The effect of time between doses on serological response to a recombinant multivalent pilus vaccine against footrot in sheep     

CL SCHWARTZKOFF  PR LEHRBACH  ML NG  A. POI 《Australian veterinary journal》1993,70(4):127-129

SUMMARY The response of sheep to a recombinant multivalent footrot vaccine containing pilus antigens was examined after the administration of two doses of vaccine at Intervals ranging from 2 to 52 weeks. Agglutinating antibody titres were measured 3 weeks after the second vaccination and showed that lengthening of the interdose interval results in higher agglutinin titres. The capability of sheep to mount an increasingly strong immune response as the interval between doses is increased provides an opportunity to maximise the usefulness of vaccination by administering the first dose well before an expected footrot transmission period. This advantage of increasing the interdose interval has not been reported for traditional, whole-cell footrot vaccines, and use of the new pilus vaccine in this manner may improve prospects for disease control. Furthermore, sheep given a third dose either 6 or 12 months after their initial two-dose vaccination program achieved significantly higher titres than those elicited after the second dose, suggesting the likelihood of further improvement in disease control in successive seasons.  相似文献   

Influence of Sperm Cell Dose and Post-insemination Backflow on Reproductive Performance of Intrauterine Inseminated Sows     

A Mezalira  D Dallanora  ML Bernardi  I Wentz  FP Bortolozzo 《Reproduction in domestic animals》2005,40(1):1-5

This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of the sperm cell dose and semen backflow on the pregnancy rate and number of embryos of sows inseminated once at 0-24 h before ovulation, using an intrauterine technique. The results were analysed from a total of 211 sows assigned to three groups inseminated with doses of 0.25 x 10(9) (T1), 0.5 x 10(9) (T2) and 1.0 x 10(9) (T3) spermatozoa. Semen backflow was observed in 95% of the females (143/151) evaluated for this purpose. The percentage of semen backflow is close to two-third of the volume and the percentage of sperm is around 15% of the infused sperm dose. Intrauterine insemination can be successfully performed provided that at least 0.5 billion of sperm cell dose is infused at an interval of 0-24 h before ovulation.  相似文献   

Descriptive analysis of horses and ponies attending horse auctions in Victoria from July 2019 to March 2020     

GR Chapman  B Wells  JR Gilkerson  ML Flash 《Australian veterinary journal》2023,101(1-2):1-8

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Fibrous ingluvial foreign bodies in 33 cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)          下载免费PDF全文

AC Rosenwax  ML Cowan 《Australian veterinary journal》2015,93(10):381-384

The presentation, treatment and outcomes of 33 ingluvial fibrous foreign bodies in cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) are described. Vomiting, lethargy and weight loss were the most common presenting signs. Diagnosis was made on palpation of a mass in the crop (ingluvies). Both surgical and non‐surgical treatment regimens were evaluated. The overall mortality rate was 33%, suggesting fibrous materials are not safe for cockatiels to groom or ingest and should not be offered as cage accessories.  相似文献   

Synchronous climate changes in antarctica and the north atlantic     

EJ Steig  EJ Brook  JWC White  CM Sucher  ML Bender  SJ Lehman  DL Morse  ED Waddington  GD Clow 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1998,282(5386):92-95

Central Greenland ice cores provide evidence of abrupt changes in climate over the past 100,000 years. Many of these changes have also been identified in sedimentary and geochemical signatures in deep-sea sediment cores from the North Atlantic, confirming the link between millennial-scale climate variability and ocean thermohaline circulation. It is shown here that two of the most prominent North Atlantic events-the rapid warming that marks the end of the last glacial period and the Bolling/Allerod-Younger Dryas oscillation-are also recorded in an ice core from Taylor Dome, in the western Ross Sea sector of Antarctica. This result contrasts with evidence from ice cores in other regions of Antarctica, which show an asynchronous response between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.  相似文献   

Kaolin and seaweed-based extracts can be used as middle and long-term strategy to mitigate negative effects of climate change in physiological performance of hazelnut tree     

Sandra Cabo  Maria Cristina Morais  Alfredo Aires  Rosa Carvalho  Núria Pascual-Seva  Ana Paula Silva  Berta Gonçalves 《Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science》2020,206(1):28-42

Spraying plants with exogenous substances have gained more attention due to its potential to reduce the negative impacts of heat and water stress in a climate-changing environment. Therefore, the effects of spraying kaolin and Ascophyllum nodosum with and without irrigation on leaf gas exchange parameters, plant water status, electrolyte leakage, cuticular waxes, plant hormones and antioxidant enzymes, proline, malondialdehyde (MDA) content and lipid peroxidation of membranes of hazelnut trees were studied. Six different treatments with kaolin (K), A. nodosum (An), irrigation (I), kaolin with irrigation (Ki), A. nodosum with irrigation (Ani) and no irrigation (control) during two consecutive years (2016–2017) were applied in a hazelnut orchard of ‘Grada de Viseu’ cultivar located in Moimenta da Beira region, Northern Portugal. Results showed that K and An were effective for reducing hazelnut heat and drought stress by increasing the water relative content (RWC), net CO₂ assimilation (A), water use efficiency (A/g_s) and reducing the leaf mass per area (LMA), electrolyte leakage (EL). Moreover, concentration of ABA, MDA, proline and lipid peroxidation of membranes, as well the average content of antioxidant enzymes, was lower, suggesting that under K and An, plants have a better physiological performance than without these two exogenous substances. Nonetheless, these benefits only appear to be significant in the second year of the experiment showing that the use of both substances to mitigate climate change adverse effects should be considered as a long-term strategy.  相似文献   

Topical wound anaesthesia: efficacy to mitigate piglet castration pain     

ML Sheil  M Chambers  B Sharpe 《Australian veterinary journal》2020,98(6):256-263

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ML Lepherd  PJ Canfield  GB Hunt  PC Thomson  KL Bosward 《Australian veterinary journal》2011,89(7):238-238

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Validation and evaluation of a commercially available ELISA for the detection of antibodies specific to bovine viral diarrhoea virus (bovine pestivirus)     

SR Lanyon  ML Anderson  E Bergman  MP Reichel 《Australian veterinary journal》2013,91(1-2):52-56

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The Functional Role of Oxytocin in the Induction of Oocyte Meiotic Resumption in Cattle     

K Gutierrez  L Siqueira  ML Rigo  WG Glanzner  JF Oliveira  PB Gonçalves 《Reproduction in domestic animals》2013,48(5):844-849

The aim of the present study was to examine the role of oxytocin (OT) in the progesterone (P4) and prostaglandins (PGs) pathway to induce oocyte meiotic resumption. Cumulus–oocyte complexes were co‐cultured with follicular hemisections for 15 h to determine the effects of different doses of OT or atosiban (ATO; oxytocin receptor antagonist) on oocyte meiotic resumption. In another experiment, we examined the effect of the interaction between P4, OT and PGs on the regulatory cascade of the oocyte meiotic resumption. Oxytocin at 1 μm was effective in inducing meiotic resumption in oocytes co‐cultured with follicular cells (84.0%), not differing from the positive control group (74.4%). Atosiban inhibited in a dose‐dependent manner the positive effect of OT on the meiotic resumption (27.6% metaphase I with 10 μm of ATO, which did not differ from the 25.5% of the negative control group). Furthermore, a third experiment showed that P4 was able to induce oocyte meiotic resumption, which was inhibited by ATO. However, the OT positive effect was not blocked by mifepristone (P4 antagonist), but was inhibited by indomethacin (a non‐selective PTGS2 inhibitor). Collectively, these data suggest a sequential role of P4, OT and PGs in the induction of oocyte meiotic resumption.  相似文献