广灵驴FTO基因克隆、序列分析及组织差异表达

[目的] 对广灵驴脂肪和肥胖相关基因（fat mass and obesity-associated gene,FTO）进行克隆及序列分析,同时检测其在广灵驴各组织中的表达差异,以探究广灵驴FTO基因结构对其生理代谢功能的影响。[方法] 运用RT-PCR技术扩增并克隆广灵驴FTO基因CDS序列,进行基因及蛋白质功能分析,同时运用实时荧光定量PCR方法检测FTO基因在广灵驴7种组织（心脏、肝脏、脾脏、肺脏、肾脏、背最长肌及皮下脂肪）中的差异表达。[结果] 广灵驴FTO基因CDS区序列长1 518 bp,编码505个氨基酸,序列提交至NCBI,登录号：MZ169553。广灵驴FTO基因与马、猪、牛、人、羊驼、绵羊和山羊的相似性为99.3%、90.3%、89.5%、90.8%、90.7%、89.2%和89.2%;系统进化树分析发现,广灵驴与马的亲缘关系最近。FTO蛋白分子质量为58.35 ku,理论等电点为5.07,脂肪系数为80.36,不稳定系数为48.82,平均疏水指数为-0.550,为不稳定的酸性亲水蛋白。FTO蛋白无信号肽和跨膜区,主要定位于细胞质中,具有34个磷酸化位点与5个糖基化位点。FTO蛋白二级结构主要以α-螺旋（43.96%）和无规则卷曲（37.82%）为主。实时荧光定量PCR分析发现,FTO基因在广灵驴7个组织中均有表达,其中在肺脏和皮下脂肪中的表达量极显著高于其他组织（P<0.01）,在背最长肌中表达量最低。[结论] 本试验结果可为下一步基因表达与调控脂肪沉积机制及改善驴肉品质的研究奠定基础。     

新疆地区2株驴源马流产沙门菌的分离鉴定及致病性分析

[目的] 研究确定导致新疆地区2个规模化驴场出现流产的疑似病原沙门菌,并探究其致病能力和耐药性情况。[方法] 通过细菌分离培养、形态学观察、生化试验对分离菌进行了鉴定,并对分离菌的鞭毛基因FliC进行了PCR扩增及序列分析,通过致病性测定、荷菌量检测及病理组织学观察,鉴定和分析了分离菌的致病性,并通过药敏试验分析其耐药性。[结果] 通过细菌分离培养、形态学观察、生化试验,确定分离到的2株细菌均为马流产沙门菌,分别命名为G1-1和XD1-2。对这2个分离株的鞭毛基因FliC的遗传进化分析结果显示,2株分离菌FliC氨基酸序列之间的相似性为99.0%,2株分离菌FliC氨基酸序列与爱尔兰马源马流产沙门菌分离株Ireland-HE801373、Ireland-HE801378株相似性均最高,且均为99.3%;分离株G1-1与爱尔兰马源马流产沙门菌分离株Ireland-HE801373和Ireland-HE801378及国内马源马流产沙门菌分离株China-KJ486797.1和China-KJ486769.1亲缘关系较近,分离株XD1-2则与美国肠炎沙门菌分离株USA-EBQ1214032.1亲缘关系较近,相似性分析与进化树结果一致。小鼠致病性试验显示,2株分离菌对小鼠的毒性均较强且致病性存在差异,XD1-2对小鼠的致病性强于G1-1。分离菌G1-1对9种抗菌药物耐药,对11种抗菌药物敏感。分离菌XD1-2对11种抗菌药物耐药,对5种抗菌药物敏感。[结论] 本试验成功分离到2株驴源沙门菌,不同养殖场来源的驴源沙门菌的致病能力和耐药性有一定差异,对鞭毛基因FliC的进化分析也显示出差异,本研究结果为驴源沙门菌的防治提供了一定的参考依据。     

Nutritional management of hyperlipaemia

Hyperlipaemia is a disease resulting from excessive mobilisation of triglyceride stores such that plasma clearance processes become overwhelmed. Consequently increased plasma triglyceride concentrations (>5.6 mmol/l), visibly cloudy plasma and a sick, anorexic or hypophagic subject follow. Epidemiological studies have identified many predisposing and triggering factors and the attentive carer or veterinary surgeon should be alert to such risk factors so that the disease can be prevented, or at least identified and treated at an early stage. Hyperlipaemic subjects are invariably in a negative energy balance, and nutritional management therefore plays a central role in both the prevention and resolution of the disease.     

Investigating the opinions of donkey owners and veterinary surgeons towards pain and analgesia in donkeys

The aim of this questionnaire‐based study was to identify which analgesics are currently prescribed to donkeys in clinical practice and to collect opinions from veterinary surgeons and donkey owners on the importance of different pain‐related behaviours in donkeys. Questionnaires were completed by 143 veterinary surgeons and 93 donkey owners. Phenylbutazone, flunixin, detomidine and butorphanol were reported as the most frequently used analgesics in donkeys. Most veterinary surgeons reported administering these drugs at the horse dose rate and dosing interval, which may be inappropriate in the donkey. Four pain‐related behaviours were identified as very important by veterinary surgeons and owners: dullness for colic‐associated pain, keeping the foot lifted, and lameness for foot and limb pain and inability to chew properly for head and dental pain. This is a more limited behavioural repertoire than has recently been identified to be associated with pain in the donkey and suggests that the respondents were reporting perceived wisdom as to what people think are the behavioural signs associated with pain or were not interpreting pain‐related behaviours correctly.     

Challenges of thermal nociceptive threshold testing in the donkey

ObjectiveTo evaluate a thermal nociceptive threshold (TNT) testing device in the donkey, and the influence of potential confounding factors on TNTs.AnimalsTwo groups (Group 1 and Group 2) of eight castrated male donkeys aged 4–9 years, weighing 105–170 kg.MethodsTNTs were measured by heating a thermal probe on skin until an end-point behaviour (threshold temperature) or a cut-out temperature (51 °C) was reached. The withers and the dorsal aspect of the distal limb were used as sites for TNT testing. The effects on TNT of different confounding factors: the limb tested; rate of heating; and ambient temperature were evaluated. Data were analyzed using general linear models, and Mann-Whitney tests, p < 0.05 was considered significant.ResultsEnd-point behaviours (skin twitch or donkey looking at test device) when the thermal probe heated the withers were observed in approximately half of tests. TNT was (mean ± SD) 46.8 ± 2.85 °C. Subsequently the limb was evaluated as the test site in Group 1 followed by Group 2 donkeys; end-point behaviour being a foot-lift. In Group 1, 72% of tests ended in an end-point behaviour but the response rate was lower in Group 2 (20%), although TNTs were similar [(47.6 ± 3.3) and (47.3 ± 3.0) °C respectively] for responding animals. Rate of heating, ambient temperature and laterality (right or left) did not affect thresholds, but mean TNT was significantly higher in the forelimb (48.5 ± 2.8 °C) than the hind limb (47.4 ± 2.8 °C) (p = 0.012).ConclusionsWhen a thermal probe cut-out temperature of 51 °C was used in TNT testing in the donkey a high proportion of tests did not produce an identifiable end point behaviour. Higher cut-out temperatures damaged the skin. Under these conditions, thermal nociceptive threshold testing appears not be an appropriate analgesiometry technique in the donkey.Clinical relevanceTNT testing under these conditions is not suitable form of analgesiometry for donkeys.     

淮北灰驴mtDNA D-loop区遗传多样性及起源分析

为分析淮北灰驴遗传多样性与母系起源,从大群中随机选择10匹淮北灰驴,对其mtDNA D-loop区部分序列进行测序,与GenBank已公布的一些驴品种的mtDNA D-loop区序列进行比对分析,并探讨淮北灰驴的遗传多样性与母系起源。结果显示,在获得的407 bp D-loop碱基序列中,共检测出28处变异位点,8处碱基对的转换以及1处颠换,其核苷酸多样性（Pi）为0.021 95,单倍型多样性（Hd）为0.778,平均核苷酸差异（K）为8.911,显示淮北灰驴较为丰富的遗传多样性。从D-loop区核苷酸序列的5种单倍型分析,发现淮北灰驴可能有2个母系起源,遗传距离表明,淮北灰驴与克罗地亚家驴之间的遗传距离较近。研究结果从分子水平上为淮北灰驴的遗传资源保护和开发利用提供了参考。