Bill impaction in a group of captive Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber).     

Sven Hammer  Simon Jensen  Raffy Borjal  Marcus Clauss 《Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine》2007,38(3):465-470

Flamingos are filter feeders that only rarely ingest larger food items. Their bill anatomy is adapted to the suction, filtration, and ejection of a fluid medium. This case report documents a rare case of bill impaction in a group of Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) that were kept in a mixed exhibit together with roseate spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) and scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber). The latter species received fatty minced meat as part of their diet, which was also accessible to the flamingos. Weakness and poor body condition of one flamingo were noted. On clinical examination, the animal was emaciated, hypoglycemic, and showed a severe impaction of the bill with a mixture of lard, mud, and sand. This mixture had compressed the tongue and eventually had most likely prevented further food intake. In five additional flamingos, a bulging of the gular area, similar to the extension of this area during the tongue-retraction stage of the feeding cycle, was noted and interpreted as a sign of tongue displacement by similar masses in their bills. All animals were caught and the masses removed. All animals resumed food intake immediately, and the emaciated animal rapidly improved in condition. Food presentation was changed so that the trays for the other species were no longer accessible to the flamingos, and no similar problems have been observed since that time.  相似文献   

Fermented liquid feed and fermented grain to piglets- effect on gastrointestinal ecology and growth performance   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

N. Canibe  B.B. Jensen 《Livestock Science》2007,108(1-3):198-201

A study was carried out to determine the microbial and nutritional characteristics of dry feed, liquid feed containing fermented liquid cereal grain, and fermented liquid compound feed, and their effect on gastrointestinal ecology and growth performance of piglets. Three dietary treatments were designed: dry feed (DRY); fermented liquid cereal grain feed (FLG); and fermented liquid feed (FLF). The FLF was prepared by removing three times daily 50% of the mixture (feed and water) stored in a tank at 20 °C and replacing it with an equal amount of fresh feed and water. The FLG was similarly prepared but fermenting only the cereals (barley and wheat) and adding the remaining ingredients immediately before feeding. One hundred and twenty weaners were fed the diets during 6 weeks from weaning. The dietary content of lysine (g/100 g protein) was 6.01 in the DRY diet, 6.21 in the FLG diet, and 5.46 in the FLF diet. Feeding piglets with the FLG diet resulted in a higher density of yeasts, a higher concentration of ethanol in the GIT, and a change of the bacterial population of the stomach compared to feeding FLF. The FLG group had a numerically higher daily feed intake and daily body weight gain compared to the FLF group, but the values were not significant. Feeding liquid feed containing fermented liquid cereal grains as a means of avoiding microbial degradation of free amino acids in the feed and increasing feed intake by improving palatability seems promising.  相似文献   

Pre-weaning eating activity and morphological parameters in the small and large intestine of piglets     

Mette S. Hedemann  Lise Dybkjr  Bent Borg Jensen 《Livestock Science》2007,108(1-3):128-131

The effect of pre-weaning eating activity on the intestinal morphology in piglets was investigated on the day of weaning and 5 days post-weaning. The eating activity of each piglet was recorded by means of direct observations. On day 5 post-weaning the villous heights were reduced and the crypt depths were increased irrespective of the pre-weaning eating activity. In the caecum and colon the crypt depth was increased post-weaning and no effect of pre-weaning eating activity was observed. The muscle thickness in the small intestine did not change during the immediate post-weaning period whereas the muscle thickness in the large intestine was doubled in the same period. In conclusion, pre-weaning eating activity did not affect the structural alterations of the small and large intestine. However, the actual number of piglets consuming creep feed prior to weaning was low and the eating activity was highly variable. Therefore, more or later weaned piglets may be needed to show effects of pre-weaning eating activity.  相似文献   

Effect of dexamethasone on the expression of aquaporin-1 in cultured rat pleural mesothelial cells     

ZHANG Wei  XIE Can-mao  HE Qiao  DENG Xiao-hua  KE Cai-xia 《园艺学报》2007,23(1):22-26

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Pretreatment of hypertonic saline attenuates the hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury induced by neutrophils     

KE Qing-hong  ZHENG Shu-sen  LIANG Ting-bo  XIE Hai-yang  XIA Wei-liang 《园艺学报》2007,23(7):1326-1330

AIM: To explore the effect of the pretreatment of hypertonic saline (HTS) in hepatic ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury.METHODS: The rats were divided into sham group (sham group), ischemia reperfusion group (IR group) and pretreatment of hypertonic saline group (HTS group). Partial hepatic ischemia reperfusion model was used. The rats were sacrificed at the time of 1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h and 24 h after reperfusion in each group, respectively. Blood samples were obtained to examine ALT. The expression of the CD11b/CD18 (Mac-1) on the neutrophils was analyzed by flow cytometry. RT-PCR and Western blotting were used to examine the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in livers and chromatometry was performed to detect the activity of myeloperoxidase (MPO) in livers. The morphology of hepatocytes and the structure of sinusoid were observed by histological examinations. RESULTS: ① HTS pretreatment decreased the level of ALT at the time points of 3 h, 6 h and 12 h after reperfusion (P<0.05). ② Mac-1 expression in HTS group was lower at 6 h and 12 h after reperfusion compared with IR group (P<0.05). ③ MPO activity in HTS group was lower at 6 h, 12 h and 24 h compared with IR group (P<0.05). ④ RT-PCR and Western blotting analysis indicated that the pretreatment of HTS inhibited the expression of ICAM-1 in livers after reperfusion. ⑤ Moderate hepatocyte swelling and few neutrophil infiltration were observed in HTS group.CONCLUSION: Pretreatment with HTS has the effect on hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury by inhibiting the expression of Mac-1 on circulating neutrophils and the expression of ICAM-1 in the liver.  相似文献   

Development and validation of an improved enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of thyroglobulin autoantibodies in canine serum samples     

L Iversen  A.L Jensen  R Høier  M Skydsgaard  F Kristensen 《Domestic animal endocrinology》1998,15(6):525-536

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect thyroglobulin autoantibodies (TGAB) in canine serum was developed and validated. The test result for each sample was derived from the optical density readings (OD) and expressed as an Ab-score(%) calculated from three in-house calibrators. The assay specifically detected TGAB as judged from lack of response in the assay after samples had been incubated with specific antigen. Intra- and interassay coefficients of variation ranged from 2.0–4.9% and 4.6–9.9%, respectively. The detection limit, an Ab-score of 5.6%, was close to the median Ab-score of 10% observed in healthy dogs (n = 132). The median Ab-score of dogs with primary hypothyroidism and lymphocytic thyroiditis (n = 11), skin diseases (n = 35), and non-thyroidal diseases (n = 63) was 340%, 12%, and 8%, respectively. The prevalence of TGAB in hypothyroid dogs with lymphocytic thyroiditis (sensitivity) was 91% (95% confidence limits: 59%–99%). In dogs with dermatological diseases without lymphocytic thyroiditis the prevalence of TGAB was 3% corresponding to a specificity of 97% (95% confidence limit: 85%–100%). In dogs with non-thyroidal diseases and healthy dogs the prevalence of TGAB was 5% and 6%, respectively. The diagnostic accuracy of serum TGAB was evaluated by subjecting the data from 11 dogs with lymphocytic thyroiditis and 35 control dogs without lymphocytic thyroiditis to receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis. The area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (W = 0.966; 95% confidence limit 87%–100%) was significantly higher than that of a worthless test (0.5) (P < 0.0001), thereby indicating that serum TGAB measurements distinguished between dogs with and without lymphocytic thyroiditis.  相似文献   

Disseminated histoplasmosis in an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).     

E D Jensen  T Lipscomb  B Van Bonn  G Miller  J M Fradkin  S H Ridgway 《Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine》1998,29(4):456-460

An approximately 37-yr-old female Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) died after a 4-mo illness characterized by intermittent anorexia, lethargy, mild neutrophilic leukocytosis, and mild nonregenerative anemia. At necropsy, the lungs were diffusely consolidated, and histopathology of the lungs revealed severe pneumonia with macrophages containing clusters of numerous yeast cells. Inflammatory lesions and yeast also were found in pulmonary, mediastinal, prescapular, and duodenal lymph nodes, spleen, liver, kidneys, urinary bladder, pancreas, right adrenal gland, and the pyloric stomach. Histomorphology, fungal culture, and polymerase chain reaction analysis indicated that the fungus was Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum. This is the first report of histoplasmosis in a cetacean.  相似文献   

棉花新品种赣棉杂1号的选育及示范   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：3  

杨磊  柯兴盛  聂太礼  刘水仙  孙平秀  沈家兴  张细花 《江西棉花》2008,30(6)

赣棉杂1号是江西省棉花研究所采用杂种优势利用的方法选育出的江西省首个优质、高产杂交棉新品种.该品种的母本为优质、抗病、高产的自育材料YL168;父本为经航天诱变育种材料中系统选育而成、适纺60支纱以上的特优材料YM-1;通过在F1代优势测定试验、品种比较试验、省级区域试验、生产示范等试验示范,赣棉杂1号表现突出,一般子棉产量为4 500 kg/hm2、皮棉产量为1 900 kg/hm2,霜前花率85%;2.5%跨长≥30 mm,比强≥33.2 cN/tex,马克隆值3.7～4.8;抗棉枯萎病、枯萎病指7.4,抗逆性能较强,综合性状优良.根据赣棉杂1号的特征特性提出了相应的高产栽培措施.  相似文献   

以人为本:农业科研机构人事人才工作的主线     

李军  殷勤  柯福源  秦斌凤  杨建军 《上海农业学报》2008,24(1):105-107

在解读"以人为本"哲学含义的基础上,论述了"以人为本"是科研院(所)人事人才工作的主线和灵魂,并就如何坚持和体现"以人为本"提出了若干的思路与对策.  相似文献   

农业科研机构专业技术人员绩效考核体系的研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

殷勤  柯福源  王建明  陆天华  秦斌凤  陈荣 《上海农业学报》2007,23(4):80-82

针对绩效考核的理论研究和发展趋势,借鉴同行经验,分析了上海市农业科学院实施绩效考核实践的经验和存在问题。对绩效考核体系提出了改进意见,便于更准确的甄别优劣,激励先进、鞭策落后,帮助科技人员确切了解工作的不足,及时调整方向、改进工作。  相似文献