Use of the ARC/INFO GIS to study the distribution of Lyme disease ticks in an Illinois county

Lyme disease is a bacterial disease of humans and domestic animals transmitted primarily through the bite of the deer tick, Ixodes dammini. Using the ARC/INFO geographic information system (GIS), the distribution of tick vectors can be associated simultaneously with a large number of environmental, biological and demographic factors. The Illinois GIS was used to study the associations of soil type, potential vegetation cover and distance from waterways with tick distributions, and to compare the dispersion patterns of tick-infested and uninfested deer in one northwestern Illinois county. Tick presence was associated with sandy soils, wooded vegetation, and proximity to rivers. Infested deer were clustered around an endemic focus I. dammini, while uninfested deer showed no such clustering. Changes in the spatial distribution of ticks over two years and likely sites for further establishment of ticks were also studied.     

内蒙古包头地区玉米秸秆黄贮调制技术及典对育肥羊饲喂效果的研究

旨在研究适合内蒙古包头地区玉米秸秆黄贮发酵的最佳条件,并评价玉米黄贮秸秆配方日粮对育肥羊的饲喂效果。采用三因素三水平正交试验,对黄贮发酵菌剂、发酵周期和发酵辅料等进行实验室研究,筛选最佳发酵组合;依据GB/T 20807—2006《绵羊用精饲料》标准,配制含不同比例秸秆黄贮的配方日粮,开展育肥羊饲喂试验,比较传统育肥羊饲料和玉米黄贮秸秆配方饲料对小尾寒羊的育肥效果。结果表明,3个因素对秸秆黄贮pH值影响的顺序为：发酵辅料〉发酵菌剂〉发酵周期,黄贮发酵条件最佳的组合为EM如金菌液秸秆发酵剂＋发酵25 d＋食盐。饲喂基础日粮中添加不同比例玉米秸秆黄贮的2个试验组羊只,其活体重、胴体重、单块眼肌面积显著大于饲喂传统育肥饲料的对照组羊只（P〈0.05）;饲喂基础日粮中黄贮添加比例为40%的试验组羊只,其饲料转化率显著高于对照组羊只（P〈0.05）;饲喂基础日粮中黄贮添加比例为20%的试验组羊只,其屠宰率显著高于对照组羊只（P〈0.05）;2个试验组羊只的日增重、大腿肌肉厚度、腰部肌肉厚度、系水力与对照组相比差异均不显著（P〉0.05）。综合考虑饲喂效果以及饲喂成本因素,在基础饲料中添加40%的玉米黄贮秸秆对小尾寒羊的育肥效果最佳。     

贵州山地烤烟种植制度对黄壤农田肥力的影响

为探究不同烤烟种植制度对贵州山地黄壤理化性质和生物学指标的影响,本研究以贵州省植烟土壤肥力与肥料效益监测基地10年(2008～2017年)长期定位施肥试验为平台,系统分析了烤烟-冬闲-烤烟连作(NR)与烤烟-冬闲-玉米轮作(R)两种种植制度对该地区黄壤农田养分、容重、孔隙度及微生物数量的影响。研究结果表明,与NR处理相比,R处理能够减缓土壤中氮、磷、钾全量和速效形态养分含量的累积强度,减少土壤有机碳的损失,缓解因施用化肥导致的土壤酸化,稳定土壤中细菌、放线菌、真菌数量构成,但对土壤容重和孔隙度无显著影响。因此,本研究推荐在黄壤农田中采用烤烟-冬闲-玉米轮作制度,以促进其可持续利用。研究结果同时也为贵州山地烤烟种植制度下的施肥管理及养分利用提供了理论依据。     

乌桕金带蛾新种记述(鳞翅目:带蛾科)

本文为贵州省的重要林木害虫－乌桕金带蛾的新种记述，与近缘种中华金带蛾详加比较，附有特征图以兹鉴别。     

Interrelationships between herd management practices and udder health status using canonical correspondence analysis

The relationships between the herd-level distribution of udder health measures (traumatic, physical, functional and congestive udder disorders, clinical mastitis and somatic cell counts (SCC) greater than 400 × 10³, ml⁻¹) and farm (general hygiene, milking practices and housing system) and aggregated individual characteristics were studied by canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). This is a correspondence-analysis technique in which the axes representing disease patterns are expressed as linear combinations of potentially explanatory variables. These main axes can be drawn so that the distribution of diseases for combinations of the main-explanatory managerial variables can be visualized. The type of quarantine for newcomers, type of animal housing, presence of shelter at pasture, use of udder towel before milking, milk production and loss of body condition after calving, were strongly correlated with udder health status. Mastitis and physical udder disorders were associated with the combination of no introduction of replacement heifers and low loss of body condition after calving. Congestive disorders were more common on farms when no quarantine for newcomers was combined with high loss of body condition after calving. Higher clinical and subclinical mastitis incidence risks were associated with the combination of no udder towel, loose housing with high animal density and high milk production. In most cases, clinical mastitis and high SCC were explained by the same covariates but with contrasting levels of those covariates.     

Anal leiomyoma in a Holstein heifer.

A 2-year-old heifer was presented with masses on her anus that were interfering with cervical manipulation during embryo flushing. The masses had broad stalks attached within the anal sphinchter. Recovery was without incident after surgical resection. No recurrence of the masses had occurred 3 months later. Histologic diagnosis was benign leiomyoma.     

替米考星微丸肠溶包衣的处方筛选

采用挤出滚圆方法制备替米考星载药丸芯,以丙烯酸树脂Ⅱ和Ⅲ为材料利用离心造粒包衣设备对丸芯进行包衣。结果显示,所制备的替米考星肠溶微丸在pH=1盐酸溶液中2 h内累积释放度小于10%,用0.2 mol/L的磷酸钠溶液将溶出介质pH调至6.8,继续运转45 min后累积释放度达80%以上,符合《中国药典》对肠溶制剂的要求。     

藏山羊乳主要营养成分及乳酶、乳清蛋白的研究

本文研究了分布于西藏和四川地区的藏山羊乳蛋白、乳糖和乳脂含量,并对乳中4种酶活力及乳清蛋白的组成进行了研究。结果表明:藏山羊乳中3种营养成分存在一定的地区差异,脱脂乳中乳酸脱氢酶,碱性磷酸酶,γ-谷氨酰转肽酶、乳过氧化物酶活力分别为81.9±37.8、7.7±3.5、437.4±93.0、532.7±202.6单位。乳过氧化物酶在体外可被10~(-5)M的硫氰酸根或乳酸根活化。用琼脂糖凝胶电泳可将乳LDH分出LDH_1、LDH_2和LDH_3三带,各带所占百分比例分别为50.6±4.5、31.6±4.2和17.8±3.3,提示乳LDH不是来源于血液。用SDS—PAGE可将乳清蛋白分出5条区带。