牛轮状病毒重组VP7蛋白抗原间接ELISA诊断方法的建立

以纯化的原核表达的牛轮状病毒VP7蛋白为包被抗原,建立了检测牛轮状病毒抗体的间接ELISA诊断方法。特异性试验表明,该抗原与其他5种常见牛病病毒(IBRV、BCV、BRSV、ETEC、Cj)的阳性血清无交叉反应,板内和板间重复性试验的变异系数均小于10%;对来自不同牛场的血清样本检测结果显示,该检测方法与病毒中和试验检测结果符合率达87.2%。本试验建立的ELISA诊断方法具有良好的重复性、敏感性和特异性,为BRV的快速诊断、免疫牛群血清抗体监测及轮状病毒流行病学调查提供了一种快速、简便的血清学诊断方法。     

猪传染性胃肠炎病毒重组N蛋白抗原间接ELISA抗体检测方法的建立

本研究以纯化的原核表达猪传染性胃肠炎病毒N蛋白为诊断抗原，建立了猪传染性胃肠炎病毒抗体检测的间接ELISA诊断方法，将其命名为mTGE-ELISA。该抗原不与其他常见10种猪病的阳性血清发生交叉反应。批内和批间重复性试验的变异系数均小于15％；对仔猪免疫后不同时间的血清检测结果表明mTGE-ELISA与纯化病毒ELISA符合率达95．0％；mTGE-ELISA相对于VN试验的敏感性为96．3％、特异性为92．2％：现地试验中，mTGE-ELISA与Svanova TGEV／PRCV antibody diagnosis Kit的符合率达87．0％，通过中和试验复核结果表明，mTGE-ELISA的假阳性低于Svanova TGEV／PRCV antibody diagnosis Kit。本试验建立的mTGE-ELISA诊断方法具有良好的敏感性和特异性，为免疫猪群抗体监测和TGE流行病学调查提供了一种快速、简便的血清学诊断方法。     

PEDV流行株重组截短N蛋白间接ELISA检测方法的建立

为了建立猪流行性腹泻病毒(porcine epidemic diarrhea virus,PEDV)抗体检测的间接ELISA方法,本研究以纯化的原核表达的PEDV截短N蛋白作为包被抗原,建立了PEDV抗体检测的间接ELISA方法,将该方法命名为rnPED-ELISA。该抗原不与其他常见的7种猪病的阳性血清发生交叉反应,批内和批间重复性试验的变异系数均小于13%;rnPED-ELISA相对于血清中和试验(SN)试验的敏感性为93.33%,特异性为90.00%;rnPED-ELISA与TSZ全病毒抗体检测试剂盒的符合率达91.67%。采用rnPED-ELISA方法检测200份临床样品,PEDV抗体阳性检出率为69.5%。本试验建立的rnPED-ELISA方法具有良好的敏感性和特异性,可为免疫猪群抗体监测和猪流行性腹泻流行病学调查提供一种快速、简便的血清学诊断方法。     

猪流行性腹泻病毒重组N蛋白间接ELISA检测方法的建立

为建立检测猪流行性腹泻病毒(PEDV)血清抗体的间接ELISA方法,本研究以原核表达的重组N蛋白作为检测抗原,优化ELISA反应条件,建立了PEDV间接ELISA抗体检测方法。该方法仅对PEDV血清检测为阳性,对猪传染性胃肠炎、猪轮状病毒感染猪的阳性血清检测结果均为阴性;其批内和批间重复性试验的变异系数均小于10%。采用建立的ELISA方法检测了130份临床样品,其中78份血清样品为PEDV抗体阳性。表明建立的以重组N蛋白为包被抗原检测PEDV血清抗体的方法可以用于检测PEDV感染及相关的流行病学调查。     

基于重组NS1蛋白猪细小病毒野毒抗体间接ELISA诊断方法的建立与应用

本研究以原核表达的重组NS1蛋白作为诊断抗原,建立了检测猪细小病毒(PPV)野毒抗体的NS1-ELISA诊断方法。该方法检测猪瘟病毒、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒、猪伪狂犬病病毒、猪圆环病毒2型、猪流行性腹泻病毒5种常见猪病病毒的阳性血清均为阴性;检测灵敏度为1:12800;批内、批间重复性试验的变异系数分别小于5%和10%;与血凝抑制试验(HI)符合率为100%。本研究建立的PPV NS1-ELISA检测方法具有良好的特异性、敏感性和重复性,为PPV的野毒抗体检测及PPV流行病学调查等快速诊断提供了一种技术手段。     

猪伪狂犬病毒gD蛋白的截短表达与PPA—ELISA抗体检测方法的建立

为建立一种快速的猪伪狂犬病毒抗体检测方法,本研究参照已发表的PRVSA株基因组序列,PCR扩增了长约1070bp的gD基因片段,将目的片段定向克隆到pET30a原核表达载体,转化BL21表达菌,经IPTG诱导后获得了以包涵体形式表达的重组gD蛋白。重组蛋白纯化后,经免疫印迹检测证明具有良好的抗原性和特异性。以该蛋白作为包被抗原,以辣根过氧化物酶标记葡萄球菌A蛋白为二抗,建立了检测猪伪狂犬病毒抗体的PPA—ELISA检测方法。该方法与其他7种常见猪病病毒（CSFV、PPV、PRRSV、JEV、PCV－2、PEDV、TGEV）的阳性血清不发生交叉反应;批内重复性试验的变异系数小于5％,批间重复性试验的变异系数小于10％;与IDEXXgD-ELISA试剂盒相比较,符合率、敏感性和特异性分别为92．0％、95．1％和88．1％。本研究建立的PRVgD-PPA—ELISA抗体检测方法具有良好的重复性、敏感性和特异性,为PRV的免疫猪群抗体监测、快速诊断和PRV流行病学调查提供一种快速、简便的血清学诊断方法。     

鸭病毒性肠炎间接ELISA诊断方法的建立及应用

本研究以鸭病毒性肠炎(DVE)病毒作为包被抗原,建立了检测DVE抗体的间接ELISA诊断方法.应用该ELISA诊断方法检测DVE阳性对照血清,当血清稀释至12800 倍时,结果仍为阳性;检测其它7种鸭病阳性血清结果均为阴性;批内重复性试验和批间重复性试验的变异系数均小于10%;该检测方法与血清中和试验的符合率为100%.DVE 活疫苗皮下免疫鸭抗体监测结果表明:鸭免疫后第7d 可以在血清中检测出DVE特异性抗体.本试验建立的诊断方法具有良好的特异性、敏感性和重复性,为DVE免疫鸭的抗体监测和DVE流行病学调查提供了一种快速、简便的血清学诊断方法.     

猪传染性胃肠炎病毒N蛋白原核表达和间接ELISA检测方法的建立

试验构建了pET28a-TGEV-N重组表达质粒,完成TGEV N蛋白的表达和纯化,通过SDS-PAGE和Western blotting分析,表明表达产物N蛋白可被猪TGEV阳性血清识别。用TGEV N蛋白作为诊断抗原,建立了检测TGEV血清抗体的间接ELISA检测方法,该方法批内、批间重复试验变异系数均小于5%;检测血清的特异性为100%,假阳性率为0,假阴性率为5%,与7种常见猪病血清无交叉反应。针对临床血清,用该方法检测结果与中和试验结果相比,符合率为100%。该方法能够快速、有效地检出TGEV抗体,重复性和特异性好,为标准化诊断试剂盒的开发奠定了基础。     

检测猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒抗体间接ELISA的建立

本研究以纯化的猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)抗原作为诊断抗原,建立了检测PRRSV抗体的间接ELISA诊断方法。该方法检测7种常见猪病病毒(PCV-2、PRV、JEV、PPV、PEDV、TGEV、CSFV)的阳性血清均为阴性;批内重复性试验的变异系数小于5%,批间重复性试验的变异系数小于10%;与商品化ELISA试剂盒相比较,符合率、敏感性和特异性分别为91.1%、90.5%和91.8%。本研究建立的PRRSVELISA检测方法具有良好的重复性、敏感性和特异性。     

猪乙型脑炎病毒间接酶联免疫吸附试验抗体检测试剂盒的研制及其应用

为研制一种快速猪乙型脑炎病毒抗体检测试剂盒，本研究参照已发表的JEV（乙型脑炎病毒）基因组序列，RT—PCR扩增了长约1000bp的E基因片段，连接pET30a表达载体后获得了以包涵体形式表达的重组E蛋白，以该蛋白作为诊断抗原，研制了检测乙型脑炎病毒抗体的间接ELISA（酶联免疫吸附试验）诊断试剂盒。该试剂盒与其它7种常见猪病病毒（圆环病毒2型、伪狂犬病病毒、蓝耳病病毒、细小病毒、流行性腹泻病毒、传染性胃肠炎病毒、猪瘟病毒）的阳性血清不发生交叉反应；批内重复性试验的变异系数小于5％，批间重复性试验的变异系数小于10％；与HI（血凝抑制试验）相比，符合率、敏感性和特异性分别为83．1％、84.3％和80．0％。本研究制备的重组蛋白具有良好的反应活性，以其作为包被抗原研制的JEVE—ELISA诊断试剂盒具有良好的重复性、敏感性和特异性，为JEV的快速诊断、免疫猪群抗体监测和JEV流行病学调查提供了一种快速、简便的血清学诊断试剂盒。     

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.