奶牛干奶期乳腺免疫力低下机理及影响因素分析

奶牛乳腺自身抵抗力下降是乳腺炎发生的直接原因,也是兽医产科学研究的重点,从提高奶牛自身抵抗力预防乳腺炎的发生已成近年来研究的新热点,作者着重就奶牛在泌乳周期中尤其是干奶期抵抗力下降的机理做了必要的分析和探讨,对影响干奶期免疫力低下的一些因素也作了详尽阐述,这些方面的论述对乳腺机能方面的进一步研究和预防乳腺炎的发生有一定的参考和应用价值。     

环状RNA Circ0000316在大肠埃希氏菌和金黄色葡萄球菌诱导的奶牛乳腺上皮细胞炎症模型中的表达研究

奶牛乳腺炎是奶牛场的多发病和常发病,在世界各地的养殖场均有很高的发病率。环状RNA(circular RNA,circRNA)作为近年来被广泛研究的非编码RNA在奶牛乳腺炎发生过程中也发挥了一定的作用。采集患有乳腺炎的奶牛乳腺组织和健康乳腺组织检测circ0000316的表达量,同时采用大肠埃希氏菌(Escherichia coli)和金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus aureus)刺激奶牛乳腺上皮细胞,建立奶牛乳腺上皮细胞炎症模型,检测炎症模型中circ0000316的表达量。结果显示,成功建立了奶牛乳腺上皮细胞炎症模型,且circ0000316在奶牛乳腺炎组织和奶牛乳腺上皮细胞炎症模型中均呈现低表达,为研究circRNA在乳腺炎发生过程中的作用奠定了基础。     

Diagnosis and treatment of mastitis in mares

Infection and inflammation of the udder (mastitis) is a common condition affecting all domestic mammals, but it appears to be less prevalent in mares than in dairy cows and dairy goats. The seemingly reduced incidence of mastitis in mares can be partially explained by the smaller size and relatively concealed location of the mare’s udder, coupled with a smaller storage capacity than cows and goats. Mastitis can affect lactating, peripartum, dry mares, mares at dry-off or prepubertal foals. Common clinical signs include swollen mammary tissue, abnormal mammary gland secretion, fever and anorexia; less common signs are hindlimb lameness and a swollen mammary vein. On rare occasions, mastitis pathogens can severely affect the nursing foal and mares may develop fibrotic tissue and consequent agalactia in the side(s) or quarter(s) affected. Based on the clinical presentation, mastitis can be classified as acute or chronic, and clinical or subclinical. Diagnosis is based on the clinical signs aided with aerobic culture and cytological evaluation of the gland secretion. In addition, these ancillary tests can also be used to assess prognosis and duration of treatment. Mares suffering from mastitis may present neutrophilia and hyperfibrinogenaemia. Treatment for mastitis includes antimicrobial therapy (systemic and/or locally), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, frequent milking and cold hosing with/without hot-packing applied on the gland. While the frequent monitoring of mares after weaning and reducing food intake should be part of common practices at weaning, cleaning of the udder, control of insect populations and frequent milking of mares with a foal unable to nurse can also aid in preventing mastitis.     

Mastitis in a neonatal filly

Neonatal mastitis is a rare occurrence in the horse. This report documents a case of mastitis caused by an organism within the Streptococcus dysgalactiae group in a 1-week-old Paint filly.     

硒与奶牛隐性乳房炎相关性的研究进展

奶牛乳房炎是我国奶牛疾病中发病率最高的疾病之一,严重影响奶牛产奶量和乳制品质量,给奶牛养殖业造成巨大经济损失。有证据表明,多种营养物质的缺乏都会增加奶牛隐性乳房炎的发病率。其中,微量元素硒能改善奶牛乳腺免疫功能,对奶牛乳腺健康和降低隐性乳房炎发病率具有重要意义。主要阐述硒与奶牛隐性乳房炎的相关性,以期为通过调控乳腺免疫功能和防控乳腺炎提供依据。     

乳头封闭剂和不同干奶药品对预防奶牛产后乳房炎的研究

奶牛乳腺健康直接关系到奶牛生产性能,和牧场效益息息相关。如何有效预防奶牛乳房炎的发生,是牧场的重中之重。干奶期是奶牛乳腺机能恢复健康的一个重要阶段,对预防奶牛产后乳房炎的发生有着重要意义。本文利用长达1 年的时间,对635 头奶牛进行分组试验,并追踪观察其产后90 天内乳房炎的发生情况和产奶量情况。通过数据分析发现,奶牛干奶期联合使用抗生素和乳头封闭剂对奶牛进行干奶,比单独使用抗生素干奶,产后7 天的体细胞阳性率降低了28.58%;产后60 天临床乳房炎发病率降低了35.40%,产后90天降低了41.32%;各组之间的产奶量并无显著差异（P>0.05）。     

奶牛乳腺炎模型的建立及炎症相关因子基因mRNA转录水平的分析

旨在探讨金黄色葡萄球菌（S.aureus）型和大肠杆菌（E.coli）型乳腺炎奶牛乳腺组织的炎症相关因子基因的mRNA转录水平。将10⁵ CFU·mL^-1的S.aureus和E.coli经乳导管分别注入奶牛乳房,在感染第7天采用活体无菌手术法采集乳腺组织,并采用组织HE染色和免疫荧光法进行乳腺炎模型的鉴定;利用qPCR分别检测了2个诱导组和对照组奶牛乳腺组织的趋化因子家族（CCL2、CCL8、CXCR1、CXCL2和CXCL13）、补体因子（CFI和CFB）、自噬调节因子DEPP1和白细胞介素受体IL21R共9个基因的mRNA转录水平。结果显示：与对照组相比,TLR4/NF-κB炎症相关信号通路中的关键分子（TLR4、NF-κB和TNFα）在2个诱导组乳腺组织中的蛋白表达水平均极显著上调（P<0.01）;结合HE染色结果,表明本试验成功构建了2种类型的奶牛乳腺炎活体模型。mRNA转录水平的检测结果表明,与对照组相比,7个基因（CCL2、CCL8、CXCR1、CXCL2、CFI、CFB和IL21R）在2个诱导组乳腺组织中的mRNA转录水平均极显著上调（P<0.001）,CXCL13的mRNA转录水平仅在S.aurues诱导组乳腺组织中极显著上调（P<0.01）;DEPP1的mRNA转录水平在2个诱导组中均极显著下调（P<0.01）。此外,CCL2、CCL8、CXCR1、CFI和IL21R共5个基因在E.coli诱导组中的mRNA转录水平均极显著高于S.aureus组（P<0.01）。S.aureus和E.coli感染均可导致奶牛产生严重的临床乳腺炎症状,并促使上述炎症相关基因的mRNA转录水平在乳腺组织中发生变化,以应对乳腺炎症的发生与发展过程;趋化因子CCL2等5个基因在E.coli诱导组中的mRNA转录水平显著高于S.aureus诱导组,解释了E.coli常常能引起急性乳腺炎,而S.aureus可引起慢性乳腺炎的原因。上述结果可为深入研究不同类型乳腺炎的分子调控机制提供参考。     

中国荷斯坦牛金黄色葡萄球菌诱导型乳房炎CDH13基因甲基化分析

为探索钙黏蛋白13基因（cadherin 13,CDH13）甲基化在奶牛金黄色葡萄球菌乳房炎中的调控机制,本试验在已建立的金黄色葡萄球菌诱导型荷斯坦牛乳房炎模型的基础上利用重亚硫酸盐测序技术（bisulfite sequencing PCR,BSP）检测正常乳腺组织和乳房炎乳腺组织候选基因CDH13的甲基化程度,并分析其甲基化程度与基因表达水平的关系。结果显示,除金黄色葡萄球菌致病组（试验组）第12个CpG岛外,其余所有CpG岛均呈现不同程度的甲基化：-259处甲基化水平最高（50%~60%）,-144、-135和-126处甲基化均较低,为5%左右。试验组和对照组总体甲基化率分别为10.13%±1.81%和14.43%±0.55%,不同位点和总体甲基化率无显著差异（P>0.05）。与正常乳腺组织相比,乳房炎感染组乳腺组织CDH13基因表达上调,CDH13基因-162和-93两个CpG岛甲基化水平与其基因表达呈显著负相关（P<0.05）。本试验结果表明,CDH13基因甲基化影响其基因表达,从而影响乳房炎的发生,为进一步探索其在金黄色葡萄球菌致病型乳房炎中的发病机制提供了参考依据。     

Growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus species in bovine mammary secretions during the nonlactating and peripartum periods following intramammary infusion of lipopolysaccharide at cessation of milking.

The objective was to determine if induced mammary inflammation at cessation of milking influenced growth of gram-positive mastitis pathogens in mammary secretions, particularly during early involution. Growth of all mastitis pathogens evaluated was similar in cell-free fat-free mammary secretions from LPS-infused and control glands. These data indicate that intramammary infusion of LPS at cessation of milking did not alter growth of gram-positive mastitis pathogens in mammary secretion during the nonlactating period. Stage of lactation and the nonlactating period influenced bacterial growth and marked differences between bacteria and among strains of a bacterial species were observed. Staphylococcus aureus grew well in secretions collected during late lactation, but growth decreased during early- and mid-involution and increased again in secretions obtained near parturition. Streptococcus agalactiae and Strep. uberis grew better in mammary secretion obtained during involution than in secretions collected during late or early lactation. Streptococcus dysgalactiae grew well in mammary secretions at all time periods. These data demonstrate the variability of mastitis pathogen growth during physiologic transitions of the bovine udder.     

新疆库尔勒市某奶牛场奶牛隐性乳房炎情况调查

为了检测和调查新疆库尔勒市某奶牛场泌乳奶牛乳房炎的发病率,对该奶牛场养殖的32头泌乳期奶牛用凝乳法进行了隐性乳房炎检测。结果表明,隐性乳房炎奶牛阳性率为40.63%,且乳房炎阳性率随奶牛使用年限的增加而增加;用挤奶机器挤奶的奶牛乳房炎阳性率高于手工挤奶,后乳区的乳房炎阳性率高于前乳区。     

B‐Mode and Doppler Sonography of the Mammary Glands in Dairy Goats for Mastitis Diagnosis

This study aimed to evaluate the sonographic characteristics of the udder and teats and to determine the Doppler indexes of mammary artery in healthy and undergoing subclinical and clinical mastitis goats. Thirty animals among Saanen and Alpine Brown goats were arranged in three groups, healthy goats (HG), goats with subclinical mastitis (SMG) and goats with clinical mastitis (CMG). Using the B‐mode, the sonographic characteristics (echotexture and echogenicity) and biometry (diameter and area of the udder cistern, diameter and area of the teat cistern and thickness of the teat wall) were evaluated. Using Doppler ultrasonography, the vascular indexes of the mammary artery were obtained. It was observed hyperechogenicity with solid component in the gland cistern when comparing animals with clinical mastitis and healthy mammary tissue. Regarding the echotexture of the breast tissue, there was heterogeneity in the mammary parenchyma on the three groups, for the milk, it was observed homogeneity for animals on HG and SMG and heterogeneity for animals on CMG. Grey‐scale quantitative assessment revealed increase in echogenicity (mean value) for all the structures when comparing the three groups. Biometry did not reveal statistical difference between groups, for none of the evaluated structures. Doppler examination of the mammary artery showed the decrease of end diastolic velocity and raise of pulsatility index between groups. The association of B‐mode and Doppler ultrasonography is useful for the evaluation of the udder of dairy goats with mastitis. It is a sensitive and specific method for the study of this disease. Doppler mode was unable to establish reliable criteria for diagnosis of subclinical mastitis. Moreover, the quantification of echogenicity is a useful technique for the evaluation of the milk in animals with mastitis; therefore, it is suggested that it can be used as complementary technique for the diagnosis of mastitis in goats.     

Staphylococcus aureus lipotechoic acid induces differential expression of bovine serum amyloid A3 (SAA3) by mammary epithelial cells: Implications for early diagnosis of mastitis

Mastitis is one of the most costly diseases of agriculturally important animals and is a common problem for lactating cows. Current methods used to detect clinical and especially subclinical mastitis are either inadequate or problematic. Pathogens such as the gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus or the gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli typically cause mastitis. E. coli induces clinical mastitis, whereas, S. aureus causes a subclinical, chronic infection of the mammary gland. In this study we report the differential expression and secretion of mammary-derived serum amyloid A3 (SAA3) by bovine mammary epithelial cells following stimulation with the S. aureus cell wall component, lipotechoic acid (LTA). Two-dimensional immunoblot analyses confirmed that bovine SAA3 is the predominant SAA isoform produced by LTA stimulated mammary epithelial cells. Our previous study showed that bovine SAA3 is also differentially expressed in response to the gram-negative bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide. Collectively, these data indicate that the local production of SAA3 by mammary epithelial cells in response to either gram-positive or gram-negative bacterial components may provide a sensitive indicator for early detection and treatment of mastitis in vivo, minimizing chronic cases of infection, the spread of mastitis to other animals, and economic losses.     

Control mechanisms for producing antimicrobial factors in ruminant mammary gland

Mastitis, a symptom of inflammation in mammary tissue by infection with various kinds of bacteria, causes huge economic losses in the milk industry. One of the popular methods for treatment of mastitis is antibiotics, although this prohibits milk shipping and sometimes causes resistant microbes. Therefore, a new strategy to treat mastitis without antibiotics is eagerly required around the world. Antimicrobial factors belong to innate immunity and can start their function extremely early after bacterial stimulation. These factors have antimicrobial activity for a broad spectrum of bacteria. Elucidation of causal mechanisms and functions of antimicrobial factors in the mammary gland is thought to result in suitable methods for prevention and treatment of mastitis. Therefore, this review introduces traits of some antimicrobial factors and the mechanisms for expressing, producing and secreting them in the mammary gland. For antimicrobial factors, lingual antimicrobial peptide (LAP), S100A7, cathelicidin and lactoferrin are controlled in different sites and different time courses, suggesting that antimicrobial factors play different roles for local defense against bacterial infection in the mammary gland. These findings will contribute to the development of prevention and treatment methods for mastitis.     

Advances on Virulence Factors of Streptococcus agalactiae of Dairy Cows Mastitis

Streptococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli are the three major pathogens causing mastitis in dairy cows, and Streptococcus agalactiae (S.agalactiae) in Streptoco-ccus is one of the important pathogens causing mastitis in dairy cows, which accounts for around 56.25% of the incidence of sub-clinic mastitis. The process of S.agalactiae invasion mammary glands of dairy cows mainly includes:infection, adhesion, invasion, and then damage the mammary tissue and entail the inflammation. The virulence factor of S. agalactiae has the function of attaching and invading the mammary gland epithelial cells so that the bacteria could form the biofilm on the surface. After infection, the irritation of the mammary tissues by infectious processes serves to the immune response. In this paper, we summarized the types, mechanism, and regulation process of S. agalactiae virulence factors which plays a major role in the invasion of mastitis, aimed to show the activity of S. agalactiae by inhibiting the activity of its related virulence factors in preventing dairy cow mastitis and provide new ideas for the treatment.     

奶牛乳腺炎无乳链球菌毒力相关因子

链球菌、金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌是引起奶牛乳腺炎的3大病原菌，在链球菌属中无乳链球菌是引起奶牛乳腺炎的重要病原菌之一，由无乳链球菌导致的乳腺炎约占隐性乳腺炎发病率的56.25%。无乳链球菌入侵奶牛乳腺的过程主要包括感染、黏附上皮细胞、侵入上皮细胞、损伤机体和免疫逃避等过程。无乳链球菌的毒力因子具有附着和侵袭机体细胞的作用，使菌体在奶牛乳腺表面形成生物被膜，进而干扰机体的正常免疫功能并引起疾病。本文主要阐述了无乳链球菌在入侵乳腺组织过程中发挥主要作用的毒力因子的种类、作用机制以及调控过程，旨在通过抑制其相关毒力因子的活性，从而阻断无乳链球菌在乳腺中感染和传播，进而为预防和治疗链球菌型乳腺炎提供新的思路。     

The course of mastitides in cows infected into the mammary gland with strains of Mycoplasma bovigenitalium and M. bovis]

Six cows were inoculated into the mammary gland with eight mycoplasma strains isolated from the genital tract of bulls and two type strains. The milk of cows infected with Mycoplasma bovigenitalium strains isolated from the genital tracts of bulls showed a change in the appearance and contained large quantities of mycoplasmas and specific antibodies. The mastitis was most intense in about 9 days and began to subside in 17 days infection. The type strain of M. bovigenitalium PG11 failed to produce mastitis. On the other hand, the type strain of M. bovis PG45 produced severe mastitis after a 14-day latency period, with the infection spreading to the uninoculated quarters, causing atrophy of the mammary gland, and persisting till slaughter. The sera of all cows that developed mastitis after experimental infection contained high titres of specific antibodies. The two infecting mycoplasma species were recovered from the inner organs and mammary glands of these cows after slaughter.     

Algorithms in the evaluation of electrical conductivity in milk in screening for mastitis

An algorithm of evaluation of diagnostic data for electronic screening of subclinical and clinical mastitis was derived from 5848 field measurements of the electric conductivity of mammary gland secretions and from the same number of clinical, bacteriological and cytological examinations of 92 dairy cows. The algorithm consists in the calculation of arithmetical mean of the two highest values of mixed, i.e. absolute, and or differential conductivity of a seven-day sliding cycle. Regardless of the intensity of disease forms, for healthy and colonized mammary glands, for mammary glands suffering from nonspecific subclinical mastitis, infectious subclinical mastitis and infectious clinical mastitis, the overall agreement with findings according to repeated clinical, bacteriological and cytological examinations made 88.8% with 4.2% of falsely negative and 7.0% of falsely positive findings. The overall agreement for persistent forms of diseases made 95.3% without falsely negative findings and with 4.7% of falsely positive findings.     

Effects of two anti-inflammatory drugs on physiologic variables and milk production in cows with endotoxin-induced mastitis

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of 2 anti-inflammatory drugs in lactating Holstein cows with endotoxin-induced mastitis. ANIMALS: 30 multiparous Holstein cows that had been lactating for 30 to 60 days. PROCEDURE: Bacterial culture of milk samples and physical examinations established that study cows were in good health and free of mastitis. Mastitis was induced in 1 front mammary gland by intramammary administration of purified bacterial endotoxin. Cows were allocated into 1 of 3 treatment groups: untreated endotoxic mastitis (n = 9), endotoxic mastitis plus flunixin meglumine (9), and endotoxic mastitis plus isoflupredone acetate (10). Heart rate, rectal temperature, mammary surface area, and rumen motility were recorded hourly for 14 hours following endotoxin administration. Flunixin meglumine or isoflupredone acetate was administered after mammary swelling and rectal temperature > or = 40 degrees C had developed. Milk production was evaluated from 5 days before to 10 days after induction of mastitis. RESULTS: Neither drug ameliorated loss of milk production or swelling of the affected mammary gland. Both drugs reduced mean heart rate during the 14 hours following endotoxin administration, compared with untreated control cows. Cows treated with flunixin meglumine had increased rumen motility and decreased rectal temperature during the same period, compared with all other cows. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Neither drug enhanced recovery of milk production following endotoxin-induced mastitis. Flunixin meglumine decreased rectal temperature, whereas isoflupredone did not; however, it has not been established that reduction of fever is beneficial to cows with naturally occurring mastitis.     

奶牛胃肠道菌群与奶牛乳房炎关联性及其对乳房炎调控潜力的研究进展

乳房炎是严重影响奶牛机体健康状态及乳品质量的疾病之一。一直以来,外源致病菌入侵乳房并引发感染被认为是奶牛乳房炎发病的主要因素。然而,最近的研究表明,胃肠道菌群同样能够影响奶牛乳房炎的发病并对炎症进行调控。其主要机制可能涉及"肠道-乳腺"内源途径,即来自胃肠道的某些细菌可以通过涉及单核免疫细胞（主要是吞噬细胞）机制进行转移,通过内源性细胞途径（细菌性肠-乳途径）迁移到乳腺。本文就奶牛乳房炎的致病因素及其影响、胃肠道菌群与奶牛乳房炎的关联性及其对乳房炎的调控（包括饮食、短链脂肪酸（short-chain fatty acids,SCFAs）、益生菌及共生菌等因素）等方面进行了综述,旨在为奶牛乳房炎的发病机制及缓解措施提供新的思路。     

Coliform mastitis

Gram-negative bacteria that commonly cause bovine mastitis are classified as environmental pathogens. The point sources of coliform bacteria that cause infections include bedding materials, soil, manure and other organic matter in the environment of cows. Rates of coliform mastitis increase during climatic periods that maximize populations in the environment. The portal of entry into the mammary gland for Gram-negative bacteria is the teat canal. Once in the gland, bacteria must utilize available substrates in the mammary secretion to replicate and evade host defenses. Rates of coliform mastitis are greater during the transitional phases of the non- lactating period than during lactation. The ability to infect the non-lactating gland is directly related to the ability of bacteria to acquire iron from the mammary secretion. The primary host defense against coliform mastitis during lactation is the elimination of bacteria by neutrophils migrating into the gland in response to inflammation. Damage to the host is mediated by the release of endotoxin. The severity and duration of clinical signs associated with coliform mastitis are reduced by the use of core-antigen bacterins.