Multiple amino acid substitutions are involved in the adaptation of H9N2 avian influenza virus to mice

To explore adaptation of avian influenza virus to mice we previously performed serial lung-to-lung passages of the influenza A/Chicken/Jiangsu/7/2002 (H9N2) strain, resulting in the isolation of a variant influenza strain lethal for mice. We now report that virulence correlates with improved growth characteristics on mammalian cells and extended tissue tropism in vivo. Sequencing of the complete genomes of the wild-type and mouse-adapted viruses revealed 25 amino acid substitutions. Some were found to reiterate known substitutions in human and swine H9N2 influenza isolates. Functions affected include nuclear localization signals and sites of protein and RNA interaction, while others are known determinants of pathogenicity and host specificity such as the viral polymerase PB2 E627K substitution. These observations suggest that enhanced growth characteristics and modified cell tropism may contribute to increased virulence in mice. We conclude that multiple amino acid substitutions are likely to be involved in the adaptation of H9N2 avian influenza virus to mice.     

塔落岩黄芪、细枝岩黄芪及其变异型的生理特性研究

本文研究了毛乌素沙漠地区塔落岩黄芪和细枝岩黄芪及其变异型的生理学特性。结果表明,塔落岩黄芪和细枝岩黄芪各与其变异型之间在生理特性方面存在着极其显著的差异。     

科尔沁草地的畜草平衡与草业发展途径的研究

根据实地调查和历年的统计资料，系统分析研究了科尔沁草地多年来草业发展速度落后于牲畜增长速度、畜草供需严重失衡的现状。结果表明，草地退化４５．９％，超载率达３６．１％。该地区发展草业的自然和社会经济条件优越，但必须采取以下措施才能达到畜草平衡的目的：加强合理利用和改良天然草地；发展人工饲草料基地，迅速增加种植畜牧业比例；大力发展秸秆及农副产品饲草料加工业     

黄芪注射液对犬心脏双向变时作用的初步观察

为了观察黄芪注射液对正常犬和二尖瓣关闭不全病理模型 (MR)犬的变时作用 ,并探讨其机制 ,在异氟烷吸入麻醉下 ,对正常及外科方法制作的犬亚急性二尖瓣关闭不全模型 (术后 5 0天后 )一次性静脉推注含生药 2 g/ m L的黄芪注射液 1 .2 5 m L/ kg,通过体表心电图测定心率和 PQ、QRS、RR、QT,并计算 QTC(QT/ RR)间期。在正常犬 ,开始注射黄芪注射液后 ,心率出现先减少后恢复再持续减少和显著变化。 MR模型犬开始注射液后 ,心率出现先升高后恢复再持续升高的显著变化。 MR模型犬的心率减慢变化与 RR、PQ、QT、QTc呈高度显著负相关 (P<0 .0 1 )。表明黄芪注射液对正常比格犬 ,具有加快心率的正性变时作用。对二尖瓣闭锁不全 (MR)模型犬具有减缓心率的负性变时作用。黄芪注射液的变时作用似与机体的机能状态有关 ,呈现双向调节作用。     

Effect of Fermentation Bed with Spent Mushroom Substrate of Pleurotus eryngii on Weaning Piglets

[Objective] The paper was to investigate effects on fermentation bed temperature,growth performance,diarrhea rate and digestive en-zyme activity of weaning piglets by using spent mushroom substrate of Pleurotus eryngii as padding.[Method] A total of 120 weaning piglets(Duroc × Landrace ×Yorkshire) with average initial body weight of(8.0 ±0.5)kg were allocated to five dietary treatments in a randomized complete block design for 42 d,each of which was replicated three times with eight piglets per replicate(half male,half female).The padding for control group was(50% sawdust +50% rice husk);experimental group Ⅰ 100% spent mushroom substrate;experimental group Ⅱ(15% sawdust +15% rice husk +70% spent mushroom substrate);experimental group Ⅲ(25% sawdust +25% rice husk +50% spent mushroom substrate);experimental group Ⅳ(35% sawdust +35% rice husk +30% spent substrate).[Result] There was no significant difference in surface temperature of fermentation bed between experimental groups and control group(P0.05).Compared with the control group,the temperature under 20 cm of fermentation bed in ex-perimental groups I,Ⅱ and Ⅲ increased significantly(P0.05).Except for experimental group Ⅳ,other three experimental groups had higher aver-age daily gain(P0.05) and experimental group Ⅰ had higher average daily feed intake(P0.05) compared to the control group.The diarrhea rate and mortality of weaning piglets in experimental groups Ⅱ,Ⅲ and Ⅳ were significantly decreased compared with the control group(P0.05).Compared with the control group,other three experimental groups had higher digestive enzyme activity in duodenal contents except for experimental group Ⅳ(P0.05).[Conclusion] Spent mushroom substrate of P.eryngii can be used as fermentation bed padding,and the optimal proportion was experimental group Ⅲ.     

Experimental studies with foot-and-mouth disease virus type Asia-1, responsible for the 2005 epidemic in China

This study was carried out to investigate the biological characteristics of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus strain Asia-1 China/2005, which is responsible for the 2005 epidemic in China. The result showed that this strain is not host restricted, and could not only cause FMD in cattle and sheep but also in pigs by either inoculation or direct contact.     

A cluster of two psittacosis cases among women farmers exposed to Chlamydia psittaci-infected domestic poultry in Zhejiang Province,China

A cluster of Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci) cases was reported in Zhejiang Province, China, 2019. This study evaluates the extent of the outbreak and determines the source of infection. Real-time PCR and sequencing of the ompA gene of C. psittaci were performed to identify the cases, the domesticated poultry and close contacts. The index patient was a 76-year-old woman with chronic vertigo, and Case 2 was a 64-year-old female farmer with herpes zoster. Both women bought psittaci-infected chickens or ducks from the same mobile street vendor and raised them for 10 days and 23 days before fever onset. There were no direct contact between the two women. C. psittaci test was positive for the two patients, one sick chicken, three healthy ducks and the vendor's chicken cage. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all seven C. psittaci positive samples carried identical ompA genotype A of C. psittaci. Of all of the patients' 148 close contacts, none tested positive for C. psittaci, or developed acute respiratory symptoms. Both patients were discharged after a 4-week hospital stay. In conclusion, the source of this cluster was the poultry infected with C. psittaci, which occasionally cause infections in farmers, but inter-human transmission seems unlikely.     

平武黄牛体尺外貌的研究

对平武黄牛主产区生态条件的调查、外貌的观察和体尺的测定,与四川现有黄牛地方品种的比较分析,结果表明平武黄牛在体尺、外貌、体尺指数等方面有别于其它黄牛品种,是川西北山区良好的役用型黄牛种群,具有向役肉兼用型方向发展的优良特性。     

桑椹红色素稳定性的研究

研究了光和热等物理因素、常用食品添加剂、金属离子、氧化剂及还原剂对桑椹红色素稳定性的影响。结果表明 :pH值对桑椹色素的影响显著 ,在酸性条件下色素稳定 ;长时间高温和光照对色素有明显的破坏作用 ;金属离子Na+ 、Ca2 + 、Cu2 + 、Fe2 + 、Mg2 + 、Zn2 + 和Mn2 + 对桑椹色素色泽有一定的增色效果 ,但Fe3 + 则有明显的不良影响 ;食品中常用的葡萄糖、蔗糖、苯甲酸钠和山梨酸钾对桑椹色素无明显的不良影响 ;VC对桑椹色素有双重作用 ,而H2 O2 和Na2 SO3 对色素有严重的破坏作用。     

不同追播处理的Tifway生物量及追播草坪综合质量差异性研究

1998-2000年,选用多花黑麦草、多年生黑麦草、紫羊茅、匍匐翦股颖在四川农业大学草学试验基地的种间杂交狗牙根Tifway(Cynodon dactylon×C.transvaalensis)模拟运动场地进行冬季追播试验.结果表明,未处理Tifway的地上生物量随温度升高而增加,而地下生物量的变化趋势不明显,地上、地下生物量比值保持在一个稳定区间,追播处理下Tifway的地下、地上生物量比值发生明显变化.除用多花黑麦草追播的草坪质量低于Tifway单播外,其余追播处理的草坪质量均优于单播Tifway草坪,其中追播多年生黑麦草后的混合草坪质量评分最高,为7.27分(1999年,98-D-a).另外,追播草坪质量与播种量呈负相关(相关系数为-0.228和-0.212),与播种时间呈正相关(相关系数为0.461).