岩棉作为草坪草育苗基质的化学安定性初探

通过测定草坪草及其生长液中微量元素的含量,研究岩棉作为草坪草育苗基质的可行性.结果表明:岩棉自身可以释放出大量的微量元素供草坪草初期生长利用;其中释放出的Fe,Cu,Al等微量元素已经超过了草坪草生长需要,过量吸收后容易发生中毒.总之,岩棉具有相对稳定的化学安定性,可以作为草坪草的育苗基质.     

硅对植物的有益作用及其对草坪草研究的启示

作为地壳中含量第二的元素,硅对植物的生长发育具有显著积极作用。通过分析硅在植物体内的分布、植物吸收硅的途径以及硅在植物抗逆过程中的积极作用,指出硅对草坪草和草坪管理的研究中具有如下几点启示:硅能够促进草坪草生长,缩短建植时间;提高植物水分利用效率,节约灌溉量;提高草坪草抗非生物胁迫能力,扩大建植区域;减少草坪和绿地管理中氮磷使用量,缓解土壤劣化;提高草坪绿地抗生物胁迫能力,减少农药使用量。     

踩踏对亚热带沟叶结缕草草坪冬季休眠期土壤呼吸的影响

随着城市化进程加快,城市绿地也在迅速扩张,人为踩踏是城市绿地重要干扰因素,其可能对草坪土壤呼吸产生显著影响,进而影响城市草坪碳循环。因此,在典型亚热带沟叶结缕草草坪内选取人为踩踏和对照处理,采用Li-8100土壤碳通量分析仪对冬季结缕草草坪土壤呼吸速率进行动态连续测定。结果表明,亚热带沟叶结缕草草坪冬季休眠期土壤呼吸动态呈单峰曲线,先降低后升高;人为踩踏显著降低了沟叶结缕草草坪休眠期土壤呼吸速率和土壤呼吸温度敏感性(Q₁₀);休眠期土壤呼吸速率主要受温度控制,而与土壤水分无关;试验期间,踩踏平均使土壤呼吸速率下降53.6%;踩踏引发的土壤物理特性和植物生长的变化综合作用而导致沟叶结缕草草坪土壤呼吸速率下调。     

不同pH值处理对两种草坪草生长及质量的影响

为研究不同pH值土壤对草坪草生长质量的影响,试验以不同pH值土壤生长的马尼拉、早熟禾草坪草生长苗为研究对象,测定了植物的发芽率、发芽势、发芽指数、叶绿素含量、株高、生物量等指标。结果表明:1)马尼拉草坪草的发芽率、发芽势、株高在pH值为4~6时呈逐渐上升趋势,在pH值为4~9时地上、地下部鲜重与干重都有较明显的增减趋势;土壤pH值不同马尼拉草坪草的发芽率及地上、地下部干重和鲜重与对照比较差异很大,而发芽势与发芽指数差异不显著(P0.05);不同pH值土壤生长的马尼拉草坪草叶绿素含量差异很大,在土壤pH值为5~7时叶绿素含量呈逐渐下降趋势,在土壤pH值为7~9时叶绿素含量呈逐渐上升趋势。2)早熟禾草坪草发芽率、发芽势及发芽指数在pH值为4~7时呈上升趋势,在pH值为4~9时地上、地下部鲜重与干重都有较明显的增减趋势;不同pH值土壤生长的早熟禾发芽率、发芽指数、株高、地上部鲜重、地下部鲜重及干重与对照比较都差异很大,而发芽势差异不显著(P0.05);在pH值为6~8时早熟禾的叶绿素含量呈逐渐增长趋势,土壤pH值不同叶绿素含量差异很大。     

如何防除草坪杂草

草坪常常由于杂草的侵入而影响美观、使用和导致衰败 ,因此及时清除杂草是草坪管理中的一项重要工作。防除草坪杂草的措施有以下几个方面 :一是利用自然竞争的原理 ,创造适于草坪生长而不适宜于杂草生长的条件 ,达到自然连续工作的目的而减少人工防除的劳作。二是减少杂草种子入侵草坪的机会 ,使用无杂草种籽、肥料、工具和在草坪上适时进行处理防止杂草种籽萌发。三是在杂草最易伤害的阶段使用除草剂。四是采用物理机械方法灭除。1　以草制草、生物控制　　草坪内杂草的大量生长表明该环境条件并不适合草坪草。自然界控制一定类型植被的固有方法是提供目标植被一种激烈竞争的条件 ,而淘汰那些不适者。适应性强的草坪草组成的优质草坪 ,在良好的管理条件下杂草是很难生长或代替草坪草的。因此当草坪杂草大量出现时草坪管理者就应检查并改善以下条件 :现有草坪草种是否适应草坪建设地的生态环境 ;土壤的 ｐＨ值 ;不完整的表面和内部排水系统 ,水的渗透性是否抑制了草坪草的生长活力。在目标草坪草取得最大效益的季节 ,施肥量是否保证了整个季节的连续供应。草坪草的修剪高度及修剪频率是否符合目标草种的生长特性。其它物体的荫蔽是否成为抑制草坪草正常生长的因素。灌水量及灌...     

昆明市草坪枯草层改良措施的研究

草坪枯草层的厚度和形成速度直接影响草坪的质量及其寿命。研究表明,床土粘重、通透性差、土壤酸性化和草坪管理技术不规范是加速草坪枯草层累积的主要原因。生物控制是防止草坪枯草层累积的首选技术,即利用各种栽培和管理技术,可以促进枯草层的分解,避免草坪草枝条的过量生长和积累;表施土壤,增施生石灰,少量频繁施入氮肥,减缓草坪草的生长速率是主要的生物控制技术;在草坪枯草层累积过厚或草坪根系絮结过重的情况下,采用机械改良效果较好;在昆明地区,采用打孔机100孔/m2和120孔/m2两种处理,配合表施土壤,改良枯草层效果最佳。     

人工践踏对无土草坪基质的影响

本试验采用人工践踏的方式,研究了不同组合配比的基质对无土草坪耐践踏性的影响。结果表明,良好的无土草坪基质配比及适合的厚度是保证无土草坪优良的耐践踏性及观赏性的关键。本试验中,草坪草生长基质层和弹性材料层均为25 mm,结构合理、厚度适中,克服了现有草坪基质薄、持水力差的缺点。在相同践踏强度下,能维持较高水平的草层高度、草坪盖度和草坪草分蘖数,分别达到了5.14 cm、97.60%和123.97 个·dm-2,且停止践踏后草坪质量能快速恢复。均匀混合的草坪草生长基质层和弹性材料层,在厚度一致的前提下并不耐践踏,实际效果不好。土壤坪床的处理效果最差。因此,具有独立的草坪草生长基质层和弹性材料层且厚度适中的基质,适用于生产耐践踏性好的无土草坪。     

生长调节剂在草坪上的应用

生长调节剂对草坪草有不同的功效.有的促进草坪草的生长,有的起抑制作用,并且对草坪草抗寒性的影响与草坪草类型有关.本文对这些作用进行了探讨.     

生长调节剂在草坪上的应用

生长调节剂对草坪草有不同的功效。有的促进草坪草的生长 ,有的起抑制作用 ,并且对草坪草抗寒性的影响与草坪草类型有关。本文对这些作用进行了探讨。     

《草坪管理手册》

<正> 《草坪管理手册》(Turf ManagementHandbook)为美国 Howard B.Sprague所著。现已出两版,1970年出第一版,1976年出第二版,在此介绍的是该书第二版。该版共245页,分十五章:一、基础知识;二、良好草坪的土壤条件;三、土壤酸度及石灰中和;四、草坪施肥;五、土壤腐殖质和草坪草管理;六、草坪草的生长;七、冷     

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.     

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。