Mitigation of N2O emissions from grassland by nitrification inhibitor and Actilith F2 applied with fertilizer and cattle slurry

Abstract. Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is involved in both ozone destruction and global warming. In agricultural soils it is produced by nitrification and denitrification mainly after fertilization. Nitrification inhibitors have been proposed as one of the management tools for the reduction of the potential hazards of fertilizer-derived N₂O. Addition of nitrification inhibitors to fertilizers maintains soil N in ammonium form, thereby gaseous N losses by nitrification and denitrification are less likely to occur and there is increased N utilization by the sward. We present a study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) and of the slurry additive Actilith F2 on N₂O emissions following application of calcium ammonium nitrate or cattle slurry to a mixed clover/ryegrass sward in the Basque Country. The results indicate that large differences in N₂O emission occur depending on fertilizer type and the presence or absence of a nitrification inhibitor. There is considerable scope for immediate reduction of emissions by applying DCD with calcium ammonium nitrate or cattle slurry. DCD, applied at 25 kg ha^–1, reduced the amount of N lost as N₂O by 60% and 42% when applied with cattle slurry and calcium ammonium nitrate, respectively. Actilith F2 did not reduce N₂O emissions and it produced a long lasting mineralization of previously immobilized added N.     

Cumulus Oophorus Expansion of Bovine Oocytes Cultured in vitro: A SEM and TEM Study

Bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) were aspirated from antral follicles (3–6 mm in diameter). COCs with a compact multilayered cumulus investment were cultured for 9, 13 and 24 hours, respectively, and processed for scanning or transmission electron microscopy after different periods of culture including a 0 hour control group. In all 0 hour control COCs initial formation of cumulus cell projections, blebs and microvilli were observed. The start of cumulus-oocyte disconnection in cattle was observed after 9 hours of in vitro culture. These connections were almost completely discrupted after 13 hours, when a continuous production of extracellular matrix was observed. The full expansion of corona radiata cells was not observed even after 24 hours. Some cumulus oophorus cells were bound together with junctions of the zonula adherens type after 24 hours when extracellular matrix was found only in deeper layers. The full expansion of corona radiata cells was not the prerequisite for disconnection of cumulus-oocyte complex. Inhalt: Kumulus oophorus Expansion von in vitro kultivierten Rinderoozyten: Eine SEM und TEM Untersuchung Kumulus-Oozyten-Komplexe (COC) von Rindern wurden aus antralen Follikeln aspiriert (Durchmesser 3–6 mm). COC's mit kompakten mehrschichtigen Kumulus wurden für 9, 13 und 24 Stunden kultiviert und für die Scanner- oder Transmissionselektronenmikroskopie vorbereitet. Verschiedene Kulturzeiten incl. einer 0-Stundengruppe als Kontrolle wurden untersucht. In allen Kontroll COC's wurden beginnende Formationen yon Kumuluszellprojektionen, Bläschen und Mikrovilli beobachtet. Nach 9-stündiger in vitro Kultur begann die Lösung zwischen Kumulus und Oozyte. Die Verbindungen waren nach 13 Stunden vollständig unterbrochen, wobei eine kontinuierliche Produktion extrazellulärer Matrix beobachtet wurde. Eine vollständige Expansion der Corona radiata Zellen wurde auch nicht nach 24 Stunden beobachtet. Nach 24 Stunden waren einige Cumulus Oophorus Zellen über Verbindungen des Zonula adherens Typs verknüpft, wobei extrazelluläre Matrix nur in den tieferen Zellschichten gefunden wurde. Eine vollständige Kumulusexpansion ist keine Voraussetzung für die Auflösung des Kumulus-Oozyten-Komplexes.     

肉牛添加剂的研究与应用

用本课题组研制的肉牛添加剂育肥体重230kg、330kg、400kg和530kg的肉牛，可使日增重分别提高25．5％、7．3％、25．4％和16.7％，效果显著（P＜0．05），可使饲料报酬最多提高25．8％（P＜0.05）；投入产出比最大为1：8，用该添加剂育肥高档肉牛时屠宰率可达57.2％，眼肌面积43cm2、皮下脂肪覆盖面积为优级，大理石状评分为优级。     

利木赞牛改良互助本地黄牛的效果

为了研究利木赞牛对互助黄牛的改良效果,本试验测定了初生、6月龄和1岁利本F1代的体尺、体重,并与本地黄牛进行了比较。结果表明,利本F1代牛的各项被检指标均比本地黄牛有明显的提高(P<0.01)。     

Noninferiority trial investigating the efficacy of a nonantibiotic intramammary therapy in the treatment of mild‐to‐moderate clinical mastitis in dairy cows with longer lasting udder diseases

A nonblinded, positively controlled, noninferiority trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of an alternative, nonantibiotic therapy with Masti Veyxym^® to reduce ineffective antibiotic usage in the treatment of nonsevere clinical mastitis (CM) in cows with longer lasting udder diseases. The solely intramammary treatment with Masti Veyxym^® (three applications, 12 hr apart) and the combined treatment with Masti Veyxym^® and antibiotics as usual on the farm according to label of the respective product were compared with the reference treatment of solely antibiotic therapy. The matched field study was conducted on eight free‐stall dairy farms located in Eastern Germany. Cases of mild‐to‐moderate CM in cows with longer lasting high somatic cell counts in preceding dairy herd improvement test days and with previous CM cases in current lactation were randomly allocated to one of the three treatment groups. A foremilk sample of the affected quarter was taken before treatment and again approximately 14 days and 21 days after the end of therapy for cyto‐bacteriological examination. Primary outcomes were clinical cure (CC) and no CM recurrence within 60 days after the end of treatment (no R60). Bacteriological cure (BC) and quarter somatic cell count (QSCC) cure were chosen as secondary outcomes although low probabilities of BC and QSCC cure for selected cows were expected. The study resulted in the following findings: the pathogens mostly cultured from pretreatment samples were Streptococcus uberis, followed by Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase‐negative staphylococci. There were no significant differences between the two test treatments in comparison with the reference treatment regarding all outcome variables. The sole therapy with Masti Veyxym^® resulted in a numerically lower likelihood of BC without significant differences to the reference treatment. The combined therapy group showed a numerically higher nonrecurrence rate than the two other treatment groups and noninferiority compared to the reference treatment was proven. Having regard to the selection criteria of cows in this study, the findings indicated that sole treatment with Masti Veyxym^® in nonsevere CM cases may constitute an alternative therapy to reduce antibiotics. However, noninferiority evaluations were mostly inconclusive. Further investigations with a larger sample size are required to confirm the results and to make a clear statement on noninferiority.     

牛圈肥施用比例对烤烟性状及土壤养分的影响

研究了不同牛圈肥施用比例对烤烟产量质量和土壤养分的影响.结果表明,当牛圈肥中的氮量超过总施氮量的60%以后,烟株的生育期明显缩短,会明显阻碍烟株前期的生长;综合各经济性状,牛圈肥的施用比例应以牛圈肥氮占总施氮量的20%左右为宜;纯施化肥烟株对氮、磷、钾的吸收明显大于牛圈肥与化肥配合施用;施用牛圈肥有降低中部和下部烟叶烟碱和总氮舍量的趋势,而总糖、还原糖则有增加的趋势;施用牛圈肥可以增加烟叶的氯含量,从而改善烟叶油分;不同牛圈肥施用量对土壤中氮、磷、钾养分的含量影响很大,纯施化肥条件下土壤中碱解氮、速效磷、速效钾从团棵期开始至采收结束,基本处于下降趋势,而且下降幅度明显大于施用牛圈肥的土壤.     

自动化场景区分下FABF-YOLOv8s轻量化肉牛行为识别方法

针对现有目标检测模型在自然天气环境下肉牛行为识别易受复杂背景干扰及模型参数量、计算量、权重文件占用内存较大等问题,该研究提出基于自动化场景区分的轻量化肉牛多行为识别方法。首先,通过FasterNet模型自动区分天气场景。其次,对YOLOv8s网络进行轻量化设计改进,在Backbone端更换FasterNet 轻量级模型主干,结合尺度内特征交互AIFI,捕获重要特征信息;利用加权双向特征金字塔BiFPN作为Neck端网络,选择特征提取网络C2f-Faster作为节点,缩减卷积过程中参数量和计算量的同时提高模型精度,使其更适用肉牛行为识别及后期的部署。然后,使用MPDIoU 函数,解决肉牛交叉遮挡等局限性问题。最后,设计系统可视化界面,以图像和视频形式输入模型,借助可视化系统完成对肉牛行为识别效果展示。试验结果表明,FABF-YOLOv8s（FasterNet、AIFI、BiFPN、C2f-Faster,FABF）模型在肉牛行为数据集上,相较于YOLOv5s、YOLOv7和原YOLOv8s模型的mAP@0.5分别提升了1.1、4.7、0.4个百分点,参数量和浮点数计算量分别减少59.48%和43.66%,降低到4.51M和16.0 GFLOPs。引入自然场景因素构建的FasterNet-FABF-YOLOv8s模型mAP@0.5达到了94.6%。研究表明,自动化场景区分下构建轻量化肉牛行为识别系统,可为农户监测肉牛健康状况以及自动化智慧养殖提供技术支持。     

青海省牛隐孢子虫感染状况的调查研究

对青海省牦牛、奶牛和黄牛的281份牛粪样进行隐孢子虫检查,发现隐孢子虫感染率为36.65%,其中牦牛为39.74%、黄牛为35.00%、奶牛为32.73%。犊牛感染率高于成年牛,暖季感染率高于冷季。