Clinical and pathologic features of acute bovine liver disease in Australia

Acute bovine liver disease (ABLD) is a sporadic hepatic disease affecting cattle in southern Australia, characterized histologically by striking periportal hepatocellular necrosis. The cause of ABLD is unknown; however, the seasonality and acute presentation of outbreaks suggest mycotoxin involvement. We describe here the clinical and pathologic findings of ABLD in 45 naturally affected cattle from 13 outbreaks occurring from 2010 to 2019 in Victoria, Australia. Outbreaks occurred in herds located along the southern coastal plain of Victoria and were observed most frequently in lactating dairy cattle. Clinical signs commonly included a combination of mild photosensitization, progressive neurologic signs, and hypogalactia, which preceded death by ≤ 48 h. All affected animals had marked elevations in activities of glutamate dehydrogenase, aspartate aminotransferase, and gamma-glutamyl transferase. At autopsy, the most common lesions were serosal petechiae and/or gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and hepatomegaly with a pronounced hepatic reticular pattern. The principal histologic lesion was widespread—severe periportal hepatocellular coagulative necrosis and erythrocyte pooling—which often extended to massive necrosis. Lesions in other organs were uncommon. Our study of ABLD suggests involvement of a potent hepatotoxin that is either directly cytopathic or requires bioactivation by periportal-specific enzymes.     

虾塘养殖对红树林沉积物和间隙水理化性质的影响

红树林湿地在近海水体营养控制和营养盐循环过程中扮演着重要的角色。沉积物、水体和植被相互作用共同维持其生态功能的运转,了解虾塘养殖对林下沉积物和间隙水养分特征影响对评价红树林生态功能具有重要指导意义。本研究以受虾塘养殖废水排放不同影响程度的红树林（无排放区、直排区、修复区）为研究样地,通过不同生境下沉积物与间隙水养分特征的分析,探讨虾塘养殖对他们的影响。结果如下：1）受虾塘养殖废水排放影响区中（直排区、修复区）红树林下沉积物TN与OM、TP呈正相关关系,虾塘养殖废水直排对林下沉积物具有明显酸化作用;2)NH4+-N是红树林下间隙水可溶性无机氮（DIN）的主要组成形式,无排放区沉积物还原性较强,更利于NH4+-N累积在间隙水中;NO3--N与DIN呈极显著相关,虾塘养殖废水排放增强了NO3--N、NO2--N和DIN的累积效应。研究结果表明沉积物和间隙水的理化性质可作为评价虾塘养殖区边邻红树林生境变化规律的定量指标之一。     

精制和除臭工艺对大黄鱼肝油品质影响分析

为了开发优质大黄鱼肝油,探究其在精制过程及不同脱臭处理时的品质变化。本研究对大黄鱼肝粗提油采用四个过程精制(脱胶、脱酸、脱色、旋蒸脱臭)以及不同脱臭方法(旋蒸、固相吸附、脱臭液、GTP)处理后的理化性质、脂肪酸和挥发性风味成分进行了全面的分析。结果表明：在四个精制阶段的理化性质方面,精制鱼油的酸价与粗鱼油相比降低了63.50%,碘值提高了1.19倍,过氧化值降低了39.02%,其理化性质得到了显著的改善。脂肪酸的相对含量优化效果明显,大黄鱼肝油的饱和脂肪酸增加了1.20倍、多不饱和脂肪酸增加了1.71倍以及EPA、DHA含量增加了1.84倍。粗鱼肝油中油脂味、鱼腥味和酸味重,精制可以改善其风味,脱胶、脱酸对风味影响较小,脱色对风味有一定改善,但主要影响鱼油风味是脱臭工艺,可以显著降低其油脂味、鱼腥味和酸味。在不同脱臭方法的比较中,脱臭液脱臭可使鱼肝油酸价达到最低0.24±0.07 mg KOH/g,而绿茶多酚(GTP)脱臭可有效降低鱼肝油氧化值(1.56±0.19 mmol/kg),且在风味中还会形成愉悦的清香味,总体效果更佳。该研究为大黄鱼肝开发,生产富含高不饱和脂肪酸且风味品质均佳的鱼肝油生产技术提供理论依据。     

致对虾肝胰腺坏死病副溶血弧菌荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立

【目的】建立一种对虾急性肝胰腺坏死病（Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease）病原菌副溶血弧菌（Vibrio parahaemolyticus, VpAHPND）荧光定量 PCR 检测方法,对该病进行快速检测。【方法】根据副溶血弧菌基因保守序列设计特异性引物和探针,经优化反应体系及条件,建立检测 VpAHPND 的荧光定量 PCR 方法;以重组质粒为标准品制作标准曲线,并进行特异性、敏感性、重复性及临床应用试验。【结果】该方法定量范围宽,起始模板浓度范围为 2.3×101 ~2.3×107 拷贝 /μL 时,标准曲线具有良好的线性关系;最低检测限为 2.3 拷贝/μL,与对虾其他病原菌及病毒无交叉反应,重复试验变异系数为 0.45%~0.69%,可在 1 h 内完成样品检测;对临床对虾样品的检测结果表明,该方法与世界动物卫生组织（OIE）推荐的套式 PCR 法检测结果一致。【结论】应用 TaqMan 探针建立的检测 VpAHPND 的荧光定量 PCR 方法具有灵敏度高、特异性强、重复性好的特点,可有效用于临床对虾样品的 VpAHPND 检测。     

卤虫卵化学成分的分离与分析

本试验对卤虫卵的化学成分进行分离和分析。卤虫卵的含油量为7．1％，油中不皂化物的含量为4．9％，主要为胆甾醇。脂肪酸中含有较大量的油酸、棕榈酸、棕榈油酸、花生四烯酸和二十碳五烯酸。卤虫卵含蛋白质为20．9％，还含有多种氨基酸。     

The effects of variation in feed protein level on the culture of white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) in low-water exchange experimental ponds

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of varying dietary protein level on pond water quality and production parameters of white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone). Experimental units consisted of nine 400‐m² earthen ponds with a low water exchange. Two treatments were tested: treatment HP consisted of shrimp fed a high‐protein diet (40%) during the whole grow‐out, and treatment LP consisted of the use of a low‐protein diet for the complete farming period. No differences on any of the water quality parameters were observed among treatments. Excellent survival (over 85%) and feed conversion ratios (around 1.6), and acceptable growth (over 12 g) and biomass (from 1721 to 1793 kg ha^?1) were recorded in all experimental ponds. No significant differences in any of the production parameters were found among treatment groups.     

水温和盐度对南美白对虾幼虾能量收支的影响

用室内生态实验法测定了南美白对虾幼虾在不同盐度(5,15或25)和水温(20～23℃,25℃,30℃或33℃)下摄食水丝蚓的能量收支方程。在盐度5～25时,随盐度降低,对虾的能量转换效率升高,同化率降低。在盐度为5时,K1最高(29.02%),同化率最低(77.89%)。对虾具补偿机制来补偿调节渗透压的能耗。盐度对同化率的影响,主要是通过影响呼吸代谢实现的。对虾的特定生长率(y)(%·d-1)随水温(X)(℃)上升而增加,其关系式为:y=0.0168LnX 0.0831(R2=0.9324)。对虾在较高温度下生长快,主要是增加绝对摄食量,提高吸收效率,减少粪便排泄量。在相同温度下,变温时对虾的摄食量高于恒温时。     

Dietary potassium requirement of juvenile grass shrimp Penaeus monodon

ABSTRACT: A feeding trial was conducted to estimate the minimal dietary potassium (K) requirement for juvenile grass shrimp Penaeus monodon . Purified diets with seven levels (0, 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, 1.5, 2.0 g/100 g) of supplemental potassium were fed to P. monodon (mean initial weight 0.75 ± 0.01 g) for 8 weeks. Each diet was fed to three replicate groups of shrimp. The rearing water contained 360 mg/L potassium. Weight gain and protein efficiency ratio (PER) of shrimp improved as dietary potassium supplementation level increased up to 1.5 g K/100 g diet and thereafter declined significantly ( P < 0.05). Feed efficiency (FE) of shrimp also showed a similar trend. However, whole body K concentration of the shrimp kept an increasing trend up to 2.0 g K/100 g diet. Analysis of the weight gain (percent) and PER of the shrimp by polynomial regression indicate that the minimal dietary potassium requirement in growing P. monodon is approximately 1.2 g/100 g.     

Effects of crushed conspecifics on growth and survival of Penaeus monodon Fabricius post larvae

In the present study, the hypothesis tested was that Penaeus monodon post‐larvae (PL) experience lower growth when exposed to crushed conspecifics, which was achieved by exposing individual P. monodon PL with abundant food for 4 weeks to a gradient from 0 to 100 crushed conspecific PL L^?1. Both dry weight (48.5±7.2 mg) and body size (28.0±1.3 mm) of animals exposed to 1 macerated PL L^?1 were significantly (P≤0.011) higher than those of animals in treatments with 0, 5 and 10 crushed PL L^?1 (average over treatments: 25.6±3.2 mg; 23.4±0.5 mm). All animals died within 1 week when exposed to 70 and 100 crushed PL L^?1, and within 3–4 weeks when exposed to 50 and 30 crushed PL L^?1. Exposure time affected mortality and it appeared that LC₅₀ values decreased from 60 to 13 crushed PL L^?1 from 1 to 4 weeks' exposure. Survival of P. monodon PL was negatively correlated to pH, biological oxygen demand, ammonia and nitrate. In conclusion, low dose of crushed conspecifics has a stimulatory effect on P. monodon PL, as larvae were heavier and larger, while high doses cause high mortality.