催乳素对促性腺激素诱导的鸡卵泡膜细胞类固醇激素合成的抑制作用

利用无血清培养的鸡卵泡（Ｆ３）膜细胞模型研究了催乳素（ＰＲＬ）对卵泡膜细胞类固醇激素合成的作用。用不同剂量的ＰＲＬ、黄体生成素（ＬＨ）及促卵泡激素（ＦＳＨ）分别或共同处理在无血清培养液中培养了４８ｈ的鸡卵泡膜细胞，２４ｈ后收集培养液，测定培养液中睾酮（Ｔ）和雌二醇（Ｅ２）含量。结果表明，ＬＨ能明显刺激膜细胞合成Ｔ和Ｅ２，并具有剂量依赖关系；ＰＲＬ单独对膜细胞类固醇合成无明显作用，但可抑制ＬＨ诱导的Ｔ和Ｅ２合成，以及ＦＳＨ刺激的Ｅ２合成。本研究证明ＰＲＬ能作用于鸡卵泡膜细胞，并能抑制促性腺激素ＬＨ和ＦＳＨ诱导的类固醇激素的合成     

催乳素对促性腺激素诱导的鸡卵泡膜细胞类固醇激素合成的抑制…

利用无血清培养的鸡泡（Ｆ３）膜细胞模型研究了催乳素（ＰＲＬ）对泡膜在醇激素合成的作用。用不同剂量的ＲＰＬ、黄体生成素（ＬＨ）及促泡激素（ＦＳＨ）分别或共同处理在无血清培养液中培养了４８ｈ的鸡卵泡膜细胞，２４ｈ后收集培养液，测定培养液中睾酮（Ｔ）和雌醇（Ｅ３）含量。结果表明，ＬＨ能明显刺激膜细胞合成了Ｔ和Ｅ２，并具有剂量依赖关系；ＲＰＬ单独对膜细胞类固醇合成无明显作用，但可抑制ＬＨ诱导的Ｔ和Ｅ合成，     

猪生殖和呼吸综合症的血清学诊断方法

１９９５年以来,国内学者相继建立了猪生殖和呼吸综合症（ＰＲＲＳ）的ＩＦＡ、ＩＰＭＡ、ＥＬＩＳＡ和Ｄ０ｔ－ＥＬＩＳＡ等血清学诊断方法,简述如下。１间接荧光抗体法（ＩＦＡ）细胞板的制备：将生长于培养瓶的Ｍａｒｃ１４５或ＨＳ２Ｈ细胞消化后,用含１０％犊牛血...     

白细胞介素—3对猪瘟病毒E2基因疫苗免疫增强作用的研究

以昆明系小白鼠为试验动物，观察了白细胞介素－３（ＩＬ－３）对猪瘟病毒Ｅ２囊膜糖蛋白（ＨＣＶ Ｅ２）基因疫苗免疫效果的增强作用。用ＤＮＡ重组技术将ＨＣＶ Ｅ２基因和白小鼠ＩＬ－３基因克隆到ｐＩＲＥＳ１ｎｅｏ质粒，因在两者之间有脑心肌炎病毒（ＥＭＣＶ）的核糖体进入位点（ＩＲＥＳ）片段，可得到ＨＣＶ Ｅ２抗体效价。结果显示，ＩＬ－３能显著提高ＨＣＶ Ｅ２基因疫苗的免疫效果，表明ＩＬ－３可作为ＨＣＶ Ｅ２     

IGF-Ⅰ对山羊睾丸间质细胞分泌睾酮的调节机理

以３０～４０日龄山羊的睾丸间质细胞为研究对象,采用体外细胞培养的方法,用胰岛素样生长因子－Ⅰ（ＩＧＦ－Ⅰ）和ｈＣＧ进行不同的处理,用放射免疫分析法（ＲＩＡ）测定了睾酮和ｃＡＭＰ的含量,用荧光分光光度分析法测定了ＤＮＡ含量。结果表明,ＩＧＦ－Ⅰ能促进体外培养的山羊睾丸间质细胞ｃＡＭＰ生成、睾酮分泌及ＤＮＡ合成,以上作用随ＩＧＦ－Ⅰ剂量的增大而加强,并且与ｈＣＧ有协同作用。根据以上结果首次提出ＩＧＦ－Ⅰ调节山羊睾丸间质细胞分泌睾酮机理的假设：ＩＧＦ－Ⅰ与其膜受体结合引起ｃＡＭＰ增多,ｃＡＭＰ通过激活一系列合成ＤＮＡ和睾酮所需酶类而使ＤＮＡ和睾酮的合成增加。这与催乳素（ＰＲＬ）和白细胞介素－１α（ＩＬ－１α）等含氮激素（因子）调节间质细胞分泌睾酮的机理不同,而与ＦＳＨ、ＬＨ等含氮激素调节性腺分泌类固醇激素的作用机理相似。     

不同细胞培养基细胞培养动力学比较试验

应用宜兴赛尔生物化工厂产１９９、Ｆ－１０、１６４０和ＤＭＥＭ细胞培养基与美国Ｓｉｇｍａ公司产１９９、Ｆ－１０、１６４０和ＤＭＥＭ细胞培养基分别配制细胞培养液，培养ＳＰ２／０和Ｖｅｒｏ细胞系及原代鸡胚成纤维细胞（ＣＥＦ），做细胞培养动力学比较试验。比较这两种来源的细胞培养基对细胞生长的形态、分裂速度及鸡马立克氏病毒（Ｍａｒｅｋ＇ｓｄｉｓｅａｓｅｖｉｒｕｓ．ＭＤＶ）疫苗毒株ＨＶＴ－ＦＣ１２６和ＲｉｓｐｅｎｓＣＶＩ９８８在ＣＥＦ单层上增殖量的差异。研究结果表明，四种国产细胞培养基与对应的四种进口培养基对细胞生长及病毒增殖的影响无显著差异     

维生素A的类激素特性

维生素Ａ（ＶＡ）具有类固醇激素的某些特征 ,可调节某些蛋白质的分泌和降解及某些基因的表达。研究表明 ,ＶＡ能够调节视黄醇载体蛋白（ＭＰ）的翻译或降解 ,刺激肝细胞内质网分泌视黄醇结合蛋白（ＲＢＰ） ,抑制促甲状腺激素ＴＳＨ的分泌 ,诱导脂肪细胞卵磷脂视黄醇酰基转移酶（ＬＲＡＴ）的合成 ,提高小鼠脂质过氧化产物清除酶的活性。ＶＡ缺乏增强糖皮质激素受体ＧＲ结合地塞米松的能力 ,提高酪氨酸氨基转移酶和蛋白激酶Ｃ的活性 ;但显著降低小鼠肝中ｃＡＭＰ水平 ,减少磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧激酶（ＰＥＰＣＫ）、果糖 -２ ,６ -二磷酸酶和…     

犬卵母细胞体外成熟的影响因素

采集发情期和间情期犬卵巢,回收大腔（直径大于１ｍｍ）卵泡和不可见卵泡的卵母细胞,在４种成熟液（ＴＣＭ１９９＋２０％ＦＣＳ,ＴＣＭ１９９＋２０％ＦＣＳ＋１０ＩＵ／ｍＬＦＳＨ,ＴＣＭ１９９＋２０％ＥＤＳ和ＴＣＭ１９９＋２０％ＥＤＳ＋１０ＩＵ／ｍＬＦＳＨ）中成熟后进行了受精试验。结果：（１）发情期大于２ｍｍ和１～２ｍｍ的大腔卵泡卵母细胞的体外成熟率（４２．５％,３２．５％）显著高于间情期卵母细胞（２０．４％）,但发情犬不可见卵泡卵母细胞的体外成熟率（２８．９％）与间情期卵母细胞差异不显著;（２）在成熟液中添加促性腺激素,能有效地提高卵母细胞成熟率,不可见卵泡的卵母细胞对促性腺激素的依赖性（３０．０％比７．８％）大于大腔卵泡的卵母细胞（４２．５％比２９．０％）;（３）卵丘扩散与卵母细胞成熟存在相关性;（４）ＥＤＳ可诱导卵丘扩散,但不能有效提高卵母细胞的成熟率;（５）发情期卵巢上的大腔卵泡和不可见卵泡的卵母细胞以及间情期卵巢不可见卵泡的卵母细胞体外培养后,与体外获能的精子进行体外受精,其卵裂率分别为１６．０％（４／２５）,０％（０／４０）和２．５％（１／４０）。     

棘球蚴囊液抗原A和B在酶联免疫吸附试验中的应用比较

用醋酸缓冲液和４０％饱和硫酸铵边续沉淀法从绵羊棘球囊液（ＳＨＣＦ）中得到部分纯化抗原（ＳＰＰＣＦ），并从中分离了抗原Ａ和抗原Ｂ，分别用单克隆抗体反向间接血凝试验（Ｍ－ＲＰＨＡ）、单克隆抗体双扩散试验（Ｍ－ＤＤ）和酶联免疫吸附试验（ＥＬＩＳＡ）进行了鉴别，表明自制的三株单克隆抗体（ＭｃＡｂ）均识别ＳＨＣＦ、ＳＨＣＦ、ＳＰＰＣＦ及抗原Ｂ，而不识别抗原Ａ；用ＥＬＩＳＡ对阳、阴性血清检测，ＳＰＰＣＦ、抗原     

超排山羊卵巢卵母细胞体外成熟和体外受精的研究

以ＴＣＭ１９９＋１０ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＨＥＰＥＳ＋青霉素（６ｍｇ／Ｌ）＋链霉素（５ｍｇ／Ｌ）为基础培养液（ＢＭ），再分别加入不同成分，配成５种卵母细胞成熟液：（Ａ）ＢＭ＋１０％ＥＧＳ；（Ｂ）ＢＭ＋１０％ＥＧＳ＋ＨＣＧ（２．５ｍｇ／Ｌ）；（Ｃ）ＢＭ＋１０％ＥＧＳ＋ＨＣＧ＋Ｅ２（１ｍｇ／Ｌ）；（Ｄ）ＢＭ＋１０％ＦＣＳ＋ＨＣＧ＋Ｅ２；（Ｅ）ＢＭ＋１０％ＥＧＳ＋ＨＣＧ＋Ｅ２＋颗粒细胞（１．５×１０６～３．０×１０６个／ｍＬ）。在３８．５℃、５％ＣＯ２下培养２６ｈ，排卵后第１天卵巢卵母细胞体外成熟率分别为６７．６７％（２０／３０），６０．４２％（２９／４８），８３．６７％（４１／４９）和８０．８２％（５９／７３），排卵后第５天卵巢卵母细胞，在培液Ｄ中体外成熟率为７１．４３％（４５／６３）。排卵后第１天的９８枚卵巢卵母细胞，体外成熟体外受精卵裂率为２１．４３％，２１枚２细胞胚移植５头受体获２头羔羊。研究表明，超排山羊卵巢卵母细胞经体外成熟可获得大量廉价的成熟卵母细胞，并可通过体外受精获得试管山羊     

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.