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Murase T Imaeda N Yamada H Miyazawa K 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2007,53(4):853-865
This study attempted to explain the mechanisms regulating boar fertility by examining seasonal changes in semen characteristics, the composition of seminal plasma and responsiveness of sperm acrosomes to Ca(2+) and the Ca(2+) ionophore A23187 (Ca(2+)/A23187). Sperm-rich and sperm-poor fractions were separately collected from 3 mature fertile Large White boars once a month over a one-year period. During the period of study, ambient temperature and relative humidity were recorded for within the stall in which the boars were kept and the semen characteristics, composition of the seminal plasma of sperm-rich fractions, and occurrence of the acrosome reaction in response to Ca(2+) (3 mM)/A23187 (0.3 microM) were examined. The highest mean maximum and minimum ambient temperatures were recorded in August-September, whereas the lowest mean maximum and minimum ambient temperatures were recorded in December and January, respectively. There was a moderate peak in relative humidity from July to October. The lowest percentages of motile spermatozoa and of spermatozoa with intact acrosomes and highest percentage of spermatozoa with abnormal morphology and strongest agglutination were seen in August-September. The total protein and albumin concentrations were lowest in August-September. Testosterone levels increased gradually as day length decreased after the summer solstice (June) and peaked in October-November. The percentage of acrosome reactions in response to Ca(2+)/A23187 was highest with the quickest response in August-September, as shown by the shortest time required for 50% of relative acrosome reactions. The farrowing rates were lowest in these same 2 months. These results suggest that seasonal infertility in Large White boars may be due, at least in part, to a combination of low motility, abnormal morphology including acrosomal abnormality, and early occurrence of the acrosome reaction in response to stimulus, possibly resulting from a decrease in acrosomal stabilizing proteins in the seminal plasma during summer. These changes may be modulated by heat/humidity stress and/or photoperiod-regulated testosterone. 相似文献
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HIROTO MURASE TSUTOMU TAMURA HIROSHI KIWADA YOSHIHIRO FUJISE HIKARU WATANABE HIROSHI OHIZUMI SHIROH YONEZAKI HIROSHI OKAMURA SHIGEYUKI KAWAHARA 《Fisheries Oceanography》2007,16(2):186-201
A study of common minke and Bryde's whales was conducted in the western North Pacific in the 2000 and 2001 summer seasons to estimate prey selection of cetaceans as this is an important parameter in ecosystem models. Whale sighting and sampling surveys and prey surveys using quantitative echosounder and mid‐water trawl were carried out concurrently in the study. Biomasses of Japanese anchovy, walleye pollock and krill, which were major prey species of common minke and Bryde's whales, were estimated using an echosounder. The results suggested that common minke whale showed prey selection for Japanese anchovy while they seemed to avoid krill in both the offshore and coastal regions and walleye pollock in the continental shelf region. Selection for shoaling pelagic fish was similar to that in the eastern North Atlantic. Bryde's whale showed selection for Japanese anchovy in August 2000 and July 2001, while it showed prey selection for krill in May and June in 2001. 相似文献
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Nobukazu SAISHU Kazutaka MORIMOTO Hiroshi YAMASATO Hiroichi OZAKI Toshiyuki MURASE 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2015,77(9):1037-1042
Thirty-eight Aerococcus viridans isolates were obtained from milk from
478 cows with clinical mastitis in a farm during the periods between November 2011 and
February 2012, and between December 2012 and March 2013. Additional isolates were obtained
from processed manure (a mixture of composted manure, straw and hydrated lime) and bedding
materials. The processed manure was later used to cover the floor of the stalls in barns
as bedding materials. The temperatures recorded in the composted and processed manure were
not as high as those generally observed during satisfactory composting. To reveal the
association of A. viridans in manure-related products with intramammary
infection in cows, isolates were characterized by their DNA fragment patterns as
determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and antimicrobial susceptibility
testing. Isolates obtained from milk, processed manure and bedding materials had identical
DNA fragment patterns. Antimicrobial susceptibilities were determined for 29 isolates from
milk, processed manure and bedding materials. Of these, 26 (89.7%) were resistant to
clindamycin, whereas virtually all the isolates were susceptible to 12 other
antimicrobials including cefalosporins that have been used to treat bovine mastitis in
Japan. In vitro, three A. viridans isolates from milk
and an isolate from processed manure survived for 3 hr in Good’s buffer (pH 9) at high
temperature (50°C). The results suggest that the processed manure and bedding materials in
this farm were possible sources of A. viridans that caused infection in
the cows with mastitis. 相似文献
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Weng Q Murase T Asano M Tsubota T 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2005,67(6):603-605
A wild raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procynoides) which died due to a traffic accident on 18 October 2001, and was determined to be 4.5 years old, was examined. Visual appearance of the external genitalia in this animal showed to be female with a large penis-like clitoris protruding from the vulvar juncture. Visual examination of the internal genitalia revealed that the animal possessed both testes and uterus. Histological appearance of the removed gonads showed only Sertoli cells but no spermatogenesis. Using polymerase chain reaction with skin biopsy directed against the sex-determining region on the Y chromosome (SRY) gene, the genomic SRY gene was expressed as a single band and sequenced. Based on these findings, this raccoon dog was diagnosed as male pseudohermaphrodite. 相似文献
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Okano T Murase T Tsubota T 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2004,66(11):1371-1376
The Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) is endangered for extinction in some areas of Japan, and semen collection and cryopreservation are an important means to preserve genetic resources. The aim of this study was to characterize and cryopreserve semen of free-ranging Japanese black bears. Semen was collected by electroejaculation procedure from 4 free-ranging Japanese black bears at the capture point in the field. Ejaculates containing motile sperm were recovered from all of the animals and ejaculate volume, total sperm count, % motility (percentage of motile spermatozoa), % viability (percentage of spermatozoa that excluded eosin) and % abnormal morphology (range (mean)) were 0.65-2.20 (1.51) ml, 99-1082 (490) x 10(6), 5-100 (31), 42-97 (66) and 20-87 (53), respectively. Three of the 4 ejaculates were diluted with an egg yolk-TRIS-citrate-glucose extender and cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen. Motile spermatozoa were observed after freezing and thawing in all cases. This study showed that electroejaculation would be a useful method for collecting semen from free-ranging Japanese black bears and that at least motile spermatozoa would be obtained by freezing the thus collected electroejaculates. 相似文献
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Tomoaki ONODA Ryuta YAMAMOTO Kyohei SAWAMURA Harutaka MURASE Yasuo NAMBO Yoshinobu INOUE Akira MATSUI Takeshi MIYAKE Nobuhiro HIRAI 《Journal of Equine Science》2013,24(4):63-69
Percentile growth curves are often used as a clinical indicator to evaluate variations of
children’s growth status. In this study, we propose empirical percentile growth curves
using Z-scores adapted for Japanese Thoroughbred horses, with considerations of the
seasonal compensatory growth that is a typical characteristic of seasonal breeding
animals. We previously developed new growth curve equations for Japanese Thoroughbreds
adjusting for compensatory growth. Individual horses and residual effects were included as
random effects in the growth curve equation model and their variance components were
estimated. Based on the Z-scores of the estimated variance components, empirical
percentile growth curves were constructed. A total of 5,594 and 5,680 body weight and age
measurements of male and female Thoroughbreds, respectively, and 3,770 withers height and
age measurements were used in the analyses. The developed empirical percentile growth
curves using Z-scores are computationally feasible and useful for monitoring individual
growth parameters of body weight and withers height of young Thoroughbred horses,
especially during compensatory growth periods. 相似文献
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Vita Ratri CAHYANI Jun MURASE Eiji ISHIBASHI Susumu ASAKAWA Makoto KIMURA 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2009,55(2):264-270
The present study compared the capsid gene ( g23 ) of T4-type bacteriophages (phages) in Mn nodules with those in the plow layer soil and subsoils of two Japanese paddy fields by applying the primers MZIA1bis and MZIA6 to DNA extracts from the nodules and soils. The deduced amino acid sequences of the g23 genes in the Mn nodules were similar to those in the plow layer soil and in the subsoils. This result indicated that similar T4-type phage communities developed at these sites and that the diversity of T4-type phage communities was wide enough to cover those in the plow layer soil and in the subsoils. The majority of g23 clones formed several clusters with the clones and phages obtained from far-apart paddy fields, and the sequences of two clones were completely identical to a phage and a clone from other paddy fields at the nucleotide or amino acid level, indicating horizontal transfer of g23 genes between those paddy fields. A clone with a long nucleotide residue (686 bp) and a distribution remote from the other clones in the phylogenetic tree indicated that there were many uncharacterized, novel g23 genes in the paddy fields. 相似文献