Pathogenic,Enterotoxin-Producing Staphylococci in Mink Feed and Mink Feed Raw Materials

Samples of 51 mink feeds and 101 raw material batches were analysed for pathogenic staphylococci. Of the feed samples 37 % were contaminated with pathogenic staphylococci, the mean count being 3.02 log CFU (colony forming units)/g and the highest count being 4.48 log CFU/g of feed. Of the raw materials investigated, slaughter-house offals were most frequently contaminated and contained highest counts of S. aureus, 60 % of the samples being positive with a mean log count of 3.86/g and a maximum of 5.70/g. Forty-eight staphylococcal isolates were tested for eniterotoxin production. Toxin A, B or G were produced by eight isolates, A being the most common. None of the isolates produced B or E toxins.     

Bacteriological Quality of Ready-Mixed Mink Feed in Finland

Frozen samples of Finnish ready-mixed mink feed were analyzed for total bacterial count, the number of faecal streptococci, the coliform count, the number of haemolytic bacteria and the number of sulphite-reducing bacteria. The investigation comprised 242 feed samples from 38 central kitchens and larger private farm kitchens, the combined feed production of which is about 85 % of the yearly feed production of Finland.Of all samples 48.3 % had a total bacterial count of 10⁶ … 6} × 106 bacteria per g of feed. The total bacterial count was relatively constant during the first four production periods of the year (December-August) and was elevated during the last period (September-November). The percentage of samples containing less than 2.5 × 10⁴ faecal streptococci per g of feed was 49.8 %; 62 % of the samples contained less than 2.5 × 10⁴ coliform bacteria per g. The content of coliform bacteria was lowest during the third production period (May); 48.5 % of the samples contained 5 × 10³ … 10⁵ haemolytic bacteria per g, and 4.6 % were negative. The content of haemolytic bacteria was relatively constant during the whole production year; 52.6 % of the feed samples contained 5 × 10³ … 10⁵ sulphite-reducing bacteria per g, and 17.2 % were negative. The mean content of sulphite-reducing bacteria was lowest during the second production period (March-April).The results are discussed and compared with corresponding results from Norway and Denmark.     

Pruteen,a new source of protein for growing pigs. II. Feeding trial: Growth rate,feed utilization and carcass and meat quality

Pruteen, a bacterial protein (Imperial Chemical Industries, Billingham, Cleveland, Great Britain) was tested as a sole protein supplement in diets for growing pigs based on barley and fine wheat offal replacing white fish meal.The protein supplements were tested at a ‘standard’ and a ‘marginal’ level of supplementation, fed throughout the growing periods of either pork pigs (20–58 kg live weight) or bacon pigs (20–87 kg live weight).The growth rate and the feed:gain ratio were similar in pigs which received either the Pruteen or the white fish meal diets.Carcass dissection and extensive meat quality studies (raw and cooked) revealed no differences between pigs fed Pruteen or white fish meal.     

The Effect of the Bacteriological Status of Feed on Some Haematological and Blood Chemical Data on Mink

Blood samples from 100 minks from a research farm using bacteriologically high quality feed and from 55 minks from another farm supplying bacteriologically inferior feed, as well as from nine minks from Denmark from two farms providing still better quality feed than both Finnish farms – all minks apparently clinically healthy – were analyzed for some haematological and chemical data: total leucocyte count, haemoglobin, ornithine carba-moyltransferase (OCT), alkaline phosphatase (AP), alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT), γ-glutamyl-transferase (Γ-GT), total bilirubin and creatinine. The Finnish minks supplied with high quality feed had more optimal values of total leucocytes, haemoglobin, OCT, AP and creatinine than minks receiving feed with higher bacterial contamination. The Danish minks had better blood values in the investigated parameters except for lower haemoglobin and total bilirubin, which showed no significant difference.     

多菌种混合发酵棉籽饼粕制备益生菌生物活性饲料

以棉籽饼粕、麸皮、苹果渣为原料,经霉菌XH001、霉菌XH002、地衣芽孢杆菌E01、枯草芽孢杆菌E02、乳酸菌SR01、酿酒酵母和饲料酵母混合发酵生产益生菌饲料。最佳工艺条件为:发酵温度32℃,原料含水量50%,芽孢杆菌接入时间为发酵后12 h,乳酸菌接种量10%,发酵时间48 h。发酵后饲料粗蛋白含量由原来的27.58%提高到37.92%,氨基酸态氮含量达到1.88%,乳酸菌活菌数达2.3亿cfu/g(干基),芽孢杆菌达18.4亿cfu/g(干基)。     

利用啤酒酿造副产物添加血粉和益生菌生产发酵蛋白质饲料的研究

我国啤酒生产每年会产生大量的副产物麦糟和废酵母,而屠宰行业也会产生大量的禽畜血液副产物,两者具有很高的营养价值,适合作为发酵饲料的原料加以利用。以麦糟为主料,加入血粉辅料,混合接种不同益生菌,通过测定发酵产物蛋白质含量、糖含量及总酸含量等指标,分别评价不同主辅料配料比、发酵时间、酵母菌及乳酸菌接种方式及接种量等因素对混合发酵饲料品质的影响,筛选生产发酵蛋白质饲料的最佳条件。结果表明：在血粉辅料添加量为15.00%、发酵温度为30 ℃、接种酵母菌单一菌种且接种量为2.00%、发酵时间为5 d的条件下,获得的发酵产物品质较好,蛋白质含量达到50.36%,与初始样品的蛋白质含量相比,提升幅度达到75.53%;利用酵母菌及乳酸菌混合发酵时,先接入1.00%乳酸菌发酵2 d后,再接入1.00%酵母菌继续发酵至7 d时,产物的蛋白质含量达到59.27%,与初始样品的蛋白质含量相比,提高幅度达到106.59%。利用上述2种发酵方式得到的产品可作为良好的蛋白质饲料。     

Clostridium botulinum in fish.

1407 fish caught in Scandinavian waters, the North Sea and the North Atlantic have been examined for the presence of Cl. botulinum. The incidence in gut samples expressed as percentage of fish tested was generally highest in fish from Scandinavian coastal waters and the Baltic Sea (4--43%), decreasing in fish from the North Sea (0--8%), and the organism was practically absent in fish from the North Atlantic. When gut samples were examined, the incidence was highest in demersal fish (cod and flatfish) as compared with pelagic fish (herring). The latter fish species were mainly contaminated on outer surfaces and gills. Only type E was detected in this survey, and Cl. botulinum was not detected in any wild fresh water fish. It is suggested that type E spores may originate in the sea bed and that they be spread by fish and water currents.     

Effects of chlorination of chill water on the bacteriologic profile of raw chicken carcasses and giblets.

In March 1989, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service sampled raw chicken carcasses and giblets at a federally inspected slaughter establishment in Puerto Rico to determine the effects of adding chlorine to carcass and giblet chill water on bacterial contents of raw poultry products. Over four 8-hour workdays, 200 carcass rinse samples were collected at 3 sites in the establishment; 39 giblet rinse samples were collected at 1 site. Analyses of the carcass rinse samples indicated that carcasses had average aerobe plate counts of log10 3.20 before chilling and 2.51 after chilling; Enterobacteriaceae counts of log10 2.57 before chilling and 1.75 after chilling; and Escherichia coli counts of log10 2.04 before chilling and 1.20 after chilling. Salmonellae were found on 43% of the carcasses before chilling and on 46% after chilling. Analyses of the giblet and neck rinse samples indicated that raw giblets and necks after chilling had average aerobe plate count of log10 3.49, Enterobacteriaceae count of log10 2.57, and E coli count of log10 1.06. Salmonellae were found on 12% of the giblets and necks sampled. Results compared favorably with giblet and neck rinse sample results obtained during a baseline sampling study in November and December 1987. The baseline results indicated aerobe plate count of log10 3.72; Enterobacteriaceae count of log10 2.90; E coli count of log10 1.14; and salmonellae on 69% of the giblets and necks sampled. Placing raw chicken carcasses in chlorinated chill water reduced aerobe, Enterobacteriaceae, and E coli plate counts. Prevalence of carcasses with salmonellae remained nearly the same.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

A serum enzyme increasing effect of non-toxic herring meal fed to sheep

In a series of experiments it was demonstrated that highly increased activities of aspartate aminotransferase (= GOT), total lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and α-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (HBD) occurred in serum of sheep on herring meal feeding. The alanine aminotransferase (A1AT = GPT) level remained unchanged. The enzyme increase was apparently not related to the liver toxic agent dimethylnitrosamine (DMNA) occasionally occurring in lethal doses in meals produced from raw materials preserved with excesses- of nitrite. Histological changes of the liver or other tissues were never detected in experimental animals killed at a stage with very high serum enzyme values. Diets equivalent in digestible crude protein consisting of vegetable as well as of animal protein sources other than fish meal, did not give rise to elevated serum enzyme values.Electrophoretic separation of the LDH isoenzymes in serum of herring meal-fed sheep showed an increased percentage of the LDH₁ fraction, which is predominant in liver, heart, and kidney. Determination of enzyme activities in various tissues resulted in a markedly higher concentration in livers from herring meal-fed animals than in sheep fed casein at an equal protein level. It is suggested that herring meal may have a special promoting effect on the de novo synthesis of the enzymes concerned.As a practical consequence of the experiments it must be emphasized that serum determinations of these enzymes for diagnostic purposes will give a false picture of the clinical condition of sheep fed even moderate amounts of herring meal.     

Occurrence of different serotypes of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in retail pork and fish.

Retail pork (38 samples), cod (10 samples) and herring (10 samples) were obtained from 12 stores in the area of Lund in southern Sweden during September and October 1990. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was isolated from 50% of the pork samples, 60% of the cod samples and from 30% of the samples from herring. Serotype 2 dominated on retail pork as well as on fish samples constituting 53% of the pork isolates (10 strains) and 33% of the cod isolates (2 strains). All E. rhusiopathiae isolates originating from herring were serotype 2 (3 strains). Serotypes 1b, 6, and 8 were isolated from retail pork only (6, 2 and 1 strains, respectively). Serotype 5 was isolated from cod only (3 strains) and so was serotype 9 (1 strain). The public health hazards with the occurrence of virulent strains of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in retail pork and fish are discussed.     

菌酶协同发酵菜籽粕在动物生产中的应用及存在问题

通过菌酶协同发酵技术提升菜籽粕类饲料质量和营养价值，改善适口性，降低饲料中植酸和硫苷含量，增加菜籽粕类饲料替换常规蛋白原料豆粕的比例，可在一定程度上缓解养殖业中大豆粕等蛋白饲料原料成本不断提高的问题。分析发酵菜籽粕处理常用方法——微生物发酵法和酶解法的优缺点，介绍制备菌酶协同发酵菜籽粕类饲料所需的菌种和酶制剂种类，综述菌酶协同发酵菜籽粕的功效，阐述其在动物生产中的应用现状及存在的问题，以期为菌酶协同发酵菜籽粕在畜禽生产中的科学应用提供参考。     

Common conditions leading to cattle carcass and offal condemnations at 3 abattoirs in the Western Province of Zambia and their zoonotic implications to consumers

From a total of 32 717 cattle slaughtered, 183 whole carcass condemnations were attributable to 9 diseases and conditions, namely, tuberculosis (TB), cysticercosis, emaciation, generalised lymphadenitis, jaundice, abscesses, moribund, sarcosporidiosis and odour. Bovine TB was the most important cause of condemnations (152/183, 83.1%). Bovine cysticercosis and sarcosporidiosis accounted for 5/183 (2.7%) and 8/183 (4.4%), respectively, while each of the remaining conditions contributed less. Among the many conditions responsible for offal/organ condemnations were fascioliasis, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, hydatidosis and TB. In terms of number and weight, Fasciola gigantica infections made livers and lungs the most condemned offals (20.1% and 0.7%, respectively). Hydatidosis was the cause of 0.9% lung and 0.1% liver losses. Cysticercus bovis contributed to only 0.05% of all inspected tongues, hearts, and heads. TB was very rare in heads (0.01%). The financial impact of whole carcasses and offals condemned during the study period was enormous and deprived livestock farmers of the much needed revenue and consumers of protein sources. Much or all of the condemned material that could have been useful was wasted by not being retrieved for conversion to processed meat, bone meal or pet food. Failure to detect lesions of potential zoonotic diseases at slaughter poses a health risk to consumers especially when meat is eaten undercooked.     

Granulocyte responses to experimental injection of live and formalin-killed bacteria in carp (Cyprinus carpio)

The objective of the study was to investigate the dynamics of changes in number of granulocytes in bacterial infections of carp (Cyprinus carpio). Carp were inoculated with non-pathogenic or pathogenic bacteria and changes in type I (neutrophils) and type II granulocyte (basophils/eosinophils) counts in kidney, circulating blood and peritoneal cavity were assessed. After the injection of non-pathogenic bacteria (Escherichia coli), the number of type I and II cells in blood increased after 6-12h, but returned to the control level after 24-48 h. In contrast, after the injection of pathogenic bacteria (Aeromonas hydrophila), the number of type I cells initially increased followed by an increase in the number of type II cells. The peak counts of type I and II cells were at 12 and 24h after the injection, respectively. When the fish were given serial-injections of formalin-killed bacteria at 12-h intervals, the type II cells also predominantly increased and remained at high levels, following the peak count of type I cells.     

发酵棉粕的营养价值及其在动物生产中应用的研究进展

棉粕是一种仅次于豆粕的优质植物性蛋白原料,蛋白质含量高,氨基酸种类丰富,但由于含有多种抗营养因子而限制了其在饲料中的应用。利用微生物发酵法处理棉粕可以有效降低其抗营养因子含量,还能提高发酵底物中小分子肽、消化酶、有机酸、益生菌等的含量,从而提高其营养价值。发酵棉粕在动物生产中有较为广泛的应用,在生长育肥猪日粮中使用5%~10%的发酵棉粕替代豆粕,对猪的采食量、日增重和料肉比等指标均没有显著影响,且可降低饲料成本;在鸡日粮中添加5%~15%的发酵棉粕可以提高鸡群免疫力,降低发病率,从而节约用药成本,并可改善鸡肉、鸡蛋的品质;发酵棉粕还可作为反刍动物精料补充料中的蛋白质原料,其所含的营养物质可通过促进瘤胃微生物的生长繁殖从而增加反刍动物对粗饲料的利用率;在水产饲料中用发酵棉粕代替鱼粉和豆粕,不仅可以降低饲料成本及饵料系数,还可以改善水质,提高水产动物体内消化酶含量,从而提高营养物质的消化吸收率。作者综述了发酵棉粕的营养价值,并总结了其在动物生产中的应用研究进展。     

不同饲料原料的体外发酵性能及产甲烷潜力

优化日粮配方是减少反刍动物甲烷产生的最有效途径.本研究利用体外瘤胃液发酵技术,对14种饲料原料(糠麸、植物蛋白和谷物)体外发酵性能相关性及产甲烷潜力进行评估.根据各成分的产甲烷量将饲料配方分为高产、中产和低产类型,然后进行体外发酵,以确定实际产甲烷量及其对消化率的影响.结果:3类原料中总可消化养分水平最高的分别是棕榈粕...     

2015—2020年国内饲料霉菌毒素污染调查报告统计分析

为了解我国近年来全价饲料及玉米、小麦、豆粕等主要谷物原料的霉菌毒素污染状况,收集“中国知网”以及“奥特奇”“奥迈”等生物科技有限公司2015年1月—2020年6月发布的30份调查报告,对相关数据进行统计分析。结果显示:我国大部分省区市饲料中存在霉菌毒素污染,其中华东地区最为严重,4种霉菌毒素检出率均较高;谷物原料中存在优势霉菌毒素,其中玉米中主要是伏马毒素B1和脱氧雪腐镰刀菌烯醇,小麦更容易受呕吐毒素污染,而豆粕中霉菌毒素检出率较低;全价饲料中黄曲霉素B1、伏马毒素B1、玉米赤霉烯酮、脱氧雪腐镰刀菌烯醇均存在较高检出率和阳性值。结果表明,我国饲料及谷物原料霉菌毒素污染较严重,需要采用发酵、高压等去污技术和严格的法律法规加以管控。本研究为我国畜禽业用粮指导和霉菌毒素污染限量标准制定提供了数据支持。     

Pruteen,a new source of protein for growing pigs. I. Metabolic experiment: Utilization of nitrogen

Pruteen, a bacterial protein (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Billingham, Cleveland, Great Britain), contained 740 g crude protein (nitrogen × 6.25)/kg, of which 147 g/kg was nucleic acid, and its amino acid composition was similar to that of white fish meal.The value of Pruteen as a protein supplement to diets based on barley and fine wheat offal was compared with that of white fish meal in a metabolic trial covering the live weight range from 20 to 60 kg. The two supplements were compared at a “standard” level, commonly used in practice, and a “marginal” level, discounting the nucleic acid of Pruteen.There was no significant difference in growth rate, feed: gain ratio, N retention, or apparent digestibility of N, energy or most of the amino acids between the diets supplemented with Pruteen and those supplemented with fish meal.The pig can dispose of nucleic acid at the levels of intake tested.     

Characterization of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in rendered animal products.

Antibiotics are used in food animal production to treat diseases and also to improve performance. Antibiotics are not used on all farms, and antibiotic resistance is occasionally found on farms that do not use antibiotics. Rendered animal protein products are often included in poultry feeds and could potentially serve as a source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. One hundred sixty-five rendered animal protein products from cattle, poultry, and fish were aseptically collected from poultry feed mills. Fifty-five percent of the poultry meal samples had detectable levels of gram-negative bacteria ranging from 40 to 10,440 colony-forming units/g of sample. Poultry meal and meat and bone meal had the greatest number of samples with bacteria resistant to five or more antibiotics. A high percentage of feed samples (85%) contained bacteria resistant to amoxicillin, ampicillin, clavulanic acid, or cephalothin, whereas few samples contained bacteria resistant to ciprofloxacin, kanamycin, or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Citrobacter freundii, and Enterobacter cloacae were the most commonly isolated antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Isolation for Salmonella was also performed, with 14% of the meat and bone meal samples containing Salmonella sp. Only one of the meat and bone meal isolates, Salmonella livingstone, was resistant to five or more antibiotics. Many of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria contained integrons, genetic elements that mediate multiple drug resistance.     

利用废酵母生产高蛋白饲料的研究

本试验旨在开发新型环保型高蛋白饲料,主要以饲用产β-甘露聚糖酶酵母发酵后剩下的废酵母泥为原料,利用其蛋白含量高的特点,采用自溶方式增加其溶出蛋白,并添加豆粕作为膨化干燥剂制备高蛋白饲料。采用响应面法分析法对自溶时间、温度以及加水量进行优化,同时获得该酵母的最佳自溶时间23 h、自溶温度49℃,加水量59%,该条件下,考马斯亮蓝法测定该废酵母自溶产生的溶出蛋白质含量可达0.431 mg/mL,溶出蛋白占酵母泥干物质的质量分数为13.70%。自溶后的酵母泥再添加不同比例的豆粕进行干燥的实验。结果表明:添加质量分数100%的豆粕,在25℃下烘箱干燥,产品风味、色泽和硬度最佳,最终饲料产品的总蛋白质含量为49.10%,酵母溶出蛋白量为3.10%,含水量为5.70%,本文提供了一种有效的可工业化生产的高蛋白饲料生产方法。     

应用SPC分析蛋白质原料配料保真加工现状及误差产生原因

试验应用统计过程控制（SPC）分析饲料生产中蛋白质原料配料保真现状,并对配料误差存在原因进行探讨,旨在为饲料企业配料质量管理提供借鉴。收集两家饲料厂（饲料厂A、B）2015年仔猪料中豆粕、鱼粉和膨化大豆3种蛋白质原料的配料设定值和实际称量值,应用单值-移动极差控制图和生产过程能力评价方法对蛋白质原料的配料保真现状进行分析。结果显示,饲料厂A豆粕、鱼粉和膨化大豆生产过程能力指数C_PK分别为0.20、0.11和0.01,膨化大豆的配料保真度最差,且3种原料的配料实际称量值远高于设定值;饲料厂B豆粕、鱼粉和膨化大豆生产过程能力指数C_PK分别为0.24、0.12和0.24,鱼粉的配料保真度最差,膨化大豆的配料过程存在失控情况;两家饲料厂的蛋白质原料配料误差均超过了饲料行业动态配料精度±0.3% FS的要求,配方保真性较差,需采取措施进行改进。综合分析两家饲料厂配方保真性差的原因是,配料秤工艺参数配置不合理,空中落料量和快慢进料量参数需进一步优化,饲料厂B存在人为操作错误。结果提示,应用SPC方法可较为直观的监控饲料配料过程,提升蛋白质原料的配料精度,减少蛋白质原料的浪费,降低饲料生产成本,从而提高饲料厂配料质量管理水平。