Evaluation of dietary yellow loess as an antibiotic replacer on growth,immune responses,serological characteristics and disease resistance in rainbow trout,Oncorhynchus mykiss

A 12 weeks of feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of different levels of dietary yellow loess as an antibiotic (oxytetracycline) replacer in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Five experimental diets were formulated to contain no antibiotics or yellow loess (control/CON), three graded levels of yellow loess 5 (YL₅), 10 (YL₁₀) and 20 g YL kg^?1 diet (YL₂₀) and oxytetracycline at 5 g OTC kg^?1 diet. Forty‐five fish averaging 39.4 ± 1.6 g (mean ± SD) were randomly distributed in to 15 aquaria. Triplicate groups of fish were fed one of the experimental diets at 1.5 ~ 1.9% of wet body weight per day. At the end of the feeding trial, average weight gain (WG) and specific growth rate (SGR) from fish fed CON diet were significantly lower than those from fish fed YL₁₀, YL₂₀ or OTC diets (P < 0.05). Lysozyme activity from fish fed YL₂₀ was detected to be significantly higher than that from fish fed CON diet (P < 0.05). While, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity from fish fed YL₁₀ and YL₂₀ was recorded to be significantly higher than that from fish fed CON diet (P < 0.05). Fourteen days of challenge test with bacteria A. salmonicida showed significantly lower survival rate for CON than those of fish fed other experimental diets. Therefore, these results indicated that dietary yellow loess at 10–20 g kg^?1 could be a promising alternative of oxytetracycline in rainbow trout.     

部分猪场H1和H3亚型猪流感的血清学调查

为了解中国部分省市规模化猪场H1和H3亚型猪流感病毒的流行情况,采用血凝抑制试验对采集于广东、湖南、河南省12个市县28个规模化猪场的799份血清进行H1和H3亚型猪流感病毒的抗体检测。结果表明,H1亚型抗体阳性率在0~83.33%之间,猪抗体总阳性率为46.18%(369/799),猪场阳性率为89.29%(25/28)。H3亚型抗体阳性率在0~100.00%之间,猪抗体总阳性率为61.33%(490/799),猪场阳性率为85.71%(24/28)。广东、湖南和河南地区H1亚型抗体阳性率分别为48.91%、40.26%和50.67%,H3亚型抗体阳性率分别为58.55%、70.78%和78.67%。在被调查的上述3个地区的猪群中,H1和H3亚型猪流感病毒的感染较为普遍,其中H3亚型感染率高于H1亚型,且各地区猪流感病毒的流行情况存在地域性差异。     

云南西瓜银灰斑驳病毒病害的鉴定

 应用DAS-ELISA和RT-PCR方法从褪绿和银色斑驳的西瓜叶片中检测到病毒分离物（WSMoV-YN）,感病样品能与WSMoV/GBNV复合抗血清（Agdia）呈阳性反应。获得WSMoV N蛋白的多克隆抗体,抗体能与WSMoV血清组成员CaCV和TZSV反应,但不能与INSV、TSWV、HCRV和GYSV反应。为明确引起该病害的病毒种类,采用Tospovirus通用引物对样品的总RNA进行RT-PCR扩增,获得长度为3 554 nt的S RNA全序列,经Blastn比对分析与WSMoV中国台湾分离物同源性最高,为95.8%,其N和NSs蛋白氨基酸序列同源性分别为99%和97.6%。构建系统进化树发现,西瓜银灰斑驳病毒云南分离物（WSMoV-YN）与其他WSMoV聚为一支。确定引起云南西瓜病害的病毒为WSMoV。     

狂犬病病毒流行病学特征与实验室诊断技术的研究进展

狂犬病是由狂犬病病毒引起的以中枢神经系统感染为特征的一种人兽共患病。狂犬病病毒具有嗜神经性,能在人和多种哺乳动物中引起致死性感染,病死率几乎为100%。除常规的临床诊断外,狂犬病的确诊依赖于实验室诊断方法,方法主要有病原学诊断、血清学诊断和分子生物学诊断方法等。狂犬病作为一种人兽共患烈性传染病,呈全球分布的态势,中国每年因狂犬病病毒感染而导致死亡的人数居全球第2位。因此,加强对该病的病原学、流行病学特征的认识、加快实验室诊断方法的研究对其综合防控工作具有十分重要的意义。作者主要介绍了目前国内外狂犬病流行病学特征和诊断方法的研究进展,并比较了各种方法的优点和缺点,为狂犬病的临床快速诊断和深入研究提供科学依据。     

Avian toxoplasmosis: Experimental infection of chicken and pigeon

Two groups of 13 new-laying hens each were infected by crop-route with 5000 and 50,000 infective oocysts of T. gondii. Four groups of 5 pigeons each were inoculated by crop-route with 50, 500, 1000 and 5000 infective oocysts. To each group of infected birds suitable controls were added. Hens from the experiment with 5000 infective oocysts were apparently resistant to the infection and they had no clinical signs in the succeeding 40 days p.i. Hens from the experiment with 50,000 infective oocysts showed an egg-drop and mortality in embryonated eggs, especially during the first 2 weeks p.i. Isolation of the parasite was unsuccessfully attempted from 720 embryonated eggs, produced by infected groups, and tested on various days p.i. and at different stages of infection. The parasite was isolated from the brain, heart, liver, spleen and lung of infected birds 7 and 15 days p.i.; 40 days p.i. it was evident only in brain and heart. IgG onset and mean course were monitored by ELISA and high titers were reached by both groups. Pigeons from groups 500, 1000 and 5000 developed rapidly progressive clinical signs as diarrhea, trembling, incoordination, torcicollis and death. They had enlargement of liver and spleen and focal necrosis, nodular features in the crop. Pigeons from expt 50 had no clinical signs in spite of the presence of the parasite in their organs for over 45 days p.i. Parasite was isolated from brain, heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, crop and muscles from all infected groups. Histopathological and ultrastructural features revealed the presence of multiplying tachizoites even within cells of the crop. Seroconversion, as monitored by ELISA, was recorded in all infected groups although high ELISA-titres were never reached. One of the negative controls from expt 5000 developed specific antibodies but the parasite was not isolated from its organs.     

Variation of type Antigens of Group-B Streptococci: II. Studies on the in-Vitro Variation of the X-Antigen and Other type Antigens

When occurring together with the polysaccharide III-antigen the X-antigen displayed a phenotypic variation in vitro, and so did 1 R-strain. Genuine X-straims, and other types as well, seemed to remain unaffected by commonly used laboratory procedures. The hypothesis is advanced that previously described in-vivo variations of these antigens are induced by antibodies against the antigen in question.     

Herd Types of Group-B Streptococci Their Prevalence Among Herds in Four Danish Mastitis Control Areas and the Relation of type to the Spread Within Herds

Herd types of B-str. were determined for 159 herds on the basis of serological typing of 336 quarter-milk isolates. The herds were selected at random within an area with some 25,000 herds, and assumably the results reflect the type distribution in that area. In contrast with previous findings in Zealand, no significant difference in the distribution of herd types was found between new-infected herds and herds with infections of known duration. However, compared to herds with infections of presumably long standing, newinfected herds had a relative deficit of Herd Type III.Herd Types III and X showed a significantly higher tendency than the other types to spread among cows within a herd.It is concluded that infections caused by Herd Types III, Ia/III and X require special attention in a control program, while in most cases supervision would seem to be adequate for infections caused by other types. Yet, such a program will leave a hygienic problem unsolved.     

非洲猪瘟诊断技术研究进展

非洲猪瘟防控目前暂无安全有效疫苗可用,因此快速、可靠的检测方法对其防控至关重要。目前应用的非洲猪瘟诊断技术主要表现在病原、核酸、抗原与抗体四个方面:病原检测主要有红细胞吸附和病毒分离方法,核酸检测目前已开发出实时荧光定量PCR(qPCR)、多重PCR(mPCR)、微滴数字PCR(ddPCR)、巢氏PCR(nested-PCR)、环介导等温扩增技术(LAMP)、重组酶聚合酶扩增技术(RPA)、交叉引物扩增技术(CPA)、原位杂交技术(ISH)以及生物传感器技术等,抗原检测常用荧光抗体试验(FAT)、抗原ELISA、侧向流动免疫色谱分析(LFA)等,而抗体检测主要通过酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)、间接荧光抗体试验(IFA)、胶体金快速免疫层析法(GICA)、免疫印迹法(IBT)等方法。每种诊断技术都有其特点,从而为不同情况下的A SFV诊断提供了多种选择。未来,其他技术如CRISPR等与上述技术的结合应用,以及不同诊断技术的联合应用,将成为非洲猪瘟诊断技术发展的趋势。     

Dietary combination of pawpaw seed and onion peel powder: Impact on growth,haematology, biochemical and antioxidant status of Clarias gariepinus

A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of pawpaw–onion powder (POP) mixture on the growth, and haemato‐biochemical and antioxidant responses of Clarias gariepinus (4.02 ± 0.01g/fish) for 60 days. Five trial diets were formulated as control (without POP or antimicrobial growth promoter (AGP)), AGP (basal diet + 10ml AGP/kg diet), POP 2.5 (basal diet + 2.5g POP/kg diet), POP 5.0 (basal diet + 5.0g POP/kg diet) and POP 10 (basal diet + 10g POP/kg diet). Two hundred and twenty‐five fish were equally distributed into five groups in triplicate and fed twice daily. The results indicate that AGP or POP supplementation exerted no effects on the growth and blood profile among the various groups, but a significantly higher lymphocyte count was observed in POP 10g/kg. The highest whole‐body protein and lipid contents were noticed in fish fed the control diet (p < .05), whereas POP 5.0g/kg group recorded the highest hepatosomatic value. Furthermore, the cholesterol level was found to be lower in the AGP‐ and POP‐fed fish compared with the higher level recorded in the control. The glucose concentration and superoxide dismutase enzyme activity were found to be higher in POP 2.5‐fed fish, whereas POP 10‐fed fish showed higher catalase activities compared with other groups (p < .05). Based on the result obtained, this study showed that dietary POP had no significant impact on the growth performance but has direct effects on the whole‐body lipid content, lymphocyte count, cholesterol level, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and antioxidant response of Clarias gariepinus.     

Characterization and pathogenicity studies of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from diseased freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man)

Vibrio parahaemolyticus, an important pathogen of freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii causes high mortality. Four strains of V. parahaemolyticus were isolated from the gill, haepatopancreas, hemolymph and carapace of diseased prawn. The species were characterized based on biochemical and serological tests. On performing an antibiotic assay, these strains were found to be highly susceptible to cephalaxin, tetracycline and erythomycin. During the in vitro pathogenicity test, all the strains were found to be positive to the Congo red binding assay and to be haemolytic in nature, whereas an in vivo pathogenicity test revealed that 2 × 10⁹ CFUs mL^?1of bacteria induced disease symptoms such as black colouration on the carapace, red discolouration of the exoskeleton and loss of appendages within 6 days and 80% mortality. In histopathological studies, a prominent necrosis was seen in gill lamellae, and branchial arches were thickened at places due to hyperplasia and haemocytic infiltration. Hepatopancreatic tissue showed dilation of tubules, vacuolation of hepatocytes and marked necrosis in acinar cells. Development of an immunological technique for the detection and screening of V. parahaemolyticus infection and its treatment is highly important in freshwater prawn aquaculture.