犬精液液态保存稀释液及温度筛选试验

试验研究了 8种稀释液在 5℃、10℃、15℃、2 0℃下保存犬精液的效果。结果表明 ,15℃为犬精液液态保存的较适温度 ,3号液为优等液 ,其中 3号液在 15℃精子的存活时间为 10 5h± 10h ,与对照液在 15℃的保存效果差异极显著 (P <0 0 1)。 2、4、5号液是良等液 ,在 15℃精子的存活时间是6 4h± 8h ,与对照液在 15℃的保存效果差异显著 (P <0 0 5 )。中等液为 6号液 ,在 15℃、2 0℃保存时与对照液没有统计学上的差异 (P >0 0 5 ) ,在其他 2种温度保存时不及对照液。 7、8号液为差等液 ,在 15℃保存时与对照液差异不显著 (P >0 0 5 ) ,在其他 3种温度时不及对照液     

犬精液低温常温保存稀释液筛选试验

试验比较了 8种稀释液在 5 ,10 ,15 ,2 0℃下保存犬精液的效果。结果表明 :15℃为犬精液液态保存的较适温度 ,3号液为优等液。其中 3号液在 15℃精子的存活时间为(10 5± 10 )h,与对照液在 15℃的保存效果差异极显著 (P <0 .0 1) ;2 ,4 ,5号液是良等液 ,在 15℃精子的存活时间是 (6 4± 8)h ,与对照液在 15℃的保存效果差异显著 (P <0 .0 5 ) ;中等液为 6号液 ,在15 ,2 0℃保存时与对照液没有统计学上的差异 (P >0 .0 5 ) ,在 5 ,10℃保存时不如对照液 ;7,8号液为差等液 ,在 15℃保存时与对照液差异不显著 (P >0 .0 5 ) ,在 5 ,10 ,2 0℃时不如对照液     

不同稀释液对藏獒精液保存效果的影响

比较了8种稀释液在藏獒精液冷冻保存和低、常温保存(5 ℃,10 ℃,15 ℃,20 ℃)的效果.结果表明:2号和8号稀释液在冷冻保存时效果最好,精子活力和顶体完整率分别达到0.40和49%,与对照组相比差异显著(P<0.05).在藏獒的低温、常温保存试验中,所有稀释液在15 ℃时保存时间最长,综合考虑,7号液保存效果最好;在15℃时精子平均存活时间为103 h,显著高于对照组和其它稀释液(P<0.05).     

不同稀释液和温度对猪精液稀释常温保存效果的影响

本试验分别设计了4种稀释液配方和保存温度。结果表明:1号稀释液(即变温液)对原精液稀释保存效果最好,精子活力、有效存活时间、总存活时间和生存指数分别为0.75、101.5 h、134.6 h、76.8 h,稀释后的精子活力与其他组之间差异不显著(P0.05);精子有效存活时间、总存活时间、生存指数1号与2号配方差异不显著(P0.05),但与其他配方组之间差异极显著(P0.01);且试验得出,17℃条件下保存的稀释精液,其活力、存活时间的生存指数等个指标最高,保存效果最好。     

羊精液稀释保存液的筛选

试验旨在探讨不同稀释保存液对常温下羊精子活率及存活时间的影响。选取哺乳动物8种常用精液稀释液配方,检测精液稀释后精子活率变化,分析精子存活时间及生存指数。结果表明:不同稀释液对羊精子活率的影响均有差异,精子活率会随着保存时间的增加而降低;同种稀释液在4℃条件下对精子的保存效果更好,与25℃条件下相比,各项指标均有极显著的延长和提高(P0.01);B组液(无水葡萄糖+柠檬酸钠+新鲜卵黄)精子总存活时间、有效存活时间和生存指数在4℃条件下分别为(108.2±9.6)h,(61.5±7.4)h和(63.5±5.8)h,与其他各组相比差异显著(P0.05),可应用于生产。     

犬精液常温保存的稀释液配方筛选试验研究

犬精液常温保存技术是实现犬人工授精的重要环节,对大力推广犬人工授精具有重要意义。本试验参考国内外相关报道,选择了4种常温保存稀释液配方进行对比试验,通过对精子有效存活时间、总存活时间、存活指数等项目测定,分析它们对公犬精液品质的影响。筛选出C号、D号稀释液配方,14～18℃恒温下精子O级和5级保存时间分别达105.O±17.0h和114.0±12.0h、总存活时间为132.O±14.0h和l50.0±16.0h、生存指数为71.2±l0.4h和74.6±l4.0h,极显著优于对照组(P相似文献   

不同稀释液和温度对猪精液稀释及常温保存效果的影响

本试验分别设计了4种稀释液配方和保存温度。结果表明：1号稀释液（即变温液）对原精液稀释保存效果最好,精子活力、有效存活时间、总存活时间和生存指数分别为0.75、101.5 h、134.6 h、76.8 h,稀释后的精子活力与其他组之间差异不显著（P〉0.05）;精子有效存活时间、总存活时间、生存指数1号与2号配方差异不显著（P〉0.05）,但与其他配方组之间差异极显著（P〈0.01）;且试验得出,17℃条件下保存的稀释精液,其活力、存活时间的生存指数等个指标最高,保存效果最好。     

温度与稀释液pH对猪精液常温保存效果的影响

 为提高猪精液常温保存的效果,研究不同温度和稀释液pH对猪精液常温保存效果的影响。结果表明：（1）当精子活力分别为50％和30％时,配方Ⅰ与Ⅱ稀释液保存的精液,在温度为15~20 ℃条件下的精子存活时间均显著高于21~25 ℃（P<0.05）;在pH为6.5~6.9条件下的精子存活时间均显著高于6.0~6.4（P<0.05）;（2）精子顶体染色结果表明,适宜温度与pH条件下,精液保存48 h后,顶体完整率达到96%以上。研究结果表明,猪精液常温保存适宜温度为15~20 ℃,适宜PH为6.5~6.9。     

37℃条件下不同稀释液对鸡精子活率的影响

为了探讨不同稀释液对鸡精液保存效果的影响,试验配制了pH值、渗透压相近的3种稀释液,在37℃条件下每隔2 h测定1次精子活率,直到精子全部死亡为止,最后计算精子存活时间和生存指数。结果表明:精子在B液中存活时间极显著高于A液和C液(P0.01),A液、C液间差异不显著(P0.05),A液、B液、C液的精子存活时间分别为(12.6±0.5)h、(14.0±0.3)h、(12.1±0.8)h;A液、B液、C液中精子生存指数分别为(5.7±0.6),(6.6±1.7),(2.9±0.8),A液、B液中精子生存指数极显著高于C液(P0.01),A液、B液间差异不显著(P0.05),说明在鸡精液稀释液中添加果糖、柠檬酸钾能够提高精子生存指数。     

稀释液和温度对猪精液保存效果的影响

为了获得猪精液最佳的保存效果,本试验采用不同的稀释液和保存温度对猪精液的保存效果进行了研究。试验结果:Ⅰ组稀释液的稀释保存效果最好,精子活力、有效存活时间、总存活时间及生存指数分别为0.75、98.5h、129.8h、75.9h,除精子活力与其他组间差异不显著(P 0.05)外,其他指标差异极显著(P 0.01);Ⅰ组稀释液在17℃条件下保存时,精子活力、存活时间和生存指数等指标最高。     

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。     

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.     

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.     

The Prevalence and Intensity of Helminth and Coccidial Infections in Dairy Cattle in Central Kenya

A survey of gastrointestinal parasite infections of young (<6 months old), immature (6–12 months old) and adult (>12 months old) dairy cattle on 16 farms in Kiambu District, Kenya was conducted during a dry season (September 1991 to January 1992) and during a wet season (March to July 1992). The survey was based on monthly coproparasitological examination of cohorts and worm counts in tracer calves. The effects of age, sex, farm and season on the prevalence and intensity of helminth and coccidial infections were determined. Faecal egg and oocyst counts revealed that the overall prevalences were: strongyles (including trichostrongyles) (85.5%), liver flukes (Fasciola gigantica) (34.0%), coccidia (30.9%) and tapeworms (9.6%). Eight species of the protozoan Eimeria were identified, the most prevalent species being E. bovis and E. zuernii. The most prevalent nematode genera were Haemonchus, Cooperia, Oesophagostomum and Trichostrongylus. Season, farm and age of the animals had a significant (p<0.05) influence on the intensity of infection with strongyles, liver flukes and coccidia, whereas the sex of the animals had no significant (p>0.05) effect on the prevalence or intensity of infections. A higher intensity of infection with strongyles and coccidia was found in the wet season than in the dry season (p<0.05). The age-specific intensity was in the following order: for strongyles, immature animals of 6–12 months of age had the highest egg counts, followed by young calves and adults. Calves had significantly (p<0.05) higher oocyst counts than immatures or adults. Liver fluke egg counts did not differ significant (p>0.05) between immatures and adult cattle.     

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。