Bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 3 infection in Poll Dorset sheep

Objective To study the clinical signs following bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 3 infection in Poll Dorset sheep.
Design A clinical and pathological study.
Procedure Twenty Poll Dorset sheep were inoculated with bluetongue virus serotypes 1 or 3, each inoculum having a different passage history. The sheep were examined daily and their clinical appearance and rectal temperatures recorded. Heparinised and non-heparinised blood samples were taken at intervals for virological and serological study. Gross pathological findings were recorded for several sheep at necropsy and tissue samples were collected from three sheep for virological studies.
Results All inoculated sheep developed clinical disease. The clinical signs and gross pathological changes varied considerably but were consistent with damage to the vascular endothelial system. There was a decline in the titres of infectious bluetongue virus and of antigen in tissues collected between 7 and 12 days after infection.
Conclusions The severity of disease was related to the speed of onset and duration of pyrexia and not the development or titre of viraemia. Generally, those animals with sensitive mouths, depression, coronitis, recumbency and reluctance to move were the most debilitated. Whole blood was the most reliable source of infectious virus from acutely and chronically infected and convalescent animals. However, tissue samples particularly spleen, collected from dead or killed animals suffering from either peracute or acute forms of disease were most appropriate for the rapid confirmation of a clinical diagnosis.     

蛋鸡锰缺乏症的病理学研究

１日龄父母代罗曼（Ｌｏｈｍａｎｎ）蛋鸡１２０只,随机分为３组,分别喂以低锰（基础日粮含锰１３．６２ｍｇ／ｋｇ）、低锰高磷（基础日粮＋０．５％的磷）、补锰对照（基础日粮＋锰８０ｍｇ／ｋｇ）日粮。试验期８周。饲喂５～８周发病。低锰组发病率２６％,低锰高磷组２８％,补锰对照组无一发病。第４周时,体重分别为（２６７．９±８．３２）、（２１４．２±１０．４２）、（２６５．０±１２．１８）ｇ,低锰组、补锰对照组与低锰高磷组之间差异极显著（Ｐ＜０．０１）。肝锰含量分别为（５．４０±０．７４）、（２．８２±０．３６）、（８．４８±０．９６）ｍｇ／ｋｇ,补锰对照组与低锰组差异显著（Ｐ＜０．０５）,与低锰高磷组差异极显著（Ｐ＜０．０１）。发病症状：精神沉郁,不愿走动,伏卧,跛行,单腿发病病腿向外侧伸展,双腿发病则内收呈“Ｏ”字形或外展呈“八”字形。剖检跗关节肿大,胫骨髁骨骨质增生、肿大,髁间沟变平坦。组织学检查,胫骨骺生长板增殖区变窄,软骨基质中粘多糖减少。超微结构变化,心肌纤维、肝细胞、胫骨骺生长板软骨细胞、睾丸精原细胞等线粒体肿胀与空泡化。     

鸡实验性尿酸盐沉积症的肾脏病理学研究

将１２０只３５日龄迪卡商品代蛋用雏鸡随机分为高钙组、高蛋白组和对照组,分别饲喂高钙（含钙３．９％）、高蛋白（含粗蛋白４４．０％）和全价（含钙０．８％,粗蛋白１８．２％）饲料。试验第２５天,各组剖检５只鸡,作肾脏的光镜和电镜观察。结果表明,高钙、高蛋白饲料均能引发尿酸盐沉积。高钙组鸡肾脏肿大,表面及切面有大量尿酸盐结晶;输尿管扩张,管内充满白色尿酸盐沉积物。光镜观察,肾小球肿胀,近曲及远曲小管上皮细胞肿胀、变性。电镜观察,近曲小管上皮绒毛短缩、肿胀、断裂、脱落,线粒体肿胀、嵴断裂;远曲小管线粒体肿胀,呈现空泡,核呈锯齿型。高蛋白组眼观病变不明显,肾脏的光镜、电镜病变与高钙组相似,但损伤程度较轻。作者认为,高钙、高蛋白所致肾脏损害是鸡尿酸盐沉积症的重要原因。     

ULTRASONOGRAPHY OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY IN SIX NORMAL HORSES AND THREE HORSES WITH THROMBOSIS

Ultrasonography of the femoral artery in the horse, including color, power and spectral Doppler, provides morphologic and dynamic information. This paper describes the use of the techniques in six clinically normal horses and three with femoral artery thrombosis. Useful landmarks for orientation are the saphenous artery and the medial saphenous vein. The lateral circumflex femoral artery can not be visualized. Recognition of the genus descendens artery is complicated due to the presence of multiple distal caudal femoral arteries. The femoral artery feeds a high resistance bed. In normal horses the peak systolic velocity varies between 50–90 cm/sec. Echoic tissue in the femoral artery lumen with stenosis, occlusion and collateral blood flow formation are features encountered in the patients.     

马传染性贫血病毒弱毒株LTR的克隆及序列分析

从马传染性贫血病毒（ＥＩＡＶ）弱毒株感染的驴胎皮肤（ＦＤＤ）细胞中提取前病毒ＤＮＡ，以其为模板，通过ＰＣＲ扩增出ＥＩＡＶ弱毒株的ＬＴＲ，并将其克隆到载体质粒ｐＵＣ１９中。经酶切分析，ＰＣＲ及Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交筛选、鉴定，获得含有ＥＩＡＶ弱毒株ＬＴＲ片段的重组质粒ｐＬＴＲ。对该质粒的序列分析发现，在中国ＥＩＡＶ弱毒株ＬＴＲ的Ｕ３区含有４个与细胞转录因子结合的位点，其中有３个ＰＵ．１位点和１个ＡＰ－１位点，Ｕ３区还存在１个ＴＡＴＡＴＡＡ启动子序列；Ｒ区长为８１ｂｐ，含有１个帽位点ＧＧ和１个Ｐｏｌｙ（Ａ）信号序列ＡＡＴＡＡＡ；在帽位点下游是１个病毒Ｔａｔ蛋白结合位点，即ＴＡＲ位点；Ｕ５区长为３９ｂｐ。中国ＥＩＡＶ弱毒株ＬＴＲ序列与国外发表的其他毒株序列相比，在ＬＴＲ的一些调控部位有变异发生，中国ＥＩＡＶ弱毒株与美国ＥＩＡＶ原型株（Ｗｙｏｍｉｎｇ株）ＬＴＲ区核苷酸序列有１８．７２％的差异。     

应用荧光抗体检测马鼻肺炎病毒的实验研究

用自然感染马阳性血清及兔免疫血清制备的马鼻肺炎荧光抗体(EHV_1·FA),和马鼻肺炎病毒(HEV_1)不同毒株以及从匈牙利引进的Bartha株标准毒均产生特异性荧光。通过对不同滴度地鼠肾细胞培养液内抗原的测定,表明EHV_1·FA法比补结反应及细胞病变法敏感,高1～2个滴度,应用冰冻切片直接荧光染色检查乳地鼠31份,肝阳性率为83.8％,肺阳性率为77.4％,对照10份均为阴性。检查人工感染HEV_1流产胎儿5份,肝阳性率为100％,肺阳性为80％,检查2份健康驴胎儿,均为阴性。表明应用冰冻切片、直接荧光染色检查马鼻肺炎病毒具有较高特异性和检出率。     

OSTEOCHONDROSIS IN THE LATERAL FEMORAL CONDYLES OF A HORSE

Osteochondrosis of the lateral femoral condyles was diagnosed radiographically in an 8-month-old, female Arabian horse, which had been presented with a hindlimb lameness. The diagnosis was confirmed by gross and microscopic pathology. The location of the lesions was considered unusual for osteochondrosis in the horse.     

松材线虫侵染对松树苯丙氨酸解氨酶及酚类物质的影响

以湿地松（Pinus elliottii Engelm）、日本黑松（Pinus thunbergii Parl）为材料,研究松材线虫[Bursaphelenchus xylophilus（Steiner＆Buhrer,1934）Nickle]感染对苯丙氨酸解氨酶和酚类物质的影响.两种松树的苯丙氨酸解氨酶的活性在发病过程中都有明显增加,并且伴随着酶活性的变化,各种苯丙烷次生代谢产物,如总酚、类黄酮的含量也发生明显的变化.但湿地松在苯丙氨酸解氨酶活力和酚类物质的积累上的变化比黑松要大些.结果表明,松材线虫病的发生、发展与寄主植物苯丙氨酸解氨酶活性和酚类物质含量变化有关.     

我国杨树与溃疡病菌互作的病理学研究

杨树溃疡病是我国杨树人工林重大的生物灾害，危害越来越严重，本文从植物组织病理学、生理病理学和病理化学的角度深入系统地总结和评述了我国在杨树与溃疡病菌互作研究中所取得的进展和存在的问题，最后就该病害的未来的研究方向和研究内容作了展望。     

GROSS AND HISTOPATHOLOGIC CORRELATION OF LOW‐FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FINDINGS IN THE STIFLE OF ASYMPTOMATIC HORSES

With the recent introduction of a 0.25T rotating MRI system, clinical evaluation of the equine stifle joint is now possible in the average equine athlete. A recent publication described common abnormalities of horses with stifle lameness detected with a low‐field MRI system; however, postmortem corroboration of the lesions detected was not possible. Therefore, our objective was to compare postmortem findings with low‐field MRI findings in equine cadaver stifle joints. Ten fresh cadaver stifle joints from horses without clinical signs of stifle disease were evaluated using low‐field MRI, gross dissection, and histopathology. In eight stifles, either the lateral or medial cranial meniscotibial ligament had an irregular shape, fiber separation, or moderate abnormal signal intensity (SI) on all sequences. In five stifles, the medial femoral condyle had articular cartilage fibrillation with or without an osteochondral defect over the weight bearing surface of the medial femoral condyle. All stifles had abnormal SI on all sequences within the patellar ligaments that corresponded with adipose tissue infiltrating between the collagen bundles. Other abnormalities identified included articular cartilage fibrillation of the tibial condyles in three stifles, and articular cartilage fibrillation with chondral defects in the patella in three stifles. All abnormalities detected with low‐field MRI were corroborated by gross dissection. Findings from the current study supported the use of low‐field MRI for detection of stifle joint lesions in horses and demonstrated that some stifle joint pathologies may be subclinical in horses.