Composition of individual nucleobases in diets containing different products from bacterial biomass grown on natural gas, and digestibility in mink (Mustela vison)

The objectives of the present study were to quantify the amount of nucleic acids, to examine the nucleobase composition and to determine the digestibility of individual nucleobases in diets containing various products from bacterial biomass grown on natural gas, including autolytic and hydrolytic fractions, using mink (Mustela vison) as a model animal. The diets consisted of cod fillet (control), commercial basic BioProtein, and five experimentally produced autolytic and hydrolytic fractions of the bacterial protein meal as protein sources. Each diet was assigned to four adult male mink, housed individually in cages equipped for controlled feeding and quantitative collection of faeces. Faeces were collected for 4 days, and the individual nucleobases in diet and faeces were analysed by HPLC after hydrolysis using HClO(4). The content of nucleobases in the diets containing bacterial protein meal was 37% to 205% higher than in the control diet. The nucleobase-nitrogen in the control diet amounted to 4.3% of the total nitrogen content, whereas the experimental bacterial protein diets contained from 7.4% to 17.4% of the total N content in the form of nucleic acids. The various methods used to produce the bacterial protein fractions clearly affected both the amount of nucleic acids and the molar proportions of the individual nucleobases. The average digestibility of the nucleobases was 95%, and all the individual nucleobases were highly digestible. Uracil showed the highest digestibility (on average 96.8%), whereas thymine showed the lowest digestibility (on average 93.6%).     

肽营养及其在开发大豆肽饲料中的应用

文中就大豆肽蛋白饲料研究的时代背景与蛋白质肽营养进行了介绍。日粮蛋白质在消化过程中释放出大量的小肽物质,表明饲料蛋白不仅具有营养功能,还具有调节机体生理机能的功效,在对饲料蛋白的生物学价值进行评定时要将这两者结合起来进行综合评定。特别是许多组成活性小肽的氨基酸并不全是必需氨基酸,启迪人们可以利用那些原本生物效价不很高的蛋白质(如豆粕)资源,生产出更能满足动物需要,与鱼粉等优质动物蛋白原料等价的功能性肽蛋白饲料。     

线虫fat-1基因密码子优化设计

本研究旨在优化线虫fat-1基因,使其在牛肌肉组织中高效表达,为进一步生产fat-1转基因肉牛提供目的基因。试验在不改变fat-1基因编码氨基酸序列的基础上,参考了11个牛肌肉蛋白相关基因的密码子使用频率,对fat-1基因进行了密码子优化。结果发现,共改变了65个碱基,涉及65个密码子、7个氨基酸,约占fat-1基因总碱基数的5.38%,G+C含量从45.08%上升到50.04%,且分布均匀利于基因的表达。结构预测结果显示,该优化后的基因能够在牛肌肉中高效表达。     

The Effects of Forced Exercise on Collagen Type II Fragments,Lysyl Oxidase Concentrations,and Total Protein Concentrations in Sera and Synovial Fluid of Lambs

Excessive exercise may induce osteoarthritis, which is a leading cause of lameness and decreased use in horses. The purpose of this study was to utilize a sheep model to determine the effects of circular and linear exercise on biochemical markers in serum and synovial fluid (SF). Twenty lambs (5 months) were assigned to three groups: circular exercise (C, 8.5 m diameter; n = 8), straight-line exercise (S, treadmill; n = 8) and nonexercised control (CON, n = 4). Lambs (C and S) were exercised up to 8 weeks at 1.3 m/s for up to 30 minutes, 6 days per week. Serum and SF from a metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint was collected. Serum total protein (P = .66), Collagen Type II cleavage [3/4] fragments concentrations (P = .44) and lysyl oxidase (LOX) (P = .15) activity were not different among treatment groups throughout the study. There was a polynomial response to serum LOX over time (R² = 0.7464). There were no differences in SF total protein (P = .94, right MCP; P = .68, left MCP) or SF LOX specific activities (P = .9, right MCP; P = .93, left MCP) among groups throughout the study. However, SF LOX specific activity did increase over time (P = .001) for all treatment groups. These results indicated that the biochemical markers utilized in this study were unable to detect differences between groups with respect to exercise protocols. However, the LOX activity did increase over time possibly as a result of growth.     

Evaluation of vegetable protein in canine diets: Assessment of performance and apparent ileal amino acid digestibility using a broiler model

Recent technological advances in the human food industry with respect to meat processing have decreased the availability of animal proteins to the pet food industry which typically formulates diets with an excess of animal protein. In the long term, this is not sustainable; thus, alternative protein sources need to be investigated. This study examined three canine diets, comparing a typical animal protein‐based diet (control) with two experimental diets where the animal protein was substituted in part with vegetable protein (formulated based either on total protein or amino acid content) using a broiler model. Each diet was fed to six cages each containing two birds from day 15, 18 cages in total (36 birds). Excreta were collected from days 19 to 21. On day 23, birds were euthanized and weighed, and their ileal digesta were collected and pooled for each cage. In addition, one leg per cage was collected for evaluation of muscle mass. Results showed no significant difference in animal performance (feed intake or live weight gain) or muscle to leg proportion across the diets. Birds fed the control diet and the diet balanced for amino acid content exhibited the greatest coefficients of apparent metabolizability for nitrogen (p < .001). Birds fed the diets that contained partial replacement of animal with vegetable protein generally had greater ileal digestibility of amino acids compared to birds fed the control (animal protein) diet. Analysis of excreta showed no dietary difference in terms of dry matter content; however, birds fed the diet balanced for total protein and the diet balanced for amino acid content had significantly greater excreta nitrogen than the control (p = .038). Overall, the study suggests vegetable proteins when formulated based on amino acid content are a viable alternative to animal proteins in canine diets.     

昆虫蛋白质饲料在动物生产中的应用

昆虫是最具开发潜力的动物性蛋白质饲料资源。作者就昆虫的营养价值、昆虫蛋白质饲料在畜牧业生产上的开发应用效果进行了综述,最后提出了昆虫饲料的发展前景。     

鸭肠炎病毒NP蛋白的原核表达及间接ELISA方法的建立

设计一对特异性引物扩增出鸭肠炎病毒(DEV)核衣壳蛋白(NP)基因,并将其定向插入到原核表达载体pET32a上,构建了NP基因的原核表达载体pET-NP;将重组载体pET-NP转化表达宿主菌BL21后,经SDS-PAGE分离后行Western blot显示,获得的表达产物具有良好的免疫原性;应用His.Bind亲和层析柱纯化重组NP蛋白,并以此作为包被抗原,初步建立了检测鸭肠炎病毒抗体的iNP-ELISA;经方阵滴定确定,重组蛋白抗原的最佳包被浓度为5.0μg/L,血清最佳稀释度为1∶80,阳性判定标准为:待检血清OD405值≥1.2,且待检血清OD405和阴性血清OD405的比值≥2.0;应用iNP-ELISA对450份鸭血清样本进行检测,结果iNP-ELISA与全病毒包被的iDEV-ELISA符合率达90.9%。     

牛杀菌／通透性增加蛋白氮端基因的克隆和序列分析

本试验应用RT-PCR技术,参照Genbank报道的序列,从荷斯坦牛中性粒细胞mRNA中扩增出杀菌／通透性增加蛋白（BPI）氮端基因（713bp）,并与pGEM-T-easy载体连接,构建基因重组体pGEM-T-easy-BPI,进行序列测定。结果表明获得长度为713bp的BPI氮端基因。序列分析证实该片段与安哥斯牛BPI氮端基因相比有1个点突变,为同义突变。该基因的克隆为进一步表达该基因奠定了基础。