猪生殖与呼吸综合征病毒核衣壳蛋白在昆虫细胞中的表达及其用作诊断抗原的研究

对猪生殖与呼吸综合征病毒（ＰＲＲＳＶ）核衣壳蛋白（Ｎ）作为ＥＬＩＳＡ抗原进行了研究，将编码ＰＲＲＳＶＮ蛋白的基因０ＲＦ７ｃＤＮＡ插入杆状病毒表达载体ｐＢｌｕｅＢａｃＨｉｓ２Ａ，通过同源重组获得了重组杆状病毒ＯＲＦ７－ＡｃＭＮＰＶ，感染昆虫细胞ＳＦ９表达了Ｎ蛋白，占细胞总蛋白的７．０７％，纯化后作为抗原建立了间接ＥＬＩＳＡ，与ＩＤＥＸＸ公司的ＥＬＩＳＡ诊断试剂盒有９６％的符合率，与ＩＦＡ有１００％的符合率。试验证实：ＰＲＲＳＶＮ蛋白在昆虫细胞中得到高效表达且是检测ＰＲＲＳＶ抗体的良好抗原。     

间接酶联免疫吸附试验检测禽流感抗体的最佳工作条件

禽流感病毒（ＡＩＶ）感染的鸡胚囊液经差速离心后,再经蔗糖密度梯度离心,提纯ＡＩＶ,纯化的ＡＩＶ经ＮＰ４０处理并反复冻融,即为ＡＩＥＬＩＳＡ抗原,用该抗原包被聚苯乙烯微量反应板,将健康鸡ＩｇＧ提纯后免疫兔,制备兔抗鸡ＩｇＧ用过碘酸钠法制备辣根过氧化物酶标记的兔抗鸡ＩｇＧ,确立了间接酶联免疫吸附试验（ＥＬＩＳＡ）检测禽流感抗最适工作条件,即：抗原包被浓度１．９～３．８μｇ／ｍｌ,每孔１００μｌ４℃冰箱     

应用重组猪生殖与呼吸综合征病毒核衣壳蛋白为抗原建立I—ELISA检？…

用重组杆状病毒表达的钎生殖和呼吸综合征病毒（ＰＲＲＳＶ）Ｎ蛋白作为抗原，建立了诊断猪生殖和呼吸综合征（ＰＲＲＳ）的Ｉ－ＥＬＩＳＡ，与ＩＤＥＸＸ公司试剂盒检测结果的符合率为９７．３％，与间接 光抗体试验９ＩＦＡ）的符合率为１００％。用该方法的检测国内猪血清８５份，阳性率为１８．８％；能检出ＰＲＲＳ疫苗免疫猪６ｄ的血清抗体，；与猪瘟、伪狂犬病、猪巴氏杆菌病、猪霉形体病阳性血清无交叉反应。     

应用C—ELISA检测禽流感病毒核蛋白抗体

应用杆状病毒表达的重组核蛋白及单抗建立了竞争ＥＬＩＳＡ（Ｃ－ＥＬＩＳＡ），用于抗Ａ型禽流感病毒核蛋白抗体的检测。试验检测了７５６只鸡，１１２３只火鸡，７０７只鸸鹋和１２６１只鸵鸟的共３８４７个血清样品。与琼脂扩散试验（ＡＧＩＤ）对比，Ｃ－ＥＬＩＳＡ方法对上述四种血样的敏感性均为１００％；而与血凝抑制试验（ＨＩ）相比，则其敏感性在鸡、火鸡和鸸鹋为１００％。鸵鸟为９６．２％。经ＡＧＩＤ检测为阴性而Ｃ－     

间接酶联免疫吸附试验检测禽流感抗体的最佳工作条件

禽流感病毒（ＡＩＶ）感染的鸡胚尿囊液经差速离心后,再经蔗糖密度梯度离心,提纯ＡＩＶ,纯化的ＡＩＶ经ＮＰ４０处理并反复冻融,即为ＡＩＥＬＩＳＡ抗原,用该抗原包被聚苯乙烯微量反应板。将健康鸡ＩｇＧ提纯后免疫兔,制备兔抗鸡ＩｇＧ,用过碘酸钠法制备辣根过氧化物酶标记的兔抗鸡ＩｇＧ。确立了间接酶联免疫吸附试验（ＥＬＩＳＡ）检测禽流感抗体的最适工作条件,即：抗原包被浓度１．９～３．８μｇ／ｍｌ,每孔１００μｌ,４℃冰箱过夜;用含０．５％牛血清白蛋白（ＢＳＡ）的磷酸盐缓冲液,３７℃封闭６０分钟;待检血清最佳稀释度为１８０～１６４０,作用６０分钟;酶标抗体作１２０００稀释,作用６０分钟。根据对５２份ＳＰＦ鸡血清的检测结果制定了判定标准。     

禽流感病毒核蛋白基因在重组杆状病毒中的表达

利用ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ方法成功地扩增了我国禽流感病毒分离株Ａ／Ｘｉｎｇｊｉａｎｇ／１／９６（Ｈ１４Ｎ５）的核蛋白（ＮＰ）基因,其限制性内切酶图谱和核苷酸序列与鸭源的标准Ｈ１４Ｎ５毒株几乎完全一致,与其它毒株则有较大差异,说明该鸡源分离株与鸭源毒株有非常近的亲缘关系。将ＮＰ基因定向克隆到杆状病毒转移载体ｐＶＬ１３９３中,再与杆状病毒线性ＤＮＡ（ＢＡＣ－Ｎ－ＢｌｕｅＤＮＡ）共转染于Ｓｆ９昆虫细胞中,经过三次蚀斑筛选,获得重组病毒ｒＢ２。用其细胞表达产物裂解后作ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ蛋白电泳、Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ和ｄｏｔ－ＥＬＩＳＡ,结果表明ＮＰ基因在杆状病毒系统中获得了表达。同时用表达产物作琼脂扩散试验,结果表明表达产物与现行标准禽流感琼扩抗原具有相同的生物学活性。     

斑点免疫金银染色法检测鸡传染性支气管炎病毒抗原的研究

用建立的斑点免疫金银染色（Ｄｏｔ－ＩＧＳＳ）法检测鸡传染性支气管炎病毒（ＩＢＶ）抗原,确定兔抗ＩＢＶ血清工作浓度为１：４００,ＳＰＡ－胶体金探针的工作浓度为１：８０,该法对纯化ＩＢＶ抗原的最低检出量为０．４３１４ｎｇ／点,用Ｄｏｔ－ＩＧＳＳ与斑点酶联免疫吸附试验（Ｄｏｔ－ＥＬＩＳＡ）同时检测１５只人工感染ＩＢＶ鸡的气管,肺,肾病科,ＩＢＶ阳性检出率均为１００％,对３２份疑似ＩＢＶ感染鸡病料检测,Ｉ     

非洲猪瘟间接ELISA诊断试剂盒的研究

用带有编码非洲猪瘟病毒衣壳蛋白Ｐ７２ 基因的重组杆状病毒（Ｂａｃｐ７２）作载体,在ｓｆ９细胞中表达并得到重组Ｐ７２蛋白,ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ可得到分子量在 ７２ｋＤａ左右的电泳带。用标准阳性非洲猪瘟血清对 Ｐ７２蛋白进行 ＥＬＩＳＡ检测,证明该蛋白具有生物学活性。用Ｐ７２作为间接法的包被抗原,对ＥＬＩＳＡ反应条件进行了优化。确定最佳包被液为ＰＢＳ（ｐＨ７．２）、最佳封闭液为１％ＰＣＴ、最佳血清稀释液为４％ＰＥＧ６０００／ＰＢＳ、最佳冲洗液为０．５Ｍ ＮａＣｌ／０．５％Ｔｗｅｅｎ－２０／ＰＢＳ（ｐＨ７．２）。本实验反应体系采用５０μｌ的微量法,可节约试剂及抗原。反应在２小时内即可完成,达到了快速诊断的目的。包被了抗原并用封闭液封闭后的酶标板密封后保存于－２０℃的冰箱中,至少可以保存５个月。阻断试验和交叉试验表明ＥＬＩＳＡ法有良好的特异性。间接ＥＬＩＳＡ比Ｄｏｔ－ＥＬＩＳＡ法具有更高的灵敏性。血清学调查没有得到阳性结果,与我国实际情况相符。用Ｂａｃｐ７２表达的非洲猪瘟病毒Ｐ７２蛋白抗原作为间接ＥＬＩＳＡ的检测抗原来检测非洲猪瘟血清具有快速、简单、无感染的特点。本实验为非洲猪瘟ＥＬＩＳＡ检测试剂盒的最终组装提供了实验依据。     

鸡传染性支气管炎病毒S1基因在昆虫细胞中的表达

将含有传染性支气管炎病毒（ＩＢＶ）广东地方分离株Ｄ４１的Ｓ１基因ｃＤＮＡ（从ＡＴＧ到Ｓ前体蛋白裂解位点）的片段克隆到具有多角体启动子（ＰＸＩＶ）和人工合成启动子（Ｐｓｙｎ）的杆状病毒转移载体质粒ｐＳＸ－ＩＶＶＩ＋Ｘ３中，构建了重组转基因载体质粒ｐＳＸＩＶＶＩ＋Ｘ３－Ｓ１．Ｄ４１。用该重组转移质粒与无包涵体的粉纹夜蛾核型多角体病毒ＴｎＮＰＶ－ＳＶＩ－ＧＤＮＡ（ｏｃｃ－，ｇａｌ＋）共转染草地夜蛾（Ｓｆ９）细胞，筛选并纯化出既能表达Ｓ１基因又能形成多角体的重组病毒ＴｎＮＰＶ－ＩＢＶＳ１－ｏｃｃ＋（ｏｃｃ＋，ｇａｌ－）。通过间接ＥＬＩＳＡ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ等方法在感染了重组病毒的Ｓｆ９细胞中成功地检测到分子量约６２０００的Ｓ１基因表达产物。虽然该重组Ｓ１糖蛋白可能由于Ｎ－糖基化不完全而分子量小于天然蛋白，但它可以像正常病毒粒子一样，被鸡抗ＩＢＶＤ４１株血清特异识别。     

一种检测猪生殖——呼吸道综合征的ELISA抗原的制备

利用ＴｒｉｔｏｎＸ－１００助溶，由猪生殖－－呼吸道综合征病毒（ＰＲＲＳＶ）感染的ＭＡＲＣ－１４５细胞可制备出高纯度的ＥＬＩＳＡ抗原。这一技术消除了涉及到ＰＲＲＳＶ抗的及细胞抗在的常见本底反应。将这种高质量抗原应用到检测抗ＰＲＲＳＶ抗体的间接ＥＬＩＳＡ中，辅以一咱有效的血清封闭稀释剂可消除血清样品的非特异性反应。这种ＥＬＩＳＡ技术比间接免疫荧光试验（ＩＦＡ）更为敏感；特别是对感染后期血清有高度特异性     

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.