Correlation of parasites with growth of yellow perch

The possible influence of parasites on the short-term and long-term growth and condition of yellow perch Perca flavescens was examined by investigating correlations between parasite abundance and specific growth variables. The following parasites were enumerated in age-1 yellow perch collected from Lake St. Pierre in June 2008: Apophallus brevis, Diplostomum spp., Ichthyocotylurus spp., Tylodelphys scheuringi, Phyllodistomum superbum, and Raphidascaris acus. Short-term growth was estimated using RNA/DNA ratios and long-term growth via the total length and condition as measured by the Fulton index. No correlation was found between parasite abundance and short-term growth, but a negative influence of combined infections of T. scheuringi and P. superbum on long-term growth was detected. In addition, the abundance of Ichthyocotylurus spp. was positively correlated with the condition of the yellow perch. Together these results suggest that limited or subtle pathogenic effects in juvenile fish are not discernable in recent growth but only in long-term growth indices. Furthermore, in future studies examination of parasite effects on fish growth should account for multiple infections.     

Evaluation of 1-stage and 2-stage selection in yellow perch I: genetic and phenotypic parameters for body weight of F1 fish reared in ponds using microsatellite parentage assignment

Two selection methods, 1-stage selection (OSS) and 2-stage selection (TSS), for improving efficiency and profitability of selective breeding of yellow perch were evaluated, through examining the genetic and phenotypic parameters for BW of F(1) fish using microsatellite parentage assignment in this study. Approximately 94% of the sampled yellow perch progeny were assigned to single parental pairs using 8 microsatellite markers, which confirmed the applicability of the communal rearing technique in yellow perch breeding. Within OSS, the genetic correlation between 1-yr-BW and 2-yr-BW was high (0.98), indicating that the growth of yellow perch recorded at yr 1 could predict their growth for yr 2. Also mean family BW and family EBV for BW between yr 1 and 2 were found to be significantly correlated, suggesting yr 1 fast-growing yellow perch families continued to be the fast growing families in yr 2. Two-year random fish undergoing TSS were significantly heavier (P < 0.01) than those undergoing OSS. In addition, top males and females with TSS were heavier (P < 0.01) than those with OSS. Based on these results we concluded that the TSS was more desirable and effective for yellow perch breeding compared with OSS in terms of improving selection efficiency and reducing costs.     

Experimental Transmission of Walleye Dermal Sarcoma to Yellow Perch

Abstract

Walleye dermal sarcoma was transmitted under experimental conditions to yellow perch Perca flavescens. Fish (20 weeks posthatch) were challenged with cell-free tumor filtrates by topical application on the right flank and then held for observation for 25 weeks in 15°C dechlorinated municipal water. Additional treatment groups included yellow perch challenged with cell-free filtrates of walleye discrete epidermal hyperplasia, yellow perch discrete epidermal hyperplasia, normal yellow perch skin (control), and normal walleye skin (control). Walleye dermal sarcoma was first observed on yellow perch at 20 weeks postexposure, at which time the tumors were small (1–2-mm), slightly raised masses on the right flank of the fish. At the end of the 25-week study, walleye dermal sarcoma was grossly observed in 42% (22 of 53) of the remaining fish and was confirmed by microscopic examination in an additional 29% (9 of 31). Gross and microscopic evaluation of fish at 25 weeks postexposure did not reveal development of lesions in any of the other treatment groups. This study extends the host range of experimentally transmitted walleye dermal sarcoma virus to include the yellow perch.     

Mercury levels in fish in a river habitat after cessation of mercury contamination

The rate of decrease shown by mercury levels in brown trout (Salmo trutta) and perch (Perca fluviatilis) collected downstream to a wood pulp factory after a ban on the use of phenyl mercury in the pulp and paper industries was made effective in 1970 has been slow. Even though a river habitat was involved, it seemed to take about 15 years for levels of mercury in downstream fish to fall to those recorded in fish upstream to the wood pulp factory.     

黄金鲈的研究现状及养殖发展前景

黄金鲈(Perca flavescens)是名贵的温冷水性淡水养殖品种之一,具有营养价值高、适应性强、经济效益好等特点。是一种很受市场欢迎的名贵鱼类。文中在查阅国内外相关文献报道的基础上,介绍了黄金鲈的生物学特性、研究现状、养殖存在的问题及发展前景,旨在为黄金鲈的健康养殖及调整我国水产养殖品种结构提供参考。     

Species spectrum, diversity profile and infection indices of helminth parasite fauna of Chirruh snowtrout, Schizothorax esocinus (Heckel) in lake ecosystems of Kashmir Himalayas-Do similarity and host-parasite associations arise?

In order to assess the species richness and diversity profile of helminth parasite fauna in an endemic fish, an investigation was carried out in two urban and two rural lakes of Kashmir. Overall nine species of helminth parasites were observed in four lakes. Of these three were autogenic and six were allogenic. Heteroxenous parasite species were more in number than monoxenous species. Results showed significant differences in heteroxenous / monoxenous ratio between different lakes. Core species (Prevalence?>?20) were only found in hypertrophic lake (Anchar Lake). Overall, majority of helminth species were either secondary or satellite species. Prevalence of some helminth parasites showed significant differences in different lakes. In addition mean intensity showed significant differences between autogenic and allogenic parasites (P?<?0.05). Principle Component Analysis based on prevalence showed that Anchar Lake was strongly associated with most of helminth parasites. Diversity indices showed significant variation between different lakes. Maximum helminth species per host was in Anchar Lake. Finally we concluded that helminth parasite fauna showed significant differences in species richness and infection indices between different lakes. Diversity profile was higher in Anchar Lake in comparison to other three lakes. The results clearly show that environmental features of lake ecosystems have got an impact on distribution pattern of helminth parasites in S. esocinus. We suggest comparative parasitological study should be taken between different species of fish in order to have a clear picture regarding the species composition of helminth species in this region. Also we need to characterize the species spectrum of parasitic worms in fish of freshwater bodies of this region as well as other similar type of climatic zones because parasite fauna is an integral part of the inventory of biodiversity and as possible regulators of host populations in aquatic ecosystems.     

Enhancement of urethan-induced adenoma formation in Swiss mice exposed to methylmercury.

Female Swiss mice were exposed to methylmercury in the drinking water for 15 weeks. The mice were administered concentrations of methylmercury ranging from 0 to 2.0 micrograms/mL mercury. After three weeks of the 15 week exposure period, the mice were administered urethan (1.5 mg/g) intraperitoneally. Pulmonary adenoma formation was evaluated 12 weeks later. Methylmercury exposures of 0.2 and 0.5 micrograms/mL did not affect the number of adenomas, but 2.0 micrograms/mL mercury caused a significant increase in adenoma production. A dose-dependent increase in the mean tumor diameter was seen at methylmercury exposures up to 0.5 micrograms/mL. No further increase in diameter was seen at higher exposures (2.0 micrograms/mL). The changes in adenoma production were seen at exposure levels of methylmercury which did not cause any clinical manifestations. Animal weight gains and water consumption were not affected. In addition, urethan-induced sleeping times which reflect the rate of urethan metabolism or excretion remained unchanged.     

Experimental laboratory diagnostic and residual toxicological studies in young cocks after feeding mercury-disinfected seed with and without selenium supplementation

A feed loading experiment was applied in 2 phases to 45 young cocks over 12 weeks, using 1.2 (N, N-bis/methylmercury/-p-toluolsulphamide)-dressed wheat (50% of base ration). The experimental animals were White-Leghorn laying hybrids. Investigations were conducted to study the effects of exclusive exposure to mercury and those of mercury with addition of 0.2 mg of sodium selenite/l drinking water on biochemical parameters (calcium, phosphorus, total protein, albumin, creatinine, urea, activity of alkaline phosphatase, hematocrit, hemoglobin, and leucocyte count) as well as on parameters relating to toxicological residues (selenium and mercury levels in liver, musculature, and kidneys). Statistically secured differences were found to exist between the experimental groups with regard to selenium and mercury in the liver and mercury concentrations in kidneys. These data have shown that the problem of residualisation cannot be solved by selenium supplementation in parallel to methylmercury loading. The results recorded are likely to confirm the need for a general ban on feeding mercury-dressed seed.     

Isolation and Identification of Viruses from Adult Largemouth Bass during a 1997–1998 Survey in the Southeastern United States

Abstract

A total of 452 largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides (mostly adults) from 78 reservoirs, lakes, rivers, and state fish hatcheries in eight states of the southeastern USA were surveyed for largemouth bass virus (LMBV) between August 1997 and November 1998. Virus was isolated from ostensibly healthy electrofished largemouth bass from six reservoirs on four different river systems—Lakes Jordan (Coosa River) and Wilson (Tennessee River) in Alabama; Lakes Walter F. George and Oliver (Chattahoochee River), Lake Blackshear (Flint River), and Lake Allatoona (Coosa River) in Georgia—and from moribund fish from Lake Walter F. George and Lake Greenwood (Santee River) in South Carolina. Fish samples from 71 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina and Virginia showed no evidence of virus infection. Sequence analysis of the major capsid protein gene showed that virus isolates from Lakes Walter F. George, Jordan, Blackshear, and Allatoona were identical to the original LMBV isolate from Santee–Cooper Reservoir. Largemouth bass virus is a member of the genus Ranavirus within the family Iridoviridae and is nearly identical to doctor fish virus (DFV-16) and guppy virus (GV6), two fish viruses from Southeast Asia.     

Structural heterogeneity of yolk spheres in hierarchical follicles from hen ovary: a histochemical study

1. Four types of yolk spheres with variable structure, chemical composition and frequency of occurrence in yolk plasma of hierarchical follicles (F(4), F(3), F(2) and F(1) with diameters of 10.0, 15.5, 20.0 and 35.0 mm, respectively) of the hen ovary were identified using histochemical methods for localising lipids, carbohydrates and proteins. 2. Yolk spheres of the first type (YS(1)) had a phospholipoprotein membrane surrounding fluid matrix which stained lightly for phospholipids, proteins and acidic mucopolysaccharides. Two types of droplets were observed in the matrix of YS(1). Spheres of the second type (YS(2)) had a lipoprotein- and acidic mucopolysaccharide-rich peripheral region and a single large droplet in its fluid matrix. Droplets of YS(2), unlike YS(1), showed three regions and metachromatic staining with ninhydrin-Schiff reagent. The third type of sphere (YS(3)) had a homogeneous matrix staining for proteins, neutral lipids and florescent yellow with alcian blue and differentially with ninhydrin-Schiff reagent; it was bounded by a phospholipids- and acidic mucopolysaccharide-containing thick peripheral region. Its fluid matrix also showed toluidine-blue-positive, densely packed granules and small droplets. The fourth type (YS(4)) was seen only in bromophenol blue and Nile blue preparations, revealing the presence of proteins and neural lipids in their matrix and peripheral regions. 3. Quantitative data on the relative abundance of yolk spheres in F(4) to F(1) follicles revealed more YS(3) (51.1 to 64.7%) than YS(1) (16.2 to 28.3%) and YS(2) (19.1 to 23.2%). The percentage of YS(1) increased and that of YS(3) decreased as follicle size increased.     

Interrelationships between methylmercury exposure and selenium supplementation in cockerels using selected laboratory diagnostic parameters and toxicological parameters of residues]

A feed loading experiment was applied in 2 phases to 45 young cocks over 12 weeks, using 1,2-N,N-bis(methylmercury)-p-toluolsulphamide-dressed wheat (50% of base ration). Investigations were conducted to study the effects of selenium supplementation (0,2 mg Se as sodium selenite/l drinking water) on biochemical and hematological parameters (calcium, phosphorus, total protein, albumin, creatinine, urea, activity of alkaline phosphatase, hematocrit, hemoglobin, leucocyte count) as well as on parameters relating to toxicological residues (selenium and mercury levels in liver, musculature and kidneys). Statistically secured differences were found to exist between the experimental groups with regard to selenium and mercury in the liver and mercury concentrations in kidneys. Possible interrelationships were discussed.     

Influence of urine pH on accurate urinary protein determination in Sprague-Dawley rats

BACKGROUND: Rat urinary protein concentration is commonly measured during safety assessment studies to evaluate potential drug-induced nephrotoxicity. It has been reported that impregnated reagent test strips (dipsticks) can yield false-positive urinary protein results for alkaline urine samples. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine if urinary dipsticks accurately assess protein concentrations, especially in alkaline rat urine. METHODS: Ten male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with 2% sodium bicarbonate and 2% ammonium chloride to alkalinize and acidify the urine, respectively. Urine pH was measured in treated and control rats using a pH meter and urinary dipsticks with the Clinitek 500. Quantitative urinary protein results were compared to urinary dipstick protein evaluations obtained with the Clinitek 500 and sulfosalicylic acid precipitation test methods. RESULTS: The urinary dipstick pH measurement had a very high correlation (r = .98) with the pH meter technique. Samples with alkaline pH (>or=7.5) analyzed for protein by dipstick analysis were in complete agreement 34.7% of the time with the quantitative technique, which was very similar to the 39.3% agreement for samples with neutral and acidic pH (相似文献   

西南地区pH影响紫色土硝化作用机制研究

硝化作用是一个对pH高度敏感的典型过程,但pH影响土壤硝化作用的机制尚不完全明了。本研究以西南地区3种发育于同一母质的不同pH的紫色土(酸性紫色土 pH=5.7,中性紫色土 pH=7.3,石灰性紫色土 pH=8.0)作为供试材料,研究pH对紫色土硝化强度及氨氧化微生物的长期效应;通过人为添加酸(H₂SO₄)或碱(NaOH)短期改变土壤pH的方法,研究pH对紫色土硝化作用强度、氨氧化微生物活性及丰度的短期效应。结果表明,pH的短期改变对酸性与石灰性紫色土的硝化作用无显著影响(P>0.05),但对中性紫色土的硝化速率影响显著(P<0.05);氨氧化古菌(AOA)的amoA基因在酸性土壤环境中的表达更高(3.04×10⁸/g干土,AOA/AOB=31.8),而氨氧化细菌(AOB)则更适应于石灰性紫色土环境(2.35×10⁸/g干土,AOA/AOB=0.07)。研究表明,紫色土的硝化作用强度受pH的影响显著,且在不同pH土壤中其作用机制各不相同。硝化微生物群落和活性主导了酸性和石灰性紫色土中的硝化作用,而中性紫色土中的硝化作用则是由底物浓度所主导。研究推测长期稳定的pH是影响硝化微生物群落和活性的关键因素,而pH的短期改变则主要影响硝化反应的底物有效性。     

Methylmercury: effect on oncogenic and nononcogenic viruses in mice.

Mice fed methylmercury chloride at dosages of 1 or 10 ppm for 84 days had significantly higher mortality rates when inoculated with encephalomyocarditis virus (nononcogenic) than did nonmethylmercury-treated mice. However, methylmercury fed to mice which were inoculated with Rauscher leukemia virus (oncogenic) did not alter the course of neoplasia. These results demonstrate that prolonged exposure to subclinical concentrations of methylmercury increased susceptibility of a host to a nononcogenic, but not to an oncogenic, virus.     

CHRONIC METHYLMERCURIALISM IN THE CAT

SUMMARY The mercury levels in 69 muscle samples from fish weighing from 0.3 to 200 kg caught in Moreton Bay, Queensland, in the latter half of 1976 ranged from 10 to 2,030 ng/g. Mercury levels in blood samples from 53 humans and 100 dogs in Brisbane almost all contained 10 ng/ml while the level in 162 cats sampled ranged from 10 to 329 ng/ml. Chronic methylmercurialism developed in 2 cats dosed daily with methylmercury, bound to cysteine, at the rate of 0.6 mg/kg body weight for 74 and 77 days respectively. Terminal clinical signs included anorexia, weight loss, knuckling over at the carpus and tarsus. hypermetria initially involving the forelegs and later the hindlegs, sluggish reflexes, paresis involving all limbs, persistent crying, apparent blindness, tonic and clonic convulsions and salivation. Pathological changes were confined to the nervous system and included degeneration of neurones and perivascular cuffing in the cerebrocortical grey matter, focal atrophy of the granular layer, focal sponglosus of the molecular layer and degeneration and loss of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum and demyelination in the fibre tracts of the dorsal funiculus, mainly the fasciculus cuneatus and in the lateral and ventral corticospinal tracts. Terminal blood methylmercury levels were in excess of 18 μg/ml, while brain methylmercury levels ranged from 21.0 to 28.4 μg/g. The liver and kidney contained the highest total levels of mercury of 50 to 80 μg/g, of which 23 to 37% was inorganic.     

In vitro activity of difloxacin against canine bacterial isolates.

The in vitro activity of difloxacin against canine bacterial isolates from clinical cases was studied in the United States and The Netherlands. Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC), the postantibiotic effect, the effect of pH on antimicrobial activity, and the bacterial killing rate tests were determined according to standard techniques. The MICs of American and Dutch isolates agreed in general. The MICs of the American gram-negative isolates ranged from 0.06 to 2.0 microg/ml, and the MICs of the Dutch gram-negative isolates ranged from 0.016 to 8.0 microg/ml. A few European strains of Proteus mirabilis and Klebsiella pneumoniae had relatively high MICs. Bordetella bronchiseptica also was less susceptible to difloxacin. The MICs of the American gram-positive cocci ranged from 0.125 to 4.0 microg/ml, and the MICs of Dutch isolates ranged from 0.125 to 2.0 microg/ ml. Difloxacin induced a concentration-dependent postantibiotic effect that lasted 0.2-3 hours in cultures with Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus intermedius, Streptococcus canis, Proteus spp., and Klebsiella pneumoniae. There was no postantibiotic effect observed against canine Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Decreasing the pH of the medium increased the MIC of Proteus mirabilis for difloxacin. The MICs of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were lowest at neutral pH and were slightly increased in acid or alkaline media. At a neutral pH, most tested bacterial species were killed at a difloxacin concentration of 4 times the MIC. Similar results were obtained when these same bacteria were tested against enrofloxacin. A Klebsiella pneumoniae strain in an acidic environment was readily killed at difloxacin or enrofloxacin MIC, but at neutral pH the drug concentration had to be raised to 4 times the MIC for a bactericidal effect. After 24 hours of incubation at pH 7.1, difloxacin and enrofloxacin had similar bactericidal activity for all bacteria tested except Staphylococcus intermedius. Against S. intermedius, difloxacin was more bactericidal than enrofloxacin.     

Fecal D- and L- lactate, succinate, and volatile fatty acid levels in young dairy calves

For evaluation of physiologically significant organic anions in the colonic environment, 87 samples of normal feces were collected from the rectum of 15 calves less than 60 days old. The calves were fed milk replacer with free access to starter diet and hay. After fecal extraction with water, pH, D- and L-lactate, succinate, and volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations were determined. There was wide variation in fecal pH (4.3 to 7.7). Higher lactate concentrations were observed in feces samples with lower pH, and most of these samples were collected during the first 4 weeks of life. Elevated lactate concentrations included both the D- and L-isomers, and the D-isomer comprised approximately 30-50% of total lactate. Elevated succinate concentrations were observed in only 8 fecal samples, while other samples had lower or trace amounts of succinate. Elevated fecal succinate showed no relationship with fecal pH or VFA concentrations. Fecal VFA concentrations were lower in samples collected in the early postnatal stage, but fecal VFA concentrations were not necessarily related to age. We confirmed that fecal D- and L-lactate concentrations increased with a concomitant decrease of VFA in the acidic lumen of the colon, although acidic feces were not necessarily accompanied by elevated concentrations of lactate. In contrast, succinate production was not related to fecal pH or VFA concentrations.     

多年冬种紫云英对两种典型双季稻田土壤肥力及硝化特征的影响

以湖南紫潮泥和江西黄泥田两种典型稻田下的绿肥定位试验为依托,分析了晚稻收获后两种土壤的养分性状、硝化强度、硝化势及氨氧化细菌(AOB)和氨氧化古菌(AOA)的amoA基因丰度,探讨多年冬种紫云英对两类稻田土壤肥力、硝化作用及氨氧化微生物的影响。两地试验处理一致,包括:1)不施肥不种紫云英(CK);2)冬种紫云英不施化肥(GM);3)不种紫云英单施化肥(CF);4)冬种紫云英配施化肥(GM+CF)。结果表明,冬种紫云英可以改善两种典型稻田土壤pH,即提高江西酸性土壤pH、降低湖南碱性土壤pH;提高土壤全氮、有机质、无机氮和有效磷含量。两种典型水稻土的硝化能力不同,江西黄泥田的硝化强度及硝化势均明显低于湖南紫潮泥。在湖南紫潮泥中,各处理硝化强度在0.269~0.325 μg/(g·h)之间,处理间差异不显著;硝化势在培养第5周达到10.25%,紫云英配施化肥在一定程度上抑制了紫潮泥的硝化作用。江西黄泥田中,各处理硝化强度在0.010~0.021 μg/(g·h)之间,硝化势从培养第3周开始上升,在培养第5周达到5.41%;单独种植翻压紫云英相对于不施肥对照提高了土壤硝化强度及硝化势,与施用化肥处理效果相当,绿肥配施化肥对硝化作用的促进最强。AOA在紫潮泥和黄泥田中均占优势地位,紫潮泥中AOA-amoA基因丰度显著高于黄泥田,冬种紫云英对紫潮泥中AOA-amoA和AOB-amoA基因丰度均无明显影响,而显著提高了黄泥田中AOA-amoA和AOB-amoA基因丰度,与冬种紫云英对硝化强度和硝化势的影响一致。     

Isolation of antibacteriologically active compounds from species of the Cottidae family

Antibacteriologically active compounds were isolated from the skin of several species of the fish family Cottidae. Suitable samples were obtained from species living in the Pacific, lakes in North America and the Fenno-Scandinavian peninsula as well as the Baltic sea. The compounds isolated from the skin of Triglops quadricornis (fourhorn sculpin) from the Baltic sea were particularly studied. The activity was partially characterised by chemical and biochemical investigations and the susceptibility of several human and fish pathogens described. The substance or substance(s) are of a high molecular mass, resist proteolytic and glycolytic enzymes, are heat and pH sensitive and water soluble.