减毒沙门氏菌为载体传递DNA疫苗诱导对新城疫病毒的免疫保护

探讨了以减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏茵为栽体传递新城疫病毒DNA疫苗的安全性、免疫原性和可行性。将含新城疫病毒(NDV)F48E9株融合蛋白(F)基因的真核表达质粒pcDNA3-F的重组减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌ZJ111株(ZJ111／pcD-NA3一F菌株)，以10^8CFU进行首免，2周后二免，三免后4周攻击强毒株F48E9，观察其安全性和免疫原性，同时设只含空载体pcDNA3的ZJ111／pcDNA3菌株对照及口服PBS对照。结果表明：重组ZJ111／pcDNA3-F菌株具有良好的安全性。对强毒株攻击的保护率达64．7％。重组ZJ111／pcDNA3-F菌株不仅能诱导雏鸡产生NDVELISA抗体，而且诱导产生的法氏囊B淋巴细胞和胸腺T淋巴细胞增殖反应显著高于ZJ111／pcDNA3时照组。这些结果提示，减毒沙门氏菌为载体不仅可直接将NDVF基因呈递给鸡体细胞进行表达，产生抗NDV的体液免疫，而且还可诱导细胞免疫应答。     

减毒沙门氏菌为载体的草鱼口服生长抑素DNA疫苗的构建及其稳定性

将生长抑素(SS)和乙肝表面抗原基因(HBsAg)融合后，插入真核表达载体pcDNA3，构建成pcDNA3-SS，再转化减毒沙门氏菌(S．typhimurium,dam^-和phop^-)，构建了以减毒沙门氏菌为载体的生长抑素口服DNA疫苗ZJ111／pcDNA3-SS，并通过体外传代、灌服草鱼检验了ZJ111／pcDNA3-SS的侵袭力及体外和侵入草鱼体内过程中的德定性。对草鱼肝脏和脾脏分离菌的生化特性检验和特异性PCR鉴定表明，ZJ111／pcDNA3-SS能很好地侵入草鱼体内；对在Amp^ 、Amp^-平板上传5、10代和灌服7d后草鱼肝、脾脏分离的减毒菌抽提重组质粒进行PCR和酶切鉴定表明．减毒菌中的重组质粒在体外和侵入草鱼体内过程中具有较好的稳定性。     

减毒沙门氏菌为载体的口服生长抑素DNA疫苗对草鱼的安全性

幼草鱼灌服10^8、10^9、10^10cfu／mL减毒沙门氏菌为载体的口服生长抑素DNA疫苗ZJ111／pcDNA3-SS，另设野生型鼠伤寒沙门氏菌（10^9cfu／mL）和PBS对照组，试验期20d，观察并比较各组死亡率。另取150g左右的草鱼灌服PBS、10^8cfu／mL ZJ111／pcDNA3-SS和10^8cfu／mL野生型鼠伤寒沙门氏菌组，7d后屠宰取肝和脾脏，做透射电镜切片观察。结果显示，灌服10^9cfu／mL ZJ111／pcDNA3-SS的幼鱼在试验期间死亡2尾，灌服10^8cfu／mL ZJ111／pcDNA3-SS和PBS的幼鱼采食和生长正常，灌服野生型S．typhimurium和10^10cfu／mL ZJ111／pcDNA3-SS的幼鱼死亡率分别为76．67％、26．67％。灌服10^8cfu／mL ZJ111／pcDNA3-SS的草鱼肝、脾细胞形态正常，肝脏线粒体略微肿胀，内质网间距略有增大，但病变特征不明显；10^8cfu／mL的zJ111／pcDNA3-SS对草鱼具有相对安全性。     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫ZJ株5401基因的克隆和序列分析

利用RT—PCR方法扩增出了柔嫩艾美耳球虫(E．tenella)ZJ(浙江)株的子孢子表面抗原5401基因。把这一基因片段克隆到PGEM—T克隆载体上，得到的阳性克隆经PCR鉴定及酶切分析，结果表明重组子(pGEM—T—5401)中含有5401基因，该序列全长为864bp，序列本身是一个开放阅读框，将克隆得到的基因与国外报道的5401基因比较，有两个碱基发生有义突变，引起两个氨基酸发生突变，核苷酸同源性为99．8％，氨基酸同源性为99．3％。克隆出的5401基因可以用于将来重组疫苗的研究。     

鸡柔嫩艾美耳球虫3-1E真核重组表达质粒的构建及其免疫保护性分析

为构建鸡柔嫩艾美耳球虫(E.tenella)重组真核表达质粒并检测其免疫保护性,本实验将E.tenella表面抗原基因3-1E(E)与鸡IFN-γ、IL-2基因分别串联在真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(+)中,构建真核重组表达质粒pcDNA-E-IFNγ、pcDNA-E-IL2,同时构建对照质粒pcDNA-E、pcDNA-IFNγ、pcDNA-IL2.经酶切鉴定得到预期大小目的片段,测序结果与预期序列一致.将构建的重组质粒免疫鸡只,经western blot检测表明该重组质粒在鸡体内可以正常表达;对感染鸡只的免疫保护效果显示,pcDNA-E-IFNγ、pcDNA-E-IL2组抗球虫指数(ACI)分别为181.04、187.30,具有高效的抗球虫效果,为将其进一步研制成为具有实用价值的抗球虫疫苗奠定了基础.     

EnMIC2重组减毒沙门氏菌的构建及免疫保护效果研究

成功构建了表达鸡毒害艾美耳球虫(Eimeria necatrix)广东株(GD)微线蛋白-2基因(EnMIC2)的重组减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌，在IPTG诱导下获得了EnMIC2的高效表达，SDS-PAGE分析表明，表达产物约占菌体总蛋白的8．6％，分子量大小约为35ku，与抗E．necatrix的高免血清进行Western Blotting，结果为阳性。将重组减毒沙门氏菌以10^8和10^9 CFU／鸡免疫4日龄岭南黄肉鸡，免疫后2周血清中可检测到特异性IgG，3周时抗体水平达到峰值，同时可在肠道检测到特异性IgA的分泌。免疫接种后3周，试验鸡分别经口攻击感染500个E．necatrix(GD)孢子化卵囊，结果显示免疫组与非免疫组有相似的排卵囊曲线；但10^8和10^9CFU免疫组的卵囊总产量分别能降低26．62％和48．92％。     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫感染对蛋鸡生产肠炎沙门氏菌污染蛋和感染肠炎沙门氏菌敏感性的影响

为揭示球虫感染对蛋鸡的肠炎沙门氏菌敏感性及鸡蛋的肠炎沙门氏菌污染率的影响而进行了本研究。结果显示,柔嫩艾美耳球虫感染对蛋鸡生产肠炎沙门氏菌污染蛋及感染肠炎沙门氏菌的敏感性均具有增强作用。具体表现为：柔嫩艾美耳球虫感染可使肠炎沙门氏菌污染蛋壳显著增多（Ｐ＜０．０５）;球虫感染鸡所产蛋,无论是新鲜的还是贮存１周后的,其蛋内容物的肠炎沙门氏菌阳性率比仅感染肠炎沙门氏菌鸡所产蛋要高;球虫感染鸡盲肠中的沙门氏菌阳性率和沙门氏菌数显著增加（Ｐ＜０．０１）;球虫感染鸡输卵管中的肠炎沙门氏菌也有增多;球虫感染使泄殖腔拭子的肠炎沙门氏菌阳性率增加。研究结果表明,柔嫩艾美耳球虫感染可以增加鸡群中肠炎沙门氏菌的水平及其垂直传播的危险。     

ADF-IL-2基因重组卡介苗的构建及免疫保护效果

构建柔嫩艾美尔球虫ADF基因和鸡IL-2基因的重组卡介苗,并研究其免疫保护性.将柔嫩艾美尔球虫的ADF基因和鸡的IL-2基因串联后连接到至穿梭表达载体pMV261和整合表达载体pMV361中电转化卡介苗,制备重组卡介苗pMV261-ADF-IL-2和pMV361-ADF-IL-2,将构建的基因重组卡介苗分别以不同免疫途径接种雏鸡,研究其对柔嫩艾美耳球虫的攻毒的免疫保护效果.结果显示,成功构建重组rBCG pMV261-ADF-IL-2和pMV361-ADF-IL-2,且rBCG滴鼻免疫组的免疫效果较好,其抗球虫指数分别为176.08和172.89.结果表明,构建的基因重组卡介苗pMV261-ADF-IL-2和pMV3 61-ADF-IL-2对柔嫩艾美尔球虫卵囊的攻击具有一定的保护作用.     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫重组IL-2-EtMIC-2质粒的免疫效力研究

为了确定鸡IL-2对柔嫩艾美耳球虫(E.tenella)河北株Et MIC-2质粒的免疫增效作用,将构建的pcDNA3.0-IL-2、pcDNA3.0-EtMIC-2和pc DNA3.0-IL-2-EtMIC-2质粒分别免疫雏鸡,研究其对E.tenella攻毒后的免疫保护效果。结果显示,pcDNA3.0-IL-2-EtMIC-2重组质粒的免疫剂量为100μg、150μg时,抗E.tenella攻击的保护率均高达95%,抗求虫指数(ACI)分别为163和165,比免疫pcDNA3.0-IL-2和pcDNA3.0-EtMIC-2组分别提高了91.99%、94.35%和31.88%、33.50%。     

堆型艾美耳球虫重组质粒pcDNA3-1E在鸡体组织中的分布

为了探索堆型艾美耳球虫重组质粒pcDNA3-1E在雏鸡组织中的分布情况,将重组质粒pcDNA3-1E经肌肉注射免疫雏鸡,分别在免疫后15d、30d和60d剖杀雏鸡并采取各种组织,抽提各组织总基因组DNA进行PCR扩增后经琼脂糖凝胶电泳分析,并观察接种后雏鸡的临床特征。结果:免疫后15d各组织均可检测到3-1E基因,而免疫后30d和60d,仅在pcDNA3-1E质粒注射部位检测到3-1E基因,其他组织均未检测到3-1E基因;50μg的pcDNA3-1E质粒并未对雏鸡产生不良影响。由此表明堆型艾美耳球虫重组质粒pcDNA3-1E在雏鸡体内至少可存在15d,30d后质粒DNA仅分布于接种部位,并至少可持续60d,而且未发现异常临床表现。     

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.     

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.     

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.