High-resolution computed tomography of the mammalian lung.

High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) was performed in 21 isolated animal lungs, from 4 mammalian species (pigs, rabbits, dogs, sheep). Gross and subgross central and peripheral lung morphology was determined by HRCT. Three distinct types of lungs can be identified, principally based on the extent of interlobular septal development; the relationship of major vessels to airways; and the thickness of the visceral pleura. Type-I lung is found in pigs, sheep, and cattle; type-II lung is found in rabbits, dogs, cats, and monkeys; and type-III lung is found in human beings and horses. These mammalian lungs were compared with human lungs. The potential use of HRCT to investigate specific human lung diseases in the aforementioned species also was considered.     

Toxic peripheral neuropathy with demyelination in Sprague-Dawley rats given CGS 21595--a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor.

Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were given CGS 21595, a pro-drug that is almost immediately metabolized to CGS 19213, a naphthoquinone that acts as a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor. The compound was administered by gavage to five groups of Sprague-Dawley rats (group Nos. 1, 5, n = 30; group Nos. 2-4, n = 20) at daily doses of 0, 50, 150, 500, or 1,000 mg/kg for 13 weeks. Rats in the higher dose groups had a reduced weight gain, but significant neurologic signs were not observed. A peripheral neuropathy consisting predominantly of myelin destruction in the spinal nerve roots and sciatic nerves in male rats treated with greater than or equal to 150 mg/kg CGS 21595 and in female rats treated with greater than or equal to 50 mg/kg CGS 21595 for 13 weeks. This lesion was not fully reversible after a recovery period of 4 weeks. Lesions consisted of ballooning of myelin sheaths, infiltration by macrophages, demyelination, and occasional areas of remyelination. Axons were generally preserved, and the brain and spinal cord were not affected. Male and female rats in all treatment groups had cytoplasmic hyaline droplets in the proximal renal tubules. This change was reversible after 4 weeks and was not associated with any other adverse effects on the kidney.     

台湾农业及农村发展经验考察

作者受中国农村发展规划学会邀请,赴台进行为期1个月的研究学习,目的是了解和考察台湾农业及农村发展的经验与历程。一个月的考察和学习使作者对台湾农业生产、农产品运销、农技推广、农业组织体系、农村居住环境等诸多方面有了切实的感性体会。     

三种不同方法显示仔猪小肠肌间神经元的比较

本研究采用小肠铺片NADPH-d组化法、NADH-d组化法和抗NF免疫组化法分别对0日龄、5日龄、28日龄仔猪的肌间神经元进行了比较研究。结果表明:NADPH-d组化法可以选择性的标记合成NO的神经元亚群,大部分阳性肌间神经元符合DogielI型神经元的形态特征;NADH-d组化法可以非选择性的标记大部分神经元,且采用该法观察到的肌间神经元的密度明显高于NADPH-d组化法,但该法不能清晰的显示肌间神经丛的细微结构,不适合用于神经元类型的观察;抗NF免疫组化法可以清晰的显示肌间神经元的突起,28日龄仔猪体积较大的阳性神经元主要为DogielI型和DogielII型神经元。     

2005年农业部第四检查组兽药执法检查情况报告

根据国务院《兽药管理条例》和农业部《2005年兽药市场专项整治工作方案》，为检查督导兽药市场整治工作，受农业部兽医局委派，兽药执法检查组一行4人于2005年6月3日至6月12日，先后对广东、广西、湖南3省兽用生物制品供应体系以及14个市（县）、13个兽药生产企业、20多个兽药经营单位、7个兽药使用单位、3个科研教育单位等进行了系统、全面的检查，现将3省市有关情况和检查中发现的问题汇总如下：     

Genetic diversity of herbicide-resistant and -susceptible Avena fatua populations in North Dakota and Minnesota

Genetic diversity within and among 20 herbicide-resistant (HR) and 16 herbicide-susceptible (HS) Avena fatua multi-field populations was determined using 82 polymorphic loci resulting from two intersimple sequence repeat (ISSR) primers and one long-primer random amplified polymorphic DNA (LP-RAPD) primer. Collections from the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota, sampled in 1964 and 2000, represented A. fatua populations before and after intensive exposure to herbicides. A 1995 collection from south-west North Dakota represented A. fatua exposed to low herbicide selection. Despite differences in years of herbicide exposure among collections, both HR and HS populations from every collection maintained nearly similar levels of ISSR and RAPD diversity. Genetic differentiation among populations (G_ST) varied from 11% to 13% among HR populations and from 9% to 16% among HS populations, indicating that 84–91% of total variation remained within HS or within HR populations. Minimal difference in gene diversity between HR and HS is consistent with multiple origins of resistance, where HR A. fatua most likely evolved from diverse founding individuals.     

四川省退耕还林模式初探

根据自然地理分异规律、社会经济技术原理、生态学原理,分析了四川省的水土流失概况,提出了川中丘陵、盆周山地区、川西南干热干旱河谷区、川西北高山高原区的退耕还林模式。