Tulathromycin enhances humoral but not cellular immune response in pigs vaccinated against swine influenza

The effect of a standard, single dose therapy with tulathromycin was investigated on the postvaccinal humoral and cellular immune response in pigs vaccinated against swine influenza. Forty‐five pigs, divided into 3 groups, were used (control not vaccinated (C, n = 15), control vaccinated (CV, n = 15), and experimentally received tulathromycin (TUL, n = 15)). For vaccination of pigs, an inactivated, commercial vaccine was used. Pigs from TUL group received single dose of tulathromycin intramuscularly, at the recommended dose (2.5 mg/kg body weight). Pigs from TUL and CV groups were vaccinated at 8 and 10 weeks of age. The specific humoral and cellular immune response against swine influenza virus (SIV) was evaluated. The results of present study showed that humoral postvaccinal response after vaccination against SIV can be modulated by treatment with tulathromycin. In pigs from TUL group, the significantly higher titers of anti‐SIV‐specific antibodies were observed 4 and 6 weeks after booster dose of vaccine. Simultaneously, T‐cell‐mediated immune response against SIV was not affected by tulathromycin. Our recent study confirmed the importance of defining the modulatory activity of tulathromycin because of its influence on the immune response to vaccines. Since the antibodies against hemagglutinin are crucial for the protection against SIV, the present observations should prompt further studies on the practical significance of recent results in terms of clinical implications (postvaccinal protection) in the field conditions.     

Assessment of Vein Diameter and Body Surface Temperature after High-Intensity Laser Therapy (HILT) on the Tarsal Joint in Healthy Horses

The aim of the study was to assess the influence of high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) on vein diameter and on body surface temperature changes in the tarsal joint area in a group of clinically healthy racehorses. The hypothesis of the study was that HILT increases vein diameter and body surface temperature in healthy tissue. The study involved 16 Thoroughbreds being subjected to ultrasonographic examination to assess changes of diameter of the cranial branch of the medial saphenous vein and thermographic examination to indicate temperature change of the dorsal surface of the tarsal joint, just before and immediately after HILT treatment. Vein diameter and mean surface temperature of the tarsal joint significantly increased after HILT treatment. In addition, the study was the first to describe the photothermal effect of HILT in healthy horses. More studies are necessary to specify the parameters of the procedure, that is, wavelength, energy density, or time of the procedure, depending on the patient’s individual characteristics and type of tissue.     

黄地老虎成虫对15种植物挥发物的电生理和行为反应

【目的】 筛选对黄地老虎Agrotis segetum雌性成虫具有引诱活性的植物挥发物,为黄地老虎食诱剂的研发提供候选物质【方法】 利用触角电位仪(EAG)测试黄地老虎雌性成虫对15种植物挥发物的电生理反应,通过风洞试验,评价每种物质对黄地老虎雌性成虫的吸引作用。【结果】 黄地老虎雌性成虫触角对4种挥发物(癸烷、对乙基苯乙酮、2-甲基壬烷和3,3-二甲基辛烷)没有明显的EAG反应,对其余11种挥发物(1,2-二乙苯、1,4-二乙苯、丁酸丁酯、4,8-二甲基-1,3,7-壬三烯、桉叶油醇、乙酸叶醇酯、芳樟醇、β-月桂烯、壬醛、罗勒烯和β-蒎烯)的电生理反应明显,且反应程度随着挥发物浓度的增加而增加,在最大测试浓度100 μg/mL时产生最强烈的电生理反应。在风洞测试中,黄地老虎雌性成虫对1,2-二乙苯、1,4-二乙苯、丁酸丁酯、癸烷、4,8-二甲基-1,3,7-壬三烯、对乙基苯乙酮、桉叶油醇、乙酸叶醇酯、芳樟醇、β-月桂烯、壬醛、3,3-二甲基辛烷、罗勒烯和β-蒎烯14种挥发物表现出明显的行为趋好。【结论】 筛选出对黄地老虎雌性成虫具有电生理和行为吸引活性的植物挥发物组分。     

Towards the sustainable intensification of agriculture—a systems approach to policy formulation

The sustainable intensification of agriculture involves providing sufficient food and other ecosystem services without going beyond the limits of the earth’s system. Here a project management approach is suggested to help guide agricultural policy to deliver these objectives. The first step is to agree measurable outcomes, integrating formal policy goals with the often much less formal and much more diverse goals of individual farmers. The second step is to assess current performance. Ideally, this will involve the use of farm-scale metrics that can feed into process models that address social and environmental domains as well as production issues that can be benchmarked and upscaled to landscape and country. Some policy goals can be delivered by supporting ad hoc interventions, while others require the redesign of the farming system. A pipeline of research, knowledge and capacity building is needed to ensure the continuous increase in farm performance. System models can help prioritise policy interventions. Formal optimization of land use is only appropriate if the policy goals are clear, and the constraints understood. In practice, the best approach may depend on the scale of action that is required, and on the amount of resource and infrastructure available to generate, implement and manage policy.     

热带土壤中解淀粉芽孢杆菌HNU1的鉴定及发酵条件优化

重金属毒性强、不可降解，在环境中可持续存在，土壤中的重金属可通过食物链累积，对生物体的健康构成严重威胁。土壤微生物修复重金属污染方法具有经济成本低、周期短、效率高、无二次污染等优点，也存在外源微生物在土壤环境中不易存活和繁殖的缺点。通过形态观察、生理生化试验以及16S rDNA同源性序列分析对前期研究中分离保存的一株铜富集细菌HNU1菌株进行鉴定，鉴定该菌为解淀粉芽孢杆菌(Bacillus amyloliquefaciens)。并通过单因素试验和正交试验找出该菌株的最适发酵条件，该菌的最适培养基组成为蔗糖2 g·L-1，酵母粉4 g·L-1，胰蛋白胨6 g·L-1，MgSO4 5 g·L-1。培养条件为初始pH为8.0，温度37 ℃，接种量0.1%，摇床转速180 r·min-1，50 mL三角瓶中装液量20 mL。鉴定的解淀粉芽孢杆菌HNU1菌株对Cu具有良好的富集作用，可进一步开发为微生物肥料用于重金属污染农田土壤的修复，对土壤修复和改良具有重大意义。     

基于ANSYS Workbench的自走式农机底盘的优化设计

针对丘陵山区地块面积小、农机底盘作业转向难的问题，设计了转向灵活、转弯半径小的摆转转向底盘。底盘由转向装置、浮动装置、液压系统、发动机，前桥、后桥、控制系统、PTO输出等组成，采用水冷系统以及CVT无级变速的汽油发动机与液压系统结合，实现底盘的动力匹配；通过ANSYS Workbench构建摆转转向底盘前桥、后桥、整体机构的力学模型，分析各机构不同状态下的变形参数的变化趋势，并对底盘机构易于损坏的部位进行优化。结果表明：前桥转向机构附近的配件对前桥的变形影响较大，采用5 mm厚度方钢的前桥结构变形量为0.85 mm，优化后的前桥所安装的配件采用模块化分配，使用10 mm以上方钢加工制作，保证前桥变形量稳定控制在0.3~1.0 mm；优化后的底盘后桥最大等效应力为14 MPa，变形量为0.25 mm，分别较优化前降低了33.33%和28.57%，机架的结构稳定性得到改善。通过压力测试仪器对实物平台的测试，底盘在行驶过程中的压力变化曲线平稳，启动和停止阶段所受的压力在可控制的范围内；底盘的行驶直线度、偏驶率均低于1%，且不受底盘载重的影响。     

基于改进蚁群算法的植保无人机路径规划方法

为了规划出更加高效的植保无人机路径，提出一种基于改进蚁群算法的植保无人机路径规划方法，该方法适用于多个具有复杂多边形边界与内部障碍物的三维作业区域。采用扫描方式生成水平面内的作业路径，经过离散化处理后，在三维地形曲面上插值，获得三维作业路径。在此基础上，建立作业路径生成算法，以三维作业路径总长度尽量短、作业路径数量尽量少为目标，对植保无人机作业航向进行寻优。改进蚁群算法通过附加记录作业路径进入点的机制，实现对三维作业路径的合理排序，生成总长度较短的转移路径。经过算例检验，针对同一作业区域规划出的三维作业路径与水平面内的作业路径的航向角存在较大差异，相差最大为92°，这说明考虑三维地形的必要性。算例中，将改进的蚁群算法与贪婪算法进行了对比，针对一系列相同的作业起点，改进的蚁群算法所得的转移路径总长度均较短，比贪婪算法所得结果缩短3%~28%；在未选定作业起点情况下，改进的蚁群算法与贪婪算法求得的转移路径总长度最小值分别为1661m与1763m，说明改进的蚁群算法具有良好的寻优能力。实例检验情况与算例所得结论基本一致。算例与实例中的作业区域边界与地形复杂，涵盖情况全面，表明本文提出的路径规划方法具有一定实用性。     

无溶剂法制备丙烯海松酸蔗糖酯及其在空气-水界面吸附行为研究

在无溶剂条件下,以丙烯海松酸和蔗糖为原料,在高温熔融状态下通过酯化反应制备了丙烯海松酸蔗糖酯,运用红外光谱、核磁共振和凝胶渗透色谱对其结构进行了表征,并测试了其临界胶束浓度(CMC),利用再定向理论分析了丙烯海松酸蔗糖酯表面活性剂在空气-水界面的形态转变和吸附量等吸附行为。研究结果表明:成功合成了丙烯海松酸蔗糖酯,其CMC值为2.2 g/L。丙烯海松酸蔗糖酯在空气-水界面的吸附状态分为状态1和状态2,随着表面压的增加,溶剂摩尔分数逐渐降低,2种状态丙烯海松酸蔗糖酯分子在空气-水界面上的摩尔分数之和逐渐增加。计算了吸附在界面上的状态1和状态2丙烯海松酸蔗糖酯的吸附量,随着表面压增大,状态1吸附量先增大后减小,状态2吸附量占主导且持续增多,吸附量最高可达1.9 mmol/m2。丙烯海松酸蔗糖酯的吸附和胶束化摩尔自由能(ΔG)分别为-20.67和-15.16 kJ/mol,表明丙烯海松酸蔗糖酯优先吸附在界面上,达到饱和后就形成胶束。     

基于AquaCrop模型的夏玉米生长模拟及灌溉制度优化

为评价AquaCrop模型在关中地区的适用性并寻求最佳的灌溉制度，对夏玉米在不同灌溉与施氮水平下的生长进行模拟和验证，并利用校验后的模型研究了3种不同降雨年型以及11种灌溉模式下夏玉米产量和水分利用效率的变化特征。结果表明：AquaCrop模型可以较好地模拟关中地区不同灌溉与施氮水平下夏玉米产量和生物量，模型模拟的产量与实测值之间的决定系数（R²）、均方根误差（RMSE）、标准均方根误差（NRMSE）、符合度指数（d）和纳什效率系数（E_NS）分别为0.919、0.249 t·hm^-2、4.112、0.977和0.915；对于地上部生物量，模拟值与实测值的R²、RMSE、NRMSE、d和E_NS分别为0.860、0.977 t·hm^-2、6.407、0.933和0.694。利用校验后的模型分析了试验区内3种不同降水年型条件下11种灌溉模式的夏玉米产量和水分利用效率的变化特征，依据模拟结果及夏玉米生理需水规律，同时为了实现高产和高水分利用效率，得出不同年型的优化灌溉制度为：若能保证出苗整齐，湿润年可不灌水，此时也能获得较高产量和水分利用效率；平水年推荐在拔节期灌水60 mm，能节约50%水资源，亦能保证稳产；干旱年推荐在拔节期和抽雄期各灌水60 mm，可获得高产和高水分利用效率。