多价伊氏锥虫灭活疫苗制备及免疫保护试验

用湖北株、广西株和江苏株伊氏锥虫经体外培养增殖，再等量混合，制备多价伊氏锥虫灭活苗。疫苗免疫接种小鼠后，再分别用强毒湖北株、广西株和江苏株伊氏锥虫攻击，结果3组小鼠均获12／12保护。免疫保护鼠于免疫后105d时，再作第二次攻虫，结果湖北、广西和江苏组分别获得1／5，3／5，4／5保护，对照组小鼠均100％发病死亡。结果表明多价伊氏锥虫灭活苗对多种虫株均产生了良好免疫保护作用，免疫期达3个月，从而为大面积推广伊氏锥虫病苗提供了有效途径。     

应用PCR诊断隐孢子虫病

应用聚合酶链反应（ Ｐ Ｃ Ｒ）建立了一种诊断人及牛等哺乳动物隐孢子虫病的方法。试验采用甘油漂浮 Ｇ３ 耐酸漏斗过滤法纯化隐孢子虫卵囊,以液氮冻融法制备模板 Ｄ Ｎ Ａ,根据隐孢子虫 １８ Ｓｒ Ｒ Ｎ Ａ 序列设计 Ｐ Ｃ Ｒ 引物建立其诊断方法。该方法特异性强,可检出鼠隐孢子虫（ Ｃｒｙｐｔｏｓｐ ｏｒｉｄｉｕｍ ｍ ｕｒｉｓ）和小球隐孢子虫（ Ｃ．ｐａｒｖｕｍ ）卵囊;敏感性高,每克粪便可检出 ４００ 个卵囊。初步应用结果表明,所建立的 Ｐ Ｃ Ｒ 方法适合于人、牛等哺乳动物隐孢子虫病的临床诊断和流行病学调查。     

茶树病虫害识别防治信息查询系统的开发

本文应用VB6.0开发茶树病虫害识别防治信息查询系统,该查询系统界面友好、使用方便、共收入茶树病虫害77种.其中病害24种,叶部病害11种,枝部病害8种,根部病害5种;虫害53种,食叶性害虫24种,刺吸式害虫18种,钻蛀性害虫7种,地下害虫4种.该系统通过安装向导创建安装程序后即可使用,适合基层农技推广人员、茶农及科研人员作信息查询使用.     

西安地区鸵鸟养殖现状调查

简述了国内外鸵鸟养殖概况 ,通过对西安地区 5个公司的鸵鸟养殖场中的饲养管理、繁育、疾病防治及产品开发等的调查和分析 ,提出了西安地区在鸵鸟养殖方面存在的问题及我国鸵鸟养殖业的发展对策     

Nutritional interventions to prevent and rear low‐birthweight piglets

Selection for hyperprolific sows, as a means of increasing litter size and profit, has resulted in an increased number of low‐birthweight (LBW) piglets. These LBW piglets might suffer from increased morbidity and mortality during the early neonatal period. In addition, they show reduced growth performance, meat and carcass quality, which leads to an important economic loss for the farmer in the post‐natal period. Therefore, nutritional interventions can be undertaken to prevent and rear LBW piglets. In the first part of this review, the preventive strategies at the sow level will be discussed. Approaches in preventing LBW piglets are to optimize the intrauterine environment via supplementing the sow during gestation. In the second part of this review, the interventions at the piglet level will be described. To increase the survival and growth rates of LBW piglets, one must focus on ensuring adequate colostrum and milk intake. Interventions include supplementing piglets, split nursing, split weaning and cross‐fostering. Additional interventions increasing the probability of optimal post‐natal food intake will be discussed.     

Effect of intratesticular inoculation with Aujeszky's disease virus on genital organs of boars

Ten 8-10-month-old Belgian Landrace boars were intratesticularly inoculated with 500 TCID50 of a virulent Belgian Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV) isolate (75V19) in 0.1 ml volume. One control boar was similarly inoculated with phosphate-buffered saline solution. The genital organs of six inoculated boars were examined by virus isolation and immunofluorescence. In spite of high virus titers, the fluorescence in the testicles remained limited to a few small foci in the interstitial connective tissue and tunica albuginea at or close to the inoculation site. Neither virus replication, necrosis nor inflammatory lesions could be demonstrated in the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules. However, virus replication was regularly demonstrated in the serosa covering testicles, plexus pampiniformis, ductus deferens and tunica vaginalis. Virus was also isolated from the scrotal fluid. It is suggested that the serosa is the primary target tissue for ADV. The other four boars were inoculated to study the effect of ADV on semen. Severe morphologic alteration and lowered sperm cell concentrations were observed during several weeks after inoculation or until slaughter at 47, 53 and 58 days post inoculation. Virus was isolated from semen of only two out of four boars examined at 9 and 10 days post inoculation.     

In vitro dose–response of carvacrol, thymol, eugenol and trans-cinnamaldehyde and interaction of combinations for the antimicrobial activity against the pig gut flora

In vitro simulations of the gastric and small intestinal fermentation with varying doses of carvacrol, thymol, eugenol and trans-cinnamaldehyde and binary combinations thereof were carried out to calculate dose–response equations for the antimicrobial effect against the main pig gut flora components. Interaction effects were evaluated following the isobole method. In gastric simulations eugenol and trans-cinnamaldehyde showed clearly less inhibitory activity towards lactobacilli than carvacrol and thymol, which could also be observed in the small intestinal simulations. The minimum concentration for carvacrol, thymol, eugenol and trans-cinnamaldehyde in small intestinal simulations to reduce the number of total anaerobic bacteria compared to control with a probability of 99.7% was 255, 258, 223 and 56 mg/l respectively. This strong activity of trans-cinnamaldehyde was due to its effect against coliform bacteria; a dose of 104 mg/l gave a reduction of 1 log CFU/ml vs. 371, 400 and 565 mg/l for carvacrol, thymol and eugenol respectively. Few combinations demonstrated synergism; most mixtures showed zero interaction or antagonism. Only carvacrol + thymol was slightly synergistic.     

Chitosan nanoparticles enhance developmental competence of in vitro-matured porcine oocytes

Oxidative stress is inevitable as it is derived from the handling, culturing, inherent metabolic activities and medium supplementation of embryos. This study was performed to investigate the protective effect of chitosan nanoparticles (CNPs) on oxidative damage in porcine oocytes. For this purpose, cumulus–oocyte complexes (COCs) derived from porcine slaughterhouse ovaries were exposed to different concentrations of CNPs (0, 10, 25 and 50 µg/ml) during in vitro maturation (IVM). Oocytes treated with 25 µg/ml CNPs showed significantly higher levels of GSH, along with a significant reduction in ROS levels compared to control, CNPs10 and CNPs50 groups. In parthenogenetic embryo production, the maturation rate was significantly higher in the CNPs25 group than that in the control and all other treated groups. In addition, when compared to the CNPs50 and control groups, CNPs25-treated oocytes showed significantly higher cleavage and blastocyst development rates. The highest concentration of CNPs reduced the total cell number and ratio of ICM: TE cells in parthenogenetic embryos, suggesting that there is a threshold where benefits are lost if exceeded. In cloned embryos, the CNPs25 group, as compared to all other treated groups, showed significantly higher maturation and cleavage rates. Furthermore, the blastocyst development rate in the CNPs25-treated group was significantly higher than that in the CNPs50-treated group, as was the total cell number. Moreover, we found that cloned embryos derived from the CNPs25-treated group showed significantly higher expression levels of Pou5f1, Dppa2, and Ndp52il genes, compared with those of the control and other treated groups. Our results demonstrated that 25 µg/ml CNPs treatment during IVM improves the developmental competence of porcine oocytes by reducing oxidative stress.     

Tenogenic induction of equine mesenchymal stem cells by means of growth factors and low-level laser technology

Tendons regenerate poorly due to a dense extracellular matrix and low cellularity. Cellular therapies aim to improve tendon repair using mesenchymal stem cells and tenocytes; however, a current limitation is the low proliferative potential of tenocytes in cases of severe trauma. The purpose of this study was to develop a method useful in veterinary medicine to improve the differentiation of Peripheral Blood equine mesenchymal stem cells (PB-MSCs) into tenocytes. PB-MSCs were used to study the effects of the addition of some growth factors (GFs) as TGFβ3 (transforming growth factor), EGF2 (Epidermal growth factor), bFGF2 (Fibroblast growth factor) and IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor) in presence or without Low Level Laser Technology (LLLT) on the mRNA expression levels of genes important in the tenogenic induction as Early Growth Response Protein-1 (EGR1), Tenascin (TNC) and Decorin (DCN). The singular addition of GFs did not show any influence on the mRNA expression of tenogenic genes whereas the specific combinations that arrested cell proliferation in favour of differentiation were the following: bFGF2 + TGFβ3 and bFGF2 + TGFβ3 + LLLT. Indeed, the supplement of bFGF2 and TGFβ3 significantly upregulated the expression of Early Growth Response Protein-1 and Decorin, while the use of LLLT induced a significant increase of Tenascin C levels. In conclusion, the present study might furnish significant suggestions for developing an efficient approach for tenocyte induction since the external administration of bFGF2 and TGFβ3, along with LLLT, influences the differentiation of PB-MSCs towards the tenogenic fate.