一株扭角羚弗格森埃希菌的分离鉴定及药敏试验

从四川省某自然保护区2014年5月送检的一只死亡青年扭角羚的肝脏中分离到1株杆菌,并对该分离株进行了生化试验和药物敏感试验。菌株纯培养后,通过菌落PCR方法扩增16SrDNA,并测定PCR产物序列,结合16SrDNA测序结果及生化特性,确定该分离株的生物学分类,然后利用药物敏感试验确定了该菌的耐药情况。将该菌株16SrDNA测序结果在NCBI数据库中Blast同源性比较分析,发现它与弗格森埃希菌相似度超过99%,结合菌株生化试验结果,确定该菌株为弗格森埃希菌。药物敏感试验结果显示,此分离株对环丙沙星、氟苯尼考、头孢他啶、丁胺卡那等敏感,对氨苄西林耐药。     

蛋源摩氏摩根菌分离、鉴定及遗传进化分析

本研究利用传统细菌鉴定方法、革兰氏阴性细菌生化鉴定系统及16S rDNA 序列分析对分离自市售新鲜鸡蛋中的菌株进行形态学、培养特性及生化特性等生物学特性鉴定及遗传进化分析,结果表明分离株为摩氏摩根菌。药物敏感性试验结果表明,该菌株对痢特灵、利福平、四环素、磷霉素、多黏菌素B和阿奇霉素有耐药性,属于多重耐药菌株。序列分析结果显示,该分离菌株与目前已分离的其他食源性摩氏摩根菌菌株高度同源。     

台湾泥鳅死亡致病菌的分离鉴定及药敏试验

为确定捕捞转场后造成台湾泥鳅（Paramisgurnus dabryanus ssp.Taiwan）死亡的病原,本试验对台湾泥鳅进行病理解剖、病原分离。对分离菌进行形态学观察、生理生化特性测定及16S rDNA基因测序鉴定,并进行人工感染试验、药敏试验。结果显示,从泥鳅肝脏、脾脏、肾脏及肠道组织中分离到形态一致的优势菌株,经纯化保存,命名为XJC。菌株XJC葡萄糖发酵、D-葡萄糖、鸟氨酸、苯丙氨酸及尿素利用阳性,其他所测生化指标均为阴性,与摩氏摩根菌（Morganella morganii）一致;16S rDNA基因序列与摩氏摩根菌相似性达99.6%,被鉴定为摩氏摩根菌。感染试验结果表明,菌株XJC对台湾泥鳅具有致病性,被感染的泥鳅出现了肠道充血典型病理变化。从发病泥鳅体内分离到与菌株XJC一致的菌株,可以判定菌株XJC是泥鳅病原菌。药敏试验结果表明,菌株XJC对氨基糖苷类、喹诺酮类及第三代头孢类药物表现出敏感,对四环素、青霉素、红霉素、多肽类、呋喃唑酮、洁霉素及第一、第二代头孢类药物均等表现耐药,生产中可选用氨基糖苷类、喹诺酮类药物进行摩氏摩根菌疾病的防治。本试验结果可为台湾泥鳅摩氏摩根菌病诊断和防治提供参考。     

患病大鲵摩氏摩根菌的分离与鉴定

从患病大鲵肝脏中分离到1株优势菌SX01,通过Biolog微生物自动鉴定系统、16S rDNA序列分析及构建系统发育树的方法对纯培养的细菌进行鉴定,并进行人工感染试验及药敏试验。结果表明,该分离菌为摩氏摩根菌(Morganella morganii),对大鲵具有致病性。药物敏感性试验表明,该菌株对头孢曲松、头孢吡肟、氨曲南等10种药物高度敏感。     

重庆黑山羊摩氏摩根菌的分离鉴定与药敏试验

从重庆健康黑山羊上呼吸道分离到1株革兰阴性短杆菌,通过形态学观察、16S r DNA及系统发育树分析,确定该菌株为摩氏摩根菌,命名为RC01。致病性试验显示,菌株RC01对小鼠致病性较强。药物敏感性试验显示,RC01对卡那霉素、萘啶酸、头孢噻肟、左氧氟沙星较为敏感;对青霉素、氨苄西林、大观霉素、克拉霉素耐药。本研究首次从健康山羊上呼吸道分离到对小鼠具有较强致病性的摩氏摩根菌病原,其潜在危害应引起人们的重视。     

锦鲤摩氏摩根氏菌的分离鉴定与药敏性研究

为鉴定2009年山东某养殖场锦鲤病病原,本研究从病鱼体内分离到3株优势菌,经回归感染实验证实编号为A400502的分离株为该病的致病菌.该菌为革兰氏阴性杆菌,周生鞭毛,大小为0.5 μm～0.7 μm×1.0 μm～1.5 μm.其生化特征为鸟氨酸脱羧酶、尿素酶、酚红反应阳性,赖氨酸脱羧酶和精氨酸双水解酶阴性.利用16S rDNA序列分析和比对结果构建的系统发育树表明,该菌与登录号为EF455493的摩氏摩根氏菌(Morganella morganii)的同源性高达99％,因此将该菌鉴定为摩氏摩根氏菌.26种药物的敏感实验结果表明,该分离株对复达欣、庆大霉素、新霉素等11种药物高度敏感.     

节尾狐猴摩氏摩根菌的分离鉴定与药敏试验

为探究1例2月龄雄性节尾狐猴幼崽死亡的病因,取其肝脏、肾脏等组织样本进行细菌培养,分离出的菌株通过菌落形态观察、革兰染色镜检、生理生化特性鉴定,确定为摩氏摩根菌。并对分离菌株进行了药物敏感试验,显示该菌对临床多种常用抗生素的耐药性较高,应引起足够的重视。     

1株猪源摩氏摩根菌的分离及鉴定

从猪小肠内容物分离得到1株疑似致病菌进行鉴定。革兰染色显示,该菌为革兰阴性短杆菌;16S rDNA及同源性结果,确定其为摩氏摩根菌,命名QX01。回归试验表明,该菌能够引起昆明系小鼠肝脏和肺脏不同程度充血和出血,具有较强的致病力。19种药物的敏感性试验结果表明,该菌对头孢噻肟、左氧氟沙星和环丙沙星等10种药物敏感,对恩诺沙星、磺胺二甲嘧啶、红霉素等5种药物耐受。本试验首次从猪小肠内容物分离的摩氏摩根菌具有较强致病力,其潜在危害应引起重视。     

棘腹蛙“水肿病”病原的分离鉴定

为了解重庆地区部分棘腹蛙养殖场"水肿病"病因,并对该病的临床防控提供参考,本研究采集了10只具有"水肿病"典型症状的2岁龄棘腹蛙成蛙,剖检后从其主要病变组织分离细菌;对分离的优势菌进行培养特性观察和回归致病性试验,同时进行生理生化特性鉴定、16SrDNA序列测定和药敏试验。结果显示,从病蛙腹腔中分离到1株优势菌株并命名为CQWU201501,该菌为革兰阴性无芽胞短杆菌,主要生理生化特性符合弗氏柠檬酸杆菌的指标,16SrDNA序列与弗氏柠檬酸杆菌同源性高达99.5%;药敏试验显示该菌对绝大部分β-内酰胺类、氨基糖苷类、喹诺酮类和四环素类药物敏感。综上所述,棘腹蛙"水肿病"是由弗氏柠檬酸杆菌引起的;该菌对供试的16种药物敏感,仅对头孢唑啉和复方新诺明2种药物耐药,生产上可选择敏感药物治疗。     

猪源科氏葡萄球菌的分离与鉴定

从病死猪肺脏内分离到的1株优势菌并命名为SCI-1。根据细菌的形态特征、生化特性、并结合分离菌株的16SrDNA基因核苷酸序列测定以及系统进化树分析,确定分离菌株为科氏葡萄球菌。动物致病性试验表明,该分离株对小鼠具有较强致病性。药敏结果显示,该菌对庆大霉素、阿米卡星及磺胺间甲氧嘧啶敏感;对阿奇霉素、氯霉素、红霉素、氟苯尼考、阿莫西林及强力霉素耐药。     

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。     

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.     

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.     

The Prevalence and Intensity of Helminth and Coccidial Infections in Dairy Cattle in Central Kenya

A survey of gastrointestinal parasite infections of young (<6 months old), immature (6–12 months old) and adult (>12 months old) dairy cattle on 16 farms in Kiambu District, Kenya was conducted during a dry season (September 1991 to January 1992) and during a wet season (March to July 1992). The survey was based on monthly coproparasitological examination of cohorts and worm counts in tracer calves. The effects of age, sex, farm and season on the prevalence and intensity of helminth and coccidial infections were determined. Faecal egg and oocyst counts revealed that the overall prevalences were: strongyles (including trichostrongyles) (85.5%), liver flukes (Fasciola gigantica) (34.0%), coccidia (30.9%) and tapeworms (9.6%). Eight species of the protozoan Eimeria were identified, the most prevalent species being E. bovis and E. zuernii. The most prevalent nematode genera were Haemonchus, Cooperia, Oesophagostomum and Trichostrongylus. Season, farm and age of the animals had a significant (p<0.05) influence on the intensity of infection with strongyles, liver flukes and coccidia, whereas the sex of the animals had no significant (p>0.05) effect on the prevalence or intensity of infections. A higher intensity of infection with strongyles and coccidia was found in the wet season than in the dry season (p<0.05). The age-specific intensity was in the following order: for strongyles, immature animals of 6–12 months of age had the highest egg counts, followed by young calves and adults. Calves had significantly (p<0.05) higher oocyst counts than immatures or adults. Liver fluke egg counts did not differ significant (p>0.05) between immatures and adult cattle.     

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。