美系杜洛克种猪体尺、体重测定与体型评定研究

统计分析了2001年引进的新美系杜洛克种猪及繁殖后代在6月龄、12月龄、24月龄和36月龄四个阶段的体尺、体重数据，结合品种特征、体型外貌总结研究出杜洛克种猪的百分制评分及等级标准。     

Changes in technical efficiency of the broiler production in Poland, 1994–2013

1. The effects of changes in technical efficiency on the increase of broiler production are presented for the period 1994–2013 based on the panel data from seven farms located in southern and central Poland. A total of 766 cycles were analysed.

2. The Cobb–Douglas production function was used to assess the changes of output elasticities as well as technical changes in broiler production, for 5-year sub-periods separately.

3. Technical indices of broiler production significantly improved between years 1994–2013: feed conversion ratio decreased from 2.50 kg/kg to 1.78 kg/kg, mortality rate from 8.8% to 4.0% and daily weight gain increased from 37.1 g/d to 58.7 g/d, respectively.

4. Before accession to the EU, there was a substantial increase of fixed capital connected with modernisation of buildings and equipment. In the period 1994–2013, inputs of fixed capital per kilogram of livestock increased by 72% and at the same time the input of labour decreased by 56%.

5. Technical changes in years 1994–1998 contributed to a rapid production increase at a rate of 4.6% annually and only by up to 0.7% annually during 2009–2013. The slowdown of production rate increase after 2009 was partially caused by decreasing the stocking density.     

Multimarker and rare variants genomewide association studies for bone weight in Simmental cattle

Bone weight, defined as the total weight of the bones in all the forequarter and hindquarter joints, can reflect somebody conformation traits and skeletal diseases. To gain a better understanding of the genetic determinants of bone weight, we used a composite strategy including multimarker and rare‐marker association to perform genomewide association studies (GWAS) for that character in Simmental cattle. Our strategy consisted of three models: (i) A traditional linear mixed model (LMM) was applied (Q+K‐LMM); (ii) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with p‐values less than .05 from the LMM were selected to undergo the least absolute shrinkage and selector operator (Lasso) in the second stage (LMM‐Lasso); (iii) genes containing two or more rare SNPs were examined by performing the sequence kernel association test (gene‐based SKAT). A total of 1,225 cattle were genotyped with an Illumina BovineHD BeadChip containing 770,000 SNPs. After the quality‐control procedures, 1,217 individuals with 608,696 common SNPs and 105,787 rare SNPs (with 0.001 < minor allele frequency [MAF] <0.05) remained in the sample for analysis. A traditional LMM successfully mapped three genes associated with bone weight, while LMM‐Lasso identified nine genes, which included all genes found by traditional LMM. Only a single gene, EPHB3, surpassed the significance threshold after Bonferroni correction in gene‐based SKAT. In conclusion, based on functional annotation and results from previous endeavours, we believe that LCORL, RIMS2, LAP3, PRKAR2B, CHSY1, MAP2K6 and EPHB3 are candidate genes for bone weight. In general, such a comprehensive strategy for GWAS may be useful for researchers seeking to probe the full genetic architecture underlying economic traits in livestock.     

吉富罗非鱼成鱼脏器系数的研究

为研究罗非鱼(Oreochrowis niloticus)组织脏器重量与体重的关系,获得脏器系数.本研究随机选取40尾体重为600～900 g雄性吉富罗非鱼(GIFT)成鱼,进行体重、心脏、肝脏、肾脏、脾脏、肠、鳃、皮肤、胆囊、鳞片、肌肉及其他组织(鱼头、鱼鳍和鱼骨等)重量的测定,对体重与各组织脏器重量进行相关性分析,...     

引种法国海岸松种子萌发试验研究

通过对从法国引进的海岸松种子进行千粒重测定,认为法国海岸松种质均一,变异系数小;通过对引进种子在试验室及苗圃地不同处理情况下进行萌发试验,可为日后海岸松引种试验提供基础数据。     

呼伦贝尔短尾羊产前补饲精喂对家畜个体特征及生产效益的影响

在内蒙古草原牧区,冬季对绵羊补饲精喂的研究具有重要的意义。为研究产羔前对母畜舍饲精料后,呼伦贝尔短尾羊体重、体尺及经济效益的变化,本研究选取60对待产的呼伦贝尔短尾母绵羊作为试验对象,在母畜产羔前一个月,试验组母畜舍饲精料,对照组仅补饲干草,分析100日龄内家畜体重、体尺及经济效益变化。利用方差及偏最小二乘回归法,分析产前补饲对家畜个体、生产效益的影响及影响家畜体重的主要体尺权重,结果显示,100 d时间段内,母畜体重呈先减少后增加的趋势;仔畜出生后一个月左右的时间段,试验组仔畜的胸围、胸宽、体高、胸深、体长和体斜长显著高于对照组(P<0.05)。影响呼伦贝尔短尾羊体重的主要体尺指标为:胸围、胸宽、体高和胸深,影响权重达到50%以上。补饲使得仔畜的成活率、出售价格显著高于未进行补饲的对照组(P<0.05)。通过补饲母畜不仅可以影响仔畜体重和体尺指标,而且对提高仔畜成活率和经济效益具有重要的作用,这为今后后备母羊的选育、家畜的精准淘汰提供了理论基础。     

粗山羊草高分子量谷蛋白亚基组成分析

为了发现能够用于小麦品质改良的优异高分子量谷蛋白亚基(HMW-GS),应用SDS-PAGE技术分析了47份粗山羊草Glu-Dt1位点的HMW-GS组成,分别检测到5种x-型亚基(1.1t、1t、1.5t、2t、3t)和4种y-型亚基(10.1t、11t、12t、12.4t).其中,1Dx1.1t是1种新的x-型亚基,它的迁移率比普通小麦的1Ax1亚基稍慢,这是目前在粗山羊草中发现的分子量最大的HMW-GS.供试粗山羊草中有8种HMW-GS组合类型:1.1t 11t、1t 11t、1.5t 12t、2t 10.1t、2t 11t、2t 12t、2t 12.4t和3t 11t.其中,1.1t 11t和2t 12.4t未见报道.     

小麦高分子量谷蛋白亚基1Dx5基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

为了给小麦优质亚基研究奠定基础,将高分子量谷蛋白亚基1Dx5基因的核苷酸序列与载体pRSET A重组,将构建好的质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)pLysS菌株,通过IPTG使其得到了成功表达.大肠杆菌中表达的1Dx5亚基在SDS-PAGE上与小麦品种钱尼中的1Dx5亚基具有相似的迁移率.用Western blot技术成功检测到了目的基因产物.通过改变IPTG浓度、诱导时间、培养基成分及初始菌液浓度研究了最适表达条件.结果表明,最适表达条件为:LB培养基,菌液初始浓度(OD600)0.4～0.6,IPTG浓度0.4mmol/L,诱导时间为3～5 h.     

基于改进的PSO进化神经计算进行苹果颜色快速分级

为克服在苹果颜色分级中存在的速度慢、误差大等缺点,基于再现群智能的粒子群进化算法和神经计算技术,提出了一种新颖、快速的智能分级方法,即首先通过计算机视觉技术获取苹果表面颜色的色度,并提取其特征;然后采用改进的带自适应惯性权值的粒子群优化算法训练神经网络结构,最后用训练好的神经网络进行苹果颜色分级。实际应用表明该方法切实可行且效果显著,不仅分级速度快,而且分级正确率高达98%以上。