Ergovaline does not alter the severity of ryegrass staggers induced by lolitrem B     

SC Finch  JB Vlaming  BL Sutherland  C van Koten  WJ Mace  LR Fletcher 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2018,66(2):93-97

AIM: To investigate a possible interaction between lolitrem B and ergovaline by comparing the incidence and severity of ryegrass staggers in sheep grazing ryegrass (Lolium perenne) containing lolitrem B or ryegrass containing both lolitrem B and ergovaline.

METHODS: Ninety lambs, aged approximately 6 months, were grazed on plots of perennial ryegrass infected with either AR98 endophyte (containing lolitrem B), standard endophyte (containing lolitrem B and ergovaline) or no endophyte, for up to 42 days from 2 February 2010. Ten lambs were grazed on three replicate plots per cultivar. Herbage samples were collected for alkaloid analysis and lambs were scored for ryegrass staggers (scores from 0–5) weekly during the study. Any animal which was scored ≥4 was removed from the study.

RESULTS: Concentrations of lolitrem B did not differ between AR98 and standard endophyte-infected pastures during the study period (p=0.26), and ergovaline was present only in standard endophyte pastures. Ryegrass staggers was observed in sheep grazing both the AR98 and standard endophyte plots, with median scores increasing in the third week of the study. Prior to the end of the 42-day grazing period, 22 and 17 animals were removed from the standard endophyte and AR98 plots, respectively, because their staggers scores were ≥4. The cumulative probability of lambs having scores ≥4 did not differ between animals grazing the two pasture types (p=0.41).

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: There was no evidence for ergovaline increasing the severity of ryegrass staggers induced by lolitrem B. In situations where the severity of ryegrass staggers appears to be greater than that predicted on the basis of concentrations of lolitrem B, the presence of other tremorgenic alkaloids should be investigated.  相似文献   

Clean water: Factors that influence Its availability,quality and its use: Summary of the International Water Conference     

R. W. Brockseni  W. Chow  E. D. Daugherty  Y. G. Mussalli  J. Wisniewski  A. L. Woodis 《Water, air, and soil pollution》1996,90(1-2):3-7

The International Water Conference held in La Jolla, California during 28–30 November 1995, had an objective to provide an opportunity for international information exchange on new research applications and timely policy issues effecting the availability, use and quality of water for power generation. This Conference included the topical areas, the use of water and the management of chemical quality in process wastewaters; physical and biological transformation due to discharges in open surface waters, watersheds and wetlands; the role of risk and cost-benefit assessments; and discussion of the Clean Water Act containments. This Conference Summary contains an overview of the present state of the knowledge regarding the use of water by the electric utility industry and potential future issues as discussed in papers presented at the Conference and a summary of the most important findings and conclusions.  相似文献   

POST-PARTURIENT HAEMOGLOBINURIA OF DAIRY COWS     

B. Parkinson  B.V.Sc. A. K. Sutherland  B.V.SC  M.S. 《Australian veterinary journal》1954,30(8):232-236

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SEROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF LARVAL CESTODES IN SHEEP     

Sally K.  Blundell-Hasell M.SC. 《Australian veterinary journal》1969,45(7):334-336

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THE BOVINE MUCOSAL DISEASE-SWINE FEVER VIRUS COMPLEX IN PIGS   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

W. A. Snowdon  B.V.SC. E. L. French  M.SC  Ph.D. 《Australian veterinary journal》1968,44(4):179-184

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STUDIES ON THE TRANSMISSIBILITY OF A VIRAL MENINGO-ENCEPHALITIS OF CALVES     

L. A. Y. Johnston  B.V.SC.  G. C. Simmons  B.SC. M. D. McGavin  M.V.SC. 《Australian veterinary journal》1964,40(5):189-194

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HYDATID DISEASE IN AUSTRALIA     

Michael A.  Gemmell B.V.SC. P. Brydon  B.V.SC. 《Australian veterinary journal》1960,36(3):73-78

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CHEMOTHERAPY OF CAECA L COCCIDIOSIS IN CHICKENS     

J. H. Arundel  B.V.SC  A.M.T.C. 《Australian veterinary journal》1960,36(2):49-53

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Relationship of blood corticosterone, immunoglobulin and haematological values in young crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) to water temperature, clutch of origin and body weight     

JA TURTON  PW LADDS  SC MANOLIS  GJW WEBB 《Australian veterinary journal》1997,75(2):114-119

Objective To examine whether sub-optimal temperature induced stress and immunosuppression in farmed saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) hatchlings. Design A clinico-pathological study. Animals A total of 140 hatchlings were used. Procedure Body weight and length, plasma corticosterone and immunoglobulin concentrations and total and differential white blood cell counts were measured in 140 hatchlings from five clutches divided between five water temperature treatment groups. Initially all groups were housed at 32°C for 10 weeks, then two groups (L, LC) were changed to low temperature (28°C) and two groups (H, HC) to high temperature (36°C), while one group (C) remained at 32°C. The LC and HC groups were maintained at these temperatures for 10 days, after which the water temperature of both groups was returned to 32°C. Blood samples were collected twice (at 6 and 9 weeks of age) before the initial temperature change, and at 10 days and 4 weeks after the initial temperature change (at 11.5 and 14 weeks of age). Results Except for an increase in plasma corticosterone in the HC group and a decrease in the L group when the temperature change was first introduced, changes in plasma corticosterone were not significant. There were no significant changes in immunoglobulin concentrations. There were, however, significant decreases in the total white cell and lymphocyte counts in the LC group after the temperature was decreased to 28°C, and an increase in these counts after water temperature was returned to 32°C. Clutch of origin had significant effects on body weight and length gains, and there were negative relationships between body weight and corticosterone concentrations and between body weight and immunoglobulin concentrations. Conclusions As haematological changes indicative of stress were not associated with significant changes in serum corticosterone, immunosuppression in young crocodiles may be independent of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal cortical axis.  相似文献   

Potential for reintroduction of lake sturgeon in five northern Lake Michigan tributaries: a habitat suitability perspective     

Daniel J. Daugherty  Trent M. Sutton  Robert F. Elliott 《水产资源保护:海洋与淡水生态系统》2008,18(5):692-702

• 1. Conservation and rehabilitation efforts for lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens throughout the Great Lakes include the re‐establishment of self‐sustaining stocks in systems where they have been extirpated.
• 2. Information on the suitability of potential lake sturgeon habitat in tributaries is important for determining their capacity to support lake sturgeon stocking and to develop system‐specific rehabilitation strategies.
• 3. Geo‐referenced habitat information characterizing substrate composition, water depth, and stream gradient were applied to a life‐stage specific lake sturgeon habitat suitability index in a geographic information system to produce spatially explicit models of life‐stage specific habitat characteristics in five northern Lake Michigan tributaries from which lake sturgeon have been extirpated.
• 4. Habitat models indicated that high quality lake sturgeon spawning and staging habitat comprised 0 to 23% and 0 to 9% of the available habitat, respectively, whereas high quality juvenile lake sturgeon habitat was relatively ubiquitous throughout each river and comprised 39 to 99%.
• 5. Comparison of these data to lake sturgeon habitat availability in Lake Michigan tributaries currently supporting populations indicated that spawning and staging habitats may limit the ability of these systems to support spawning. Efforts to re‐establish lake sturgeon populations in these systems should consider the creation of spawning and staging habitat to increase reproductive and recruitment potential prior to the initiation of stocking efforts.

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