低聚糖对蛋雏鸡生长性能及粪臭的影响

选择新出壳罗曼蛋鸡424羽,研究了日粮中分别添加0%、0.15%、0.25%、0.35%的低聚糖对蛋雏鸡生长性能及粪臭的影响.试验结果表明0～6周龄日粮添加0.15～0.35%的低聚糖,可使蛋雏鸡的ADG、F/G显著高于对照组(P<0.05);添加低聚糖0.15%,氮的排泄率低于对照组(P<0.05),粪便H2S释放量极显著低于对照组(P<0.01);日粮添加0.15%～0.35%低聚糖,粪便氨释放量显著低于对照组(P<0.05).0～6周龄蛋雏鸡日粮中低聚糖适宜添加量为0.15%～0.23%.     

妊娠猪叶酸营养研究近况

通过注射或向饲粮中添加的方式，向妊娠猪补充叶酸的研究，近年来颇受关注。虽然研究的历史不长，但得到的结果却非常一致，即在所有的研究中都发现了产仔数的提高。显然，为使母猪繁殖性能达到最佳，需要补充叶酸。本文综述了近年来这一研究领域的最新进展。     

Prevalence of dog-derived Sarcocystis spp. in some New Zealand lambs

Pepsin: hydrochloric acid digestion and histological examination of the myocardium of 51 hearts from five to nine month-old lambs from the southern half of the North Island, showed that 47 (92%) were infected with microscopic sarcocysts that are presumed to be dog-derived. Of 157 sarcocysts detected histologically, 32 corresponded morphologically with Sarcocystis ovicanis and 120 with Sarcocystis tenella (Syn. S. arieticanis). The remainder could not be identified as to type.     

Diagnostic value of intestinal alkaline phosphatase in horse serum

Antiserum directed against equine intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) was produced in rabbits and used to develop a sensitive and quantitative assay for the detection of intestinal ALP in equine serum. This assay was then used to measure the half-life of intravenously injected intestinal ALP and to determine if the intestinal ALP was present in normal horse sera, sera from horses presented for lesions not involving the gastrointestinal tract and sera from horses presented with lesions involving the gastrointestinal tract. The results suggest that intestinal ALP is not likely to appear in equine serum even when gastrointestinal disease is present and, therefore, appears to be of no diagnostic value.     

A survey of anthelmintic resistance on ten goat farms in the Manawatu region in 1988

A survey of anthelmintic resistance on ten goat farms was carried out. The criterion for resistance was a faecal egg count reduction (FECR) of <90 percent based on arithmetic means of 11 to 19 goats per group. It was found that nine of the ten farms harboured nematodes resistant to oxfendazole when used at 5mg/kg although on two of these, the FECR's were 89.2 percent and 89.8 percent. Post treatment larval cultures indicated Haemonchus, Ostertagia and Trichostrongylus were the resistant genera involved. On none of the ten farms was resistance to oral ivermectin at 0.2mg/kg detected.     

Evaluation of the efficacy of doramectin against an artificial infection of Dictyocaulus viviparus in calves

Three groups of eight Friesian calves, reared parasite-free, were experimentally infected with 1000 infective larvae of Dictyocaulus viviparus. Two groups were injected subcutaneously with 1% doramectin at 0.2 mg/kg body weight, one group 5 days after infection and the other 25 days after infection. A third group served as untreated controls. Faecal samples were examined for lungworm larvae on days 28, 32, 33, 34 and 35 after infection; the calves were killed and necropsied 39 or 40 days after infection and any lungworms present recovered and counted. Doramectin proved 100% effective against both 5-day-old and mature D. viviparus infections.