Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp., Verocytotoxic Escherichia coli,and Antibiotic Resistance in Indicator Organisms in Wild Cervids     

A Lillehaug  B Bergsj?  J Schau  T Bruheim  T Vik?ren  K Handeland 《Acta veterinaria Scandinavica》2005,46(1):23-32

Faecal samples were collected, as part of the National Health Surveillance Program for Cervids (HOP) in Norway, from wild red deer, roe deer, moose and reindeer during ordinary hunting seasons from 2001 to 2003. Samples from a total of 618 animals were examined for verocytotoxic E. coli (VTEC); 611 animals for Salmonella and 324 animals for Campylobacter. A total of 50 samples were cultivated from each cervid species in order to isolate the indicator bacterial species E. coli and Enterococcus faecalis/E. faecium for antibiotic resistance pattern studies. Salmonella and the potentially human pathogenic verocytotoxic E. coli were not isolated, while Campylobacter jejuni jejuni was found in one roe deer sample only. Antibiotic resistance was found in 13 (7.3%) of the 179 E. coli isolates tested, eight of these being resistant against one type of antibiotic only. The proportion of resistant E. coli isolates was higher in wild reindeer (24%) than in the other cervids (2.2%). E. faecalis or E. faecium were isolated from 19 of the samples, none of these being reindeer. All the strains isolated were resistant against one (84%) or more (16%) antibiotics. A total of 14 E. faecalis-strains were resistant to virginiamycin only. The results indicate that the cervid species studied do not constitute an important infectious reservoir for either the human pathogens or the antibiotic resistant microorganisms included in the study.  相似文献   

Vaccination experiments on pregnant mice with E. coli vaccines prepared from septicaemic and enteropathogenic strains of E. coli     

A Dam 《Acta veterinaria Scandinavica》1973,14(5):691-699

Experiments have been carried out with vaccination of pregnant mice against E. coli, followed by i.p. challenge of the offspring at one week of age.With a septicaemic strain the results were highly significant, and the method is therefore recommendable for testing of vaccines against such strains of E. coli.Results were less clear-cut with enteropathogenic strains of E. coli. However, with mortality rates of 40 to 45 % in baby mice born by non-vaccinated mothers and less than 15 % in baby mice born by vaccinated mothers, the difference in percentage mortality seems sufficient to warrant the use of the method also in the control of vaccines against enteropathogenic E. coli strains.  相似文献   

The Use of Faecal Progestin Measurements to Monitor Reproductive Activity in Mashona Cows in a Smallholder Farming Area of Zimbabwe     

Masunda B  Mutisi C  Hamudikuwanda H  Agumbah JG 《Tropical animal health and production》2002,34(4):309-318

The objectives of this study were to investigate the relationship between the concentrations of progesterone (P₄) in the peripheral circulation and progestins in the faeces of cows in a smallholder farming area and to monitor the ovarian activity of such cows. The study was carried out in Sanyati smallholder farming area, located 250 km southwest of Harare. Blood and faecal samples for P₄ and progestin determination, respectively, were obtained once a week from 35 Mashona type cows that belonged to farmers from three different villages. The cows were weighed once every month and all births were recorded. The concentrations of progestins in faeces and P₄ in plasma were positively correlated (r = 0.72, p<0.01). Most of the non-pregnant cows (65%) cycled during the rainy season. Most of those that were acyclic at this time were undergoing post-partum anoestrus. During the dry season, most cows (58%) became acyclic as forage became scarce and of poor quality. Thirty-two calves were born during the study period, mostly during the first or last two months of the year, when there was enough forage. The mean calving to first oestrus in 14 cows that recalved was 71±49 days. Eight of these 14 cows conceived again, the calving to conception interval being 173±94 days. The cows' liveweights were highest in April, at the end of the rainy season. By the end of the dry season, the cows had lost, on average, 15% of their peak weight.  相似文献   

Temporal patterns and quantification of excretion of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in sheep with Johne's disease     

Whittington RJ  Reddacliff LA  Marsh I  McAllister S  Saunders V 《Australian veterinary journal》2000,78(1):34-37

OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of excretion of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in Merino sheep with Johne's disease and to quantify excretion in a group of Merino sheep. DESIGN: A pen and laboratory experiment. PROCEDURE: Seven sheep selected from an affected flock on the basis of acid-fast bacilli in the sheep's faeces were housed and total daily faecal output was collected, weighed and subjected to culture for M avium subsp paratuberculosis. An end-point titration method was used to enumerate viable M avium subsp paratuberculosis in a 15 day pooled sample from five sheep that had acid-fast bacilli in their faeces while housed. RESULTS: Four sheep with subclinical multibacillary Johne's disease excreted M avium subsp paratuberculosis each day for 11 days of cultural observation. A further three sheep were intermittent excreters but lacked other evidence of infection with M avium subsp paratuberculosis. The average number of viable bacteria excreted was 1.09 x 10(8) per gram of faeces while total daily excretion was 8.36 x 10(10) viable M avium subsp paratuberculosis per sheep. Examination of faecal smears stained with Ziehl Neelsen was an unreliable means of assessing daily excretion in individual animals except in those with severe lesions. CONCLUSION: Excretion of M avium subsp paratuberculosis in Merino sheep with multibacillary Johne's disease occurred daily, proving that environmental contamination can be continuous on farms with endemic ovine Johne's disease. Faecal culture is a useful method for detecting infection as it does not appear to be affected by the timing of collection of a sample from sheep with multibacillary disease however, to maximise the sensitivity of disease surveillance using faecal culture, sampling rates should be adjusted to take account of the proportions of multibacillary and paucibacillary cases.  相似文献   

猪体恩诺沙星内服和肌注途径给药排泄规律的比较     

陈红陈杖榴  曾振灵武力 叶得河 《中国兽医科技》2006,36(7):583-586

给10头猪分别按体重5mg／kg单剂量内服和肌注恩诺沙星，采集自然排泄的猪粪、尿，用高效液相一荧光法测定恩诺沙星及其代谢产物环丙沙星浓度，计算采样间隔内单位时间药物排泄量占给药量的比例，比较2种不同给药途径原形药物和环丙沙星的排泄规律。结果显示，2种给药途径对恩诺沙星和环丙沙星总排泄量的影响不显著，仅对药物排泄量与时间之间的关系产生影响；2种给药途径的试验猪粪样中恩诺沙星的排泄量均高于尿样；内服与肌注给药后96h内，粪和尿中检出的环丙沙星分别占给药量的3．93％和4．02％，累积排泄的恩诺沙星和环丙沙星之和分别占给药量的9．89％（内服）和9．57％（肌注）。  相似文献   

Digestibility, faeces recovery, and related carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus balances of five feed ingredients evaluated as fishmeal alternatives in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L.     

Oliver Schneider  Abdul K Amirkolaie  Jordi Vera-Cartas  Ep H Eding  Johan W Schrama  & Johan A J Verreth 《Aquaculture Research》2004,35(14):1370-1379

This study shows that alternatives for fishmeal in a fish diet affect not only fish growth but also faeces stability and nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) waste production. Wheat gluten diet (WGD), soybean meal extract diet (SBE), soybean meal diet (SBM), duckweed diet (DWD) and single‐cell protein diet (SCP) were evaluated as a fishmeal replacement on a 15% weight weight^?1 basis in tilapia diets. Fishmeal replacement affected dry matter (dm), protein, ash and P digestibility significantly. Faeces recovery (6.8–11.2%) was not significantly affected, although the amount of non‐recovered faeces and total faeces showed significant differences. Duckweed diet and SCP resulted in the largest amounts of non‐recovered and total faeces (199–210, 224–225 g dm kg^?1 feed dm). Compared with fishmeal diet (FMD), the WGD and SBE resulted in similar growth, but higher non‐faecal N losses (471–495 vs. 416 g N kg^?1 N). Soybean meal diet, DWD and SCP resulted in lower growth but less non‐faecal loss (409–450 g N kg^?1 N). The DWD and FMD had the highest N retention (480 g N kg^?1 N) compared with the other diets (431–451 g N kg^?1 N). Carbon retention, faecal and non‐faecal losses and P retention were similar for all diets (302–358, 142–176 and 489–523g C kg^?1 C, 606–704 g P kg^?1 P). Phosphorus faecal loss was lower for all diets (329–381 g P kg^?1 P) than for the FMD (401 g P kg^?1 P).  相似文献   

Comparison of faecal collection method with high- and low-quality diets regarding digestibility and faeces characteristics measurements in Nile tilapia     

Abdolsamad K Amirkolaie  Saber A El-Shafai  Ep H Eding  Johan W Schrama  & Johan A J Verreth 《Aquaculture Research》2005,36(6):578-585

The need for unbiased digestibility estimation has led to the development of a number of faeces collection methods. However, there is still a large variation in apparent digestibility coefficient (ADC) of diet/ingredients between these methods. This study investigated the impact of dietary quality on ADC and faeces recovery measurements obtained by two faecal collection methods (Choubert and settling tank). The fish were fed five diets: a control diet as high‐quality diet, two levels of dried duckweed (20% and 40%) and two levels of fresh duckweed (20% and 40%), which were added to the control diet, as low‐quality diets. Apparent digestibility coefficient estimates were highly correlated (r>0.95) between both faecal collection methods. For all diets the ADC estimates were higher when using settling tanks compared with Choubert collectors. For the control diet differences in ADC between two collectors were small, but by inclusion of duckweed these differences increased. The recovery percentage of faeces was not correlated between both faecal collection methods (r=0.22, P=0.41). The estimated recovery percentage of faeces by settling tanks was about three times higher than by Choubert. In conclusion, the differences in ADC and faeces recovery measured by two faecal collection methods depend on diet quality.  相似文献   

纸膜覆盖水稻种植技术节水控草的效果   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

任文涛  辛明金  林静  包春江  王瑞丽  李宝筏 《沈阳农业大学学报》2002,33(6):439-442

采用再生纸、农用纸和牛皮纸作为水稻种植的覆盖材料，研究了纸膜覆盖在水稻乳芽直播和插秧等不同种植工艺条件下的节水和控制杂草效果。研究结果表明：纸膜覆盖对水稻生产过程中的节水和杂草密度控制有明显的作用，并对保护生态环境和生产有机稻米有重要意义，为纸膜覆盖水稻种植工艺的机械化奠定了农艺基础。  相似文献   

C signature of CO₂ evolved from incubated maize residues and maize-derived sheep faeces     

S.M. Kristiansen  M. Brandt  E.M. Hansen  B.T. Christensen 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2004,36(1):99-105

Analyses of the spatial and temporal variations in the natural abundance of ¹³C are frequently employed to study transformations of plant residues and soil organic matter turnover on sites where long continued vegetation with the C₃-type photosynthesis pathway has been replaced with a C₄-type vegetation (or vice versa). One controversial issue associated with such analyses is the significance of isotopic fractionation during the microbial turnovers of C in complex substrates. To evaluate this issue, C₃-soil and quartz sand were amended with maize residues and with faeces from sheep feed exclusively on maize silage. The samples were incubated at 15 °C for 117 days (maize residues) or 224 days (sheep faeces). CO₂ evolved during incubation was trapped in NaOH and analysed for C isotopic contents. At the end of incubation, 63 and 50% of the maize C was evolved as CO₂ in the soil and sand, respectively, while 32% of the faeces C incubated with soil and with sand was recovered as CO₂. Maize and faeces showed a similar decomposition pattern but maize decomposed twice as fast as faeces. The δ¹³C of faeces was 0.3‰ lower than that of the maize residue (δ¹³C −13.4‰), while the δ¹³C of the C₃-soil used for incubation was −31.6‰. The δ¹³C value of the CO₂ recovered from unamended C₃-soil was similar or slightly lower (up to −1.5‰) than that of the C₃-soil itself except for an initial flush of ¹³C enriched CO₂. The δ¹³C values of the CO₂ from sand-based incubations typically ranged −15‰ to −17‰, i.e. around −3‰ lower than the δ¹³C measured for maize and faeces. Our study clearly demonstrates that the decomposition of complex substrates is associated with isotopic fractionation, causing evolved CO₂ to be depleted in ¹³C relative to substrates. Consequently the microbial products retained in the soil must be enriched in ¹³C.  相似文献   

新鲜牛粪便中食线虫真菌的分离和鉴定   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2  

秦泽荣  缪作清  李美子  刘杏忠  王金洛 《中国兽医学报》2001,21(1):58-59

从78个新鲜牛粪样中分离到4株食线虫真菌（nematophagous fungi)，通过对其菌丝体、孢子、捕食器官等的形态学观察、测定，2株鉴定为节丛孢属（Arthrobotrys)的寡孢节丛孢菌（A.oligospora)，1株为指状节丛孢菌（A.dactyloides),1株为圆锥状节丛孢菌（A.conoides)。  相似文献