不同激活方法对猪体外成熟卵母细胞孤雌发育的影响

通过系统探讨不同孤雌激活方法对猪卵母细胞体外激活后发育效果的影响,比较了乙醇（Ethanol,EH）、离子霉素（Ionomycin,Ion：5μmol/L）、氯化锶（Strontium chloride hexahydrate,Sr^2＋：10 mmol/L）、6-二甲氨基嘌呤（6-dimethylaminopurine,6-DMAP：2 mmol/L）和放线菌酮（cycloheximide,CHX：10 mg/L）对猪卵母细胞激活发育的效果。结果表明：（1）9%EH激活处理10 min效果好于15 min;（2）使用9%EH激活处理10 min,再结合CHX、6-DMAP、Sr^2＋、CHX＋Sr^2＋、Sr^2＋＋6-DMAP、CHX＋6-DMAP或CHX＋6-DMAP＋Sr^2＋组处理3～4 h,以EH＋6-DMAP组效果最好,分裂率及囊胚率分别达到82.86%和22.86%;（3）在使用化学激活（Ion＋6-DMAP组和9%乙醇10 min＋6-DMAP组）和电激活（50 V/mm,50μs,2t）的方法中,Ion法激活猪卵母细胞效果较好,囊胚率达到37.50%;（4）卵母细胞包被的卵丘细胞层数不同对卵母细胞成熟激活有显著的影响,卵丘细胞层数4～6层和多于6层的卵丘-卵母细胞复合体孤雌激活的分裂率和囊胚率分别为（68.99%,32.56%）和（75.36%,37.68%）,2组之间差异不显著（P〉0.05）;但其显著高于其他组（P〈0.05）,这2组细胞在猪孤雌激活发育研究中是最佳的实验研究材料。     

不同化学激活剂对牛卵丘细胞重构胚发育的影响

本文主要研究了①离子霉素（Ion）＋6-二甲基氨基嘌呤（6-DMAP）、②Ion＋放线菌酮（CHX）、③体积分数7％乙醇＋6-DMAP、④体积分数7％乙醇＋CHX四种不同化学激活方法对牛胞质内卵丘细胞全细胞注射法所获得重构胚的激活及前期发育的影响。Ion和7％乙醇的处理时间为5min,6-DMAP的处理时间为4h．CHX的处理时间为5h。结果表明,重构胚与颗粒细胞单层细胞共培养2d后,各组卵裂率分别为52．7％、51．5％、53．2％和54．0％．差异不显著（P〉0．05）;培养8d后,①组激活的囊胚发育率（20．0％）极显著高于其他组（P〈0．01）,其他各组之间差异不显著．分别为8．5％、10．2％和6．1％;培养10d后,①组激活的囊胚孵化率（10．7％）极显著高于其他组（P〈0．01）．其他各组之间差异不显著,分别为2．3％、3．0％和1．8％。表明,4种激活方法均可以有效地激活重构胚,但Ion＋6-DMAP法激活重构胚的囊胚率和囊胚孵化率均极显著高于其他3组,说明Ion＋6-DMAP激活法有利于牛重构胚的发育．可以获得较理想的囊胚率．是胞质内全细胞注射法克隆的理想激活方法。     

对牛卵母细胞孤雌激活条件优化的研究

本文探讨了HYA（透明质酸酶）的浓度和作用时间对牛体外成熟卵母细胞脱卵丘的影响,不同强度电脉冲＋乙醇＋6-DMAP对牛体外成熟卵母细胞的孤雌激活作用以及和乙醇＋6-DMAP激活的比较。对电融合脉冲强度和脉冲次数进行了优化。结果表明：卵母细胞成熟培养22h,用0．20％HYA作用10min或0．50％HYA作用5min效果较好。在激活电压1．6kV/cm、20μs／次、间隔1s,脉冲次数为1次的条件下的激活效果较好,在此条件下与乙醇＋6-DMAP激活相比较,孤雌激活胚胎的囊胚率分别为19．6％和26．9％,差异不显著。     

不同化学激活剂对小鼠卵母细胞的激活效果

为探讨不同激活剂的卵母细胞孤雌激活效果及激活胚体外发育情况,用乙醇、CaA23187、SrCl2、6-DMAP及CB分别对小鼠卵母细胞进行了激活处理.结果显示,70 mL/L乙醇刺激小鼠卵母细胞时,以激活5～7 min的激活效果及孤雌胚发育较好,桑囊胚发育率可达29.11%;用SrCl2激活小鼠卵母细胞时,6～10 mmol/L为最佳处理浓度,3～6 h为最佳激活时间,桑囊胚发育率可达16.67%;以70 mL/L乙醇激活5 min,再用2 mmol/L 6-DMAP＋5 μg/mL CB激活3 h效果最佳,桑囊胚发育率高达35.77%.研究证实,小鼠卵母细胞经乙醇、6-DMAP和CB等复合激活后能较好地发育.     

山羊卵母细胞孤雌激活及孤雌胚的体外培养

为了比较不同的激活方法对卵母细胞孤雌激活的影响,以及培养液(CR1aa)中添加不同类型的血清对孤雌激活胚体外发育的影响。采用Eth 6-DMAP、A23187 6-DMAP和Ion 6-DMAP三种方法激活山羊卵母细胞,Eth 6-DMAP组孤雌激活胚的卵裂率和囊胚率(35.2%和4.8%)显著低于A23187 6-DMAP组(68.9%和24.1%)和Ion 6-DMAP组(88.1%和48.0%),表明以Ion 6-DMAP激活最为理想。在培养液(CR1aa)与颗粒细胞共同培养条件下,分别添加100 mL/L的发情牛血清(OCS)、胎牛血清(FBS)和新生牛血清(NCS)。添加OCS和FBS后,孤雌胚囊胚率分别为48.1%和45.0%,显著高于添加NCS组(26.0%)。表明OCS、FBS和NCS能有效的提高孤雌胚的体外发育能力,尤其是对提高孤雌胚的囊胚发育能力更佳。     

电脉冲及6-DMAP对小鼠卵母细胞孤雌激活的研究

实验研究了不同电脉冲条件、6-DMAP作用不同时间以及二者联合使用时对注射hCG后18～19h采集的小鼠卵母细胞孤雌激活及发育的效果。结果表明：4、鼠卵母细胞电激活后，放入2mmol／L6-DMAP的CZB中作用6h，其激活率和囊胚率都显著高于单独使用一种激活方法。其中场强2．0kv／cm，脉宽80μS，3次脉冲结合6-DMAP组的激活率和囊胚发育率最高，与其他两组差异显著。     

兔卵母细胞的孤雌激活

从电脉冲次数、脉冲强度、脉冲间隔时间三方面对兔卵母细胞的孤雌激活进行了研究。结果表明，注射HCG后16h的MⅡ期卵，用1．4kV／cm、60μs的直流脉冲电激，脉冲次数分为1、2、4、8次4组，每次间隔30min，随着电激活次数的增加，活化率从46．5％增加到95．8％(P＜0．01)，但是电激活8次后，桑椹胚率却从63．6％下降列21．2％，囊胚率从23．6％下降列2．8％(P＜0．01)；用60μs的直流脉冲电激3次，每次间隔30min，分为0．4、1．2、2．4kV／cm3组，以1．2kV／cm脉冲强度的兔卵母细胞激活较为理想，脉冲强度增加到2．4kV／cm时，卵细胞死亡率升为67．1％(P＜0．01)。用1．4kV／cm、60μs的直流脉冲电激3次，电脉冲间隔时间分为30、120、240min3组，卵细胞活化率分别为68．6％、91．5％、91．9％（p＜0．01)。     

电脉冲及6-DMAP对小鼠卵母细胞孤雌激活的研究

实验研究了不同电脉冲条件、6-DMAP作用不同时间以及二者联合使用时对注射hCG后18～19h采集的小鼠卵母细胞孤雌激活及发育的效果。结果表明:小鼠卵母细胞电激活后,放入2mmol/L6-DMAP的CZB中作用6h,其激活率和囊胚率都显著高于单独使用一种激活方法。其中场强2.0kv/cm,脉宽80μs,3次脉冲结合6-DMAP组的激活率和囊胚发育率最高,与其他两组差异显著。     

细胞骨架抑制剂、电激活液对兔卵孤雌激活和发育的影响

应用细胞骨架抑制剂细胞松弛素B和秋水仙素处理兔成熟卵母细胞，然后采用电激活的方法激活兔卵母细胞，观察细胞骨架抑制剂对兔卵母细胞孤雌激活和孤雌发育的影响，结果表明：应用不同的电激活液，即甘露醇、Zimmerman氏和山梨醇对兔卵母细胞的孤雌激活效果无显著性差异（P〉0．05）；用7．5μg·mL^-1细胞松弛素B处理卵母细胞后孤雌激活，其2-细胞胚率（82．2％）和囊胚发育率（43．4％）与对照组（76．4％和51．5％）相比无显著性差异（P〉0．05）；用1μg·mL^-1秋水仙素处理兔卵母细胞，兔卵母细胞孤雌激活后的2-细胞胚率（64．9％）和囊胚发育率（23．8％）明显下降，与对照组相比存在显著性差异（P〈0．05）；用细胞松弛素B和秋水仙素共同处理的2-细胞胚率（62．5％）和囊胚发育率（30．9％）与秋水仙素单独处理的结果无显著性差异（P〉0．05）。因此，秋水仙素对兔卵母细胞的孤雌激活影响比CB更大。通过免疫荧光和激光扫描共聚焦显微镜观察发现，细胞骨架抑制剂处理后，经孤雌激活获得的囊胚中，微丝和微管结构未见异常。     

影响山羊胞质内单精子注射(ICSI)效果的因素研究

从鲜精与冻精、激活方法以及气相条件3个方面,开展影响山羊卵母细胞质内单精子注射（ICSI）效果的因素研究。结果发现：冻精受精率显著高于鲜精（52.21%VS 26.44%,P〈0.05）;与离子霉素5 min＋6-DMAP 3 h联合激活相比,离子霉素单独处理15 min能相对安全、简捷地激活ICSI后的山羊卵母细胞;低氧（5%O2）气相条件下的囊胚率（19.59%）显著高于高氧（20%O2）气相条件下（7.81%）的囊胚率（P〈0.05）。     

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.