猪囊尾蚴T24基因的克隆与表达

采用RT—PCR方法扩增猪囊尾蚴T24免疫原基因，将扩增产物与pGEM—Teasy载体连接，重组质粒经PCR、酶切鉴定后进行测序；构建T24基因的pGEX-4T-1原核表达载体，经IPTG诱导表达后，进行SDS-PAGE、Western—blotting；用所表达的蛋白免疫小鼠，经ELISA检测血清抗体，验证其免疫原性。结果显示，所克隆的T24基因片段长716bp，含有1个678bp的开放阅读框，其编码226个氨基酸，与已报道的猪囊虫T24基因核苷酸序列同源性为100％；表达的融合蛋白大小为40ku，并能被猪囊虫阳性血清识别；免疫小鼠在免疫1周后即可检测到血清抗体，第30d达到较高水平，表明该融合蛋白具有较好的免疫原性。     

吉林延边地区猪附红细胞体A1基因的克隆与原核表达

采用PCR方法扩增吉林延边地区猪附红细胞体A1基因片段,将扩增产物与pMD18-T载体连接,重组质粒经PCR、酶切鉴定后测序;分别构建A1重组pGEX-4T-1和PET-28-a表达质粒,经IPTG诱导表达后,进行SDS-PAGE、Western blot分析。结果显示:克隆的A1基因片段长1 044 bp,含有1个999 bp的开放阅读框,编码333个氨基酸,与GenBank中A1基因序列(AM265536)的同源性为97%;表达的融合蛋白分子量分别为64 ku和40 ku,能被猪附红细胞体阳性血清识别。表明该融合蛋白具有较好的免疫反应活性。     

牛瑟氏泰勒虫P33表面蛋白基因的克隆及在大肠杆菌中的表达

应用PCR方法扩增了牛瑟氏泰勒虫吉林株P33表面蛋白基因片段,并将扩增产物与pMD18-T载体连接,重组质粒经PCR、双酶切鉴定后测序;构建P33重组pGEX-4T-3表达载体,转化大肠杆菌BL-21,经IPTG诱导表达后.进行SDS-PAGE、免疫印记分析.结果显示,获得P33基因完整开放阅读框长868 bp,编码292个氨基酸,与中国株同源性为99.1%;表达的融合蛋白相对分子质量为59 000,能被牛瑟氏泰勒虫阳性血清识别,表明该融合蛋白具有较好的免疫原性.     

刚地弓形虫Rop18基因的原核表达及鉴定

利用PCR技术从弓形虫RH株基因组中扩增出Rop18基因片段,克隆入pET-30a载体,将重组质粒转化入大肠杆菌Top10中,经酶切鉴定获得阳性重组质粒并对其进行测序。测序结果与参考序列(登录号:JX045329.1)比对发现,核苷酸同源性为99.6%。将阳性重组质粒转化入大肠杆菌BL21中,表达产物经SDS-PAGE检测结果显示,Rop18基因在大肠杆菌中成功表达;融合蛋白的分子质量在66.2 ku左右,Western blotting显示其能被兔抗弓形虫免疫血清识别。结果表明,弓形虫RH株Rop18基因可以在原核表达系统中高效表达,该重组蛋白具有免疫原性,有望作为弓形虫疫苗候选抗原。     

弓形虫GT1虫株GRA15蛋白的表达及其反应原性分析

为了分析弓形虫GT1虫株GRA15(GRA15_GT1)蛋白的反应原性,通过PCR扩增编码GRA15_GT152～635氨基酸肽段的基因片段,构建pGEX-6P-1-GRA15_GT1载体,转化BL21菌诱导表达;通过SDS-PAGE和Western blot方法进行表达验证及反应原性分析。结果显示:SDS-PAGE及以GST标签抗体为一抗进行Western blot,均有目的条带,比理论值稍大;以猪弓形虫阳性血清为一抗的Western blot条带与GST抗体孵育后的条带大小一致。上述结果表明,GRA15_GT1蛋白具有较好的反应原性,这为下一步分段表达GRA15_GT1蛋白,研究其在弓形虫血清学分型中的应用奠定了基础。     

猪带绦虫六钩蚴TSOL16基因的表达及免疫原性分析

本研究采用RT-PCR技术扩增猪带绦虫六钩蚴TSOL16免疫原基因,将扩增产物与pMD18-T载体连接,重组质粒经PCR、酶切鉴定后进行测序;构建TSOL16基因的pGEX-4T-1原核表达载体,用IPTG诱导表达后进行SDS-PAGE、Western blot分析;将所表达的蛋白免疫小鼠,经ELISA检测血清抗体验证其免疫原性。结果显示:所克隆的TSOL16基因片段长度为559bp,含有1个402bp的开放阅读框架,编码134个氨基酸,与已报道的猪带绦虫六钩蚴TSOL16基因核苷酸序列同源性为99%;表达的融合蛋白大小为40Ku,并能被猪带绦虫六钩蚴阳性血清所识别;免疫小鼠在1周后即检测到血清抗体,第30d即达到较高水平,说明该融合蛋白具有较好的免疫原性。     

驽巴贝虫BC-48基因的克隆及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

采用PCR方法扩增驽巴贝虫吉林分离株BC-48基因片段，将扩增产砌与pGEM—TEasy载体连接，重组质粒经PCR、单酶切鉴定后测序；构建BC-48的重组pGEX-4T-2表达载体．经IPTG诱导表达后，进行SDS-PAGE、Western—blotting分析。结果显示，克隆的BC-48基因片段长610bp，含有一个570bp的开放阅读框，编码189个氨基酸，与GenBank中USDA株（U46551）的同源性为96．7％；表达的融合蛋白为45ku，能被驽巴贝虫阳性血清识别；表明该融合蛋白具有较好的反应原性。     

3株不同宿主源弓形虫分离株GRA7基因的克隆与序列分析

对分离于江苏地域的3株不同宿主源弓形虫YZ-1(ChineseⅠ基因型)、YZ-2(ChineseⅠ基因型)和KS(基因型Ⅰ型)分离株的GRA7基因的全长序列进行克隆与序列分析,结合GenBank中的相关序列进行遗传进化分析。结果表明:KS株的GRA7基因完整开放阅读框长711 bp,与RH参考株完全一致;YZ-1和YZ-2株GRA7基因序列均为708 bp,与KS株相比在290-292位点缺失3个碱基;氨基酸序列和抗原表位分析显示,YZ-1和YZ-2株的GRA7蛋白在97位缺失1个谷氨酸,但比KS和RH株多1个抗原表位。结果表明,GRA7基因可区分Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ型虫株,ChineseⅠ型与Ⅱ型虫株的亲缘关系最近;ChineseⅠ型GRA7基因在290-292位点缺少3个碱基,其GRA7蛋白多1个抗原表位。     

流产布鲁氏菌omp25基因的克隆与原核表达

用设计的1对特异性引物对流产布鲁氏菌2型CVCC70502株总DNA进行外膜蛋白基因omp25的PCR扩增，得到了1条完整的基因，大小为642bp；测序分析证明，它与国外报道的流产布鲁氏菌omp25基因的核苷酸序列完全一致。将该基因克隆到原核表达载体pGEX-6p-1中，经酶切、PCR扩增和测序分析，表明重组表达载体构建成功。将此重组质粒转化至宿主菌BL21（DE3）中，用IPTG进行诱导。结果证实，该基因可以在大肠杆菌中表达，表达产物为分子质量约50ku的融合蛋白，与理论推测的蛋白分子质量一致；Western—blotting试验证明，表达蛋白OMP25可被流产布鲁氏菌阳性血清所识别。     

弓形虫微线体蛋白MIC9的原核表达及免疫反应性分析

为深入了解弓形虫微线体蛋白9(MIC9)基因功能,以弓形虫RH株总基因组为模板PCR扩增MIC9基因片段,并构建MIC9的原核表达载体,采用Western blot对其免疫反应性进行鉴定分析。结果显示:扩增出大小为903 bp的MIC9基因片段,与预期结果一致;成功构建了pMD-18T-MIC9克隆质粒和pGEX-4T-1-MIC9原核表达载体,经过双酶切及测序鉴定正确,且能够在大肠杆菌中成功表达,表达蛋白的分子量为59 kDa;经免疫反应性鉴定,MIC9重组蛋白能够被弓形虫全虫抗体特异性识别,证明重组蛋白MIC9具有一定的免疫反应性。研究结果为弓形虫MIC9基因免疫功能的后续研究提供了参考。     

白术、微米白术和白术多糖对断奶仔猪生长性能和肠道形态及微生态区系的影响

试验选用96头平均体重14.82 kg左右的杜×长×大断奶仔猪,随机分成4组,每组3栏,每栏8头(公母各半)。对照组饲喂基础日粮,试验1、2、3组分别添加1%80目白术、0.2%白术多糖和1%微米白术。试验期30 d。结果表明:在生长性能方面,与对照组相比,1%微米白术添加组可显著提高日增重(P0.05)、降低饲料增重比和腹泻率,而且效果优于1%80目白术组和0.2%白术多糖组,在肠道形态和肠道微生态区系方面,与对照组相比,日粮添加1%80目白术、0.2%白术多糖、1%微米白术均可不同程度的提高十二指肠和空肠的绒毛高度,加深十二指肠和空肠的隐窝深度,并且增加肠道微生态区系的多样性,其中以1%微米白术添加组的效果最佳。     

Prevalence and seasonal incidence of nematode parasites and fluke infections of sheep and goats in eastern Ethiopia

Sissay, M.M., Uggla, A. and Waller, P.J., XXXX. Prevalence and seasonal incidence of nematode parasites and fluke infections of sheep and goats in eastern Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production, XXXX. A 2-year abattoir survey was carried out to determine the prevalence, abundance and seasonal incidence of gastro-intestinal (GI) nematodes and trematodes (flukes) of sheep and goats in the semi-arid zone of eastern Ethiopia. During May 2003 to April 2005, viscera including liver, lungs and GI tracts were collected from 655 sheep and 632 goats slaughtered at 4 abattoirs located in the towns of Haramaya, Harar, Dire Dawa and Jijiga in eastern Ethiopia. All animals were raised in the farming areas located within the community boundaries for each town. Collected materials were transported within 24 h to the parasitology laboratory of Haramaya University for immediate processing. Thirteen species belonging to 9 genera of GI nematodes (Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus axei, T. colubriformis, T. vitrinus, Nematodirus filicollis, N. spathiger, Oesophagostomum columbianum, O. venulosum, Strongyloides papillosus, Bunostomum trigonocephalum, Trichuris ovis, Cooperia curticei and Chabertia ovina), and 4 species belonging to 3 genera of trematodes (Fasciola hepatica, F. gigantica, Paramphistomum {Calicohoron} microbothrium and Dicrocoelium dendriticum) were recorded in both sheep and goats. All animals in this investigation were infected with multiple species to varying degrees. The mean burdens of adult nematodes were generally moderate in both sheep and goats and showed patterns of seasonal abundance that corresponded with the bi-modal annual rainfall pattern, with highest burdens around the middle of the rainy season. In both sheep and goats there were significant differences in the mean worm burdens and abundance of the different nematode species between the four geographic locations, with worm burdens in the Haramaya and Harar areas greater than those observed in the Dire Dawa and Jijiga locations. Similar seasonal variations were also observed in the prevalence of flukes. But there were no significant differences in the prevalence of each fluke species between the four locations. Overall, the results showed that Haemonchus, Trichostrongylus, Nematodirus, Oesophagostomum, Fasciola and Paramphistomum species were the most abundant helminth parasites of sheep and goats in eastern Ethiopia.     

Y‐chromosomal variation of local goat breeds of Turkey close to the domestication centre

Genetic variations in chromosome Y are enabling researchers to identify paternal lineages, which are informative for introgressions and migrations. In this study, the male‐specific region markers, sex‐determining region‐Y (SRY), amelogenin (AMELY) and zinc finger (ZFY) were analysed in seven Turkish native goat breeds, Angora, Kilis, Hair, Honaml?, Norduz, Gürcü and Abaza. A SNP in the ZFY gene defined a new haplotype Y2C. All domestic haplogroups originate from Capra aegagrus, while the finding of Y1A, Y1B, Y2A and Y2C in 32, 4, 126 and 2 Turkish domestic goats, respectively, appears to indicate a predomestic origin of the major haplotypes. The occurrence of four haplotypes in the Hair goat and, in contrast, a frequency of 96% of Y1A in the Kilis breed illustrate that Y‐chromosomal variants have a more breed‐dependent distribution than mitochondrial or autosomal DNA. This probably reflects male founder effects, but a role in adaptation cannot be excluded.     

A brief history of the prevention of infectious diseases by immunisations

Infectious diseases have always been a terrible scourge for humans. The appearance of these plagues, as they were called without distinction, was generally connected to various conditions: asters, climatic changes or religious reasons. The concept of contagious, and then infectious, diseases came slowly. Variolation, i.e. transmission of ‘virulent’ matter to induce a natural disease and the immunity against it, was brought from Constantinople to England by Lady Montague, in 1721. This ‘variolation’ technique was also often performed in veterinary medicine against diseases like sheep-pox or pleuropneumonia. As ‘vaccination’ is the term generally accepted for ‘immunisation’, variolation can be the word designating such a technique. The second period of the history of immunisation began, in 1880, with the studies of Pasteur and his collaborators. A great number of bacterial vaccines were developed: dead, live but attenuated or only parts of pathogens. The viruses were produced in animals, then in eggs and at last, in tissue cultures. Second generation vaccines appeared with genetic engineering: recombinant vaccines, vector vaccines, nucleic acids vaccines, and markers vaccines, among others. These novel technologies can permit the development of new ones and improve the quality of the vaccines already existing.     

Micronutrient Content of Certain Tropical Conventional and Unconventional Feed Resources of Southern India

The ash, silica and certain important micronutrients were estimated in conventional and unconventional feed and fodder resources available in Southern India. Commonly used dry roughages, such as paddy straw, ragi straw, maize kadbi/stalk, jowar kadbi/stalk, bajra stalk and wheat straw, were high in ash (9.9% +/- 0.77%) and silica (6.4% +/- 0.65%) and low in most of the other micronutrients, except iron, with paddy straw containing most silica (>9%). Cultivated non-leguminous (maize, jowar) and improved green crops (hybrid napier, guinea, green panic, NB-21, CO-1) were also high in ash (10.5% +/- 0.60% and 12.5% +/- 0.51%) but were moderate sources of P, Mg and Cu and good sources of Zn (98 +/- 13.8 ppm and 55 +/- 6.7 ppm). Leguminous green fodders (stylosanthus, lucerne, cow pea, soyabean) were excellent sources of Ca (1.9% +/- 0.16%), Mg (0.40% +/- 0.05%), Cu (30 +/- 5.2 ppm), Zn (121 +/- 14.7 ppm) and Fe (1234 +/- 166 ppm) and moderate sources of P. Mixed local grasses and weeds were high in silica (6.9% +/- 1.00%) but were good sources of Cu, Zn and Fe. Cereal grains (maize, wheat, rice, ragi) were low in ash (2.9% +/- 0.33%) and were relatively poor sources of Ca (0.22% +/- 0.03%), Mg (0.19% +/- 0.03%) and Cu (13 +/- 3.1 ppm). Pulses were low to medium sources of most minerals and good sources of Fe (1230 +/- 293 ppm). Oil seed cake/extractions (groundnut cake, cotton seed cake, soyabean meal, sunflower cake, safflower cake) and cereal by-products (rice polish, rice bran, wheat bran) were excellent sources of P (1.1% +/- 0.47% and 2.3% +/- 0.19%) and good sources of Zn (65 +/- 3.9 ppm and 66 +/- 10.7 ppm) and Fe (938 +/- 130 ppm and 662 +/- 126 ppm). Among the unconventional feeds screened, orange peel, sunflower heads, meat meal, rubber seed cake, spirulina algae and sea weeds contained plentiful Ca, Zn and Fe: tree leaves/top feeds (mulberry, erythrina, glyricidia, banana, subabul, groundnut haulms) were excellent sources of Ca (1.5% +/- 0.13%), Zn (120 +/- 22.9 ppm) and Fe (1033 +/- 133 ppm) but relatively poor sources of P. Soyabean husk, cocoa seed husk, rubber seed cake and meat meal were moderate to good sources of P (1.0% and 0.33%). The high Zn and Fe values of most feeds/fodders were probably due to soil contamination. This account of the micronutrient content of feed/fodder resources should help in strategic supplementation intended to alleviate local deficiencies.     

Bovine Mastitis in Selected Areas of Southern Ethiopia

A study on bovine mastitis, designed to determine the causal agents, prevalence of infection and impact of risk factors in three cattle breeds, was conducted in selected areas of southern Ethiopia. A total of 307 lactating and non-lactating cows, of which 162 were indigenous Zebu, 85 Jersey and 60 Holstein-Friesian, were examined by clinical examination and the California mastitis (CMT) test. Of these, 40.4% were positive by CMT and bacteriology for clinical or subclinical mastitis, with prevalence rates of 37.1% and 62.9%, respectively. Out of 1133 quarters examined, 212 (18.7%) were found to be infected, 83 (39.2%) clinically and 129 (60.8%) subclinically. The prevalence of mastitis was significantly higher in Holstein-Friesian than in indigenous Zebu, in non-lactating cows than in lactating cows, in the early lactation stage than in the mid-lactation stage, in cows with lesions and/or tick infestation on skin of udder and/or teats than in cows without this factor, and in the wet season than in the dry season. Mastitis increased with parity number (R = 0.9). Of 248 CMT and clinically positive udder quarter samples analysed microbiologically, 212 were culturally positive for known mastitis pathogens and 36 were negative. Of the 199 positive samples, Staphylococcus accounted for 39.2%, Streptococcus for 23.6%, coliforms for 14.1%, Micrococcus and Bacillus species for 8.0% each and Actinomyces or Arcanobacterium (Corynebacterium) for 7.0%. It was concluded that there was a high prevalence of clinical and subclinical mastitis, mainly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae and Escherichia coli, in this study area.     

不同日粮氮水平对山羊氮代谢和微生物蛋白质合成的影响

本试验旨在探讨不同日粮氮水平对内蒙古白绒山羊氮代谢和微生物蛋白质合成(MCP)的影响,以达到提高氮利用率,减少环境污染和饲料资源的浪费。试验选用9只体况良好、体重为(43.83±2.95)kg,装有瘤胃瘘管的内蒙古白绒山羊,按体重随机分为3组,每组3只。日粮分为低氮7.5%、中氮10.5%、高氮13.5%3个氮水平。试验使用常规试验方法分析测定粪尿血液等生化指标,通过全收尿法和尿嘌呤衍生物法估测MCP。结果表明:随着氮水平增加,氨氮(NH3-N)浓度、氮摄入量、尿氮排出、尿中尿素氮(UUN)和MCP显著增加(P0.05),干物质采食量(DMI)显著降低(P0.01);沉积氮占总摄入氮的比例在中氮组最高,MCP在高氮组最高。综上所述,适当降低日粮氮水平可减少粪尿氮排放,提高反刍动物氮利用率。     

Microsporidial keratopathy in two dogs

A microsporidial keratopathy is described in two dogs. Both dogs presented with a unilateral stromal keratopathy characterized by multifocal coalescing opacities, and the diagnosis was made on histopathologic examination of keratectomy specimens. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) on formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded corneal tissue was performed in one dog, and the morphologic features were consistent with Nosema species infection. Both dogs were initially diagnosed and treated by superficial keratectomy. One dog received additional antifungal medication and underwent a penetrating keratoplasty following local recurrence two years later. No other systemic lesions attributable to the microsporidial infection were identified clinically. The clinical and diagnostic pathology findings, treatment, and follow‐up are discussed.     

优质肉鸡S3系体重与体尺性状指标的主成分分析

为研究地方优质肉鸡S3系体重和体尺性状之间的内在相关性,12周龄时选取同一饲养条件下的150只鸡(公母各半)进行体重和体尺性状等7个指标的测定。结果表明:S3系公鸡的体重、体斜长、龙骨长、胸角均显著高于母鸡(P0.05);公母鸡体重、体斜长、胸宽、胫围这4项指标变异系数较大,有较大选育空间;体重与体斜长、龙骨长、胸宽、胸角、胫围呈极显著正相关(P0.01),相关系数分别为0.57、0.52、0.51、0.49和0.47,与胸深、胫长呈显著相关(P0.05),相关系数分别为0.44和0.39;其他各体尺指标间也存在不同程度的正负相关性(P0.05或P0.01);体重和7个体尺性能指标综合成5个复合指标,累计贡献率达92.6355%,其中第l、2、3、4、5主成分分别解释总变异的36.5353%、22.8642%、13.3115%、10.4535%和8.4710%;各主成分的特征根分布较广,经统计计算入选的5个主成分所包含信息的侧重点各有相同,分别都在一定程度上反映了S3鸡的体型特征和生长发育规律,为今后选育出更加符合市场需求的屠宰加工优质型肉鸡指明了的方向。     

Efficacy of tropicamide,homatropine, cyclopentolate,atropine and hyoscine as mydriatics in Angora goats

Abstract

AIM: To document the efficacy of five commercially available mydriatics for their potential for diagnostic and therapeutic use in Angora goats.

METHODS: Over 8 weeks, the mydriatic effects of 1% tropicamide, 2% homatropine, 1% cyclopentolate, 1% atropine and 0.25% hyoscine were evaluated. Given as block treatments, drugs were applied randomly to one eye of 10 Angora goats, and the contralateral eye served as a control. Vertical and horizontal pupil diameters were measured to document onset ofeffect, time to reach a difference of 5 mm in the vertical/horizontal pupil diameter between eyes, time to maximum pupillary dilation, and duration of mydriatic action.

RESULTS: Onset of mydriasis for all drugs occurred within 15 minutes. Time to reach a difference of 5 mm in the vertical pupil diameter between eyes was shortest for 1% tropicamide and 0.25% hyoscine (0.5 h), then 2% homatropine and 1% atropine (0.75 h), and longest for 1% cyclopentolate (1.5 h). The maximum vertical pupillary dilation occurred earliest with 1% tropicamide and 1% atropine (2 h), followed by 0.25% hyoscine (3 h), 2% homatropine (4 h), and latest with 1% cyclopentolate (8 h). The duration of vertical dilation of the pupil was shortest with 1% tropicamide (6 h), then 2% homatropine (12 h), 1% cyclopentolate (12 h), 1% atropine (24 h), and longest for 0.25% hyoscine (96 h).

The time to reach maximum horizontal dilation of the pupil in treated eyes was shortest with 1% cyclopentolate (1 h), followed by 1% tropicamide (1.5 h), 0.25% hyoscine (3 h), 2% homatropine (3.5 h), and 1% atropine (4 h). The duration of horizontal pupil dilation was shortest with 1% tropicamide (4.5 h), and longest with 0.25% hyoscine (48 h).

CONCLUSION: All five mydriatics induced clinical dilation. Tropicamide (1%) had the shortest duration of effect, but gave incomplete dilation. Good dilation was achieved with 1% cyclopentolate and 2% homatropine, but took too long to reach maximum dilation for routine mydriasis. The largest vertical dilation of the pupil was achieved with 1% atropine and 0.25% hyoscine, but pupils remained dilated for more than 24 h.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE: For routine mydriasis in goats, it is recommended that 1% tropicamide be used, though there may be incomplete dilation. For a longer duration of mydriasis, such as in the treatment of anterior uveitis, 1% atropine or 0.25% hyoscine would be the drugs of choice.