水帘过滤负压抽风对兔舍小气候和家兔的影响

[目的]探讨水帘过滤负压纵向通风调节室内小气候的可行性,为标准化兔舍设计提供依据。[方法]选用水帘过滤负压抽风兔舍和室内放置轴流通风机兔舍各一栋,在开启有关设备时测定室内温度、湿度、氨气浓度、空气流速的变化,统计对比母兔的繁殖仔兔数、死亡数、投入产出指标。[结果]试验兔舍与对照兔舍的温度差异显著(P<0.05),氨气浓度差异极显著(P<0.01),母兔的繁殖率明显提高,死亡数、单位生产成本明显降低。[结论]水帘降温纵向抽风可以有效控制室内小气候,是一种能兼顾降温与通风且单位生产成本较低的方法,值得在南方兔舍设计中推广。     

温度和季节对四川白獭兔部分繁殖性状的影响分析

环境因素特别是温度、光照对家兔的繁殖力影响很大。为评估亚热带地区温度和季节对四川白獭兔繁殖性状的影响,对四川成都邛崃市某兔场2008-2009年的四川白獭兔种兔部分繁殖资料进行了相关性分析。结果表明:温度和季节对四川白獭兔的窝平均产仔数、初生仔兔死亡率的影响明显,夏季高温条件下四川白獭兔的窝平均产仔数最低为6.00只;而冬春季节较高,分别为6.19只和6.16只。夏季初生兔死亡率最高为0.07%,而秋季最低为0.03%。     

《家畜繁殖学》课堂教学的实践与体会

《家畜繁殖学》是动物科学专业重要的专业基础课,其理论和实践的联系非常紧密。通过理论与实践事例相结合、使用顺口溜、腾讯QQ群、建立良好的师生关系以及学一些维语发音5个方面介绍了《家畜繁殖学》教学的心得体会。     

Leptin: a possible metabolic signal affecting reproduction

Since its discovery in 1994, leptin, a protein hormone synthesized and secreted by adipose tissue, has been shown to regulate feed intake in several species including sheep and pigs. Although a nimiety of information exists regarding the physiological role of leptin in rodents and humans, the regulation and action of leptin in domestic animals is less certain. Emerging evidence in several species indicates that leptin may also affect the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis. Leptin receptor mRNA is present in the anterior pituitary and hypothalamus of several species, including sheep. In rats, effects of leptin on GnRH, LH and FSH secretion have been inconsistent, with leptin exhibiting both stimulatory and inhibitory action in vivo and in vitro. Evidence to support direct action of leptin at the level of the gonad indicates that the leptin receptor and its mRNA are present in ovarian tissue of several species, including cattle. These leptin receptors are functional, since leptin inhibits insulin-induced steroidogenesis of both granulosa and thecal cells of cattle in vitro. Leptin receptor mRNA is also found in the testes of rodents. As with the ovary, these receptors are functional, at least in rats, since leptin inhibits hCG-induced testosterone secretion by Leydig cells in vitro. During pregnancy, placental production of leptin may be a major contributor to the increase in maternal leptin in primates but not rodents. However, in both primates and rodents, leptin receptors exist in placental tissues and may regulate metabolism of the fetal-placental unit. As specific leptin immunoassays are developed for domestic animals, in vivo associations may then be made among leptin, body energy stores, dietary energy intake and reproductive function. This may lead to a more definitive role of leptin in domestic animal reproduction.     

The Zooplankton of Msikaba Estuary

Stratification is well developed in Msikaba estuary and has a major influence on the distribution of the zooplankton. The oligohaline zooplankton component does not become well established, while marine zooplankton organisms penetrate relatively far up the estuary in the high salinity bottom waters. The euryhaline component becomes relatively well established near the mouth and it would appear that these organisms maintain their position within the estuary by vertical migration between inflowing bottom and outflowing surface waters. Seasonal means of zooplankton biomass were similar and ranged between 16 mg/m⁸ of water during winter and 15 mg/m⁸ during summer.     

Bovine herpes virus-1 (BoHV-1) in cattle–a review with emphasis on reproductive impacts and the emergence of infection in Ireland and the United Kingdom

Bovine reproductive disease attributable to bovine herpes virus-1 (BoHV-1) was first described in Germany in the 19^th century, being recognised primarily as the cause of infectious vulvovaginitis and balanoposthitis until the mid-1950s when a more virulent strain of the virus (BoHV-1.1) associated with respiratory disease (infectious bovine rhinotracheitis; IBR) emerged in the western United States. Subsequently, IBR emerged as a clinical condition in Europe, from the 1970s onward. While the ability of BoHV-1 to produce respiratory disease is now well recognised, the potential negative outcomes of infection on fertility and reproduction are less frequently considered. This review was conducted against the background of the prioritization of disease caused by BoHV-1 as one of several diseases to be addressed by Animal Health Ireland, with the twin goals of summarizing the published literature on the potential outcomes of infection at different stages of breeding and pregnancy, and of describing the emergence of BoHV-1 as a significant pathogen in Ireland and the UK.     

Genetic and Environmental Correlations Among Female Fertility Traits and Milk Production in Different Parities of Swedish Red and White Dairy Cattle

The main objective of this study was to estimate genetic correlations between fertility and production traits in first, second and third lactations as well as between fertility traits measured in the same way at different ages. The fertility traits studied were: number of inseminations per service period, number of treatments for reproductive disturbances, interval between first and last inseminations, interval between calving and first insemination, and interval between calving and last insemination. Early milk production was measured as the average of the energy-corrected milk yield at the second and third monthly testdays in a lactation. The number of records was approximately 450 000, 350 000, 180 000 and 75 000 in the heifer period, first, second, and third lactations, respectively. A linear, trivariate model that included the effects of herd-year, year, month, age and sire of the cow was applied. To reduce the effect of ongoing selection, 305-days kg protein production in first lactation was included as a variate in all of the analyses. Correlations between the herd-year effects indicated that factors of herd-year level conducive to increased production had a tendency to increase the number of inseminations as well as the number of reproductive treatments, although there was an earlier start and termination of the insemination period. Genetic correlations between fertility traits and production were in the range of 0.2-0.4, all of them unfavourable and higher at later parities. The genetic correlations between fertility traits in the heifer period and the same traits in first lactation were 0.7. Genetic correlations between the first and second lactation varied between 0.7 and 0.9, and between the second and third lactation they were all 0.9 or higher. In conclusion, fertility and production traits need to be selected for simultaneously if fertility is going to be maintained along further genetic improvement on production, and such selection should include fertility results from lactating cows.     

家禽piRNAs(PIWI-interacting RNA)的研究进展

piRNA是一类新型的非编码小分子RNA,与PIWI蛋白相互作用,称为piRNA(PIWI-interacting RNA),长度约26～32个核苷酸,其作用与Dicer酶无关。在生殖细胞的发育、转座子沉默、减数分裂和精子发生等过程中,piRNA具有多种生物学功能。文中综述了近年来禽类在piRNA方面的研究进展。     

Fibrinonecrotic Placentitis and Abortion Associated With Pantoea agglomerans Infection in a Mare

Pantoea agglomerans, family Enterobacteriaceae, is a Gram-negative bacterium that may be isolated from soil and from plants. This bacterium has been associated with disease in plants, humans, and rarely in domestic animal species. We describe here a case of fibrinonecrotic placentitis and equine abortion associated with P. agglomerans infection in southern Brazil. A fetus with 10 months of gestation and its placenta were evaluated. Gross lesions were observed in the cervical star extending to the body of the chorioallantois and consisted of a focally extensive, transmural, severely thickened yellow area. Histologically, this area in the chorioallantois was effaced by severe necrosis, associated with marked inflammatory infiltrate of neutrophils and abundant deposition of fibrin and cellular debris. Aggregates of bacterial rods were noted intermixed with inflammation areas. No significant lesions were observed in the remaining organs inspected. Tissue samples of the lung, placenta, and stomach contents were cultured, and microbiological tests revealed the growth of P. agglomerans in all evaluated samples. The present study reaffirms the participation of P. agglomerans as a cause of bacterial placentitis and abortion in horses.     

橡胶品种对东方真叶螨实验种群发育及繁殖的影响

为探明不同橡胶品种对东方真叶螨发育及繁殖的影响,在温度(27±1)℃、相对湿度(70±5)%、光周期L∶D=12 h∶12 h的室内条件下,观察了东方真叶螨在IAN873、热研7-33-97、PR107、热研7-20-59、云研77-4、GT1、RRIM600等7个橡胶品种上的发育历期、存活率和产卵量,并组建了其种群生命表。结果表明:世代发育历期以GT1最长,为10.69 d,以云研77-4最短,为10.29 d;世代存活率主要由卵期的存活率决定,除PR107上的存活率为89.09%外,其余均在93.00%以上;产卵量以GT1上最多(45.47粒),而RRIM600上最少,仅为22.56粒;净生殖率R0、内禀增长率rm和周限增长率λ均以GT1上的为最高,分别为27.021 1、0.224 5、1.251 7,在RRIM600上的最低,分别为16.616 8、0.203 8、1.226 0。初步认为GT1是最适宜东方真叶螨的发育与繁殖的品种,而RRIM600是最不适合该螨发育与繁殖的品种。