产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌菌落双重PCR检测方法的建立

为建立快速特异的PCR方法以及同时检测并区分产毒素与非产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌,本研究根据GenBank登录的多杀性巴氏杆菌KMT1基因和toxA毒素基因序列,设计合成了2对特异引物。特异性试验表明产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌C51-6扩增出了460bp和1854bp的2条目的片段,而不产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌、大肠埃希菌、胸膜肺炎放线杆菌、猪链球菌、支气管败血波氏杆菌、副猪嗜血杆菌和鸡白痢沙门菌的扩增均为阴性;敏感性试验表明该PCR方法能从含450CFU的菌液中扩增出相应的目的片段。同时用豚鼠皮肤坏死试验和小鼠致死试验对该PCR方法进行了验证。     

兔多杀性巴氏杆菌16S rRNA PCR检测方法的建立和应用

以兔多杀性巴氏杆菌的高度保守的16S rRNA为靶基因,参考已公布的多杀性巴氏杆菌的16SrRNA基因设计1对特异性引物,优化PCR反应条件,建立了兔多杀性巴氏杆菌PCR快速检测方法。该PCR方法的敏感性达到60cfu/mL,使用建立的PCR方法扩增兔多杀性巴氏杆菌标准株和分离株均能扩增出643bp的目的片段,扩增兔大肠杆菌、支气管败血波氏杆菌结果为阴性,证明本试验所建立的兔多杀性巴氏杆菌病原PCR检测方法敏感、特异、可靠。     

应用巢氏PCR方法快速检测猪鼻拭子样品中产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌

根据产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌的toxA基因序列,设计了2对特异性引物,扩增的片段大小分别为864和447 bp,从而建立了一种能直接从猪鼻拭子中快速检测产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌的巢氏PCR方法。该方法能检出26CFU菌量以上的模板DNA,且不能从猪的其它7种常见病原菌扩增到特异性条带。通过对5个不同地区阳性猪群中采集的146份临床鼻拭子样品进行巢氏PCR检测和细菌分离鉴定,结果2种方法同时为阳性的样品有44份,同时为阴性的样品有97份,另有5份样品只有巢氏PCR检测为阳性,巢氏PCR检测与细菌分离鉴定的符合率为96.58%。试验表明:巢氏PCR方法能快速、灵敏地从猪鼻拭子样品中检出产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌,适合临床进行大规模病原学检测,具有良好的应用前景。     

产毒多杀性巴氏杆菌的生物学试验与ToxA基因鉴定

本试验基于T＋Pm产生皮肤坏死毒素的生物学活性，采用豚鼠皮肤坏死试验检测Pm分离物所产毒素的特征并进行病理组织学观察；针对猪萎缩性鼻炎Pm菌株的toxA基因选择不同引物，鉴别T＋Pm与T—Pm分离物。针对ToxA基因中的1230bp片段，将分离自有萎缩性鼻炎临床症状猪群的17株多杀性巴氏杆菌（Pasteurellamultocida，Pro）进行PCR扩增，其中4株Pm分离菌株确定为产毒多杀性巴氏杆菌（ToxingenicPasteurellamultoci da，T＋Pm），占23．53％（4／17）。本试验丰富了猪源多杀性巴氏杆菌的基因资源，在猪萎缩性鼻炎的诊断、防制和净化上具有应用价值。     

猪源D型产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌毒素基因的原核表达

参照GenBank收录的产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌toxA基因序列(AF240778),设计一对引物,从猪源D型产毒素多杀性巴氏杆菌中扩增出toxA编码区3 858 bp的片段,将其克隆至原核表达载体PET-32a,转入大肠埃希菌BL21(DE3)中进行融合表达多杀性巴氏杆菌毒素。SDS-PAGE和Western blot分析证实,该表达产物以包涵体形式存在,大小约175 ku。动物试验结果表明,重组蛋白具有良好的免疫原性、反应原性及一定的生物学活性。通过间接ELISA方法检测抗毒素的猪阳性血清,表达重组蛋白较天然蛋白具有更高的特异性,为多杀性巴氏杆菌毒素进一步应用奠定了基础。     

禽霍乱巴氏杆菌的分离鉴定及基因分型

为确定疑似禽霍乱病例病原种类及其病原基因型,本研究采用细菌分离技术对病原菌进行实验室分离培养,应用传统方法和分子生物学方法对分离细菌进行鉴定,并应用PCR扩增和基因序列分析对分离细菌进行基因分型。结果显示,分离菌具有多杀性巴氏杆菌（Pasteurella multocida,Pm）典型培养特征,菌落形态和菌体染色特征、生理生化特性均与多杀性巴氏杆菌相符;PCR扩增到457 bp的基因片段。采用5对分型引物对分离菌进行基因分型显示,仅有A型引物扩增到大小1 050 bp的目的基因片段,序列分析也显示分离菌荚膜基因与A型多杀性巴氏杆菌参考菌株荚膜特异性基因同源性高达97.6%~100.0%,系统进化与A型多杀性巴氏杆菌处于同一进化分支。结果表明,疑似禽霍乱病例病原为A型多杀性巴氏杆菌,本研究结果将为禽霍乱的防控提供参考资料。     

猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌PCR诊断方法的建立与应用

根据胸膜肺炎放线杆菌ApxⅣ基因设计1对引物，扩增特异的650bp棱酸片段，建立了应用PCR检测猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌的方法。特异性试验结果表明，12个血清型的放线杆菌参考菌株均能扩增出650bp特异性的核酸片段，而大肠杆菌、多杀性巴氏杆菌、猪肺炎支原体、伤寒沙门氏菌和支气管败血性波氏杆菌的扩增结果均为阴性。敏感性试验结果表明，PCR的最低检出限量为500个放线杆菌。利用建立的PCR检测方法对22株从山东省不同地区分离的疑似胸膜肺炎放线杆菌菌株进行检测．结果14株为阳性。对感染猪病变组织的检测结果表明，病变部位不同，胸膜肺炎放线杆菌的检出率不同，其中以扁桃体的检出率最高。     

牛多杀性巴氏杆菌和牛支原体双重PCR检测方法的建立及应用

参照Gen Bank中牛多杀性巴氏杆菌kmt1基因序列(AF016259)和牛支原体opp D/F基因序列(AF130119),设计两对引物,在建立两种细菌单项PCR检测方法的基础上,优化双重PCR反应条件,建立了两种细菌的双重PCR检测方法,用这两对引物对同一样品中的牛多杀性巴氏杆菌、牛支原体核酸为模板进行双重PCR扩增,结果可同时扩增牛多杀性巴氏杆菌和牛支原体的265bp和439bp的特异性片段,而对其他4种牛病原菌的扩增结果均为阴性。敏感性测定结果表明,对牛多杀性巴氏杆菌和牛支原体的最低核酸检出限均为1pg。通过对30份临床病料检测,将建立的双重PCR技术和单项PCR方法进行对比验证,结果显示,两者的总符合率为100%。结果表明,建立的双重PCR检测方法具有特异、快速、准确的特点,可用于对牛多杀性巴氏杆菌和牛支原体的同时检测和鉴别诊断。     

猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌、多杀性巴氏杆菌和副猪嗜血杆菌复合PCR检测方法的建立

目的建立可以同时检测猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌、多杀性巴氏杆菌和副猪嗜血杆菌的快速而可靠的PCR检测方法。方法和结果根据胸膜肺炎放线杆菌的Apx-VIA基因序列、多杀性巴氏杆菌和副猪嗜血杆菌的16SrRNA基因序列设计5条引物。猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌、多杀性巴氏杆菌和副猪嗜血杆菌模板的PCR扩增产物大小分别为342bp,485bp和1258bp。复合PCR对1～12型猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌标准株,6株多杀性巴氏杆菌标准株,1～15型副猪嗜血杆菌以及25株经生化鉴定确认为上述三种细菌的分离株的基因组DNA作为模板进行检测,均获得预期大小的扩增产物。以猪放线杆菌、吲哚放线杆菌等14种常见细菌作为阴性对照进行PCR检测,结果仅有支气管败血波氏杆菌产生了可以和上述三个特异性条带明显区分的PCR产物。复合PCR针对胸膜肺炎放线杆菌、多杀性巴氏杆菌和副猪嗜血杆菌的敏感性分别为14pg、34pg和37pg。结论本研究建立的复合PCR特异性好,敏感性高,可以用于猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌、多杀性巴氏杆菌和副猪嗜血杆菌的快速检测。     

兔多杀性巴氏杆菌和支气管败血波氏杆菌双重PCR检测方法的建立及应用

根椐Gen Bank公布的兔多杀性巴氏杆菌16S r RNA和支气管败血波氏杆菌fim N基因序列,设计两对引物,在建立两种细菌单项PCR检测方法的基础上,优化双重PCR反应条件,建立了两种细菌的双重PCR检测方法,用这两对引物对同一样品中的兔多杀性巴氏杆菌、支气管败血波氏杆菌核酸为模板进行双重PCR扩增,结果可同时扩增兔多杀性巴氏杆菌和支气管败血波氏杆菌的258bp和449bp的特异性片段,而对其他4种兔病原菌的扩增结果均为阴性。敏感性测定结果表明,对兔多杀性巴氏杆菌和支气管败血波氏杆菌的最低核酸检出限分别均为1pg。通过对78份临床病料检测,将建立的双重PCR技术和单项PCR方法进行对比验证,结果显示,两者的总符合率为100%。表明建立的双重PCR检测方法,具有特异、快速、准确的特点,可用于对这兔多杀性巴氏杆菌和支气管败血波氏杆菌的同时检测和鉴别诊断。     

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.     

Feline intracranial neoplasia: retrospective review of 160 cases (1985-2001)

The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of different tumor types within a large cohort of cats with intracranial neoplasia and to attempt to correlate signalment, tumor size and location, and survival time for each tumor. Medical records of 160 cats with confirmed intracranial neoplasia evaluated between 1985 and 2001 were reviewed. Parameters evaluated included age, sex, breed, FeLV/FIV status, clinical signs, duration of signs, number of tumors, tumor location(s), imaging results, treatment, survival times, and histopathologic diagnosis. Most of the cats were older (11.3 +/- 3.8 years). Primary tumors accounted for 70.6% of cases. Metastasis and direct extension of secondary tumors accounted for only 5.6 and 3.8% of cases, respectively. Twelve cats (7.5%) had 2 or more discrete tumors of the same type, whereas 16 cats (10.0%) had 2 different types of intracranial tumors. The most common tumor types were meningioma (n = 93, 58.1%), lymphoma (n = 23, 14.4%), pituitary tumors (n = 14, 8.8%), and gliomas (n = 12, 7.5%). The most common neurological signs were altered consciousness (n = 42, 26.2%), circling (n = 36, 22.5%), and seizures (n = 36, 22.5%). Cats without specific neurological signs were common (n = 34, 21.2%). The tumor was considered an incidental finding in 30 (18.8%) cats. In addition to expected relationships (eg, meninges and meningioma, pituitary and pituitary tumors), we found that lesion location was predictive of tumor type with diffuse cerebral or brainstem involvement predictive of lymphoma and third ventricle involvement predictive of meningioma.     

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.