Genetic Engineering Approaches to Pig Production*

Modern biotechnology promises a number of new applications in animal breeding and production. Although conventional pig breeding has achieved a high level of efficiency and productivity numerous problems have been encountered with animal health and the loss of meat quality. Selection based on phenotypic performance data of individual animals does not take into account the importance of specific genes and their relevance within a complex regulatory system. In most cases it is therefore difficult to trace back the genetic origins of clinically important disorders. The application of genetic engineering techniques in pig production will facilitate diagnosis, improvement of productivity, and animal health by allowing direct genetic manipulation. Attention must be focussed on the physical and genetic analysis of the procine genome. The isolation and characterisation of genes, DNA-markers, polymorphic DNA-fragments, and their chromosomal assignment will be important prerequisites and tools for the elucidation of genetic disorders. Especially the detection of heterozygous carriers of recessive disorders and their elimination from the breeding stock will increase selection accuracy and decrease the generation intervals. But also the rapid and simple detection of infectious diseases, which is sometimes difficult if not impossible at present, will improve animal health and welfare. Although the production of transgenic animals either by DNA-microinjection into zygotes or the use of embryonal stem cells manipulated in vitro is less straightforward than DNA-based diagnosis it will play an important role in the direct manipulation of the porcine genome and genes. Breeding programmes including the use of transgenic livestock have already been developed. There is no doubt that genetic engineering has reached a degree of practical feasibility, allowing it to play an important role in pig breeding in particular and animal production in general.     

兽用抗寄生虫药物新剂型及其新技术的研究进展

兽用抗寄生虫药物由于使用频繁,其给药技术研究一直备受重视.目前,兽用抗寄生虫药物新剂型和新技术的研究主要集中在缓释控释制剂和脂质体制剂,其次是透皮给药系统、微囊、微球、环糊精包合物、固体分散体等.但这些新剂型和新技术大多还处于研究阶段,在处方设计或制剂工艺方面都还存在一些问题,今后应加强这些新剂型的工艺和技术研究,以真正发挥这些新剂型的优点.     

实验动物微生物学质量控制及效果观察

以SPF级（无特殊病原体）动物为种源，采取综合防治措施，在屏障设施饲养清洁级实验小鼠和大鼠。经过两年饲养繁育的结果表明：动物微生物学质量符合清洁级动物国家标准，质量控制效果显著。     

榆林市枣园土壤动物群落多样性研究

为了解枣园土壤动物群落多样性及其结构特征,选取陕西榆林地区清涧县和佳县枣园作为研究样地进行土壤动物调查,共捕获土壤动物314只,分别隶属于软体动物门、环节动物门、节肢动物门3门4纲12目。结果表明:弹尾目和鞘翅目成虫为优势类群,占全捕量的57.54%,是该区土壤动物的主体;膜翅目蚁类、鞘翅目幼虫、蜘蛛类、螨类、腹足类等为常见类群。上述结果显示土壤动物群落的多样性在不同土层中基本上是随土层深度的增加而递减,并且表聚性明显。     

诺氟沙星在水产动物体内的药物动力学及残留研究

概述诺氟沙星在水产动物体内的药物动力学及残留研究现状,阐明诺氟沙星的药代学参数、残留规律、其影响因素以及我国氟喹诺酮类药物的应用前景。     

湖南永州地区钙质页岩土壤动物群落多样性研究

通过对永州不同生境设立5个样区进行取样调查,共获得土壤动物2024头,隶属于5门、10纲、31目、111科、共152种。其中垫刃目、弹尾目、蜱螨目属于优势类群;矛线目、膜翅目等14个目属于常见类群,构成了永州土壤动物的主体。不同生境中土壤动物的种类和个体数量都有一定的差异,苗由和杉树林远远大于其它3个生境。土壤动物的垂直分层也比较明显,种类和个体数量随着土壤层次的加深而减少,具有明显的表聚性。对各生境的密度一类群指数DG、丰富度指数D、多样性指数H、优势度指效c、均匀性指数E和相似性系数进行分析,结果表明,植被类型、土壤有机质含量是影响土壤动物群落结构的主要生态因子。     

Detection of cigarettes and other tobacco products by giant African pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus)

If the illicit tobacco trade were eliminated, governments could gain at least $31.3 billion a year, and more than 164,000 premature deaths a year could be avoided after 2030 (Joossens, Merriman, Ross, and Raw, 2009). Dogs have been used successfully in tobacco control programs, and there is a good chance that rats could also play an important role. In the present experiment, giant African pouched rats were trained to respond to filters that had been stored together with cigarettes (i.e., soaked) and to not respond to filters that had been soaked with noncigarette items. Generalization to untrained types of tobacco was then tested. The sensitivity of 4 rats trained on filters soaked with 1 of 7 types of cigarettes ranged from 86% to 100% (mean, 95%). There was very little evidence of generalization when the rats were tested on tobacco leaves and snuff but good evidence of generalization when the rats were tested on cigarettes that had been soaked with strong-smelling additives. These findings suggest that rats may be a valuable asset in the global effort to control illicit cigarette trade.     

大豆抗原蛋白对幼龄动物致敏作用的研究进展

大豆抗原蛋白对幼龄动物的致敏作用及不易灭活性使其成为大豆及其制品在动物养殖中有效利用的主要瓶颈。本文从主要抗原蛋白的特性、致敏机制、对幼龄动物的影响、降低抗原蛋白的方法及有待进一步探索问题等方面进行了阐述,旨在为高效利用大豆及其制品,以及进一步深入研究提供参考。