微波消解-石墨炉原子吸收光谱法测定醋酸地塞米松中的微量硒

采用微波制样技术对样品进行消解,减少了消化过程中硒的损失,利用石墨炉原子吸收光谱法对醋酸地塞米松中微量硒进行测定.以4 mg/mL Pd(NO3)2作为基体改进剂,灰化温度为950 ℃,原子化温度为2 100 ℃时,经氘灯校正背景,测定硒含量,回收率在89.24%～112.37% 之间,方法的相对标准偏差为7.42%,检出限为0.53 ng/mL.该法具有简便、快速、灵敏、稳定、准确等优点,适用于醋酸地塞米松中微量硒的分析测定.     

ULTRASOUND LOCALIZATION AND GUIDANCE FOR RENAL BIOPSY IN THE HORSE

Real-time ultrasonography was used to assist percutaneous renal biopsies in seven normal horses. Ultrasound (US) guidance and blind biopsy following US localization were compared. Ten biopsies (seven right kidney and three left kidney) were performed. A transverse approach to the lateral border of the right kidney through the 17th intercostal space was favored, with the needle angle being approximately perpendicular to the body wall. Both biopsy techniques were effective, but blind biopsy following US localization was favored as it was easily performed by one operator without the need for specialized biopsy equipment. The spleen had a variable location and its penetration with the biopsy needle was necessary to obtain two left kidney biopsies. Macroscopic and microscopic hematuria was observed postbiopsy in one and four horses, respectively, out of six horses examined. Perirenal hemorrhage was a prominent finding on necropsy in five of six horses euthanized.     

Clinico-Pathologic Findings in Young Pigs Fed Different Levels of Selenium,Vitamin E and Antioxidant

A randomized, blocked 2³ factorial experiment was conducted with 48 young pigs. The treatment factors were: 2 levels of selenium (55 and 115 µg/kg), 2 levels of vitamin E (3 and 53 mg/kg) and 2 levels of the antioxidant feed additive Ethoxyquin (0 and 150 mg/kg). All pigs were kept in single pens and fed ad libitum throughout the experimental period of 9 weeks, i.e. from 3 to 12 weeks of age.Plasma, heart, liver and muscle Se levels as well as whole blood glutathione peroxidase activity (EC 1.11.1.9 GSH-Px) were significantly higher in pigs given a dietary supplement of Se than in pigs given no supplement of Se (P ≤ 0.001). The Se-supplemented pigs showed a tendency to lower mean serum transaminase activity (ASAT and ALAT) than unsupplemented pigs, but the influence was significant (P ≤ 0.05) only for the ALAT activity.Blood vit. E levels were higher for pigs receiving a supplement of vit. E than for unsupplemented pigs (P ≤ 0.001), and so was the resistance of red blood cells against lipid peroxidation (ELP), as expressed by lower ELP values.There were no effects of Ethoxyquin supplementation on the biochemical variables included in the study.The histological examination of heart muscle showed that the score for changes was negatively influenced by both Se and vit. E supplement (P ≤ 0.001) and to some extent also by Ethoxyquin supplement (P ≤ 0.05). The histological picture of m. long dorsi was influenced only by the vit. E supplement (P ≤ 0.01). No histological changes were found in the liver in this study. There were inverse relationships between whole blood GSH-Px defluorescence time and blood Se, and between ELP and whole blood vit. E (P ≤ 0.001).     

奶山羊缺硒病的实验研究

本文分别以低硒日粮和加硒日粮喂饲实验母奶山羊,并对实验母羊后代肌肉注射0和0.2mg/kg体重的亚硒酸钠,进行缺硒病研究。结果表明,母羊和羔羊对低硒营养均有明显的应答反应。应用低硒日粮喂饲奶山羊60天以后可引起发病,母羊和羔羊的发病率分别为50％和85.7％,死亡率为50％和71.4％。被检的17种器官组织含硒水平的组间比较均呈显著差异(P<0.05、0.01或0.001)。血硒和被毛硒水平的变化出现较早,其测定结果可作为奶山羊缺硒病的早期诊断指标。     

Combined Therapeutic Effect of Dietary Selenium and Vitamin Ε on Manifested Vesd Syndrome in Weaned Pigs

By using a therapeutic dietary supplementation in pigs, which had developed the vitamin Ε and selenium deficiency (VESD) syndrome, the same amounts of α-tocopheryl acetate and selenium were found to be effective as under prophylactic conditions. The experiment thus supported the conclusions that the addition of 5 mg DL-α-tocopheryl acetate/kg and 135 μg selenium/kg to a diet, which contained only traces of vitamin Ε and selenium, represents a level of minimal requirement. Glutathione peroxidase activity in blood serum was used to evaluate the selenium status in pigs. A modified method for determination of tocopherol in fat tissue was described. The addition of 15 mg α-tocopheryl acetate/kg diet was demonstrated to be sufficient to maintain the tocopherol stores in body fat at an unchanged level.     

Windbreaks as a pesticide drift mitigation strategy: a review

The use of natural and artificial barriers to mitigate pesticide drift from agricultural and forest applications is discussed. This technique has been considered as an alternative to current methods at a time when environmental concerns are under great public scrutiny. There has been a variety of research experiments on this subject from New Zealand to The Netherlands which have documented reductions in spray drift of up to 80-90%. However, there are still enormous data gaps to utilize this method accurately. The aerodynamic factors of wind barriers and shelter effects on crop growth and yield have been well investigated. In contrast, some of the important aspects of drift mitigation, e.g. porosity and turbulence, have been difficult to obtain and no standard methodologies are currently available to evaluate and classify windbreaks and shelterbelts or to determine their efficiency in reducing drift. Thus there is a significant opportunity to incorporate windbreaks into the tool set of drift mitigation tactics. Government policies, initiatives, legislation, etc, which currently address water quality, BMP, stewardship, buffers, etc, are issues which so far have not included windbreaks as a valuable drift mitigation strategy.     

Camel Kidney Ferritin: Isolation and Partial Characterization

Camel kidney ferritin was isolated from a tissue homogenate by thermal denaturation, ammonium sulphate fractionation, Sephacryl S-300 gel filtration and DEAE-blue gel affinity chromatography. The yield and the iron and neutral carbohydrate contents were 0.012 mg/g wet tissue, 4.0% and 2.7%, respectively. The phosphate:iron ratio was 0.13, twofold lower than that reported for camel liver ferritin. Native gel electrophoresis revealed the presence of a monomeric ferritin. SDS gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting showed two types of subunits, heavy and light, contrary to the extensive heterogeneity observed in camel liver ferritin. In general, the tissue ferritins shared a similar amino acid composition. However, a twofold lower glycine and an eightfold higher arginine content were recorded for camel kidney ferritin. In addition, kidney ferritin had a relatively high content of glutamic acid. Cross-reactivity studies by Ouchterlony double diffusion and noncompetitive indirect ELISA revealed a distinct cross-reactivity between buffalo ferritin antiserum and camel liver ferritin, but camel liver ferritin showed only weak cross-reactivity.     

酸沉降影响下庐山森林土壤溶液铝形态分异

采用８－羟基喹啉络合比色法测定了庐山森林生态系统不同季节、不同植被下以及根圈与非根圈剖面土壤溶液中溶解态铝的含量及其变异。结果表明,供试土壤中酸溶性铝、单核铝和多核铝的含量分别变化于０．６￣３．８ｍｇ／ｋｇ,０．３￣２．８ｍｇ／ｋｇ和０．１￣１．１ｍｇ／ｋｇ范围内。土壤溶液中溶解铝明显受植物类型和根系活动的影响,所测定的３种形态铝含量均表现为随剖面深度而减少,针叶林植被下高于阔叶林,而非根圈土与与     

Adjuvants and herbicidal efficacy – present status and future prospects

The influence of adjuvants on spray liquid behaviour and herbicide performance is reviewed. Total formulation efficacy can be expressed as a function of [deposition:retention:uptake: translocation:a.i. toxicity]. Adjuvants influence the physico-chemical and plant interactions involved for each factor. Deposition efficiency of spray droplets on to a target is dependent largely on the droplet spectrum, whereas retention performance is dependent on plant leaf surface character, orientation and canopy architecture, as well as droplet volume, velocity and dynamic surface tension effects. Uptake into plant foliage is affected by the leaf surface wax, cuticle age and composition and species variability. Uptake can be improved through appropriate formulation to provide either stomatal infiltration or much greater and faster cuticular absorption of the active ingredient. The inherent translocation capability of the a.i. is not affected directly by adjuvants, which are relatively immobile, but they can increase the mass of absorbed a.i. translocated, as a consequence of improved uptake or may reduce it as a result of localized contact phytotoxicity. Considerable progress has been made in developing models of spray droplet deposition, adhesion and retention, as well as uptake. In future, individual models may be combined to provide an integrated formulation efficacy decision support system.