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ResearchNational Institute of Animal Science opens the future of livestock research

Key Research Highlights Annual Report

Key Research Highlights

Development and Cultivation of Alfalfa for Feed Cost Reduction in Response to Forage Import Liberalization

  • Develpoment of domestically adapted alfalfa varieties (Alfaone, Alfaking)
  • Productivity enhancement through soil and cultivation condition improvements
  • Development of new alfalfa varieties
  • Evaluation of alfalfa productivity
  • Alfalfa hot-air hay production

Development of Antioxidant Probiotics and Dairy Products for Alzheimer's Prevention

  • Developing fermented milk and cottage cheese using probiotics beneficial for preventing Alzheimer's disease
  • Efficacy verified by feeding probiotics and dairy products to Alzheimer's model animals
    • Behavioral experiment (Y-maze) results showed a 18.6% improvement in short-term memory compared to control group
    • Reduction in brain tissue beta-amyloid plaque deposition: 41.7% decrease compared to control group(Lactic acid bacteria), 31.9%(fermented milk), 36.2%(cottage cheese)
  • Genome of selected probiotics (Casei)
  • Improvement in behavioral experiment results of model animals
  • Decrease in beta-amyloid plaques in brain tissue of model animals

Development of Hot Air Drying Hay Production System for Stable Hay Production in Response to Forage Import Liberalization

  • Development of a hot air hay drying system to Establish a stable foundation for hay production
  • Field demonstration and pilot project implementation of the hot air hay drying system
  • Schematic diagram of hot air drying hay production system
  • Installation site of hot air drying hay production system(Iksan)
  • Round and square bale hot air dried hay

Development and Distribution of Dry Aging Technology for Taste and Flavor Enhancement of Hanwoo Beef

  • Establishment of optimal dry aging condition
    • Analysis of meat quality, aroma and volatile flavor compounds at each stage of dry aging
  • Improvement of flavor and taste, reduction of production time and loss
  • Distribution of technology to enhance the value of low-grade or low-fat cuts
  • Dry-aged beef
  • Sensory evaluation

Development of Asia's First ICT-Integrated Milking Robot for Precision Dairy Farming

  • Reduction in labor for milking cows and cost reduction in milking robot purchase
  • Saving labor for dairy farmers and realizing animal welfare through voluntary milking by cows
  • Developed milking robot
  • Application of domestic industrial robot arms
  • Teat recognition using AI+3D cameras

Improvement and Commercialization of Artificial Insemination Technology for Goats to Enhance Breeding Efficiency

  • Establishment of early pregnancy diagnosis technology for goats, and production and freezing conditions for frozen semen
    • Early pregnancy diagnosis using transrectal ultrasound and blood test kits (reduction of 20 days)
  • Establishing a national systematic improvement in goat breeding efficiency
  • Semen collection from elite goat breeds
  • Artificial insemination in goats
  • Pregnancy ultrasound diagnosis

Development of Integrated Safety Management Technology for Preemptive Prevention of Hazards in Livestock Products

  • Development of a device for one-step detection and diagnosis of food poisoning bacteria
  • Development of a paper sensor for on-site diagnosis of veterinary drugs and a reader for quantitative analysis
  • Development of environmentally friendly microbial control technology applicable to livestock products and production stages
  • Food poisoning bacteria diagnostic technology (prototype)
  • Residue detection technology (prototype)
  • On-site diagnosis of hazardous elements

Discovery of new anti-methanogenic compounds in silico screening to achieve carbon neutrality

  • Securing synthetic materials related to anti-methanogenic compounds (6 out of 10 types)
    • Building genomic information modeling on methyl-CoM reductase (25 species) of ruminal archaea
    • Database construction by reprocessing the cheminformatics of 3,5000 chemicals in the pubic PubChem database
    • Discovery of methane reduction candidates within the constructed chemical database through methyl-CoM structure-based screening from ruminant archaea
  • Efficacy evaluation of 6 candidates in rumen fluid for methane reduction (in vitro) : twice of repeated validation tests (3 candidates of reducing methane emissions by more than 28%)
  • Methanogenic pathway
  • Exploration of anti-methanogenic compounds
  • Protein Structure of methyl-coM reductase
  • Pharmacophore- based docking study

Fostering a Dedicated Market for Nanchukmacdon to Promote its Industrialization

  • Development of black pork breeds suitable for grilling all parts, catering to the preferences of Korean consumers
  • Maintaining marketability and improving quality uniformity through the establishment of a cooperative system for farmers-distribution-consumption restaurants
  • Development and commercialization of the world's first technology for early diagnosis of pork quality
  • Nanchukmacdon
  • Nanchukmacdon loin
  • Conventional pork loin
  • Meat quality diagnosis method

Establishment of a Private-Led Distribution System for WooriHeukDon(Black Pig) to Promote Industrialization

  • Development of black pig breeds that complement the advantages (taste) and disadvantages (growth) of native pigs
  • Enhancing farm income and creating regional black pig brands
  • WooriHeukDon
  • WooriHeukDon belly
  • WooriHeukDon loin
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