Long-term Electrocardiography Recording with Holter Monitoring in 15 Donkeys     

Jacopo Guccione  Diego Piantedosi  Antonio Di Loria  Vincenzo Veneziano  Paolo Ciaramella 《Journal of Equine Veterinary Science》2014

The heart rates (HR) and rhythms of 15 healthy donkeys of various ages, both sexes, and various breeds were analyzed throughout 24-hour Holter monitoring. The animals were evaluated at rest in their daily environment without the presence of investigators causing stress, using a three-channel digital Holter recorder. Analysis revealed a maximal HR range from 62.5 to 93.7 beats/min (mean, 72.50 ± 7.51 beats/min), whereas the minimal HR ranged from 29.7 to 42.2 beats/min (mean, 34.90 ± 4.22 beats/min). The daily mean HR was 47.55 ± 3.70 beats/min. The daytime mean HR was 49.39 ± 2.77 beats/min, whereas the night time rate was 46.22 ± 4.38 beats/min. Sinus bradycardia and sinus tachycardia were detected in 7 and 10 of 15 studied donkeys, respectively. Cardiac dysrhythmias due to high vagal tone such as sinoatrial heart block and second-degree atrioventricular heart block were occasionally recorded in 1 and 3 donkeys, respectively. A higher mean HR and fewer cardiac dysrhythmias were observed in donkeys than in horses and ponies at rest. These findings could be justified by differences in the autonomic nervous system tone.  相似文献   

Contribution of mammary epithelial cells to the immune response during early stages of a bacterial infection to Staphylococcus aureus     

Pauline Brenaut  Lucas Lefèvre  Andrea Rau  Denis Lalo?  Giuliano Pisoni  Paolo Moroni  Claudia Bevilacqua  Patrice Martin 《Veterinary research》2014,45(1):16

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Erratum to “The chemical and functional characterization of soil N and its biotic components” [Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Vol. 41, Issue 12 (2009), 2357-2369]     

Paolo Nannipieri  Paul Eldor 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2010,42(5):863

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Detection of hepatitis E virus in Italian pig herds     

Caprioli A  Martelli F  Ostanello F  Di Bartolo I  Ruggeri FM  Del Chiaro L  Tolari F 《The Veterinary record》2007,161(12):422-423

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Genetic transformation of Eustoma grandiflorum Griseb. by microprojectile bombardment     

Laura Semeria  Anna Maria Vaira  Gian Paolo Accotto  Andrea Allavena 《Euphytica》1995,85(1-3):125-130

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Assessment of EST- and genomic microsatellite markers for variety discrimination and genetic diversity studies in wheat   总被引：22，自引：0，他引：22  

Fiona Leigh  Vince Lea  John Law  Petra Wolters  Wayne Powell  Paolo Donini 《Euphytica》2003,133(3):359-366

It is likely that in the near future sequence information from sequencing programmes and EST libraries will generate an abundance of genic microsatellite markers. This study is focused on the assessment of their likely impact and performance vis-à-vis their genomic counterparts. Microsatellites from two sources were used to assess the genetic diversity in 56 old and new varieties of bread wheat on the UK Recommended List. A set of 12 microsatellite markers generated from genomic libraries and 20 expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellites were used in the study, and the performance of both marker sets assessed. The EST-derived or genic microsatellites delivered fingerprints of superior quality, amplifying clear products with few stutter bands. Diversity levels as revealed bygenic microsatellites are similar to the few published results. The PIC values for the genic markers were generally lower than those calculated for the genomic microsatellites, though advantages of both marker classes for variety identification applications are discussed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Biodiversity in a germplasm collection of durum wheat     

Luciano Pecetti  Paolo Annicchiarico  Ardeshir B. Damania 《Euphytica》1992,60(3):229-238

Summary Over 7,600 durum wheat accessions belonging to 22 country gene pools were evaluated in Syria, during the seasons 1985–86 through 1987–88 under semi-arid Mediterranean climatic conditions. Data on seven agronomic traits are presented to assess the distinctiveness and the phenotypic diversity of these pools. Univariate statistical analysis revealed differences among materials of diverse origins for all traits. Mean phenotypic diversity within countries was highest in the germplasm from India, lowest in that from Bulgaria. In a canonical variate analysis, the first three canonical variables explained 77.7% of the total variance. A cluster analysis was performed to supplement the generated information by the canonical analysis. The multivariate analyses evidenced the distinctiveness of the Ethiopian germplasm. The gene pools from Syria and Jordan, closely resembling each other, appeared separate from all others. A certain peculiarity was also shown by the germplasms from Greece, Morocco and France, while the remaining countries clustered into four groups. The results of the present evaluation could provide useful information for breeding activities, germplasm collection, and establishment of core collections. Evidence is presented that environment played a major role in creating the overall variation for the considered traits, although germplasm exchange seemed also an important factor.  相似文献   

Maternal effect on seed fatty acid composition in a reciprocal cross of high oleic sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)     

Claudio Ferfuia  Gian Paolo Vannozzi 《Euphytica》2015,205(2):325-336

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Phenotypic recurrent selection in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) based on performance of S2 progenies     

Paolo Ranalli 《Euphytica》1996,87(2):127-132

Summary The effect of a recurrent selection procedure for improving seed yield per plant was evaluated in common bean. Progress was registered after three cycles of recurrent selection with S2 progeny evaluation performed on the grain yield/plant. Gain from selection was estimated by field testing 45 random S2 lines from each of the C0, C1 and C2 populations. Response to selection for seed yield/plant was 6 g from C0 to C1 and 4.4 g from C1 to C2. The seed yield improvement was due principally to an increase in pods/plant; little contribution was provided by the 1000-seed weight and seeds/pod traits. Broad-sense heritability and genotypic variance for grain yield remained high in all cycles which suggests further gain from additional selection cycles. Grain yield/plant is significantly correlated to pods/plant and seeds/pod traits in all cycles, indicating that plants with favourable combinations of these traits could be identified. The proposed recurrent selection procedure appears to be effective in improving the population and extracting superior genotypes for varietal development.  相似文献   

Variation for dry matter yield,seed yield and other agronomic traits in Ladino white clover landraces and natural populations     

Paolo Annicchiarico 《Euphytica》1993,71(1-2):131-141

Summary A set of Ladino white clover ecotypes including the last available landraces and some natural populations collected from old permanent meadows, together with some white clover varieties of various origins, were evaluated as monocultures for dry matter (DM) and seed yield assessed in separate field experiments. Other agronomic traits were also recorded. The best performing variety, Espanso, was significantly outyielded by some ecotypes for DM and seed production. Compared to landraces, natural populations yielded on average far less seed but as much DM and tended towards higher persistence indicating that domestication of the native Ladino at the farm level only improved seed yield of the crop. Natural populations showed, besides lower values of most seed yield components, a distinct canopy architecture characterized by smaller leaves, longer internodes and denser stolons. Seed weight proved the best character discriminating between the two ecotype groups. Significant variation for most traits was found both among landraces, in which it was mostly relatable to differences among provenances, and among natural populations. The relations between the main multivariate patterns of phenotypic variation and a set of environment collecting variables suggested that evolutive adaptation to different agronomic practices was a major determinant of the overall variation found in landraces. Evidence is provided that a relevant part of the variation observed among ecotypes for some important traits could be genetic.Abbreviations DM dry matter - DMY dry matter yield - NRH number of ripe heads - NFH number of florets per head - PL petiole length - LS leaf size - IL internode length - NS number of stolons - PRO protein content - SY seed yield - TSW thousand seed weight - NSF number of seeds per floret - PCA principal components analysis - PC principal component  相似文献