猪伪狂犬病病毒（PRV-JL 株）的分离与鉴定

从吉林某猪场疑似猪伪狂犬病发病仔猪的脑组织病料中分离出1株病毒，感染猪以后病理变化明显，经幼仓鼠肾传代细胞系（BHK-21）接种、毒价测定、病毒形态观察、PCR扩增及相关动物试验证实为猪伪狂犬病病毒（PRV）野毒，并命名为PRV-JL。经BHK-21接种，病毒生长良好；毒价稳定，可达10-7.59/0.2 mL；电镜负染观察到病毒粒子呈椭圆或圆形外观，无囊膜的病毒粒子直径约110-150 nm，有囊膜的成熟病毒粒子直径约150-180 nm；PCR鉴定该毒株为强毒，其gE序列与Genbank登录的PRV gE序列同源性为99%-100%；本研究构建了小鼠的感染模型，并进行了病毒载量检测，结果用不同剂量病毒培养物接种Balb/C小鼠，小鼠死亡明显，最初在其脑组织中检测到PRV病原，随后在肾、肺、心逐步检出，试验初步证实了PRV的脑组织嗜性。试验表明， PRV-JL是1株强毒，对易感动物具有高致病性，为进一步开展该病毒流行病学、致病机理、疫苗免疫与诊断研究奠定基础。     

猪伪狂犬病病毒LX株的分离与鉴定

从辽宁某猪场采集病料,经处理后接种BHK-21细胞进行猪伪狂犬病病毒(pseudorabies virus,PRV)分离,结果有2份病料在该细胞上盲传后可见典型的CPE,经测定其毒价为10^-7.8 TCID₅₀/mL。间接免疫荧光试验可见黄绿色荧光,用电镜对纯化的病毒进行观察,可见有囊膜包裹的圆形病毒粒子,直径为140~200 nm。该病毒对氯仿、乙醚、酸和热敏感。对有CPE的细胞培养物进行RT-PCR,结果为阳性。接种试验动物出现典型的猪伪狂犬病临床症状且死亡。结果表明,成功分离到1株PRV。     

猪伪狂犬病病毒新W株的分离与鉴定

从新疆五家渠、石河子某猪场病死仔猪的大脑和内脏组织中分离到一株疑为猪伪狂犬病病毒 ( PRV)毒株 ,通过兔体接种、BHK-2 1细胞培养、理化特性测定、中和试验、实验兔和仔猪回归试验、电镜观察、PCR扩增及感染力测定 ,分离的病毒接种实验兔后发生奇痒并麻痹致死 ;BHK-2 1细胞培养盲传 4代出现典型细胞病变 ;电镜观察可见病毒粒子呈圆形并带有囊膜和纤突 ;回归兔出现典型奇痒症状 ,仔猪出现典型的症状和病理变化 ;分离的病毒能被 PR鄂 A株标准阳性血清中和 ;该病毒对氯仿、乙醚、酸、热敏感 ;PCR体外扩增可见其与鄂 A株在同一水平位置上有相同的电泳带 ;用 BHK-2 1细胞测定其毒价 TCID50 为 10 -1 0 .87/0 .1m L 根据此分离病毒株的上述特性 ,鉴定其为伪狂犬病病毒     

猪伪狂犬病病毒的分离鉴定及免疫原性初步研究

采集浙江某猪场疑似猪伪狂犬病发病仔猪的脑、脾脏等组织病料,经PCR检测为猪伪狂犬病病毒(pseudorabies virus,PRV)野毒感染,用BHK-21细胞进行病毒的分离培养,结果显示该病毒能引起典型的细胞病变,第4代病毒液毒价达10^7.0 TCID_50/mL;PCR和动物回归试验结果表明该分离株为PRV,并将其命名为PRV ZJ株。将第4代病毒液制备成油乳剂灭活苗,免疫2 kg左右家兔,免疫后28 d采血并攻毒,测定其免疫原性,结果显示血清中和指数为13490,保护率为100%。本试验结果表明PRV ZJ株有很好的免疫原性,为进一步开展疫苗研究奠定基础。     

一例猪伪狂犬病病毒的分离鉴定

从临床疑似猪伪狂犬病发病仔猪的脑组织等病料中,经PCR扩增出大小为217 bp的伪狂犬病病毒gp50的基因片段,结果证实为猪伪狂犬病病毒(porcine pseudorabies virus,PRV)感染。随后采用BHK-21细胞进行猪伪狂犬病病毒的分离培养,该分离株经细胞传代培养5代后,能够产生典型的细胞病变,经PCR鉴定为伪狂犬病病毒,其病毒感染力达10^8.68 TCID₅₀/0.1mL。最后用10^7.0 TCID₅₀/mL病毒培养物接种家兔,48 h后注射部位出现典型瘙痒、皮肤破损等症状,于72 h后全部死亡。结果表明,该伪狂犬病病毒分离株对易感动物具有高致病性,为进一步开展该病毒流行病学、致病机理、疫苗免疫及诊断研究奠定了基础。     

一株伪狂犬病病毒的分离及鉴定

为了从北京市周边郊区某猪场发病仔猪的脑组织中分离到伪狂犬病病毒,试验采用细胞培养、空斑纯化、PCR鉴定、动物感染试验、电镜观察的方法进行分离。结果表明:家兔接种病毒后可引起典型的伪狂犬病症状,继而死亡;PK-15细胞接种病毒出现典型细胞病变,毒价为1×108TCID50/m L;电镜观察可见圆形、有囊膜、直径为150~180 nm大小的病毒颗粒;PCR反应可扩增出特异性长为1 783 bp的DNA片段。说明该分离株为猪伪狂犬病病毒野毒株。     

伪狂犬病病毒弱毒株LY株的分离鉴定

从辽阳某猪场的10日龄仔猪中分离到1株病毒,经纯化后测得其毒价为107.29TCID50/mL.细胞中和试验表明,该病毒能被猪伪狂犬病病毒标准阳性血清所中和.电镜下可见到典型的疱疹病毒粒子,具有囊膜及外周纤突.所分离的病毒对氯仿、胰蛋白酶、乙醚敏感,在pH5.0～9.0下稳定,56℃ 30 min可以灭活.应用特异性引物,通过PCR能扩增出伪狂犬病病毒1 240 bp的gD基因.分离病毒对3日龄乳鼠有一定的致病力,但对家兔、3～5日龄仔猪及妊娠母猪都有很高的安全性.用不同剂量的病毒培养液肌肉注射于3～5日龄仔猪,14 d后用105.7TCID50伪狂犬病病毒强毒攻击,所有试验仔猪均可得到有效保护.用分离毒免疫母猪,其后代可获高滴度的母源抗体,15日龄的仔猪能抵抗105.7TCID50强毒的攻击.试验的结果初步说明,所分离的病毒为伪狂犬病病毒(命名为PRV LY株),并可能是一株弱毒株,而且具有很好的免疫保护作用.     

伪狂犬病病毒北京株的纯化及电镜观察

将伪狂犬病病毒（ＰｒＶ）北京株细胞培养物经超速离心沉淀后，用质量分数３０％、３５％、４０％、４５％蔗糖密度梯度离心，收集病毒蛋白带，经１０ｇ／Ｌ醋酸负负染色后电镜观察病毒粒子形态。结果表明，病毒粒子主要集中于３５－４０％蔗糖界面处，有囊膜病毒粒子直径约为１５０－２１０ｎｍ，无囊膜病毒粒子直径约为１００－１６０ｎｍ，证明上述纯化ＰｒＶ的方法是可行的，为今后建立分抗ＰｒＶ杂交瘤细胞株及开展基因工程抗     

猪伪狂犬病病毒NP株的分离鉴定

2013年下半年,福建某免疫接种过猪伪狂犬病疫苗(Bartha)的规模化猪场大批妊娠母猪发生流产、新生仔猪发生共济失调的神经症状,疑似为猪伪狂犬病病毒感染发病症状,为确定发病原因,从该猪场疑似伪狂犬病病毒感染的仔猪脑、肝脏和肺脏中分离到一株未知病毒,PCR检测及测序比对鉴定为猪伪狂犬病病毒,并将分离的病毒命名为NP株。用Reed-Muench法测定分离株病毒的组织细胞半数感染量(TCID50)为10-9.13/0.1mL,动物攻毒试验出现猪伪狂犬病病毒感染的典型症状。试验结果表明,成功分离到一株猪伪狂犬病病毒毒株,为研究福建省猪群伪狂犬病病毒分子流行病学奠定基础。     

猪伪狂犬病病毒HDDJ株的分离鉴定

广东省某猪场常规免疫猪伪狂犬病疫苗(Bartha-K61株)的母猪流产,疑似为猪伪狂犬病病毒感染。为确定发病原因,将流产胎儿的脑、淋巴结、肺脏研磨混合液接种Vero细胞,形成稳定细胞病变(CPE),并测定其细胞半数感染量(TCID50),通过PCR鉴定、测序比对、进化树分析,确定感染病毒及基因型,动物回归实验判定病毒致病性。结果表明,分离毒株为PRV中国变异株,命名为HDDJ株,与猪伪狂犬病疫苗Bartha-K61株亲缘关系较远。     

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.     

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。     

Efficacy of tropicamide,homatropine, cyclopentolate,atropine and hyoscine as mydriatics in Angora goats

Abstract

AIM: To document the efficacy of five commercially available mydriatics for their potential for diagnostic and therapeutic use in Angora goats.

METHODS: Over 8 weeks, the mydriatic effects of 1% tropicamide, 2% homatropine, 1% cyclopentolate, 1% atropine and 0.25% hyoscine were evaluated. Given as block treatments, drugs were applied randomly to one eye of 10 Angora goats, and the contralateral eye served as a control. Vertical and horizontal pupil diameters were measured to document onset ofeffect, time to reach a difference of 5 mm in the vertical/horizontal pupil diameter between eyes, time to maximum pupillary dilation, and duration of mydriatic action.

RESULTS: Onset of mydriasis for all drugs occurred within 15 minutes. Time to reach a difference of 5 mm in the vertical pupil diameter between eyes was shortest for 1% tropicamide and 0.25% hyoscine (0.5 h), then 2% homatropine and 1% atropine (0.75 h), and longest for 1% cyclopentolate (1.5 h). The maximum vertical pupillary dilation occurred earliest with 1% tropicamide and 1% atropine (2 h), followed by 0.25% hyoscine (3 h), 2% homatropine (4 h), and latest with 1% cyclopentolate (8 h). The duration of vertical dilation of the pupil was shortest with 1% tropicamide (6 h), then 2% homatropine (12 h), 1% cyclopentolate (12 h), 1% atropine (24 h), and longest for 0.25% hyoscine (96 h).

The time to reach maximum horizontal dilation of the pupil in treated eyes was shortest with 1% cyclopentolate (1 h), followed by 1% tropicamide (1.5 h), 0.25% hyoscine (3 h), 2% homatropine (3.5 h), and 1% atropine (4 h). The duration of horizontal pupil dilation was shortest with 1% tropicamide (4.5 h), and longest with 0.25% hyoscine (48 h).

CONCLUSION: All five mydriatics induced clinical dilation. Tropicamide (1%) had the shortest duration of effect, but gave incomplete dilation. Good dilation was achieved with 1% cyclopentolate and 2% homatropine, but took too long to reach maximum dilation for routine mydriasis. The largest vertical dilation of the pupil was achieved with 1% atropine and 0.25% hyoscine, but pupils remained dilated for more than 24 h.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE: For routine mydriasis in goats, it is recommended that 1% tropicamide be used, though there may be incomplete dilation. For a longer duration of mydriasis, such as in the treatment of anterior uveitis, 1% atropine or 0.25% hyoscine would be the drugs of choice.