Prevalences of feline leukaemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infections in cats in Sydney

Objective To determine prevalences of feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infections in ‘healthy’ cats that, through acute misadventure or other circumstance, were presented to veterinary practitioners. Prevalences of FeLV and FIV in this population were compared to those in a population of predominantly sick cats. Design and procedures Serum specimens were obtained over a 2-year period from 200 cats oldeer than 1 year of age presented to veterinary clinics for routine procedures, including cat fight injuries or abscesses, vehicular trauma, neutering, dental scaling, vaccination, grooming or boarding. An additional 894 sera were obtained over approximately the same period from specimens submitted by veterinarians to a private clinical pathology laboratory, mainly from sick cats suspected of having immune dysfunction, but including some sera from healthy cats being screened prior to FeLV vaccination. FIV antibody and FeLV antigen were detected in samples using commercial enzyme immunoassays. Results Amongst 200 ‘healthy’ cats, the prevalence of FeLV infection was 0 to 2%, and the prevalence of FIV was 6.5 to 7.5%, depending on the stringency of the criteria used to define positivity. FIV infection was significantly more prevalent in cats which resided in an inner city environment (P = 0.013). Of the 894 serum specimens submitted to the laboratory by practitioners, 11/761 (1.4%) were FeLV positive, while 148/711 (20.8%) were FIV positive. The prevalence of FIV was significantly higher in these predominantly ‘sick’ cats than in cats seen for routine veterinary procedures (P < 0.00001), while there was no difference in the prevalence of FeLV (P = 0.75) Conclusions The prevalence of FeLV and FIV in healthy cats may have been substantially overestimated in some previous Australian surveys. FeLV infection would appear to be a rare cause of disease in Australian cats. The higher prevalence of FIV positivity in sick as opposed to healthy cats infers that FIV infection contributes to the development of disease.     

鲁西牛的染色体研究

研究了40头鲁西牛(♂37,♀3,2n=60)染色体的 G 带,R 带,C 带及Ag-NOR,着重分析了 y 染色体的形态及带型。在常规 Giemsa 染色的分裂相上,y染色体和小的常染色体形态相近。经常规—C 带连续染色,准确识别出 y 染色体之后测量了18条 y 染色体,臂比为3.19,属亚端着丝点染色体。y 染色体的着丝点区和短臂与常染色体的着丝点区和短臂在 G 带、C 带的带型上差别很大,表明构成它们 DNA的硷基成份有差别。统计的152个细胞的 Ag-NOR 中,平均每细胞 Ag-NOR 数为5.81±1.38,变化范围2—9。按染色体长度排列,NOR 位于2、3、4、11、22(或21)和28号常染色体末端。第22(或21)号染色体上存在 NOR 在其它牛种上尚未有过报道。     

苹果病毒病的脱毒研究

用热处理、微尖嫁接、微尖培养、长期继代组培四种方法,对20多个苹果品种及10余个砧木进行了四种常见病毒病(CLSV、SGV、SPV和ApMV)的脱毒效果研究。结果表明,微尖培养法效果最好,一次取尖脱毒率分别为95.16％、97.56％、97.56％和100％;两次取尖均达100％。     

不同地域柞蚕核型多角体病毒特性的研究

探讨了我国不同地域ApNPV的特征性状。试验表明:(1)不同地域的ApNPV对河南柞蚕、蓖麻蚕的致病性有差异;(2)不同地域ApNPV-DNA经EcoRI酶解,电泳图谱相似;使用salI内切酶酶解时,在琼脂糖电泳图谱中的C、G、O、Q、U和P等片段,不同毒株之间有差异;(3)河南云阳株(HY)病毒粒子多肽由16种蛋白亚基组成;病毒DNA为线形环状结构,周长4.76×10~5,计算DNA的分子量为:91.4×10~6道尔顿。     

The seal death in Danish waters 1988. 2. Virological studies.

Mass abortions and high mortality were observed in harbour seals in Danish waters during 1988. Severe pneumonia and emphysema were typical clinical and post-mortem findings. Virological studies were carried out to identify the cause of the epidemic. Although seal herpesvirus (SeHV) was isolated in 23 of 114 animals this virus was subsequently found not to be the primary cause of the disease. Following the observation of seroconversion against canine distemper virus (CDV) in diseased seals (Osterhaus & Vedder 1988) a CDV-like morbillivirus (phocine distemper virus, PDV) was identified in organs of diseased animals. It is concluded that the epidemic was caused by introduction of PDV into a highly susceptible population presumably free from morbillivirus infection. The origin of PDV remains unknown but evidence of prior morbillivirus infection has been found in arctic and antarctic seal populations.     

猪水泡病病毒RT-PCR检测方法的建立

根据基因库中的猪水泡病病毒(SVDV)高度保守的VP1基因的序列,设计了与SVDV互补的2对特异性引物,通过对影响PCR扩增因素的筛选,成功地扩增出251bp和366bp特异性条带,将其克隆入pMD18-T载体中,并进行序列测定,与已发表的SVDV基因比较发现,核苷酸的同源性为100%,证实为SVDV的VP1段基因。通过检测FMDV、VSV、BHK21细胞等,对照的扩增结果均为阴性,验证其特异。对SVDVRNA进行10倍系列稀释后检测,结果SVDVRNA在10-4稀释度时仍能检测到阳性,说明具有较好的敏感性。此项试验能稳定、高效、快速地检测出猪水泡病病毒。     

重庆市山羊博尔纳病病毒P24基因的检测

为了解重庆市山羊博尔纳病隐性带毒情况，分析博尔纳病病毒（BDV）的种系来源。采用巢式逆转录酶PCR结合荧光定量PCR（FQ—nRT—PCR）技术对重庆市60只山羊外周血单核细胞（PBMCs）及脑组织中的BDVP24基因片段进行了检测，将阳性产物测序，并与国外BDV毒株进行了比较。结果，山羊外周血检测阳性率为8．3％（5／60），脑组织检测阳性率为10％（6／60）。该BDVP24片段核苷酸序列与马源BDVH1766株同源性最高，达96．519／6，与标准株Strain V和He／80同源性为95．35％，并且编码的氨基酸序列也相同。表明，重庆市山羊中存在动物源性博尔纳病隐性带毒，该BDVP24核苷酸序列与Strain V和He／80株具有高度同源性。     

冬种马铃薯免耕栽培种薯消毒方法试验

马铃薯免耕稻草覆盖栽培种薯消毒方法试验结果表明,采用生石灰拌种、克露500倍溶液浸种10min、1000g双飞粉＋20g甲基托布津＋20g多菌灵＋1g新植霉素混合粉剂（自制消毒剂）拌种、50%多菌灵500倍溶液浸种10min、70%百菌清500倍溶液浸种10min和500倍高锰酸钾溶液浸种10min等六种消毒方法,均能取得较好的增产效果,比种薯不经消毒处理直接播种增产45.6%～3.3%;从综合效果看,尤以生石灰拌种、克露浸种和多菌灵浸种处理较好,表现为出苗快、成苗率高、产量高、商品率高。     

用套式PCR方法对几种猪用冻干疫苗的PCV2检测

参照Genbank已发表的猪圆环病毒2型的基因序列,取其比较保守的基因片段ORF2,利用引物设计软件Oli-go5.0设计两对PCV2型特异的引物,其中第一对引物扩增跨度为ORF2全基因片段,长度为702 bp,第二对引物扩增ORF2中间的一个小片段,跨度大小为494 bp.首先用第一对引物扩增阳性DNA,阳性DNA的浓度从10-1稀释到10-11,然后以第一次PCR产物为模板,用第二对引物进行PCR,发现这种套式PCR的方法比用普通PCR灵敏度提高102倍.同这种套式PCR方法对广东省市场上出售的几种猪用弱毒疫苗进行猪圆环病毒2型检测,结果发现这几种疫苗全部为阴性,本实验说明目前广东市场上出售的弱毒疫苗在制作过程中没有受到PCV2的污染,解除了广大猪场主的顾虑.     

RT-PCR法快速鉴别新城疫强弱毒株的试验

通过对大量不同毒力NDV F基因核苷酸序列的分析，根据强弱毒株F0裂解位点的序列差异设计合成了三对引物，建立了快速诊断新城疫并能鉴别其强弱毒株的反转录-聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)方法，整个试验过程可在5h内完成。试验表明，该方法具有快速特异和操作简便的特点，不仅适用于对鸡胚毒的检测，而且适用于对病鸡组织匀浆液的检测，是新城疫鉴别诊断和流行病学调查的颇具潜力的分子诊断方法。