Can treatment of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brachiaria decumbens</Emphasis> (signal grass) improve its utilisation in the diet in small ruminants?—a review

Brachiaria decumbens is an extremely productive tropical grass due to its aggressive growth habit and its adaptation to a varied range of soil types and environments. As a result of the vast availability, treated B. decumbens demonstrates as a promising local material that could be utilised as an improved diet for sheep and goats. Despite the fact that the grass significantly increases weight gains in grazing farm animals, there were many reports of general ill-thrift and sporadic outbreaks of photosensitivity in livestock due to the toxic compound of steroidal saponin found in B. decumbens. Ensiling and haymaking were found to be effective in removing toxin and undesirable compounds in the grass. Biological treatments using urea, activated charcoal, polyethylene glycol, and effective microorganisms were found to be useful in anti-nutritional factor deactivation and improving the nutritive values of feedstuffs. Besides, oral administration of phenobarbitone showed some degree of protection in sheep that fed on B. decumbens pasture. In this review, we aim to determine the effect of B. decumbens toxicity and possible treatment methods on the grass to be used as an improved diet for small ruminant.     

Genomic characterization of the first oral avian papillomavirus in a colony of breeding canaries (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Serinus canaria</Emphasis>)

Papillomaviruses are non-enveloped, DNA viruses that infect skin and mucosa of a wide variety of vertebrates, causing neoplasias or simply persisting asymptomatically. Avian papillomaviruses, with six fully sequenced genomes, are the second most studied group after mammalian papillomaviruses. In this study, we describe the first oral avian papillomavirus, detected in the tongue of a dead Yorkshire canary (Serinus canaria) and in oral swabs of the same bird and other two live canaries from an aviary in Madrid, Spain. Its genome is 8,071 bp and presents the canonical papillomavirus architecture with six early (E6, E7, E1, E9, E2, E4) and two late open reading frames (L1 and L2) and a long control region between L1 and E6. This new avian papillomavirus L1 gene shares a 64% pairwise identity with FcPV1 L1, so it has been classified as a new species (ScPV1) within the Ethapapillomavirus genus. Although the canary died after showing breathing problems, there is no evidence that the papillomavirus caused those symptoms so it could be part of the oral microbiota of the birds. Hence, future investigations are needed to evaluate the clinical relevance of the virus.     

Concentration variations of several ions in stream after a wildfire

In May 2006, a high intensity wildfire occurred in Songling forest region in Daxing＇an Mountains, China. The concentration changes of eight ions （K^＋, Na^＋, Ca^2＋, Mg^2＋, Cl^-, Br^-, NO3^- and SO4^2-） were measured in burned and tmbumed streams after fire from May to Oct., 2006. Results show that the most ions flux were higher in burned stream than that in unburned stream during the sampling period, and the greatest concentrations of most ions transported from burned stream occurred in July. After fire, the most amplitude chemical ion was Ca^2＋, whose average concentration was 5.50 mg·L^-1 higher than that in unburned stream, and the total concentration of every chemical ion presents a trend Ca^2＋〉SO4^2- 〉Na^＋〉Mg^2＋〉NO3^- . The average concentrations of Ca^2＋, SO4^2- , Na^＋＇Mg^2＋,NO3^- showed an increase trend, but those of K^＋, Cl^- , Br had a decreased trend. SO4^2- had the largest loss among these anions, followed by NO3^-. Overall, the increase degree of cation was greater than that of anion after burning.     

银杏种子后熟生理与内源激素变化的研究

研究银杏种子后熟期间的生理变化以及内源激素对种子休眠与萌发过程的调控作用.结果表明:银杏种胚分化不完全、发育不充分是种子休眠的主要原因,银杏种子的后熟过程实质上是种胚不断分化生长的过程.在此过程中,物质代谢、酶活性的变化均有利于种胚发育和种子发芽,种子内部经历了一系列生理生化变化去调整内源激素平衡、完成种胚发育.研究发现,内源激素在银杏种子休眠与萌发过程中起着重要的作用:GA1 3是银杏种胚后熟的关键物质;ZRs对银杏种子生长起重要的促进作用;GA1 3/ABA及ZRs/ABA相对比例的变化对种子发育、胚的后熟及种子萌发均有重要的影响.     

人居环境安全视角下的北京市浅山区泥石流防灾林规划研究

[目的]城市边缘的浅山区是人类生产生活与自然生境的交接缓冲区,也是人居环境面对泥石流等自然灾害风险脆弱性较高的区域.相比通过工程方法降低浅山区中自然灾害威胁,防灾林选址规划作为基于生态系统的方法,可以恢复健康的生态系统,提供多样的生态系统服务并有效降低灾害风险,提高人居环境对自然灾害的抵抗力与适应力.[方法]本研究提出...     

十个侧耳菌株的模糊综合评价初报

应用模糊数学中隶属度和模糊概率概念,对10个侧耳菌株进行了模糊综合评价。结果表明,SN1是表现最好的菌株,与实际试验结果较为一致。     

原木灵芝孢子研究：（Ⅳ）未破壁孢子与破壁孢子的比较

扫描电镜观察表明,破壁前灵芝孢子形态完整,破壁后孢壁结构被破坏,通过透射电镜发现破壁孢子的孢内物质易被释放。观察结果表明,复合力场超微粉碎法的破壁率高,超声波—冻融破壁法的破壁效果也较好,而超声速超微气流粉碎法仅使大部分孢子变形,未破坏其孢壁结构。分析结果表明,破壁孢子粉(破壁率≥95％)的粗蛋白、总糖含量变化不大,但粗脂肪(6.35％)及水溶性多糖(2.18％)含量分别较未破壁的提高了38.95％和20.83％;锌、铜、铬、硒等微量元素的含量变化不大,但锰(20μg/g)和镍(5.2κg/g)的含量明显高于未破壁孢子。此外,包括牛磺酸在内的19种游离氨基酸含量也没有明显变化。     

苹果浓缩汁二次混浊物的形态分析

通过苹果浓缩汁二次混浊物的形态分析以及浊度测定,初步确定混浊物的化学成分,为果汁生产、贮存中混浊的控制提供依据。将二次混浊果汁和后混浊果汁经乙酸双氧铀负染,观察其在透射式电镜下的形态并测定其浊度。结果表明：苹果浓缩汁经-18℃,冷冻8～10h处理后,苹果浓缩汁混浊减轻;再煮沸冷冻的果汁,混浊增加;二次混浊苹果浓缩汁形成的颗粒经乙酸双氧铀负染在透射式电镜下有蛋白质球状颗粒和链状的多酚类颗粒,或自身聚合或相互聚合形成大的颗粒;贮藏6个月的苹果浓缩汁后混浊比二次混浊严重。初步确定苹果浓缩汁的二次混浊物主要是蛋白质和酚类以及两者自身或相互聚合的产物。     

砂轮约束磨粒喷射精密光整加工有效性实验验证

通过实验验证了砂轮约束磨粒喷射精密光整加工方法的有效性,利用M7120平面磨床对Q235A进行了喷射加工实验,用TALYSURF5轮廓仪测量了加工后的微观几何参数值,用扫描电镜和金相显微镜观察了表面微观形貌和断面金相组织变化。实验结果表明,该加工方法在表面粗糙度得到减小的同时,能明显去除磨削加工过度塑性变形,减少表面层污染和磨削烧伤,改善表面形状精度,实验结果和理论分析吻合,验证了该工艺方法的正确性。     

啤酒污染微生物控制专家系统的设计与开发

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