采用环磷酸腺甙（cAMP）低温保存家兔精液的品质与受胎率

用假阴道采集１０只新西兰白兔的精液，经测定精子活力强，密度大，呈前进运动。然后用三羟甲基氨基甲烷缓冲液作抗冻保护，使精液在２小时内冷却至５℃，放置２天。低温保存时加入５毫克分子浓度的咖啡碱或茶碱，并在３７℃条件下持温２小时。在受胎率试验中，选用４３只新西兰白兔，每次用新鲜精液，低温冷藏精液或添加５毫克分子浓度茶碱于稀释低温保存精液输精０．５毫升（含精子１５ｘ１０~６）。结果表明，含５毫克分子浓度咖啡碱或茶碱稀释的低温保存精液，游动精子的比例增加（Ｐ＜０．０１），但持温保存时游动精子的比例降低（Ｐ＜０．０１），且精子顶体异常率增加（Ｐ＜０．０１），乳酸脱氢酶释放进入细胞间质。采用含５毫克分子浓度茶碱低温保存精液的配种效果与鲜精相同；但鲜精与冷藏精液相比，则差异显著（Ｐ＜０．０５）。采用鲜精，冷藏精液及含茶碱低温保存精液输精，母兔的产仔率分别为７０．６％，４１．７％和６４．３％．     

山羊脑灰质软化症和李氏杆菌病的区别及防治方法

山羊脑灰质软化症 (ＰＯＬＩＯＥＮ ＣＥＰＨＡＬＯＭＡＬＡＣＩＡ)和李氏杆菌病 (ＬＩＳ ＴＥＲＩＯＳＩＳ)是症状相似治疗方法截然不同的两种疾病。山羊饲养者和兽医工作者必须从两种疾病的细微差别中进行鉴别 ,以便正确治疗和处理病羊。多数情况下 ,这两种疾病出现在饲养条件比较好、但饲养方法不当的地方。特别是在快速育肥时。精饲料喂量过多 ,而含粗纤维的饲料喂量过少是诱发两种疾病的重要因素。突然更换饲料常常导致此病突然发作。脑灰质软化症 (通常又称为大脑皮层坏死症 )是缺乏硫胺 (即维生素Ｂ1)而造成的一种代谢性疾病。瘤胃环…     

柑桔园微喷灌之益处

美国佛罗里达州柑桔园使用微喷灌的历史并不悠久。70年代初,一些栽培者和研究人员开始了微喷灌的试验,直到70代末至80年代初,因生产技术的改进,才有了微喷灌优点的详尽记载。《灌溉》杂志(Trulio,1969～1989)报道,佛州微喷灌作物的面积1974年仅为2400英亩,1980年扩大到15400英亩,     

A blind test of the serological response of dogs to infection with Taenia ovis

Fifty six dogs of mixed age and sex were acquired from farms in the Otago/Southland region, and maintained at the Hydatid Research Unit, Taieri, where 43 were each fed two Tueniu ovis cysts. All were bled fortnightly for six or 12 weeks. Coded sera were sent to Wallaceville Animal Research Centre for testing using ELISA, with antigen from T. ovis scoleces. Dog treatments were identified after all tests were complete. A discriminant level was derived from the mean absorbance value plus three standard deviations of 56 sera taken at time zero and 78 sera from serially bled uninfected dogs. None of these 134 sera registered as a false positive using this discriminant level. The data showed no significant deviation from normality, and the expected frequency of the occurrence of false positives is therefore less than 0.14%. Four weeks after infection 63% of dogs proved to be infected were serologically positive, rising to 78% after 6 weeks. When worms were removed by anthelmintic treatment, ELISA absorbance levels decreased. Four weeks after removal 70% of previously infected dogs remained positive, decreasing to 30% after 6 weeks. Six weeks after infection the sensitivity of the test was 78%, and the specificity 63%. However, if dogs with positive ELISA absorbance levels, but which did not purge worms, were regarded as having had worms, the respective figures would be 82% and 100%. The latter figures are similar to our previously published laboratory results. The test is of comparable efficiency to arecoline purgation for surveillance, and has the additional advantage of detecting infection in the majority of those dogs that have been infected for three weeks or more but fail to pass worms on purgation, and a substantial proportion of those infected dogs that were treated by their owners prior to presenting them for purgation in order to avoid detection of infection.