Seroprevalence of porcine and human influenza A virus antibodies in pigs between 1986 and 1988 in Hassia

1,268 sera collected from slaughtered pigs in Hassia (FRG) from 1986 to 1988 were tested for antibodies against porcine and human influenza A virus strains using the single radial haemolysis test (SRHT). Antibodies against the porcine strains (subtype H1N1) A/Swine/Arnsberg/1/81, A/Swine/Iowa/15/30 and A/New Jersey/7/76 were detected in 411 (32.4%), 318 (25.1%) and 304 (24.0%) of sera, respectively. Up to 1988 a slight increase (10%) in the seroprevalence to A/Swine/Arnsberg/1/81 was noticed, whereas the results obtained with the other strains showed little variation. Antibodies against the human H1N1 strain A/Singapore/6/86 were only found in sera collected 1987 and 1988 in rates of 1.6% and 3.0%. Serological indication of infections with the human H3N2 strains A/Victoria/1/75, A/Hong Kong/1/68 and A/Philippines/2/82 could be shown in 286 (22.6%), 178 (14.4%) and 135 (10.6%) of the serum samples. Within the three year period the rate of sera positive for antibodies against A/Philippines/2/82 increased from 6.5% to 23.0%, whereas no variation in the rates were found using the other H3N2 strains. Antibodies simultaneously against porcine (H1N1) and human (H3N2) virus strains were detected in 9.9% of all sera tested.     

海鲜菇菌糠微生物发酵及其在肉羊瘤胃降解特性研究

【目的】探究不同微生物菌剂对海鲜菇菌糠发酵效果的影响,并研究其在肉羊瘤胃内降解特性。【方法】以海鲜菇菌糠为主要原料,分别添加0.1%植物乳杆菌、0.1%活菌多复合发酵菌剂、0.1%活菌多复合发酵菌剂＋3%糖蜜以及3%糖蜜,以不添加菌剂和糖蜜的处理为对照组。每处理3个重复,室温厌氧发酵45 d后,取样测定其营养成分（干物质（DM）、粗蛋白（CP）、中性洗涤纤维（NDF）和酸性洗涤纤维（ADF）含量）及发酵品质（pH及乳酸、乙酸、丙酸和丁酸含量）。取发酵效果最佳处理的发酵菌糠和菌糠原料进行瘤胃降解试验,测定发酵前后海鲜菇菌糠DM、CP、NDF和ADF不同发酵时间点（4,8,12,24,48及72 h）的瘤胃降解率,并计算降解参数及有效降解率。【结果】与对照组相比,各试验组CP含量均升高,NDF含量均降低,其中0.1%活菌多复合发酵菌剂＋3%糖蜜处理发酵效果最佳,其CP含量提高了9.69%（P＜0.05）,NDF、ADF和半纤维素含量分别下降了9.12%（P＜0.05）,2.66%和28.71%。各试验组pH较对照组均显著降低（P＜0.05）,乳酸含量均升高,其中0.1%活菌多复合发酵菌剂＋3%糖蜜处理组pH值最低,为3.29,乳酸含量最高（7.84%）,较对照组提高了33.11%（P＜0.05）。0.1%活菌多复合发酵菌剂＋3%糖蜜处理组菌糠DM、CP、NDF和ADF的72 h瘤胃降解率较发酵前分别提高了8.61%,8.58%,14.75%和8.93%（P＜0.05）,有效降解率较发酵前分别提高了7.66%,11.75%,20.74%和3.39%（P＞0.05）。【结论】在海鲜菇菌糠中添加0.1%活菌多复合发酵菌剂＋3%糖蜜能明显提高其营养价值、发酵品质及其在肉羊瘤胃中的降解率。     

Effect of stachyose supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and caecal fermentation characteristics in broilers

1. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the oligosaccharide stachyose enhances gastrointestinal tract health by fermentation and proliferation of desirable bacteria species and thus affects growth performance and nutrient digestibility in broilers. 2. A total of 432 1-d-old male Arbor Acres (AA) broilers were randomly allocated to one of 6 treatments, with 12 replicate pens per treatment and 6 birds per pen. Chicks were fed a maize-hamlet protein 300 (HP300) basal diet with 0, 4.0, 8.0, 12.0 or 16.0 g/kg stachyose. A sixth diet contained no HP300 but soybean meal (SBM) and provided 8.7 g/kg stachyose and 3.1 g/kg raffinose. The duration of the study was 42 d. 3. Stachyose contents above 12.0 g/kg depressed group body weights, average daily gain and feed/gain but not feed intake during the whole experimental period. Broiler growth decreased linearly and quadratically with increasing stachyose content. No differences were detected between diets supplemented with 12.0 g/kg stachyose and SBM. 4. Nutrient digestibility tended to decrease but not significantly with increasing stachyose. 5. Stachyose content had no significant positive effects on caecal pH, microflora population and the resulting short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) metabolites during the 42 d experiment, with only butyrate differing significantly in the initial period.     

猕猴桃溃疡病防治研究

对猕猴桃细菌性溃疡病防治方法进行研究,结果表明,冬末春初“划道”控制,病斑,夏委彻底刮除治疗病斑,疗效达80％－90％,DTMz等为此病防治的首选药物。     

PKS-NRPS数据库的研究进展

非核糖体多肽合成酶(NRPS)和聚酮合成酶(PKS)是调控次级代谢物聚酮类物质和非核糖体多肽合成的关键酶。随着生物息学的快速发展,国外的NRPS-PKS数据库和预测软件不断推出。本文对几个重要NRPS和PKS领域的数据库与预测软件的研究做一综述     

Low levels of haptoglobin and putative amino acid sequence in Taiwanese Lanyu miniature pigs

Porcine haptoglobin (Hp) is an acute phase protein. Its plasma level increases significantly during inflammation and infection. One of the main functions of Hp is to bind free hemoglobin (Hb) and inhibit its oxidative activity. In the present report, we studied the Hp phenotype of Taiwanese Lanyu miniature pigs (TLY minipigs; n=43) and found their Hp structure to be a homodimer (beta-alpha-alpha-beta) similar to human Hp 1-1. Interestingly, Western blot and high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis showed that 25% of the TLY minipigs possessed low or no plasma Hp level (<0.05 mg/ml). The Hp cDNA of these TLY minipigs was then cloned, and the translated amino acid sequence was analyzed. No sequences were found to be deficient; they showed a 99.7% identity with domestic pigs (NP_999165). The mean overall Hp level of the TLY minipigs (0.21 +/- 0.25 mg/ml; n=43) determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was markedly lower than that of domestic pigs (0.78 +/- 0.45 mg/ml; p<0.001), while 25% of the TLY minipigs had an Hp level that was extremely low (<0.05 mg/ml). In addition, the initial recovery rate (first 40 min) in the circulation of infused fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-Hb was significantly higher in the TLY minipigs with extremely low Hp levels than those with high levels. This data suggests that the low concentration of Hp-Hb complex is responsible for the higher recovery rate of Hb in the circulation. TLY minipigs have been used as an experimental model for cardiovascular diseases; whether they can be used as a model for inflammatory diseases, with Hp as a marker, remains a topic of interest. However, since the Hp level varies significantly among individual TLY minipigs, it is necessary to prescreen the Hp levels of the animals to minimize variation in the experimental baseline. The present study may provide a reference value for future use of the TLY minipig as an animal model for inflammation-associated diseases.     

北京油鸡与贵妃鸡杂交效果研究

本研究以北京油鸡和贵妃鸡为素材,比较北京油鸡♂×北京油鸡♀(YY)、贵妃鸡♂×贵妃鸡♀(GG)、北京油鸡♂×贵妃鸡♀(YG)、贵妃鸡♂×北京油鸡♀(GY)4种组合的外貌、体重、屠宰性能和肉质性状.结果表明:杂交后代凤头、胡须、毛腿、双五趾个体比例分别是99.4％、88.1％、95.2％和72.0％;6～20周体重显著高于贵妃鸡(P＜0.01),16周屠宰率、半净膛率、全净膛率和胸肌率高于北京油鸡(P＜0.01).以北京油鸡为母本的杂交组,同周龄体重有高于北京油鸡为父本杂交组的趋势,且屠宰率和胸肌率较高(P＜0.05),为最佳组合.     

Chemoattraction and chemorepulsion of Strongyloides stercoralis infective larvae on a sodium chloride gradient is mediated by amphidial neuron pairs ASE and ASH, respectively

Depending on its concentration, sodium chloride acts as either an attractant or a repellant to the infective larvae (L3i) of Strongyloides stercoralis. On a concentration gradient, L3i are attracted to 0.05 M NaCl, but repelled by 2.8M. To test the hypothesis that amphidial neurons ASE and ASH might mediate attraction and repulsion, respectively, these neurons, and control neurons as well, were ablated in hatchling larvae with a laser microbeam. After the larvae attained infectivity (L3i), they were tested on a NaCl gradient. When placed at low salinity, 73.5% of normal controls migrated "up" the gradient, while 26.4% crawled randomly. In contrast, only 20.6% of ASE-ablated L3i migrated "up" the gradient, while 79.4% migrated randomly. Ablation-control ASK-ablated L3i (58.8%) migrated "up" the gradient while 41.1% crawled randomly. When placed at a region of high salinity, 100% of normal control L3i migrated "down" the gradient, whereas 62.5% of ASH-ablated L3i migrated randomly, the remaining 37.5% migrating "down" the gradient. In sharp contrast with ASH-ablated L3i, 94.1% of ablation-control larvae, i.e. ASK-ablated L3i, migrated "down" the gradient. Migration behavior of ASE- and ASH-ablated L3i was significantly different (P < 0.001) from that of ASK-ablated L3i and normal controls. It is noteworthy that 87.5% of ASE-ablated L3i that failed to exhibit chemoattractive behavior were actively chemorepelled from high salinity. Also, 70.0% of ASH-ablated L3i that failed to be chemorepelled from high salinity were capable of chemoattractive behavior, indicating that the worms had retained their behavioral responses except for those associated with the targeted neurons.     

鸡肠炎沙门氏菌外膜蛋白F的原核表达及免疫原性分析

根据GenBank中收录的鸡肠炎沙门氏菌OmpF基因序列设计1对引物,以鸡肠炎沙门氏菌辽宁分离株基因组为模板,扩增鸡肠炎沙门氏菌OmpF基因,用IEDB Analysis Resource在线预测分析,该基因可能存在15个线性B细胞抗原表位;同时将该基因克隆至原核表达载体PGEX-4T-1中,构建重组表达质粒PGEX-4T-1-OmpF,转入大肠杆菌BL21中,获得OmpF重组蛋白。Western-blot检测结果表明,该重组蛋白的分子质量约为66 kD(含标签蛋白),能被鸡沙门氏菌阳性血清识别,初步证实该蛋白具有免疫原性,为鸡肠炎沙门氏菌亚单位疫苗的进一步研究和开发奠定了理论基础。