Infrared Thermography Applied to Monitoring Musculoskeletal Adaptation to Training in Thoroughbred Race Horses

Infrared thermography has been used to help in diagnosing lameness. It is hypothesized that, if used in a routine basis, it could help in understanding musculoskeletal modifications during race training. This study aimed to evaluate thermal variation in the musculoskeletal regions of young Thoroughbred (TB) horses during their initial months of race training. Thermographic examinations were performed once every 2 weeks on 16 (10 male, 6 female) two-year-old TB racehorses, from arrival to the racetrack in June 2016, until January 2017, for a total of 16 evaluations. Thermographic imaging was performed using the appropriate protocol. Temperature (°C) was measured at the dorsal and palmar/plantar aspects of specific regions of interest (fetlock, metacarpal, metatarsal, carpal, tarsal, thoracolumbar, sacroiliac spine, and both hips). Initially, we found a thermal balance and all regions demonstrated a positive correlation with one another. However, a significant difference was noted between the left and right sides as training progressed. Four horses were withdrawn from the study after 50% of evaluations because of metacarpal conditions associated with training. Thermographic examination revealed changes before the clinical manifestation of these conditions. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that infrared thermography is an image technique that can facilitate understanding of musculoskeletal system modifications to race training and should be further investigated as a predictive tool to anticipate the occurrence of lesions.     

吉林省薄皮甜瓜主产区白粉病菌生理小种的初步鉴定

2011年秋季对吉林省四个地区的不同乡镇,不同栽培模式的薄皮甜瓜上采集的共9个来源的白粉病菌进行生理小种鉴定。按照国际通用的瓜类白粉病生理小种鉴定标准体系,根据病菌在13个鉴别寄主上的抗感反应,初步确定吉林省瓜类白粉病菌存在单囊壳白粉菌（S.fuliginea）的两个生理小种,即小种1和小种2France,且主流小种为...     

Sources of Resistance to Anthracnose (Colletotrichum truncatum) in Wild Lens Species

Lentil anthracnose (Colletotrichum truncatum (Schwein.) Andrus et W.D. Moore is a potential threat in many lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) production regions of North America. In the lentil germplasm maintained in Germany and North America, 16 lines were reported to have resistance to race Ct1, but none has resistance reported to race Ct0. The objective of this study was to examine accessions of wild Lens species for their resistance to races Ct1 and Ct0 of lentil anthracnose. Five hundred and seventy-four wild accessions of six species and control lines were screened in two replications under both field and greenhouse conditions using a 1–9 scoring scale (1, highly resistant; 2–3, resistant; 4–5, moderately resistant; 6–7, susceptible; and 8–9, highly susceptible). Indianhead and PI 320937 were resistant while Eston and Pardina were susceptible to race Ct1 as expected. However, none of the check lines were resistant to race Ct0. Among the six Lens wild species tested, accessions of Lens ervoides (Brign.) Grande had the highest level of resistance, 3–5 to race Ct1 and Ct0 followed by L. lamottei Czefr. in the field and greenhouse. Lens orientalis (Boiss.), L. odemensis L., L. nigricans (M. Bieb.) Godron and L. tomentosus L. were highly susceptible, 8–9 to race Ct0 in the greenhouse. The highest frequency of resistance, especially in L. ervoides (Brign.) Grande, was found in accessions originating from Syria and Turkey. The usefulness of these L. ervoides (Brign.) Grande accessions as sources of resistance to the more virulent race of anthracnose in a lentil breeding program is discussed.     

Forelimb Conformation,Sales Results,and Lifetime Racing Performance of 2-Year-Old Thoroughbred Racing Prospects Sold at Auction

To determine associations between carpal and fetlock conformation and later performance, 292 two-year-old (2YO) Thoroughbred horses were examined at a public auction. Two observers graded carpal and fetlock conformation in the frontal view, and subject weights were estimated (weight tape), and height was measured. Subject age, gender, and workout distance and time were retrieved from sales data. Lifetime racing data was retrieved from the Jockey Club database. Mild to moderate deviations from straight forelimb conformation at the carpus or fetlock occurred in 85% of 2YO Thoroughbreds and had no substantive effect on lifetime racing performance. Carpal and fetlock conformation are associated. Greater age, female gender and faster workout were associated with better short and long-term racing outcomes. The ability to start a race at 2YO was associated with improvements in several measures of racing success. The lack of an association of forelimb conformation with most measures of racing performance will assist producers and consumers of young racing stock in the determination of the need for corrective procedures in young horses and the importance of deviations at purchase. Speed of workout and the ability to start at 2YO were associated with each other and with an improvement in several racing outcomes.     

香蕉枯萎病菌4号小种致病力分化的初步研究

自2003年6月至2010年1月,我们通过采集或交流的方式共得到海南、广东、福建、云南和广西等省区的35个市县的56个Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Race 4菌株,并通过盆栽伤根淋灌法接种巴西蕉苗,系统性地评价了56个Race 4菌株的致病力。实验结果表明：供试的56个Race 4菌株表现出了很明显的致病力分化,其中,强致病力的菌株有29个、中致病力的有9个、弱致病力的有18个,分别占供试菌株的51.79%、16.07%、32.14%。     

小麦秆锈菌生理小种鉴别寄主及命名方法的演变

为了监测小麦秆锈菌生理小种变化动态及其毒力变异规律,为预防Ug99入侵并开展相应抗源筛选创新提供参考,全面介绍了国内外不同时期小麦秆锈菌生理小种的鉴别寄主及相应的小种命名法的演变情况：(1)Stakman′s标准鉴别寄主与小种命名;(2)Roelfs单基因鉴定法的鉴别寄主与小种命名;(3)中国当前和以后拟采用的小麦秆锈菌小种鉴定的鉴别寄主名称与小种命名。这些介绍将有助于小麦秆锈病研究者与育种学家间的信息交流。     

黄淮大豆主产区大豆胞囊线虫生理小种分布调查

大豆胞囊线虫(SCN)在黄淮地区普遍发生,调查小种分布情况,确定优势小种对抗病育种有重要意义。2012-2015年,取样调查黄淮地区6个省份土样,利用Riggs模式鉴定生理小种,绘制黄淮地区SCN生理小种分布图,并与文献报道结果对比,探讨黄淮地区SCN生理小种类型及其分布规律。结果表明,该病害在黄淮大豆主产区均有分布,在采集受SCN感染的322份土样中,112份被鉴定出生理小种类型,包括1号、2号、3号、4号、5号、6号和11号小种。其中,57份为2号小种,占样本总体的50.9%;26份土样为5号小种,占23.2%;11份土样为4号小种,占9.8%,1号、3号、6号和11号小种分别占总体的4.5%、5.4%、4.5%和1.8%。依据不同生理小种在各省发生频率由高到低的顺序,河南分布5号、2号、3号、11号小种;河北分布2号、5号、6号、3号、4号小种;安徽分布2号、5号、6号、3号小种;山西分布2号、4号、5号、1号、3号、11号小种;山东分布2号、3号、5号、1号、6号小种;江苏分布2号、5号、1号小种。以上结果表明,2号小种是目前黄淮海地区的优势小种,其次是5号小种,致病力最强的4号小种主要分布在山西省。在黄淮海地区,抗线虫育种目标应以抗2号生理小种为主,兼抗5号小种,部分地区应以兼抗2号和4号小种为主。在黄淮地区3号、6号和11号小种是新发现的小种。与2001-2003年调查结果比较,黄淮海地区大豆胞囊线虫生理小种组成及分布有一定的改变。     

绚丽多姿的彝族俐侎人茶俗——云南凤庆县郭大寨乡团山村的调查

俐侎人，是云南省临沧市特有的一个彝族支系，大部分居住在临沧市永德县乌木龙乡境内，少部分则居住在凤庆县郭大寨乡一带。身处云雾山中的俐侎人很早就与茶结下了不解之缘．茶在俐侎人的生活中扮演着重要角色。伴随着俐侎人悠久的种茶和制茶史，逐渐形成了一系列民风茶俗，并传承至今。     

大豆孢囊线虫4号生理小种侵染大豆根系诱导表达的cDNA分析

大豆孢囊线虫(Heterodera glycines Ichinohe；Soybean Cyst Nematode，SCN)是一种土传的专性内寄生线虫。SCN的二龄幼虫侵入到大豆幼嫩的根组织中，导致大豆根内的细胞变形并与之形成“合胞体”。合胞体在形态上和生理上的变化是SCN直接诱导大豆基因表达的结果。本研究以高抗SCN的灰布支黑豆为材料，用大豆孢囊线虫二龄幼虫直接接种大豆的根系，应用DDRT—PCR技术及RDB(Reversedot—blotting)杂交鉴定，获得6个阳性cDNA克隆，分别是SCN侵染后5天的A32克隆(GenBank登录号为B1173978)；侵染后10天的B12克隆(GenBank登录号为B1173979)、B71克隆(GenBank登录号为B1173980)；侵染后15天的Cll克隆(GenBank登录号为B1173981)、CPl2(GenBank登录号为B1173982)克隆和CP32克隆(GenBank登录号为B1173983)。序列的同源比较表明，6个cDNA均与Shoemaker构建的大豆基因表达库中的cDNA序列有非常高的同源性，证明这些cDNA是大豆基因表达的产物。其中A32克隆的序列与控制拟南芥下胚轴生长的MYB转录因子、营养元素缺失诱导的番茄根的表达文库中的一个cDNA及番茄抗假单胞杆菌表达文库中的一个cDNA有较高的同源性。     

中国大豆抗孢囊线虫4号生理小种育种鉴定标准商榷

选择一组抗孢囊线虫4号生理小种育种亲本材料进行抗性鉴定,结果表明:品种间抗性存在极显著差异,且呈现连续性变化,根部孢囊附着量平均表现为0～145个.按照传统孢囊线虫鉴定分类标准,黑种皮的高抗抗源对SCN4号生理小种抗性十分稳定,灰布支黑豆和PI437654的孢囊附着量分别为2.67和0个;绝大部分黄种皮亲本材料抗性均表现为高度感病,只有1267和1259表现为中感.对于4号强毒生理小种的特殊性,实际中将无法选育到抗性品种以解决生产需要问题.利用品种间抗性存在的差异和连续性变化,并比较其它方法,建议抗孢囊线虫4号生理小种育种鉴定标准划分为5级,分别为免疫、高抗、抗、感和高感,其IP指数(%)以Lee为对照时分别为0、0.1～15、15.1～50、50.1～100和＞100.黄种皮大豆品种晋豆19号对4号生理小种反应稳定,可作育种参考对照.