猪瘟病毒荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立

通过RT-PCR方法克隆了猪瘟病毒(CSFV) 5′端非编码区(UTR)的一段靶序列,构建重组质粒作为标准阳性模板.同时根据GenBank中的靶序列设计了用于FQ-PCR的一对引物和一条TaqMan探针.通过条件优化,以定量的10倍系列稀释的质粒为标准品进行荧光定量PCR扩增并制作标准曲线,建立了CSFV检测的荧光定量PCR方法.结果表明,该方法检测灵敏度可达1.0×100拷贝/μL,线性范围为 109～100,达10个数量级;对起始浓度为1.0×109、1.0×108、1.0×107拷贝/μL的标准品的最终实际测得值(Ct)分别为19.73、22.95和26.24;变异系数分别为0.61%、1.77%和1.18%,均小于5%,说明此方法具有良好的准确性和重现性.对阳性组织病料的检测表明,该方法的检测灵敏度高出常规PCR,与套式PCR具有相近的灵敏度.     

H3亚型猪流感病毒荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立

通过RT-PCR方法克隆了H3亚型猪流感病毒HA基因一段靶序列,构建重组质粒作为标准阳性模板.根据GenBank中的H3亚型猪流感病毒HA基因保守序列设计了用于FQ-PCR的1对引物和1条TaqMan探针.通过条件优化,以10倍系列稀释的质粒为标准品进行荧光定量PCR扩增,并制作标准曲线,建立了检测H3亚型猪流感的荧光定量PCR方法.结果表明,该方法检测灵敏度可达1.0×100拷贝/μL,线性范围为109～100,达10个数量级;对起始浓度为1.0×109、1.0×108、1.0×107拷贝/μL的标准品的最终实际测得值(Ct)分别为13.68,18.21和20.57;变异系数分别为0.31%、0.17%和0.12%,均小于5%,说明此方法具有良好的准确性和重现性.对阳性组织病料的检测表明,该方法的检测灵敏度高出常规PCR,与套式PCR具有相近的灵敏度.     

猪圆环病毒2型荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立

通过条件优化,以定量的10倍系列稀释质粒pMD-ORF2(含PCV2-ORF2全基因)为标准品,进行荧光定量PCR扩增并制作标准曲线,建立了猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)的荧光定量PCR检测方法。该方法检测灵敏度可达1.0×100拷贝/μL,线性范围为109~100,达10个数量级;对起始浓度为1.0×106、1.0×105、1.0×104拷贝/μL的标准品的最终实际测得值分别为1.000×106、0.935×105、0.987×104拷贝/μL,变异系数分别为2.527%、2.067%、2.092%。该方法的检测灵敏度与套式PCR(nPCR)相当,甚而高于常规PCR。     

猪圆环病毒Ⅰ型荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立

以定量的10倍系列稀释的质量pMD-ORF2为标准品进行荧光定量PCR扩增,建立了PCV1检测的荧光定量PCR方法.结果表明该方法检测灵敏度可达1.0×104拷贝/μL,线性范围为1010～101;对起始浓度为1.0X107、1.0×106、1.0×106拷贝/μL的标准品的最终实际测得值分别为1.001×107、0.869×106和0.988×105拷贝/μL,变异系数分别为4.758%、1.865%和3.836%,说明此方法具有良好的准确性和重现性.对阳性组织病料的检测表明该方法的检测灵敏度高出常规PCR,与套式PCR(nPCR)具有相近的灵敏度.     

基于Taq Man探针的猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒荧光定量PCR检测方法的研究

通过条件优化,以定量的10倍系列稀释的质粒pMD-ORF7为标准品进行荧光定量PCR扩增并制作标准曲线建立了PRRSV的荧光定量RT-PCR检测方法.结果表明,该方法检测灵敏度可达1.0×100拷贝/μL;用该方法对6份不同的组织样品进行重复性检测.结果显示具有良好的重复性和重现性.对阳性组织病料的检测表明该方法与常规RT-PCR阳性符合率为100%.但检测灵敏度高出常规RT-PCR 100倍.     

鸡Caspase-1基因SYBR Green Ⅰ荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立

为了建立快速定量检测鸡Caspase-1基因的方法,本研究根据鸡Caspase-1基因序列设计特异性检测引物,PCR扩增Caspase-1基因片段,构建pMD-Caspase-1重组质粒。以该重组质粒为标准品进行荧光定量PCR扩增,建立标准曲线,并通过反应条件优化、特异性、敏感性及重复性等试验,建立了鸡Caspase-1基因SYBR Green I荧光定量PCR检测方法。结果显示,本研究建立的该荧光定量PCR方法在重组质粒标准品为1.0×10~3拷贝/μL～1.0×10~8拷贝/μL范围内具有良好的线性关系;该荧光定量PCR方法对Caspase-1基因的扩增具有较强的特异性;对重组质粒标准品的检测下限为1.0×10~2拷贝/μL,比常规PCR敏感100倍;批内和批间变异系数分别在0.51%～4.41%和0.37%～0.88%,重复性好。利用所建立的方法可以定量检测致病性禽腺病毒血清4型感染鸡不同组织中Caspase-1的转录水平。本研究方法的建立将为研究鸡Caspase-1在免疫反应和疫病发展过程中的作用提供技术支持。     

荧光定量PCR检测2型猪圆环病毒方法的建立

通过克隆2型猪圆环病毒（PCV2）的开放阅读框2（0RF2）基因编码其核衣壳蛋白（Cap）的一段靶序列,构建重组质粒作为标准阳性模板.根据GenBank中的靶序列设计一对引物和一条TaqMan探针.对PCR反应条件优化后,对构建的标准阳性模板定量,然后1 0＆#215;倍比稀释进行荧光定量PCR（qPCR）扩增并制作标准曲线,初步建立了PCV2检测的qPCR方法.结果表明,该方法检测灵敏度可达1.0＆#215;102拷贝/μ L,线性范围为101 ～ 109,达9个数量级,并且具有很好的特异性.对起始浓度为1.0＆#215;108、1.0＆#215; 106、1.0＆#215;104拷贝/μL的标准品的最终实际测得CT均值分别为12.77、19.72和26.89;变异系数分别为0.25％、0.10％和0.13％,均小于1％,说明此方法具有良好的准确性和重复性.     

猪流产衣原体实时荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立及应用

为建立一种快速、准确检测猪流产衣原体(Chlamydophila abortus,C.abortus)实时荧光定量PCR检测方法,根据C.abortus主要外膜蛋白(MOMP)的基因序列设计1对引物和1条分子探针(FAM和Dabycl标记),以构建的重组质粒作为标准阳性质粒,通过筛选和条件优化,建立了猪流产衣原体实时荧光定量PCR诊断方法。重复性、特异性及敏感性试验结果显示,重组质粒为标准品建立的标准曲线在1.0×10~2拷贝/μL~1.0×10~7拷贝/μL内具有良好的线性关系,其相关系数为0.993 2,扩增效率为94.7%,灵敏度达到1.0拷贝/μL,批间批内变异系数(CV)为0.022%~0.051%,建立的方法可有效区分流产衣原体、猪支原体、猪衣原体、肺炎衣原体及猪蓝耳病毒等病原,具有良好的临床应用前景。     

鸡减蛋综合征病毒Hexon基因SYBR GreenⅠ实时荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立

用PCR方法扩增出鸡减蛋综合征病毒（EDSV）Hexon基因保守片段,经琼脂糖凝胶电泳及序列测定分析扩增产物的特异性。以构建的阳性重组质粒作为标准品,建立SYBR GreenⅠ实时荧光定量PCR反应的扩增曲线和溶解曲线,并绘制标准曲线。结果表明,建立的EDSV荧光定量PCR标准曲线Ct值与1×10^1～1×10^6拷贝/μL的基因拷贝数呈现良好线性关系,灵敏度可达10拷贝,且特异性及重复性良好;说明本试验建立的SYBR GreenⅠ实时荧光定量PCR检测方法可用于EDSV的诊断及病原的定量分析。     

猪细小病毒6型SYBR Green I real-time PCR检测方法的建立

采用PCR方法扩增PPV6保守区域基因252bp,将其克隆到pClon007载体,构建重组质粒作为标准阳性质粒。以质粒模板建立PPV6的SYBR GreenⅠreal-time PCR检测方法,并进行敏感性、特异性和重复性等验证。结果表明,重组质粒特异性好;建立的real-time PCR方法Ct值与标准品模板在8.80×109~8.80×101 copies/μL范围内呈良好的线性关系,相关系数为0.993,斜率为-4.320。该方法检测灵敏度可达8.80×101 copies/μL。该方法对JEV、PRV、PRRSV、PCV2、FMDV等猪常见病原检测均无特异性扩增;对临床样品的检测结果表明,所建立的荧光定量PCR阳性检测率为40.63%。本试验成功建立了PPV6SYBR Green I real-time PCR检测方法,可实现对PPV6快速灵敏的诊断。     

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.     

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.