羔羊外周血单个核细胞转化MTT比色法最佳检测条件的筛选

为了建立羔羊外周血单个核细胞转化检测的MTT比色法,对影响MTT比色法的3个主要因素(包括刺激原、细胞浓度、培养时间)进行了探索性的研究.结果表明,MTT法检测的最佳条件为:植物血凝素(PHA)浓度为10 pg/mL,细胞密度为1×107个/mL;或者刀豆蛋白A(ConA)浓度为40μg/mL,细胞密度为2×107个/...     

鸡脾脏T淋巴细胞增殖试验优化条件的筛选

为了建立鸡脾脏T淋巴细胞转化试验的最佳培养条件,采用四甲基偶氮唑(MTT)比色法,对细胞浓度、小牛血清及刀豆蛋白A(ConA)的浓度,以及培养时间等4个参数进行研究。结果表明,采用5×106/mL细胞、100mL/L小牛血清、10μg/mL的ConA及48h培养时间可获得最大的OD570吸光值。     

奶牛外周血单个核细胞增殖反应最优条件的筛选

为了建立奶牛外周血单个核细胞增殖反应的MTT检测方法,对影响增殖反应的刺激原及浓度、细胞浓度、培养时间等条件进行了探索性研究。结果表明,MTT法检测的最佳条件是:ConA浓度为2.5μg/mL,细胞浓度为1×10⁶ cells/mL,培养时间为48 h;或者浓度为30μg/mL,细胞浓度为1×106 cells/mL,培养时间为48 h;或者浓度为30μg/mL,细胞浓度为1×10⁶ cells/mL,培养时间为48 h。     

3H-TdR掺入法检测鸡不同组织淋巴细胞增殖反应的条件优化

为了检测感染免疫抑制病毒后鸡群的细胞免疫变化,以建立的3H-TdR掺入法观察了外周血、脾脏、胸腺、法氏囊中淋巴细胞的增殖反应,对影响该方法的细胞密度、丝裂原浓度(ConA或LPS)、犊牛血清(FCS)浓度等条件进行优化.结果表明,外周血淋巴细胞增殖试验的最佳条件细胞105～106/mL,ConA 5 mg/L,FCS 10%;脾脏中淋巴细胞最佳条件细胞5×106/mL,ConA 10 mg/L,FCS 10%;胸腺中淋巴细胞最佳条件细胞106/mL,ConA 40 mg/L,FCS 10%;法氏囊中淋巴细胞最佳条件细胞5×106/mL,LPS 40 mg/L,FCS 10%.     

猪外周血单个核细胞增殖反应影响条件的探讨

应用 Ｌ１６ （４５） 正交试验, 对影响猪 Ｐ Ｂ Ｍ Ｃ 增殖反应的几个因素, 包括培养时间、 Ｐ Ｈ Ａ 浓度、细胞浓度等三个因素四个水平进行了比较和探索。试验表明几个因素对 Ｐ Ｂ Ｍ Ｃ 的增殖反应均有显著的影响（ Ｐ＜ ００５） , Ｐ Ｂ Ｍ Ｃ 增殖反应的 Ｍ Ｔ Ｔ 比色法的最佳反应条件组合为 Ｐ Ｂ Ｍ Ｃ 浓度为１ ×１０６／ｍｌ, 植物血凝素 Ｐ Ｈ Ａ 的浓度为１２５μｇ／ ｍｌ, 细胞培养时间为２４ 小时; 影响增殖反应的先后顺序为 Ｐ Ｂ Ｍ Ｃ 浓度、 Ｐ Ｈ Ａｐ 浓度及细胞培养时间。同时确定了最有利于 Ｐ Ｂ Ｍ Ｃ 增殖的犊牛血清浓度为１０ ％ 。     

MTT法检测番鸭外周血淋巴细胞转化功能的研究

为了建立番鸭淋巴细胞转化检测的MTT法 ,筛选细胞浓度、刀豆蛋白ConA浓度和培养时间 3个参数对试验条件进行了研究。结果确定了MTT法检测番鸭淋巴细胞转化能力的最佳培养条件 ,细胞浓度 5× 1 0 6个 /mL在 2 0 μg/mLConA的RMPI 1 640完全培养基 40℃培养 60h。试验表明 ,该方法可用于番鸭体外细胞免疫功能的检测     

人β-防御素3在体外对小鼠淋巴细胞增殖反应的影响

为了更充分地阐明人β-防御素3(HBD3)对淋巴细胞增殖反应的影响,试验先用CCK-8对不同浓度的刀豆蛋白A(ConA)诱导的淋巴细胞增殖反应进行检测,进而筛选出最适ConA浓度,然后再用CCK-8检测不同浓度(1,10,100,500,1 000 ng/mL)的HBD3协同最适ConA浓度诱导淋巴细胞增殖反应。结果表明:ConA的最适浓度为2μg/mL;浓度为1,10,100 ng/mL的HBD3可以显著促进2μg/mL ConA诱导的淋巴细胞增殖反应,但是伴随着HBD3浓度的不断升高这一作用逐渐降低,当浓度为500 ng/mL和1 000 ng/mL时表现出一定程度的抑制作用。说明HBD3在一定浓度范围内对ConA诱导的淋巴细胞增殖反应具有促进作用,而超出这一浓度范围就会出现抑制作用。     

猪淋巴细胞转化增殖试验反应的最佳条件探讨

为了确定猪淋巴细胞转化增殖试验反应的最佳条件,研究以东北民猪为试验猪,采用MTT法研究不同浓度犊牛血清(FCS)、淋巴细胞、植物血凝素P(PHA-P)对猪淋巴细胞增殖的影响。结果表明:当培养时间为60 h、犊牛血清浓度为10%、淋巴细胞浓度为2×106个/m L、PHA-P刺激的最佳浓度为12.5μg/m L时,可显著刺激T淋巴细胞的增殖。     

不同血清浓度对金华猪耳缘组织成纤维细胞体外生长的影响研究

试验研究了不同血清浓度对金华猪耳缘组织成纤维细胞体外生长的影响,初步确定体外培养的适宜血清浓度。采用组织块贴壁培养法在不同血清浓度的培养基中进行条件培养(体积分数为5%、10%、15%),观察细胞形态,采用MTT法进行细胞增殖试验。结果表明,含10%、15%血清培养液相对于含5%血清培养液条件下,细胞从组织块迁移出来的时间较短,培养成纤维细胞生长、增殖迅速,细胞活力较强,MTT值明显增高(P0.05),而10%血清与15%血清比较,则差异不显著(P0.05)。     

不同刺激剂PHA和ConA对绒山羊淋巴细胞有丝分裂中期化的影响

试验旨在探索使较高比例的淋巴细胞富集在有丝分裂G2/M期的最佳条件。运用植物血凝素(PHA)和刀豆蛋白A(ConA)对淋巴细胞进行刺激使其增殖,培养一定时间后加秋水仙素对淋巴细胞进行同步化处理,用流式细胞仪检测G2/M期的细胞数量进行比对,观察试剂的最佳作用浓度和加秋水仙素的最佳时间。结果表明,采用PHA和ConA刺激淋巴细胞增殖的最佳作用浓度是60和5 μg/mL,且淋巴细胞经ConA刺激培养45 h再加秋水仙素处理5 h G2期的比例最高为58.38%。结果提示,就绒山羊的淋巴细胞来说,ConA刺激绒山羊淋巴细胞增殖的效果比PHA好,且摸索出细胞G2/M期的时间点至关重要。     

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。