模猪场猪瘟野毒感染情况调查

利用ELISA方法对广西6个规模猪场送检的1626份猪血清进行猪瘟野毒感染情况调查。结果6个规模猪场均存在猪瘟野毒感染,其中母猪感染率为7.86%~29.21%,平均为17.52%,种公猪感染率为0%~23.52%,平均为11.83%,育肥猪感染率为5%~22.45%,平均为15.5%,断奶仔猪感染率为8.24%~18.57%,平均为12.69%。此检测结果与猪场临床发病情况基本一致,病猪多表现为繁殖障碍型、温和型的非典型猪瘟。     

逆向遗传学技术在猪瘟病毒研究中的应用

猪瘟是猪的最严重疾病之一,其病原 是猪瘟病毒,基因组为单股正链RNA。猪瘟 弱毒疫苗在猪瘟的免疫防治中发挥了巨大作 用,但由于弱毒疫苗免疫的动物不能从血清 学上与自然感染动物区分,使其应用受到很 大限制,研制标记疫苗是解决这个问题的重 要途径。由于RAN的结构不稳定成为阻碍 RNA病毒研究的主要障碍,所以病毒分子生 物学是新型猪瘟疫苗研究的必要手段。近年 来兴起的逆向遗传研究将RNA病毒的基因 组转化为cDNA,文章就猪瘟病毒逆向遗传 研究的意义、方法、概况及其在猪瘟新型疫苗 研究中的应用进行了全面综述。     

1株高致病性血凝性脑脊髓炎病毒的分离与鉴定

利用细胞培养方法从临床表现神经症状的死亡仔猪脑组织内分离获得1株病毒,同时对该病毒进行电镜负染观察、昆明种小鼠致病性试验、RT-PCR检测和部分基因测序分析。电镜观察可见细胞培养物中有大量的直径约115 nm的冠状病毒样粒子;接种病毒的小鼠均出现典型的神经症状,死亡率100%;血凝性脑脊髓炎病毒(HEV)特异性引物RT-PCR扩增结果阳性;其S基因序列与GenBank中登录的HEV-67 N相应基因序列的同源性高达99.6%。结果表明,分离的病毒为猪血凝性脑脊髓炎病毒,分离株暂命名为HEV-CC-2007。     

Association between bovine-leukosis virus seroprevalence and herd-level productivity on US dairy farms

Bovine-leukosis virus (BLV; also termed ‘bovine-leukemia virus’) is a retrovirus that primarily affects lymphoid tissue of dairy and beef cattle. Our objective was to investigate the association between BLV infection and annual value of production (AVP) on dairy herds within the United States, as part of the USDA National Animal Health Monitoring System’s 1996 dairy study. 1006 herds (in 20 states) with at least 30 dairy cows were interviewed during 1996. The agar-gel immunodiffusion test was used to detect serum antibodies to BLV. 10–40 cows from each herd were tested and each tested cow was classified as negative or positive based on results of a single test.

A multivariable regression model was used with the 976 herds with complete data for analysis. When compared to herds with no test-positive cows, herds with test-positive cows produced 218 kg per cow (i.e. 3%) less milk. The average reduction in AVP was $ 59 per cow for test-positive herds relative to test-negative herds. For the dairy industry as a whole, BLV seropositivity was associated with loss to producers of $ 285 million and $ 240 million for consumers. Most of this $ 525 million industry loss was due to reduced milk production in test-positive herds.     

番鸭小鹅瘟病胶乳凝集试验与病毒分离的比较研究

应用GPV胶乳凝集方法（LPA）和病毒分离（VI）检测人工感染病例9份、健康对照6份,临床疑似送检病鸭28份。其中人工感染样品检测LPA和VI符合率为93.3%（14/15）;临床疑似样品检测LPA和VI符合率为89.3%（25/28）;两者总符合率达90.7%（39/43）。LPA方法具有简便（肉眼可判定,不需仪器）、快速（检测抗原20min内）、特异、准确等优点,比VI更适合临床使用。     

脂质体介导抗猪瘟病毒基因转染小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞的研究

本研究旨在探索脂质体介导抗猪瘟病毒基因重组质粒PGPUG/GFP/Neo转染小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞的条件,为构建疾病模型动物及抗猪瘟病毒转基因猪提供技术平台。本研究比较了不同的小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞分离培养方法,将培养至3~5代的胚胎儿成纤维细胞,通过脂质体(LiPofectamine^TM 2000)介导转染抗猪瘟病毒基因重组质粒PGPUG/GFP/Neo。结果显示,在所选用的不同浓度脂质体和重组质粒,以及不同转染时间的组合中,2 μL脂质体介导1.5 μg重组质粒,转染6 h时可获得19%的转染效率,极显著高于其他剂量和时间组合(P＜0.01)。这些结果表明,脂质体、重组质粒及转染时间的优化组合,能有效介导抗猪瘟病毒基因重组质粒PGPUG/GFP/Neo转染小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞。     

30个紫花苜蓿品种对苜蓿花叶病毒病的田间抗性初步研究

为了比较不同紫花苜蓿品种对病毒病的抗性,对30个紫花苜蓿品种的病毒病发病情况进行了田间调查,利用小RNA深度测序技术结合RT-PCR技术检测鉴定各紫花苜蓿品种中的病毒种类,并测定了各紫花苜蓿品种的发病率、病情指数、相对株高、相对单株干重、相对茎秆直径、相对叶面积、相对叶长和相对叶宽,综合比较各紫花苜蓿品种的抗性,并对部分指标进行系统聚类分析。结果表明:30个紫花苜蓿品种均只受到苜蓿花叶病毒(alfalfa mosaic virus, AMV)的侵染,所有紫花苜蓿品种的田间发病率均超过94%,病情指数范围为31.53～55.50;30个紫花苜蓿品种中,抗性较强的品种有1个,为射手2号,抗性一般的品种有6个,其余23个品种的抗性较差,分别占供试品种的3.33%,20.00%和76.67%;聚类分析结果表明,抗性较强的射手2号与其他紫花苜蓿品种的亲缘关系较远,与其杂交有可能产生较大的杂种优势。     

Isolation and biological properties of virulent subpopulations from lentogenic Newcastle disease virus strains

From each of two lentogenic Newcastle disease virus (NDV) strains of the type LaSota and Hitchner B1 a virulent subpopulation could be obtained. The two subpopulations were—in comparison to the two parent viruses—more resistant to the lipid solvent chloroform and more stable against thermal degradation. Also, the glycoproteins haemagglutinin and F (fusion) were more stable against thermal inactivation. Electron microscopic observations revealed in terms of size and morphology all of the characteristics of NDV. Both subpopulations possessed, however, the same elution kinetics as their respective parent strains. The intracerebral and intravenous pathogenicity indices as well as the mean death times of the two subpopulations allow to classify these viruses as virulent Newcastle disease viruses.     

Updated distribution and host records for the argasid tick Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) zumpti: A potential vector of African swine fever virus in South Africa

African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes a lethal and contagious disease of domestic pigs. In South Africa, the virus historically circulated in warthogs and ornithodorid ticks that were only found in warthog burrows in the north of the country. Regulations implemented in 1935 to prevent transfer of infected animals or products to the south initially proved effective but from 2016 there have been outbreaks of disease in the south that cannot be traced to transfer of infection from the north. From 1963 there were widespread translocations of warthogs to the south, initially from a source considered to be free of ornithodorid ticks. We undertook to determine whether sylvatic circulation of ASFV occurs in the south, including identification of potential new vectors, through testing extralimital warthogs for antibody and ticks for virus. Results of testing warthogs for antibody and other species of ticks for virus will be presented separately. Here we report finding Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) zumpti ticks in warthog burrows for the first time. This occurred in the Eastern Cape Province (ECP) in 2019. Since African swine fever was recognised in the ECP for the first time in 2020 and outbreaks of the disease in domestic pigs continue to occur there, priority should be given to determining the distribution range and vector potential of O. (P.) zumpti for ASFV.