Investigation of Cervical Patency and Uterine Appearance in Domestic Cats by Fluoroscopy and Scintigraphy     

K Chatdarong  N Kampa  E Axnr  C Linde‐Forsberg 《Reproduction in domestic animals》2002,37(5):275-281

The cervical patency of six domestic female cats was monitored under sedation by infusion of contrast medium (Omnipaque) into the cranial vagina during early oestrus, mid‐oestrus, late oestrus and interoestrus or a radiopharmaceutical (^99mTc‐HSA) during mid‐ and interoestrus in a non‐ovulatory oestrous cycle. The transport of the contrast medium or the radiopharmaceutical through the cervix and within the uterine horns was observed under fluoroscopy and with the aid of scintigraphy. In three of the queens, transcervical transport of contrast medium was demonstrated in all stages of oestrus, in one queen during mid‐oestrus, late oestrus and 1 day after oestrus, and in two queens only during late oestrus. The relations between the cervical patency to the contrast medium and the oestrous behaviour, cornification of the vaginal cells and the serum oestradiol‐17β concentration were evaluated, and a relationship was found between the cervical patency and the degree of vaginal cornification. Transcervical transport of the radiopharmaceutical was observed in three queens during mid‐oestrus. When the cervix was open, hysterography under a fluoroscope and hysteroscintigraphy were performed. The fluoroscopic and scintigraphic recordings revealed the patterns of the uterine contractions during oestrus in both ascending and descending directions, and the movement of the uterine contents back and forth between the uterine horns. The hysterograms were classified according to the shape of the uterine horns and the appearance of the endometrial lining. Spiral‐shaped uterine horns with a smooth inner contour were observed in two queens, and a corkscrew appearance with irregular filling defects in the uterine lumen was shown in two queens that had developed subclinical cystic endometrial hyperplasia. These findings demonstrated that fluids or particles deposited in the cranial vagina of the cat can be transported into the uterus during some stages of the oestrous cycle. The fluoroscopic and scintigraphic techniques developed in this study may be further modified to permit more detailed studies of uterine contractile patterns and sperm transport in the feline female reproductive tract. Hysterography proved useful to diagnose uterine disease. The information on cervical patency is of value also for the development of techniques for artificial insemination in this species, and should be studied also in the ovulatory cycle.  相似文献   

Rabies virus infection in Aedes pseudoscutellaris cells: a study on receptorial structures     

L Seganti  F Superti  L Sinibaldi  M Marchetti  S Bianchi  N Orsi 《Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases》1991,14(3):265-275

Rabies virus is able to infect in vitro a wide range of homeothermic and poikilothermic cells but little is known about its multiplication in arthropod cells. In this research the infection of rabies virus in Aedes pseudoscutellaris cells, a mosquito cell line susceptible to mosquito-borne viruses, was studied. After 60 days of incubation at 26 degrees C up to 70% of infected cells showed the synthesis of both viral nucleocapsid and envelope antigens, although viral yield and cell damage could not be detected. Research performed in order to investigate the role of membrane carbohydrate moieties in rabies virus-mosquito cell interaction suggested the participation of galactose and N-acetylglucosamine whereas sialic acid, known to be a rabies binding site in many homeothermic cell lines, was not involved.  相似文献   

牛磺酸在猫营养中的应用   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

吴兴利  魏秀莲  李忠荣  计成 《中国畜牧杂志》2006,42(21):45-47

主要综述近年猫的牛磺酸营养,从研究方法来看衡量牛磺酸利用的方法与指标已较完善,对牛磺酸的代谢有了深入的了解,并进一步关注猫肠道菌群影响牛磺酸代谢的机理的研究;初步揭示大豆蛋白和脂肪等营养物质降低牛磺酸利用率的原因;在猫粮加工方面指出不良热处理导致的猫粮中牛磺酸利用率降低的机制,并分析了一些不适合配制猫粮的原料如米糠、大豆蛋白对牛磺酸代谢的影响;以及在猫粮中直接添加晶体牛磺酸的重要性。从文中可以看到,作为必需氨基酸的牛磺酸对于猫的生长繁殖来说十分重要。  相似文献   

微生物谷氨酰胺转胺酶(MTG)分批发酵模型的建立     

高红亮  刘海涛  周波  常忠义  吉国栋 《山东农业大学学报(自然科学版)》2006,37(4):557-560

在本文中，以本实验优化好的工艺条件，建立了关于微生物谷氨酰胺转胺酶分批发酵的数学模型方程细胞生长的动力学方程、产物合成的动力学方程和底物消耗的动力学方程。并对所建立的动力学方程进行了生物统计分析，结果表明所建立的模型具有一定的可信度。  相似文献   

Pathogenesis of placentitis in the goat inoculated with Brucella abortus. II. Ultrastructural studies   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

T D Anderson  N F Cheville  V P Meador 《Veterinary pathology》1986,23(3):227-239

Pregnant goats were inoculated intravenously or in uterine arteries with Brucella abortus, and tissues from the uterus and placenta were examined by electron microscopy. Identification of B. abortus in placentae was with antibody-coated colloidal gold. B. abortus was first seen in phagosomes of erythrophagocytic trophoblasts and in the rough endoplasmic reticulum of chorioallantoic trophoblasts. Subsequently, trophoblast necrosis and ulceration of chorioallantoic membranes were present. Coincidently, B. abortus was present in the lumen of placental capillaries. In late stages of infection, placental vasculitis was present, and placentomal trophoblasts were separated from maternal syncytial epithelium. In lesions with vasculitis, large numbers of B. abortus were in connective tissue of chorionic villi. Within the placentome, trophoblasts that lined chorionic villi contained no intracellular bacteria and were separated from B. abortus by intact basement membranes. These results suggest that bacteremic B. abortus is endocytosed by erythrophagocytic trophoblasts and that B. abortus replicates in the rough endoplasmic reticulum of chorioallantoic trophoblasts. Replication of brucellae in trophoblastic rough endoplasmic reticulum is unique; we believe that B. abortus may utilize endoplasmic reticulum for synthesis and glycosylation of bacterial membrane proteins or that B. abortus catabolizes trophoblast secretory proteins.  相似文献   

Long-term application of animal slurries to grassland alters soil cation balance     

P.N.C. Murphy  R.J. Stevens  P. Christie 《Soil Use and Management》2005,21(2):240-244

Abstract. Soil samples from a 32-year grassland field experiment were taken from 0–5, 5–10, and 10–15 cm soil depths in February 2002. Plots received annual treatments of unamended control, mineral fertilizer, three rates of pig slurry and three rates of cow slurry, each with six replicates. Samples were analysed for cation exchange capacity (CEC), exchangeable cations (Na⁺, K⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺), pH and Olsen P. Exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) was calculated as a sodicity indicator. Mean ESP was generally greater for slurry treatments than the control, with a trend of increasing ESP with application rate. This was particularly marked for cow slurry. At 0–5 cm depth ESP increased from 1.18 in the control to 1.75 at the highest rate of pig slurry and 5.60 at the highest rate of cow slurry. Similar trends were shown for CEC, exchangeable Na⁺, K⁺ and Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺ and Olsen P. The build-up of soil P due to slurry applications, together with this combination of physical and chemical factors, may increase the risk of P loss to surface waters, particularly from soils receiving high rates of cow slurry.  相似文献   

Immunity of specific pathogen-free lambs to challenge with an aerosol of Pasteurella haemolytica biotype A serotype 2. Pulmonary antibody and cell responses to primary and secondary infections     

W Donachie  C Burrells  A D Sutherland  J S Gilmour  N J Gilmour 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》1986,11(3):265-279

Specific pathogen-free (SPF) lambs previously exposed to an aerosol of P. haemolytica biotype A serotype 2 (A2) were immune to subsequent challenge with an aerosol of P. haemolytica A2. Untreated control lambs were not immune to this challenge. The local immune responses of the lung to these challenges were examined. High IgG and IgA titres to P. haemolytica and high levels of opsonizing antibody against P. haemolytica were present in the lung washings from previously infected immune lambs at autopsy, seven days after the second infection. Lung washings from control lambs, 7 days after challenge with P13 virus and P. haemolytica A2, had no IgG titres, very little opsonizing activity but did have IgA titres which were significantly higher than in unchallenged control lambs. The cellular response of animals challenged with P13 virus and P. haemolytica was significantly greater than that of unchallenged controls or of lambs exposed only to P. haemolytica. However, this finding was complicated by the response to P13 virus. Lymphocytes from lung washings of all lambs failed to respond in a lymphocyte stimulation test to phytohaemagglutinin while blood lymphocytes did respond. There was little specific response to P. haemolytica antigen in the test.  相似文献   

Comparative evaluation of the effect of two maternal diets on fatty acids, vitamin E and carotenoids in the chick embryo.   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

P F Surai  N H Sparks 《British poultry science》2001,42(2):252-259

1. The fatty acid profile of egg yolk and vitamin E and carotenoid accumulation in the egg yolk and embryonic tissues were investigated in relation to the maternal diet. 2. Two hundred fertile eggs (Ross 308 Broiler Breeder), obtained from hens fed on a maize-based (M-diet) or a wheat-based diet (W-diet), were incubated using standard conditions. 3. The egg yolk and embryo tissues (residual yolk, yolk sac membrane, liver, kidney, lung, muscles, adipose tissue and plasma) were collected on d 18 of incubation and on d 21 (newly-hatched chicks) and analysed for fatty acids, vitamin E and carotenoids. 4. The diets did not differ in terms of fatty acid or alpha-tocopherol concentrations. The concentration of carotenoids in the M-diet was 11.8 mg/kg and in the W-diet was 5.6 mg/kg with lutein and zeaxanthin being major carotenoids. 5. Eggs from the M-group contained higher (P<0.01) concentrations of beta+gamma-tocopherols, total carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin. Chickens hatched from those eggs were characterised by the increased concentrations of total carotenoids and zeaxanthin in all the tissues studied. The concentration of beta+gamma-tocopherol was enhanced only in the liver and yolk sac membrane. 6. It is concluded that the maternal diet plays an important role in antioxidant systems formation during chick embryonic development; the M-diet can increase the antioxidant potential of the egg yolk and embryonic tissues compared to the antioxidant potential provided by parent birds fed the W-diet.  相似文献   

Foxtail-induced ulcerative stomatitis outbreak in a Missouri stable.     

S E Turnquist  E N Ostlund  J M Kreeger  J R Turk 《Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation》2001,13(3):238-240

Twenty of 25 horses in a well-managed Missouri boarding stable were diagnosed with gingivitis/stomatitis. Gross examination of the affected horses revealed varying degrees of gingivitis ranging from mild periodontal swelling to marked swelling and erythema with ulceration and hemorrhage. Fine hair-like material was embedded within the intensely affected areas. Gingival biopsies from 4 affected horses contained pyogranulomatous inflammation with, in some cases, numerous eosinophils and several grass awns in cross and longitudinal section. Numerous foxtail seed heads were identified in hay samples. Examination of the records revealed that all of the affected horses had been fed the suspect hay, with the exception of 1 horse. Although not deliberately fed the suspect hay, this horse did have access to the hay when turned out into the exercise paddock. The lesions resolved following a change in hay source.  相似文献   

Monthly model for genetic evaluation of laying hens 1. Fixed regression.     

A Anang  N Mielenz  L Schüler 《British poultry science》2001,42(2):191-196

1. This paper addresses the possibility of using a monthly model for the genetic evaluation of laying hens, based on the definition of a test day model with fixed regression as used in dairy cattle, in which monthly records were treated as repeated measurements of the same trait. 2. Production records of 6450 hens, daughters of 180 sires and 1335 dams were analysed using an animal model with restricted maximum likelihood (REML). The traits considered were individual monthly egg production and cumulative egg production in 11 months. Four different models were fitted to various combinations of monthly and cumulative records. The covariates were derived from the regression of Ali and Schaeffer (1987). 3. Spearman rank correlations were computed to compare breeding values from different models. Two types of correlations were computed: between individual breeding values and between sire breeding values based on subsets of full-sib records. 4. The results indicated that a monthly model with nested covariates produced higher heritability and permanent environmental variance than the models with non-nested or without covariates. The estimates of heritability obtained from monthly model were lower than the estimates from the cumulative model. The monthly model resulted in higher correlations of sire breeding values between two subsets of full-sib records than those from cumulative models. 5. In conclusion, the monthly model with nested covariates appears to be better than the model with non-nested covariates or without covariate. Although the heritability estimates obtained from the monthly model were lower, the monthly model with nested covariates could be better than the cumulative model for genetic evaluation of laying hens in the 1st cycle of laying period when using either full or part records. The use of information from odd months of production could be of interest for the evaluation of full records.  相似文献