Effects of amino acids supplementation in low crude protein diets on growth performance,carcass traits and serum parameters in finishing gilts

This study investigated the effects of amino acids (AA) supplementation in low crude protein (CP) diets on growth performance and carcass characteristics in finishing gilts. One hundred and eighty gilts (59.1 ± 5.1 kg) were randomly allotted to one of five diets which consisted of a high CP (15.6%) diet or four low CP (11.6%) diets for 50 days. The low CP diets were supplemented with lysine + threonine + methionine (LCM), LCM + tryptophan (LCT), LCT + valine (LCV) or LCV + isoleucine (LCI), respectively. Gilts were housed at six pigs per pen with six pens per treatment. At the end of the 50‐day experiment, 30 gilts (one pig per pen) with average body weight (BW) of 98 kg were killed to evaluate carcass traits. The pigs fed the diet supplemented with LCV obtained the highest average daily gain (ADG), which was higher than those of pigs fed the diet supplemented with LCM (P < 0.05). Dietary supplementation with tryptophan, valine and isoleucine in low CP diets increased ADG (linear and quadratic effect, P < 0.05), serum levels of valine (quadratic effect, P < 0.05) and isoleucine (linear and quadratic effect, P < 0.05) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA (linear and quadratic effect, P < 0.05) in finishing gilts. © 2016 Japanese Society of Animal Science     

Impact of heat stress,nutritional restriction and combined stresses (heat and nutritional) on growth and reproductive performance of Malpura rams under semi‐arid tropical environment

A study was conducted to assess the combined effect of heat stress and nutritional restriction on growth and reproductive performances in Malpura rams. Twenty‐eight adult Malpura rams (average body weight (BW) 66.0 kg) were used in this study. The rams were divided into four groups: CON (n = 7; control), HES (n = 7; heat stress), NUS (n = 7; nutritional stress) and COS (n = 7; combined stress). The study was conducted for a period of 2 months. CON and HES rams had ad libitum access to their feed while NUS and COS rams were under restricted feed (30% intake of CON rams) to induce nutritional stress. The HES and COS rams were kept in climatic chamber at 42 °C and 55% relative humidity for 6 h a day between 10 : 00 h and 16 : 00 h to induce heat stress. Body weight increased significantly (p < 0.05) in CON as compared to NUS and COS. When compared within groups, scrotal width morning, scrotal width afternoon, scrotal circumference morning and scrotal circumference afternoon were significantly (p < 0.05) larger in CON while smaller in COS rams. The higher testicular length was recorded both during morning (p < 0.05) and afternoon (p < 0.01) in COS rams while the lowest in NUS rams. The highest plasma testosterone concentration was recorded in CON and lowest in COS rams. Semen volume and mass motility also differed significantly (p < 0.05) between the groups. The highest semen volume and mass motility was recorded in CON and NUS while lowest in both HES and COS rams. It can be concluded from this study that when two stressors occur simultaneously, they may have severe impact on reproductive performance of rams.     

Two single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoter of the ovine myostatin gene (MSTN) and their effect on growth and carcass muscle traits in New Zealand Romney sheep

Myostatin is a negative regulator of muscle growth and development in mammals, and variation in ovine myostatin gene (MSTN) has been demonstrated to be associated with variation in the muscularity of sheep. Polymerase chain reaction–single‐stranded conformational polymorphism (PCR–SSCP) was used to look for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a 304‐bp amplicon from the promoter region of ovine MSTN. Sequence analyses revealed two previously identified SNPs (c.?2449G/C and c. ?2379T/C) that resulted in three haplotypes (H₁ (c.[?2449G; ?2379C]), H₂ (c.[?2449C; ?2379C]) and H₃ (c.[?2449G; ?2379T]). The effect of these SNPs on growth and carcass traits was investigated in 357 NZ Romney lambs. General linear mixed‐effect models revealed that sheep with the genotype c.?2449GC had a higher loin meat yield (p = 0.032) and proportion loin yield (p = 0.028), than those with the genotype c.?2449GG. The genotype c.?2379CC was associated with an increase in three weight traits: birthweight (p = 0.003), tailing weight (p = 0.009) and weaning weight (p = 0.028), when compared with the genotype c.?2379TC, but it was not found to have an association with growth rate. This suggests that c.?2379T/C has an effect that originates at, or before birth. Haplotype H₃ was associated with a decrease in birthweight (p = 0.002), tailing weight (p = 0.003) and weaning weight (p = 0.011). Haplotype H₂ was associated with increased loin yield (p = 0.012) and proportion loin yield (p = 0.002). The SNPs may have value as genetic markers for improved Romney breeding.     

An 8bp indel in exon 1 of Ghrelin gene associated with chicken growth

Ghrelin, acts as the endogenous ligand for growth hormone secretagogues receptor (GHS-R), is a novel growth hormone (GH) releasing peptide with reported effects on food intake in chickens. In this study, an 8 bp indel polymorphism in exon 1 of the chicken Ghrelin (cGHRL) gene was genotyped in a F(2) designed full-sib population to analyze its associations with chicken growth and carcass traits. Later, mRNA level in the proventriculus was determined by real-time PCR to reveal the expression feature of cGHRL gene. Result showed that this 8 bp indel was significantly associated with body weight at the age of 28 days (BW28) and 56 days (BW56), eviscerated weight (EW) and leg muscle weight (LMW) (P<0.05), highly significantly associated with hatch weight (HW), BW14, 21, 35, 42, 49, 90 and body length (BL), dressed weight (DW), eviscerated weight with giblet (EWG), wing weight (WW), breast muscle weight (BMW) and head and neck weight (HNW) (P<0.01). Meanwhile, A allele (with 'CTAACCTG') was positive for chicken growth as individuals with AA genotype had the highest value of all traits. Analysis on cGhrelin mRNA level revealed that it differed significantly among individuals with three genotypes (P<0.05). Individuals with AB genotype had the highest mRNA level, whereas that of AA had the lowest one. It was concluded that this 8 bp indel of cGHRL gene was significantly associated with most body weight and body composition traits, and negative effect of endogenous Ghrelin on chicken growth were indicated by this study.     

陆地棉品种间杂种F_2代优势研究及经济农艺性状的通径分析

用７个Ｆ１代具高竞争优势的陆地棉品种间杂种Ｆ＿２代和高产、优质、多抗的品种鄂棉１５（对照）为材料，研究了Ｆ＿２代及皮棉产量等经济性状的竞争优势，又对它们与株高等在艺性状进行了通径分析。结果表明：正确选配亲本，能将高产、优质、早熟综合于一体，多代利用陆地棉品种间杂种。３８４×３６１Ｆ＿２，鄂荆１号（３２４７）×３６１Ｆ２显著优于对照，分别增产１５．４９％、１２．１６％，且纤维长度、早熟性与对照相近，在生产上有很大的利用价值。决定Ｆ＿２代皮棉产量主要是单株铃数、衣分以及它们之间的互作。同一农艺性状对不同经济性状影响程度很不相同，每个经济性状一般都受１～３个主要农艺性状和它们之间，或它们与其他农艺性状互作所制约。在湖北生态条件下，高产、优质、早熟的陆地棉品种间杂种Ｆ＿２代应具备棉抹较高，果位适中而果高偏低，纵横比较大，果枝夹角较小及主茎节距较大等农艺性状     

根系生长与土壤物理性状之间的关系

根系生长在土壤之中,土壤物理条件的改变会对根系生长产生直接或间接的影响.为此,通过分析土壤主要物理条件,对土壤物理环境与作物生长之间的关系进行了评述,并对目前研究中存在的不足及今后需深入的研究领域提出了建议.     

兴安落叶松容器苗化学剪根效果与根生长潜力测定的研究

采用内壁涂有不同浓度碳酸铜的容器培育出兴安落叶松(Larix gmelini(Rupr.)Rupr.)苗木,苗木侧根受碳酸铜的抑制,减小了根系变形的程度。通过对处理苗木根生长潜力的测定表明:碳酸铜浓度为100～150g/L时改变了兴安落叶松容器苗新根的分布状态,根系中、上层的新根数量明显增加,这样的苗木根系更接近自然发育的苗木根系,从而克服了一般容器苗根系易变形的缺点。     

生长素在烤烟库源关系改变时对烟株根系钾的影响

采用土培试验方法，研究内外源生长素在不同生长阶段缺钾或供钾条件下对烟株根系钾的影响。结果表明：缺钾胁迫下，外源生长素在不同地烟株根系积累钾有很大的促进作用，内源生长素在腰叶成熟前对烟株根系积累钾的能力有一定的稳定作用。供钾条件下，内外源生长素在不同生长阶段对烟株根系积累钾均有很大的促进作用，其促进作用比缺钾胁迫时大。且无论缺钾与否，外源生长素对烟株根系积累钾的促进作用大于内源生长素的作用。     

抗苯巴比妥单克隆抗体杂交瘤细胞株的建立及其免疫学特性鉴定

苯巴比妥(PB)经化学修饰在其苯环上引入活性基团氨基,合成半抗原对氨基苯巴比妥(pAPB),用重氮化法将pAPB偶联于BSA,合成人工抗原BSA-pAPB,并用红外(IR)、紫外(UV)、SDS-PAGE鉴定;用BSA-pAPB免疫Balb/C小鼠,细胞融合技术建立抗PB的单克隆抗体mAb(PB mAb)杂交瘤细胞株,体内诱生腹水法制备PB mAb,并鉴定其免疫学特性。结果表明,BSA-pAPB偶联成功,偶联率为1∶19;筛选出1B9、3C4、3F6、4E6共4株杂交瘤细胞,其中最好的4E6株间接ELISA效价细胞培养上清为1∶8.1×102,腹水为1∶6.4×105,同种型为IgG1/κ,亲和常数(Ka)为2.08×1010L/mol,对PB的半数抑制浓度(IC50)为11.35μg/L,与巴比妥的交叉反应率(CR%)为12.4%,与其他化合物无CR。本试验研制出高效价、敏感、特异的PB mAb,可用于PB残留检测的免疫学实验。     

不同基质配比对草莓根系生长和果实品质的影响

为探究13种不同配比基质的理化性质及其对草莓根系生长和果实品质的影响,以草莓品种“红颊”为试材,采用草炭、椰糠、土、蛭石和珍珠岩为基质原料,筛选适合草莓栽培的基质配方。结果表明：处理3(椰糠)和处理5(草炭：蛭石4:1)为最佳基质配比, EC值分别为0.546和0.702,PH值分别为6.2和6.0, 其理化性质理想,有利于植株根系生长,同时果实品质最佳,。处理3和处理5均可作为一种优质草莓种植基质进行推广应用。