Molecular Evidence for Persistence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the Absence of Clinical Abnormalities in Horses after Recovery from Acute Experimental Infection

Background: Anaplasma phagocytophilum infects several mammalian species, and can persist in sheep, dogs, and calves. However, whether this organism persists in horses or induces long-term clinical abnormalities is not known.
Objectives: To evaluate whether A. phagocytophilum can persist in horses and to document clinical findings for 3 months after complete recovery from acute disease.
Animals: Five clinically normal adult horses that had recovered spontaneously from experimentally induced acute disease caused by a Swedish equine isolate of A. phagocytophilum .
Methods: Horses were monitored for up to 129 days post inoculation (PI) by daily clinical examination and at least alternate day blood sampling for evidence of A. phagocytophilum on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and blood smears. All horses were euthanized and underwent postmortem examination.
Results: All horses were periodically PCR positive after recovery from acute infection. Before day 66 PI 2 horses were persistently PCR negative whereas 3 horses were intermittently PCR positive. Subsequently, 4 of 5 horses were intermittently PCR positive, particularly after stress mimicking interventions. One animal was positive immediately before postmortem examination. Clinical abnormalities related to persistence of anaplasma were not observed. No specific changes were found at postmortem examination, and all sampled tissues from all horses were negative on PCR for A. phagocytophilum .
Conclusions and Clinical Importance: Infection with A. phagocytophilum can persist in the horse for at least 129 days. However, the continued presence of the organism is not associated with detectable clinical or pathological abnormalities.     

响应曲面法优化美拉德反应以制备蘑菇酪氨酸酶活性抑制组分

MRPs作为天然抗褐变剂,可抑制引起果蔬酶促褐变的酪氨酸酶的酶活。为进一步优化美拉德反应以制备酪氨酸酶活性抑制组分,本研究采用响应面法对MRPs制备工艺进行研究。在单因素实验基础上,确定美拉德反应初始pH、反应温度、反应时间、底物浓度比(糖∶氨基酸)4个因素,设计4因素5水平的二次回归中心组合试验。经响应面法分析,为方便实际操作,确定最佳工艺条件为:初始pH为2.94,反应时间为1.9 h,反应温度为110.09℃,底物浓度比(糖∶氨基酸)为0.57。经实验验证,得出结果与理论值相对误差较小,故采用二次回归中心组合设计得到的最优MRPs制备条件参数准确可靠。     

漂白胶贮存性质的研究(一报)——漂白胶脱氯反应的研究

本文通过测定脱氯程度不同的漂白胶样品的结合氯含量、热寿命、软化点和颜色,研究了漂白胶脱氯反应的性质,结合氯含量与热寿命的关系以及软化点和颜色的变化规律。发现漂白胶的脱氯反应是一级反应,分为两段,前一段的反应常数为后一段的四倍,说明一部分氯容易脱除,而另一部分则比较难,后者留在漂白胶中对贮存性影响不大。此研究结果为解决漂白胶贮存性差这一难题提供了理论依据和基本途径。通过测定一批样品在多年存放期间热寿命的变化,证实了本研究结论的正确性。     

Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus in Relation to Embryos Fertilized In Vitro

The association of bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) with embryos derived by in vitro fertilization from oocytes of experimentally infected heifers or oocytes/embryos exposed to the virus in vitro was investigated. Using a nested-PCR assay, proviral DNA of BIV was not detected in follicular fluid or in embryos derived from BIV-infected donors. In vitro exposure of oocytes to BIV during maturation or insemination with BIV-infected semen resulted in zona pellucida-intact embryos testing negative for BIV provirus. However, exposure of zona pellucida-free day-7 embryos to the virus resulted in a positive BIV assay for 28% of the batches of embryos, suggesting that the zona pellucida has a role in protecting against BIV infection. The presence of BIV in the IVF system had no apparent effect on the development of bovine embryos to the blastocyst stage.