Assessment of the potential relationship between egg quality and infectious bronchitis virus infection in Australian layer flocks     

KA Hewson  T Robertson  PA Steer  JM Devlin  AH Noormohammadi  J Ignjatovic 《Australian veterinary journal》2014,92(4):132-138

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Artificial insemination in tench, Tinca tinca L.     

O. LINHART  P. KVASNI&#;KA 《Aquaculture Research》1992,23(2):183-188

Abstract. The sperm of tench, Tinca tinca L., is characterized by a milky colour and consistency, and is of very low density. After collecting the sperm, motion of spermatozoa was recorded even without water activation. A better motility value (value 4·36 on average) was observed in spermatozoa collected in immobilizing solution (collecting medium) and stored for 3h, when compared with spermatozoa without collecting medium. Average total and relative numbers of spermatozoa were 12·16 × 10⁹ per male and 18·50 × 10⁹ per kg of body weight, respectively. When testing the effect of activating solution in artificial propagation of tench, the highest fertilization rates (81·3 and 85% in two cases) were found for NaCl solution with an osmotic concentration of 34 or 69 mOsmol and for fresh water, respectively. The fertility rate was reduced significantly ( P < 0·01) by any increase above 105 mOsmol in NaCl concentration in the activating solution. In the tests of optimal method of artificial fertilization, the highest hatching rate of sac fry (71·35%) was found in sperm collected into immobilizing solution. The application of immobilizing solution significantly increased the number of sac fry at the levels P < 0·1 and P < 0·01, if compared with intact sperm stored for 3 h and fresh sperm, respectively.  相似文献   

Seasonal and size-related changes in the diet of perch,Perca fluviatilis L., in the shallows of an Australian river,and their implications for the conservation of indigenous teleosts     

L. J. Pen  I. C. Potter 《水产资源保护:海洋与淡水生态系统》1992,2(3):243-253

1. Perca fluviatilis was sampled monthly over 2 years from the shallow waters (<2 m deep) of the Collie River in south-western Australia to determine the diet of this introduced species and the extent to which it comprised indigenous fish species. 2. As P. fluviatilis increased in size, its diet shifted from predominantly planktonic crustaceans to benthic invertebrates, with decapod crustaceans constituting between 55% and 88% of the volume of the food ingested by larger fish (> 120 mm long) in spring, summer and autumn. 3. All size groups of P. fluviatilis fed on the small indigenous teleosts Edelia vittata and Bostockia porosa. 4. The prevalence with which the different size groups of P. fluviatilis ingested indigenous fish species in the main channel of the river was as high as 14% in fish < 50 mm long in summer, 25% in fish 50–120 mm long in spring and 17% of fish > 120 mm long in autumn. 5. Despite appreciable predation and a relatively high prevalence of P. fluviatilis, indigenous fish species have coexisted with perch in the Collie River since the early 1900s. Such coexistence has apparently been facilitated by a high density of invertebrate prey (as a result of eutrophication) and limited interspecific dietary overlap. 6. The absence of E. vittata in those parts of a nearby river system now occupied by P. fluviatilis and the extremely high prevalence of fish that is sometimes found in P. fluviatilis stomachs, suggest that under certain extreme conditions, such as when a marked depletion in alternative food sources occurs, the presence of perch could pose a threat to the conservation of indigenous fish species in certain river systems in south-western Australia.  相似文献   

Pigeon Health and Disease     

KA Doyle  HMcL Gordon 《Australian veterinary journal》1993,70(7):278-278

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Suspected ciliary dysfunction in Chinese Shar Pei pups with pneumonia     

C R Dhein  D J Prieur  M W Riggs  K A Potter  P R Widders 《American journal of veterinary research》1990,51(3):439-446

Chronic pneumonia was investigated in a litter of young Chinese Shar Pei in which 4 of 6 dogs were affected. Serum immunoglobulin concentrations (IgA, IgG, IgM) determined by radial immunodiffusion varied over time, but were not consistently lower in affected dogs, compared with control dogs. Two dogs that died had hydrocephalus and lymphoid depletion, in addition to severe broncho-pneumonia. Evaluation of ciliary ultrastructure in 2 affected dogs revealed random orientation of adjacent respiratory tract or oviductal cilia and a greater number of microtubular disarrangements, compared with control dogs. In vivo tracheal mucociliary clearance of 99mtechnetium macroaggregated albumin was absent in 1 dog examined. The ciliary abnormalities were suspected to have resulted in an inefficient mucociliary transport system predisposing to the development of pneumonia. Further evaluation of 1 Chinese Shar Pei revealed lymphocyte mitogenesis results that were not consistently less than those of a control dog, normal total hemolytic complement values, and normal blood neutrophil chemotaxis.  相似文献   

An extended interspecific gene pool available to peach and almond breeding as characterized using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers     

P. Martínez-Gómez  S. Arulsekar  D. Potter  T.M. Gradziel 《Euphytica》2003,131(3):313-322

Genetic diversity, as revealed by eighteenSimple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers inthirty almond [P. dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb], twenty fresh-market peach [Prunus persica (L.), Basch], fifteenprocessing clingstone peach cultivars, andten rootstocks, established the geneticrelatedness among cultivars andcharacterized the variation within andbetween species. One accession each of thewild Prunus species, P.davidiana [(Carriere) Franch] and P.webbii [(Spach.) Vieh.], was included inthe analysis. The number of presumedalleles revealed by the SSR analysis rangedfrom one to six in peach whereas almondcultivars showed a range of three to nine.Peach cultivars clustered into ten groups,which are in general agreement withdocumented origin. Most processingclingstone peach cultivars clusteredseparately from fresh-market freestonecultivars supporting a distinct origin. Twomajor clusters were observed in almond withone containing California cultivars and theother containing European cultivars and theimportant California cultivar Mission.Results establish the value of SSR markersfor distinguishing different geneticlineages and characterize an extensive andlargely unexploited inter-species gene poolavailable to peach and almond breedingprograms.  相似文献   

Pesticide extraction efficiency of two solid phase disk types after shipping     

Riley MB  Dumas JA  Gbur EE  Massey JH  Mattice JD  Mersie W  Mueller TC  Potter T  Senseman SA  Watson E 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2005,53(13):5079-5083

An interlaboratory study was conducted to compare pesticide recovery from Empore C(18) and Speedisks C(18)XF solid phase extraction disks after shipping. Four pesticides were used for the comparison of the two disk extraction materials: atrazine, diazinon, metolachlor, and tebuconazole. These pesticides were chosen to provide a range of physiochemical properties. Water samples were extracted onto the disk types and shipped to a cooperating laboratory for elution and analysis. The mean recoveries from Empore disks were atrazine, 95%; diazinon, 91%; metolachlor, 92%; and tebuconazole, 83%. The recoveries from Speedisks C(18)XF were atrazine, 89%; diazinon, 87%; metolachlor, 86%; and tebuconazole, 79%. Means for each of the pesticides using the different disk types were not statistically different (alpha = 0.05), but results were more variable when using Speedisks C(18)XF as compared to Empore disks. Reasons for the increased variability are discussed, but overall results indicate that Speedisks C(18)XF could be used as an alternative to Empore disks. Speedisks C(18)XF are enclosed in a plastic housing, so they can be used more easily in remote sampling sites without the possibility of glassware breakage, no prefiltration of samples is needed, and there are realignment problems that can be associated with the Empore disks.  相似文献   

The role of beta 2-microglobulin in peptide binding by class I molecules   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

A Vitiello  T A Potter  L A Sherman 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1990,250(4986):1423-1426

Efficient transport of class I major histocompatibility complex molecules to the cell surface requires association of the class I heavy chain with endogenous peptide and the class I light chain, beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2M). A mutant cell line deficient in beta 2M transports low amounts of nonpeptide-associated heavy chains to the cell surface that can associate with exogenously provided beta 2M and synthetic peptide antigens. Normal beta 2M-sufficient cells grown in serum-free media devoid of beta 2M also require an exogenous source of beta 2M to efficiently bind synthetic peptide. Thus, class I molecules on normal cells do not spontaneously bind or exchange peptides.  相似文献   

Two different cis-active elements transfer the transcriptional effects of both EGF and phorbol esters   总被引：27，自引：0，他引：27  

H P Elsholtz  H J Mangalam  E Potter  V R Albert  S Supowit  R M Evans  M G Rosenfeld 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1986,234(4783):1552-1557

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Polymorphism of heavy-chain genes in immunoglobulins of wild mice   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

R Lieberman  M Potter 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1966,154(748):535-537

The serums of 123 wild mice from six different geographic locations in the United States contain five of the six known heavy-chain antigenic determinants that have been identified in immunoglobulin of inbred laboratory strains of mice. On the basis of the distribution of determinants in inbred strains,44 of the mice were judged to be heterozygotes of various combinations and two had combinations of determinants that were unusual and could only have occurred in laboratory inbred mice by recombination.  相似文献