Expression of Perilipin 2 (PLIN2) in Porcine Oocytes During Maturation     

RN Zhang  XW Fu  BY Jia  C Liu  KR Cheng  SE Zhu 《Reproduction in domestic animals》2014,49(5):875-880

Perilipins have been reported to limit the interaction of lipases with neutral lipids within the droplets, thereby regulating neutral lipid accumulation and utilization. This study aimed to identify the location and expression of PLIN1 and PLIN2 in porcine oocytes during maturation. Quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction (qRT‐PCR), immunostaining and Western blot methods were used to characterize the expression and distribution patterns of PLIN1 and PLIN2 in porcine oocytes. The results showed that PLIN1 was not detectable in porcine oocytes. PLIN2 and BODIPY 493/503‐detected neutral lipid droplets appeared identical distribution patterns and extensive colocalization in both GV and MII porcine oocytes. PLIN2 protein expression was higher in GV oocytes than that in MII oocytes (p < 0.05), although PLIN2 mRNA expression was similar in both groups. These findings suggested that PLIN2 was a major lipid droplet‐associated protein in porcine oocytes.  相似文献   

Prevalence and Characteristics of Salmonella in the Beef Chain in the Republic of Ireland     

B. K. Khen  O. A. Lynch  J. Carroll  D. A. McDowell  G. Duffy 《Zoonoses and public health》2014,61(8):534-536

The study investigated the prevalence, concentration and characteristics of Salmonella spp. in the Irish beef chain. A total of 900 samples including bovine hides, carcasses and ground beef were examined for the pathogen over a 2‐year study (July 2007–June 2009). Salmonella prevalence was low in all sample types; bovine hide (0.75%, 3 of 400); carcasses (0.25%, 1 of 400); and ground beef (3%, 3 of 100). All positive samples contained the pathogen in low concentrations (<10 CFU per cm² or per g). Serovars recovered were S. Dublin from hide and carcasses and S. Braenderup in ground beef. All isolates were susceptible to 13 anti‐microbials. The study highlights that Salmonella can be found at low levels at all stages of beef chain production, processing and retail and that there is a need for multiple hurdle interventions and practices along the beef chain, which will reduce consumer exposure to this pathogen.  相似文献   

Occurrence,Virulence Genes and Antibiotic Resistance of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) from Twelve Bovine Farms in the North‐East of Ireland     

D. J. Bolton  C. Ennis  D. McDowell 《Zoonoses and public health》2014,61(2):149-156

Cattle faecal samples (n = 480) were collected from a cluster of 12 farms, and PCR screened for the presence of the intimin gene (eae). Positive samples were cultured, and colonies were examined for the presence of eae and verocytotoxin (vtx) genes. Colonies which were positive for the intimin gene and negative for the verocytotoxin genes were further screened using PCR for a range of virulence factors including bfpA, espA, espB, tir ehxA, toxB, etpD, katP, saa, iha, lpfA_{O157/OI‐141} and lpfA_{O157/OI‐154.} Of the 480 faecal samples, 5.8% (28/480) were PCR positive, and one isolate was obtained from each. All 28 isolates obtained were bfpA negative and therefore atypical EPEC (aEPEC). The serotypes detected included O2:H27, O8:H36, O15:H2, O49:H+, O84:H28, O105:H7 and O132:H34 but half of the isolates could not be serogrouped using currently available antisera. Twenty‐two (79%) of the isolates carried the tir gene but only 25% were espB positive, and all other virulence genes tested for were scarce or absent. Several isolates showed intermediate resistance to ciprofloxacin, kanamycin, nalidixic acid, minocycline and tetracycline; full resistance to nalidixic acid or tetracycline with one isolate (O?:H8) displaying resistance to aminoglycosides (kanamycin and streptomycin), quinolones (nalidixic acid) and sulphonamides. This study provides further evidence that cattle are a potential source of aEPEC and add to the very limited data currently available on virulence genes and antibiotic resistance in this pathogenic E. coli group in animals.  相似文献   

Feline immunodeficiency virus     

WF ROBINSON  SE SHAW  R ALEXANDER  I ROBERTSON 《Australian veterinary journal》1990,67(8):278-280

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Dirofilaria immitis in cats from inner Sydney     

K KENDALL  GH COLLINS† †  SE POPE† 《Australian veterinary journal》1991,68(11):356-357

Two hundred feral cats from the inner suburbs of Sydney were examined post mortem for adult Dirofilaria immitis and circulating microfilariae, and 101 of these cats were tested for heartworm antigens by an ELISA. Only 2 cats (1%) had adult heartworms, the blood sample from another cat contained a single microfilaria. The blood of a further three cats contained small amounts of D immitis antigen. Although D immitis occurs in cats in Sydney, the prevalence is not high enough to warrant prophylactic treatment.  相似文献   

Contaminant Losses in Overland Flow from Cattle, Deer and Sheep Dung     

R. W. McDowell 《Water, air, and soil pollution》2006,174(1-4):211-222

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Spironucleus muris in laboratory mice     

A. WHITEHOUSE  MP FRANCE  SE POPE  JE LLOYD  RC RATCLIFFE 《Australian veterinary journal》1993,70(5):193-193

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Bioavailability of vitamin A sources for cattle     

Alosilla CE  McDowell LR  Wilkinson NS  Staples CR  Thatcher WW  Martin FG  Blair M 《Journal of animal science》2007,85(5):1235-1238

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the bioavailability of 5 sources of vitamin A. It was hypothesized that some vitamin A products have protective coatings that are more resistant than others to rumen destruction and that such protection would result in greater tissue concentrations of vitamin A. Fifty-three yearling Angus x Brahman cattle, consisting of 39 steers and 14 heifers, were stratified by BW and sex and randomly assigned to 6 high-concentrate diet groups receiving no vitamin A supplementation (control) or vitamin A supplemented from the following sources: Microvit A (Adisseo, Acworth, GA), Rovamix A (DSM, Parsippany, NJ), Sunvit A, Lutavit A, and Microvit A DLC (Adisseo). The vitamin A treatment groups were fed daily 80,000 IU of retinol/animal in a low-retinol concentrate diet (78.5% oats, 10% cottonseed hulls, 8% molasses, and 2% cottonseed meal; DM basis) and a free-choice, poor quality (low carotene) hay for 84 d. Every 28 d, BW was determined and liver biopsies and plasma were collected and analyzed for retinol concentrations. All retinol treatments showed significant increases in liver retinol concentrations compared with control animals (P < 0.0001), which steadily decreased over time. At all collection times, Microvit A led to numerically, but not significantly, greater concentrations of retinol in liver than did all other treatments. However, at the end of the experiment, there was no significant difference in liver retinol concentration among Microvit A, Rovamix A, Lutavit A, and Microvit A DLC diets. When liver retinol concentrations at all collection times were considered, Microvit A and Rovamix A appeared to provide the most bioavailable vitamin A.  相似文献   

杂交改良对撒坝猪肉品质的影响——肌肉食用品质及肌纤维特性分析   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

贾俊静  严达伟  赵桂英  李琦华  陶琳丽  葛长荣  Mark Jois  Graham H McDowell 《云南农业大学学报(自然科学版)》2005,20(3):396-399

 研究选用24kg左右的去势撒坝猪及其约长撒三元杂交猪各7头，根据基因型分成两组, 按活重变化分为3个试验期 （前:20～35kg，中: 35～60kg和后期60～90kg），在同一试验期内饲喂同样的日粮进行饲养试验，当活重达90kg进行屠宰试验，研究杂交改良对云南省本地猪种撒坝猪肉品质和肌纤维特性的影响。撒坝猪通过杂交改良后，生长速度和瘦肉率显著提高，但其肉品质均有不同程度的下降。杂交后代肌肉水分显著地增加（P<0.01），相反，肌肉粗蛋白（P<0.05）、粗脂肪和肌内脂肪（P<0.01）显著地降低。杂交后代的系水率、保水率、肉色、嫩度等指标均有不同程度的下降（差异不显著P>0.05），然而，大理石纹、熟肉率、滋味、多汁性和汤味显著下降（P<0.05）。肌纤维直径和密度变化较为显著。杂交后显著地降低了腰肌、股二头肌和背最长肌肌纤维密度（P<0.001）；腰肌、股二头肌和背最长肌肌纤维密度分别降低了22.3%，22.8%和19.3%。肌纤维密度降低的主要原因是杂交后显著地增加了腰肌、股二头肌和背最长肌肌纤维直径（P<0.01）；腰肌、股二头肌和背最长肌肌纤维直径分别增加了22.5%，18.1%和18.9%。  相似文献   

Space,Time, and Local Employment Growth: An Application of Spatial Regression Analysis     

RICHARD SHEARMUR  PHILIPPE APPARICIO  PAULINE LIZION  MARIO POLSE 《Growth and change》2007,38(4):696-722

ABSTRACT Local and regional employment growth is generally studied either by searching for local qualitative explanatory factors such as governance, synergy between firms, and milieu effects, or by searching for general growth factors using statistical techniques. The body of work that relies on this approach has tended, in keeping with economics’ nomothetic tradition, to assume that local and regional growth factors are constant over space. The focus of this paper is on exploring the spatial stationarity of employment growth factors in Canada, but it also seeks to clarify some of the broad principles behind spatial regression techniques in order to provide a point of entry and a conceptual framework for empirical researchers. To do so, we apply a recently developed technique, Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR), and we explore the method's advantages and limits for answering our research question. We find evidence that growth factors differ across Canada, but we also conclude that the GWR technique, given the number and shape of regions available for our analysis and given certain limitations that are currently inherent to the method, can only provide tentative and exploratory results.  相似文献