O型和Asia1型口蹄疫病毒感染RT-PCR鉴别诊断方法的建立

根据GenBank中O型和Asia1型口蹄疫病毒(Foot-and-mouth disease virus,FMDV)的vp3、vp1和2A基因序列,并与其它血清型FMDV的对应基因序列进行比较,设计用于扩增O型和Asia1型FMDV vp1基因的特异性引物,建立O型和Asia1型FMDV RT-PCR鉴别诊断方法。本方法首先用通用型引物进行RT-PCR,确定是否为FMDV感染,然后用特异性引物鉴别O型或Asia1型FMDV的感染。用vp1基因序列分析进行符合性试验,验证了该方法所具有的特异性和敏感性。本方法可用于O型和Asia1型FMD的快速诊断及流行病学调查。     

口蹄疫病毒通用型和A型二重实时荧光RT-PCR检测方法的建立

为建立一种快速、敏感、特异的口蹄疫病毒(Foot-and-mouth disease virus,FMDV)分型鉴别诊断实时荧光RT-PCR(Fluorescence quantitative,FQ-PCR)检测方法,根据O、A、AsiaⅠ三种血清型FMDV保守基因序列,设计能够检测到FMDV的特异性通用检测引物和A型检测引物,以及不同荧光素标记的MGB探针。通过对PCR反应体系和反应条件的优化筛选,建立了FMDV通用型和A型二重实时荧光RT-PCR检测方法,并对该方法进行了特异性、敏感性、重复性试验;利用所建立的方法,对123份疑似FMDV感染的临床样品进行了检测。结果显示,建立的FMDV通用型、A型二重实时荧光RT-PCR检测方法在10~1～10~7拷贝/μL模板范围内有很好的线性关系;对pGEM-T/FMDV-T和pGEM-T/FMDV-A重组质粒出现阳性扩增信号,但对正常细胞培养物对照和其他7种病原对照未扩增出特异性曲线;自123份疑似FMDV感染样品中,检出10份FMDV-T阳性,6份FMDV-T/FMDV-A双阳性并且与基因测序结果一致。结果表明,本研究建立的FMDV通用型、A型二重实时荧光RT-PCR检测方法重复性好、敏感性高、特异性强,最低检测模板浓度为10拷贝/μL,可用于FMDV的快速分型检测,为FMDV的早期检测及临床诊断提供了新方法。     

A型塞尼卡病毒与O型、亚洲I型、A型口蹄疫病毒多重RT-PCR检测方法的建立

为建立鉴别A型塞尼卡病毒(SVA)与O型、亚洲I型、A型口蹄疫病毒(FMDV)的快速检测方法,本研究分别设计4对特异性引物,用于扩增SVA 3D基因(157 bp)、O型FMDV VP1基因(240 bp)、亚洲I型FMDV VP1基因(460 bp)、A型FMDV VP1基因(320 bp)。经优化引物浓度、退火温度等反应条件,初步建立了同时检测SVA与O型、亚洲I型、A型FMDV的多重RT-PCR方法。利用该方法同时检测SVA及O型、亚洲I型、A型FMDV、猪瘟病毒、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒、猪流行性腹泻病毒、猪伪狂犬病病毒、猪细小病毒、猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)、PCV3等主要猪源病毒,结果显示该方法仅对SVA及O型、亚洲I型、A型FMDV检测为阳性,其他均为阴性,特异性较强;SVA、O型、亚洲I型、A型FMDV重组质粒标准品10倍倍比稀释后利用本研究建立的多重RT-PCR方法检测,结果显示同一反应体系中,4种重组质粒标准品的检出下限均为2.5×10~2拷贝/μL,敏感性较高;批内、批间重复性试验结果一致,该方法重复性较好。利用本实验建立的方法对2019年采集自广西省的30份临床疑似样品进行检测,结果显示,SVA、O型FMDV的阳性检出率分别为16.67%和63.33%;未检出亚洲I型及A型FMDV;同时采用国家标准《口蹄疫诊断技术》(GB/T18935-2003)中RT-PCR方法以及文献报道的SVA套式RTPCR方法对FMDV、SVA检测,结果与本实验建立的多重RT-PCR方法检测结果的符合率为100%。本研究首次建立的多重RT-PCR检测方法具有特异性强、敏感性高、重复性好的特点,为鉴别检测SVA与O型、亚洲I型、A型FMDV提供了有效的技术方法。     

应用荧光RT-PCR检测亚欧型口蹄疫病毒

根据口蹄疫病毒基因组的5’非翻译区序列比较保守的特点,采用软件设计亚欧型(A、O、C及Asia-1型)FMDV通用的引物和探针,经对反应条件和反应体系进行优化,建立了亚欧型FMDV的实时荧光RT-PCR检测方法。研究表明,该方法检测阳性质粒模板的线性范围为1.9×107-1.9×10拷贝,最低可检测19个拷贝。通过对FMDV各血清型(A、O、C、Asia-1及SAT-1,2,3型)的检测,证实该方法对亚欧型FMDV具有良好的特异性,能有效区分亚欧型和南非型FMDV感染。本研究为亚欧型口蹄疫的快速诊断和流行病学调查提供了新的方法。     

A型塞尼卡病毒与O型、A型、亚洲I型口蹄疫病毒多重TaqMan荧光定量RT-PCR检测方法的建立及应用

为建立鉴别检测A型塞尼卡病毒(SVA)与O型、A型、亚洲I型口蹄疫病毒(FMDV)的方法,针对SVA 3D基因与O型、A型、亚洲I型FMDV VP1基因,分别设计特异性引物和TaqMan探针,经优化反应条件,建立了同时检测SVA与O型、A型、亚洲I型FMDV的TaqMan荧光定量RT-PCR方法.所建立的方法能特异性扩...     

O型、A型及Asia-1型口蹄疫病毒多重RT-PCR检测方法的建立

根据口蹄疫病毒VP1基因序列,利用Primer Premier 5.0软件设计4条特异性引物,通过对退火温度等反应条件进行优化,建立能够同时扩增出O型、A型、Asia-1型口蹄疫病毒的多重RT-PCR检测方法。结果表明,建立的方法最低可以检测出约含1 pg/μL的病毒样品;该方法对猪瘟病毒、猪细小病毒、猪伪狂犬病毒、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒、猪圆环病毒等其他相关病毒的检测结果均为阴性,特异性良好。建立的方法能够对口蹄疫O型、A型、Asia-1型病毒准确定型,可广泛用于口蹄疫病毒3个血清型的快速检测和分子流行病学调查。     

多重荧光RT-PCR同时检测口蹄疫O A AsiaⅠ三种血清型

口蹄疫(foot-and-mouth disease,FMD)是一种动物烈性传染病,被OIE列为A类家畜传染病之首。根据O、AsiaⅠ、A三种血清型FMDV的保守基因序列,设计特异性引物和以不同荧光素标记的TaqMan探针。通过对PCR反应体系和反应条件的优化筛选,建立了检测O、AsiaⅠ、A三种血清型FMDV的多重荧光RT-PCR检测方法。结果表明,该方法有效、特异、敏感,对于口蹄疫病毒的诊断和疫苗的使用具有重要意义。     

口蹄疫病毒抗原胶体金试纸条的研究

利用单克隆抗体技术制备抗口蹄疫病毒的单克隆抗体,特异性试验表明其只与O、A、Asia 1型3种血清型FMDV抗原结合。进而采用胶体金标记技术,以胶体金标记的抗口蹄疫病毒单克隆抗体、多克隆血清抗体和葡萄球菌A蛋白为主要材料,研制口蹄疫快速检测试纸条。该试纸条检测O、A、Asia 1型3种血清型灭活口蹄疫病毒均为阳性,检测水疱性口炎病毒、猪水疱病病毒、蓝舌病病毒、猪蓝耳病病毒4种灭活抗原及小反刍兽疫病毒疫苗株均为阴性,试验结果与口蹄疫实时荧光定量RT-PCR方法的完全一致,表明其具有良好的特异性。敏感性试验结果是,试纸条的检测极限为1∶160稀释的样品,其敏感性相当于实时荧光定量RT-PCR方法的1/64。由于试纸条具有操作方便、检测快速等优点,因此该试纸条可以用于大量临床样品的快速检测和现场检测。     

口蹄疫病毒RT-PCR检测与血清型鉴别

针对编码非结构蛋白的3D基因合成一对引物进行口蹄疫病毒RT-PCR扩增,不同血清型病毒的RNA样本均显现一条457bp的目的带,与预期设计的长度相符合。在敏感性试验中,O型、A型和AsiaⅠ型病毒的最小RNA检出量分别为0.8ng、8ng和8ng。根据GenBank发表的口蹄疫病毒VP1和2A基因序列,采用多重RT-PCR鉴别口蹄疫病毒血清型,O型、A型和AsiaⅠ型病毒的特异性扩增片段分别为200bp、340bp和500bp。对9份乳鼠感染病料进行检测,确诊为O血清型口蹄疫病毒感染。     

检测奶牛隐性感染FMDV RT-PCR方法的建立及应用

根据已发表的口蹄疫病毒(FMDV)基因序列设计了一对引物,扩增FMDV 3D后1/3区段,应用反转录聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)技术,从组织培养液中扩增出大小为489 bp的基因片段,建立了FMDV RT-PCR检测方法.该方法灵敏度高,可检测出0.01个TCID50的病毒含量;特异性好,不与其他病毒如PRV、PRRSV、JEV等发生交叉反应.阳性样品的检测结果与反向间接血凝(IHA)检测结果的符合率为100%.应用所建立的RT-PCR方法,对采自3个奶牛场的55份鲜奶样品及40份牛鼻拭子样品进行检测.结果表明,所建立的检测方法可用于奶牛隐性感染FMDV的检测.     

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.