Aortic to caudal vena cava ratio measurements using abdominal ultrasound are increased in dogs with confirmed systemic hypertension

Chronically sustained systemic hypertension in dogs can damage the kidneys, eye, brain, heart, and vessels. In human medicine, systemic hypertension has been implicated as the most common risk factor for aorta dilation, which can progress to an aneurysm. Abdominal ultrasound has been commonly used to monitor the size of the abdominal aorta in people with systemic hypertension. In this retrospective cross‐sectional abdominal ultrasound study, evaluation of the size of the abdominal aorta relative to the caudal vena cava was performed in 18 control dogs and 128 dogs with confirmed systemic hypertension. Preexisting conditions contributing to systemic hypertension in these dogs were renal disease, hyperadrenocorticism, diabetes mellitus, adrenal tumors, and previous administration of phenylpropanolamine or palladia. The abdominal aorta and caudal vena cava were assessed from longitudinal images cranial to the trifurcation with measurements made from outer border to outer border of the walls, being careful not to compress the caudal vena cava that would alter its size. Our hypothesis was the ratio of the diameter of the abdominal aorta to caudal vena cava would be higher in dogs with systemic hypertension compared to dogs with normal blood pressure. The mean abdominal aorta‐caudal vena cava ratio was 1.028 in control dogs with a normal blood pressure and 1.515 in dogs with systemic hypertension. In dogs with confirmed systemic hypertension, the abdominal aorta was dilated compared to the caudal vena cava in the caudal abdomen. An increase in the abdominal aorta‐caudal vena cava ratio in a dog should raise suspicion for the presence of systemic hypertension and prompt evaluation of blood pressure.     

鸡毒支原体研究概况

鸡毒支原体(MG)是对养禽业危害很大的支原体,主要导致禽类慢性呼吸道疾病(CRD),以禽的结膜炎、产蛋率及饲料转换率下降、屠宰率下降等为主要特征。MG可通过垂直和水平传播方式在鸡群中传播,每年给全球家禽产业带来巨大经济损失。随着对MG细胞表面抗原黏附素蛋白(pMGA)和PvpA、GapA的结构与功能研究的深入,K株、TG5株等MG疫苗研究也取得较大进展。由于抗生素的滥用,MG基因中也发生耐药突变,产生了QRDRs等抗药结构,导致MG在耐药性上也出现新的特点。论文主要对国内外MG的疫苗开发、耐药情况和检测技术等进行综述,旨在对家禽MG的综合防控提供借鉴。     

岚皋魔芋软腐病病原细菌生物多样性研究

【目的】研究岚皋魔芋软腐病病原细菌生物多样性。【方法】采用组织分离法分离纯化魔芋软腐病球茎及叶柄中的致病菌,通过魔芋球茎、胡萝卜及马铃薯块的侵染试验初步确定其致病性,再利用魔芋球茎侵染致病及盆栽致病性试验确认其致病性;经菌落与细胞形态、生理生化特性及16SrRNA序列测定确定病原菌的类型。【结果】从魔芋软腐病球茎及叶柄中共分离获得16株细菌,侵染试验表明,其中CDS1-B1、CDS1-B2、CDS2-B1、CDS2-B2、CZS-B4和CZS-B6共6株细菌可使魔芋球茎表现软腐症状,并导致盆栽魔芋发病;6株细菌的菌落与细胞形态均存在差异;在魔芋、胡萝卜及马铃薯块上的侵染能力不同;16SrRNA序列分析表明,菌株CDS1-B1、CDS1-B2、CDS2-B1及CDS2-B2均与菊欧氏杆菌(Erwinia chrysanthemi)亲缘关系最近,菌株CZS-B4与菊欧文氏菌(Dickeya dadantii)亲缘关系最近,相似度为98.8%,菌株CZS-B6与菊果胶杆菌(Pectobacterium chrysanthemi)的相似度达99.9%。【结论】导致岚皋县魔芋软腐病的致病细菌存在生物多样性,其致病性也存在差异,其中新发现的魔芋软腐病原菌菊果胶杆菌(Pecto-bacterium chrysanthemi)致病性最强,菊欧氏杆菌(Erwinia chrysanthemi)和菊欧文氏菌(Dickeya dadantii)致病性较弱。     

基于声振信号对称极坐标图像的苹果霉心病早期检测

为实现苹果早期霉心病较高精度的检测,该研究采用对称极坐标法（Symmetrized Dot Pattern,SDP）将苹果声振信号变换为雪花图,然后采用AlexNet、VGG16和ResNet50卷积神经网络以迁移学习方式深度挖掘SDP雪花图像的特征信息,将其输入到支持向量机（Support Vector Machine,SVM）分类器,对霉心程度≤7%的苹果进行检测。研究结果表明,当时间间隔系数为25和角度放大因子为50°时,健康果与早期霉心果声振信号的SDP图形状特征差异最大,在此条件下获取的SDP图经卷积神经网络AlexNet、VGG16和ResNet50提取特征并构建了不同核函数的SVM霉心果检测模型,在各类SVM模型中,ResNet50-SVM-gaus（高斯基）模型用相对较少的训练时间和参数量可取得训练集霉心果较高分类准确率,经超参数优化训练该模型对健康果和早期霉心果测试集不平衡样本（10∶1）的总体分类准确率达到96.97%,平均查准率、平均查全率、平均加权调和均值、Kappa系数和马修斯相关系数值分别为80.19%、90.36%、86.21%,82.54%和82.68%,该模型不仅对多数类的健康果保持较高分类准确率,而且对少数类的早期霉心果也具有较高判别能力。这些研究结果为声振法应用于果蔬内部病害的早期在线检测系统研发提供了技术支撑。     

采用改进Mask R-CNN算法定位鲜食葡萄疏花夹持点

为实现鲜食葡萄疏花机械化与自动化,该研究提出了一种鲜食葡萄疏花夹持点定位方法。首先基于ResNeXt骨干网络并融合路径增强,改进Mask R-CNN模型,解决鲜食葡萄花穗、果梗目标较小难以检测的问题;进而针对花穗、果梗生长姿态的复杂性与不确定性,提出一种集合逻辑算法,该算法采用IoU函数剔除重复检测的花穗与果梗,建立花穗、果梗对,并对果梗掩模进行形态学开运算,利用集合关系获取主果梗掩模,确定以主果梗质心附近的中心点为果梗的夹持点。最后,随机选取测试集中的图像进行试验。试验结果表明：果梗夹持点平均定位准确率为83.3%,平均定位时间为0.325 s,夹持点x、y方向定位误差及定位总误差最大值分别为10、12和16像素,能够满足鲜食葡萄疏花的定位精度与速度要求,可为实现鲜食葡萄疏花机械化与自动化提供理论支撑。     

水稻条纹病毒外壳蛋白和病害特异蛋白在寄主体内的积累

ＰＡＳ ＥＬＩＳＡ检测结果表明：（１）水稻条纹病毒外壳蛋白和病害特异蛋白在水稻寄主体内累积量的变化趋势是一致的,而且均与寄主症状的严重度密切相关．（２）不同水稻品种中,２种蛋白的累积量和累积速率有明显差异．明恢６３（高感）２种蛋白的累积量均比ＩＲ３６（高抗）的明显大;０６３８１（耐受性低）２种蛋白的累积速率均比岗优２２（耐受性高）的明显快,０６３８１病叶中２种蛋白累积量在其显症３０ｄ左右达到高峰,而岗优２２的则在４０ｄ左右     

铜仁烟区不同基因型烤烟品种适应性研究

为在铜仁地区筛选出适宜的烤烟品种,对10个不同基因型烤烟品种的农艺性状、抗病性和经济性状进行了比较分析。结果表明:从农艺性状来看,PB4在株高、自然叶片数、可采叶片数、腰叶长均优于其他品种;从抗病性来看,只有PB4未感染根茎性病害,综合抗病性较好;从经济性状来看,PB6、PB4的产值、均价和中上等烟比例较高。因此,试验确定PB6和PB4两个烤烟品种适合在铜仁地区推广种植。     

A neurologic syndrome in Golden Retrievers presenting as a sensory ataxic neuropathy

BACKGROUND: A sensory ataxic neuropathy has been observed in Swedish Golden Retrievers recently. ANIMALS: Twenty-one affected Golden Retrievers. METHODS: Clinical and neurologic status, electrophysiologic, and pathologic status as well as pedigree analyses were evaluated. RESULTS: Clinical signs had an insidious onset between 2 and 8 months of age and a slowly progressive course. Affected dogs were ataxic and dysmetric. They had abnormal postural reactions and decreased spinal reflexes but no apparent muscle atrophy. Clinical pathology, radiography, and electrophysiology of motor systems were all within reference values. Sensory nerve conduction results of affected dogs were significantly different from those of a group of control dogs. Necropsy revealed a chronic progressive central and peripheral sensorimotor axonopathy; the proprioceptive pathways were most severely affected. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: This disease in these Golden Retrievers is distinct from other canine breed-related neurodegenerative diseases or hereditary neurodegenerative diseases described in humans. Pedigree analyses indicated a hereditary background, but the mode of inheritance could not be established.     

马铃薯脱毒组培快繁技术与实践

病毒病是为害马铃薯生长的主要病害之一,长期的无性繁育,使病毒长期积累,导致马铃薯世代带毒繁育,严重影响了马铃薯的品种特性。在了解马铃薯病毒病的基础上,采用热处理加茎尖培养的方式获得马铃薯脱毒苗;在此基础上,利用植物组织培养技术,在一定时间内繁育生产所需种苗,并通过炼苗、移栽等环节,建立马铃薯脱毒种苗繁育体系,从而获得脱毒马铃薯良种。