Abstract
A study was carried out to determine the nutritive effect of earthworm on rats. Male albino rats weighing 72.3${\pm}$1.7 g and the female rats weighing 71.4${\pm}$1.4 g were divided into 3 groups for each sez, respectively. The diet groups were control diet(group I), a diet of 2% earthworm flour supplemented to the control diet at every 3 days interval(group II) and a chief of 2% earth-worm flour added to the control diet everyday(group III). Comparing with control group, female rats in group III showed higher tendency of food consumption. Body weight gain of male rats in group III was more than that of control group. Food and protein effeciency ratios were not influenced by 2% earthworm flour added diet in both male and female rats. While the weights of heart and lung of male rats in group H were higher than those of control group, there was little difference in the weights of liver, kidney and spleen between control group and experimental groups. Hematocrit values of female rats in experimental groups were higher than those of control group, however there was little difference in male rats between control group and experimental groups. There was little : difference in the content of hemoglobin in blood, total protein, albumin, A/G ratio, total cholesterol and glucose in serum between control group and experimental groups.
토용분(士龍粉)의 영양효과(營養效果)를 알아보고자 평군 체중 (male)72.3${\pm}$1.7g, (female)71.8${\pm}$1.4g인 흰쥐를 암수 구별하여 대조군(對照群), 2% 토용분(土龍粉)을 3일(日)마다 첨가급식군(添加給食群), 2% 토용분(土龍粉)을 매일첨가급식군(每日添加給食群)으로 나누어 6주간(週間) 사육하면서 사료섭취량, 체중증가(體重增加), 식이효율(食餌效率), 단백질효율(蛋白質效率), 장기중량(臟器重量) 등과 혈액중(血液中)의 hematocrit, hemoglobin, total protein, albumin, A/G ratio, glucose, total cholesterol 함량(含量)등의 변화를 관찰(觀察)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1. 사료섭취량은 암쥐의 매일토용분(每日土龍粉) 첨가급식군(添加給食群)이 대조군(對照群)에 비해 높은(p<0.05) 경향을 보였다. 2. 체중증가량(體重培加量)은 숫쥐의 매일토용분(每日土龍粉) 첨가급식군(添加給貪群)이 대조군(對照群)에 비해 높았다(p<0.05). 3. 식이효율(食餌效率), 단백질효율(蛋白質效率)은 암수 모두 2% 토용분(土龍粉) 첨가급식(添加絡食)으로는 큰 영향을 미치지 않았다. 4. 숫쥐에서 매일토용분첨가급식군(每日土龍粉添加緖食群)의 심장(心臟)과 폐(肺)의 중량(重量)이 대조군(對照群)에 비해 높은(p<0.05) 경향을 보였으나 간(肝), 신장(腎臟), 비장(脚臟)은 대조군(對照群)과 비슷한 경향이었다. 5. Hematocrit 치(値)는 암쥐에서 실험군(實驗群)들이 대조군(對照群)에 비해 높은 (p<0.05) 경향을 보였고, 숫쥐에서는 대조군(對照群)과 비슷한 경향이었다. 6. 혈액중(血液中) hemoglobin과 혈청중(血淸中) total protein, albumin, A/G ratio, total cholesterol, glucose 등은 대조군(對照群)과 실험군(實驗群)들이 비슷한 함량을 보였다.