Growth patterns of two lines of Angus cattle selected using predicted growth parameters.

Linear functions of body weight and condition score at weaning and 18 mo of age were used to predict the mature weight (A) and maturing rate (k) parameters of an asymptotic growth model of Angus cows at the Subtropical Agricultural Research Station, Brooksville, FL. From 1981 through 1988 a heavy-mature-weight line (Line A) and a rapid-maturing line (Line K) were selected based on predicted A and k values. Linear contrasts (A-K) of least squares means for weight at fixed ages indicated that the weight difference between lines increased from birth to maturity during the period of the study. Animals from Line A were heavier (P less than .01) at all ages. A negative response in maternal ability, relative to increased growth potential of their calves, seems to have occurred in the cows of Line A. Mature weight was reached at approximately 4.5 yr of age in Line K and at approximately 5.5 yr in Line A. Brody's three-parameter and Richards' four-parameter functions were fitted to 2,855 quarterly weights of cows, from birth to 6.5 yr of age, to estimate the average growth curve for each line. Brody's model gave better estimates of weights from 18 mo to maturity, but the asymptotic residual mean squares were slightly higher because early weights were overestimated. Linear and nonlinear regression analyses of weight-age data and comparisons of degree of maturity at different premature ages showed differences in the growth patterns of the two lines selected for early predicted values of A and k.     

Experimental and natural infection with the enzootic leukosis virus of cattle

A trial was performed with heifers at the age of six to seven months. The animals were experimentally infected with the lymphocytes of a virus-productive donor. Infection was produced in all the nine cases, as demonstrated by means of the positive syncytial test. As indicated by the results of the trial, the antibodies to the enzootic bovine leucosis virus (BLV) were produced soon after experimental infection. A high sensitivity of the serum-neutralization test and the ELISA method was demonstrated in this connection: by these methods, the antibodies were identified already two to three weeks after experimental infection whereas by the immunodiffusion test they could be detected only after five weeks. Twenty-four animals were exposed to natural contact infection. Within 270 days of the trial, the disease after contact was recorded only in one heifer out of the four that were in close contact with the experimentally infected animals. In this case, as compared with experimental infection, the antibodies were produced much later--after 85 to 93 days. Leucosis was recorded in none of the remaining animals. The reasons why such a favourable result was obtained were the thorough disinfection of the stables after blood collections and the strict observance of the aseptic conditions. The results of experimental infection in three cows were identical with those obtained in young cattle. In the experimentally infected dairy cows, antibodies in milk were determined by the ELISA method. As found, in milk the antibodies to BLV appear two to three weeks later than they do in serum. The ELISA method of BLV antibody detection can be used for the identification of infected animals in herds where enzootic bovine leucosis occurs.     

长翅燕蝗发生与防治初报

2001年5月末至6月上旬，在岫岩县牧牛乡河滩地上的枫杨上，发现大批蝗虫危害，每棵树上均有一千头以上蝗虫成虫在取食叶片，稍经震动即可起飞。在树冠下的草地上仍有部分蝗蝻取食杂草，经现场调查平均每平方米有幼蝻105头，多者达270多头。6月中旬枫杨树叶基本被吃光，开始转入邻近的玉米田危害，平均每株玉米有长翅燕蝗成虫38头，多者达80多头，仅一夜间邻近枫杨的玉米叶肉己被吃光，受害面积几百公顷，来势凶猛。     

鸭大肠杆菌病流行病学与病原特性研究

对浙江等地鸭大肠杆菌病流行病学进行调查，并研究其发病特点，分离鉴定出致病性大肠杆菌26株；已对其中20株菌株进行血清型鉴定，主要为078，占70%（14/20），其次是O1，占15%（3/20）；人工感染试验表明，80%（8/10）菌株毒力强，皮下、肌肉、足蹼3种途径均易复制该病；病理组织学检查肝、肺、脾等，表现急性炎症，出血等病变；药敏试验表明，不同菌株对药物敏感性差异较大，除对鸭菌消、卡那霉素等高敏外，对多数常用抗菌药已耐药，最后就该病的防治提出了对策。     

Cortisol binding capacity of corticosteroid binding globulin in hyperadrenocorticoid and healthy dogs

Corticosteroid binding globulin (CBG) binding capacity and plasma cortisol concentration were determined in 27 dogs with hyperadrenocorticism and in 17 healthy control dogs. Cortisol concentrations were significantly higher in hyperadrenocorticoid dogs than in controls. CBG binding capacity did not differ between the two groups. It is concluded that excessive endogenous cortisol secretion does not induce an increase in CBG binding capacity. Consequently, the determination of CBG binding capacity provides no additional information for the diagnosis of canine Cushing's syndrome.     

论网络银行发展与金融监管的新问题

银行业网络化的出现 ,已不再是一种单纯的金融创新 ,它将引发一场金融业、乃至整个经济局势的重大变革 ,这是历史赋予我们的一次绝好发展机遇 ,我们必须对这个问题引起高度重视。监管问题将是未来网络银行发展中一个十分重要的方面。目前我国网络银行发展水平较低 ,因此 ,必须以发展眼光来充分认识网络银行发展中监管面临的新问题 ,积极作好应对策略     

山羊痘疫情的诊断及防制效果

1 疫情经过 2002年11月至2003年3月我市有两个乡的山羊饲养户10户,饲养的895只山羊,发病56只,发病率63.13％,死亡241只,死亡率26.93％。该病发病急、传播快,个别场在2—3天即在羊群中传播开,发病率高达100％,死亡率高达77.5％。2 临床症状 病羊体温升高至41—42℃,食欲不振、减退或废绝,呼吸困难,眼、鼻有脓性分泌物,皮肤长出大小不一的结节状物,突出     

Cross protection studies on Bordetella bronchiseptica in mice using an intracerebral challenge model.

Protective activities of heat-inactivated (60 degrees C for 30 min) merthiolate preserved Bordetella bronchiseptica and B. pertussis bacterins were compared in intraperitoneally immunized mice challenged intracerebrally (i.p./i.c.) or intraperitoneally (i.p./i.p.). In the i.p./i.c. assay (Kendrick test), a B. pertussis bacterin protected mice against challenge with B. pertussis 18-323, as well as against phase I cytotoxic and non-cytotoxic strains of B. bronchiseptica. A B. bronchiseptica bacterin, prepared from a phase I cytotoxic strain, gave protection against two phase I B. bronchiseptica strains, irrespective of their cytotoxin-production. A non-cytotoxic phase I strain of B. bronchiseptica elicited protection against the homologous strain only. Neither cytotoxic nor non-cytotoxic B. bronchiseptica strains protected mice challenged with B. pertussis 18-323. Vaccines prepared from phase III strains of B. bronchiseptica were not protective at all against any of the challenge strains. No such differences in the protective activities of the bacterins could be detected by the i.p./i.p. method. They seem to cross-protect equally well. The results indicate that the Kendrick test may be useful in testing potency of different B. bronchiseptica bacterins.     

三元杂交商品猪杂交组合试验研究

本试验以杜长约外三元杂交杜长荣两外一内三元杂交模式进行对比试验。试验结果表明 ,在生长发育 ,饲料报酬 ,瘦肉率和经济效益方面 ,外三元比两外一内三元杂交分别高 6.5 4 % ( P>0 .0 5 )、7.5 6% ( P>0 .0 5 )、8.92 % ( P<0 .0 5 )和 1 1 .30 % ( P>0 .0 5 )。     

Determination of sulfamethazine and trimethoprim in liquid feed premixes by HPLC and diode array detection, with an analysis of the uncertainty of the analytical results.

Sulfamethazine (SMZ) and trimethoprim (TMP) are antibacterials used in veterinary practice. This paper describes a method for their determination in veterinary liquid feed premixes that is based on liquid chromatography with diode array detection. Gradient elution with methanol and ammonium acetate achieved excellent separation of the two analytes within 15 min without any interference from the matrix. Absorbance of the column effluent was monitored at 264 nm for SMZ and at 230 nm for TMP. Detailed analyses of the uncertainties of determinations afford estimated expanded uncertainties of, respectively, 0.2 and 0.1 w/v % for typical SMZ and TMP concentrations of 10.7 and 2.1 w/v %, respectively. At the lower end of the calibrated range of the method, the dominant source of uncertainty is the preparation of standards and the construction of the calibration line.