山羊痘病变的超微病理学研究

对发生在贵州省的山羊痘病变进行了透射电镜观察。在感染的皮肤和肺上皮细胞的胞浆内发现有大量不同成熟阶段的典型的山羊痘病毒颗粒。病毒颗粒也可见于巨噬细胞、成纤维细胞、血管内皮细胞的胞浆内，甚至少量在血管腔内。受感染的细胞除可见胞浆内散在的病毒颗粒或形成病毒包涵体外，通常可见细胞水肿，线粒体肿胀，内质网和高尔基复合体扩张。一个有趣但十分重要的发现是，有髓神经纤维也被病毒和被感染的巨噬细胞所波及，并可见节段性脱髓鞘以及轴索和雪旺氏细胞的变性。在山羊痘痘疹材料感染鸡胚绒毛尿囊膜痘斑的上皮细胞和成纤维细胞中也可见成熟和不成熟的病毒颗粒。     

间接免疫酶组织化学法检测猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒感染和抗原定位

以蔗糖密度梯度离心法提纯的猪繁殖与呼吸综合征（Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome,PRRS）病毒SC1株作为抗原,免疫家兔制备兔抗PRRS病毒IgG,成功建立了检测PRRS病毒抗原的间接免疫酶组织化学法。该方法只与PRRS病毒感染猪组织呈现阳性反应,与猪瘟病毒、猪细小病毒、猪伪狂犬病毒、猪乙脑病毒人工感染并致死仔猪的肝脏组织呈现阴性反应。用该方法检测PRRS SC-1株人工感染28日龄仔猪,在感染后7 d即可在肺门淋巴结、胸腺、扁桃体、十二指肠、肺、大脑和肾脏检测到PRRS病毒抗原。PRRS病毒抗原主要分布于胸腺和十二指肠感染细胞的胞浆内、肺门淋巴结小梁周围的淋巴窦和弥散的淋巴组织、扁桃体淋巴结的隐窝及其周边。该法具有特异、直观和敏感的特点,可用于PRRS病毒感染的实验室诊断、抗原定位及甲醛固定样本的回顾性诊断。     

鸭病毒性肠炎病毒强毒在人工感染鸭体内形态结构和发生学的电镜观察

为研究鸭病毒性肠炎病毒(DEV)CH强毒株在感染鸭体内的分布和形态学发生规律，应用透射电镜和超薄切片技术对人工感染DEV的成年鸭各组织器官进行观察。结果表明：感染后12h在脾脏和法氏囊首先观察到少量的DEV出现，24h后在脾、胸腺和法氏囊以及死亡鸭的肝、肠和胰中均观察到具有典型的疱疹病毒粒子及其核衣壳形态的DEV。DEV病毒核衣壳有空心型、致密核心型、双环型和内壁附有颗粒型4种形态，存在胞核和胞浆两种装配方式。病毒成熟有两种方式：一为细胞核内核衣壳在核内获得皮层，通过核内膜获得囊膜成为成熟病毒；二为核内核衣壳通过内外核膜进入胞浆，核内和胞浆内的核衣壳在细胞浆中获得皮层，然后在各种质膜上获得囊膜，最后成熟病毒通过细胞破裂或其他方式释放到细胞外。伴随着病毒的复制、装配和成熟，细胞中出现多种核内和胞浆包涵体、核内致密颗粒、核内微管和中空短管、胞浆电子致密小体等结构。     

兔出血症病毒在细胞培养和组织中的形态发生

在电镜下系统地观察了感染后的细胞培养和组织中兔出血症病毒（ Ｒ Ｈ Ｄ Ｖ）的形态发生。感染早期，在细胞核内可见电子致密颗粒（１５ ｎｍ ）和未成熟的病毒颗粒 （２５ ｎｍ ）。中期，在细胞核和胞浆内出现大量成熟的病毒颗粒（３４ ｎｍ ），并发现部分核内病毒通过扩大的核膜孔、核膜溶解扩大的核孔和乳头状突起的核膜向胞浆释放。感染末期，核染色质消失，核内大量感染病毒清淅可见。最终细胞溶解，病毒颗粒释放至细胞间隙。提示 Ｒ Ｈ Ｄ Ｖ 是在核内复制和装配的，应归属于细小病毒科。本试验结果不排除同时存在另一种小 Ｒ Ｎ Ａ 病毒。     

绵羊肺腺瘤病毒JSRV-2基因探针的制备与原位杂交检测

用地高辛随机引物法标记外源性exJSRV特异的JSRV-2片段，制备探针，用原位杂交法检测自然感染绵羊肺腺瘤病（oPA）的病肺组织中JSRV-NM的RNA及前病毒DNA，结果表明’OPA患羊肺肿瘤细胞的胞浆和核内都有JSRV-2基因mRNA的表达，同时也检测到了前病毒DNA，而相应的阴性对照无阳性信号，证实外源性JSRV-NM病毒具有特异性的DNA探针在检测致瘤性前病毒在宿主细胞中的整合具有可信度。     

禽白血病病毒J亚群(ALV-J)基因表达与抗原定位的研究

本研究通过原位杂交(ISH)和免疫组织化学(IHC)技术检测了组织中ALV-J病毒RNA的表达及定位。原位杂交结果显示：在攻毒后3周时．所检测到的组织大部分已感染病毒；病毒对肝脏、心脏、肾脏的实质细胞、骨髓髓系细胞和卵巢基质中的间质细胞、脾脏红髓内的单核-巨噬细胞有较高的嗜性．在核膜及胞浆内显示出蓝紫色颗粒状的特异性信号，而在法氏囊、胸腺、脑和坐骨神经中检测不到病毒RNA及病毒基因的表达。免疫组化结果与原位杂交相似，在核膜及胞浆内可见蓝紫色阳性信号．瘤组织的信号较强，显示了较强的抗原性。由骨髓和其他组织的结果可推测ALV-J诱导肿瘤可能和病毒基因的插入位点有直接关系，而和病毒在组织内的数量没有直接关系。     

水泡性口炎病毒感染犊牛口腔黏膜上皮细胞的超微结构变化

将水泡性口炎病毒(VSV)接种于原代培养的犊牛口腔黏膜上皮细胞(CPMBCs),通过对不同时间收集的感染细胞制作超薄切片,观察病毒在该细胞上的形态发生。结果表明,VSV能导致CPMBCs出现典型的CPE和超微结构变化,主要表现为细胞圆缩、线粒体肿胀、胞浆空泡化,病毒游离于胞浆内或以出芽方式进入胞浆空泡内,病毒主要在细胞突起处进行出芽增殖,获得囊膜而成熟。感染24h后,细胞出现严重的纤维化,细胞骨架明显。该研究结果为VSV的嗜上皮机制研究提供了重要的依据。     

鹅副粘病毒的组织嗜性

用单克隆抗体介导的免疫过氧化物酶（MC－IP）技术，对21只鹅副粘病毒病鹅体内的病毒抗原进行定位，结合组织病理学观察结果，探讨了鹅副粘病毒的组织嗜性。结果显示，除脑和心脏未检测到病毒外，在气管、肺、食道、肝脏、腺胃、胰腺、肠、哈氏腺、胸腺、脾脏、法氏囊、肾脏等器官都能检测到病毒，病毒抗原定位于上述器官的各种上皮细胞，淋巴细胞、网状细胞和巨噬细胞的胞浆内，其中以胃肠粘膜上皮细胞和法氏囊、胸腺、脾脏的淋巴细胞和网状细胞内检出率高，阳性反应强。这些结果提示，鹅副粘病毒是一种泛嗜性病毒，胃肠粘膜上皮和淋巴组织是其主要侵嗜部位。     

高致病性禽流感病毒人工感染小鼠组织病理学观察

应用经SPF鸡胚增殖的虎源高致病性禽流感病毒A/Tiger/Harbin/01/2003（H5N1）株（其对MDCK细胞的TCID50为10^-7.36/0.05mL）,经滴鼻途径人工感染小鼠,无菌采取感染致死的小鼠和对照组小鼠的肺、脑等脏器进行了组织病理学、免疫组化以及透射电镜观察。结果显示：感染致死小鼠以肺脏损害最为明显。光镜观察,肺泡腔不同程度缩小,胞腔内有少量蛋白样浆液渗出,肺泡间隔不同程度增宽,肺内小血管及肺泡间隔的毛细血管扩张、淤血,支气管充血。免疫组化染色发现,在支气管上皮细胞、一些肺泡上皮细胞和浸润的单核细胞胞浆内见到该病毒抗原的阳性染色颗粒。电镜观察,小鼠肺泡扁平上皮细胞表面和肺泡腔中见到短杆型和圆型的流感病毒样粒子。     

鸡肾型传染性支气管炎病毒组织嗜性的研究

本研究用鸡肾型传染性支气管炎病毒 (肾型 IBV) C90 0 1株人工感染 14日龄 SPF鸡 ,于接种后定期采集病鸡的各组织器官制备成石蜡切片 ,用建立的检测石蜡切片中肾型 IB病毒的免疫酶组化染色技术 ,对人工感染肾型传染性支气管炎 (肾型 IB)鸡发病后病毒的组织器官亲嗜性和动态分布规律进行了研究。结果表明 ,肾型 IBV在胞浆内复制 ,主要亲嗜气管黏膜的上皮细胞和固有层腺体细胞、肺各级支气管上皮细胞以及肺房和呼吸性毛细管上皮细胞、气囊上皮细胞、肾和输尿管上皮细胞、消化道上皮和固有层腺体细胞、肝小叶间胆管上皮细胞、胰腺导管上皮细胞和腺泡上皮细胞、法氏囊淋巴滤泡髓质区淋巴细胞和网状细胞、胸腺小叶髓质区淋巴细胞和网状细胞、脾小体淋巴细胞、盲肠扁桃体弥散性淋巴组织的淋巴细胞以及心肌细胞 ,病毒出现的先后顺序为气管、肺脏、肾脏、输尿管 ,消化道、法氏囊、肝脏、胰脏、胸腺和气囊 ,盲肠扁桃体 ,脾脏 ,心肌。病毒在肾脏和输尿管持续 2 0天 ,气管为 13天 ,消化道和法氏囊为 11天 ,肝脏、胰脏和肺为 10天 ,胸腺为 6天 ,气囊为 5天 ,盲肠扁桃体、脾脏、心肌呈一过性感染     

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.