Efficacy of Sarafloxacin Hydrochloride in Treating Naturally-Induced Edwardsiella ictaluri Infections in Channel Catfish,Ictalurus punctatus

Sarafin (sarafloxacin hydrochloride), a new antibacterial, was evaluated in the field on a naturally induced infection of Edwardsiella ictaluri in channel catfish, -Ictalurus punctatus. Healthy channel catfish (mean weight = 50 g) were stocked into nine cages at 200 fish per cage in a pond with an undergoing E. ictaluri infection. Seven days after stocking, dead fish were observed in the cages with clinical signs of enteric septicemia of channel catfish (ESC). After E. ictaluri was confirmed through isolative biochemical tests, medicated feed was applied for five consecutive days. During this period, fish in three control cages received a commercial 32% protein floating feed, three other cages of fish served as positive controls and were fed Romet, and three cages received the test feed with Sarafin. Both medicated feeds reduced the increase in cumulative percent mortality. In the control cages, cumulative percent mortalities continued to increase throughout the study period. Average daily mortality rates were significantly lower following both treatments of medicated feed, and treatments receiving Sarafin showed the greatest reduction in average daily mortality rates. Average daily mortality rates in the control did not change after the medicated feeding period. Toward the end of the study, temperatures reached 30°C, above the active range of ESC infections, and all mortalities ceased.     

红缘天牛越冬幼虫耐寒性研究

旨在探索红缘天牛越冬幼虫的耐寒性。采用热电偶法和昆虫生理生化的主要研究方法,测定越冬幼虫的过冷却点、冰点、含水率、脂肪含量、糖原含量和血淋巴中游离氨基酸种类及质量浓度,并分析上述指标变化与幼虫耐寒性的关系。结果表明:不同大小幼虫的过冷却点与冰点均无显著差异(P0.05);幼虫经5℃1d处理后,过冷却点升高,冰点降低,均呈现显著差异(P0.05);含水率由71.89%减至69.97%;血淋巴液中谷氨酸、缬氨酸、蛋氨酸、苯丙氨酸、赖氨酸、组氨酸、精氨酸和脯氨酸占总量的百分比均有所提高;脂肪和糖原含量变化差异不显著(P0.05)。研究结果说明:红缘天牛越冬幼虫具有较强的过冷却能力,通过调节血淋巴液中氨基酸质量浓度的变化抵御短时间低温环境变化,提高其对寒冷的适应能力。     

Stability of co‐composted hydrochar and biochar under field conditions in a temperate soil

Hydrothermally converted biomass (hydrochar) is evaluated as a carbon‐rich soil amendment in addition to pyrogenic biochar. After assessing the suitability of hydrochar for use in agriculture, its environmental safety and comparing its chemistry with that of biochar, we describe a field trial established at Halle (Germany) under natural conditions for a temperate climate and without further external management practices. The main objective of our study was to analyse the stability and hence the C sequestration potential of composted chars over a period of 2 years. Four treatments (no amendment control, compost, co‐composted hydrochar and co‐composted biochar) in fourfold field replication were chosen to make a direct comparison of biochar and hydrochar under field conditions. The total organic carbon and total N increased in all treatments in comparison with the control but only in biochar‐amended treatments were N concentrations more stable. Composted biochar showed significantly more black carbon content in topsoil, sampled some months after application, compared with all other treatments. We show that hydrochar is less suitable for long‐term C sequestration in comparison with biochar but has potential for soil amelioration because it delivers essential nutrients. On the other hand, biochar is richer in polyaromatic C than hydrochar and therefore is more stable in the long term. We assessed biochar stability using the black carbon analysis of the different soil samples.     

The Status of Library Automation in the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions

ABSTRACT

Seventeen historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) had the unique distinction of being designated land-grant institutions in 1890. There is surprisingly little information in the library literature describing the state of automation in academic libraries and even less about the state of automation in the seventeen historically black land-grant universities. The authors designed a questionnaire that would serve as the instrument for a base survey of the state of automation in these libraries. The results of this survey are presented in the following article.     

NYH-1型~(14)C核素高灵敏探测装置

本文描述了可测量低活度1 4 C核素的高灵敏探测装置。在FH 36 7探头的基础上进行了改装 ,更换了闪烁介质 ,增加了物质屏蔽和反符合屏蔽以及相应的电子线路。本装置对1 4 C的探测效率 ,植物干样为 6 93% ,土壤样为 3 2 % ,装置的本底计数为 2 35cpm     

南美斑潜蝇幼虫空间分布与抽样技术研究

通过田间调查和计算 ,明确了南美斑潜蝇幼虫呈聚集分布 ,且以负二项分布为主 ,主要分布在植株的中下部。如果防治指标定为每百叶有虫 3 7头 ,则序贯抽样的累积幼虫数量界限 :T0 (N) =0 .3 7N± 0 .83 68N。田间随机取样以平行线和Z字形为好。     

坡度对东北黑土流失影响的研究

通过室外人工模拟降雨的方法，得出了在不同坡度、降雨量和降雨强度时，不同植被覆盖度的流失泥沙颗粒组成、黑土地表的径流量以及土壤含水量的相应变化。     

豫北黑杨无性系的生长比较试验

豫北温县40个黑杨无性系4年生试验材料表明:参试无性系胸径、树高、材积等差异达显著水平,用综合法评定了它们的优劣,选择出3个优良无性系,它们的平均材积分别超对照114.06%、78.67%、69.91%。     

Tolerance response to water pH in larvae of two marine fish species, gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata (L.) and Senegal sole, Solea senegalensis (Kaup), during development

Gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata (L.) and Senegal sole, Solea senegalensis (Kaup) are two fish of primary importance in Mediterranean aquaculture. In the present study, the larvae of these species were exposed to different rearing‐water pH during 24 h to examine their tolerance. The 24‐h pHL50 values were calculated with low and high pH values at 7, 20 and 32 days after hatching (DAH) in S. senegalensis larvae, and 12, 20 and 52 DAH in S. aurata larvae. Low 24‐h pHL50 values ranged between 4.88 and 5.76, whereas high 24‐h pHL50 values ranged between 8.94 and 9.57 in S. senegalensis larvae. S. aurata larvae showed values of low 24‐h pHL50 that ranged between 4.82 and 5.55, whereas values of high 24‐h pHL50 ranged between 8.66 and 9.26. Both species showed similar tolerance response at all the tested ages. The high 24‐h pHL50 values found were close to pH values that eventually can be reached in the rearing tanks. The pH should be carefully controlled in rearing water during the first development stages of both species.     

黑丝羽乌骨鸡的选育进展与冠型效应

通过对黑丝羽乌骨鸡的复冠父系和单冠母系进行家系选育五个世代，在体重、孵化性能、开产性状及产蛋量方面得到了明显进展，而且可见单冠在这些性状上的正向效应。尤其是产蛋性能上的选育进展非常明显，高峰4个月的总产蛋量增加了1．2倍，母系300d产蛋量达到102枚左右，母系500d产蛋量达到201枚。