Histopathological studies on viral nervous necrosis of sevenband grouper, Epinephelus septemfasciatus Thunberg, at the grow-out stage

Abstract Viral nervous necrosis caused by sevenband grouper nervous necrosis virus (SGNNV) has occurred in grow-out stages (0-3 years old) of sevenband grouper, Epinephelus septemfasciatus, since the 1980s. In the present study, based on histopathological features of the central nervous system (CNS) in naturally diseased fish, pernasal infection experiments using grow-out fish were performed and pernasal infection was established as a putative invasion route of SGNNV. The definite SGNNV-targeted cells were determined by histopathological studies including indirect fluorescent antibody test and electron microscopy. Nerve cells in the olfactory lobe were most extensively necrotized with vacuolation followed by infiltration of microglia and macrophages. Purkinje cells and Golgi cells were extensively infected in the cerebellum. Megalocells and small nerve cell nuclei were also infected in the preoptic area, thalamus, medulla oblongata and spinal cord. Only a few small nerve cells were infected in the olfactory bulb and optic tectum. The retina of some diseased fish displayed vacuolated bipolar cells of the inner nuclear layer and in the ganglion cell layer. These SGNNV-infected nerve cells displayed viroplasmic inclusions containing virions, vacuoles and myelin-like structures. Based on observed histopathological changes, the lesion of the CNS was characterized by encephalitis but not encephalopathy.     

Histopathological survey of diseases and pathogens present in redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (Von Martens), cultured in Ecuador

A histopathological survey of commercial farms in Ecuador culturing redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (Von Martens), revealed the presence of different viral, bacterial and non‐infectious pathologies. A total of 536 animals from 27 different farms were analysed during a 3‐year period; 25, 154 and 357 specimens in 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively. From the total sampled, a virus referred to as Cherax quadricarinatus bacilliform virus (CqBV) had a prevalence of 44% in animals examined during 1996 and 33% in 1997. A rickettsia‐like organism (RLO) was detected in five specimens sampled from three different farms in 1995. This RLO was detected in 36 and 12% of samples analysed in 1996 and 1997, respectively, and was the infectious agent most frequently associated with mortalities above 60%. Co‐infection by CqBV and the RLO was observed in 18 and 3% of the crayfish examined in 1997 and 1998, respectively. Five specimens out of 25 examined presented no sign of an infectious agent during 1995. The proportion of specimens testing negative by histopathology to known or suspected infectious agents was 25 and 32% in 1996 and 1997, respectively. Although different infectious agents were present in cultured crayfish, farms in general had overall survivals higher than 50% in most ponds. Other conditions observed included an intracellular prokaryotic organism, iron granules in the R and F cells of the hepatopancreas, different species of epibionts on the surface of the gills and body, and two cases of haemocytic enteritis. Two cases of serious mortality in different farms were associated with the presence of Cowdry type A inclusions, pyknosis, karyorrhexis and haemocytic infiltration in the stomach hypodermis and the antennal gland.     

草鱼出血病的组织病理研究

草鱼出血病是由呼肠孤病毒引起的一种急性传染病。病鱼全身出血，鱼的红细胞、白细胞及血红蛋白都明显地低于健康鱼。病毒侵袭草鱼后，小血管的内皮广泛受损，引起弥漫性血管内凝血，从而大量消耗了血液中的凝血因子，引起广泛性出血。由于循环血量减少和小血管阻塞，导致大多数组织和器官缺氧而变性和坏死；尤其是造血组织的坏死，更加速病鱼死亡。此外，还在草鱼血液中首次发现嗜碱粒细胞，查明了草鱼出血病同草鱼肠炎病的肠道组织病变之间的差异。     

多堆柄锈菌侵染不同抗性玉米的组织病理学研究

［目的］ 了解不同抗感玉米自交系对南方锈病的组织病理学反应,为今后筛选不同类型抗病自交系提供参考。［方法］ 采用曲利苯蓝透明染色法,以4个玉米自交系为材料,研究了玉米南方锈病致病菌—多堆柄锈菌在不同抗性材料上侵染过程的组织学特征。［结果］ 多堆柄锈菌侵入和定殖可以分为5个阶段：孢子萌发与芽管形成、附着胞形成、侵入细胞、胞内吸器产生、菌丝在细胞间扩展。在不同抗性的玉米材料上,病菌孢子萌发和芽管形成差别不明显,但侵入后病菌在不同抗性材料内的发育进程和发育程度具有显著差异。在抗病玉米材料上,病菌初生菌丝、吸器母细胞、次生菌丝的形成时间推迟,胞内吸器少,菌丝分枝少,菌丝生长缓慢。［结论］ 这些抗性特征与田间表现出的细胞过敏性坏死、叶片上夏孢子堆少的特征具有一致性。     

Ditylenchus gigas n. sp. parasitizing broad bean: a new stem nematode singled out from the Ditylenchus dipsaci species complex using a polyphasic approach with molecular phylogeny

Morphologial, biochemical, molecular and karyological analyses of different populations and races of the stem and bulb nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci have suggested that it represents a species complex, of which only D. dipsaci sensu stricto and its morphologically larger variant, known as the giant race of the stem and bulb nematode, are plant parasites of economic importance. The present study singles out the giant race from this complex, herein described as a new species named Ditylenchus gigas n. sp., on the basis of morphological and molecular data obtained from several populations collected from broad beans in southern Italy, southern Spain and Lebanon. The new species epithet, which refers to the large body size of the nematode with respect to the normal races, must be considered to be conspecific with the D. dipsaci‘giant race’ from Fabaceae in recent literature. Morphologically, the new species is characterized by a body size 1·5–2 times longer than the ‘normal race’, stylet delicate (11·5–13·0 μm long) with knobs distinctly sloping backwards, and long post‐vulval uterine sac (81–150 μm long). Results of molecular analysis of rDNA sequences including the ITS1‐5.8S‐ITS2 region, the D2–D3 fragment of the 28S gene, the small 18S subunit, the partial mitochondrial gene for cytochrome c oxidase I (mtCOI), and hsp90 gene sequences, support the new taxonomic species status for the former D. dipsaci giant race from Vicia faba, and clearly distinguish D. gigas n. sp. from D. dipsaci sensu stricto.     

小菜蛾感染玫烟色棒束孢后的病征及组织病理变化

为了明确玫烟色棒束孢对小菜蛾的致病作用,分别以1×10⁵孢子/mL和1×10⁸孢子/mL浓度的玫烟色棒束孢菌株EBCL03011孢子悬浮液感染小菜蛾幼虫,观察了感病幼虫体表和体内器官组织的病变情况。结果显示,感病虫体颜色由局部浅褐色逐渐变为大面积深褐色,病虫出现缩短、强直等外部形态的变化。组织切片观察显示,接种后4 h,附着于体壁的分生孢子开始萌发入侵;16 h后,小菜蛾内表皮被分解,菌丝段进入血腔。与此同时,被幼虫取食进入消化道的分生孢子也增殖产生菌丝段,以菌丝段突破肠壁细胞,向附近的脂肪体入侵;随着玫烟色棒束孢继续在虫体内增殖,24 h后各组织器官遭到不同程度破坏;48 h后,感病幼虫死亡,虫尸体内的菌丝突破体表,在虫体外形成菌丝层。表明玫烟色棒束孢入侵小菜蛾有两条途径,第1条为体表途径,第2条为消化道途径。     

油菜菌核病致病机理的研究Ⅳ．病菌侵入途径和附着胞结构的观察

油菜菌核病菌（Sclerotinia sclerotiorum)能从寄主表皮直接侵入，还可以由气孔沿着保卫细胞内侧间接侵入表皮细胞，病菌侵入前能形成单一菌丝顶端膨大的单胞附着胞和多细胞组成的复合侵染垫两种侵染结构。这些结果补充了前人观察的不足。     

犬乳腺肿瘤的病理组织学观察及p63蛋白的表达

通过对35例犬乳腺肿瘤的临床病史调查、光学显微镜观察和免疫组化染色,探讨了犬乳腺肿瘤的临床病理形态学特点、诊断和鉴别诊断.结果显示34例发生在5岁以上,6岁～10岁为发病高峰期;51.4％的病例为恶性肿瘤,其中44.4％的乳腺癌发生转移.免疫组化染色结果显示,在正常乳腺和良性肿瘤组织中,p63蛋白100％表达,并且仅仅...     

Hypothalamus involvement in the reticulo-rumen motor and behavioural disturbances induced by morphine in sheep

Morphine (20 and 40 µg/kg) administered into the cerebral ventricle of conscious sheep caused significant inhibition of the mean frequency and the average amplitude of primary ruminal contractions by 45 min after injection. Between 90 and 120 min, morphine (40 µg) provoked a significant increase in the amplitude (p<0.01). At both doses it caused strong psychomotor excitability that lasted for more than 140 min. Isolation of the hypothalamus prevented both the inhibitory effects of morphine on rumen motility and the drug-induced psychomotor excitability. Histopathological analysis of slices of the hypothalamus, pons and medulla indicated descending degenerative changes in the nervous pathways connecting the hypothalamus with lower structures in the brain. These results suggest either that hypothalamic isolation caused degeneration of inhibitory descending pathways that connect the hypothalamus with the gastric centres or that structures of importance for forestomach motility are not located within the gastric centres but elsewhere in the brain, for example in the hypothalamus.Abbreviations Ach acetylcholine - CSF cerebrospinal fluid - ICV intracerebroventricular(ly) - NA noradrenalin - 6-OHDA 6-hydroxydopamine - PAGM periaqueductal grey matter     

A light and electron microscopic study on abomasal globidiosis in Somali goats

Abomasum from apparently healthy Somali goats with globidiosis showed pin-head sized nodules embedded in the mucosa. The nodules consisted of encapsulated cysts, containing mature or immature schizonts. Glandular atrophy and lymphohistiocytic cell reaction were often found in the vicinity of these cysts. The fine structure of immature and mature cysts is described in details. The mature cysts contained elongated, spindle shaped merozoites (type I) or shorter, ovoidal merozoites (type II). Some mature cysts also had basophilic granular bodies among the merozoites. Type I and type II merozoites were morphologically different from those earlier described in goats.