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.     

我国华南地区主要多年生栽培草种的区划研究

按照全国草种区划的部署,华南区包括闽,粤、桂、琼四省(区)和云南省的南部地区。总结和分析五十年代以后华南各省(区)有关单位在牧草引种驯化和筛选中取得的成果和经验。对华南的自然环境,气候分区和土壤类型,主要草种的筛选依据及各草种的特性、适应性和生产性能进行了深入研究。结合主要草种小区补充重复试验结果和生产调查,所有结果都显示适应华南种植的是热带栽培牧草。只有北和西北部边缘中山地区(海拔600—800米以上)适宜种植温带栽培草种。经综合评价再按照作者提出的分区原则、指标和亚区分区方法,华南区的主要多年生栽培草种可以划分为四个亚区:①闽、粤、桂南部和海南全部(热带和南亚热带)丘陵平原大翼豆、银合欢、格米姆柱花草、卡松古鲁狗尾草、宽叶雀稗和象草亚区;②闽、粤、桂北部(中亚热带)低山丘陵绿叶山蚂蝗,银叶山蚂蝗、银合欢、宽叶雀稗和小花毛花雀稗亚区;③闽、粤、桂北部和西北部中山(中亚热带山地)白三叶、多年生黑麦草和鸭茅亚区;④滇南(热带和南亚热带)低山丘陵大翼豆、格拉姆柱花草、宽叶雀稗和象草亚区。对各亚区的自然概况和草坡特点作了简述。     

如何科学寄养初生仔犬

一、采取寄养措施的前提1.母犬产后死亡。2.母犬产后乳汁分泌过少,哺育较多的仔犬有困难。3.母犬产仔过多,超过其有效哺乳头数。4.不同品种仔犬的经济价值不同,利用奶水较好的母犬来哺育经济价值高的仔犬。二、寄养方法主要有直接寄养和交叉寄养两种方法。1.直接寄养是指直接把     

法国犬协印象

2006年8月23日,有幸随公安部警犬技术培训团赴欧洲考察培训。此次培训范围广、安排紧、内容多。根据日程安排,8月28日我们考察了有100多年历史的法国养犬协会(SociétéCentraleCanine,SCC)。法国养犬协会(SCC)总部位于法国首都巴黎,成立于1882年,其前身是法国的一个猎犬俱乐部     

陕西省动物研究所馆藏标本现状及分析

陕西省动物研究所现有馆藏标本5万余份,是秦岭地区野生动物保护及研究的重要参考资料。为加强标本管理,提高标本使用效率,我们在2008年4月至2009年6月对所内馆藏标本进行了系统分类整理,分析总结了馆藏标本的现实状况并就存在的问题进行了探讨,为标本数字化共享平台建设奠定了基础,并为今后科研院校在动物学研究领域的交流与合作奠定基础。     

个人养犬应注意什么

当今社会经济高速发展,人民生活水平不断提高,业余生活也日益丰富多彩,作为六畜之一的犬,自古以来就被广大城乡群众接受并喜爱,在国外甚至有巨额财产馈赠爱犬的也不乏其人。作为一名业余爱犬人士,我想谈谈自己的爱犬心得,主要从以下六个方面来论述并与大家交流：     

不同的干燥工艺对荷花蜂花粉功能成分的影响

探讨了5种干燥工艺对荷花蜂花粉功能成分的影响。微波干燥的干燥效率最高,60%火力处理540s可使水分从31.41%降到6.42%;干燥方式对荷花蜂花粉蛋白质影响较小;微波干燥后总黄酮提取率最高,为13.20mg/g;真空冷冻干燥后维生素C和过氧化氢酶含量最高,分别为48.89mg/100g和29.86mg/g·min。总的来说,真空冷冻干燥对荷花蜂花粉的功能成分影响最小;常压恒温干燥对功能成分影响较小、工艺简单、对设备要求低,宜于大规模应用于实际生产中。     

Interpopulation and intrapopulation maternal lineage genetics of the Lanyu pig (Sus scrofa) by analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome b and control region sequences

The Lanyu pig is an indigenous breed from the Lanyu Islet, which is southeast of Taiwan. Two herds of Lanyu pigs were introduced from the Lanyu Islet into Taiwan in 1975 and 1980. The current population of conserved Lanyu pigs consists of only 44 animals with unknown genetic lineage. The Lanyu pig possesses a distinct maternal genetic lineage remote from Asian and European pigs. The present study aimed to understand the phylogenetic relationship among conserved Lanyu, Asian, and European type pigs based on the cytochrome b coding gene, to ascertain the maternal lineage and genetic diversity within the conserved Lanyu pigs, and to address whether genetic introgression from exotic or Formosan wild pigs had occurred in the conserved Lanyu pigs. Entire mitochondrial genomes of both types of Lanyu pig comprised 2 ribosomal RNA, 22 transfer RNA, and 13 protein-coding genes. Only 2 haplotypes of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region and cytochrome b were identified in the conserved Lanyu pig herds. When maximum likelihood trees were constructed, the Type I Lanyu mitochondrial genes formed a unique clade with a large pairwise distance of both cytochrome b and the control region from Asian and European type breeds, Formosan wild pigs, and exotic breeds. Significant loss of genetic diversity of mtDNA within the conserved Lanyu pigs was demonstrated by low haplotype and nucleotide diversities, supported by Fu and Li's D* neutrality test (1.44055; P < 0.05). The mtDNA control region sequences of extant pigs in the Lanyu Islet, however, showed high haplotype and nucleotide diversity, and clustered with exotic pigs. These results indicate no maternal lineage mtD-NA gene introgression from Formosan wild pigs and introduced exotic pigs to conserved Type I Lanyu pigs, and a severe loss of heterozygosity of mtDNA in conserved Lanyu pigs. The remaining extant pigs on the Lanyu Islet have been introgressed with exotic breeds. Strategies for future conservation of native Lanyu pigs are now even more urgent and important.     

重新认识农区山羊放牧饲养

文章从山羊养殖历史、生物学特性、自然社会、经济效益、生态环保、市场消费及国外养殖进展等方面进行研究,认为我国南方农区山羊饲养应回归放牧养羊,可以实现社会生态经济的可持续发展。同时提出放牧养殖的标准化建设思路。     

黄芪注射液对犬心脏双向变时作用的初步观察

为了观察黄芪注射液对正常犬和二尖瓣关闭不全病理模型 (MR)犬的变时作用 ,并探讨其机制 ,在异氟烷吸入麻醉下 ,对正常及外科方法制作的犬亚急性二尖瓣关闭不全模型 (术后 5 0天后 )一次性静脉推注含生药 2 g/ m L的黄芪注射液 1 .2 5 m L/ kg,通过体表心电图测定心率和 PQ、QRS、RR、QT,并计算 QTC(QT/ RR)间期。在正常犬 ,开始注射黄芪注射液后 ,心率出现先减少后恢复再持续减少和显著变化。 MR模型犬开始注射液后 ,心率出现先升高后恢复再持续升高的显著变化。 MR模型犬的心率减慢变化与 RR、PQ、QT、QTc呈高度显著负相关 (P<0 .0 1 )。表明黄芪注射液对正常比格犬 ,具有加快心率的正性变时作用。对二尖瓣闭锁不全 (MR)模型犬具有减缓心率的负性变时作用。黄芪注射液的变时作用似与机体的机能状态有关 ,呈现双向调节作用。