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24 February 2010, Volume 41 Issue 2
遗传繁育
Expression Changes of Genes Related to Adipose Deposition during Postnatal Development of Backfat in Landrace and Meishan Pigs
ZHANG Kai;GU Yiren;LIU Aijing;JIANG Anan;SHUAI Surong;LI Mingzhou;LI Xuewei
2010, 41(2):  129-134.  doi:
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To investigate the differential expression patterns of genes related to adipose deposition between Landrace (a leaner, Western breed) and Meishan pigs (a fatty, indigenous, Chinese breed). The expression changes of stearoylCoA desaturease(SCD),cytoplasmic malic enzyme(ME1)and uncoupling protein 3(UCP3)genes were measured in two pig breeds at five growth stages (30,60,90,120 and 150 days) by using qRTPCR approach. The results showed that the similar expression pattern of SCD mRNA was observed except from 90 to 120 days between the two pig breeds. Expression change of ME1 mRNA was similar between two pig breeds from 30 to 120 days, but the opposite expression pattern was exhibited during 120 to 150 days. Expression changes of UCP3 mRNA in two pig breeds were opposite except from 120 to 150 days. These results suggested that the mRNA level of SCD, ME1 and UCP3 genes in backfat tissue are different in postnatal developmental stages between Landrace and Meishan pigs, which provided some data for further study on the three genes for elucidating the molecular mechanism of fat deposition.
Molecular Cloning and Function Study on Induction of Type I Interferon of Porcine Retinoblastomainhibiting Gene I
WANG Dang ;;FANG Liurong ;;MEI Xiaowei ;;XIE Lilan ;;CHEN Huanchun ;;XIAO Shaobo ;
2010, 41(2):  135-140.  doi:
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This experiment was conducted to study the structural characterization of porcine RIGI (poRIGI) and its role in type I interferon signal pathway. The full length cDNA of poRIGI was amplified from porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) by RTPCR. The eukaryotic expression vector of poRIGI fulllength and the mutated poRIGI were constructed, respectively. The role of poRIGI in the induction of type I interferon was investigated by using IFNβ, IRF3 and NFκB luciferase reporter system. The results showed that the open reading frame of poRIGI is 2 832 bp encoding 943 amino acids. The putative poRIGI protein exhibited identity with the corresponding sequences of platypus, rat, mouse, monkey, chimpanzee, human, horse and cattle ranging from 53.2% to 83.2%. Overexpression of the fulllength poRIGI significantly induced the expression of IFNβ by activating transcription factors NFκB and IRF3. The mutant CARD lacking poRIG1 was not capable of activating downstream signals and inhibited poly(I:C)mediated IFNβ production. These results indicate that poRIGI is a pattern recognition receptor in innate immune system of pig and plays an important role in the induction of type I interferon.
cDNA Cloning, Sequence Analysis and Tissue Expression of Bovine ATGL Gene
CUI Huanhuan;ZAN Linsen;WANG Hongbao;LIU Hongyu
2010, 41(2):  141-146.  doi:
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This study was carried out to obtain and analyze sequence of bovine ATGL gene, and to reveal the expression of ATGL mRNA in bovine different tissues. According to the related cDNA sequences of other species ATGL found in the GenBank, the primers of bovine ATGL gene was obtained. The ATGL complete coding sequences in bovine adipose tissue by RTPCR were obtained and the structure of the bovine ATGL gene was analyzed by bioinformatics methods. The mRNA content was tested in heart, lung, rumen, fat, small intestine, testicle, kidney, pancreas, spleen, liver and muscle tissues of cattle. The results showed that bovine ATGL coding sequence contains 1 461 bp, which encodes 486 amino acids. Bovine ATGL gene exhibited the greatest homology to that of swine (87.5%), but the lowest to that of mouse (82.4%). ATGL protein contains a Patatin domain. Bovine ATGL gene was highly expressed in the fat and rumen and was not detected in testicle. The ATGL gene is conservative in the course of animal evolution, and they have approximate biological function in different animals. The expression level of ATGL mRNA is tissue specific.
Forecast of Heterosis of Imported Meat Sheep by Genetic Polymorphism of Microsatellite DNA
LIU Jianbin;LI Fadi;DU Lixin;WANG Fan
2010, 41(2):  147-154.  doi:
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The polymorphisms of microsatellite DNA in different sheep breeds were detected to forecast the heterosis of local breed crossed with imported mutton sheep. Polymorphism information contents, number of effective alleles, heterozygosity and genetic distances were analyzed in four introduced mutton sheep and three local sheep breeds by 23 microsatellite loci, the crossing effects of three local sheep breeds and four imported mutton sheep breeds were tested respectively. The results indicated that there were abundant genetic polymorphisms at 23 microsatellite loci in seven sheep breeds, 348 alleles were detected in total, the average allele number of one locus was 15, the polymorphism information content of different loci was from 0.532 1 to 0.936 1, the number of effective alleles was from 2.572 8 to 9.345 8, the average heterozygosity was from 0.549 2 to 0.936 0, and the average heterozygosity of breeds was from 0.714 2 to 0.829 5. 23 microsatellite loci could be used for genetic diversity evaluation in sheep breeds. Among different breeds, the genetic variability of Poll Dorset was highest, while Smalltail Han sheep was lowest in seven sheep breeds. By the analysis of genetic correlationship, four imported mutton sheep mated with Smalltail Han sheep and Mongolian sheep and Tan sheep, respectively, the order of heterosis degree was WhiteSuffolk, Borderdale, Poll Dorset and Texel in turn, which accorded with testing results of actual heterosis. It is feasible to forecast the heterosis of Smalltail Han sheep, Mongolian sheep and Tan sheep respectively crossing with imported mutton sheep by genetic polymorphism of microsatellite DNA, and the results will have an important applied value and directive significance for sheep breeding in future.
Association of the Polymorphism in Intron1 of AFABP Gene with the Content ofIntramuscular Fat and Serum Triglyceride in Ducks
ZHANG Haibo;XU Qi;ZHANG Yiyu;DUAN Xiujun;SUN Li;CHEN Guohong
2010, 41(2):  155-161.  doi:
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This experiment was conducted to study the association of the polymorphism of partial Adipocyte Fatty AcidBinding Protein (AFABP) gene with the content of intramuscular fat and serum Triglyceride in ducks. A pair of primers Pin1 was designed according to the sequences of AFABP gene mRNA in duck and AFABP gene in chicken to amplify duck intron1 of AFABP gene, then 4 pairs of primers were designed according to the cloned gene. The SNPs were detected by PCRSSCP, confirmed by sequencing, then the association of polymorphism of AFABP gene with the content of intramuscular fat and serum Triglyceride was studied. The results indicated that the product by Pin1 included partial exon1, exon2 and complete intron1 of AFABP gene after clone and sequence, and homologous comparison was done between duck and chicken AFABP gene, which showed the homology was 75.1%. Three and six nucleotide mutations were found in the products by primer P1 and P3, respectively, which resulted in three and eight genotypes, respectively. The results of ChiSquare test showed that Cherry Valley duck and Sumu duck deviated from the HardyWeinberg equilibrium (P<0.01) except Jingding duck in P1 locus, and all of the three groups fit with it in P3 locus (P>0.05) , while the distribution of them was different in various groups (P<0.05 or P<0.01) at the same time. The least square analysis showed that the content of IMF and TG were significant difference in different groups (P<0.05), but the content of IMF had no significant difference between genotypes in P1 and P3 (P>0.05), only content of TG had significant difference in various genotypes in P3 and the ducks with CD genotype had higher content of TG than those with other genotypes (P<0.05). These results suggested that polymorphism in intron1 of AFABP gene have certain effect on TG content, also indicated that it needs further study to get a conclusion if these SNPs can influence the intramuscular fat trait in duck.

Correlation Analysis between Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of the IL1βGene and IL1 Content in Serum in Three Chicken Breeds
WANG Cunbo;CHANG Guobin;XU Qi;WANG Kehua;LEI Lili;ZHOU Qiong;LIAO Jing;CHEN Rong;HU Guoshun;GONG Linlin;CHEN Guohong
2010, 41(2):  162-166.  doi:
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The aim of the present study was to detect single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in some areas of IL1β gene of chicken to find genetic marker influencing on IL1 content in serum. Two pairs of primers were designed according to the sequence of IL1β gene of red jungle fowls, and the SNP of Rugao chicken(RG), Wenchang chicken(WC), and Anka chicken(AK) were analysed by PCRSSCP, meanwhile, the IL1 content in serum were detected at 56 days with reagent kit by ELISA. The results showed that the IL1 content in serum of AK was significantly higher than that of RG(P<0.01) and WC(P<0.001). The mutation were found at four sites in all three breeds, and they were mutation G→A at 476 site, mutation T→C at 482 site, mutation C→T at 1 215 site and mutation T→C at 1 507 site. Then, the correlation between polymorphic sites and content of IL1 were analysed, and only 1 215 site had relationship with IL1 content in serum, which showed that chicken with TT genotype had significantly higher IL1 content in serum than those with CC genotype. This study indicated that the 1 215 polymorphic site could be a genetic marker for IL1content in serum.
Effects of VEGF on the Ultrastructure of Ovine Oocytes Cultured in Vitro
CAO Xin;ZHAO Youzhang;LUO Hailing;SHI Guoqing
2010, 41(2):  167-173.  doi:
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Agricultural University, Beijing 100193,China;3.College of Animal Science & Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China;4. Xinjiang Academy of Agriculture and Reclamation Science, Shihezi 832000,China
Human recombinant VEGF165 was employed at 5 ng·mL-1 in maturation media (TCM199+ bovine serum albumin, BSA) to investigate the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on ultrastructure change of the ovine oocytes maturation in vitro in this study. The results showed that the development and change of microvilli on the surface of oocytes could be affected by VEGF in the maturation media. VEGF could promote the oocytes absorbing nutrient substance and their communication. There was no significant effect of VEGF on the temporal and spatial translocation or change of Golgi in ovine oocytes undergoing in vitro maturation. There were many mitochondria with “cap” in the oocytes cytoplasm. The development and transfer of mitochondria was effected by VEGF. There were no significant effects of VEGF on the accumulation of cytoplasmic lipid droplet, but VEGF could avoid the integration of many droplets into bigger ones.
动物营养
Effects of Group Size and Toys on Production Performance and Stress Level in Growing Pigs
YANG Wei;SHI Jianzhong;GU Xianhong;HU Huawei
2010, 41(2):  174-179.  doi:
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To determine the effects of group size and toys on production performance and stress level in growing pigs, six hundreds and fortyeight White×Landrace female growers with similar initial weight (26.32±0.98) kg and age were randomly allocated into four groups by two factor design of group size (18 and 54 pigs·pen-1) and toys (no provided and provided) for 35 days. For all the trial pigs, space allowance was 0.96 m2·pig-1, with one drinker per 9 pigs and 7.8 cm feeder allowance per pig. The result showed that the production performance was not different among all the treatments (P>0.05). Over the entire period of the trial, large groups had less pollution proportion of the pens than that of small groups (P<0.05).Toys decreased saliva cortisol concentration at day 3 of the trial (P<0.01). Neutrophil: lymphocyte ratios (N/L) also differed and the pigs with large-group or toys had low N/L value (P<0.01, P<0.05). It was concluded that large group or toys could reduce stress level and improve welfare to some extent with no difference in production performance in the pigs, and that large group also decreased the polluted proportion of the pens.
Effects of Maternal Dehydroepiandrosterone on Lipid Metabolism Parameters and Muscle Quality of the Offspring AA Broilers
ZHANG Yuting;MIAO Jinfeng;HUANG Guoqing;MA Haitian;ZOU Sixiang
2010, 41(2):  180-187.  doi:
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In order to study the effects of maternal dehydroepiandrosterone(DHEA) on lipid metabolism parameters and muscle quality of the offspring AA broilers. AA broiler breed were randomly divided into three equal groups (25 broilers per group), all broilers were offered the same basal diet with added DHEA at levels of 0 (control), 25 and 50 mg·kg1. Eggs were collected after DHEAtreatment and incubated at 38.5 ℃ with a relative humidity of 60%. Onehundred and eighty (180) offspring AA broilers were divided into 0 (control), 25 and 50 mg·kg1 according to the doses at the diet of maternal DHEA, and each group was assigned to 1 of 3 treatments. Broilers in each group were kept in three pens (20 broilers per pen). At the conclusion of the experiment, chickens were weighed individually at 21 days to determine final body weight. After the broilers were slaughtered, gender was identified, abdominal fat and liver were collected, blotted dry and weighed. Blood samples were taken and retained for subsequent analysis. The results showed that maternal DHEA could significantly decreased the daily feed intake/daily gain of offspring broilers(P<0.01), as compared with the control group, however that no significantly difference on the daily gain and daily feed intake (P>0.05). Male offspring broilers fed with 50 mg·kg1 of maternal DHEA could significantly increased the content of blood glucose(P<0.01), nonesterified fatty acid(P<0.05), high density lipoproteincholesterol (P<0.05) in serum and decreased the content of triglycerides in the liver(P<0.01) than that at the control, but have no effect on the content of triglycerides and total cholesterol in the serum; also, male offspring broilers fed with maternal DHEA have no effect on the level of T3, T4, glucagon and leptin, but offspring broilers fed with 25 mg·kg1 maternal DHEA could significantly increased the ratio of T3/T4(P<0.05). As for female offspring broilers fed with maternal DHEA, 25 mg·kg1 DHEA could significantly increased the content of blood glucose(P<0.01), high density lipoproteincholesterol(P<0.05), and T4(P<0.01), at the same time, decreased the the ration of T3/T4(P<0.05); 50 mg·kg1 DHEA could significantly increased the content of triglycerides, total cholesterol, nonesterified fatty acid and blood glucose in serum than that at the control(P<0.01). Male offspring broilers fed with maternal DHEA could significantly increase the breast and thigh muscle weight percentage but have no effect on the female offspring broilers. Offspring broilers fed with maternal DHEA could decreased the diameter of leg muscle fiber(P<0.01) and breast muscle fiber(P<0.05),also, it could increased the density of leg muscle fiber(P<0.01) and breast muscle fiber (P<0.01)than that at the control. The results indicate that maternal DHEA could reduce the fat deposition and improve the muscle quality in the offspring broilers.
Changes of Plasma Proteins in Transition Dairy Cows Based on 2DE Combination with Mass Spectrometry
YANG Yongxin;WANG Jiaqi;BU Dengpan;ZHANG Leying;LI Shanshan;ZHANG Chunlin;ZHOU Lingyun
2010, 41(2):  188-192.  doi:
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The mechanism of immune system suppression was investigated in transition dairy cows. Changes of plasma proteins on the 21 d before calving, on the 1 d and 21 d after calving were separated by twodimensional electrophoresis providing a platform for parallel analysis. After visualization proteins with SYPRO ruby, differentially expressed proteins were analyzed by ImageMaster 2D Platinum 6.0 software, and identified by HPLC equipped with ion trap mass spectrometer. The result showed that transthyretin was downregulated on the 1 d after calving, while haptoglobin and alpha1 acid glycoprotein were upregulation, with a much larger and more abrupt variation at parturition, comparative with the 21 d prepartum and postpartum; the expression abundance of apolipoprotein AⅠ increased on the 21 d postpartum compared to prepartum and at parturition. These proteins were involved in acutephase response, transport and metabolism. The findings may provide valuable information for the exploring of the decreased immune function during the transition dairy cows.
预防兽医
Isolation and the Fulllength Genome Sequencing of Subgroup J Avian Leukosis Virus ZH08 Isolate Associated with Hemangioma
ZHANG Xiaotao;SHI Weiwei;LIU Hongbo;ZHANG Henan;LIAO Ming;XIN Chaoan;CAO Weisheng
2010, 41(2):  193-199.  doi:
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A subgroup J avian leukosis virus(ALVJ), designated as ZH08, was isolated from broiler breeder flock with a novel hemangioma case in Guangdong Province. The identified results of ELISA test, PCR and immunofluorescence assay (IFA) specific for ALVJ, were all positive. Based on the public fulllength proviral genome sequence of ALVJ prototype strain HPRS103, three pairs of primers were synthesized, and the fulllength proviral genome of ZH08 isolate was sequenced by the method of fragment amplification. The fulllength proviral genome sequence of ZH08 isolate is 7 597 bp, its size has a little difference from that of published fulllength genome sequences, but its structure corresponds with typical retroviral genome structure for completely copy ability, the known oncogenes were not included in its genome. According to the gp85 sequence comparison of ZH08 isolate with those of the other reference strains at home and abroad, the similarity with YZ9901 isolate was the highest(93.7%). Phylogenetic analysis based on gp85 gene showed that ZH08 isolate had the closest linkage to SD07LK1 isolate. This study provide the basis of biological characteristics and pathogenesis research of ZH08 isolate.
Pathogenicity of Cryptosporidium baileyi Isolates Derived from Different Poultry Hosts in Quail
GAO Gengqu;QI Meng;WANG Yan;XU Lina;WANG Rongjun;HUANG Lei;ZHANG Sumei;JIAN Fuchun;NING Changshen;ZHANG Longxian
2010, 41(2):  200-207.  doi:
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This experiment was conducted to explore the pathogenicity variance of Cryptosporidium baileyi isolates derived from different poultry hosts in quails. The chickenderived, duckderived, quailderived, White Java sparrowderived, and ostrichderived C. baileyi isolates were inoculated to 10dayold quails respectively and the pathogenicity was observed by microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. Diarrhea and the symptom of respiratory passage were shown, and the patent period of oocyst shedding was 1118 days. The development stages were found to localize in the throat, trachea, bursa of Fabricius and cloacal chamber. In the duckderived C. baileyi infected group, the morbidity and mortality were 82.5% and 25%, respectively. Likewise, the morbidity and mortality were 77.5% and 12.5% in Zhengzhou chickenorigin C. baileyi infected group, 37.5% and 17.5% for the quailorigin infected group. The present results suggest that there was pathogenicity variance in quails using C.baileyi isolates derived from different hosts, and the intensity of pathogenicity variance was corresponding to different C. baileyi isolates.
Preparation of AntiTSOL18 Monoclonal Antibodies and Their Effect on Taenia solium Oncospheres
GUO Aijiang;WU Run;JIA Wanzhong;LIU Bin;YAN Hongbin;LUO Xuenong;CAI Xuepeng
2010, 41(2):  208-213.  doi:
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MAbs against Taenia solium TSOL18 were prepared and their in vitro effect on oncospheres was analyzed. TSOL18 expressed in Pichia pastoris was purified with Sephadex G100; mAbs were prepared by hybridoma technique using purified TSOL18 as an immunogen; Antigen epitopes were tested by ELISA adding test; Specificity and titer of the mAbs was determined using indirect ELISA; The effect of the mAbs on oncospheres was tested by in vitro oncosphereskilling test. Twelve hybridoma cell lines were obtained stably secreting TSOL18 mAbs, and two different recognized epitopes were identified. Their antibody titers were 102 and 106 in the ascites, respectively, and two of monoclonal antibodies interacted with the TSOL18 specifically. In vitro oncosphereskilling test showed that the structure and margin of the oncospheres are vague after treating with antibody and complements for six days. Results proved that the TSOL18 mAbs have some killing effect on T. solium oncospheres.
Research on the Effects of Manganism on Hepatic Cytochrome P450 Enzyme System and the Transcription Level of CYP2H1 mRNA in Cocks
TANG Hongpeng;BI Mingyu;CHEN Lei;ZHANG Wen;YU Xianyi;XU Shiwen
2010, 41(2):  214-219.  doi:
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of manganese on the hepatic cytochrome P450 enzyme system in cocks. 400 fiftyday old Hyline brown cocks were randomly divided into four groups. The cocks in four groups were respectively fed with the basal diet containing 0, 600, 900 and 1 800 mg·kg1 MnCl2 to establish the subchronic manganism model. After 30, 60 and 90day treatment, the livers in every group were collected to detect the activity of microsomal cytochrome P450 enzyme system and the transcription level of CYP2H1 gene. The contents of cytochrome P450 and b5, the activities of aminopyrinNdemethylase(AND) and aniline4hydroxylase(AH) were gradually declined with the increase of manganese in diet. The high dose group was significantly lower than the control group while there were no difference between the low and middle dose group and the control group. There were no markedly changes in the activities of NADPHcytochrome C reductase(CR) and erythromycinNdemethylase(ERND). The activity of CR declined at 30 and 60 d, but increased at 90 d. Besides, the CR activity of the high dose group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P<0.01). The activity of ERND increased at 30 d but no markedly tendency appeared at 60 and 90 d. The ERND activity in the high dose group was significantly higher than that in the low dose group(P<0.01). The transcription level of CYP2H1 mRNA in the low dose and high dose group at 30 d, the middle dose group at 60 d, and the low dose group at 90 d were higher than that in the control group. The transcription level of CYP2H1 mRNA in other treatment groups were lower than that in the control group. These results indicated that manganism could significantly changes the activities of microsomalcytochrome P450s and the transcription level of CYP2H1 mRNA.

基础兽医
Effect of Dietary High Copper on the Antioxidase Activities of Brain Tissue in Chickens
LI Min;CUI Wei;PENG Xi;BAI Caimin;CUI Hengmin
2010, 41(2):  220-223.  doi:
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The experiment was conducted to examine the effect of dietary high copper on the antioxidase activities of brain tissue in chickens. 360 onedayold Avian chickens were randomly divided into six groups and fed with the diets supplemented with 10.89 ( control ) ,100 (high copper groupⅠ),200(high copper groupⅡ),400 (high copper group Ⅲ), 600 (high copper group Ⅳ), and 800(high copper groupⅤ) mg Cu per kilogram for six weeks, respectively. 5 chickens of each group were killed and their brain samples were collected at the 14, 28, 42 days. The activities of cholinesterase(CHE), catalase(CAT), monoamine oxidase(MAO), cuprozincsuperoxide dismutase(CuZnSOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) were detected. Compared with the control group, the activities of CHE and CAT were significantly lower(P<0.01) and the activity of MAO was significantly higher(P<0.01 or P<0.05) in high copper groups Ⅱ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ and V. The activities of CuZnSOD and GSHPx were lower in high copper groups Ⅲ,Ⅳ and V than those in control group(P<0.01). The results showed that 400800 mg·kg1dietary copper could depress the activities of antioxidase in brain tissue, and the antioxygen function of brain tissue was decreased.
Histochemical Study on the Distribution of Mature Melanocytes in Skin of Alpaca (Lama pacos) with Different Coat Colors
JIANG Junbing;DONG Changsheng;HE Junping
2010, 41(2):  229-233.  doi:
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Alpaca (Lama pacos) is one of the domestic animals with the most abundant coat colors. This experiment was conducted to observe the distribution of mature melanocytes in skin of alpacas with different coat colors, hope to explain the cytologic basis for coat color genesis of alpaca. Tissue samples were surgically seperated from two mature alpacas, one with natural white coat color and one with pigmented coat color, at fullhairing stage. Paraffin sections were prepared conventionally. Dopa staining, toluidine blue staining and dopatoluidine blue staining were excuted to obtain the visible information about hair follicles and mature melanocytes distribution. The results showed that the mature melanocytes distributed both in skin with natural white and pigmented coat color. But the melanocytes distribution showed significantly regional difference. In pigmented coat color skin, the mature melanocytes distributed at the transient portion of hair root, a few in permanent portion of hair root and epidermis. In natural white coat color skin, the mature melanocytes mainly distributed in epidermis, a little in transient portion and a few in permanent portion of hair root. These results indicated that: 1) The coat colors genesis of alpacas is determined by the amounts of mature melanocytes distributed in transient portion of hair root. 2) The mature melanocytes distributed in hair follicles or epidermis execute different function and could ascribe different endoregulation system.
Multilocus Sequence Typing for Molecular Typing of Campylobacter coli from Poultry Meat
WANG Xin;ZHOU Ting;MENG Jiang-hong
2010, 41(2):  234-239.  doi:
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To determine the phenotypic and genotypic resistance of campylobacter coli(C.coli) isolates from poultry meat, 54 C.coli isolates from retail poultry meat were phenotyped for ciprofloxacin(CIP),erythromycin(ERY),doxycycline(DOX) and gentamicin(GEN) by agar dilution method, and were genotyped by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Within the 54 C.coli isolates,resistance only to CIP,ERY and DOX were respectively 16.7% ,16.7% and 42.6%, 18.5% of the isolates were resistant to two or three antimicrobial agents,whereas none of the isolates were resistant to GEN.MLST analysis of 54 isolates identified 38 alleles and 26 STs, including 1 new allele and 8 new STs.26 STs revealed ST828 clonal complexes, ST1150 clonal complexes and 5 STs not assigned clonal complexes in the international databases at http://pubmlst.org/campylobacter/. ST828 clonal complexs were predominant(83.3%,45 isolates). MLST did not group the isolates by their resistance and susceptibility to these four antimicrobial agents. These results indicated that resistance to ciprofloxacin, erythromycin and doxycycline were found in C. coli from poultry meat, and ST828 clonal complex was mainly clonal complex in poultry meat. There was no linear relationships between the resistance and susceptibility to these four antimicrobial agent and ST clonal or ST clonal complexs.

研究简报
Development of Liquichip Technique to Detect Four Insectborne Disease Virus Rapidly
ZHAN Aijun;WANG Xinwei;LU Tikang ;CHEN Shukun;SUN Jie;CHEN Bing;ZENG Shaoling;HUA Qunyi
2010, 41(2):  240-245.  doi:
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The aim is to develop liquichip technique to detect infection of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus of deer (EHDV), akabane virus (AKV), bluetongue virus (BTV), and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). The VP7 gene of EHDV, N gene of AKV, VP7 gene of BTV and NP gene of VSV in the GenBank were analyzed by using the software DNAStar 5.0. Specific gene probes of all these four viruses labeled with biotin were prepared and coupled with fluorescencecoded microspheres. The probes were used for hybridization reaction to RTPCR products of the four viruses, and then the liquichip detection technique for detection of all these four viruses was established by using liquichip 200 to detect fluorescence signals in the reaction system. The results showed that this assay method displayed better specificity to RTPCR products of correspondent viruses and no response to that of other insectborne disease viruses when being used for detection. The sensitivity test indicated that the detecting limitation for the viruses could reach to 50100 TCID50. The rapidly high throughput liquichip detection technique to detect the four insectborne disease viruses was established, which provided a foundation and exploration for further research to detect other viruses with the same technique in animal husbandry.
Development and Preliminary Application of TaqMan Fluorescence Quantitative RTPCR Assay for Detection of Porcine Sapovirus
CHEN Yan;SHEN Quan;YANG Shixing;KANG Yanjun;HUA Xiuguo
2010, 41(2):  246-250.  doi:
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The primers and probes were designed and synthesized according to the conserved VP1 sequences of porcine Sapovirus (SaV), and a TaqMan fluorescence quantitative RTPCR assay were developed by optimizing the reaction conditions. Results showed that the fluorescence quantitative RTPCR assay could detect 16.1 copies·μL1 of plasmid DNA, while the sensitivity of the routine RTPCR was 1.61 ×103 copies·μL1. 216 stool samples were then detected by the established quantitative RTPCR assay, and the results were compared with that of routine RTPCR. It also showed that the sensitivity of established method was higher than that of the routine RTPCR. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that all of the 4 SaV strains we had identified belonged to GⅢ, and shared 100% nucleotide homology with another Shanghai porcine SaV strain (FJ387164). The TaqMan fluorescence quantitative PCR assay, which is more specific, sensitive and accurate, can be used for the epidemiological investigation and diagnosis of porcine SaV infection.
Subgroup J Avian Leukosis Viruses Isolated from Eggtype Chickens with Proventriculitis
SUN Shuhong;CHAI Jiaqian;WANG Bo;SUN Honglei;WANG Xiaoyun;CUI Zhizhong
2010, 41(2):  251-254.  doi:
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Subgroup J avian leukosis virus (ALVJ) was isolated from both provetriculus suspensions and blood samples of 9 in 10 laying hens only with proventriculitis, and coinfection of ALVJ with reticuloendotheliosis virus was also confirmed in 4 chickens. The gp85 genes of ALVJ isolates were amplified by PCR, sequenced and compared to 20 reference ALVJ strains. Sequence comparisons indicated that the provetriculus isolate had 978% identity with the HPPS103 strain isolated from white meattype chickens and 93.0% identity with SD07LK1 strain from eggtype chickens. The result demonstrated that ALVJ infection was common in some chickens with only proventriculus, further indicating the diversity of virus infections associated with proventriculitis. ALVJ may be take part in pathogenesis of provetriculitis in some chickens, but its pathogenic role needs to be further studied.