• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.690-699
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• 2017

Objective: This study aimed to examine the effect of sodium butyrate (SB) on growth performance, immune status, organs weights, and microarchitecture of lymphoid organs and small intestine. Methods: A total of 120, 1-d-old broiler chicks were distributed into the following four treatment groups: corn-soy based basal diet (BD) without supplement (control), or the same BD supplemented with 0.1 g/kg zinc bacitracin (ZnB), 0.5 g/kg SB (SB-0.5), or 1.0 g/kg SB (SB-1), respectively. Six birds/group were killed on d-21 and d-35, and samples were collected. Results: Cell-mediated immune response at 48 h post-Phytohemagglutinin-P injection, and antibody titer against Newcastle disease vaccine and sheep red blood cells on d-35 was noted higher (p<0.05) in SB-1 compared to ZnB and control. Lower (p<0.05) feed conversion ratio (FCR) was attained by the supplemented groups. Thymus and spleen weighed more (p<0.05) in SB-1, and bursa registered more (p<0.05) weight in both SB groups compared to control. On d-21, areas of thymus medulla and spleen germinal centers were noted higher (p<0.05) in SB-1 group. The villus height and villus surface area increased (p<0.05) in duodenum and jejunum in both SB groups on d-21, and in SB-1 on d-35, respectively compared to ZnB and control. On d-21, number of goblet cells containing mucins of acidic nature increased (p<0.05) in all the segments of small intestines in SB-1 group compared to control, and on d-35 in ileum compared to other groups. Conclusion: In conclusion, SB improved growth performance and immunity as well as modulated morphology of lymphoid organs and gut mucosa in broiler chickens.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.1308-1315
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• 2001

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different methods of feeding and processing of diets on performance, morphological changes in the small intestine and nutrient digestibility of young pigs. A total of 120 pigs (Youkshire${\times}$Landrace${\times}$Duroc; initial body weight of $5.83{\pm}0.67kg$) were randomly allotted into six treatments in a $2{\times}3$ factorial design. Treatments were 1) dry feeding with a mash diet (DM), 2) dry feeding with a pelleted diet (DP), 3) dry feeding with an expanded crumble diet (DEC), 4) wet feeding with a mash diet (WM), 5) wet feeding with a pelleted diet (WP), 6) wet feeding with an expanded crumble diet (WEC). Average daily gain (ADG) and average daily feed intake (ADFI) were not significantly (p>0.05) different among treatments. However, feed conversion ratio (FCR) was significantly improved when pigs fed a pelleted diet or an expanded crumble diet. Pigs fed an expanded crumble diet showed 9.2% and 17.3% improvement in ADG and FCR compared with those fed a mash diet. The morphological changes in the small intestine were examined at the termination (4 weeks after weaning) of the experiment. Differences in morphological changes of gastrointestinal tract were not significant among treatments. Though villus height was not significantly affected by feeding method or feed processing, the villus height of weaned pigs tended to be preserved by wet feeding. The use of a pelleted diet also helped to prevent the shortening of villus height. Pigs fed a WP diet maintained the highest villus height at all parts of the small intestine. There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in nutrient digestibility among treatments. However, nutrient digestibility for pigs fed a pelleted diet had a higher than that of pigs fed mash diets. Especially, pigs fed a WP diet digested 5.3% more P each day than those fed a DM diet. Compared with the mash diet, the expanded crumble diet decreased feed cost per kg weight gain by 15%. The net profit per pig was 79% higher in the expanded crumble diet pigs than in mash diet pigs. In conclusion, this study suggests that feeding processed diets to piglets can be more beneficial in terms of FCR and production cost.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.81-90
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• 1998

국내 토착 악구충을 발견하기 위하여 1994년 3월부터 1997년 6월까지 미꾸리 3,450마리, 황소 개구리 24마리, 무자치 55마리, 능구렁이 2마리, 유혈목이 62마리, 살모사류 87마리 및 고양이 (stomach only) 438마리를 조사하였던 바, 12마리의 살모사에서 총 21마리의 악구충 유충이 검출되었다. 종 동정을 위하여 검출한 유충의 일부는 glycerin-jelly 봉입 표본 및 조직절편 횡단표본 으로 제작하여 광학현미경으로 관찰하였고, 일부는 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 유충은 평균 $2.233{\;}times{\;}0.343{\;}mm$ 크기이었고, 작은 피극이 일정한 간격으로 배열되어 있는 약 210줄의 가로 주름을 가지고 있었다. 특징적인 head-bulb에는 소구 (booklet)가 전방에서부터 평균 36.8개, 39.0개, 41.7개 및 44.3개씩 4줄 배열되어 있었다. 중장 부위의 횡단면에서는 19-25개의 상피세 포로 이루어진 장벽이 관찰되었고, 대부분의 장상피세포는 1개씩의 큰 핵을 가지고 있었다. 주사 전자현미경 관찰에서는 충체 전단의 입 부위, 특징적인 head-bulb, 가로주름 (transverse striation)과 피극 (cuticularspine), ceivicalpapilla, 후단 부위 표피 등에서 특징적인 소견을 나 타내었다. 이상의 형태학적 특징을 근거로 하여 한국산 살모사에서 검출한 악구충의 유충을 돼지 악구충 (Gnohostoma hispidum)의 advanced third-stage larva로 동정하였고, 이 연구를 통하여 살모사 (Afkisfodon breuicaudus)가 돼지악구충의 중간숙주임이 최초로 밝혀졌다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.201-210
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• 2009

2007년 3월부터 2008년 2월까지 약 12개월에 걸쳐서 우리나라 동, 서, 남해 연안 지역에서 총 11목 44종 989마리 자연산 해산어류를 대상으로 아니사키스형 유충의 기생상황을 조사하였다. 유충의 감염률은 44종 중 28종에서, 전체 989마리 중 377마리에서 검출되어 평균 38%의 감염률을 보였다. 적출된 유충의 대부분은 형태학적 조사 및 유전학적 조사를 통하여 A. simplex type I 유충으로 동정하였다. 일반적으로 가을 겨울철보다 봄 여름철에 감염률이 높았으며, 같은 어종이라도 크기가 큰 개체에서 감염률이 높게 나타났다. 병리조직학적 검사를 통하여 유충의 기생 부위는 어종에 따라서 다르나 대체로 배설강 주변부를 비롯하여 장간막, 간, 복강지방 등 이였으며, 한두 마리씩 산재해 있는 것과 여러 마리가 함께 모여 있는 것, 피낭에 뭉쳐 있는 것 등 다양하게 나타났다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.241-256
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• 2001

Alginate microspheres, containing fluorescein isothiocyanate-bovine serum albumin (FITC-BSA) or green fluorescent protein (GFP) were prepared and used as a model drug to develop the oral vaccine delivery system. The alginate microspheres were coated with poly-L-lysine or chitosan. Two methods, w/o-emulsion and spray, were used to prepare alginate microspheres. To optimize preparation conditions, effects of several factors on the particle size and particle morphology of microsphere, and loading efficiency of model antigen were investigated. In both preparation methods, the particle size and the loading efficiency were enhanced when the concentration of sodium alginate increased. In the w/o-emulsion preparation method, as the concentration of Span 80 was increased from 0.5% to 2%, the particle size was decreased, but the loading efficiency was increased. The higher the emulsification speed was, the smaller the particle size and loading efficiency were. The concentration of calcium chloride did not show any effect on the particle size and loading efficiency. In the spray preparation method, the particle size was increased as the nozzle pressure $(from\;1\;kgf/m^2\;to\;3\;kgf/m^2)$ and spray rate was raised. Increasing calcium chloride concentration (<7%) decreased the particle size, in contrast to no effect of calcium chloride concentration on the w/o-emulsion preparation method. Alginate microspheres prepared by two methods were different in the particle size and loading efficiency, the particle size of microspheres prepared by the spray method was about $2-6\;{\mu}m$, larger than that prepared by the w/o emulsion method $(about\;2{\mu}m)$, and the loading efficiency was also higher with spray method. Furthermore, drying process for the microspheres prepared by the spray was simpler and easier, compared with the w/o emulsion preparation. Therefore, the spray method was chosen to prepare alginate microspheres for further experiments. Release pattern of FITC-BSA in alginate microspheres was evaluated in simulated intestinal fluid and PBS (phosphate buffered saline). Dissolution rate of FITC-BSA from alginate/chitosan microsphere was lower than that from alginate microsphere and alginate/poly-L-lysine microsphere. By confocal laser scanning microscope, it was revealed that alginate/FITC-poly-L-lysine microspheres were present in close apposition epithelium of the Peyer's patches of rabbits following inoculation into lumen of intestine, which proved that microspheres could be taken up by Peyer's patch. In conclusion, it is suggested that alginate microsphere prepared by spray method, showing a particle size of & $10\;{\mu}m$ and a high loading efficiency, can be used as a model drug for the development of oral vaccine delivery system.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 1996

강원도 양양군 현북면 어성전리에 서식하는 참가재(Cambaroines simiLis)의 근육에서 Marroorchis spinulosus Ando. 1918(Digenea: Nanophyetidae)의 피낭유충을 검출하고 마우스 흰쥐 및 고양이에 실험감염시켜 성충을 얻은 다음 형태학적 특징을 관찰하였다. 실험동물 들의 소장으로부터 감염 5-21일에 총 117마리의 충체를 회수하였으며. 평균 충체회수율은 31-37%로서 동물별로 큰 차이가 없었다. 피낭유충은 등글고. 평균 직경 0.18 mm이며. 2개의 두꺼운 막으로 둘러싸여 있고. Y-자형의 배걸낭을 가지고 있었다. 성충은 대부분 난형이며 길이 0.66-0 71 mm. 폭 0.36-0.41 mm이었다. 구흡반에는 침(stylets) 1개가 있고. 난소가 체중앙부 근처에서 다양하게 위치하며. 저정낭이 이낭형(bilobed)이고 두 고환이 약간 전측방에 위치하는 점 등의 형태학적 특성을 나타내었다. 실험 감염에서 얻은 성충들을 M. spinulosus로 동정할 수 있었으나 그 형태가 최초 기록과 몇 가지 다른 점이 있어 앞으로 이 흡충의 원환한 진단을 위왜 충체의 형태를 수정하여 재기록하였다 이 장흡충푸 국내에는 미 기록종이며 포유동물을 종숙주로 하고 있을 것으로 추측되며 인체 감염 가능성도 배제할 수 없다. 이 충체의 우리발 이름을 가시큰고환흡충으로 부를 것을 제안한다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.242-248
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• 2020

An intestinal strigeiid trematode, Apharyngostrigea pipientis, was detected from Ardea cinerea jouyi, Egretta intermedia and Nycticorax nycticorax between July, 2006 and June, 2020 in Daejeon metropolitan city and Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea. It was observed with a light and scanning electron microscope (SEM), and molecularly analyzed with 18S rRNA genes. The infection rate of the strigeiid trematode was 25.9% (7/27). The body is cylindrical in whole mount, greatly elongated in outline and shows a strong dorsal curvature. The overall measurements are: length 4.1-4.8 mm; fore-body 1.00-1.20 mm by 0.8-0.9 mm; hind-body 3.2-3.6 mm by 0.43-0.46 mm. The body is covered by a relatively thick cuticle, devoid of spines. The oral sucker leads into a short esophagus that is devoid of a muscular pharynx. The holdfast organ is enormously developed. The vitelline follicles distributed dorsal wall of fore-body and hind-body. This strigeiid trematode especially differs from other species of genus Apharyngostrigea in morphology. Although these A. pipientis are several morphological distinctions from Apharyngostrigea cornu, the partial sequence of 18S rRNA showed the sequence homology of A. pipientis (99.9%) and A. cornu (99.8%), and this result revealed their conspecific relationship between A. cornu and A. pipientis. This is the first report of A. pipientis in the Republic of Korea.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권12호
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• pp.1486-1494
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• 2013

Octopus vulgaris의 장관으로부터 단백질 가수분해력과 활성을 측정함으로서 높은 단백질분해효소 생성능을 가진 균을 분리하여 동정하였다. 균이 생성한 단백질분해효소는 황산암모늄침전, cellulose CM-52 양이온 교환 크로마토그래피, DEAE-Sephadex A50 음이온 교환 크로마토그래피의 3단계를 통해 정제하였다. 장관으로부터 분리한 균중 가장 높은 단백질분해효소 생성능을 가진 균은 Bacillus sp. QDV-3로 나타났으며 이균을 분리한 후 표현형 분석, 생화학적 특성, 16S rRNA 유전자염기서열분석을 통해 Bacteria역, Firmicutes문, Bacilli강, Bacillales목, Bacillaceae과, Bacillus속으로 Bacillus flexus와 99.2%의 유사성을 보이는 것으로 확인하였다. 균이 생성한 단백질 분해효소를 QDV-E로 지정하였으며 61.6 kDa의 분자량을 나타내었다. 이 효소는 pH 9.0~9.5에서 활성을 나타내었고 최적온도는 $40^{\circ}C$였으며 $50^{\circ}C$에서는 60분간 96% 이상의 활성을 보유하였다. Phenyl methyl sulfonyl fluoride (PMSF)에 의하여 활성이 억제 되었으므로 세린 알칼리성 단백 분해 효소인 것으로 결론지었다. 금속이온인 $Mn^{2+}$ 와 $Mg^{2+}$에 의하여 효소활성 상승효과를 보였으며 $Ba^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, 그리고 $Cu^{2+}$에 의하여 활성이 억제되었다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.111-129
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• 1985

The morphology and histology of the gastrointestinal mucosa of the mole, Talpa micrura coreana (Thomas), were studied using light and scanning electron microscopes. Tissue specimens were taken from body and pyloric portions of the stomach, and from the initial, proximal, middle, distal and terminal portions of the intestine. For light microscopy, tissue blocks were fixed in 10% buffered neutral formalin, embedded in paraffin wax, and sectioned at a thickness of $5{\mu}m$. These sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin. For scanning electron microscopy, tissue blocks were fixed in 1% glutaraldehyde-1.5% paraformaldehyde, and postfixed in 1% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in graded alcohol, transferred to isoamylacetate and dried by the critical point drier(Polaron E 3000). Subsequently, specimens were coated with gold and observed with a JSM-35C scanning electron microscope. The results were as follows: The mucous membrane of the body portion of the stomach had numerous irregular folds and the pyloric mucosa formed the strawberry-shaped folds, and general histological structures of each portion were similar to those of man. The intestine could not be differentiated macroscopically and microscopically into small and large intestines. There was no cecum, appendix, taenia coli, haustra coli or appendices epiploicae. In the initial portion (4 mm long), conical or tongue-shaped villi with the height of $143.3{\pm}10.7{\mu}m$ were present, and large mucous glands were seen in the submucosa. In the proximal, middle and distal portions, wavy folds composed of the epithelium and lamina propria were densely and transversely arranged, and their heights were $440.4{\pm}45.5{\mu}m,\;454.4{\pm}19.9{\mu}m\;and\;205.2{\pm}33.5{\mu}m$, respectively. The mucosa of the terminal portion (3 cm long) formed several longitudinal folds, and the intestinal glands were directly opened on the smooth surface of the folds. Aggregated lymphoid follicles were observed in the major portions of the intestine except the initial and terminal portions. There was no circular or semilunar fold throughout the intestine.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.9-20
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• 1991

요꼬가와흡충은 국내에서 가장 감염이 혼한 장흡충으로 은어나 기타 담수어에 의해 매개되며 전국적으로 분포한다. 이 흡충에 감염되면 심한 설사를 하며 이때 소장의 점막이 퇴행성 변화를 보인다. 이 연구에서는 소장 상 피세포의 미소융모막에 분포하는 몇 가지 소화효소의 활성도가 요꼬가와홉충의 감염과 치료에 의하여 받는 영향 을 관찰하였다. 그 결과를 보면 이 흡충에 감염되면 충체가 빠르게 배출되어 감염 2주 이후에는 투여량의 10% 이내의 충체만이 감염되어 있고, 상부 공장에서 감염 2∼4주에만 퇴행성 변화와 염증반응이 관찰되었다. Alkaline phosphatase, leucine aminopeptidase, disaccharidases (sucrase, maltase, trehalase, lactase)의 환성도가 십이지장과 상부 공장에서 감염 2주까지는 감소하였으며 하부 공장에서는 증가하였다. 감염 3주 이후에는 감염군에서의 활성도가 정상 대조군의 것과 차이가 없었다. 감염 1주에 치료한 군의 활성도는 치료 후 2주에 감염대조 군의 활성도와 비슷한 수준으로 회복하였고, 감염 3주에 치료한 군은 치료를 안한 감염군과 같은 환성도를 보였다. 요꼬가와흡충에 감염된 마우스의 소장에서 초기에 미소융모막 효소의 활성도가 크게 감소하며, 이러한 변화는 형태학적인 병변의 생성 및 회복과 또한 감염된 충체의 수의 시기적 변화와 일치하였다. 요꼬가와흡충 감염 초기에 소장의 소화효소 활성이 감소하는 현상이 미소융모막에서 일어나는 소화 및 홍수를 저해하고 이에 따라서 설사가 초래되는 것으로 추정된다.