牛冷冻精液解冻后在不同温度下的存活时间

牛冷冻精液解冻后在3～8℃、室温及37℃条件下保存,分别于2、4、8、12及24小时,观察其活力变化。结果表明:环境温度对精子的存活时间影响很大,活力的下降速度有明显差异。     

刺网浮沉子分布规律及减小目脚张力的研究

为使刺网网目受力均匀,改善网目变形和减小目脚张力,作者用理论分析和实验方法说明中层流网处于均流状态的水中与水流没有相对位移;设计制作实验装置,用静力学模拟法试探刺网网衣上受力分布的规律,得出了浮、沉子档间距与网高之间的关系式;进而提出了合理分布浮沉子的三项原则及减小目脚张力的措施。     

A PCR technique for the detection of Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus in the blood suitable for the screening of ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma in field conditions

Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA) is a naturally occurring contagious lung neoplasia caused by jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV). Although no specific circulating antibodies against the virus can be detected in infected sheep, JSRV proviral DNA sequences can be found in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) in clinically affected and in a proportion of in contact animals. In this study, existing hemi-nested PCR procedure is compared with a new one-step PCR technique that was developed to minimise potential DNA contamination and reduce sample and reagent handling. Different blood preparations were assessed and the best results were achieved on DNA prepared from buffy coat. The sensitivity of this PCR was lower in JSRV infected sheep without lesions of OPA than in clinically affected sheep, which indicate that this PCR may not be not fully appropriate for screening of individual sheep, but rather to provide results at flock level. This PCR is the only currently available blood test for detection of JSRV infected sheep and may be useful in epidemiological studies and in control programmes of OPA.     

Use of real-time PCR to examine the relationship between disease severity in pea and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Aphanomyces euteiches</Emphasis> DNA content in roots

Aphanomyces euteiches causes severe root rot of peas. Resistance is limited in commercial pea cultivars. Real-time fluorescent PCR assay specific for A. euteiches was used to study the relationship between disease severity and pathogen DNA content in infected peas. Five pea genotypes ranging in levels of resistance were inoculated with five isolates of A. euteiches. Plants were visually rated for disease development and the amount of pathogen DNA in roots was determined using the PCR assay. The susceptible genotypes Genie, DSP and Bolero tended to have significantly more disease and more pathogen DNA than the resistant genotypes 90-2079 and PI 180693. PI 180693 consistently had less disease, while 90-2079 had the lowest amount of pathogen DNA. The Spearman correlation between pathogen DNA quantity and disease development was positive and significant (P < 0.05) for three isolates, but was not significant for two other isolates. This suggests that the real-time PCR assay may have limited application as a selection tool for resistance in pea to A. euteiches. Its utility as a selection tool would be dependent on the correlation between disease development and pathogen DNA content for a given pathogen isolate. The accuracy and specificity of the real-time PCR assay suggests considerable application for the assay in the study of mechanisms of disease resistance and the study of microbial population dynamics in plants.     

Molecular characterization of potentially zoonotic isolates of Giardia duodenalis in horses

Giardia isolates from eight horses from New York State (NY), USA and two horses from Western Australia (WA) were genetically characterized at the SSU-rDNA and triose-phosphate isomerase (TPI) genes. Phylogenetic analysis of the TPI gene provided strong support for the placement of both isolates of Giardia from horses in WA and a single isolate from a horse in NY within the assemblage AI genotype of G. duodenalis. Another two isolates from horses in NY placed within the assemblage AII genotype of G. duodenalis. Phylogenetic analysis of the TPI gene also provided strong bootstrap support for the placement of four G. duodenalis isolates from horses in NY into a potentially host-specific sub-assemblage of assemblage BIV. The results of this study are consistent with previous studies showing that assemblages AI and AII of G. duodenalis provide the greatest potential zoonotic risk to humans. Horses may therefore constitute a potential source for human infection of Giardia either directly or via watersheds.     

Study on some molecular characterization of Babesia orientalis

The study on buffalo babesiosis indicated that its pathogen was different from other Babesia on many aspects such as morphology, transmission and pathogenicity. Therefore, it was named as a new species—Babesia orientalis. In order to prove the validity of this taxon, molecular taxonomic study on the pathogen was done in this experiment. The complete 18S rRNA gene sequence of B. orientalis was determined by PCR. It was sequenced and blasted. The results indicated that the classification of the parasite belonged to the genus Babesia. The 1700 bp complete sequence was compared with 15 other Babesia sp. available in GenBank. The data were analyzed and a phylogenetic tree was established. The results indicated that the hereditary distance of the parasite was close to that of Babesia sp. from South Africa and Babesia ovis, and the hereditary distance was far from Babesia bigemina and B. bovis.     

Qualitative tear film and conjunctival goblet cell assessment of cats with corneal sequestra

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the tear film qualitatively and conjunctival goblet cell numbers in cats with and without corneal sequestra. ANIMALS STUDIED AND PROCEDURES: This was a prospective evaluation of 11 cats with corneal sequestra and 14 control eyes that were either the contralateral normal eye when the sequestrum was unilateral or from control cats of similar age with no ocular disease. All cats in this study were examined by a veterinary ophthalmologist. The ophthalmic examinations included a neuro-ophthalmic evaluation, Schirmer tear tests, fluorescein staining, tear film break-up times, applanation tonometry, biomicroscopy, and indirect ophthalmoscopy. The palpebral conjunctiva at the dorsal nasal, ventral nasal, dorsal temporal and ventral temporal fornices were biopsied after topical anesthetic was applied to the cornea and conjunctiva. The conjunctival biopsies were fixed in formalin and sectioned routinely and stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and periodic acid-Schiff. These slides were examined by light microscopy by a blinded examiner. Goblet cell numbers were compared to conjunctival basal epithelial cell numbers by region. The goblet cell numbers by region from the eyes with sequestra was statistically compared to those from eyes without sequestra, with a student's paired t-test. Conjunctival swabs were collected from the cats with corneal sequestra and submitted for polymerase chain reaction for Herpes felis, Chlamydia psiitticia, and Mycoplasma felis. The corneal sequestra were removed by surgical keratectomy and fixed and stained routinely, and examined by light microscopy. RESULTS: No neurologic abnormalities were detected in any of the cats. The Schirmer tear tests (eyes with sequestra 14+/-5.1 mm/min; normal eyes 15+/-6.8 mm/min) and intraocular pressures (eyes with sequestra 21+/-6.6; normal eyes 22+/-5.8) were within normal reference ranges for cats. Biomicroscopic examinations revealed varied sizes and depths of brown- and amber-colored corneal sequestra. No abnormalities were noted on indirect ophthalmoscopic examinations. The tear film break-up time was 21 s (+/-12) for the normal eyes (n=14) and 14 s (+/-13) in eyes with corneal sequestra (n=11). The average goblet/epithelial cell ratios by region for the normal eyes and the eyes with sequestra respectively were 0.66, 0.56 for the dorsal nasal fornix, 0.68, 0.57 for the ventral nasal fornix, 0.63, 0.48 for the temporal dorsal fornix, and 0.55, 0.49 for the temporal ventral fornix. There were no significant differences in tear film break-up times and goblet cell numbers in eyes with corneal sequestra and those without sequestra. Three conjunctival swabs from two of 11 cats with sequestra were positive with PCR for Herpes felis virus. These included one cat with bilateral sequestra and one cat with unilateral corneal sequestrum. CONCLUSIONS: The pathogenesis of feline corneal sequestra does not appear to be linked primarily to abnormal goblet cell numbers, qualitative tear film abnormalities, and accelerated tear film break-up time.     

Development and Application of a GeXP-multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of Seven Foodborne Pathogenic Bacterias

This experiment was developed to simultaneously detect the seven common foodborne pathogenic bacterias include E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, V. cholera, L. monocytogenes, C. jejuni, V. Parahemolyticus and S. aureus. Seven pairs of specific primers were designed according to the conserved sequences of the genes from each pathogen available in the GenBank database. Single and mixed pathogen DNA templates were used to evaluate the specificity of the GeXP-multiplex assay. Control group was set up, recombinant plasmids were constructed, and samples of different DNA concentrations were randomly combined to verify the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and anti-interference of the established GeXP method. To certify the accuracy and reliability of the GeXP assay, it was evaluated using 120 clinical specimens that were compared with the single PCR. The obtained results showed that the corresponding specific fragments of genes were amplified by the single and the multiplex GeXP PCR assay. The detection limit of GeXP was 10³ copies·μL^-1 when all of seven bacterial pathogens were detected. The results of the interference assay showed the presence of specific amplification peaks when different templates. The detection rate of the GeXP multiplex PCR method was 2.50% (3/120)-15.83% (19/120) while the conventional PCR was 2.50% (3/120)-15.00% (18/120), and GeXP multiple PCR detected 8 more positive cases, which means that, the GeXP was more sensitive and accurate in the detection of the clinical samples. In conclusion, this GeXP-based multiplex PCR is a high-throughput, specific and sensitive test to detect seven common foodborne pathogenic bacterias. This assay provides a method in rapid molecular diagnosis for mix clinical seven common foodborne pathogenic bacterias.     

21种竹材酸含量及其酸度对脲醛树脂胶胶凝时间的影响

测定了21种竹材基、中、梢3部分的酸含量,研究了竹材中不同酸度对脲醛树脂胶胶凝时间的影响。其结果为:①竹材的总酸含量为4.179～29.197mmol/100g竹粉,游离酸含量为1.648～14.637,结合酸含量为0.067～19.742;②竹秆基、中、梢3部分的酸含量差异大;③竹材—脲醛树脂胶胶凝时间与竹材pH值、碱缓冲容量、总缓冲容量、总酸和结合酸含量具有极显著的相关性,与游离酸含量具较显著相关性,而与酸缓冲容量相关性不显著。