Bacteriophages as antimicrobial agents against major pathogens in swine: a review

In recent years, the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria has become a global concern which has prompted research into the development of alternative disease control strategies for the swine industry. Bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) offer the prospect of a sustainable alternative approach against bacterial pathogens with the flexibility of being applied therapeutically or for biological control purposes. This paper reviews the use of phages as an antimicrobial strategy for controlling critical pathogens including Salmonella and Escherichia coli with an emphasis on the application of phages for improving performance and nutrient digestibility in swine operations as well as in controlling zoonotic human diseases by reducing the bacterial load spread from pork products to humans through the meat.     

40%砜吡草唑悬浮剂的除草活性及对花生的安全性评价

为明确砜吡草唑在花生田应用的可行性, 采用整株生物测定法测定40%砜吡草唑悬浮剂对马唐Digitaria sanguinalis、狼尾草Pennisetum alopecuroides、稗Echinochloa crus-galli、藜Chenopodium album、反枝苋Amaranthus retroflexus及马齿苋Portulaca oleracea的除草活性, 评价药剂对花生的安全性, 并利用田间小区药效试验进行验证。结果表明:40%砜吡草唑悬浮剂对6种供试杂草均表现出极高活性, GR 50为0.76~2.90 g/hm 2, 在13.32 g/hm 2剂量下, 对供试杂草防效均达100%。40%砜吡草唑悬浮剂对3种禾本科杂草、3种阔叶杂草的毒力分别是960 g/L精异丙甲草胺乳油的5.60~9.30倍和22.16~25.24倍。在盆钵底部渗灌、喷淋浇水2种灌溉条件下, 40%砜吡草唑悬浮剂对花生的GR 10分别为212.03、87.68 g/hm 2, 剂量越高, 对花生生长的抑制愈明显, 对花生安全性欠佳。在盆钵底部渗灌条件下, 砜吡草唑在花生和供试杂草间的选择性指数为29.45~142.30, 具有较高选择性。田间试验表明, 40%砜吡草唑悬浮剂施用剂量120~240 g/hm 2时, 对杂草的总体防效在92.6%以上, 花生增产率21.09%~22.71%, 杂草防效及花生产量均显著高于960 g/L精异丙甲草胺乳油720 g/hm 2处理, 所有药剂处理未见药害症状。综上, 40%砜吡草唑悬浮剂可作为花生田低量、高效化学除草的备选药剂, 但需关注砜吡草唑过量施用及降雨积水等因素导致的花生安全性问题。     

Pathology and Neurotoxicity in Dogs after Repeat Dose Exposure to a Serotonin 5-HT1B Inhibitor

AZD3783, a cationic amphiphilic drug and a potent inhibitor of the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT_1B) receptor, was explored as a potential treatment for depression. To support clinical trials, repeat dose toxicity studies in rats and dogs were conducted. Here we report toxicity findings in dogs after dosing from 1 to 3 months. In the 1-month study, there were minimal neuronal vacuolation in the brain, a marked increase in liver enzymes accompanied by hepatocellular degeneration/necrosis and phospholipidosis (PLD), and PLD/cholecystitis in the gallbladder of animals dosed at 47 mg/kg/day. In the 3-month study, neurotoxicity resulted in euthanasia of one animal dosed at 30 mg/kg/day after 86 days. Extensive pathologic changes were seen in all animals in retina epithelium (inclusion bodies), brain (neuronal vacuolation, degeneration, or necrosis and nerve fiber degeneration), spinal ganglia (vacuolation, degeneration, or necrosis), as well as sciatic and optic nerves (degeneration). Pigment-laden macrophages were observed in the lung, kidney, liver, gallbladder, bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract, and lymphoid tissues. Also seen were vitrel and retinal hemorrhage in the eyes. A brain concentration and pathology study showed that the concentration of AZD3783 in the brain was approximately 4 times higher than in the plasma after 4 weeks of dosing, however, they were similar in all regions examined, and did not correlate with areas with pathologic findings. Our findings with AZD3783 in dogs have not been reported previously with other CNS compounds that effect through serotonergic pharmacology.     

The importance of safety signals in animal handling and training

This review considers the importance of safety for various species of domestic animals and explains how the need for safety may motivate them to offer a variety of unwelcome responses. We argue that the value of safety to animals is often overlooked by trainers and handlers. As a result, animal owners, handlers, trainers, and veterinarians are regularly injured, and training may fail. Reinforced responses that increase the animal's perceived sense of safety but simultaneously endanger the safety of handlers or trainers may lead to the inadvertent training of dangerous responses. This review offers suggestions about how safety can be used effectively and humanely as a resource in operant training. Training calmness in the presence of a specific stimulus that is associated with safety may deserve closer attention. The ethics of creating the need for safety in domestic animals as part of a training regime are discussed. It emerges that the highly prized attribute of so-called trust in animal–trainer dyads may, at least sometimes, be a manifestation of trainers acting as safety signals. Similarly, animals said to have confidence in and regard for their handlers may value the relative safety they afford.     

A socio-ecological exploration of fear of crime in urban green spaces – A systematic review

Studies have pointed at the negative side of urban green spaces in terms of evoking fear of crime. However research on fear-provoking attributes suggests that there usually is no single attribute that influences fear but that rather a combination of attributes prevails. The aim of the paper is to systematically review those attributes that evoke fear of crime in urban green spaces and to highlight their complex interaction by adopting a social-ecological framework. Results include an overview of the reviewed literature with regard to authorship, journal, geographical distribution of the studies, types of urban green spaces studies, types of landscape stimulus used, applied methods, types of respondents involved and main study findings. Forty-eight studies met the authors’ inclusion criteria. The majority of the studies highlighted that individual factors (such as gender and past experience) were more influential than social and physical factors in evoking fear of crime. A proposed socio-ecological framework highlights the attributes which evoke fear of crime in urban green spaces and its interactions and can help guide future research.     

仪征市基层农产品质量安全检测体系建设现状

阐述了仪征市基层农产品质量安全检测体系建设的现状及存在的问题,分析了问题产生的原因,提出了做大做强市级检测中心、加大财政投入、加强队伍建设等措施。     

原油差温顺序输送停输初始状态及安全性

原油差温顺序输送管道不同停输初始状态对应不同的安全停输时间,停输安全性是该输送工艺的重要技术问题。为了获得停输初始状态对停输安全性的影响规律,定性分析了一个输送周期内不同时段的停输安全性特点,通过引入停输时机的概念和定义无量纲排空时间定量分析了不同停输初始状态的相对停输安全性。结果表明：高凝油油头到达进站口时停输最危险;不同停输时机的无量纲排空时间相差明显,即不同停输时机再启动的难易程度或停输安全性相差较大,且差异程度随停输时间延长而增大;对于存在停输危险的停输时机,无量纲排空时间总会在某一停输时间下趋于无穷大,表明该停输时间下,再启动不会成功。研究结果可为原油差温顺序输送管道合理安排停输检修计划或定性判断停输安全时间提供技术支持。（图4,表4,参13）     

Seismic behavior of reinforced-concrete and steel reinforced concrete ultra short columns

进行了4个钢筋混凝土(RC)超短柱、4个型钢混凝土(SRC)超短柱和6个RC分体柱的滞回性能试验研究.8个超短柱的剪跨比为1;6个分体柱的剪跨比为2.4.试验结果表明,RC超短柱的变形能力不满足现行抗震规范要求.不设剪力连接件的SRC超短柱的破坏模式为黏结破坏,与RC超短柱相比,其抗剪承载力和变形能力并无明显提高;设置剪力连接件的SRC超短柱的破坏模式为斜压破坏,其抗剪承载力和变形能力显著提高,但构件的变形能力仍然难以满足现行抗震规范要求.试验结果还表明,在RC超短柱中开缝,形成剪跨比大于2的RC分体柱,可有效提高柱子的延性和变形能力.对于RC分体柱,随轴压比的提高,构件的抗弯承载力提高,但延性和变形能力下降;当设计轴压比大于0.7时,RC分体柱的变形能力不满足现行抗震规范要求.根据试验结果,提出了SRC超短柱的剪力连接件设计方法和RC分体柱的设计建议.