• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.159-173
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• 2020

A 4×2 factorial feeding trial was designed to investigate the effect of replacing soybean meal (SBM) with cottonseed meal (CSM) in wheat/sorghum/SBM-based diets fed with or without microbial enzymes in diets on the performance, visceral organ development and digestibility of nutrients of broiler chickens. Four graded levels of CSM - none (0%), low (4%, 8%, and 12%), medium (5%, 10%, and 15%), and high (6%, 12%, and 18%) of complete diets in starter, grower and finisher, respectively were fed with or without 100 mg/kg of xylanase and β-glucanase blend. Eight isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets were formulated using least-cost method to meet the nutrient specifications of Ross 308 male broilers. Each treatment was randomly assigned to 6 replicates (10 birds per replicate). There were CSM-enzyme interactions (p < 0.05) on feed intake (FI) and weight gain (WG) in the starter phase. Enzyme supplementation improved (p < 0.05) feed conversion ratio (FCR) in the grower and finisher phases, and increased WG in growing and finishing birds. CSM inclusion reduced (p < 0.05) the weight of gizzard and proventriculus in starter chicks, while these organs were bigger (p < 0.05) in the grower phase. The test ingredient decreased (p < 0.05) small intestinal weight in starter and grower birds. The CSM increased the absolute weight of thighs (p < 0.05) while breast meat was increased (p < 0.01) by enzyme addition. Starch digestibility was improved (p < 0.01) by enzyme inclusion and decreased (p < 0.01) by CSM. Enzyme supplementation improved (p < 0.05) the ileal digestibility of gross energy and protein. The results demonstrate that CSM can substitute up to 90% SBM in broiler chicken diets without compromising performance, and the nutritive value of CSM-containing diets can effectively be improved by enzyme supplementation.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 2003

Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) is usually a disease of premature infants, but occasionally it affects the term neonate. Twenty-five infants with NEC were treated at Asan Medical Center between January 2000 and December 2002, and 13 of them were term infants. In each case, the diagnosis of NEC was established by a clinical illness fulfilling the Bell's stage II or III NEC as modified by Walsh or by surgical findings. There were six males and seven females. The birth weight was from 1,960 to 3,700 g. The age at diagnosis was from 1 to 40 days. Four patients had congenital heart disease: one of who had hypothyroidism and cleft palate. Abdominal distension was present in all, and bloody stools in four. One patient had history of hypoglycemia, three had Rota viral infection. Eight patients had leucopoenia (<$5.0{\times}10^9/L$), seven had thrombocytopenia (<$100{\times}10^9/L$), and three severe thrombocytopenia (<$50{\times}10^9/L$). Laparotomy was required in 10 of the 13 patients. Indications for operation in the acute phase were failure to respond to aggressive medical therapy in five, and perforation in three patients. There were two late phase operations for intestinal stricture and fistula. There were no operative complications. Ten of thirteen patients survived (76.9%). Two patients died of septic complication. There was a delayed death due to heart failure. There was a significant difference in survival according to platelet count ($50{\times}10^9/L$) (p<0.05). Congenital heart disease and Rota viral infection are associated with NEC in term infants and thrombocytopenia and leucopoenia may be surgical indications.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.484-493
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• 2022

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the supplementation of diets of broiler chickens with hot-melt extruded CuSO₄ (HME-Cu) on their growth performance, nutrient digestibility, gut microbiota, small intestinal morphology, meat quality, and copper (Cu) bioavailability. Methods: A total of 225 broilers (Ross 308), one-day old and initial weight 39.14 g, were weighed and distributed between 15 cages (15 birds per cage) in a completely randomized experimental design with 3 treatments (diets) and 5 replicates per treatment. Cages were allotted to three treatments including control (without supplemental Cu), IN-Cu (16 mg/kg of CuSO₄), and HME-Cu (16 mg/kg of HME processed CuSO₄). Results: The HME-Cu treatment tended to increase the overall body weight gain (p<0.10). The apparent digestibility of Cu was increased by supplementation of HME-Cu at phase 2 (p<0.05). The Escherichia coli count in cecum tended to decrease with the supplementation with Cu (p<0.10). In addition, the HME-Cu treatment had a higher pH of breast meat than the control and IN-Cu treatments (p<0.05). Significant increases in the cooking loss, water-holding capacity, and lightness in the breast were observed in the HME-Cu treatment compared to the control (p<0.05). The Cu content of excreta increased with the Cu supplementation (p<0.05). The concentration of excreta Cu in broilers was decreased in the HME-Cu compared to the IN-Cu in phase 2 (p<0.05). The Cu concentration in the liver was increased with the HME-Cu supplementation, compared with the control diets (p<0.05). Conclusion: This study showed that HME-Cu supplementation at the requirement level (16 mg/kg diets) in broiler diets did not affect the growth performance and the physiological function of Cu in broilers. However, supplementation of Cu in HME form improved the meat quality and the bioavailability of Cu.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2011

본 연구는 여윔증상을 보이는 넙치의 병태생리학적 변화를 관찰하는 것으로 목적으로 하였다. 여윔넙치가 발생한 수조 내의 정상넙치와 여윔넙치의 혈장 삼투압을 측정한 결과, 정상적인 해산어의 삼투압(280~330 mOsm/L)보다 훨씬 높은 약 361과 405 mOsm/L로 각각 나타났다. 이러한 사실은 여윔넙치와 동일한 수조 내의 정상넙치의 삼투압 조절기능에 이상이 있음을 시사하고 있다. 또한, 외관상 증상을 나타내고 있지 않으나, 여윔넙치가 발생한 수조의 정상적인 넙치는 여윔증상이 나타나기 이전의 초기단계로 정의할 수 있다. H&E염색을 통하여 여윔넙치의 장을 관찰한 결과, 여윔넙치의 전장에서는 상피세포가 남아 있기는 하나, 점막하 조직에서는 염증반응이 확인되었으며, 전장의 영양물질 흡수 기능에 손상이 야기되어 있을 가능성이 시사되었다. 그리고 후장의 경우 점막상피는 거의 손실되었으며, 직장에서는 점막상피의 소실과 아울러 소화관 고유의 folding 구조가 거의 확인되지 않았다. 면역염색의 결과에서도 장의 상피조직이 손실됨으로써 점막상피에 존재하는 $Na^+/K^+/2Cl^-$ (NKCC) cotransporter 에 대한 면역반응이 확인되지 않았다. 따라서, 해산어의 수분흡수의 중요한 장소인 후장과 직장의 상피조직이 심하게 손실됨으로써 넙치의 삼투조절기능의 균형이 깨지고 탈수현상이 보이고 따라서 여윔증상이 나타난 것으로 여겨진다. 뿐만 아니라 전장의 조직학적 변화를 통한 여윔증상에 대한 영양학적 관점에서의 고찰이 이루어져야 한다. 양식넙치의 여윔증 원인분석을 위해서 여윔증상 개체뿐만 아니라 여윔증상을 보이다가 회복된 개체에 대한 검토도 필요하다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.231-240
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• 2011

숙성된 갓김치에서 분리된 유산균을 pH 2.5에서 2시간 반응시킨 후 0.3% oxgall 존재 하에서 3시간 배양시킨 결과 MLK11, MLK22, MLK27, MLK41 및 MLK67 균주들은 $10^5$ CFU/ml 이상의 균수를 유지하여 높은 저항성을 보인 반면, MLK53 균주는 대부분의 균수가 사멸되어 매우 민감한 것으로 나타났다. 담즙산에 대한 내성이 강한 균주들 대부분은 복합 담즙산의 탈포합능이 있었으며, MLK22와 MLK67 균주는 sodium glycocholate로부터 3.5 mM 이상의 cholic acid을 유리시켜 가장 높은 탈포합능을 보인 반면, MLK13과 MLK41은 각각 1.35와 1.16 mM 정도 낮은 양의 cholic acid를 유리시켰다. 특히, MLK22와 MLK67의 탈포합능은 sodium taurocholate 혹은 포합담즙산 혼합물 보다는 sodium glycoholate 존재 하에서 더 높게 나타났다. 게다가 sodium glycocholate와 sodium taurocholate으로부터 MLK22와 MLK67이 생산하는 bile salt hydrolase (BSH)의 활성은 정지기 초기에 최대를 이르렀고 MLK67 보다는 MLK22의 BSH 활성이 다소 높았다. 한편, 실험 균주들의 콜레스테롤 제거능은 5.22-39.16 ${\mu}g$/ml로 균주별 유의적인 차이가 있었으며(p<0.05), 그 중에서 MLK67 균주는 0.3% oxgall, cholic acid 및 taurocholic acid로부터 가장 높은 콜레스테롤 동화능을 나타내었다. 따라서 실험 균주 중 높은 내산성과 내담즙성을 가지며, 담즙산 탈포합능 및 콜레스테롤 동화능이 유의하게 높은 MLK67 균주는 probiotic 균주로서의 가능성이 있는 것으로 간주되어 이를 생화학적 특성과 당분해능 및 염기서열 분석에 의해 동정한 결과 Pediococcus pentosaceus MLK67로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.135-141
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• 2013

A rapid, sensitive and selective analytical method was developed and validated for the determination of compound K, a major intestinal bacterial metabolite of ginsenosides in human plasma. Liquid-liquid extraction was used for sample preparation and analysis, followed by liquid chromatography tandem spectrometric analysis and an electrospray-ionization interface. Compound K was analyzed on a Phenomenex Luna C18 column ($100{\times}2.00$ mm, 3 ${\mu}m$) with the mobile phase run isocratically with 10 mM ammonium acetate-methanol-acetonitrile (5:47.5:47.5, v/v/v) at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. The method was validated for accuracy (relative error <12.63%), precision (coefficient of variation <9.14%), linearity, and recovery. The assay was linear over the entire range of calibration standards i.e., a concentration range of 1 ng/mL to 1,000 ng/mL ($r^2$ >0.9968). The recoveries of compound K after liquid-liquid extraction at 1, 2, 400, and 800 ng/mL were $106.00{\pm}0.08%$, $103.50{\pm}0.19%$, $111.45{\pm}5.21%$, and $89.62{\pm}34.46%$ for intra-day and $85.40{\pm}0.08%$, $94.50{\pm}0.09%$, $112.50{\pm}5.21%$, and $95.87{\pm}34.46%$ for inter-day, respectively. The lower limit of quantification of the analytical method of compound K was 1 ng/mL in human plasma. The developed method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of compound K after oral administration in ten of healthy human subjects.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.683-687
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• 2015

Aloe vera gel exhibits protective effects against insulin resistance as well as lipid-lowering and anti-diabetic effects. The anti-diabetic compounds in this gel were identified as Aloe-sterols. Aloe vera gel extract (AVGE) containing Aloe-sterols has recently been produced using a new procedure. We previously reported that AVGE reduced large-sized intestinal polyps in Apc-deficient Min mice fed a high fat diet (HFD), suggesting that Aloe vera gel may protect against colorectal cancer. In the present study, we examined the effects of Aloe vera gel powder (AVGP) and AVGE on azoxymethane-induced colorectal preneoplastic aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in mice fed a HFD. Male C57BL/6J mice were given a normal diet (ND), HFD, HFD containing 0.5% carboxymethyl cellulose solution, which was used as a solvent for AVGE (HFDC), HFD containing 3% or 1% AVGP, and HFDC containing 0.0125% (H-) or 0.00375% (L-) AVGE. The number of ACF was significantly lower in mice given 3% AVGP and H-AVGE than in those given HFD or HFDC alone. Moreover, 3% AVGP, H-AVGE and L-AVGE significantly decreased the mean Ki-67 labeling index, assessed as a measure of cell proliferation in the colonic mucosa. In addition, hepatic phase II enzyme glutathione S-transferase mRNA levels were higher in the H-AVGE group than in the HFDC group. These results suggest that both AVGP and AVGE may have chemopreventive effects on colorectal carcinogenesis under the HFD condition. Furthermore, the concentration of Aloe-sterols was similar between 3% AVGP and H-AVGE, suggesting that Aloe-sterols were the main active ingredients in this experiment.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1732-1741
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• 2013

Two experiments were conducted to determine physical and chemical properties of vermicelli waste (VW) and effect of VW inclusion levels on growth performance of broilers. In experiment 1, VW samples were randomly collected from vermicelli industry in Thailand to analyze nutritional composition. Vermicelli waste contained 9.96% moisture, 12.06% CP, 32.30% crude fiber (CF), and 0.57% ether extract (EE), as DM basis. The ratio of insoluble:soluble non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) was 43.4:8.9. A total of 120 chicks (6 pens per treatment and 10 chicks per pen) were fed a corn-soybean meal-based diet or 20% VW substituted diet to determine the apparent metabolizable energy corrected for nitrogen retention ($AME_n$) of VW. The $AME_n$ of VW was $1,844.7{\pm}130.71$ kcal/kg. In experiment 2, a total of 1,200 chicks were randomly allotted to 1 of 4 dietary treatments for 42-d growth assay. There were 300 chicks with 6 pens per treatment and 50 chicks per pen. The dietary treatments contained 0%, 5%, 10%, or 15% VW, respectively. All diets were formulated to be isocaloric and isonitrogenous. From 0 to 18 d of age chicks fed VW diets had higher (p<0.001) feed conversion ratio (FCR) compared with those fed the control diet. No difference was observed during grower and finisher phase (19 to 42 d). Chicks fed VW diets had lower relative weight of abdominal fat (p<0.001) but higher relative weight of gizzard (p<0.05) than those of chicks fed the control diet. Increasing VW inclusion levels increased ileal digesta viscosity (p<0.05) and intestinal villus height of chicks (p<0.001). For apparent total tract digestibility assay, there were 4 metabolic cages of 6 chicks that were fed experimental treatment diets (the same as in the growth assay) in a 10-d total excreta collection. Increasing VW inclusion levels linearly decreased (p<0.05) apparent total tract digestibility of DM and CF.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.232-237
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• 1999

Tachykinin peptide의 구조와 생리활성간의 상관관계를 조사하기 위해 고상법으로 합성한 어류 유래의 neuropeptide $\gamma$(Mammalian-, Bowfin- 그리고 Shark-neuropeptide $\gamma$)를 사용하였다. 이들의 이차 구조를 알아보기 위해 circular dichroism (CD)을 이용하였다. CD 연구 결과에 따르면, mammalian-neuropeptide $\gamma$, bowfin-neuropeptide $\gamma$와 shark-neuropeptide $\gamma$는 완충액과 인공지질막 조건하에서 random구조를 나타내었다. 또한 이들 neuropeptide $\gamma$의 장관에 대한 수축 활성을 조사하기 위해 guinea-pig의 회장, rat의 십이지장과 carp intestine을 사용하였다. Carp intestine에 서 bowfin-neuropeptide $\gamma$>shark- neuropeptide $\gamma$>mammalian-neuropeptide $\gamma$순으로 활성 이 나타났다. 그러나, guinea-pig 회장과 rat 십이지장에 대해서 mammalian-NP$\gamma$의 활성이 어류 유래의 neuropeptide $\gamma$들보다 높게 나타났다. 이러한 결과들은 neuropeptide $\gamma$가 종-특이적인 활성을 나타냄을 제시한다.

• 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.