The effect of active immunization against adrenocorticotropic hormone on cortisol, beta-endorphin, vocalization, and growth in pigs

Because the poor growth performance of intensively housed pigs is associated with increased circulating glucocorticoid concentrations, we investigated the effects of glucocorticoid suppression by inducing a humoral immune response to ACTH on physiological and production variables in growing pigs. Grower pigs (28.6 +/- 0.9 kg) were immunized with amino acids 1 through 24 of ACTH conjugated to ovalbumin and suspended in diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) dextran-adjuvant or adjuvant alone (control) on d 1, 28, and 56. The ACTH-specific antibody titers generated suppressed increases in cortisol concentrations on d 63 in response to an acute stressor (P = 0.002; control = 71 +/- 8.2 ng/mL; ACTH-immune = 43 +/- 4.9 ng/mL) without altering basal concentrations. Plasma beta-endorphin concentrations were also increased (P < 0.001) on d 63 (control = 18 +/- 2.1 ng/mL; ACTH-immune = 63 +/- 7.3 ng/mL), presumably because of a release from negative feedback on the expression of proopiomelanocortin in pituitary corticotropes. Immunization against ACTH did not alter ADG (P = 0.120; control = 1,077 +/- 25; ACTH-immune = 1,143 +/- 25 g) or ADFI (P = 0.64; control = 2,719 +/- 42; ACTH-immune = 2,749 +/- 42 g) and did not modify behavior (P = 0.681) assessed by measuring vocalization in response to acute restraint. In summary, suppression of stress-induced cortisol responses through ACTH immunization increased beta-endorphin concentrations, but it did not modify ADG, ADFI, or restraint vocalization score in growing pigs.     

吡虫啉在不同施药时间对玉米叶绿素含量的影响

对大田栽培作物玉米,在不同时间,用喷雾器喷施不同浓度杀虫剂吡虫啉,24h后测定玉米叶绿素和类胡萝卜素的含量.结果表明,上午喷施药剂促使玉米叶绿素含量增加最多,其次是中午,下午施药玉米叶绿素含量增加最小.     

进境哈萨克斯坦向日葵种子中向日葵黑茎病菌的鉴定

自进境哈萨克斯坦向日葵种子中,采用常规平板分离法获得1株疑似向日葵黑茎病菌Plenodomus lindquistii菌株LL4,通过生物学性状、ITS序列测定和比对分析及致病性测定等方法对其进行了鉴定。结果表明,该病菌在PDA平板上培养初期菌丝无色,分隔分枝多,后期菌丝褐色或深褐色,常膨大;分生孢子器暗褐色,分散或聚集,球形、近球形或不规则形,大小为71.2~361.8μm;分生孢子形态变化较大,无色,单孢,肾形至椭圆形,大小为3.6~8.2μm×2.2~3.7μm,常含有2个油球;培养期间未见有性阶段。基于ITS序列分析比对发现,菌株LL4与Gen Bank中多个向日葵黑茎病菌分离物序列同源性达99%以上,系统进化树显示其与其它向日葵黑茎病菌分离物聚在同一个分支。菌株LL4可侵染向日葵根茎部,造成典型黑茎病症状。表明分离获得的菌株LL4为向日葵黑茎病菌P.lindquistii。     

农民收入构成变化特点与分析评价

近年来,农民收入增长缓慢已成为农业和农村经济发展中的突出问题,分析评价农民收入构成变化情况与特点,利于探索农民增收的新途径和对策措施.……     

棉红铃虫对有机磷杀虫剂的抗药性

以湖北省３个不同用药水平的棉区棉红铃虫初孵幼虫为试虫、采用滤纸药膜法对４种有机磷杀虫剂进行了抗药性初步研究,建立了４种药剂的相对敏感毒力基线。对３个地方种群进行抗药性监测发现：江陵种群对四胺磷、久效磷已出现低水平至中等水平抗性,对丙溴磷和对硫磷暂处敏感性变动 阶段;鄂州种群对４种有机磷杀虫剂处基本敏感水平;只有武昌种群最为敏感。以相对敏感基线的ＬＣ９９值检测３个地方种群的实际死亡率,结果与理论率的     

应用RP-HPLC法测定不同产地中桔梗皂甙D

用反相高效液色谱（ＲＰ－ＨＰＬＣ）分析方法对常用中药桔梗中主要有效尬发桔梗皂苷Ｄ（ｐｌａｔｙｃｏｄｉｎＤ）进行了研究,考究了流动相对分离的影响,选择以Ｃ１８为色谱分析柱,乙腈－磷酸盐缓冲液为流动相,检测波长为２１０ｎｍ,进样量在２．０～３２０μｇ之间呈良好线性关系,平均回收率为９８．１３％,ＲＤＳ为２．３％。     

香猪肌肉品质的研究(第1报)

对香猪不同日龄、不同部位的肉质特性和肌纤维发育规律的研究结果表明,不同部位之间pH、单位面积内肌纤维数和肌纤维横截面积及不同日龄之间背最长肌熟肉率和肌二头肌失水率等均无统计学差异。单位面积内肌纤维数随日龄增加而减少,肌纤维横截面积则随日龄的增加而增大。     

Dietary eicosapentaenoic acid requirement of juvenile rock bream,Oplegnathus fasciatus

A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the optimum dietary level of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5n‐3) based on growth and non‐specific immune responses in juvenile rock bream. A basal diet without EPA supplementation was used as a control, and six other diets were prepared by supplementing with 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 or 40 g of EPA per kg diet. The actual EPA concentrations of the diets were 0.5, 4.3, 8.5, 13.0, 16.8, 21.0 and 41.2 g of EPA per kg diet, and the diets were abbreviated as EPA_0.5, EPA_4.3, EPA_8.5, EPA_13.0, EPA_16.8, EPA_21.0 and EPA_41.2, respectively. Triplicate groups of fish averaging 1.06 ± 0.01 g (mean ± SD) were fed one of the seven experimental diets at the apparent satiation for 8 weeks. At the end of the feeding trial, weight gain, specific growth rate and feed efficiency of fish fed EPA_16.8, EPA_21.0 and EPA_41.2 diets were significantly higher than those of fish fed EPA_0.5, EPA_4.3, EPA_8.5 and EPA_13.0 diets (p < .05). Superoxide dismutase activity of fish fed EPA_16.8, EPA_21.0 and EPA_41.2 diets were significantly higher than those of fish fed EPA_0.5, EPA_4.3 and EPA_8.5 diets. Fish fed EPA_21.0 and EPA_41.2 diets showed significantly higher lysozyme activity than did fish fed EPA_0.5, EPA_4.3, EPA_8.5 and EPA_13.0 diets. The broken‐line analysis of weight gain indicated that the optimum dietary EPA level was 16.7 g/kg diet. These results suggested that the optimum dietary EPA level in juvenile rock bream could be greater than 16.7 g/kg diet but less than or equal to 16.8 g/kg diet based on the broken‐line analysis and the ANOVA test of weight gain.