抗H9亚型禽流感病毒独特型抗体的制备与应用

用纯化的鸡抗H9亚型禽流感病毒（AIV）免疫球蛋白G（IgG）作为抗原免疫家兔，制备兔源多克隆抗独特型抗体（Pab2），同时免疫小鼠，应用细胞融合技术建立了分泌抗AIV独特型单克隆抗体（Mab2）的杂交瘤细胞系。经鉴定，2类抗独特型抗体均能竞争性地抑制鸡抗AIVIgG与AIV的结合。保护试验证实，兔源多克隆抗独特型抗体疫苗较单克隆抗独特型抗体疫苗具有更高的保护作用。     

免疫层析试纸条(ICS)检测禽流感抗体

以纯化的禽流感病毒（avian influenza virus,AIV）核蛋白作为捕捉抗原，金标兔抗鸡抗体作为金标二抗，建立检测禽流感血清抗体的胶体金免疫层析试纸条（immunochromatographic strip, ICS）。对标准阳性血清不同滴度进行检测，ICS试验的敏感性高于琼脂扩散试验（AGP）。特异性试验证实，禽流感的ICS试验与新城疫（ND）、传染性支气管炎（IBV）、鸡传染性法氏囊病（IBD）及减蛋综合症（EDS-76）均无交叉反应。同时，用ICS试验和HI试验检测105份鸡血清，两者具有较好的符合性。结果认为：禽流感ICS具有快速简便、特异、灵敏等优点。     

禽流感病毒同义NP蛋白的原核表达及其间接ELISA检测方法的建立

为建立通用型禽流感病毒(AIV)快速检测方法,本研究将合成的同义NP (ConsNP)基因克隆于pET30a中,利用大肠杆菌系统进行原核表达,以纯化重组ConsNP蛋白作为包被抗原,建立了检测AIVNP抗体的间接ConsNP-ELISA方法,并优化了反应条件.结果表明:抗原包被量为1μg/孔;封闭剂为5％脱脂乳;一抗血清稀释度为1∶200; HRP标记的兔抗鸡IgG(酶标二抗)稀释度为1∶20 000;阴阳性临界值为:OD49nm值＞0.239.该间接ELISA方法与其他亚型AIV阳性血清均呈阳性反应,与新城疫病毒,马力克病病毒,禽传染性囊病病毒阳性血清无交叉反应,具有良好的特异性和敏感性.本研究为进一步研制通用型的禽流感ConsNP-ELISA检测试剂盒奠定了基础.     

鸡传染性腔上囊病病毒双夹心ELISA检测方法的建立

通过制备兔抗鸡传染性腔上囊病病毒（IBDV）、小鼠抗IBDV和绵羊抗兔免疫血清,并纯化绵羊抗兔辣根过氧化物酶标记抗体,采用方阵滴定法测定其最佳使用浓度,建立了IBDV双夹心ELISA检测方法。结果显示,包被抗体的最适稀释度为1：160,兔抗IBDV的最佳稀释度为1：200,酶标记抗体的最佳稀释度为1：400。特异性和重复性试验结果表明,该方法特异性强,重复性好,与鸡新城疫、鸡传染性支气管炎和鸡减蛋综合征病毒抗原均不发生交叉反应。对人工感染病例的检测结果表明,建立的双夹心ELISA方法可用于临床快速诊断IBDV。     

Dot-ELISA检测H9亚型禽流感病毒的研究

本研究采用兔抗H9亚型禽流感病毒（AIV）IgG包被于硝酸纤维素膜,酶标羊抗兔IgG作二抗,建立检测H9亚型AIV的Dot-ELISA法。经方阵试验确定兔抗AIV IgG工作浓度为1∶400,酶标羊抗兔IgG的工作浓度为1∶400。作者建立的Dot-ELISA对AIV的最小检测量为3.35×10-9g。Dot-ELISA与HA和HI、AGP及病毒分离法相比,检测63份临床疑似H9亚型AIV病料,Dot-ELISA检出32份(57.14%),HA和HI检出15份(23.81%),AGP检出11份(17.46%),病毒分离检出38份(60.30%)。用抗H9亚型AIV阳性血清可以阻断Dot-ELISA阳性反应,诊断膜片与鸡新城疫病毒、鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒、鸡传染性支气管炎病毒、产蛋下降综合征病毒不出现阳性反应,证明Dot-ELISA特异性好。分别置室温(25 ℃左右)、4 ℃和-20 ℃下保存1个月后,膜片诊断效果不变,对照反应均成立,该方法重复性好（重复符合率为93.9%）,操作简便（3 h内可完成）,不需要特殊检测仪器,结果客观,肉眼易于判断,是微生物和传染病及寄生虫病诊断标准化的新技术之一。     

朗德鹅禽流感病毒的分离与鉴定

用禽流感病毒ELISA试剂盒对某朗德鹅养殖场的病鹅气管粘液进行了检测，发现5份粘液样本均呈禽流感阳性；随后取相应气管组织材料接种于9～11日龄鸡胚分离病毒．发现尿囊液能使鸡红细胞发生凝集，用禽流感病毒H5、H7、H9标准阳性血清和新城疫病毒、传染性支气管炎病毒、传染性喉气管炎病毒、传染性法氏囊炎病毒抗血清作HI试验，结果禽流感病毒H5亚型抗血清的血凝抑制滴度达到2^7，而禽流感病毒H7、H9亚型及其他病毒抗血清无血凝抑制滴度，说明从朗德鹅分离到的病毒为H5亚型禽流感病毒。     

抗H9亚型禽流感病毒单克隆抗体的制备及初步鉴定

利用纯化的H9N2亚型禽流感尿囊液病毒免疫原免疫Balb/c小鼠,应用杂交瘤技术将免疫鼠脾细胞与小鼠骨髓瘤细胞(SP2/0)融合,用间接ELISA方法检测培养上清是否对H5N1亚型AIV及NDV反应,筛选只针对H9N2亚型AIV的阳性细胞株,经克隆获得1株较高亲和力的杂交瘤细胞株,命名为4E7,用其制备的腹水ELISA效价达到2×105,Western-blotting证明单抗4E7经鉴定为针对75KD血凝素的单抗,HI效价为1:27,且不与新城疫病毒、鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒、传染性脑脊髓炎病毒、鸡传染性支气管炎病毒、H5N1亚型禽流感病毒发生交叉反应,具有较好的特异性。IgG亚型为IgG1。     

禽流感病毒单克隆抗体的研制及初步应用

接种H5N1亚型禽流感病毒(AIV)鸡胚尿囊液，经甲醛灭活后，差速离心提纯病毒，三次免疫BALB／c小鼠，取免疫小鼠脾细胞与骨髓细胞SP2／0-Ag-14融合。用间接ELISA和血凝抑制(HI)试验筛选阳性杂交瘤细胞株。本研究共获14株能够稳定分泌特异性单克隆抗体(McAbs)的杂交瘤细胞株，其中McAb A6具有HI特性，并可以与重组鸡痘病毒表达的H5亚型AIV HA蛋白反应。用间接EHSA试验测定McAbs与125株AIV分离株的反应性。用反应谱广的McAbs(483和F2)进行交叉反应实验，确定了McAbs可用于夹心ELISA的最佳包被和酶标方式。以McAb483为基础建立的夹心ELISA对175株各亚型的AIV的阳性检出率在90％以上。     

检测禽流感病毒抗体的重组核蛋白间接ELISA方法的建立

以大肠杆菌系统表达的H9N2亚型禽流感病毒（AIV）核蛋白（NP）为抗原，建立了禽流感间接酶联免疫吸附试验抗体检测技术（NP—ELISA）。对263份待检血清（包括临床收集的243份血清和20份H9N2亚型AIV免疫鸡阳性血清）进行检测，NP—ELISA与琼脂免疫扩散试验（AGP）的总符合率为83．3％，与血凝抑制试验（HI）的总符合率为92％。特异性试验表明，NP—ELISA方法可以检测H5、H7和H9亚型AIV特异性抗体，检测为阳性的血清样品能够被阳性鸡胚尿囊液阻断。敏感性试验证实，NP—ELISA最早可以检测鸡感染后7d的血清样品，并于感染后10d确定100％血清阳性，而AGP检测直到首免后21～28d才出现部分血清阳性，HI检测直到10～14d才出现部分血清阳性，并且NP-ELISA要比HI敏感4～40倍。试验证明，NP—ELISA是检测AIV血清型特异性抗体的一种特异、敏感、快速、经济的血清学检测技术。     

H5NI型禽流感病毒纳米量子点快速检测方法的建立

本文介绍了一种用CdSe量子点标记技术用于H5NI型禽流感病毒检测的方法。采用CdSe量子点标记鸡抗AIVIgG,并对标记的抗体量子点复合产物进行了纯化。H5N1型禽流感病毒单克隆抗体作为包被抗体,CdSe量子点标记的鸡抗AIVIgG作为检测抗体,建立了纳米量子点应用于禽流感病毒快速检测的方法。此方法的最佳检测组织为气管和肺,整个检测过程只需3小时。实验结果表明,对已知的阳性样品其敏感性比血凝试验要高出4倍以上,与新城疫病毒、鸭瘟病毒和鸭肝炎病毒等无交叉反应。对65份病料进行检测,结果有5份阳性病例,60份阴性病例,与鸡胚分离法作为比对,结果符合率为98.46%,说明此方法具有较好的特异性和灵敏度,该方法操作简单、检测快速快,在进出口检疫方面有良好的应用前景。     

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.     

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.     

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.