Effect of biofilm formation on antimicrobial tolerance of Flavobacterium psychrophilum

Treatment of bacterial fish diseases can be complicated by resistant bacterial biofilms harbouring pathogenic bacteria and causing recurrent exposure of fish to infections. In this study, the effect of biofilm formation on antimicrobial tolerance was examined using three bacterial isolates of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum and two antimicrobial agents, oxytetracycline and flumequine, commonly used in aquaculture. Planktonic and biofilm cells were exposed to a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), to a 3 × MIC concentration and to an environmental concentration level of each antimicrobial in 96-well microtitre plates after which growth on agar plates was measured. The type strain NCIMB1947 of F. psychrophilum was further used to study the development of antimicrobial resistance in biofilm cells. The results suggest that at high bacterial densities (>10(7) CFU mL(-1)), biofilm cells of F. psychrophilum are less susceptible to antimicrobial agents. Furthermore, the results imply that biofilm cells of F. psychrophilum may rapidly develop resistance to both oxytetracycline and flumequine if exposed to subinhibitory concentrations of these antimicrobials.     

An assessment of yellow perch, Perca flavescens, stocking contributions in eastern South Dakota lakes

The success and value of yellow perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill), stocking programmes are largely unknown because of the difficulties in differentiating between naturally recruited and translocated stocks. To determine stocking contributions of yellow perch, fingerlings and adults were collected from natural rearing ponds in south-eastern South Dakota. Prior to stocking, all fish were marked for 6 h in transfer tanks containing 700 mg L⁻¹ oxytetracycline hydrochloride. Six lakes containing yellow perch populations were supplemented at low, medium and high stocking densities of about 25, 135 or 200 fish ha⁻¹, respectively. Yellow perch populations were subsequently sampled with experimental gill nets during late summer; two lakes were resampled with additional gears (electric fishing, trap nets and cloverleaf traps). Yellow perch were processed for routine measurements, and saggital otoliths were removed to determine the origin of the fish. Stock contribution estimates determined from gill-net samples for Island (low), Oak (low), Twin (medium) and Wall (high) lakes were approximately 18, 5, 41, and 38%, respectively. Samples from other gears provided stock contributions of 15 and 10% for Cavour Lake and 41% for Diamond Lake (high density stockings). Although these results showed that supplemental stockings were successful, variability in stock contributions among populations indicates a need for further assessment of variables that may influence the stocking success of yellow perch.     

土霉素固体脂质纳米粒在家兔体内的药代动力学研究

【目的】研究土霉素固体脂质纳米粒在家兔体内的药代动力学特征,以评价其应用效果。【方法】将10只家兔随机分为2组,分别按土霉素剂量20mg/kg腹腔注射土霉素固体脂质纳米粒和土霉素注射液,于设定的时间点采血,用HPLC法测定血浆药物质量浓度,并用DAS3.1.0药动学程序计算药代动力学参数。【结果】土霉素注射液与固体脂质纳米粒的达峰质量浓度(Cmax)分别为(3.676±0.376)和(3.699±0.562)mg/L;吸收平衰期(T1/2Ka)分别为(18.570±0.851)和(27.871±1.767)h;0-∞时段药时曲线下的面积(AUC(0-∞))分别为(83.955±3.720)和(170.150±10.403)mg/(L·h);0-∞时段的平均滞留时间(MRT(0-∞))分别为(36.848±0.268)和(44.672±0.392)h。【结论】土霉素制备成固体脂质纳米粒后,具有明显的缓释作用,血药质量浓度达峰值的时间推迟,同时药物在兔体内平均滞留时间明显长于土霉素注射液,生物利用度得以显著提高。     

土霉素在斑节对虾体内药代动力学和生物利用度

在自然海水（盐度33）．水温为（28．0±1．0）℃养殖条件下,采用反相高效液相色谱法（RP—HPLC）,研究口灌（100mg／kg）和围心腔注射（20mg／kg）2种给药途径下,土霉素在斑节对虾（Penaeus7YlOylodoYl）体内的药代动力学和生物利用度。围心腔注射和口灌给药下,血药药时曲线均适合采用二室模型拟合。围心腔注射下血药达峰浓度（Cmax）、药时曲线下面积（AUC0-1）、消除半衰期（t,m）分别为（80．71±13．12）mg／L 378．25nag·h·L-1、17．398h;口灌给药下的相应值分别为（21．98±3．32）mg／I。324．52nag·h·L-1、23．372h,土霉素在斑节对虾体内的生物利用度（F）为17．16％。口灌土霉素后,肝胰腺Cmax为（138．655±21．375）μg／g,是血药的6．3倍、肌肉峰浓度的130．2倍,药物在肝胰腺中含量最高;然而。肌肉和肝胰腺中土霉素消除较快,消除半衰期（t1/2x）分别为28．18h和19．311 h。根据我国水产品中药物残留限量规定,水产品中土霉素的最高残留限量（NY5070—2002）为0．1mg／kg,结合本试验研究结果,斑节对虾使用土霉素后的休药期为5d,肌肉可食组织即符合无公害食品标准要求。     

Further data to the aetiology, pathogenesis and therapy of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis

Out of a total of 224 bovine eye secretions, 126 Moraxella bovis and 64 Neisseria ovis strains were isolated. The pathogenesis and histological lesions caused by Neisseria ovis have been studied on the eyes of three calves naturally affected with IBK, using electron microscopy.

Neisseria ovis caused in 1–12 weeks old calves acute, transient and mostly benign serous conjunctivitis with only slight affection of the cornea. More rarely erosions and even ulceration of the cornea have been observed.

Moraxella bovis and Neisseria ovis strains proved nearly unanimously sensitive in vitro to chloramphenicol, neomycin, oxytetracyclin, nitrofurantoin, erythromycin and cefoperazone. Other antibiotics and chemotherapeutics inhibited the growth of these agents only partly or were ineffective.

Experimental therapy has been carried out using a single i.m. injection of Terramycin/LA inj. (Pfizer) in a dose of 20 mg/kg body mass, repeated if necessary after 72–96 h. This formulation proved more effective and practical than treatments used earlier.     

高效液相色谱法测定中药散剂中添加的土霉素

为了建立高效液相色谱法检测白龙散、三子散、四味穿心莲散中非法添加土霉素的检测方法,实验采用十八烷基硅烷键合硅胶色谱柱(4.6mm×150mm,5μm),以磷酸盐缓冲液∶乙腈(84∶16)为流动相,检测波长353nm,流速1.5 mL/min,进样量10μL,柱温为室温。结果表明土霉素在0.5～1000μg/mL范围内线性关系良好;检测限分别为白龙散0.3μg/mL,三子散1μg/mL,四味穿心莲散0.2μg/mL;回收率在98.3%～100.2%之间,RSD为0.16%～0.73%。本方法准确、可靠,可用于中药散剂中非法添加土霉素的含量检测。     

便携式土壤土霉素提取-检测装置设计与试验

土壤中土霉素（Oxytetracycline,OTC）高性能的现场分析方法对于保护生态环境安全和维护人类健康具有重要意义。针对土壤中痕量OTC的现场检测难题,设计功能集成的便携式提取-检测装置,用于土壤中OTC的现场提取与精准分析。首先,基于集成电路技术与3D建模,研制具有称量、搅拌与离心功能的便携式装置,并通过与实验室用提取装置的性能对比,验证装置的提取精度;分别以LED和便携式电化学工作站为光电化学检测的光源驱动和信号采集装置,研制便携式检测装置;进行土壤中OTC的现场分析试验。结果表明,研制的便携式装置对土壤OTC的提取精度较高,检测的线性范围为1×10-8~1×10-6mol/L,检出限为5.33×10-9mol/L;在现场分析试验中,对土壤中OTC检测的加标回收率为92%~97%,相对标准偏差为1.8%~5.2%,且准确度得到了国标法的验证。     

可溶性有机物对土霉素在土壤中吸附-解吸的影响

利用废弃木薯渣分别于350、550、750℃温度下制得3种不同生物质炭,并以这3种生物质炭为前驱物提取可溶性有机物(DOM)。将土霉素(OTC)作为污染物,研究DOM对土霉素在土壤中吸附-解吸的影响。结果表明:来源于木薯渣生物质炭的DOM均能降低土霉素在土壤中的吸附量,促进土霉素在土壤中的解吸作用;随着DOM浓度、炭化和外界温度的升高,土霉素在土壤中的吸附量逐渐减少,并且易从土壤中解吸出来。DOM降低了土霉素在土壤中的吸附能力,而且增强了土霉素在土壤中的解吸能力,从而可能增强土霉素在土壤中的迁移能力。若在土霉素污染较为严重的地区施用有机物料,可能会促进土壤中土霉素的迁移,并对地下水及周边环境造成威胁。      

Removal of Oxytetracycline in Water by Improved UV Disinfection Process

The removal of oxytetracycline (OTC) in water by UV, UV/TiO2, UV/Zeolite, and UV/Composite photocatalyst with different ratio was investigated respectively with a 32W low voltage mercury lamp. The effects of composite photocatalyst concentration, initial OTC concentration and pH value on degradation were also investigated. It was shown that the UV/Composite photocatalyst with 10% TiO2 and 90% Zeolite was an effective one to remove OTC in water. And in a solution with 50 mg/L OTC in ultrapure water the OTC was removed by 99% within 120 min with the help of 300 mg/L composite photocatalyst. The degradation of OTC by UV/Composite photocatalyst was little influenced by its initial concentration, but influenced by its initial pH. In the environment with pH+2~10, the OTC was removed by more than 95% within 120 min with the help of UV/Composite photocatalyst, when the pH is above 10, the removal rate is rapidly decreased.      

Influence of Characteristic of Zeolite on Loading Nano-TiO2 for Photocatalytic Degradation of Oxytetracyline in Aqueous Solution

The composite photocatalysts were made by using solid dispersion method with nano-TiO2 loaded on hydrophobic or hydrophilic zeolite and zeolite with different pore diameters. The removal and mineralization efficiency of oxytetracycline (OTC) in aqueous solution were investigated under the irradiation of 32 W UV lamps by composite photocatalysts loaded with different ratios of nano-TiO2. The results showed that UV/10%TZ2 (hydrophilic zeolite) achieved a better removal efficiency of OTC than UV/40%TZ1 (hydrophobic zeolite) while UV/15%T5A (hydrophilic zeolite with a pore diameter of 0.5 nm) achieved a better removal efficiency of OTC than UV/10%T13X (hydrophilic zeolite with a pore diameter of 1 nm). That is to certify that the hydrophilic zeolite and zeolite with small pore diameters loaded with nano-TiO2 could achieve better removal effects for OTC in aqueous solution. The OTC that adsorbed on the inside surface of 13X cannot be degraded due to the out range of hydroxyl radicals attack.