IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—RADIOGRAPHIC,ULTRASONOGRAPHIC, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC,AND FLUOROSCOPIC APPEARANCE OF A DISTAL PELVIC LIMB ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION IN A YOUNG GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG

A German shepherd puppy presented for evaluation of a suspected arteriovenous fistula on the distal aspect of the right pelvic limb. Radiographs demonstrated expansion and resorption of the tarsal and metatarsal bones, and ultrasound detected a vascular abnormality. Using computed tomographic angiography, a complex arteriovenous malformation (AVM) involving the distal tibia, tarsus, and the metatarsus and an osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesion of the talus were identified. Based on these findings, therapeutic limb amputation was performed. Fluoroscopic angiography, vascular casting, and dissection were then used to further characterize features of this previously unreported AVM with concurrent bony lesions and OCD.     

THE EFFECT OF NITROGEN APPLICATION TO PASTURE ON BEEF PRODUCTION

Five grazing experiments each lasting 2 or 3 years were made between 1955 and 1967, all starting in the first year of ryegrass/cocksfoot/clover or ryegrass/clover leys. A high and a low rate of N, 235 and 45 Ib/ac on average (263 and 51 kg/ha) were compared for beef production. High- and low-N treatments gave mean clover contents for the grazing season of 8 and 24 % on a dry-weight basis, respectively. High N consistently gave a smaller liveweight gain/animal than low N, on average 1±92 and 2±08 Ib/day (0±87 and 0±94 kg/day), respectively. Liveweight gain/ac was 20% greater for high N than for low N, and in terms of net energy the production from high- and low-N, respectively, was 18,500 and 15,000 MJ/ac (45,700 and 37,100 MJ/ha). Data from these experiments, together with published results, were used to calculate a regression of liveweight gain response on N rate and an equation was derived from this to express the output in terms of profit. At 1971 prices profit was maximal at λ0±9/ac (λ2/ha) with 112 Ib N/ac (125 kg N/ha); it was considerably greater at 1973 prices when higher rates of N were justified.     

菠菜毒死蜱消解动态及采后清洗对菠菜安全的影响

对春季露地菠菜生产中常用农药毒死蜱的消解动态,以及采后清洗对菠菜毒死蜱残留及微生物数量的影响进行了研究。结果表明:春季露地菠菜毒死蜱(48%乳油)750倍液喷施,其一级消解动力学模型为C=9.5422e-0.361t,半衰期1.92d,达到GB2763—2005中叶菜类毒死蜱最大残留限量0.1mg·kg-1的理论安全间隔期为12.6d;采后用自来水、ClO25mg·kg-1、ClO210mg·kg-1、NaClO100mg·kg-1和超声波(26kHz、450W)分别清洗1min,均可减少1log的细菌总数,但ClO210mg·kg-1处理后发现仍存在270cfu·g-1大肠菌群,表明生产中即使采用消毒剂清洗菠菜,其微生物安全性仍存在不确定性;研究中还发现,生产中常用的NaClO具有减少毒死蜱残留量的作用;此外,超声波是一种很好的辅助清洗技术,有助于减少菠菜毒死蜱残留量及微生物数量。鉴于单一清洗消毒方式在保证菠菜采后食用安全方面的不确定性,今后采用两种或两种以上的联合清洗消毒技术将有助于进一步改善菠菜乃至果蔬产品的采后安全。