Use of cassava as an energy source in a pelleted feed for the tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L.

Abstract. An assessment of the nutritive value of cassava as an energy source in a pelleted lilapia diet was carried out. Four isonitrogeneous diets containing 15%. 30%, 45% and 60% cassava were formulated and fed to groups of Ortochromis niloucus L for 10 weeks. Good growth and food utilization efficiencies were obtained with all diets: there was a trend of improved growth and food utilization with increased cassava incorporation in the diet although there were no significant differences (P < 0–05) in food conversion ratio, protein efficiency ratio or apparent net protein utilization between the experimental diets. No nutritionally related pathology was observed in fish fed high cassava levels. Increased incorporation of cassava led to an increase in the carcass fat content although it was within the acceptable limits for tilapia. Phytoplankton growth occurred in all experimental tanks due to the fertilization effects of uneaten feeds and faeces as the water within the experimental lankiyuem was not exchanged: the contribution of phytoplankton to the nutrition of the experimental fish was not quantified but was considered to be minimal since the phytoplankton biomass was approximately an order of magnitude less than in fertilized systems.     

Effectiveness of oxfendazole against early and later 4th-stage Strongylus vulgaris in ponies

Twenty pony foals (reared worm free), 6.5 to 10 weeks of age, were inoculated with Strongylus vulgaris and allocated to 5 groups, each with 4 foals. One week after inoculation, 1 group of 4 foals was given oxfendazole (OFZ) at a dosage rate of 10 mg/kg of body weight, another group was given 2 such treatments 48 hours apart, and a 3rd group was given a placebo. All treatments were administered by stomach tube. Three weeks later, foals were euthanatized and necropsied in a test for efficacy against early 4th-stage larvae. Oxfendazole was 80% and 94.9% effective against early 4th-stage S vulgaris with 1 and 2 doses, respectively. A 4th group of 4 foals was given 2 treatments of OFZ, 48 hours apart, about 8 weeks after inoculation, and a 5th group was given a placebo. These foals were euthanatized and necropsied 5 weeks after treatment in a test for efficacy against later 4th-stage larvae. Two doses of OFZ were 96.6% effective against later 4th-stage larvae.     

Factors affecting incisional complication rates associated with colic surgery in horses: 78 cases (1983-1985)

From May 1, 1983 to April 1, 1985, 142 operations were performed on horses with signs of acute abdominal pain (colic), using a ventral midline incision. Seventy-eight horses lived for at least 15 days after surgery or had acute dehiscence and were included in the study. Seventy horses had surgery once, and 8 horses had surgery 2 or more times. Six-month follow-up evaluation was obtained for 66 horses that had 1 surgery and for 6 horses that had multiple surgeries. Incisional complications included drainage (including infection), acute dehiscence, hernia, and suture sinus formation. The effects of preoperative peritoneal fluid presence, enterotomy or resection, suture material and pattern used in the linea alba, type of skin closure and use of a sutured-on stent bandage on the incidence of incisional complications were investigated. The complication of incisional infection rate associated with a near-far-far-near suture pattern vs simple interrupted pattern in the linea alba was the only statistically significant (P less than 0.05) difference observed.     

Clinical evaluation of laryngeal sensation in horses

Sensory innervation of the larynx was examined by tactile stimulation with a blunt biopsy forceps passed through a flexible videoendoscope. Twenty horses with no evidence of laryngeal motor deficit were stimulated on 10 sites by touch with the forceps. Unilateral neurectomies of the internal branch of the left cranial laryngeal nerve were performed on 5 other horses. These horses were stimulated by touch on the same sites preoperatively and up to 1 week postoperatively. In all 25 horses the motor response of the larynx was recorded on videotape and evaluated by 2 observers blind as to treatment and time of evaluation. Normal horses responded to touch by adduction of both arytenoid cartilages, swallowing or both. This response was not altered by sedation with xylazine hydrochloride. Left cranial laryngeal neurectomized horses failed to respond to tactile stimulation of the left side, while adduction of both cartilages, swallowing or both was observed following stimulation on the right side. Laryngeal stimulation by touch with a biopsy forceps was accurate in identifying horses with complete deficits of the internal branch of the cranial laryngeal nerve.     

Surgery of the bovine forestomach compartments

Surgery of the forestomach compartments is performed in bovine practices for the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases, including traumatic reticuloperitonitis, perireticular abscess, vagal indigestion, and grain overload. Through a left flank laparotomy, the cranial abdomen is first explored by palpation for adhesions or masses. A rumenotomy allows thorough examination of the lumen of the rumen and reticulum. Surgical correction of disease may require emptying of the rumen, removal of a foreign body, or drainage of an abscess into the reticulum. With some abscesses, single aspiration and lavage of the abscess capsule or drainage of the abscess through the body wall, following a ventral celiotomy, is required. If adhesions associated with disease do not affect the innervation of the forestomach, the prognosis for return to functional status within the herd is good. Adhesions involving the medial wall of the reticulum or pericardial and myocardial disease due to extensions of traumatic reticuloperitonitis have a very poor prognosis, and thus slaughter should be considered in affected cases.     

Superoxide production by stimulated equine polymorphonuclear leukocytes-inhibition by anti-inflammatory drugs

Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) were isolated from an inflammatory exudate induced in the intercarpal joints of horses by an administration of carrageenin. Their superoxide production at rest and following stimulation with either serum-treated zymosan (STZ) or phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) was measured by cytochrome-c reduction. Stimulation of the cells increased the cytochrome-c reduction 10-15 times that of resting cells. The maxima were 20 nmol of reduced cytochrome-c per 10(6) cells per ml at 120 min (STZ) and 35 nmol of reduced cytochrome-c per 10(6) cells per ml at 60 min (PMA). The maximum inhibition of the cytochrome-c reduction by superoxide dismutase (Palosein) was 83.6% (STZ stimulation) and 72.1% (PMA stimulation). The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, phenylbutazone, salicylic acid, aspirin, sodium salicylate in addition to D-penicillamine and dimethylsulfoxide caused dose-dependent inhibition of the cytochrome-c reduction when the cells were stimulated by PMA. The maximum inhibitions were 64% and 36% for aspirin (10(-2) M), 32% and 17% for phenylbutazone (10(-3) M), 15% and 31% for dimethylsulfoxide (6.4 x 10(-1) M), 32% and 19% for salicylic acid (10(-2) M), 0% and 17% for sodium salicylate (10(-2) M) and 2.2% and 2.5% for D-penicillamine (10(-4) M) when the cells were stimulated by STZ and PMA, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

百合无病毒苗快速繁殖技术

以东方百合珠芽作为外植体进行脱毒苗的组织培养快速繁殖技术的研究,结果表明诱导愈伤组织的最适培养基为MS附加BA0.5mg·L-1和NAA0.1mg·L-1,培养7d后愈伤组织就启动,愈伤组织的诱导率达到90.5%;最适宜分化的培养基为MS BA1.5mg·L-1 KT0.1mg·L-1 NAA0.1mg·L-1,培养8d即开始分化出丛状芽,分化率可达到93.33%;最适宜芽增殖培养基为MS附加BA0.5mg·L-1和NAA0.05mg·L-1,繁殖系数达到5.4;无根苗转入1/2MS IAA1.0mg·L-1,100%生根;经检测,0.3～0.8mm的外植体,均能达到脱毒的要求。     

瘤胃稳定性脂肪对产后奶牛奶产量、牛奶成份和外周血白细胞数量的影响

选择经产、胎次相同和产奶量相近的荷斯坦奶牛40头,配对分组设计分为对照组和试验组,每组20头。对照组全程饲喂基础日粮,试验组饲喂基础日粮 瘤胃稳定性脂肪。结果:瘤胃稳定性脂肪对奶牛采食量无显著影响(P>0.05);试验组牛产奶量显著升高(P<0.05),乳脂率呈上升趋势(P>0.05),但乳蛋白率未见显著变化(P>0.05);试验组奶牛外周血白细胞总数和淋巴细胞数轻度上升(P>0.05),牛奶SCC呈下降趋势(P>0.05)。结果表明,补充瘤胃稳定性脂肪可提高产奶量,对于改善机体免疫机能有一定的作用。