覆盖材料对垄沟集雨种植高粱生长特性及土壤水分、温度的影响

为了提高旱作雨养农业区降水资源利用率,改善作物水分有效性,在半干旱黄土高原丘陵区通过大田试验,以传统垄沟集雨种植沟无覆盖为对照,研究了不同沟覆盖材料(生物可降解地膜覆盖、生物可降解液体地膜覆盖和秸秆覆盖)对土壤水分、土壤温度、高粱产量和水分利用效率等的影响。结果表明,在高粱全生育期,与无覆盖相比,生物可降解地膜覆盖、生物可降解液体地膜覆盖和秸秆覆盖的平均土壤贮水量分别增加20.7,11.7和28.9mm,土壤含水量分别提高5.7%,0.9%和8.7%;生物可降解地膜覆盖和生物可降解液体地膜覆盖的沟中平均土壤温度分别增加1.3和0.5℃,秸秆覆盖的沟中平均土壤温度降低0.3℃;生物可降解地膜覆盖、生物可降解液体地膜覆盖和秸秆覆盖的高粱地上生物量分别提高31%,4%和7%,籽粒产量分别提高36%,15%和23%,WUE分别提高36.0%,15.0%和24.8%。与无覆盖相比,生物可降解地膜覆盖和秸秆覆盖具有较高土壤水分、地上生物量、籽粒产量和水分利用效率。生物可降解液体地膜覆盖效果不明显。     

黄土高原与内蒙古高原草原种子植物区系比较研究

黄土高原草原是中国北方温带草原带的重要组成部分,但黄土高原草原与欧亚地带性草原的关系尚未阐明。本研究将黄土高原地带性草原种子植物区系作为单独的研究对象,建立了黄土高原草原种子植物名录,采用植物地理学的相关理论与方法,对黄土高原草原和内蒙古高原草原植物区系的相似性和地理成分进行了系统的比较分析。结果表明：黄土高原草原与内蒙古高原草原种子植物区系在科属水平上的区系相似度较高,但种水平的区系相似性较低。区系的地理成分有较大差异,且最主要的差异在于黄土高原草原植物区系中东亚成分具有更重要的地位。垂直地带性对黄土高原草原的形成有重要作用,适宜草原发生的环境条件使得黄土高原表现出大面积的温带草原景观,但黄土高原草原应区别于欧亚草原的地带性植被。     

Association between porpoise presence and fish choruses: implications for feeding strategies and ecosystem-based conservation of the East Asian finless porpoise

The associations between feeding activities and environmental variables inform animal feeding tactics that maximize energetic gains by minimizing energy costs while maximizing feeding success. Relevant studies in aquatic animals, particularly marine mammals, are scarce due to difficulties in the observation of feeding behaviors in aquatic environments. This data scarcity concurrently hinders ecosystem-based fishery management in the context of small toothed-cetacean conservation. In the present study, a passive acoustic monitoring station was deployed in an East Asian finless porpoise habitat in Laizhou Bay to investigate potential relationships between East Asian finless porpoises and their prey. The data revealed that porpoises were acoustically present nearly every day during the survey period. Porpoise detection rates differed between spring and autumn in concert with activities of fish choruses. During spring, fish choruses were present throughout the afternoon, and this was the time when porpoise vocalizations were the most frequently detected. During autumn, when fish choruses were absent, porpoise detection rates decreased, and diurnal patterns were not detected. The close association between fish choruses and finless porpoise activities implies an “eavesdropping” feeding strategy to maximize energetic gains, similar to other toothed cetaceans that are known to engage similar feeding strategies. Underwater noise pollution, particularly those masking fish choruses, could interrupt finless porpoises’ feeding success. Fisheries competing soniferous fishes with finless porpoise could impact finless porpoise viability through ecosystem disruption, in addition to fishing gear entanglement.     

Physiological but not morphological adjustments along latitudinal gradients in a human commensal species,the Eurasian tree sparrow

Human commensal species take advantage of anthropogenic conditions that are less likely to be challenged by the selective pressures of natural environments. Their morphological and physiological phenotypes can therefore dissociate from habitat characteristics. Understanding how these species adjust their morphological and physiological traits across latitudinal gradients is fundamental to uncovering the eco-physiological strategies underlying coping mechanisms. Here, we studied morphological traits in breeding Eurasian tree sparrows (ETSs; Passer montanus) among low-latitude (Yunnan and Hunan) and middle-latitude (Hebei) localities in China. We then compared body mass; lengths of bill, tarsometatarsus, wing, total body, and tail feather; and baseline and capture stress-induced levels of plasma corticosterone (CORT) and the metabolites including glucose (Glu), total triglyceride (TG), free fatty acid (FFA), total protein, and uric acid (UA). None of the measured morphological parameters varied with latitude except in the Hunan population, which demonstrated longer bills than those in other populations. Stress-induced CORT levels significantly exceeded baseline levels and decreased with increasing latitude, but total integrated CORT levels did not vary with latitude. Capture stress-induced significantly increased Glu levels and decreased TG levels, independent of site. However, the Hunan population had significantly higher baseline CORT, baseline and stress-induced FFA levels, but lower UA levels, which differed from other populations. Our results suggest that rather than morphological adjustments, physiological adjustments are mainly involved in coping mechanisms for middle-latitude adaptation in ETSs. It is worth investigating whether other avian species also exhibit such dissociation from external morphological designs while depending on physiological adjustments.     

纳米疫苗在禽流感防控中的研究进展

禽流感病毒(Avian influenza virus, AIV)因其具有变异性强、亚型种类多、感染宿主多样性等特点,对畜牧业发展及公共卫生安全具有巨大的影响。目前,传统灭活疫苗在预防禽流感中虽起着重要作用,但仍存在免疫失败、多次接种及易出现不良反应等弊端,因此,研制新型疫苗来弥补传统疫苗的不足非常有必要。纳米颗粒疫苗具有包裹性好、结构稳定、靶向性高和免疫原性强等优点,可作为新型流感病毒疫苗的候选。笔者首先介绍了禽流感难以防控的原因及纳米疫苗的特点,然后对病毒样颗粒疫苗、自组装蛋白疫苗、聚合物纳米颗粒疫苗、无机纳米颗粒疫苗及纳米颗粒的毒性机制方面进行综述,概述了近年来AIV纳米颗粒疫苗的研究进展,并简述了采用不同抗原、不同纳米材料及不同给药方式对免疫效果的影响,结合目前纳米疫苗的研究,预测了未来纳米颗粒疫苗可作为AIV防控的一种新途径,对禽流感纳米疫苗在兽医临床的应用前景进行了分析和展望。     

PA-X基因的长度变化对H3N2犬流感病毒复制能力和致病性的影响

H3N2犬流感病毒(canine influenza virus, CIV)已在中国多地的犬群中流行,是禽流感跨宿主感染并形成新分支的近期案例。研究表明,PA-X基因与甲型流感病毒适应新宿主的能力相关,且其长度能够影响甲型流感病毒的复制及致病能力。为了解PA-X基因的长度变化对H3N2 CIV复制能力及致病力的影响,本研究利用H3N2 CIV的8质粒操作系统,拯救了三株重组H3N2 CIV毒株：PA-X基因表达大小为232个氨基酸多肽的亲本病毒CIV＿PA-X＿232;对PA编码区第191、192位氨基酸的密码子进行改造,PA-X基因不表达蛋白的重组病毒CIV＿PA-X＿Knock;对PA+1编码区第232位氨基酸进行突变,PA-X基因表达大小为252个氨基酸多肽的重组病毒CIV＿PA-X＿252。通过比较3株重组病毒的聚合酶活性,在MDCK细胞中的复制效率及对小鼠致病性的差异,来评价表达不同长度的PA-X基因对H3N2 CIV的影响。结果显示,CIV＿PA-X＿252和CIV＿PA-X＿Knock的聚合酶活性显著(P<0.05)高于CIV＿PA-X＿232,且CIV＿PA-X＿...     

溶菌酶对犊牛腹泻和生长性能的影响

[目的]本试验研究溶菌酶在使用量不同情况下,对犊牛腹泻和生长性能的影响。[方法]选择无病、健康、体型近似的犊牛100 头,随机分为4 组,每组25 头,分别为对照组、低剂量组（Ⅰ组、1 g/头·天）、中剂量组（Ⅱ组、3 g/头·天）、高剂量组（Ⅲ组、5 g/头·天）,试验期30 天。在试验开始和结束时,观察犊牛粪便、腹泻、体重、体尺变化,并记录。[结果]试验期溶菌酶对犊牛的粪便评分有影响,1~30 天的粪便评分Ⅲ组显著低于对照组（P<0.05）,且Ⅲ组比对照组降低12.5%;1~15 天时腹泻率差异显著（P<0.05）,Ⅰ组、Ⅱ组、Ⅲ组与对照组相比分别降低23.02%、41.81%、53.64%,表明溶菌酶使用量多,腹泻效果更加明显;添加溶菌酶的Ⅱ组和Ⅲ组犊牛的平均日增重均显著高于对照组（P<0.05）,分别提高9.6%、12.0%;Ⅲ组胸围显著高于对照组,高3.0%。[结论]溶菌酶使用到合适剂量,不仅能降低犊牛腹泻率,还能促进犊牛的生长性能。     

竞争效应对红色型豌豆蚜繁殖的影响

为明确种间竞争和种内竞争效应对红色型豌豆蚜生长和繁殖产生的影响,本研究以红色豌豆蚜克隆、绿色型豌豆蚜克隆及豌豆修尾蚜克隆作为试验材料,选用琼脂法,首先制备4种竞争试验区(1头区,2头区,种内竞争区和种间竞争区),观察各试验区蚜虫的种群动态,另准备3个(红色型、绿色型及豌豆修尾蚜)高密度种群处理,分别往里放入1头4龄红色克隆若虫,统计其3日总产蚜数。结果发现,种内竞争区和种间竞争区,二者的竞争效应都非常明显,竞争区混合种群的增殖率高于2头区,种间竞争区红色克隆胜利组单头红色克隆第10天新生蚜数高于其他处理。此外,高密度的绿色克隆和豌豆修尾蚜种群均能抑制红色克隆的繁殖。因此,红色型豌豆蚜能通过评估竞争种和同伴的相对密度来控制繁殖,无论是种间竞争还是种内竞争均能影响其繁殖,且种间竞争可能加速它的繁殖速率。     

康县太平鸡早期生长曲线拟合及体重与体尺相关性分析

为研究太平鸡早期生长发育规律,提高品种选育效果,采用Logistic、Von Bertalanffy、Gompertz三种非线性生长模型对其体重进行拟合,并对13周龄的体重与体尺进行相关性分析。结果表明：Gompertz模型对太平鸡0～15周龄体重的拟合效果最佳,拟合所得的太平公、母鸡的拐点周龄分别为7.08周、6.84周,拐点体重分别为572.24 g、482.74 g,成熟体重分别为1 555.34 g、1 312.09 g;13周龄太平鸡体重与体尺之间存在不同程度的相关性,公鸡的体重与体斜长、龙骨长、胫长、胫围、骨盆宽呈极显著正相关（P<0.01）;母鸡的体重与龙骨长、胫长、胫围、胸围、骨盆宽呈极显著正相关（P<0.01）。