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.     

Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of PPARγ expression in porcine uteroplacenta for regulating of placental angiogenesis through VEGF-mediated signalling

Non-infectious prenatal mortality severely affects the porcine industry, with pathological placentation as a likely key reason. Previous studies have demonstrated that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) deficiency causes defects in the uteroplacental vasculature and induces embryonic losses in mice. However, its role in porcine placental angiogenesis remains unclear. In the present study, PPARγ expression was investigated in porcine uteroplacental tissues at gestational day (GD) 25, GD40 and GD70 via quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), Western blot and immunohistochemistry (IHC). Moreover, the roles of PPARγ in porcine placental angiogenesis were investigated using a cell model of porcine umbilical vein endothelial cells (PUVECs) to conduct proliferation, migration and tube formation assays in vitro and a mouse xenograft model to assess capillary formation in vivo. The results showed that PPARγ was mainly located in the glandular epithelium, trophoblast, amniotic chorion epithelium and vascular endothelium, as indicated by the higher expression levels at GD25 and GD40 than at GD70 in endometrium and by higher expression levels at GD40 and GD70 than at GD25 in placenta. Moreover, PPARγ expression was significantly downregulated in placenta with dead foetus. In PUVECs, knocking out PPARγ significantly inhibited proliferation, migration and tube formation in vitro and inhibited capillary formation in mouse xenografts in vivo by blocking S-phase, promoting apoptosis and downregulating the angiogenic factors of VEGF and its receptors. Overall, the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of PPARγ expression in porcine uteroplacental tissue suggests its vital role in endometrial remodelling and placental angiogenesis, and PPARγ regulates placental angiogenesis through VEGF-mediated signalling.     

浅谈与新农村建设需求相适应的高等农业教育模式的创新

社会主义新农村建设对高等农业教育提出人才需求的多样性和培养途径的多元化要求,针对要求,文中提出了"教学四要素、学习两平台、办学多途径"的高等农业教育新模式,并从教学要素的协调、培养途径的拓展、教学模式的革新和保障机制的健全等方面加以论述.     

畜牧生产对环境的污染及对策

随着畜牧业生产规模的不断扩大和集约化程度的不断提高。畜牧生产中产生的氨气、硫化氢、粪臭素等恶臭气体以及粪尿中的氮磷元素、重金属、病原微生物。不仅对空气、土壤和水体造成了严重的污染．而且也成为人畜共患病的重要传播途径．极大地影响了人类的生存质量和身体健康。因此。减少畜牧生产对环境的污染。促进畜牧业可持续发展具有十分重要的现实意义。下面就畜牧生产对环境的污染及对策两个方面的问题作一阐述。     

五龙鹅早期血浆总蛋白质消长规律与成分研究

本试验选用五龙鹅蛋用系与快长系各150只进行网床育肥试验,测定血浆总蛋白质含量,并进行PAGE电泳。结果显示:初生雏鹅血浆总蛋白质含量较高,随着日龄(1~90 d)增加呈先下降后升高趋势,以对数函数和抛物线函数分段拟合效果较佳,R2为0.9445、0.9568;血浆总蛋白质含量在性别间差异不显著,品系间差异显著。PAGE电泳结果表明:血浆中蛋白质种类在品系、性别间没有差异,随日龄的增加亦没有条带变化。清蛋白含量的变化是引起血浆总蛋白质含量变化的主要因素。     

不同生境下陌上菜的形态解剖学比较

本研究首次采用GMA切片等方法对不同生境下陌上菜的形态结构进行了深入的研究。结果显示,陌上菜种苗发育具有水生植物的特征:种子及种苗需浸水萌发及发育,具下胚轴毛,胚根发育迟缓。成株的营养器官兼具水生及陆生植物的结构特征:完全陆生的植株和湿生植株的气生部位具有较厚角质层,发达的机械组织及较发达的通气组织。完全水生的植株和湿生植株浸水部位的角质层和机械组织不发达,但通气组织非常发达。生殖器官:完全陆生和湿生的植株具有闭锁和开放2种类型的花,而完全水生的植株仅具闭锁花,从而保证了这一物种在不同生境下均能正常结实。此外,陌上菜具有特立中央胎座。本研究首次揭示了陌上菜在不同生境下种苗发育、营养器官及生殖器官结构的变化,完善了陌上菜的形态学,为进一步研究母草科的系统学提供了形态学依据。     

青脚白羽鸡测交羽色效应研究

青脚白羽鸡是近年来选育出的新品种,为了利用好该鸡种优良的种质特性,试验中用其他优良鸡种与其测交,以期使更多的优良性状组合在一起,甚至超过双亲,将杂交优势在生产中加以利用。目前的试验结果表明,以青脚白羽鸡作母本、川东大黑鸡作父本的测交组合经济性状效果最好,其测交的羽色遗传效应较复杂,认真研究该遗传效应,对于丰富遗传育种理论和指导育种实践有着重要的意义。     

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.     

新疆塔里木盆地两河流域野生麻资源调查

麻具有药用、轻纺、保健、造纸、制作药烟、蜜源等多种经济价值.新疆塔里木盆地两河(叶尔羌河、塔里木河)流域是野生麻(大叶白麻Poacynum hendersonii、白麻P.pictum、罗布麻Apocynum venetum)的主要产区,其中大叶白麻分布广,面积大,储量多.按有关分类方法,将野生麻资源划分为6个群系12个群丛.野生麻分布面积23.56万hm2,有麻面积18.12万hm2,其中大叶白麻占99.51%;白麻占0.49%.鲜麻总产量59.35万t,折合干麻总产量24.41万t.为更好的利用野生麻资源,在对其种类、分布、面积、生物量调查的基础上,对麻的开发前景、野生麻田的保护管理及改良培育、人工麻田的建立、科技攻关5个方面提出了建议.     

棘孢木霉(Trichoderma asperellum)固态发酵产纤维素酶及酶的性质

<正>纤维素酶具有破坏植物细胞壁,促进营养物质的消化和吸收,消除抗营养因子,提高饲料营养价值等多种功能,因而成为饲料工业研究的热点。目前用于纤维素酶生产和研究的菌株多为霉菌。棘孢木霉是我国新记录的木霉种[1],目前国内尚未见该菌种产纤维素酶的文献报道。