Influence of Disease Process and Duration on Acute Phase Proteins in Serum and Peritoneal Fluid of Horses with Colic

Background

The acute phase proteins (APP) serum amyloid A (SAA), haptoglobin, and fibrinogen are valuable blood biomarkers in equine inflammatory diseases, but knowledge of factors influencing their concentrations in blood and peritoneal fluid (PF) of horses with colic is needed.

Objectives

The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of demographics (age, sex, breed), disease process (simple obstruction, strangulating obstruction, inflammatory), disease location, disease duration, hypovolemia, and admission hospital on concentrations of APP, lactate and white blood cell counts (WBC) in horses with colic admitted to 2 referral hospitals.

Animals

The study included 367 horses with colic admitted at 2 referral hospitals.

Methods

Prospective multicenter observational study of clinical data, as well as blood and PF biomarkers. Associations between biomarker concentrations and clinical variables were analyzed using multivariate linear regression analysis.

Results

Increasing pre‐admission duration of colic was associated with increased concentrations of APP in blood and PF. Blood concentrations of SAA and fibrinogen were associated with disease process (inflammatory, strangulations, simple obstructions) in more colic duration groups (5–12 and >24 hours) than any of the other biomarkers. No relevant associations between demographic factors, hospital, or hydration status and the measured biomarkers were found.

Conclusions and Clinical Importance

In horses with colic, concentrations of APP are associated mainly with disease process and duration of colic and may thus be used for assessment of disease independently of demographic or geographic factors. Serum amyloid A may be a diagnostic marker for use in colic differential diagnosis, but further evaluation is needed.     

硒源和硒水平对种公羊血清和精清抗氧化能力的影响

为研究硒源和硒水平对血清和精清抗氧化酶活性的影响,选择年龄、体重相近、健康的黎城大青羊成年种公羊42只,随机分为7组。分别喂以基础日粮、基础日粮+0.5、1.0、2.0mg·kg-1 DM的酵母硒;基础日粮+0.5、1.0、2.0mg·kg-1 DM的亚硒酸钠,饲喂期60d,试验第60d采集血液和精液样品,测定其抗氧化能力。结果显示,日粮添加硒极显著提高种公羊血清GPxs活性、血清和精清T-AOC含量,显著提高血清、精清SOD和精清GPxs活性;极显著降低血清、显著降低精清中OH-的含量,改善机体的抗氧化能力。硒水平与血清和精清中GPxs、SOD活性、T-AOC和OH-的含量有剂量——效应关系。与1.0mg·kg-1组和0.5mg·kg-1组相比,2.0mg·kg-1组血清、精清中OH-的含量升高,血清GPxs活性下降,精清SOD活性和T-AOC含量下降;日粮硒浓度相同时,其血清GPxs活性高于精清4~10倍,而精清SOD活性高于血清约20倍。成年种公羊日粮中硒的适宜添加量为0.5~1.0mg·kg-1酵母硒或0.5mg·kg-1亚硒酸钠。血清和精清中抗氧化系统存在差异。     

仔猪血清运铁蛋白多态性及其与生产性能的相关性分析

[目的]探讨仔猪血清运铁蛋白多态性与生产性能的相关性。[方法]采用垂直平板聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳法对60头仔猪血清运铁蛋白多态性进行了研究,并对血清运铁蛋白多态性与生产性能进行了相关性分析。[结果]被检仔猪血清运铁蛋白有2种基因型（Tf^AB和Tf^88）,以TfBB为优势基因型,基因型频率分别为0．3333和0．6667;TfA和Tf^B等位基因频率分别为0．1667和0．8333,以’畔为优势基因。仔猪血清运铁蛋白多态性与生产性能间无显著相关（P〉0．05）。[结论]仔猪血清运铁蛋白存在多态性,且血清蛋白多态性与生产性能间无显著相关。     

Effects of dietary supplementation with Allium mongolicum Regel extracts on growth performance,serum metabolites,immune responses,antioxidant status,and meat quality of lambs

The present study was to evaluate the effects of dried Allium mongolicum Regel (AMR) powder and its water- and fat-soluble extracts (AWE and AFE) on the growth performance, serum metabolites, immune responses, antioxidant status, and meat quality of lambs. A total of 32 male small-tailed Han lambs (5 months old; initial body weight = 34.8 ± 0.40 kg) were used in a 60-d feeding experiment after a 15-d adaptation period. The lambs were randomly divided into 4 groups (n = 8) and fed a basal diet (control, CON group), the basal diet supplemented with dried AMR powder at 10 g/d per lamb (AMR group), the basal diet supplemented with AWE at 3.4 g/d per lamb (AWE group), or the basal diet supplemented with AFE at 2.8 g/d per lamb (AFE group). Blood samples were collected on d 0, 30, and 60 in the feeding experiment (n = 8). At the end of the experiment, the lambs were sacrificed and the longissimus dorsi muscles collected. Growth performance was not significantly affected by dietary supplementation of AMR, AWE and AFE (P > 0.05). However, significantly lower albumin (P = 0.006), total protein (P = 0.006), globin (P = 0.025), and blood urea nitrogen (P = 0.024) concentrations were observed in AFE group relative to CON and AMR groups. Similarly, a significantly lower lactate dehydrogenase activity (P = 0.018) was observed in AFE group relative to AWE group, but not in other groups (P > 0.05). In addition, significantly increasing trends in glutathione peroxidase (P = 0.06) in AMR, AWE, and AFE groups were observed relative to the control group. Furthermore, significantly lower drip loss (P = 0.011) across the treatment groups and cooking loss (P = 0.048) were observed in the AMR group relative to the control group. Taken together, these results indicate that AMR and its extracts had no significant effect on lamb growth performance, antioxidant status, and immune responses, but could significantly improve meat quality without the occurrence of pathological kidney and liver lesions.     

白唇鹿血清生化指标测定

测定了３５头青海白唇鹿的１９项血清生化指标。结果为Ｎａ＾２＋１３８．１±５．８４ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ，Ｋ＾＋５．７５±０．７３ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ，Ｃａ＾２＋２．４２±０．２０／Ｌ，Ｐ２．３３±．３８ｍｍｏｌ／，Ｃｌ＾－，１０２．２±６．０３ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ，总蛋白８７．５０±６．１７ｇ／Ｌ白蛋白５９．１８±６．９６ｇ／Ｌ球蛋白２８．３４±５．２６ｇ／Ｌ，Ａ／Ｇ，２．１９±０．５９，血清蛋白质组分（％）Ａ６７．５７±     

湟中马血清酯酶多态性的研究

采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳法对青海省湟中县９１匹马血清酯酶的多态性进行了研究。结果发现：①湟中马的血清酯酶受ＥＳ＾Ｆ，ＥＳ＾Ｉ，ＥＳ＾Ｓ和ＥＳ＾Ｏ４个等位基因的控制，其基因频率分别为０．４４５０，０．５３３０，０．０１１０和０．０１１０；②在被检湟中马的ＥＳ位点上共发现ＥＳ Ｆ，ＥＳ ＦＩ，ＥＳ Ｉ，ＥＳ ＩＳ和ＥＳ Ｏ五种表型，以ＥＳ ＦＩ为优势表型（４７．２５％）；③ＥＳ等位基因频率无性别差异；④     

安徽省部分地区牛血清硼含量检测与分析

选择临泉县、庐江县、蚌埠市、黄山市为采样地点,采集不同年龄、不同品种、不同性别牛血清,用姜黄素法测定安徽省部分地区牛血清硼含量.结果显示:临泉县、庐江县、蚌埠市、黄山市牛血清硼含量依次降低,且临泉县与庐江县、蚌埠市、黄山市牛平均血清硼含量相比差异极显著(p＜0.01),而庐江县、蚌埠市、黄山市牛平均血清硼含量相比差异不显著(p＞0.05);不同品种牛相比,黄牛、水牛、奶牛的血清硼含量依次降低,且黄牛血清硼含量与奶牛、水牛相比差异极显著(p＜0.01),水牛与奶牛相比差异不显著(p＞0.05);雄性水牛血清硼含量比雌性水牛血清硼含量高,但差异不显著(p＞0.05).     

徐州地区牛流行热病毒的分离与鉴定

1991年夏秋之交徐州市各奶牛场暴发牛流行热。为确诊该病,采集了发病高热期抗凝血,进行了病毒分离和鉴定试验。病料经处理后,直接接种于BHK_21细胞,传至第二代可见典型的CPE。电镜下观察到80—150nm弹状病毒颗粒。分离毒的理化特性、核酸类型及中和试验结果均与标准BEFV相一致,证实该分离病毒为牛流行热病毒。     

我国主要经济动物魏氏梭菌分离及血清型鉴定

对分离于7种经济动物的98株魏氏梭菌疑似物进行理化性质鉴定表明，分离菌符合魏氏梭菌特征。中和试验证实，分离于兔、狐狸、貉、水貂、麝鼠、犬的菌株均为A型；分离于鹿的菌株85．4％（35／41）为A型，14．6％（6／41）为C型，说明目前我国经济动物魏氏梭菌感染以A型为主。     

不同水平小肽制剂对黑凤鸡生产性能及其血清生化指标的影响

选取 190日龄的产蛋黑凤鸡 135只 ,随机分成 5组。对照组饲喂基础日粮 ,其余 4组分别以 0 .5 %和 0 .3%的小肽制剂添加量替代基础日粮中 30 %或 5 0 %的鱼粉量。结果表明 ,添加量为 0 .5 %的小肽制剂替代基础日粮中 30 %的鱼粉量的试验 1组黑凤鸡的采食量、产蛋性能蛋的品质、饲料利用率均较高 ;小肽添加量为 0 .5 %的试验 1组和 2组黑凤鸡血清BUN水平分别比对照组低 33.33% (P >0 .0 5 )和 7.84 % (P >0 .0 5 ) ,TP含量比对照组分别高 14 .2 4 % (P <0 .0 5 )和 5 .2 2 % (P >0 .0 5 ) ,有利于提高黑凤鸡的生产性能和机体合成蛋白质的能力