Survival and Growth Improvement of Palm Ruff,Seriolella violacea,Larvae Fed Artemia Nauplii Enriched with an Experimental Emulsion          下载免费PDF全文

Adens González  Alfonso Silva  Gonzalo Gajardo  Claudio Martínez 《Journal of the World Aquaculture Society》2017,48(2):268-279

The palm ruff, Seriolella violacea (Cojinoba), is a potential new species for Chilean aquaculture. To approach Cojinoba larviculture, an experimental Artemia enrichment emulsion, containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)/eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) = 2.5, supplemented with vitamin E, astaxanthin, and β‐glucan, was evaluated in both Artemia and Cojinoba larvae, 30–50 d.a.h. This study tested an experimental enrichment emulsion versus a commercial emulsion, with an integral approach of multicompound emulsions. After 23 h enrichment, experimental emulsion (EE)‐enriched nauplii reached DHA and EPA concentrations of 23.8 and 18.7 mg/g dry weight (dwt), respectively, while in Cojinoba larvae they were 18.4 and 19.7 mg/g dwt. Control emulsion (CE)‐enriched nauplii exhibited lower DHA and EPA (6.1 and 7.7 mg/g dwt), while only DHA decreased in the control larvae (12.6 mg/g dwt). Vitamin E was higher in EE‐enriched nauplii (29.2 mg/100 g dwt) than in the control (8.4 mg/100 g dwt). Larvae fed EE‐enriched Artemia exhibited 8% increase in survival and 19% in growth compared with the control. Astaxanthin was detected only in larvae fed EE‐enriched nauplii. The tumor necrosis factor‐α concentration was not significantly different between larvae fed EE‐ and CE‐enriched nauplii. EE looks promising as an Artemia enrichment and experimental diet to assess palm ruff larval requirements, and has a positive impact on fish larvae performance.  相似文献   

Monitoring forage production for farmers’ decision making     

Gonzalo Grigera  Martín OesterheldFernando Pacín 《Agricultural Systems》2007

Objective management of grazing livestock production systems needs monitoring of forage production at the managerial unit level. Our objectives were to develop a system that routinely estimates forage above-ground net primary production (ANPP) at the spatial and temporal resolution required by farmers in the Pampas of Argentina, and to facilitate adoption of the system by end users as a managerial support tool. Our approach was based on the radiation use efficiency (RUE) logic, which proposes that ANPP is determined by the amount of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by the canopy (APAR), and the efficiency with which that energy is transformed in above-ground dry matter (radiation use efficiency, RUE). APAR is the product of incoming photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and the fraction absorbed by the canopy (fPAR). We estimated fPAR as a non-linear function of MODIS normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). RUE was empirically estimated for the two principal forage resources of the region, yielding the following relations: ANPP = 0.6 × APAR + 12, (R² = 0.86; p < 0.001; n = 18) for the upland sown pastures, and ANPP = 0.27 × APAR + 26, (R² = 0.74; p < 0.001; n = 18) for the lowland naturalized pastures, with ANPP in g/m²/60 days and APAR in MJ/m²/60 days. The models were able to predict independent ANPP values with acceptable accuracy. Computational procedures were automated and run in a Relational Data Base Manager System that stored and managed all the information. The system is currently monitoring 212,794 ha in 83 farms and provides monthly ANPP values for the previous month and a history of the last 6 years. The data so generated show ANPP differences between the two major forage resources, considerable variability of a given month’s ANPP among years and paddocks, and contrasting among-farm differences in the efficiency of conversion of ANPP and forage supplements into beef production. The system was well accepted by end users who utilize it mainly for making near real time decisions according to last month ANPP, and explaining results of previous production cycles by incorporating ANPP as an explicative variable. However, there were differences among farmers in the degree of utilization, apparently related to the advisor’s attitude toward this new technology. Our results indicate that (1) forage production of large extensions can be monthly monitored at the paddock level by a small laboratory with capabilities in geographic information systems, and (2) advisors and farmers apply this information to their managerial decisions.  相似文献   

Fluorescence, browning index, and color in infant formulas during storage     

Ferrer E  Alegría A  Farré R  Clemente G  Calvo C 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2005,53(12):4911-4917

Free and total fluorescent compounds, browning index, and color formation were measured in milk-based powdered infant formulas (IF) during 2 years of storage at 20 and 37 degrees C. The excitation spectra from 415 nm emission show three peaks (ex lambda1 = 270 nm, lambda2 = 325/315 nm, lambda3 = 350 nm) and from 347 nm excitation two emission peaks (415 and 520 nm), and no wavelength shifts were observed. Temperature and time of storage exert in general no significant effect on the development of fluorescence emission intensity and browning index. However, an important increase in pentodilysine was recorded-probably because of the iron and ascorbic acid contents of the samples-as well as in browning index in adapted IF. In both IF a color increase (deltaE) throughout storage was observed, this increase being greater in samples stored at 37 degrees C than in those stored at 20 degrees C. The increase in color with time fitted a linear regression model. Color appeared to be an indicator of sufficient sensitivity to measure the effect of temperature or storage time.  相似文献   

Compositional and moisture content effects on the biodegradability of zein/ethylcellulose films     

Romero-Bastida CA  Flores-Huicochea E  Martin-Polo MO  Velazquez G  Torres JA 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2004,52(8):2230-2235

The effect of moisture content and film composition on biodegradability is the focus of this study. Flexible films were first characterized for the effect on water sorption isotherms of relative humidity, temperature, zein content, and the addition of the plasticizers stearic acid, poly(ethylene glycol), or etoxylated ricine oil. Zein/ethylcellulose (EC) mixture films had a behavior between that for pure zein and EC films, which had the lowest water sorption. For films with plasticizer, the lowest water sorption at 25 degrees C was observed for those with stearic acid. Biodegradability of zein/EC films, evaluated using bacterial cultures selected for their zein proteolytic activity and isolated from a local solid waste landfill and a lagoon, showed no plasticizer effect even though its effect on moisture content was significant. Large differences were observed at different film zein concentration with the highest biodegradability for 100% zein. However, biodegradability did not mimic the water sorption behavior of zein/EC mixture films.  相似文献   

Fatal Babesia gibsoni infection in a dog from Spain     

Suarez ML  Espino L  Goicoa A  Fidalgo LE  Santamarina G 《The Veterinary record》2001,148(26):819-820

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Modulation of host immune responses by protozoal DNA   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Brown WC  Suarez CE  Shoda LK  Estes DM 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》1999,72(1-2):87-94

The pathology caused by acute Babesia bovis infection is similar to that seen in severe human malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum infection, which is related to dysregulated production of inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide (NO). We have observed induction of NO, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and inflammatory cytokines in macrophages by B. bovis. Furthermore, proliferation of lymphocytes from individuals never exposed to certain protozoal pathogens can be induced by crude protozoal parasite extracts. We have repeatedly observed stimulation of naive PBMC from cattle to antigenic extracts of Babesia bovis. Based on recent studies demonstrating the mitogenicity of bacterial and other non-vertebrate DNAs for murine B cells and macrophages, the mitogenic properties of B. bovis DNA were examined. B. bovis and E. coli DNAs induced proliferation of PBMC and purified B cells from non-exposed cattle. Stimulatory activity was reduced by DNase treatment and methylation with CpG methylase, indicating the presence of stimulatory non-methylated CpG motifs in the B. bovis genome. B. bovis and E. coli DNAs enhanced IgG secretion by cultured B cells, stimulating IgG1 and more strongly, IgG2. Several hexameric CpG immunostimulatory sequences (ISS) active for murine B cells were identified in an 11 kb fragment of B. bovis DNA. An oligodeoxyribonucleotide containing one of these (AACGTT), located in the rhoptry associated protein-1 (rap-1) open reading frame, stimulated B cell proliferation. These studies identify a potential mechanism by which protozoal parasites may modulate host immune responses, leading to consequences such as hypergammaglobulinemia and splenomegaly. These results also support the use of ISS as vaccine adjuvants to enhance Type 1 immune responses in cattle.  相似文献   

Evolution of avian influenza viruses   总被引：26，自引：0，他引：26  

Suarez DL 《Veterinary microbiology》2000,74(1-2):15-27

Although influenza viruses can infect a wide variety of birds and mammals, the natural host of the virus is wild waterfowl, shorebirds, and gulls. When other species of animals, including chickens, turkeys, swine, horses, and humans, are infected with influenza viruses, they are considered aberrant hosts. The distinction between the normal and aberrant host is important when describing virus evolution in the different host groups. The evolutionary rate of influenza virus in the natural host reservoirs is believed to be slow, while in mammals the rate is much higher. The higher rate of evolution in mammals is thought to be a result of selective pressure on the virus to adapt to an aberrant host species. Chickens and turkey influenza virus isolates have previously and incorrectly been lumped together with wild waterfowl, gull, and shorebird influenza viruses when determining rates of evolutionary change. To determine mutational and evolutionary rates of a virus in any host species, two primary assumptions must be met: first, all isolates included in the analysis must have descended from a single introduction of the virus, and second, the outbreak must continue long enough to determine a trend. For poultry, three recent outbreaks of avian influenza meet these criteria, and the sequences of the hemagglutinin and nonstructural genes were compared. Sequences from all three outbreaks were compared to an avian influenza virus consensus sequence, which at the amino acid level is highly conserved for all the internal viral proteins. The consensus sequence also provides a common point of origin to compare all influenza viruses. The evolutionary rates determined for all three outbreaks were similar to what is observed in mammals, providing strong evidence of adaptation of influenza to the new host species, chickens and turkeys.  相似文献   

Respiratory deficient Staphylococcus aureus as the aetiological agent of "abscess disease"     

R de la Fuente  G Suarez 《Zentralblatt für Veterin?rmedizin. Reihe B. Journal of veterinary medicine. Series B》1985,32(6):397-406

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Stable carbon isotope discrimination: an indicator of cumulative salinity and boron stress in Eucalyptus camaldulensis     

Poss JA  Grattan SR  Suarez DL  Grieve CM 《Tree physiology》2000,20(16):1121-1127

Saplings of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn. Clone 4544, irrigated with water of differing salinities (2 to 28 dS m-1) and boron concentrations (1 to 30 mg l-1), integrated the history of these stresses through the discrimination of stable isotopes of carbon in leaf and woody tissues. Carbon isotope discrimination (delta) was reduced primarily by salinity. Decreases in discrimination in response to boron stress were detected in the absence of salinity stress, but the decreases were significant only in leaf tissues with visible boron injury. Sapwood core samples indicated that salinity- and boron-induced reductions in delta increased with increasing tree age. Absolute values of delta varied with location of leaf or wood tissue, but relative effects of salinity on the relationship between delta and transpiration efficiency (W) were similar. In response to increasing salinity stress, relative decreases in delta paralleled relative decreases in biomass and both indices yielded similar salt tolerance model parameters. The strong correlations between delta, tree fresh weight, leaf area and W suggest that delta is a useful parameter for evaluating salt tolerance of eucalyptus  相似文献   

Evaluation of the capability of the PCV2 genome to encode miRNAs: lack of viral miRNA expression in an experimental infection     

Fernando Nú?ez-Hernández  Lester J Pérez  Gonzalo Vera  Sarai Córdoba  Joaquim Segalés  Armand Sánchez  José I Nú?ez 《Veterinary research》2015,46(1)

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