기태인 사용량을 50%로 제한한 처리구로 나누고, 각각의 처리구에 식물성 phytase를 각각 0.05%, 0.1% 및 0.2% 첨가하였다. 58주령의 갈색 산란계(ISA-Brown) 240수를 공시하여 총 6주간 사양실험을 실시하였고 산란종계를 이용하여 인 및 질소의 이용성을 측정하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 50% 무기태인 수준에서 식물성 phytase의 첨가에 따른 일당증체량, 산란율의 저하는 나타나지 않았다. 2. 50% 무기태인 수준에서 식물성 phytase 0.05% 첨가수준에서 일시적으로 난각질 저하 현상이 나타났으나 0.1% 이상 첨가수준에서는 난각질의 변화가 관찰되지 않았다. 3. 효소의 첨가수준이 증가함에 따라 P 배설량의 감소와 P 이용률이 개선되었다(P<0.05). 4. 식물성 phytase 첨가는 산란계의 성적 저하없이 사료내 무기태인의 사용량을 줄일 수 있음이 시사되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.417-421
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• 1999

This experiment examined the effects of feeding Aspergillus oryzae (AO) culture to laying hens, on fecal microbial populations, fecal pH and moisture content, egg quality, and metabolizabilities of several nutrients. Sixteen commercial 38-wk-old laying hens were randomly allotted to four diets: control; with 0.15% locally produced AO culture; with 0.3% locally produced AO culture, and; or with 0.3% imported AO. Each treatment consisted of four replicates (cages) containing one bird per cage according to a completely randomized design. After 4 wk, AO were recovered in the feces of birds fed the AO diets, indicating that AO might pass through the fore-gut alive and become active in the hind gut. The number of Lactobacillus spp. in feces was higher in all treated groups than that of the control, indicating that AO would provide a beneficial environment for the Lactobacillus spp. to proliferate in the intestine. The number of fecal E. coli was significantly reduced by the addition of AO. A similar trend was also found for aerobic bacteria. Although not significant, fecal moisture contents tended to be reduced by the addition of AO. Fecal pH was not significantly different among the treatments. The addition of AO did not affect the various economic traits of eggs. Metabolizabilities of gross energy and dry matter measured during the 5th wk were increased by the AO supplementation. It appears that AO culture alone could be used as a probiotic supplement for layers.