不同调酸剂对种植玉米红壤微生物群落的影响

为研究红壤微生物丰度和群落组成对不同调酸剂的响应,分析影响碳/氮关键代谢过程微生物的变化,通过盆栽实验,设置不施肥（CK）、钙镁复合剂（L）、钙镁复合剂配施猪粪（ML）和钙镁复合剂配施秸秆（SL）4个处理,采用宏基因组测序技术,分析土壤细菌、真菌和古菌以及碳/氮代谢关键过程微生物。结果表明：L、ML和SL处理显著提高土壤pH值和交换性钙/镁,显著降低土壤交换性酸。调酸剂增加了细菌优势菌中的变形菌门相对丰度,降低了绿弯菌门和酸杆菌门相对丰度;降低了真菌优势菌中的毛霉菌门相对丰度;增加了古菌优势菌中的广古菌门和深古菌门的相对丰度,降低了奇古菌门的相对丰度。冗余分析结果显示,速效钾是影响土壤细菌和真菌群落结构的主要环境因子,土壤pH和有机碳是影响土壤真菌和古菌群落结构组成的关键因子。碳代谢过程的贡献度方面,变形菌门的贡献度在SL处理中最高,放线菌门和芽单胞菌门的贡献度在ML处理中最高。氮代谢过程中,各处理绿弯菌门对硝化作用的贡献率均超过80%。调酸降低了绿弯菌门和酸杆菌门在反硝化与硝酸盐异化还原过程中的贡献度,L与SL处理的变形菌门贡献度低于ML处理,而ML处理的放线菌门贡献度高于L与SL处...     

山西晋南小地老虎越冬代成虫发生量与环境因子的关系

为了解掌握山西晋南各地小地老虎越冬代成虫发生量与海拔、气温、降雨等环境因子的关系,2015年进行了不同环境条件下小地老虎越冬代成虫性诱剂诱虫试验。结果表明:低海拔地区的成虫比高海拔地区始见期早,且发生量大;成虫始见期温度为5~6℃,活动的高峰期温度为11~19℃,终末期温度为25~28℃,低于5℃或者高于28℃成虫基本不活动或零星活动;在成虫主要集中活动的11~19℃范围内,不同区域成虫活动与温度变化差异显著,温度高时活动明显加剧,温度低时活动减弱;成虫的发生量随降雨量增加呈递减规律;从降雨前1日到降雨当日再到雨后1日也整体呈递减规律,但中雨前后3日,发生规律有所不同,呈"V"字形趋势;其中,小雨(或阵雨)当日及前1日、中雨前1日的平均单日诱虫量均大于无雨日的诱虫量。     

荔枝害虫群落结构及其动态研究

以栽培品种ＮＣ８９为对照,通过室内饲养和组织切片,系统研究了转双基因抗虫烟草对烟夜蛾和小地老虎幼虫的抗性表现。结果表明,转双基因抗虫烟草对烟夜蛾幼虫具有稳定的杀虫作用,取食后２－３ｄ死亡,死亡率达１００％,不同龄期间表现一致;对小地老虎幼虫个有一定的杀虫作用,其抗性随龄期的增加而减弱,１龄死亡率为４８％,２龄为２８％,３龄以后死亡率为０,但对各龄幼虫的生长发育均具有明显的抑制作用。     

干番茄渣代替豆粕对肉牛瘤胃发酵和氮代谢的影响

干番茄渣可用于反刍动物的替代营养饲料。据有限的文献资料显示,用干番茄渣代替豆粕会降低瘤胃发酵和微生物合成能力。在本试验中,用装瘤胃瘘管的肉牛来验证用干番茄渣代替豆粕是否会对采食、瘤胃发酵和氮代谢造成影响。用拉丁方设计饲喂试验,受试牛分别饲喂混入3.2%、8.0%和11.2%干番茄渣的全混日粮。结果发现,用干番茄渣代替饲料中豆粕不影响采食量,但是改变了瘤胃发酵指标,即增加干番茄渣摄入量导致瘤胃pH值升高和氨浓度增加,并且呈摄入量依赖性增加,但是挥发性脂肪酸浓度和瘤胃微生物数量并未改变;饲料中添加高水平干番茄渣使血液中尿素浓度呈线性、剂量依赖性增加。很明显,胃肠道对中性和耐酸纤维的总消化率并未受番茄渣的影响。饲喂番茄渣增加了粪氮的排泄,从而降低了尿氮的排泄量。用干番茄渣代替豆粕影响肉牛瘤胃发酵和氮的代谢,但是实际上对反刍动物生产性能的影响还不能确定。     

犬Ⅱ型腺病毒自然弱毒株的分离与鉴定

从一只３月龄病犬中分离出一株犬腺病毒（ＣＡＶ）,暂定名为ＹＣＡ１８。从一系列形态学、生理化学、生物学和分子病毒学实验证明这是一株Ⅱ型犬腺病毒自然弱毒。此毒株能在犬、猪肾原代细胞和传代细胞系上生长,能产生腺病毒感染的特征性细胞病变,细胞肿胀,变圆和呈“葡萄串样”。在细胞核内可见病毒粒子及其前本的晶格状排列,病毒粒子呈２０面体立体对称,表面有排列整齐的壳粒;能抵抗乙醚的处理,在ＰＨ３及５０℃温度中稳定     

A Case of Successful Pregnancy in a Ewe with Uterus Didelphys

Uterus didelphys is a rare congenital abnormality of the reproductive tract. Although it occurs in various species, there are no published reports describing pregnancy outcome in association with this abnormality. Herein we describe a case of successful unilateral singleton pregnancy in a ewe incidentally found to have uterus didelphys during the course of a biomedical research study. The pregnancy was established using assisted reproductive techniques and interrupted in late gestation, at which point the abnormality was identified. Serial ultrasound assessment of foetal biometry revealed a normal foetal growth trajectory. Despite a 45% reduction in placentome number, total placentome weight was near normal secondary to compensatory placentome growth and development. To our knowledge, this is the first detailed report of normal foetal growth in an animal with uterus didelphys and illustrates the ability of the ovine placenta to adapt to a reduced number of placentomes and maintain foetal nutrient supply.     

模拟增温与施肥对高寒草甸土壤酶活性的影响

摘要：采用开顶式生长室模拟增温的方法,研究了气温升高和施肥对高寒草甸土壤酶活性的影响。研究表明,单独增温导致高寒草甸土壤纤维素酶和磷酸酶活性分别提高了12.4%、29.1%,而脲酶活性降低了18.0%,过氧化物酶和多酚氧化酶活性无明显变化,说明增温促进高寒草甸土壤中碳磷循环。在不增温条件下,施肥抑制了土壤纤维素酶、多酚氧化酶和过氧化物酶活性,而施NPK则提高了脲酶和磷酸酶活性。增温条件下,施肥不会引起土壤纤维素酶、多酚氧化酶和过氧化物酶活性的显著变化,而施可溶性碳肥使脲酶活性显著升高（P<0.05）,施NPK使磷酸酶活性显著降低。增温和施肥的交互作用对土壤纤维素酶、过氧化物酶、磷酸酶和脲酶活性有显著影响,而对多酚氧化酶无明显影响。因此,预测在未来气候变暖背景下,高寒草甸土壤中的多种酶活性对施肥的响应可能不显著。     

Using urea dilution to standardise components of pleural and bronchoalveolar lavage fluids in the dog

AIM: To develop a technique to estimate the volume of epithelial lining fluid (ELF) obtained during bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and pleural lavage (PL) in the dog, using the urea dilution method.

METHODS: BAL and PL fluids were obtained by saline lavage of pulmonary and pleural cavities of nine clinically healthy mixed-breed dogs immediately after euthanasia. Cell counts in the BAL and PL fluids were measured using standard techniques. The concentration of ELF in each lavage fluid was calculated from the relative concentration of urea in plasma and in each type of lavage fluid. Cell counts in ELF were then calculated.

RESULTS: There were substantially higher cell counts in ELF compared to BAL or PF fluid. However, nucleated cell counts in ELF could not be predicted from cell counts in BAL or PL fluid.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: These results suggest that accurate assessment of cellular or non-cellular components in lavage fluids should include a calculation of the proportion of ELF recovered, using a method such as urea dilution.     

The expression of IFN-γ and IL-4 on T lymphocytes that infiltrate in nasal polyps

AIM:To investigate the expression of Th1-typed cytokine IFN-γ and Th2-typed cytokine IL-4 on T lymphocytes that infiltrate in nasal polyps for searching the pathogenesis of nasal polyps. METHODS:Nasal polyps tissue samples and peripheral blood were obtained from 21 patients. Normal human inferior turbinate mucosa and peripheral blood were obtained as well. Flow cytometry was adopted to detect the expression of IFN-γ and IL-4 of T lymphocytes. RESULTS: Th cytokines were rarely detected in inferior turbinate from normal human. Nasal polyps tissue consisted of abundant T lymphocytes. The expression of IL-4 and IFN-γ increased in peripheral blood from patients compared with normal human (P<0.05). The expression of IL-4 increased but the expression of IFN-γ decreased in nasal polyps compared with that of peripheral blood from the same patient (P＜0.05). CONCLUSION:There were generous of T lymphocytes infiltrating in nasal polyps. There was abnormal immune status in the local nasal mucosa from the patients, and the predomination of Th cytokine secretion changed compared with peripheral blood from the same patients, which resulted in the change of microenvironment of nasal mucosa and possibly close related to the formation of nasal polyps.     

Changes in productivity and profitability of wool-growing farms that follow recommendations from agricultural and veterinary studies

Objective To estimate the changes in productivity and profitability in a group of wool-growing farms as they adopted major recommendations from agricultural and veterinary studies.
Farms Four wool-growing farms in south western Victoria were selected from the clients of the Mackinnon Project, a farm consultancy service run from the University of Melbourne. Each farm had closely followed recommended procedures, kept comprehensive financial and physical records and had been clients for at least 5 years. The comparison group was the South Western Victoria Monitor Farm Project (SWVMFP), about 45 farms in the same region as the study farms that were monitored annually by Agriculture Victoria.
Procedure For a 7-year period, the financial and physical performance of both groups of farms was estimated. Stocking rate, wool production, gross farm income, farm operating costs, net farm income and return on assets were compared.
Results Mean gross farm income of the four study farms steadily rose from 86% of the average SWVMFP farm before the adoption of recommendations to an average of 155%. During the same period, net farm income rose from 70% to 207% of the average of the SWVMFP. Return on asset of the four farms rose irregularly from 26% to 145% of the average of the SWVMFP. Farm operating costs on the four farms were higher than for the SWVMFP group, but the ratio of costs remained relatively constant.
Conclusion The adoption of proven research results was associated with large increases in net farm income. An increase in gross income, rather than a reduction in costs was the main reason for this. Research results offer a way to increase the financial viability of wool-growing farmers, many of whom are currently unable to maintain their lifestyle, resources and infrastructure.