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KMID : 1025520050470020233
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology
2005 Volume.47 No. 2 p.233 ~ p.242
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Effects of Feeding Charcoal Powder and Vitamin A on Growth Performance, Serum Profile and Carcass Characteristics of Fattening Hanwoo Steers
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Kim Byung-Ki
Kim Young-Jik
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Abstract
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Effects of supplemental charcoal powder and vitamin A on growth performance, serum profile and carcass characteristics with 24 Hanwoo steers were investigated. The Hanwoo steers were randomly assigned to one of the three dietary treatments : 1) Control(commercial feed), 2) T1(commercial feed supplemented with 2% charcoal powder and 0.2% vitamin A), 3) T2(commercial feed with 2% charcoal powder). In the age 26 month, body weight of control T1 and T2 were 633.8kg, 621.0kg, 619.4kg, respectively, with not significantly different(P>0.05). The daily weight gain of control was the highest followed by T1 and T2.
The contents of vitamin A(retinol) and total cholesterol in the blood of T1 was higher T1(56.32μg/dl, 163.83mg/dl) than the other treatment groups(P<0.05). The average of WBC value in the blood was 6.86~9.83k/μl, RBC value was 7.98~11.26k/μl and blood platelet was 236.7~287.0k/μl. But The serum profile in blood was not significantly different between control and treatment groups. The carcass grade and characteristics of all treatments in Hanwoo steers were not significantly different except the texture.
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KEYWORD
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Charcoal powder, Vitamin A, Hanwoo steer, Growth performance, Serum profile
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