乳头封闭剂和不同干奶药品对预防奶牛产后乳房炎的研究

奶牛乳腺健康直接关系到奶牛生产性能,和牧场效益息息相关。如何有效预防奶牛乳房炎的发生,是牧场的重中之重。干奶期是奶牛乳腺机能恢复健康的一个重要阶段,对预防奶牛产后乳房炎的发生有着重要意义。本文利用长达1 年的时间,对635 头奶牛进行分组试验,并追踪观察其产后90 天内乳房炎的发生情况和产奶量情况。通过数据分析发现,奶牛干奶期联合使用抗生素和乳头封闭剂对奶牛进行干奶,比单独使用抗生素干奶,产后7 天的体细胞阳性率降低了28.58%;产后60 天临床乳房炎发病率降低了35.40%,产后90天降低了41.32%;各组之间的产奶量并无显著差异（P>0.05）。     

北疆奶牛隐性乳房炎的调查与分析

[目的]为了解北疆某牧场奶牛隐性乳房炎情况及分析其可能存在的风险因素。[方法]2020年1月至2022年9月通过加州乳房炎检测法（CMT）对该牧场在群泌乳牛进行隐性乳房炎调查,并初步分析该场可能存在的主要风险因素。[结果]该牧场2020—2022年各年奶牛隐性乳房炎平均阳性率分别为3.69%（110/2 980）、5.01%（150/2 993）和3.87%（86/2 220）;乳区阳性率分别为0.93%（110/11 856）、1.35%（160/11 880）和0.97%（86/8 860）;瞎乳头率分别为0.13%（16/11 920）、0.19%（23/11 972）和0.23%（20/8 880）;夏季隐性乳房炎阳性率明显高于其他季节,奶牛各乳区隐性乳房炎阳性率差异不显著（P>0.05）,不同胎次间的奶牛隐性乳房炎平均阳性率差异性显著（P<0.05）,5胎和6胎及以上牛的隐性乳房炎平均阳性率均明显高于其他胎次。[结论]该牧场奶牛隐性乳房炎发生率较低但仍需改善,夏季炎热潮湿的饲养环境和高龄奶牛更易发生热应激,奶牛身免疫力下降等原因可能是该牧场奶牛患乳房炎的主要风险因素。     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒E0-E2基因融合腺病毒的构建及小鼠免疫效果评价

【目的】 研究牛病毒性腹泻病毒（Bovine viral diarrhea virus,BVDV）E0和E2串联基因重组腺病毒作为基因工程疫苗的应用潜力。【方法】 采用PCR扩增、E0-E2基因融合并构建重组穿梭质粒pDC316-E0-E2,将其与AdMax腺病毒系统的骨架质粒共转染HEK293T细胞包装成重组腺病毒,通过Western blotting进行验证,并通过Reed-Muench法测定病毒滴度,通过肌内、皮下免疫接种小鼠后用ELISA方法及流式细胞检测进行免疫效果试验。【结果】 成功扩增到E0、E2基因目的片段,大小分别为681和1 122 bp,得到了完整的腺病毒Ad5-E0-E2;测定其滴度为1.1×10¹⁰ PFU/mL;Western blotting检测结果显示,Ad5-E0-E2外源基因在HEK293T细胞中表达,得到了与预期相符的目的条带（65 ku）;ELISA检测结果表明,通过肌内和皮下注射Ad5-E0-E2均能产生较高的抗体水平;流式细胞检测显示首免、二免后肌内和皮下注射Ad5-E0-E2组CD4^＋、CD4^＋/CD8^＋比值均极显著高于PBS对照组（P<0.01）。【结论】 本试验成功构建重组腺病毒Ad5-E0-E2,且具有较好的反应原性和免疫原性,能诱导机体产生针对BVDV的特异性抗体。     

牦牛源BVDV非结构蛋白NS5A的原核表达及抗原表位分析

【目的】利用原核表达系统体外表达牛病毒性腹泻病毒(Bovine viral diarrhea virus,BVDV)NS5A基因,获得非结构蛋白NS5A,对其进行核苷酸、氨基酸序列分析,以解析BVDV非结构蛋白NS5A的功能。【方法】参考BVDV-1型毒株V006的NS5A基因序列(GenBank登录号:KX170647)设计并合成1对特异性引物,以分离到的牦牛BVDV GSTZ毒株cDNA为模板,PCR扩增NS5A基因片段,并克隆至表达载体pET-28a (+)中,构建重组原核表达载体pET28a-NS5A。经酶切初步鉴定及测序鉴定正确后,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受态细胞,然后利用IPTG诱导表达。经10% SDS-PAGE电泳及Western blotting分析鉴定重组蛋白的表达,并根据NS5A基因的序列构建遗传发育进化树,利用DNAStar软件预测NS5A蛋白的亲水性、表面可塑性和抗原性等特性,并结合二级结构的预测对NS5A蛋白的B细胞抗原表位进行预测。【结果】PCR扩增NS5A目的基因片段为1 488 bp,双酶切和测序鉴定结果证明,重组质粒pET28a-NS5A构建成功。经10% SDS-PAGE电泳及Western blotting鉴定重组蛋白,表达出了大小为55 ku的目的蛋白,大小与预期结果相符。通过对不同BVDV毒株NS5A基因序列构建遗传发育进化树,显示GSTZ毒株NS5A在遗传进化特征上属于BVDV-1型。NS5A蛋白的亲水性主要位于12—21、32—69、75—113、120—135、143—147、152—163、165—180、215—230、265—274、296—340、348—378、389—447、455—463、469—495位氨基酸处,表面可塑性主要位于14—18、37—42、76—81、86—109、154—160、169—178、218—228、297—309、348—358、365—373、414—442、430—437、454—460位氨基酸处,柔性区域较多,主要位于14—21、37—43、67—82、86—93、97—110、152—158、169—179、218—231、240—255、296—310、313—328、344—359、364—373、413—422和472—483位氨基酸处。NS5A蛋白的B细胞抗原表位主要位于15—18、76—81、154—158、169—178、218—228、297—309、348—358、365—373和414—422位氨基酸处。【结论】成功表达并鉴定了牦牛源BVDV的非结构蛋白NS5A,系统发育进化树表明BVDV GSTZ株基因型属于BVDV-1型,NS5A蛋白具有良好的抗原性,为深入解析BVDV非结构蛋白NS5A的自身结构功能、免疫学特性以及进一步研究非结构蛋白对病毒复制的影响提供参考。     

北京地区奶牛隐性乳房炎金黄色葡萄球菌的分离鉴定及药敏试验

为了解北京地区奶牛隐性乳房炎中金黄色葡萄球菌的感染情况及对常用药物的敏感性,用科玛嘉显色培养基和16SrRNA PCR检测方法对5个奶牛场的100份隐性乳房炎奶样进行金黄色葡萄球菌的分离鉴定,采用K-B纸片扩增法进行药敏试验。结果表明,显色培养基分离到24株疑似金黄色葡萄球菌,经16SrRNA PCR鉴定,15株为金黄色葡萄球菌;药敏试验结果显示,15株金黄色葡萄球菌均对β-内酰胺类中的氨苄西林产生普遍耐药性,对克林霉素和环丙沙星的耐药率较高,分别为53.33%和40%;对氧氟沙星、庆大霉素、头孢噻肟和头孢曲松的耐药性较低,耐药率为6.67%。说明15株金黄色葡萄球菌分离株对7类9种抗菌药物都有不同程度的耐药性。     

Revisiting bovine pyometra—New insights into the disease using a culture-independent deep sequencing approach

The bacteria present in the uterus during pyometra have previously been studied using bacteriological culturing. These studies identified Fusobacterium necrophorum and Trueperella pyogenes as the major contributors to the pathogenesis of pyometra. However, an increasing number of culture-independent studies have demonstrated that the bacterial diversity in most environments is underestimated in culture-based studies. Consequently, fastidious pyometra-associated pathogens may have been overlooked. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to investigate the diversity of bacteria in the uterus of cows with pyometra by using culture-independent 16S rRNA PCR combined with next generation sequencing.We investigated the microbial composition in the uterus of 21 cows with pyometra, which were obtained from a Danish slaughterhouse. Similar to the observations from the culture studies, Fusobacteriaceae, the family that F. necrophorum belongs to, was the operational taxonomic unit (OTU) observed in the largest quantities. By contrast, the Actinomycetaceae family, which includes T. pyogenes, constituted only 1% of the total number of reads. Thus we cannot confirm the previously reported role of species from this family in the pathogenesis of pyometra. Finally, we identified a large number of sequences representing three families of Gram-negative bacteria in the pyometra samples: Porphyromonadaceae, Mycoplasmataceae, and Pasteurellaceae. It is likely that these families comprise potential pathogenic species of a fastidious nature, which have been overlooked in previous studies. Our results increase the knowledge of the complexity of the pyometra microbiota and suggest that pathogens in addition to F. necrophorum may be involved in the pathogenesis of pyometra.     

Characterization of Aerococcus viridans isolated from milk samples from cows with mastitis and manure samples

Thirty-eight Aerococcus viridans isolates were obtained from milk from 478 cows with clinical mastitis in a farm during the periods between November 2011 and February 2012, and between December 2012 and March 2013. Additional isolates were obtained from processed manure (a mixture of composted manure, straw and hydrated lime) and bedding materials. The processed manure was later used to cover the floor of the stalls in barns as bedding materials. The temperatures recorded in the composted and processed manure were not as high as those generally observed during satisfactory composting. To reveal the association of A. viridans in manure-related products with intramammary infection in cows, isolates were characterized by their DNA fragment patterns as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Isolates obtained from milk, processed manure and bedding materials had identical DNA fragment patterns. Antimicrobial susceptibilities were determined for 29 isolates from milk, processed manure and bedding materials. Of these, 26 (89.7%) were resistant to clindamycin, whereas virtually all the isolates were susceptible to 12 other antimicrobials including cefalosporins that have been used to treat bovine mastitis in Japan. In vitro, three A. viridans isolates from milk and an isolate from processed manure survived for 3 hr in Good’s buffer (pH 9) at high temperature (50°C). The results suggest that the processed manure and bedding materials in this farm were possible sources of A. viridans that caused infection in the cows with mastitis.