2008年山东省胶东地区鸡场疑似大肠杆菌的分离鉴定及药敏试验

试验对2008年春季山东省胶东地区疑似大肠杆菌病例进行病原分离鉴定及耐药性检测,共分离到大肠杆菌40株,鉴定出血清型35株,以O78、O5 、O24、O111四个血清型为主,约占定型菌株的80%.其中O78血清型占定型菌株的43% ,为优势血清型.细菌的耐药性检测结果显示,分离菌株呈现出不同程度的耐药性,对阿米卡星的高敏株为78%,头孢噻肟钠为70%,大观霉素、庆大霉素、硫酸安普霉素、硫酸粘菌素敏感菌株为60%～64%,乳酸环丙沙星、氟苯尼考,敏感菌株比例为50%～55%;硫酸新霉素、诺氟沙星、达氟沙星、盐酸沙拉沙星、恩诺沙星、盐酸多西环素的高敏菌株比例低于43%;林可霉素、金霉素、泰妙菌素、泰乐菌素、氨苄西林、阿莫西林对所分离的菌株几乎无抑制作用.结果表明,山东省胶东地区鸡致病性大肠杆菌血清型复杂,耐药性广泛.     

保定市鸡源致病性大肠杆菌的流行病学及药敏试验

从保定市不同鸡场疑似大肠杆菌病的病鸡中,分离到致病性大肠杆菌54株,对此54株大肠杆菌进行血清型鉴定,除了6株未能定型外,其余分离株的O血清型共有8个,分别为O1、O2、O5、O18、O78、O26、O76和O88,其中O78、O26、O1为主要血清型,分别占鉴定菌株的39.6%、27.1%和16.7%。用20种临床常用的抗菌药物对分离菌株进行药物敏感性试验,结果表明,分离菌株呈现出不同程度的耐药性,其中氨苄青霉素和四环素的耐药率最高,其次为阿莫西林。大多数为多重联合耐药;而阿米卡星、头孢噻呋和头孢噻吩的敏感率较高,其中以头孢噻呋(94.5%)最敏感。     

大连普兰店地区鸡大肠杆菌优势血清型筛选

本试验从普兰店地区部分养鸡场采集具有典型临诊特征的鸡大肠杆菌病的病、死鸡病料,进行细菌分离培养和鉴定,分离到17株鸡大肠杆菌。对此17株大肠杆菌进行血清型鉴定,鉴定出血清型15株,分别属于O18、O15、O8、O78、O35,其中O35血清型共6株,占定型菌株的40%;O18血清型共5株,占定型菌株的33.3%。结果表明O35型和O18型鸡大肠杆菌为普兰店地区优势流行血清型。1病料采集鸡大肠杆菌病主要临诊表现有脐炎型、急性败血型、气囊炎型、全眼球炎型、卵黄性腹膜炎型。败血症型在临床上主要表现为纤维     

青岛地区肉鸡致病性大肠杆菌血清型鉴定及药敏试验

本试验对采自青岛地区多个肉鸡场的疑似大肠杆菌病的病、死鸡内脏器官进行病原的分离鉴定,并对大肠杆菌分离株进行培养特性、血清型及耐药性的检测.共分离到25株大肠杆菌,鉴定出15株血清型,其中以O1、O22 、O157、O24血清型为主,占定型菌株的60%.其中O22血清型占定型菌株的12%,为优势血清型.细菌的耐药性检测结果显示,分离菌株呈现出不同程度的耐药性,25株大肠杆菌对庆大霉素、阿米卡星高敏比例分别为88%和56%,卡那霉素、硫酸安普霉素次之,敏感菌株比例在20%~48%之间,乳酸环丙沙星等抑菌作用低,敏感菌株比例低于10%.而氟哌酸等对所分离的菌株几乎无抑制作用.     

锦州地区鸡源大肠杆菌的分离鉴定

为了摸清锦州地区鸡源大肠杆菌的血清型,为防治工作提供依据,选取锦州市5个县区13个鸡场78只临床诊断为大肠杆菌病的病鸡,通过细菌分离培养、生化试验、致病性试验、血清学试验进行鉴定。结果显示:共分离到55株大肠杆菌,分离率达70.51%;其中有41株为致病性菌株,占分离菌总数的74.55%;致病性大肠杆菌血清型有11种,未定型2种,其中优势血清型为O78、O1、O23、O2。     

鸡源大肠杆菌的血清型分布与耐药性监测

对180株鸡源大肠杆菌分离菌株进行O血清型鉴定,鉴定出171个分离菌株的O血清型40种,占分离菌株的95%,其中O76血清型的菌株最多,有40株,占定型菌株的23.9%,为优势血清型菌株。采用微量稀释法药敏试验监测了180株鸡源大肠杆菌分离菌株对20种抗菌药物的耐药性,结果表明,除头孢曲松、头孢氨噻肟、头孢噻呋、阿米卡星、氟苯尼考外,分离菌株对其余15种抗生素均呈现出不同程度的耐药性,其中,172株大肠杆菌分离菌株对两种或多种抗生素有耐药性,对萘啶酸的耐药率最高93.3%,其次是四环素88.9%、氨苄青霉素72.8%、阿莫西林71.7%、罗比沙星64.4%、沙拉沙星62.8%。大多数分离株对氟喹诺酮类药物有很高的耐药率52.9%～93.3%,并表现出多重耐药性,124株分离株表现为对2种以上氟喹诺酮类药物的耐药性。     

泰安地区鸡源致病性大肠杆菌流行病学调查与耐药性分析

正本调查对鸡场采集的疑似鸡大肠杆菌病例的相关病料进行大肠杆菌的分离鉴定,共分离鉴定出14株鸡源大肠杆菌,以微量平板凝集试验鉴定分离菌株的O抗原血清型,分别属于O78、O2和O1等3个血清型,其中O78(6/14)、O2(6/14)为主要流行血清型,占分离菌株总数的85.71%。选取了20种常用治疗肠杆菌病的抗生素对14株鸡源大肠杆菌分离株进行药敏试验,对14株大肠杆菌     

鸡源大肠埃希氏菌部分生物学特性研究

对从天津地区分离到的71株鸡大肠杆菌的部分生物学特性包括致病性、血清型、耐药特性和免疫原性等进行了研究。结果表明其中60株为致病性菌株，占分离菌株的84.5%;60个致病性菌株共定型出45个菌株，分属O1、O2、O5、O6、O20、O45、O53、O74、O75、O78、O88、O89、O92、O107、O111、O145等16个血清型，其中O78、O88、O2、O45、O53和O145为优势血清型，占定型菌株的73.4%；试验菌株具有广泛的耐药性，60个致病性菌株均为多重耐药。免疫原性测定试验结果表明，O2、O78、O88血清菌株均可对相同血清型菌株提供很好的保护，但3个血清型菌株之间缺乏有效的保护。     

鸡源致病性大肠杆菌血清型鉴定及耐药性分析

为了了解山东、河北和河南等省部分地区养殖场鸡源致病性大肠杆菌的血清型及耐药性,试验采用细菌分离和生化鉴定方法对鸡大肠杆菌进行分离和鉴定,通过动物试验确定分离大肠杆菌的致病性,应用血清学方法和药敏试验对致病性大肠杆菌的血清型及耐药性进行研究。结果表明:分离鉴定的119株大肠杆菌中致病性菌株有110株,其中92株致病性菌株能够定型,分别属于15个血清型,有5株出现交叉凝集,O14、O35、O1、O2、O78、O88为优势血清型;分离鉴定的致病性大肠杆菌对环丙沙星、头孢噻肟、头孢哌酮等最敏感,对林可霉素、头孢克肟、卡那霉素、庆大霉素、红霉素的耐药率达60%以上。说明分离的致病性大肠杆菌血清型存在复杂性,对大部分临床常用药物产生了不同程度的耐药。     

鸡大肠杆菌病病原的分离鉴定

从山西太谷县的不同鸡群中采集鸡大肠杆菌病典型病料,经细菌学检验,分离出49株鸡大肠杆菌。动物试验结果表明:全部菌株对动物均具有很强的致病作用,多数菌株可使动物死亡。O因子血清鉴定发现15个血清型,分别为O78,O143,O15,O2,O18,O11,O8,O54,O119,O26,O14,O9,O1,O49,O5,其中O78型分离率为35/49,占总数的71。14%。     

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.