Experimental infection of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., with infectious salmon anaemia virus: a histopathological study

Recent reports of the isolation of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) from Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., affected by haemorrhagic kidney syndrome (HKS) suggest that ISAV can cause severe renal haemorrhage and necrosis in addition to well-known pathognomonic hepatocellular necrosis and haemorrhage. The prevalence of ISAV-induced pathognomonic renal HKS lesions and their correlation to pathognomonic hepatic lesions of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is not known. The present experimental infection of Atlantic salmon with a Canadian isolate of ISAV found that pathognomonic hepatic ISA lesions were present in 90.6% and pathognomonic renal HKS lesions in 78.1% of fish which died after the experimental challenge. Both pathognomonic hepatic ISA lesions and pathognomonic renal HKS lesions were found together in 65.6% of fish which died after ISAV challenge. The present study clearly demonstrates that ISAV can cause a very high prevalence of both HKS and ISA pathognomonic lesions.     

Pathology and immunohistochemistry in three species of salmonids after experimental infection with Flavobacterium psychrophilum

Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), sea trout, Salmo trutta L., and Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., were experimentally infected with Flavobacterium psychrophilum in order to evaluate any species differences in susceptibility to the bacterium. Furthermore, differences in pathological changes and distribution of the bacteria in internal organs were studied. The bacteria were injected intraperitoneally in two doses, high dose (Hd) 1 x 10(7) colony forming units (CFU) fish(-1) and low dose (Ld) 1 x 10(6) CFU fish(-1). The mortalities in the Ld groups varied between 0 and 7.5% and in the Hd groups between 55-70%. No significant differences in mortality between the species were recorded. Clinical signs and pathological findings were similar in the three species and in accordance with those of rainbow trout fry syndrome. Rainbow trout showed more pronounced lesions in the spleen compared with the other species. Necrosis of renal tubular epithelium and haematopoietic tissue was most prominent in rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon. Intracellular eosinophilic droplets in the kidney tubular epithelium were a prominent finding in rainbow trout and sea trout surviving the infection. The distribution of the bacteria in internal organs was similar in the three species, as studied with immunohistochemistry.     

Influence of dietary selenium on the occurrence of nephrocalcinosis in the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson

Abstract Rainbow trout were fed practical-type diets containing 0.6, 6.6 and 114 μ g/g selenium for 16 weeks at approximately 15°C. Fish reared on the highest levels of dietary selenium had a significant reduction in final body weight, feed: gain ratio and increased mortality. Haematocrit, plasma calcium, glucose, and protein levels did not vary significantly. Ninety per cent of the fish fed the diet containing the highest level of selenium developed nephrocalcinosis. Fish with occult nephrocalcinosis had significantly increased levels of kidney calcium and those with overt nephrocalcinosis had significantly increased levels of kidney calcium and magnesium, and liver magnesium. Microscopically, the majority of renal damage was tubular with the renal interstitium becoming inflamed only when tubules degenerated. The pathogenesis of selenium-induced nephrocalcinosis is discussed.     

鲤慢性喹乙醇中毒的病理学和组织残留

试验以含10、25、50、100、150和200mg·kg-1喹乙醇的饲料对鲤进行了慢性毒性试验。经90d的试验,各组的发病率分别为17.5%、27.5%、35.0%、42.5%、47.5%和55.0%,死亡率分别为5.0%、10.0%、12.5%、17.5%、20%和30.0%。中毒鱼表现为特征性的"应激性出血综合征",且Hb含量和RBC数量降低,血清AST、ALT活性升高。病理组织学表现为鳃小片水肿,上皮细胞增生、变性、坏死和脱落。心肌纤维、肾小管上皮细胞和肾上腺细胞空泡变性;肝细胞脂肪变性或水泡变性及溶解坏死;肠道发生卡他性肠炎;超微结构上,心肌纤维、肝细胞和肾小管上皮细胞的线粒体肿胀、嵴断裂、溶解,粗面内质网扩张,核糖体脱颗粒;肝细胞内脂滴明显增多;肠上皮微绒毛脱落、崩解和肠上皮细胞大量坏死脱落。中毒鱼肝、肾和肌肉组织内喹乙醇含量与对照组之间有显著性差异。     

Ceroid deposition, retinal degeneration and renal calcium oxalate crystals in cultured clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris*

Abstract. A clinical syndrome characterized by blindness, loss of pigmentation, erratic swimming behaviour and increased mortality is described in cultured clownfish, Amphipnon ocellaris . Histopathological examination of affected fish revealed retinal degeneration, extensive ceroid deposits in visceral and muscle macrophage accumulations, and renal tubular calcium oxalate crystals. The syndrome is discussed in relation to deficiencies of the fat soluble vitamins A and E and lipid peroxidation. Changes in diet correcting these imbalances resulted in a disappearance of the syndrome.     

铜在鲤体内的蓄积及毒性的研究

采用半静态法将鲤(Cyprinus carpio)暴露于不同浓度的铜溶液中,研究了铜在鱼体中的吸收富集及毒性。结果表明:铜在鲤肝、肾、鳃和肌肉中的积累量均随着铜浓度的升高而增加。鲤各部位对铜的蓄积能力依次是肝、肾、鳃、肌肉,且肝、肾中铜的积累量明显高于鳃和肌肉,鲤对铜具有较强的蓄积毒性。中毒鱼体色变黑,生长受到抑制,临死前出现神经症状;鳃小片上皮增生、变性、坏死;肝细胞和肾小管上皮细胞空泡变性、溶解性坏死。     

The kidney of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, in the acute phase of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia: in vivo experiments on the renal excretion of fluid, electrolytes and protein

Abstract. Kidney function was studied in unanaesthetized rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, with acute infection by VHS virus strain F-l causing viral haemorrhagic septicaemia. The experiments were performed in diseased and control fish with catheters chronically implanted in the dorsal aorta and the urinary bladder. Glomerular clearance of polyfructosan, tubular handling of fluid and electrolytes and urinary excretion of protein were studied. In diseased fish, plasma concentrations of inorganic solutes were reduced, but plasma osmolarity and systemic blood pressure remained unchanged. Glomerular filtration rate and urine flow, both linearly correlated, were reduced from 5.20±0.40 to 3.08±0.66 ml/h/kg and from 2.51±0.15 to 1.63±0.28 ml/h/kg, respectively (±SEM). The urine osmolarity was augmented due to increased Na and Mg concentrations in the urine. Net tubular secretion of Mg was observed in diseased fish whereas net reabsorption of Mg prevailed in the controls. Decreased renal protein excretion rate prevented a renal loss of protein and, therefore, diminished plasma protein concentrations in VHS-infected fish may be attributed to extrarenal pathophysiological mechanisms.     

Edwardsiella tarda infection in Korean catfish,Silurus asotus,in a Korean fish farm

Mass mortality of Korean catfish, Silurus asotus, occurred in a culture farm situated in Jeollabukdo Province, Korea. The cumulative mortality rates reached up to 5% of the total fish in the farm per day. In clinical signs, the affected fish showed abdominal distension, vent protrusion, enteritis, liver congestion and abscess‐like lesions in enlarged spleen and kidney. Histopathologically, in the liver, hepatocytes lost fat and underwent atrophy or necrosis. The spleen showed necrotized splenocytes and a haemorrhagic pulp. In the kidney, glomerular destruction, degeneration of renal tubular epithelial cell and haemorrhage were observed. However, necrotic muscular lesions were not observed. A pure bacterial isolate was obtained from the liver, spleen and kidney lesions of affected fish. Experimental infection of normal catfish with the isolate resulted in the development of clinical signs similar to those seen on the farm. The isolates were identified as Edwardsiella tarda through biochemical tests (99.4%) and analysis of bacterial genes (16S rDNA) sequences (98%). The bacteria possessed two virulent genes: sodB and katB genes. These results suggest that E. tarda can act as a pathogen of farmed catfish. This is the first report showing that E. tarda caused mortality in cultured Korean catfish.     

黄河鲤肾脏的显微和亚显微结构观察

应用常规解剖学和组织学方法在光镜和电镜下观察成体黄河鲤肾脏的显微和亚显微结构.试验结果显示,黄河鲤的肾脏包括头肾和中肾两部分.头肾实质中没有肾单位,主要由造血组织和淋巴组织构成,可观察到黑色素巨噬细胞中心和甲状腺滤泡;中肾实质中包含有肾小体、肾小管和拟淋巴组织,肾小体由鲍曼氏囊和与其相接触的血管球组成.肾小管由颈段、第...     

Infection of gill and kidney of Fraser River sockeye salmon,Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum), by Parvicapsula minibicornis and its effect on host physiology

Adult sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum), migrating upstream in the Fraser River, British Columbia, are exposed to the myxozoan parasite Parvicapsula minibicornis when they enter the river from the ocean. Infections are initially localized in the kidney but have recently been associated with branchitis in one population. Adult fish from five locations in the watershed were sampled to determine whether branchitis was widespread. P. minibicornis infections in kidney glomeruli were prevalent in all samples except for a sample of fish that had just entered the Fraser River from the ocean. For fish captured in spawning streams, parasites were observed in the renal tubules and gill, and branchitis was observed in 70% of fish. Plasma osmolality was negatively correlated with the number of parasites in the kidney tubules, which we hypothesize to be caused by the breach of glomerular membranes as the parasite leaves the fish. Plasma lactate values increased with increasing levels of pathology in gills. These findings support the hypothesis that P. minibicornis impacts the physiology of migrating fish, which may in turn affect the likelihood that adults will be able to migrate and spawn successfully.     

黄颡鱼头肾的组织发生与组织结构研究

为深入了解黄颡鱼的免疫机能,采用组织学方法,对孵化后1～48 d的黄颡鱼鱼苗头.肾的组织发生进行了观察;对5月龄幼鱼和成鱼头肾的组织结构进行了观察.结果表明,出膜后1 d,头肾仅由肾小管组成;出膜后2d,头肾小管间出现未分化的细胞团;出膜后7 d,头肾小管间出现淋巴细胞团;此后淋巴细胞及造血细胞的数量逐渐增多;出膜后26～43 d,肾小管逐渐萎缩直至完全消失,头肾完成由排泄器官向淋巴器官的转变.黄颡鱼头肾含丰富的静脉血管、血窦以及处于不同发育时期的各类免疫细胞.肾上腺组织细胞分布于头肾门静脉以及头肾组织中静脉管周边.其幼鱼头肾所含酸性颗粒细胞较成鱼头肾丰富,而成鱼头肾则具有较多的黑色素巨噬细胞,且常常在血管附近聚集形成黑色素巨噬细胞中心.     

大鲵蛙病毒感染大鲵的动态病理损伤及病原的组织分布

本研究旨在观察大鲵在大鲵蛙病毒(Chinese giant salamander ranavirus,CGSRV)感染过程中组织的动态病理损伤,同时定量检测CGSRV在组织中的动态分布。对大鲵腹腔注射1.0×106.5 TCID50/m L的CGSRV进行人工感染,在感染的0d,3d,5d,7d,9d,13d,16d随机采集3尾,取肝、肾、脾、肺、肠、皮肤、肌肉、脑、心脏和胃等组织,石蜡切片和HE染色对CGSRV感染大鲵的病理损伤过程进行观察,采用SYBR Green q PCR技术对病毒在组织中的动态分布进行定量研究。组织病理结果表明,CGSRV感染导致大鲵多组织器官损伤,其中肝、脾、肾和皮肤肌肉病变严重,为损伤靶器官,且在一些损伤的细胞内见嗜碱性或嗜酸性包涵体。感染后3d肝细胞与肾小管上皮细胞变性,肾间以及肝小叶中央静脉周围淋巴细胞和嗜酸性粒细胞浸润;感染后5~7d实质性器官变性、坏死,炎症加重,胃肠道呈卡他性炎。感染后9d表皮细胞坏死、脱落,肌纤维变性、坏死。感染后13~16d肝出现广泛变性、坏死与炎症,脾淋巴细胞数量显著减少,肾小球渗出性-坏死性炎,皮肤肌肉呈出血性坏死性炎和实质性心肌炎。SYBR Green qPCR结果显示,整个感染进程中各组织CGSRV含量呈上升趋势,不同组织中病毒量为2.36×103~1.84×109 copy/mg组织,其中肺、肠、肝、脾、肾和皮肤肌肉含量高,表明CGSRV具有广泛的组织分布特征,但肝、脾、肾、皮肤肌肉为其复制和损伤的靶器官,且病毒分布量与病理损伤程度呈正相关。     

急性氨氮胁迫及毒后恢复对团头鲂幼鱼鳃、肝和肾组织结构的影响

为进一步了解氨氮对团头鲂幼鱼的毒性毒理影响,以体质量为(14.27±0.01)g的团头鲂幼鱼为研究对象,研究了氨氮胁迫对其鳃、肝、肾组织结构的影响。实验首先进行96h的氨氮胁迫,得出96h LC50,在此基础上,设置对照组(0.472 mg/L)和实验组(25 mg/L)两个氨氮浓度处理组,进行0、6、12、24、48h的氨氮胁迫,取样后剩余团头鲂幼鱼移入曝气自来水进行96h的毒后恢复实验。结果表明：96h LC50为56.492 mg/L;三种组织观察表明,氨氮胁迫6h,鳃丝毛细血管扩张,上皮组织增生;肝细胞肿胀,细胞核肿大,肝细胞空泡化;肾小球萎缩,肾小囊腔膨大,肾小管管腔缩小;胁迫12h,泌氯细胞增生,呼吸上皮细胞出现部分脱落;肝细胞水样变性、血窦扩张、细胞轮廓模糊,形成点状病灶;肾小管上皮细胞肿大、水样变性、浊肿;胁迫24h,鳃小片融合、变短,呼吸上皮细胞大面积脱落;肝细胞水样变性、血窦扩张严重,形成局部病灶;肾组织淋巴细胞浸润严重,充血,肾小球坏死,肾小管坏死;胁迫48h,鳃小片卷曲,上皮细胞部分脱落;肝细胞部分溶解、血窦扩张,形成点状病灶;肾小管上皮细胞坏死,肾小球坏死;96h恢复后,泌氯细胞和上皮组织增生严重;肝组织大面积细胞核肿大,血窦扩张;肾组织淋巴细胞浸润严重,肾小管坏死,肾小球坏死。实验表明,不同的器官之间病症的损伤程度是不同的,肝组织的损伤最严重,然后依次是鳃和肾。随着胁迫时间延长,鳃、肝和肾组织受到的损害增加,同时鱼体也产生防御反应,但96h的恢复期不足以让团头鲂幼鱼在胁迫中完全恢复,而恢复能力最差的是肾组织。     

Reabsorption of urea by the kidney of the freshwater rainbow trout

In light of recent evidence that carrier-mediated transport of urea occurs in the mammalian kidney, this study examined the renal handling of urea in freshwater rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Fish were fitted with indwelling arterial and urinary bladder catheters for the measurement of plasma and urine composition (urea, Na⁺, Cl^-, glucose, H₂O), glomerular filtration rate ([³H]PEG-4000), and urine flow rate, thereby allowing quantification of tubular reabsorption rates. The fractional reabsorption of urea (72%) was greater than that of H₂O (50%) but less than that of Na⁺, Cl^-, or glucose (95–100%) and occurred against an apparent concentration gradient, suggesting active reabsorptive transport; [urea] in the urine was only 59% of that in blood plasma. When fish were infused with exogenous urea loads, these patterns remained largely unchanged, and urea reabsorption increased in direct proportion to the filtered urea load. There was no evidence for saturation of the reabsorptive transport mechanism at urea filtration rates up to 4-fold above the normal range, representing urea loading rates that proved toxic. Extra-renal excretion, presumably through the gills, increased markedly, almost keeping pace with urea loading. This evidence suggests that carrier-mediated reabsorptive transport of urea occurs in the kidney and that plasma urea levels are normally subject to tight homeostatic control in freshwater trout.     

氯氰菊酯暴露对草鱼4种器官组织结构的影响

通过氯氰菊酯对草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idellus)幼鱼(9.30±0.48)g的急性毒性实验及对鳃、肝、肾、脾的组织学研究,探讨了随着氯氰菊酯浓度的增加以及暴露时间的延长草鱼组织结构损伤的变化趋势.结果显示:氯氰菊酯对草鱼种的48 h-LC50和96 h-LC50分别为55.21μg/L和25.00...     

卵形鲳鲹刺激隐核虫病组织病理学研究

利用组织切片、HE染色和显微观察的方法,研究了卵形鲳鲹患刺激隐核虫病组织病理变化。组织切片结果可见,感染鱼的鳃和体表受到直接机械损伤;鱼体在缺氧状态下,入侵的刺激隐核虫有可能对机体产生某种毒素,也可能因刺激隐核虫感染而引发细菌或病毒继发性感染,造成肝、脾和肾脏不同程度的间接性损伤。表现为鳃部机能严重受阻,肝脏脂肪肝变性严重,肝索紊乱,血窦缩小或消失;脾脏组织结构不清晰,有充血、出血和坏死等症状;肾脏结构不清晰,肾小管及肾小体缩小,肾小管细胞融合(黏连),组织间隙松散扩大,局部细胞坏死,存在脂肪粒。     

Induced resistance in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), to gill disease associated with the microsporidian gill parasite Loma salmonae

Branchial xenomas were detected by week 5 and disappeared by week 10 after naive juvenile rainbow trout, held at 14.5 °C, were fed or intubated with Loma salmonae ‐infected gill tissue preparations. Upon re‐challenge with L. salmonae , these fish were protected from disease and branchial xenomas did not develop. Branchial xenomas were never detected in naive fish held at 10 °C and exposed to L. salmonae . When these fish were re‐challenged with L. salmonae at 14.5 °C, they were also protected from the disease. Branchial xenomas also developed after naive fish, held at 14.5 °C, were injected intraperitoneally with a semipurified preparation of fresh spores, but generally did not develop after intraperitoneal injection with a preparation of spores subjected to freezing and thawing before use. Fish that had received fresh spores intraperitoneally were completely resistant to disease when re‐challenged via oral delivery of spores, whereas those that had received frozen spores were incompletely, but significantly, protected from disease compared with naive fish. We conclude that infection with L. salmonae induces strong protection towards the disease upon re‐exposure to spores, and that the protection does not depend on the completion of the parasite's life cycle, thus establishing the basis for further research on vaccine development for this disease.     

大黄鱼(Pseudosciaena crocea)内脏白点病的组织病理和超微病理分析

利用组织切片及超薄切片电镜技术对患内脏白点病大黄鱼(Pseudosciaena crocea)的肝脏、脾脏和肾脏3种组织进行病理学分析,探讨该病的致病机理.结果显示,大黄鱼的临床症状为体表无明显病症,脾、肾、肝等内脏有大量白色结节;组织病理显示,肝、肾和脾是感染损伤的主要靶器官,出现组织变性坏死,空泡化严重,炎性细胞浸润;病变组织均出现病理性结节.超微病理显示,病鱼肝、肾、脾细胞超微结构受损严重,尤以线粒体和细胞核损伤明显.线粒体肿胀,嵴断裂消失,空泡化;细胞核核膜破裂,染色质浓缩边集;肾脏和脾脏均发现大量菌聚集成团的病原.研究表明,大黄鱼内脏白点病的组织细胞病理变化特征显示了病原菌的入侵和危害,造成鱼体生理代谢紊乱,免疫力和抵抗力下降,鱼体终因无法维持正常的生命活动而导致死亡.     

Mitochondrial enzyme and Na+, K+-ATPase activity,and ion regulation during parr-smolt transformation of Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar)

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) exposed to either simulated natural photoperiod (SNP) or continuous light (L24) were used to examine developmental changes in the presence and absence, respectively, of the parrsmolt transformation. Plasma osmolarity and ion concentrations were unaffected by photoperiod treatment. Gill Na⁺, K⁺-ATPase specific activity increased 150% between February and June in SNP fish and was low and unchanged in L24 fish. Kidney Na⁺, K⁺-ATPase specific activity varied within similar, narrow limits in both groups. Citrate synthase of liver, gill and kidney, expressed as specific activity or activity/g total body weight (relative activity), increased 25–60% between March and June in SNP fish. With the exception of kidney relative activity, citrate synthase activity declined to initial (March) levels by August. Liver, gill and kidney cytochrome c oxidase activity of the SNP group underwent similar though less marked changes. Liver, gill and kidney citrate synthase and cytochrome c oxidase activities of the L24 group remained relatively constant between March and August, and where significant differences occurred, they were lower than those of the SNP group. These results indicate that respiratory capacities of the liver, gill and kidney increase in smolls concurrent with preparatory osmoregulatory changes, and subsequently decline. The findings are consistent with a hypothesized transient increase in catabolic activity during the parr-smolt transformation that may be due to the metabolic demands of differentiation.