• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1705-1710
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• 2003

A small body size of Brown Tsaiya laying duck is desirable to reduce maintenance requirements, so the body weight at 40 weeks of age (BW40) has to be maintained at its current level. Egg weight has to be maintained at around 65 g to meet market requirements. Eggshell strength at 40 weeks of age (ES40) must to be increased in order to maintain a low incidence of broken eggs. Thus, number of eggs laid up to 52 weeks of age (EN52) has to be increased without negative correlated response on ES40. A new linear genetic selection index was used: $I_g=a_0{\times}GEW40\;(g)+a_1{\times}GBW40\;(g)+a_2{\times}GES40\;(kg/cm^2)+a_3{\times}GEN52\;(eggs)$ where GEW40, GBW40, GES40 and GEN52 were the multitrait best linear unbiased prediction (MT-BLUP) animal model predictors of the breeding values respectively of egg weight and body weight at 40 weeks of age (EW40, BW40), ES40 and EN52. The coefficients $a_0$, $a_1$, $a_2$ and $a_3$ were calculated with constraints of 0.0 g, 0.0 g and $0.013kg/cm^2$ for expected genetic gains in EW40, BW40 and ES40 respectively and maximum gain in EN52. Since 1997, the drakes and the ducks were selected according to their own indexes, with this new genetic selection index. From G0 to G4, the average per generation predicted genetic responses in female duck were +0.05 g for EW40, +0.92 g for BW40, $+0.035kg/cm^2$ for ES40 and +2.13 eggs for EN52. Which represented respectively 0.07%, 0.06%, 0.67% and 1.0% of the means of the EW40, BW40, ES40 and EN52. For ES40 and EN52, it represented also respectively 16.1% and 21.6% of the additive genetic standard deviation of these traits. Thevse results indicated that selection of laying Brown Tsaiya by a restricted genetic selection index and with MT-BLUP animal model could be an efficient tool for improving the efficiency of egg production, increasing egg shell strength and egg number while holding egg weight and body weight constants.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.61-66
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• 2003

본 연구는 산란계 사료내 게르마늄 흑운모의 첨가가 난각 특성 및 분내 암모니아 함량에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 실시되었다. 사양시험에 40주령 ISA brown 갈색계 144수를 이용하였으며, 옥수수-대두박 위주 대조사료 (CON), 게르마늄 흑운모 0.5％(GB0.5), 1.0％(GB1.0) 및 1.5％(GB1.5) 첨가구 등4개 처리로 구성되었다. 총 56일간의 사양시험 기간동안, 산란율과 난각강도에서는 처리간에 차이를 보이지 않았다. 그러나 난중은 게르마늄 흑운모의 첨가수준이 증가함에 따라 유의적으로 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. (P<0.02). 난각두께, 난황색 및 난황계수에서는 처리구간에 차이를 보이지 않았다. 혈장내 중성지질 함량에 있어서는 게르마늄 흑운모의 첨가수준이 증가함에 따라 유의적으로 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다 (P<0.05). 분내 암모니아태 질소 농도는 게르마늄 흑운모의 첨가수준이 증가함에 따라 유의적으로 감소되는 경향을 보였다 (P<0.01). 또한 게르마늄 흑운모의 첨가수준이 증가함에 따라 분내 propionic acid (P<0.01), butyric acid (P<0.05) 그리고 acetic aicd (P<0.04)의 함량이 유의적으로 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 결과적으로 산란계 사료내 게르마늄 흑운모의 첨가는 분내 암모니아가스의 발생을 감소시킬 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.172-177
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• 2014

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the dietary effects of conventional or lutein fortified chlorella on lutein absorptions, the tissue distributions and the changes in lutein content of eggs in laying hens. In Exp 1, a total of one hundred and fifty, 70 wk-old Hy-Line brown layers were divided into three groups with five replicates and fed with each experiment diet (control diet, diet with 1% conventional chlorella or lutein fortified chlorella) for 2 wk, respectively. The egg production in groups fed diets containing both chlorella powders were higher than that of the control group (p<0.01). With chlorella supplementations, the yolk color significantly increased, although there were no significant differences in the eggshell qualities. The lutein contents of serum, liver and growing oocytes were greatly increased by feeding conventional or lutein fortified chlorella (p<0.01). In Exp. 2, a total of ninety 60 wk-old Hy-Line brown layers were assigned into three groups with three replicates per group (10 birds per replicate). The birds were fed with one of three experimental diets (0, 0.1 or 0.2% lutein fortified chlorella) for 2 wk, respectively. The egg production was not affected by dietary treatments. The egg weight in the group fed with diet containing 0.2% of lutein fortified chlorella was higher than that of the control (p<0.05). As the dietary chlorella levels increased, the daily egg mass linearly increased, although not significantly. The yolk colors in groups fed diets containing lutein fortified chlorella were dramatically increased as compared to the control (p<0.001). The lutein in chicken eggs significantly increased when fed with 0.2% of lutein fortified chlorella (p<0.01). These results suggested that the dietary lutein derived from chlorella was readily absorbed into the serum and absorbed by the liver with growing oocyte for commercial laying hens. Particularly, the lutein fortified chlorella was a valuable natural source for the production of lutein enriched chicken eggs.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1562-1568
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• 2016

Monochromatic green light-emitting diodes (LED) light stimuli influences the posthatch growth performance of chicks. This study was undertaken with the following objectives: i) to examine whether the green LED light stimuli induces an overheating effect by determining weight loss rate of fertile eggs during incubation period; ii) to look for the development of eyes and other primary organs at different ages of embryos and newly hatched chicks. Arbor Acres fertile broiler eggs (n = 480) were randomly assigned to 3 incubation groups and exposed to continuous white light, green light, or a dark environment (control) from the first day to 19 d of incubation. The light sourced from LED lamps with the intensity of 30 lx at eggshell level. The results showed that either green or white light stimuli during incubation did not significantly affect the weight loss rate of fertile eggs, hatching time, hatchability, chick embryo, or body weight (BW), the weight percentage of heart, liver, and eyes, as well as obvious systematic abnormalities in eye weight, side-to-side, back-to-front, or corneal diameter from 15 d of embryogenesis to 6 d of posthatch (p>0.05). Compared with the dark condition, green light stimuli during incubation tended to increase feed intake (p = 0.080), improved the BW gain of chicks during 0 to 6 day posthatch (p<0.05), and increased the percentage of pectoral muscle to the BW on 3- and 6-day-old chicks. In addition, embryos or chicks in green light had lower weight percentage of yolk retention on 19 d of embryogenesis and 1 d of posthatch in comparison to those in dark or white group (p<0.05). These results suggest that providing 30 lx green LED light stimuli during incubation has no detrimental effect on the development of eyes, heart and liver of embryos and hatchlings, but does have potential benefits in terms of enhancement of the chick growth during the early posthatch stages. In addition, the fertile broiler eggs stimulated with 30 lx green LED light during incubation does not cause an overheating effect.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.1318-1323
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• 2008

Corn distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) is a completely new feed ingredient in the Korean feed market. There is an ever increasing need for the Korean feed industry to import and make the best of it as a high protein and high energy feed ingredient. A layer feeding trial was conducted for 10 weeks to investigate the effects of addition of light-colored DDGS to layer diets on laying performance, egg qualities and yolk fatty acid composition. Also, the economics of using DDGS in the Korean situation was analyzed. Nine hundred Hy-line Brown layers, 24 weeks of age, were employed in a feeding trial consisting of four dietary treatments (0, 10, 15, and 20% DDGS), and five replicates per treatment. All experimental diets were prepared as iso-protein (17%) and iso-calorie (TMEn 2,780 kcal/kg). The use of DDGS up to 20% in layer diets did not exert any influence on feed intake, laying rate, total egg mass, mean egg weight and feed conversion ratio (p>0.05). The color and breaking strength of eggshell, as well as the albumin height and Haugh unit were not affected by the addition of DDGS up to 20% in the diet. The yolk color was significantly increased by DDGS supplementation (p<0.05). As the DDGS level increased, the oleic acid content decreased, and the linoleic acid increased (p<0.05) in egg yolk. The degree of saturation of yolk fatty acids was not affected by DDGS supplementation. The inclusion of light-colored DDGS up to 20% in layer diets resulted in a decrease of feed cost per kg without any undesirable effect on laying performance. In conclusion, the light-colored DDGS (L* 56.65) could be used up to 20% in layer diets without any harmful effect on laying performance, and possibly provide economic benefits to the Korean poultry industry.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.444-449
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• 2006

This study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation of cheese byproduct on performance, egg quality and fatty acid profile of egg yolk lipids from laying hens. One hundred five 30-wk-old White leghorn laying hens were randomly distributed into five groups of twenty one hens each and maintained in individual laying cages for 4 weeks. The hens were assigned to five treatments that consisted of corn-soybean meal based diets containing 0, 1, 3, 5 or 10% of cheese byproduct. Feed intake and rate of egg production of hens were not significantly different across the treatments during the whole experiment (p>0.05). Similarly, egg yolk cholesterol level, egg weight, Haugh's unit, eggshell thickness, color, and strength were not significantly different across the treatments (p>0.05). The amount of C16:0 in egg yolk was not significantly different across the treatments, but that of C18:0 decreased with increased cheese byproduct (p<0.01). Monounsaturated fatty acid (C16:1 and C18:1) content in egg yolk was similar across the treatments. Total CLA and cis-9, trans-11 CLA content increased linearly with increased cheese byproduct (p<0.001), while trans-10, cis-12 CLA amount was not significantly different across the treatments (p>0.05). Total saturated fatty acid (SFA) in the egg yolk was decreased as the level of cheese byproduct including CLA increased (p<0.01). However, the amount of unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) such as monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), n-6 PUFA, and total PUFAs in the egg yolk were not significantly different across the treatments (p>0.05). Therefore, the present results showed that cheese byproduct beneficially improved the fatty acid composition of concern to human health in the egg yolk without adverse effects on egg quality.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.588-596
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• 2020

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of low doses of organic trace minerals (iron, copper, manganese, and zinc) on productive performance, egg quality, yolk and tissue mineral retention, and fecal mineral excretion of laying hens during the late laying period. Methods: A total of 405 healthy hens (HY-Line White, 50-week-old) were randomly divided into 3 treatments, with 9 replicates per treatment and 15 birds per replicate. The dietary treatments included feeding a basal diet + inorganic trace minerals at commercial levels (CON), a basal diet + inorganic trace minerals at 1/3 commercial levels (ITM), and a basal diet + proteinated trace minerals at 1/3 commercial levels (TRT). The trial lasted for 56 days. Results: Compared to CON, ITM decreased (p<0.05) egg production, daily egg mass, albumen height, eggshell strength, yolk Fe concentration, serum alkaline phosphatase activity and total protein, and increased (p<0.05) egg loss and feed to egg ratio. Whereas with productive performance, egg quality, yolk mineral retention, and serum indices there were no differences (p>0.05) between CON and TRT. The concentrations of Fe and Mn in the tissue and tibia were changed notably in ITM relative to CON and TRT. Both ITM and TRT reduced (p<0.05) fecal mineral excretion compared to CON. Conclusion: These results indicate that dietary supplementation of low-dose organic trace minerals reduced fecal mineral excretion without negatively impacting hen performance and egg quality.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.207-213
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• 2012

본 연구는 산란 메추리에서 사료 내 조단백질 수준이 생산성과 난질에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 실시하였다. 총 640수의 7주령 메추리(Coturnix coturnix japonica)를 공시하여 모두 4개 처리구에 8반복(반복당 20수)으로 임의 배치하여 8주간 사양실험을 실시하였으며, 실험 사료는 옥수수 대두박을 기초로 하여 대사 에너지 2,800 kcal/kg에 조단백질 수준을 18%, 20%, 22% 및 24%로 각각 달리하여 급여하였다. 전체 실험기간의 수당 사료 섭취량과 난중에서는 처리간에 유의성 있는 차이가 관찰되지 않았다. CP 24% 처리구의 산란율과 일산란량은 CP 18% 처리구에 비해 유의하게 높았다(P<0.05). 난각 두께 및 Haugh unit 항목에서는 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 혈청 내 albumin, BUN, creatinine 농도 및 GOT, GPT의 효소 활성 농도는 처리구간에 유의적인 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 맹장 내 암모니아 농도는 처리구 간에 변화가 관찰되지 않았으며, 간 내 중성지질 함량은 CP 18% 처리구에 비해 20%이상 급여한 모든 처리구에서 유의하게 감소하였다(P<0.05). 본 실험 결과, 난용메추리 사료 내 조단백질 함량이 상대적으로 높은 조건에서 난생산성이 증가하였으며, 간 내 중성지질 축적이 감소한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 단백질 수준의 범위를 더 넓히고 세분화된 연구가 더 필요하리라 판단된다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2020

본 연구는 고온환경에서 이온수의 급수가 산란계의 생산성, 계란 품질 및 혈액성상에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 시행하였다. 24주령 산란계 180수를 3개 처리구 5반복으로 배치하여 4주간 사양실험을 실시하였다. 각 처리구는 수돗물(tap water; TW)과 냉수(cold water; CW)를 급수하고, 이온수 급수구(ion water; IW)와 비교하였다. 산란계의 생산성은 산란율과 난중을 매일 조사하여 계산하였고, 계란 품질과 혈액성상은 사양실험 종료 후 채집하여 분석하였다. 고온환경에서 이온수 급수로 일반 수돗물에 비해 산란율, 난중 및 사료섭취량은 유의적으로 개선되었고(P<0.01), 계란의 난백 높이와 호우유닛 및 난각 두께도 증가하였다(P<0.05). 혈액성상에서 칼슘과 인은 이온수 급수구에서 증가하는 경향을 보였고(P<0.10), HDL 콜레스테롤과 알부민은 이온수 급수구에서 수돗물에 비해 통계적으로 증가하였다(P<0.05). 본 실험 결과 이온수 급수로 여름철 산란계의 고온스트레스를 완화되었다. 특히 이러한 이온수가 혹서기에 산란계에 미치는 영향은 냉수를 급수한 결과와 유사하였으므로 냉수 급수법과 함께 산란계에 활용될 수 있는 여름철 음용수 관리법으로 가능성을 보였다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제64권5호
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• pp.249-258
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• 2020

The potential use of egg shell and calcined egg shell as adsorbent was evaluated and compared to remove Cd²⁺ from aqueous solution. The samples were characterized using Thermogravimetry and Differential Thermal Analysis (TG/DTA), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), X-ray Diffractometer (XRD), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer (EDX) and BET Surface Analyzer. The batch-type adsorption experiment was conducted by varying diverse variables such as contact time, pH, initial Cd²⁺ concentrations and adsorbent dosage. The results showed that, under the initial Cd²⁺ concentrations ranged from 25 to 200 mg g^-1, the removal efficiencies of Cd²⁺ by egg shell powder (ESP) were decreased steadily from 96.72% to 22.89% with increase in the initial Cd²⁺ concentration at 2.5 g of dosage and 8 h of contact time. However, on the contrary to this, calcined egg shell powder (CESP) showed removal efficiencies above 99% regardless of initial Cd²⁺ concentration. The difference in the adsorption behavior of Cd²⁺ may be explained due to the different pH values of ESP and CESP in solution. Cd²⁺ seems to be efficiently removed from aqueous solution by using the CESP with a basicity nature of around pH 12. It was also observed that an optimum dosage of ESP and CESP for nearly complete removal of Cd²⁺ from aqueous solution is approximately 5.0 g and 1.0 g, respectively. Consequently, Cd²⁺ is more favorably adsorbed on CESP than ESP in the studied conditions. Adsorption data were applied by the pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetics models and Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models, respectively. With regard to adsorption kinetics tests, the pseudo-second-order kinetics was more suitable for ESP and CESP. The adsorption pattern of Cd²⁺ by ESP was better fitted to Langmuir isotherm model. However, by contrast with ESP, CESP was described by Freundlich isotherm model well.