腺胃型鸡传染性支气管炎病毒的初步分离与鉴定

为了获得更多的腺胃型鸡传染性支气管炎病毒分离株并研究其生物学特性,试验从黑龙江省某鸡场发生的以腺胃肿大为特征的病死鸡中分离到1株具有冠状病毒特性的病毒,通过鸡胚传代、血凝性测定、电镜观察、RT-PCR检测和动物回归试验对其进行了初步鉴定。结果表明:该病毒分离株在SPF鸡胚上传至第5代开始出现死亡或典型的侏儒胚;病毒不能直接凝集鸡红细胞,经1%胰酶处理后表现出血凝活性,血凝效价达28;透射电镜下可见有囊膜和纤突,直径为80～120nm的病毒粒子,具有冠状病毒的典型形态特点;分离株病毒第5代尿囊液经N基因特异性RT-PCR获得大小约438bp的目的片段;分离株病毒第5代尿囊液接种于14日龄SPF雏鸡,复制出与临床中相似的病理变化,同时从肿大的腺胃中能重新分离到该病毒。初步确定所分离病毒为腺胃型鸡传染性支气管炎病毒。     

鸡传染性支气管炎病毒的分离和鉴定

为掌握发病鸡场的致病原,将临床病料接种SPF鸡胚分离得到一株病毒,通过胚体病变特征、血凝试验、RT-PCR检测、动物回归试验等对该病毒进行了鉴定,结果显示:病料处理接种鸡胚后48~144 h内鸡胚全部死亡,剖检死亡鸡胚可见胚体存在蜷缩、发育矮小等特异性病痕,收获的鸡胚尿囊液无血凝性,RT-PCR检测为鸡传染性支气管炎病毒阳性,动物回归试验中接种的SPF雏鸡可复制出现鸡传染性支气管炎的典型症状。     

嗜肾型传染性支气管炎病毒X株的分离和致弱培育

利用鸡胚分离法从发生肾变病型传染性支气管炎的病鸡分离嗜肾型传染性支气管炎病毒X株,该病毒株能引起鸡胚发育受阻,鸡胚和雏鸡肾脏肿大、输尿管尿酸盐沉积,能被传染性支气管炎病毒M型血清部分中和,初步研究表明是一个新的毒株。通过SPF鸡胚连续传代,获得了嗜肾型传染性支气管炎弱毒疫苗毒株X 93。结果显示,X株经过鸡胚传代,对鸡胚的致死率由原代的0上升到90代的82%;在每0.1 mL鸡胚中的病毒含量由原代的10^5.0E ID50上升到90代的10^7.8E ID50;对3日龄SPF雏鸡的致病率和致死率分别由40代时的70.0%和40.0%下降到90代时的0值;与X 93接种鸡一同饲养的实验鸡全部健康存活;X 93回归雏鸡连传5代,未见毒力返强现象。     

鸡传染性支气管炎和鸡新城疫混合感染的诊断

某养鸡场28~43日龄的肉鸡临床出现呼吸道症状,通过鸡胚接种、血凝及血凝抑制试验,进行实验室病毒分离鉴定,本病确诊为鸡传染性支气管炎(IB)和鸡新城疫(ND)混合感染。对混有IB病毒和ND病毒的鸡胚尿囊液进行酸处理,去除ND病毒,获得纯IB病毒。分离的传染性支气管炎毒株,体外和体内试验表明该传染性支气管炎病毒株对鸡新城疫病分离毒株的血凝性有强的干扰作用,对鸡新城疫的疫苗Lasota株干扰作用不明显。     

鸡传染性支气管炎病毒山东分离株S1的测序分析及致病性

从山东某地疑似患肾型鸡传染性支气管炎(IB)的病死鸡的肝、肺、肾脏中分离到1株病毒,经过SPF鸡胚传代接种、血凝试验、鸡胚矮化试验、RT-PCR鉴定及测序分析、动物回归试验,确定为鸡传染性支气管炎病毒,并命名为SD/04/18株。结果显示,经3%胰蛋白酶处理后,病毒分离株有血凝性,未经处理病毒分离株不具有血凝性;鸡胚矮化试验发现该毒株明显抑制胚胎发育;进化树比对发现,该毒株与我国主要流行的QX株同源性最高,S1基因序列相似性为96.4%,氨基酸序列相似性为95.3%。分离株用SPF鸡胚连续传3代后接种8日龄SPF雏鸡,复制出了与自然病例相同的临床症状,肺、脾、肾、气管等器官出现典型病理变化。免疫组织化学法检测在气管环纤毛、肾小管上皮细胞间隙等部位可见抗原聚集。对被感染试验鸡的口腔、泄殖腔排毒进行跟踪检测,直到试验结束,被感染鸡仍有很高的病毒检出率。结果表明,最终确定该毒株为肾型鸡传染性支气管炎病毒。     

腺胃病变型IBV豫北株的分离鉴定及灭活苗的研制

1998年 9月豫北地区发生了以腺胃肿大为特征的传染病 ,采集腺胃组织进行病原分离 ,鸡胚传至 8代以上 ,鸡胚开始出现典型侏儒化和规律性死亡 ;鸡胚尿囊液 (YBXD)经磷钨酸负染后电镜下可以看到有囊膜和纤突、圆形、直径 90～ 1 60nm的病毒粒子 ;未经处理的YBXD毒株不能凝集鸡红细胞 ,经卵磷脂酶C处理后能凝集鸡红细胞 ,此凝集能特异地被抗YBXD高免血清所抑制。用所分离毒株制备油佐剂灭活苗预防传染性支气管炎取得良好效果     

鸡传染性支气管炎活疫苗(D971p株)的研究

从国内发病鸡群中分离到传染性支气管炎（嗜腺胃型）病毒（IBV-D971株），在SPF鸡胚上连续传至120代，培育出IBV-D971p弱毒株。用该毒株制备活疫苗，经安全、效力等试验证明具有较高的免疫保护率和安全性，能有效的预防腺胃型、肾型鸡传染性支气管炎。     

腺胃病变型鸡传染性支气管炎病毒强毒株的培育

用腺胃病变形鸡传染性支气管炎病毒分离株IBV－D971株接种1日龄SPF鸡，连续传10年代，培育出了腺胃病变型鸡传染性支气管炎强毒株IBV－D971J株。IBV－D971J10对SPF鸡胚的致病力为10^-6.45ELD50/0.2mL,对1日龄SPF鸡的致病力为10^-1.5LD50/1mL，从死亡鸡的心，肝，脾，肺，肾，腺胃，肌胃，法氏囊等均能分离到IBV，IBV－D971J10不含鸡新城疫，禽流感，鸡马立克氏病，鸡传染性法氏囊炎，网状内皮组绢增殖病等外源病毒，对SPF鸡可引起典型的腺胃炎，肌胃炎，间质性肾炎等是变化。     

鸡腺胃型传染性支气管炎的诊断

重庆市某鸡场 5 0～ 60日龄鸡发生一种以腺胃肿大为主要特征的烈性传染性疾病 ,病鸡主要表现为精神沉郁 ,极度消瘦 ,并伴有轻度的呼吸症状。主要剖解变化为腺胃肿大如球状 ,腺胃壁增厚 ,脾脏肿大。无菌采取病料肝、肺、脾 ,经处理后接种鸡胚。感染鸡胚尿囊液经10 g/L胰酶处理后可凝集鸡的红细胞 ,用多个血清型的鸡传染性支气管炎的单克隆抗体混合物作琼脂扩散试验 ,出现清晰的沉淀线 ,将尿囊液接种鸡胚成纤维细胞未出现细胞病变。综上所述 ,初步诊断为腺胃型传染性支气管炎     

我国鸡传染性支气管炎病毒地方分离株生物学特性的研究

从我国新疆维吾尔自治区某鸡场发病症状及病理变化疑似鸡传染性支气管炎的病鸡有出血点病变的腺胃组织中分离病毒，在9－11日龄SPF鸡胚上连续传代9次，通过病毒对鸡胚的致病作用、病毒在电镜下的形态观察、病毒在鸡胚中的增殖动态变化、病毒在CEF中的增殖特性、凝集鸡红细胞的特性以及动物回归试验等来研究我国鸡传染性支气管炎病毒地方流行株的生物学特性。结果表明，该毒株的第一代尿囊液对鸡胚无肉眼可见的致病作用，当继代到第5代后，胚体严重病变；电镜观察该病毒为典型的冠状病毒；病毒在鸡胚中随着接种病毒时间的延长，其效价增高，96小时可达到48小时的1倍，该毒株可在CEF上生长，但不能形成明显的蚀斑；并且经1％胰酶处理后可疑集鸡红细胞；鸡胚的第4代尿囊液病毒回归动物体，可致鸡病变病死鸡肾脏病变尤为明显，呈典型的花斑肾，腺胃则未见肉眼可见的病变，接种鸡、同居鸡和对照鸡之间NDV疫苗免疫后其HI抗体水平无明显差异，但从发病症状来看，IBV对ND疫苗具有干扰作用。     

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。