Experimental and natural infection with the enzootic leukosis virus of cattle

A trial was performed with heifers at the age of six to seven months. The animals were experimentally infected with the lymphocytes of a virus-productive donor. Infection was produced in all the nine cases, as demonstrated by means of the positive syncytial test. As indicated by the results of the trial, the antibodies to the enzootic bovine leucosis virus (BLV) were produced soon after experimental infection. A high sensitivity of the serum-neutralization test and the ELISA method was demonstrated in this connection: by these methods, the antibodies were identified already two to three weeks after experimental infection whereas by the immunodiffusion test they could be detected only after five weeks. Twenty-four animals were exposed to natural contact infection. Within 270 days of the trial, the disease after contact was recorded only in one heifer out of the four that were in close contact with the experimentally infected animals. In this case, as compared with experimental infection, the antibodies were produced much later--after 85 to 93 days. Leucosis was recorded in none of the remaining animals. The reasons why such a favourable result was obtained were the thorough disinfection of the stables after blood collections and the strict observance of the aseptic conditions. The results of experimental infection in three cows were identical with those obtained in young cattle. In the experimentally infected dairy cows, antibodies in milk were determined by the ELISA method. As found, in milk the antibodies to BLV appear two to three weeks later than they do in serum. The ELISA method of BLV antibody detection can be used for the identification of infected animals in herds where enzootic bovine leucosis occurs.     

Efficacy of a mephentermine‐based product as a vasopressor and a cardiac performance enhancer when given intramuscularly to cattle

The goal of this study was to confirm the vasopressor and cardiac effects of POTENAY^® INJETÁVEL (POT), a mephentermine‐based product, given to cattle with induced vascular/cardiac depression. Ten healthy Holstein cattle (206 ± 13 kg) followed a randomized‐complete‐block design (RCBD) utilizing crossover study design. Each animal randomly received (1 ml/25 kg, IM) of either POT (n = 10) or volume‐matched placebo control (0.9%NaCl, CP, n = 10). A subset of animals (n = 5) received POT first (day 0) while the remaining (n = 5) received CP; after a six‐day washout period, cattle received the opposite compound. Animals were anesthetized and catheterized for systemic/left ventricular hemodynamic monitoring. Myocardial dysfunction/hypotension was induced by increasing the end‐tidal isoflurane concentration until arterial blood pressure was 20% lower than at baseline and remained stable. Once the animal was determined to be hypotensive and hemodynamically stable, steady‐state hypotensive baseline data (BL2) were acquired, and treatment with either POT or CP was given. Data were acquired post‐treatment at every 15 min for 90 min. POT improved cardiac output (+68 L/min, ±14%, p < 0.05), MAP (+14 mmHg, ±4%, p < 0.05), HR (+22 bpm, ±8%, p < 0.05), and peak rates of ventricular pressure change during both systole (dP/dt_max: +37 mmHg/s ±13%, p < 0.05) and diastole (dP/dt_min: +31 mmHg/s, ±7%, p < 0.05). No improvements were noted following placebo‐control administration. Results indicate that POT improves cardiac performance and systemic hemodynamics in cattle with induced cardiovascular depression when given as single intramuscular injection.     

扬麦158×淮麦18组合早代PPO活性变异及其遗传分析

为了了解早代PPO活性的分布情况,以多巴(L-DOPA/MOPS)为底物,采用全麦粉过滤法测定了小麦组合(扬麦158×淮麦18)早代(F2和F2∶3家系群体)的PPO活性。结果表明,F2和F2∶3家系群体的PPO活性分布均呈明显的偏态分布,且F2和F2∶3家系群体的PPO活性极显著相关,相关系数为0.727。用单个分离世代群体遗传模型分析方法对该组合的F2群体、F2∶3家系群体的PPO活性进行遗传分析,结果表明,该组合的PPO活性主要受两对主基因控制,且主基因表现为加性-显性效应。F2群体控制PPO活性的两对主基因遗传率为73.92%,F2∶3家系群体中两对主基因遗传率为88.44%。     

赏食兼用型辣椒品种选择与工厂化盆栽管理技术

为了满足人们对美好生活的向往和需求,顺应蔬菜多功能利用开发的新业态发展趋势,佛山市近年来在观赏、食用型辣椒盆栽生产方面进行了大胆尝试,在观赏型辣椒品种的特征特性、盆栽管理技术特点及延长果实观赏期方面进行了深入探索,总结出一套适合当地观赏、食用型辣椒种植的栽培技术,主要包括育苗基质配比、适宜播种时期、定植营养土调配、肥水...     

黄瓜枯萎病抗性与防御系统几种酶活性关系的研究

以黄瓜6个不同抗性品系为材料,研究苗期感染枯萎病菌后,叶片组织内超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、多酚氧化酶(PPO)和苯丙氨酸转氨酶(PAL)的活性变化。结果表明,POD,SOD,PPO活性变化曲线中存在2个酶峰,PAL活性变化曲线中存在一个单峰。抗病品系的4种酶的峰I值明显高于感病品系,表现出一致性,而且SOD和PPO酶活性的提高与抗性呈极显著正相关,POD和PAL酶活性的提高与抗性呈显著正相关。     

III. Buchbesprechungen

Ohne Zusammenfassung     

Neue forstentomologische Forschungen in Canada

Ohne ZusammenfassungManuskript eingereicht 10. 12. 1948. Eine Ergänzung mit Bericht vor allem über die neuesten Erfahrungen zur Verbreitung von Virus-krankheiten wird vorbereitet.