Efficacy of a novel copper-based footbath preparation for the treatment of ovine footrot during the spread period     

GA REED  DU ALLEY 《Australian veterinary journal》1996,74(5):375-382

Objective: To determine the efficacy of a novel copper based footbath preparation (CHF-1020) for treatment of ovine footrot during the spread period.
Design: A series of field trials with treated and control groups run together.
Animals: Mobs of at least 125 sheep on each of six properties in southern New South Wales with equal numbers of controls.
Procedure: Sheep of group A were treated after minimal paring by making them stand in CHF-1020 for 15 minutes. Treatment was undertaken at intervals throughout the period of the trials (14 September to 17 December 1993). Group A sheep were run on the same pasture as those from group B (untreated sheep).
Results: The percentage of sheep exhibiting clinical signs of ovine footrot at the start of the trial ranged from 35 to 88% at score 3 or higher, using a 0 to 5 footscoring system. During the trial, the percentage of infected sheep (greater or equal to score 2) in group B increased and ranged from 40 to 90%. The level of infected sheep in group A on each property was reduced progressively to 1 to 16%. Cure rates of 45 to 94% were achieved, with the lowest rate being on a property with a metal footbath. The next lowest cure rate was 73%. Results indicated that treatment should be undertaken at 2-weekly intervals while spread continues. Treated sheep can be returned to contaminated pastures.
Conclusion: CHF-1020 is effective during the spread period and can be used for the progressive eradication of ovine footrot.  相似文献   

论琵琶演奏音乐语言表现力的多元性     

高微 《湖南农业大学学报(自然科学版)》2009,(2)

从音乐本身出发,从琵琶音乐语言和琵琶音乐表达的技术手段两方面对琵琶音乐语言的表现力作出作者自身的理解.琵琶音乐语言的表现力是多元性的,可以从琵琶音乐语言特性的界定以及琵琶音乐表达的技术手段来了解.  相似文献   

The incidence, cost and factors associated with foot lameness in dairy cattle in south-western Victoria     

DJ HARRIS  CD HIBBURT†  GA ANDERSON‡  PJ YOUNIS†  DH FITSPATRICK§  AC DUNN¶  IW PARSONS  NR McBEATH 《Australian veterinary journal》1988,65(6):171-176

A survey of 73 dairy farms in south-western Victoria was conducted to assess the cost and mean herd incidence of foot lameness for the period from calving to the end of November, 1985, and to identify the herd, management and environmental factors associated with foot lameness. The mean herd size was 125 cows (range 82 to 220). Lameness occurred in 64 (88%) herds, and the mean herd incidence was 7.0% (range 0.0 to 30.9%). The main clinical signs associated with lameness were the presence of overworn and/or bruised soles, or stones lodged in the interdigital cleft. Factors associated with lameness were: property and herd size, age of cow, bail feeding, voluntary entry into the bails, and features of the farm track including its length, the presence of steep slopes, the type of surface material, presence and treatment of broken sections and maintenance including rolling history. The association of these factors with specific clinical signs was examined. The mean cost was estimated to be $42.90 per lame cow due to loss of production, treatment, the culling or death of lame cows, and extra man hours spent managing lame cows. It was concluded that the site, construction, maintenance and use of the farm track were of major importance to the incidence of lameness in herds in this area and recommendations for reducing lameness are made.  相似文献   

Efficacy of Australian vaccines against recent isolates of avian infectious bronchitis viruses     

Y. ARVIDSON  GA TANNOCK  M. ZERBES  J. IGNJATOVIC 《Australian veterinary journal》1991,68(6):211-212

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Effects of antibiotic therapy at drying off on mastitis in the dry period and early lactation     

JW BROWNING  GA MEIN  M. BARTON  TJ NICHOLLS  P. BRIGHTLING 《Australian veterinary journal》1990,67(12):440-442

Four strategies for selecting cows for intramammary therapy with benzathine cloxacillin at drying off were compared in 12 Victorian dairy herds. The bacteriological status of all quarters of all (1044) cows was determined just before drying off, within 2 d of calving, and again 3 to 5 months after calving. All cases of clinical mastitis (from calving to mid-lactation) were recorded. Cows not infected at drying off were allocated randomly to 2 subgroups of approximately 350 cows each: not infected, not treated (NI-NT), or not infected, all quarters treated (NI-AT). New infection rates in the dry period (3.8% for NI-NT vs 2.1% for NI-AT) and in early lactation (4.1% for NI-NT vs 3.9% for NI-AT) were low and these differences were not significant. Incidence of clinical mastitis in early lactation was almost 50% higher for the treated group of uninfected cows compared with the untreated group (0.05 less than p less than 0.1). Cows infected in one or more quarters at drying off were split randomly into 2 subgroups of approximately 170 cows each: infected, all quarters treated (I-AT), or infected quarters treated only (I-QT). The new infection rate during the dry period was nearly 4 times higher for I-QT (15.3%) due to significantly more new infections by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus uberis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)  相似文献   

Failure to detect infection of the bovine foetus after inoculation of a prototype Australian strain of bovine herpesvirus 1     

PL YOUNG  JL SWEENEY  GA SMITH  BJ RODWELL 《Australian veterinary journal》1994,71(3):92-93

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Overview and initial results of the very long baseline interferometry space observatory programme   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

H Hirabayashi  H Hirosawa  H Kobayashi  Y Murata  PG Edwards  EB Fomalont  K Fujisawa  T Ichikawa  T Kii  JEJ Lovell  GA Moellenbrock  R Okayasu  M Inoue  N Kawaguchi  S Kameno  KM Shibata  Y Asaki  T Bushimata  S Enome  S Horiuchi  T Miyaji  T Umemoto  V Migenes  K Wajima  J Nakajima  al et 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1998,281(5384):1825-1829

High angular resolution images of extragalactic radio sources are being made with the Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy (HALCA) satellite and ground-based radio telescopes as part of the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Space Observatory Programme (VSOP). VSOP observations at 1.6 and 5 gigahertz of the milli-arc-second-scale structure of radio quasars enable the quasar core size and the corresponding brightness temperature to be determined, and they enable the motions of jet components that are close to the core to be studied. Here, VSOP images of the gamma-ray source 1156+295, the quasar 1548+056, the ultraluminous quasar 0014+813, and the superluminal quasar 0212+735 are presented and discussed.  相似文献   

H_2O_2对离体小麦叶片中蛋白质含量下降的影响     

高玲  郝言芹  孙晓红  牟其云 《江西农业学报》2007,19(2):17-18

H2O2能氧化修饰离体小麦叶片蛋白质分子中的-SH基团,使蛋白质分子更容易被蛋白水解酶降解,表现为蛋白水解酶活力升高,蛋白质含量下降加快。随着H2O2浓度的增大,这一现象更加明显。  相似文献   

An automated in-line clinical mastitis detection system using measurement of conductivity from foremilk of individual udder quarters     

RW Claycomb  PT Johnstone  GA Mein  RA Sherlock 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2013,61(4):208-214

AIM: To assess a novel method for automatic in-line detection of clinical mastitis.

METHODS: For a brief period at the start of milking for each cow, electrical conductivity of foremilk was measured for each quarter in turn, using a single sensor installed in the long milk tube (LMT) about 1.5 m downstream from the milking-machine claw. Sequential separation of flow between udder quarters was achieved by control of pulsation to individual teatcups within a conventional cluster. The ratio of conductivity values between quarters was used as an indicator of mastitis status. The concept was evaluated initially in a pilot trial in a 200-cow herd milked in a 23-stall swing-over herringbone milking parlour. It was then tested rigorously in a field trial in a 640-cow herd milked in a 50-stall rotary milking parlour. Both trials were conducted in the Waikato region of New Zealand. In the latter trial, sensor results were compared with visual inspection of a commercial in-line mastitis filter fitted to each milking unit. These filters were inspected for clots immediately after every cow's milking, for 3 weeks. The dataset of approximately 27,000 individual milkings was tested against several published or potential alter- native ‘gold standards’ for diagnosing clinical mastitis.

RESULTS: In the pilot trial, 12–14 clinical events were detected out of 19 true clinical quarters, with a false-alert rate of between three and five false electrical-conductivity alerts per 1,000 individual milkings. In the more rigorous field trial, sensitivity ranged from 68 to 88%, and the false-alert rate (false-alert episodes per 1,000 individual milkings) ranged from 2.3 to 7.0.

CONCLUSION: The novel clinical mastitis detection system, based on separation of the flow and measurement of electrical conductivity from foremilk of individual udder quarters, has the potential to provide a new tool for helping farmers to monitor clinical mastitis in herds milked with conventional clusters.  相似文献   

甘南牦牛与其他良种牛屠宰性能及牛肉食用品质对比分析     

郭淑珍  牛小莹  赵君  包富贵  才让闹日  尕旦吉  李保明  格桂花  张海滨 《畜牧兽医杂志》2009,28(4):9-11

通过对甘南牦牛与鲁西黄牛、秦川牛、安格斯牛、夏洛来牛、西门达尔牛的屠宰性能和食用品质对比分析,结果表明,甘南牦牛在屠宰产肉性能的各项指标上,均低于其他良种牛;甘南牦牛肉色深红、大理石纹适中、pH值为5．55;甘南牦牛肉系水率为57．19％,比安格斯牛肉、西门塔尔牛肉分别低3．34％、3．90％,比秦川牛肉和鲁西黄牛肉分别高3．28％、3．37％;甘南牦牛熟肉率为69．79％,除比安格斯牛肉低之外,均高于秦川牛肉、鲁西黄牛肉及西门塔尔牛肉;甘南牦牛肉的剪切力值为4．85kg／cm2,比秦川牛肉略高,比鲁西黄牛肉、安格斯牛肉和西门塔尔牛肉低。  相似文献