鹅源高活力纤维素分解菌的分离鉴定

利用纤维素刚果红培养基初筛,滤纸失重和酶活测定试验复筛,从鹅盲肠筛选到1株纤维素分解能力较强的真菌F67。经中国科学院微生物研究所鉴定,F67为草酸青霉,微生物保藏号为CGMCC NO.2260。该菌在以纤维素为唯一碳源的培养液中,28℃振荡培养8 d,滤纸纤维素失重率达28.53%,滤纸酶活力(FPA)可达449.79 U/g。试验结果还表明,真菌分解纤维素的能力最强,放线菌次之,细菌最差。     

玉米秸秆高效分解菌株的筛选、鉴定及产酶条件优化

为了从瘤胃液中筛选出一株对玉米秸秆分解能力较强的纤维菌,试验采用稀释平板法分离奶牛瘤胃菌,通过刚果红平板法对产纤维素酶的菌株进行初筛,选取透明圈大的菌株进行玉米秸秆摇瓶复筛,得到一株对玉米秸秆分解率最高的菌株。根据菌株形态、生理生化特征对菌株进行初步鉴定,并对该菌株的产酶条件进行了优化。结果表明,该菌株为芽孢杆菌属,接种量为8%、氮源为NH3NO3、吐温80含量1%为该菌最适产酶条件。     

东祁连山高寒草地纤维素分解菌的分离和筛选

从东祁连山高寒草地土壤中分离真菌菌株,以CMC-Na培养基,刚果红染色法和滤纸平板培养基为指标对分离的菌株进行纤维素分解菌的初步筛选,然后,通过测定滤纸减重率和CMC酶活力进行复选,获得了3株纤维素分解能力较强的菌株F-3,F-25和F-22,表明高寒草地土壤中具有较强分解能力的纤维素分解菌。     

变异黄芪中产苦马豆素内生真菌的分离与鉴定

从变异黄芪种子中分离并纯化内生真菌,应用ɑ-甘露糖苷酶抑制法检测能产生苦马豆素的内生真菌。提取真菌DNA,扩增和测定真菌ITS和GPD序列,进行序列同源性比较,构建系统发育树。结果:从变异黄芪种子中共分离到3株产苦马豆素内生真菌,其形态特征均与波状芽管蠕孢属相近;ITS和GPD序列与棘豆波状芽管蠕孢一致性高达99%;遗传分析显示,3株菌与棘豆波状芽管蠕孢真菌遗传距离最近。根据形态特点和遗传进化分析结果,将该3株菌鉴定为棘豆波状芽管蠕孢。     

油菜秸秆分解菌的筛选与产酶特性初探

以刚果红-羧甲基纤维素钠培养基进行初筛,通过油菜秸秆粉液体培养测定菌株所产CMC酶及木质素酶含量进行复筛,最终得到3株分解能力较好的菌株,分别编号为BF14、AD28和AD38。还对3株菌株发酵过程中CMC酶、滤纸酶、木质素酶及淀粉酶的产量进行了测定,为油菜秸秆饲用化处理奠定基础。     

直立黄芪中产苦马豆素真菌的分离与鉴定

为了确定直立黄芪中是否存在能产生苦马豆素的真菌及该类真菌与链格孢属波状芽管孢组疯草内生真菌的遗传进化关系,对直立黄芪植物组织中的真菌进行了分离,应用ɑ-甘露糖苷酶抑制法和超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法对分离菌株菌丝中的苦马豆素进行分析,筛选能够产生苦马豆素的菌株。PCR法扩增产苦马豆素真菌的内部转录间隔区(ITS)、甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶(GPD)和β-酮脂酰合酶(β-ketoacyl synthase,KS)基因,测定其序列,进行序列一致性比对。基于ITS和GPD序列构建系统发育树,根据遗传进化分析结果和形态特征,对直立黄芪中的产苦马豆素真菌进行种属分类和命名。结果显示:从直立黄芪中共分离到43株真菌,其中有13株菌丝中含有苦马豆素,序列一致性和系统发育分析结果表明,该类真菌与已报道的直立黄芪病原真菌甘肃链格孢(Alternaria gansuense)和产苦马豆素疯草内生真菌(Alternaria Section Undifilum sp.)的亲缘关系最近。直立黄芪中存在能产生苦马豆素的真菌,根据形态特点和遗传进化分析结果,本研究将从直立黄芪中分离的产苦马豆素真菌划分到链格孢属波状芽管孢组中,并命名为甘肃波状芽管孢(Alternaria Section Undifilum gansuense)。     

产β-葡萄糖苷酶芽孢杆菌Z-1的筛选、鉴定及其酶学特性研究

试验筛选得到了一株产β-葡萄糖苷酶的枯草芽孢杆菌Z-1。利用七叶苷和柠檬酸高铁铵为底物,通过显色反应,在土壤中初筛得到15株产β-葡萄糖苷酶的菌株,复筛得到5株产酶活性较高的菌株,其中Z-1活性相对最高。对菌株进行生理生化和16S r DNA序列同源性比较分析,鉴定该菌株为枯草芽孢杆菌。采用DNS法对粗酶液的酶学特性进行了测定。     

产纤维素酶菌株的筛选与产酶测定

为了分离筛选获得高产纤维素酶菌株,试验收集堆肥和林场腐殖层土壤样品,经富集培养后接种于不同的鉴别培养基用于分离细菌、放线菌、真菌,利用羧甲基纤维素钠(CMC-Na)琼脂平板结合革兰氏碘液染色法,通过测定水解圈直径与菌落直径比值(H/C值)初筛纤维素降解菌,通过测定滤纸酶(FPA)和羧甲基纤维素酶(CMC)活性复筛出产纤维素酶能力相对较强的菌株,并测定其酶活性,最后从形态学和分子生物学角度对产酶最高的菌株进行鉴定。结果表明:共筛选出产纤维素酶能力相对较强的细菌6株、放线菌9株、真菌2株;FPA和CMC活性测定显示,分离菌株的FPA活性在5.36~25.86 IU/m L之间,CMC活性在11.56~58.75 IU/m L之间,其中1株真菌的酶活性较高,FPA和CMC活性分别达到25.86 IU/m L、58.75 IU/m L,产酶能力高于在生产中应用的绿色木霉菌,这株真菌鉴定为黑曲霉,该菌可以作为潜在的开发菌种。     

堆肥中高温纤维素降解菌的筛选和应用

选用PCS培养基和定期改变传代的方法,从高温堆肥样品中筛选出4组具有较强纤维素分解能力的混合菌群,从菌群的生长特性、纤维素酶活力和滤纸、水稻秸秆的降解能力等方面复筛出一组纤维素分解能力较强而稳定的混合菌群MixF-3。该混合菌群经72h能将滤纸完全崩解,崩解滤纸后的培养液pH值基本稳定在8.5左右。培养温度为55℃或65℃时有利于MixF-3复合菌群产生的纤维素酶活较快地达到最大值;55℃培养96h左右,培养液中最高酶活为91.05U/mL,培养7d对水稻秸秆的降解率为46.5%。将复合菌群MixF-3接种到猪粪和牛粪自然堆肥中,发现其能促进肥料快速升温,48h内超过65℃,加速了原料的快速腐熟,为进一步研究开发堆肥快速腐熟菌剂奠定了基础。     

玉米秸秆降解真菌的筛选及鉴定

为了筛选到高效玉米秸秆降解真菌。实验以树林、稻田、玉米田等地土层下5 cm取得的腐殖质土壤为样品进行富集培养,通过刚果红染色法进行初步筛选,滤纸崩解法复筛,分别以羧甲基纤维素钠和玉米秸秆粉为唯一碳源,经30℃、120 r/min摇床培养72 h测定纤维素酶活性,液态发酵方法考察实际降解能力,通过分子学方法鉴定菌株。获得2株具有较高纤维素酶活和玉米秸秆降解能力的真菌菌株Z_(2-6)和Z_(3-5),液体发酵15 d后,秸秆降解率分别是59.43%和59.13%,通过分子学鉴定都为尖孢镰刀菌。真菌菌株Z_(2-6)和Z_(3-5)是具有较好研究价值的玉米秸秆纤维素降解真菌。     

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.