Effects of music stimulus on behavior response,cortisol level,and horizontal immunity of growing pigs     

Jiafang Li  Xiang Li  Honggui Liu  Jianhong Li  Qian Han  Chao Wang  Xiangyin Zeng  Yutao Li  Wenbo Ji  Runxiang Zhang  Jun Bao 《Journal of animal science》2021,99(5)

An enriched environment is widely used to improve domestic animals’ welfare and promote their natural behaviors. Music can reduce abnormal behavior in humans, nonhuman primates, and rodents. However, little is known about the effects of music on pigs. This study aims to explore the effects of repeated music stimulation on the behavior, physiology, and immunity of growing pigs. A total of 72 hybrid piglets (Large White × Duroc × Minpig) were randomly divided into three groups, including music (Mozart K.448, 60 to 70 dB), noise (recorded mechanical noise, 80 to 85 dB), and control (natural background sound, <40 dB), and 6 h sound stimulation was given per day (1000 to 1600 hours) from 40 to 100 d of age. The behavioral activities of the pigs were observed during the music stimulation, and their serum cortisol, salivary cortisol, and serum immune indices were also measured. Compared with the control group, the music group and noise group increased activity but decreased lying of pigs (P < 0.05). A significant increase in tail-wagging, playing, and exploring behaviors of pigs was found in the music group (P < 0.05), and the noise significantly increased the aggressive behavior of the pigs (P < 0.05). Tail-wagging, playing, exploring, manipulating, and aggressive behaviors decreased over time. Short-term (8 d) music stimulus had a lower cortisol level than that of the noise and control groups (P < 0.05), whereas long-term (60 d) music stimulus increased immunoglobulin G (IgG), interleukin-2 (IL-2), and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) levels (P < 0.05) and decreased interleukin-4 (IL-4) level (P < 0.05). Long-term noise stimulus significantly reduced the level of IgG (P < 0.05) but did not affect the level of IL-2, IL-4, and IFN-γ levels (P > 0.05). In conclusion, short-term music stimulus (8 d) reduced the stress response, whereas long-term music stimulus (60 d) enhanced the immune responses. In addition, the noise increased the aggressive behavior, and long-term noise reduced the immunity of the growing pigs.  相似文献   

抗青枯病花生种质资源的鉴定与筛选     

杨光  李航宇  陈龙  石守设  余明慧 《农学学报》2021,11(12):44-47

为筛选适宜河南省信阳市种植的抗青枯病花生品种,对27份花生品种青枯病田间病圃进行鉴定,计算其发病率和病情指数,从而进行抗病性鉴定和筛选。结果表明,27个供试品种中,中高抗品种共10个占总数的37%,3个品种类型各筛选出2个抗病品种。6个抗病品种发病规律表明,7天和14天病情指数增长较快,21天后基本无变化。高油型花生‘远杂9102’和‘信花425’,高油酸型花生‘信花14号’和‘驻花11号’,普通型花生‘远杂21号’和‘豫花149号’为适宜信阳种植的抗病品种。  相似文献   

Three SNPs within exons of INHA and ACVR2B genes are significantly associated with litter size in Dazu black goats     

Shi-Zhi Wang  Guang-Xin E  Yan Zeng  Yan-Guo Han  Yong-Fu Huang  Ri-Su Na 《Reproduction in domestic animals》2021,56(6):936-941

The aim of this study was to analyse the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms within INHA and ACVR2B and litter size in Dazu black goats. In total, twenty-two SNPs were genotyped in 190 individuals by SNaPshot and resequencing. The results showed that three SNPs (SNP_1, SNP_12 and SNP_13 in this study) were detected to have significant additive genetic effect on the recorded goat litter size (p < .05). The SNP_1 (NC_030809.1), a non-synonymous substitution of G for T at chr2-g. 28314990 in the exon 2 of INHA gene (NM_001285606.1), resulted in homozygote 2 (HOM2) contributed 0.25 and heterozygote (HET) contributed 0.12 larger litter than homozygote 1 (HOM1). Meanwhile, SNP_12 (Chr22-g. 11721225 A > T) and SNP_13 (Chr22-g. 11721227 A > C) (NC_030829.1) simultaneously mutated at the first and third position of a triplet AAA (lysine, K) in the exon 4 of ACVR2B gene (XM_018066623.1) had estimated genetic effects of HOM1 (0.00) and HOM2 (0.03) larger than HET (−0.12). In conclusion, one SNPs (chr2-g. 28314990 T > G) within the exon 2 of INHA and two SNPs (Chr22-g. 11721225 A > T and Chr22-g. 11721227 A > C) i n the exon 4 of ACVR2B gene were highly recommended as candidate markers of litter size in Dazu black goats. A large-scale association study to assess the impact of these variants on litter size is still necessary.  相似文献   

16份四川小麦生产品种在甘肃陇南抗条锈性表现     

曹世勤  王万军  孙振宇  徐志  贾秋珍  彭云良  黄瑾  张勃 《甘肃农业科技》2018,(7):40-42

小麦条锈病我国小麦生产上的最主要的病害,种植抗病品种是防治该病最经济有效环保的措施。2014—2017年,先后对16份四川省小麦生产品种在甘肃陇南不同生态区的甘谷试验站和汪川良种场两地进行自然诱发鉴定,评价其抗病性。结果发现,所有供试品种均表现感病,川农10号等5份材料具有慢条锈性。  相似文献   

多重PCR检测猪瘟病毒、猪细小病毒、猪伪狂犬病病毒   总被引：26，自引：0，他引：26  

刘建柱  崔玉东  李鹏  王志强  石星明  朴范泽 《中国兽医学报》2003,23(6):535-537

根据猪瘟病毒(CSFV)、猪细小病毒(PPV)和猪伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)3种病原体的基因保守序列，分别设计了与CSFV的E2基因、PPV的VP2基因和PRV的gⅡ基因序列互补的3对引物。用这3对引物对人为混合的样品中的PPV和PRV的DNA模板及CSFV反转录后的cDNA模板进行多重PCR扩增和多重PCR反应奈件的优化，结果同时得到3务与试验设计相符的288bp(CSFV)、575bp(PPV)700bp(PRV)特异性条带；敏感性检测结果表明，该多重PCR可以检测到14．5ng／L的CSFV、27．1pg／L的PPV、31．4ng／L的PRV的核酸模板。  相似文献   

猪繁殖性状的遗传改良策略     

李玉华  曾勇庆 《猪业科学》2003,20(1):11-14

猪繁殖性能的提高将为养猪业带来巨大的经济效益 ,目前多数育种者将提高猪的繁殖力作为主要育种目标 ,并用数学遗传学方法和分子育种技术对繁殖性状进行改良。  相似文献   

金华市农业机械化投入机制初探     

马广 《农机化研究》2004,(4):34-35,44

农业机械化是农业现代化的基础，是现代化的先决条件，发展农业机械化迫切需要加大投入。为此，分析了金华市现阶段农机化投入的现状及存在的问题；提出了通过建立政府、集体、信贷、农户、外资等“多位一体”的投入机制，加大农机化投入，促进农机化事业健康发展的思路。  相似文献   

枣品种选择试验研究     

何佳林  李养志  李龙山  贺光生  高峰 《陕西林业科技》2001,(4):23-25,53

1997～1999年对收集引进的22个枣品种进行生长和结果情况调查及物候期定点预测，以大荔圆枣为对照，从丰产性、品质、抗性（抗裂果）、单果重、结果整齐度5个方面进行综合评比，筛选出适宜我省发展的不同用途的枣树优良品种12个，为黄土高原红枣产业化发展提供了品种依据。  相似文献   

苜蓿褐斑病抗性与几种同工酶的关系   总被引：6，自引：1，他引：5  

袁庆华  桂枝 《草业学报》2003,12(6):58-63

以苜蓿5个品种在褐斑病抗性上存在差异的抗、感单株为材料，研究了接种病菌后苜蓿褐斑病抗性与多酚氧化酶(PPO)、过氧化物酶(POD)和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)及其酶活性的关系。研究结果表明，褐斑病侵染后，苜蓿抗病株系和感病株系叶片中PPO、POD和SOD同工酶谱带多少和强弱存在明显的差异，即大部分抗病株系PPO、POD和SOD酶活性高于感病株系，并有新的同工酶带出现。PPO、POD和SOD在苜蓿抗褐斑病上可能起到重要作用，其同工酶谱带和酶活性的差异有可能做为鉴定苜蓿抗褐斑病的一种同工酶标记。  相似文献   

鸡传染性法氏囊病间接ELISA诊断试剂盒的研制及初步应用   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

马秀丽  崔言顺  张秀美  黄兵  崔治中 《中国兽医学报》2003,23(5):424-426

采用vero细胞增殖的IBDV抗原建立了间接ELISA，用于定量检测IBDV抗体。对该方法进行了标准化研究，确立了该方法的最佳工作条件。在此基础上研制了相应的诊断试剂盒，并对盒内各组分的性状、保存、质量控制以及诊断试剂盒的特异性、敏感性、可重复性、符合率、与国外同类产品的比较、保存期等进行了全面、详细的研究。结果表明，研制的试剂盒在-20℃保存至6个月时各项性能都很好。该试剂盒与进口试刺盒对同样血清样品检测，符合率为86．7％。间接ELISA试剂盒与琼扩试验的符合率为92，5％。该试刺盒可对大量血清样品进行检测，操作简单方便、结果特异性强、敏感性高、快速，更适合于大型鸡场IBD免疫抗体水平的监测及现地疫病诊断等需要。  相似文献