集约化养猪场嗜流产衣原体病流行状况的初步调查

本试验对北京郊区5个规模化猪场断奶仔猪、育成猪、育肥猪和怀孕母猪采集血清共507份,同时采集密切接触饲养人员、仔猪、育肥猪的喉头拭子、母猪阴道拭子及公猪的精液共183份。分别使用间接血凝诊断试剂盒、法国ELISA试剂盒检测抗体;利用直接荧光染色法检测抗原,包括166份猪喉头拭子、阴道拭子和精液以及17份饲养人员喉头拭子。结果发现间接血凝诊断试剂盒、ELISA试剂盒抗体阳性率分别为4.14%和2.17%;抗原平均阳性率为14.8%,其中精液阳性率达到37.5%,母猪阴道拭子阳性率为27.5%,饲养人员阳性率为23.5%。本试验证实北京郊区猪嗜流产衣原体在种公猪、母猪群和饲养员呈高流行趋势。同时研究结果显示,5个被调查的规模化猪场嗜流产衣原体抗体阳性率显著低于有报道的其他省市,这与间接血凝诊断试剂盒检测结果高于ELISA试剂有关。针对发现的问题,必须采取有效措施控制种公猪精液污染衣原体现象,阻断向母猪和饲养人员传播,以降低人兽共患病发生的风险。     

某规模化奶牛场牛流产病原的血清学调查

为了摸清某规模化奶牛场50头奶牛流产的原因,对可能造成感染流产的布氏杆菌、衣原体、弓形虫和新孢子虫抗体进行了血清学检测。结果显示,流产奶牛布氏杆菌、弓形虫和新孢子虫抗体阳性率依次为28%、10%和8%;布氏杆菌抗体和弓形虫抗体均为阳性2头,占被检头数4%;衣原体抗体全部阴性。调查结果表明,布氏杆菌、弓形虫和新孢子虫感染是造成该规模化牛场奶牛流产的主要原因。     

2022年宁夏固原市肉用流产母牛病原血清学调查分析

[目的]为了明确宁夏固原地区肉用流产母牛4种流产相关病原的流行情况。[方法]试验选择宁夏固原市5个地区不同规模化肉牛养殖场,采集131份有流产史的母牛血清样品,采用酶联免疫吸附试验（ELISA）分别对流产相关病原抗体/抗原进行检测和分析。[结果]采集的131份血清样品中共检出109份阳性血清,阳性率为83.2%。其中BVDV抗体阳性率为62.6%（82/131）、流产衣原体抗体阳性率为59.5%（78/131）、IBRV抗体阳性率为13.7%（18/131）,布鲁氏菌抗体阳性率为0%（0/131）。结果表明,采集的131份血清样品中共检出109份阳性血清,阳性率为83.2%。其中BVDV抗体阳性率为62.6%（82/131）、流产衣原体抗体阳性率为59.5%（78/131）、IBRV抗体阳性率为13.7%（18/131）,布鲁氏菌抗体阳性率为0%（0/131）。109份阳性样品中,最多出现3种病原混合感染。其中单一病原感染阳性样品占42.2%（46/109）,以BVDV感染比例最大,与流产衣原体阳性率相比差异显著（P＜0.05）;2种病原混合感染样品占56.9%（62/109）,以BVDV和流产衣原体混合感染比例最大,与流产衣原体和IBRV混合感染阳性率、BVDV和IBRV混合感染阳性率差异极显著（P＜0.01）;3种病原混合感染样本占4.6％（4/109）,主要以BVDV、流产衣原体和IBRV混合感染为主。[结论]宁夏固原地区流产母牛均存在以上3种疫病感染,其中主要以BVDV和流产衣原体单独或混合感染为主。     

猪衣原体病的诊断

对湖北省2个猪场的母猪发生流产和返情的疾病进行诊断,采集母猪血样和组织样,对衣原体病、猪瘟等采用IHA、ELISA、PCR等方法进行实验室检验,衣原体IHA抗体、ELISA抗体分别为84.6%(22/26)、88.5%(23/26),PCR检测阳性率为69.2%(18/26)。根据实验室检验结果,结合临床症状分析,诊断为猪衣原体感染,经采取综合防控措施,疫情得到了有效控制。     

衣原体感染导致母猪繁殖障碍的诊治

猪衣原体病(SwineChlamydiosis)是由鹦鹉热亲衣原体(旧称鹦鹉热衣原体)的某些菌株引起的一种慢性接触性传染病,又称流行性流产、猪衣原体性流产.临诊上可表现为妊娠母猪流产、死产和产弱仔,新生仔猪肺炎、肠炎、胸膜炎、心包炎、关节炎,种公猪睾丸炎等.常因菌株毒力,猪性别、年龄、生理状况和环境的变化而出现不同的征候群.国外于20世纪60年代首先确认猪衣原体病,随后许多国家相继报道了该病.中国在20世纪80年代初,从羊流产和猪繁殖障碍病料中分离出鹦鹉热亲衣原体,从而证实中国动物衣原体病的存在.目前,在中国规模化养猪场,猪群存在有不同程度的衣原体感染,并时有发病和流行的报道.     

猪的衣原体性流产

１９９０年一个养猪场发生了猪的流行性流产。妊娠末期的流产胎儿皮肤浮肿且伴有全身性出血斑，剖检后发现血样胸水及超量腹水、肝脏肿大、心脏上存在出血斑及淋巴节肿大。妊娠中期至后期流产的胎儿无明显变化。从病理组织学上可以认定，胎儿患有非化脓性脉络膜脑膜炎、肝细胞变性及坏死、心内膜炎、心外膜炎和血管炎等多种病症。通过免疫组织学检查，确认在上述病变中有衣原体浸入单核细胞、肝细胞及胎膜上皮细胞形成的原生小体。从流产胎儿中分离出了衣原体属鹦鹉病毒（ｃｈｌａｍｙｄｉａｐｓｉｔｔａｃｉ），对饲养猪做了鹦鹉病毒的抗体调查示为阳性。同时，对能引起猪流产的其它病原体进行了血清学及病理学检查结果均为阴性，所以可以确定本次流行性流产是由衣原体属鹦鹉病毒引起的。     

猪鹦鹉热衣原体流产灭活疫苗试生产试验

按照猪鹦鹉热衣原体流产灭活疫苗制造和检验试行规程要求,在GMP生产车间进行鸡胚的孵化、衣原体的繁殖、衣原体灭活及疫苗乳化,共试生产三批猪鹦鹉热衣原体流产灭活疫苗,每批80万毫升。结果显示这三批疫苗生产中的中间品和成品的标准均符合猪鹦鹉热衣原体流产灭活疫苗制造和检验试行规程。     

猪衣原体感染的血清学调查

衣原体病是由鹦鹉热衣原体所引起的各种畜、禽及人畜共患的传染病。自 60年代初Ｇｕｅｎｏｖ首次发现了猪衣原体病以来 ,世界许多国家相继报道了本病。我国已于 80年代初从病原学上证实了猪衣原体感染病的存在 ,并且李英才、纪强等 (1 990 )对一些常发生流产和死亡的猪场进行了血清学调查 ,发现衣原体抗体阳性率在 30 %以上 ,是我国大、中型猪场中种猪繁殖障碍的主要病因之一。为了了解鹦鹉热衣原体在山东省猪场的感染情况 ,1 997年 5月对德州、东营、聊城、济南、临沂等 5城市的1 70头猪进行了血清学调查。1　材料鹦鹉热衣原体致敏的间接血…     

广西猪衣原体性流产的病原分离和鉴定

猪衣原体病(Pig Chlamgdiosis)是由鹦鹉热衣原体引起的一种接触性传染病。自Genov于1961年报道了猪衣原体性流产后,许多国家的研究工作者陆续报道了由衣原体引起的母猪流产、死产、传染性不孕及产下生命力不强的弱仔猪,仔猪的支气管肺炎、肠炎、多发性关节炎,公猪的睾丸炎等。我国杨宜生等于1982年报道了从母猪流产和仔猪关节炎中分出鹦鹉热衣原体,从而证实了猪衣原体病在我国的存在。近年来,在我区一些养猪地区,虽然猪     

羊流产嗜衣原体病和弓形虫病IHA与ELISA诊断方法的比较

通过比较研究羊流产嗜衣原体与弓形虫抗体的间接血凝试验(IHA)与酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)检测结果,选择适宜贵州省山羊流产血清学调查的检测方法。通过IHA和ELISA两种方法对贵州省195份山羊血清进行羊流产嗜衣原体与弓形虫抗体的检测,统计并分析两种疫病的阳性符合率、阴性符合率和总符合率。结果表明,羊流产嗜衣原体与弓形虫IHA与ELISA的总符合率分别为77.95%和78.97%,阳性符合率均仅为50%,阴性符合率为80.45%和79.27%。说明在检测两种疫病血清抗体方面,IHA比ELISA更适合在贵州省基层推广。     

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。     

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.     

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.     

The Prevalence and Intensity of Helminth and Coccidial Infections in Dairy Cattle in Central Kenya

A survey of gastrointestinal parasite infections of young (<6 months old), immature (6–12 months old) and adult (>12 months old) dairy cattle on 16 farms in Kiambu District, Kenya was conducted during a dry season (September 1991 to January 1992) and during a wet season (March to July 1992). The survey was based on monthly coproparasitological examination of cohorts and worm counts in tracer calves. The effects of age, sex, farm and season on the prevalence and intensity of helminth and coccidial infections were determined. Faecal egg and oocyst counts revealed that the overall prevalences were: strongyles (including trichostrongyles) (85.5%), liver flukes (Fasciola gigantica) (34.0%), coccidia (30.9%) and tapeworms (9.6%). Eight species of the protozoan Eimeria were identified, the most prevalent species being E. bovis and E. zuernii. The most prevalent nematode genera were Haemonchus, Cooperia, Oesophagostomum and Trichostrongylus. Season, farm and age of the animals had a significant (p<0.05) influence on the intensity of infection with strongyles, liver flukes and coccidia, whereas the sex of the animals had no significant (p>0.05) effect on the prevalence or intensity of infections. A higher intensity of infection with strongyles and coccidia was found in the wet season than in the dry season (p<0.05). The age-specific intensity was in the following order: for strongyles, immature animals of 6–12 months of age had the highest egg counts, followed by young calves and adults. Calves had significantly (p<0.05) higher oocyst counts than immatures or adults. Liver fluke egg counts did not differ significant (p>0.05) between immatures and adult cattle.     

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。