국내에 서식중인 청개구리의 배아를 활용하여 농약류 3종의 독성평가를 위해 FETAX(Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus) 기법에 따라 청개구리(Hyla japonica)의 배아를 배양하면서 Benomyl(살균제), Carbofuran(살충제), Thiobencarb(제초제)의 효과를 probit 분석법으로 조사하였다. 그 결과, Benomyl, Carbofuran, Thiobencarb의 농도에 의존하여 유생의 체장 길이는 감소하고 치사율과 기형율은 증가하였다. Benomyl, Carbofuran, Thiobencarb의 teratogenic concentration(EC50)은 각각 1.00, 0.58, 4.75mg/L을 나타내어 Carbofuran이 기형유발에 가장 민감하게 반응하였으며, embryo lethal concentrations(LC50)은 7.04, 28.71, 16.12mg/L을 나타내어 Benomyl이 가장 낮은 농도에 서 배아를 치사하는 것으로 나타났다. Teratogenic index(TI=LC50/EC50)는 Benomyl 7.04, Carbofuran 49.50, Thiobencarb 3.39를 나타내어 TI값이 모두 기형유발물질로 판단하는 기준인 1.5 이상을 나타내어 시험에 사용된 농약류 3종은 최기형성 물질로 판단되며 Carbofuran이 가장 강력한 최기형성물질로 작용함을 알 수 있었다.

The objective of this study was to evaluate several types of uterine bacteria in Hanwoo. uterine bacteria from randomly selected 5 uterus was collected by flushing methods into a sterilized 1.5 ml centrifuge tube and was inoculated onto MacConkey agar and blood agar, respectively. After being incubated for 5% CO2, aerobic or anaerobic condition at 37℃ during 48h, bacterial colonies were selected and re-inoculated onto blood agar plates. Re-cultured colonies were identified by Gram staining and finally identified using Vitek system. The identified bacteria were Staphylococcus lentus, Staphylococcus sciuri, Staphylococcus vitulinus, Staphylococcus warneri of Gram (+) and Rhizobium radiobacter, Sphingomonas paucimobilis of Gram () bacteria. Although, pathogenicity of identified bacteria was unclear, the bacteria can have an effect on the uterine microenvironment. Therefore, repetitive research will be required to determine the effects of bacteria in cattle exposed to a various environment.

This study evaluated a sexed sperm ability to produce embryos by flow cytometer. Hanwoo bulls sperm were separated to X and Y sperm via Hoechst 33342 stained with near UV laser or performed the pre-sorted without near UV laser beam in flow cytometry. Pre-sorted sperm had significantly higher viability (84±1.15 %, p<0.05) compared to other sorted groups in frozen-thawed semen. For fresh semen, pre-sorted sperm had the higher viability (79±3 %, p<0.05) than those of the X and Y sperm (44.7±1.67 and 41.7±1.2 %) separated by differences of DNA content. On the other hand, pre-sorted and X sperm sorted according to differences in DNA content had significantly higher viabilities (24.3±1.2 and 25.7±0.9 %, p<0.05) compared to that of the sorted Y sperm (13.7±1.2 %) in the hypoosmotic swelling test. The proportion acrosome reaction in the sorted X sperm was higher (55.0±1.7 and 45.0±1.5 %) than those of the sorted Y-sperm (32.3±0.9 %, p<0.05). However, the sperm morphologies of the sorted groups were not significantly differences. In conclusion, the sex-sorting procedure by flow cytometry affected some characteristics of Hanwoo sperm. Further study is needed to determine the optimal procedures to enhance male and female embryos and sorting accuracy.