河南省鸡源致病性大肠杆菌耐药性的监测分析

对来源于河南省32个县市的93株鸡源致病性大肠杆菌进行了16种抗生素药物的药敏试验和菌株耐药性与质粒图谱间关系的分析研究。结果表明:93株鸡源致病性大肠杆菌均为多重耐药菌株,耐药种类3～14种,耐药图谱复杂,可以分为58种耐药类型,相同来源的大肠杆菌耐药图谱、质粒图谱相似,但菌株耐药种类与质粒图谱条带的多少无一定的相关性。     

山东地区鸡源性大肠杆菌的耐药性与质粒图谱的监测分析

对来源于山东各地自然发病鸡群的19株鸡源致病性大肠杆菌进行了耐药性和质粒图谱检测,并对菌株耐药性与质粒图谱间关系进行了分析研究.结果表明:19株鸡源致病性大肠杆菌均具有多重耐药性,耐药图谱复杂;除3株菌没有提取到质粒外,其余菌株均提取到质粒条带1～5条;对比分析发现,菌株耐药性与所携带质粒的数量和大小并无直接的相关性.     

四川规模化鸡场鸡致病性E.coli血清型、耐药性和质粒图谱的研究

从四川10个规模化鸡场分离的经生化鉴定、动物回归试验获得46株鸡致病性E.coli。对46株鸡致病性E.coli进行了耐药性、血清型鉴定和质粒DNA分析的研究。试验结果表明：鸡致病性大杆菌易产生耐药性，且多为多重耐药；鉴定出36株大肠杆菌的O血清型共16种，占鉴定菌株的78.3%；流行的主要血清为O89、O141、O119、O127和O131，共22株，占定型菌株的61.6%，鸡致病性大肠杆菌血清型多，各地血清型各类差异大；质粒得率为100％，来源相同的菌株有相同或相似的质粒图谱和酶切图谱，来源不同的菌株质粒图谱一般不同，同一血清型可以有不同的质粒图谱。     

四川规模化猪场仔猪黄、白痢的分子流行病学研究

在系统鉴定、药敏试验和血甭型鉴定的基础上,对52株致病性大肠杆菌和4株标准血清型大肠杆菌进行了质粒DNA分析,结果表明,菌株的质粒得率为100%,来源相同的菌株具有相同或相似的质粒图谱,来源不同的菌株具有不同的质粒图谱,质粒DNA分析为四川规模化猪场致病性E.coli的分子流行病学调查提供了科学依据。质粒图谱与血清型及耐药谱之间无明显关系。     

致病性大肠杆菌耐药性与其质粒相关性研究

对本地临床分离的20株致病性大肠杆菌进行耐药性检测和质粒检测。耐药性检测结果显示,受检20株致病性大肠杆菌对临床常用5种抗菌药物均表现为耐药,大肠杆菌耐药程度及多重耐药现象较为严重。质粒图谱分析结果表明,在大肠杆菌耐药性菌株中,尤其是耐药程度较高且呈多重耐药的菌株中,耐药质粒的检出率较高。实验结果提示:致病性大肠杆菌耐药性与其耐药质粒存在密切相关。     

猪、鸡致病性大肠菌不同菌株质粒DNA及某些微生物学特性比较

对河南部分地区鸡和猪的5株致病性大肠杆菌进行了血清学试验、药物敏感试验、生化试验,并提取质粒DNA进行琼脂糖凝胶电泳,以比较不同菌株之间的差异.结果表明,耐药性与质粒电泳图谱有一定关系;耐药性强的菌株的提取DNA进行电泳后未见质粒条带,耐药性差的菌株电泳后质粒条带清晰.生化反应相近的菌株其质粒电泳图谱也相似.本研究为细菌的分类及本病的防制方法提供了新思路.     

鸡源大肠杆菌耐药性分析及中药对大肠杆菌耐药性消除作用的研究

研究鸡源大肠杆菌耐药性及中药对大肠杆菌耐药性消除作用。选择22种抗生素采用Kirby-Bauer法对山西省部分地区分离的20株致病性鸡源大肠杆菌进行耐药性检测,对分离菌株进行质粒分析和耐药质粒转化试验,并分析多种中药对大肠杆菌耐药性的消除作用。结果显示,20株试验菌对测试抗生素均存在不同程度的耐药性,其中5耐及5耐以上的菌株占分离菌株的90%,试验菌对青霉素耐药率最高(90%),其次为恩诺沙星(85%),而对黏杆菌素和呋喃妥因的耐药性最低;分离出12种质粒谱型,同一地区、同一鸡场菌株的质粒图谱相同或相似,不同地区菌株的质粒图谱不同,仅有部分相同或相近的流行质粒共存;对其中5株菌株进行耐药质粒的转化试验,发现同一质粒可编码1个至数个耐药性基因,不同质粒可以携带相同的耐药性基因;中药单剂或合剂对大肠杆菌的耐药性有一定的消除作用,其中黄芩的消除效果最好,中药处理后部分菌株质粒图谱无变化,只有黄连和双黄连造成2条质粒带丢失;对中药提取物作用后的消除子进行药敏试验,结果发现大肠杆菌对环丙沙星等多种抗生素恢复了敏感性。研究结果提示联合使用中药治疗鸡源大肠杆菌病有显著效果。     

云南撒坝猪源大肠杆菌优势血清型强毒力岛的检测及其致病性

为研究撒坝猪大肠杆菌强毒力岛(HPI)的致病性,对撒坝猪致病性大肠杆菌进行了分离和血清型鉴定,获取优势血清型,采用PCR检测HPI,进行同源性比较,并通过耐药性试验和致病性试验对分离菌株与HPI的相关性进行分析。结果显示:分离得到101株大肠杆菌,确定血清型84株,其中O_3、O_4、O_(24)为优势血清型;HPI阳性率为88.64%,与GenBank登录的参考序列同源性比较大于99.3%;氨基糖苷类药物耐药性试验结果显示分离菌株普遍耐药,而HPI阳性株耐药性强,并检出含aac(3)-Ⅱa基因12株,含有aac(6′)-Ⅰb基因21株;致病性试验表明含irp2的菌株致病性强,而具有fyuA-irp2基因簇的菌株致病性更强。结果表明:HPI对大肠杆菌的毒力有增强作用。     

紫外线诱变传代对致病性沙门氏菌的影响

本研究通过对致病性沙门氏菌SW1和SW4紫外线诱变传代,观察其血清型、致病力及质粒图谱的变化.选择紫外线诱变沙门氏菌SW1和SW4菌株6min后培养,每个菌株随机挑取9个单菌落连续传60代后做其质粒图谱分析、毒力以及血清型检测.结果表明经紫外线诱变连续传60代后,沙门氏菌SW1的部分单菌落血清型发生明显变化,质粒图谱及毒力无明显变化;而沙门氏菌SW4的血清型和质粒图谱无变化,但单菌落SW4-60-6变为无毒力菌株,这表明病原菌的血清型和致病力在外界条件的作用下会发生一定的改变.     

河南省平顶山地区副猪嗜血杆菌分离鉴定和外膜蛋白P5基因序列分析

为了解河南省平顶山地区副猪嗜血杆菌流行的血清型、菌株耐药性及其外膜蛋白ompP5基因的变异情况,采集疑似副猪嗜血杆菌病猪病料进行细菌分离鉴定、血清型鉴定、药敏试验和动物试验;测定5株不同血清型菌株的ompP5基因序列,分析其同源性。结果:分离鉴定了42株副猪嗜血杆菌,主要血清型为1(38.1%)、4(19.0%)、5(26.2%)、12(11.9%)和未定型(4.8%)。药敏试验显示菌株对磺胺甲氧嘧啶、磺胺-6-甲氧嘧啶和头孢喹肟耐药性较强,耐药率分别为85.7%、83.3%和64.3%,对氟苯尼考和青霉素高度敏感。基因序列分析显示菌株ompP5基因序列与其血清型、致病性无明显相关性。该研究为平顶山地区副猪嗜血杆菌病的防控提供了一定的理论依据。     

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.     

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.     

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.