A study was conducted to evaluate production performance of minks in growing-furring period with supplementing DL-Methinnine (Met) in low protein diet. Seventy healthy male minks were randomly divided into five grou...A study was conducted to evaluate production performance of minks in growing-furring period with supplementing DL-Methinnine (Met) in low protein diet. Seventy healthy male minks were randomly divided into five groups of 14 minks each. The minks were fed in five kinds of experiment diets (HP, LP, LP+M1, LP+M2 and LP+M3). The dietary protein levels, expressed as percentage of dry matter (DM), were 32% (high protein, HP) and 24% (low protein, LP). LP was supple- mented with Met 0.4% (M1), 0.8% (M2) and 1.2% (M3) DM. From mid of September to December 10, apparent digestibility of CP (crude pro- tein), N intake and urinary N excretion were decreased with declining dietary protein levels (p 〈 0.05) and N retained was the highest in treat- ment LP+M2. No significant difference was found in total serum protein (TP) and serum urea nitrogen (SUN) among all treatment groups (p 〉 0.05). Skin length of treatment HP and LP^M2 was higher than that of other groups (p 〈 0.05). Body length, skin weight, length of guard hair and under hair were not affected by different dietary protein levels (p〉0.05). The best performance could be observed in treatment LP+M2. In diet, 24% (DM) protein level with 1.54% Met supplementing was enough for minks during growing-farring period. Dietary protein lowered from 32% to 24% with supplementing Met in diets would result in a37.9% decrease in urinary N excretion. Furthermore, addition of Met in diets for minks would be beneficial in terms of reducing feed expenses and lessening nitrogen emissions to the environment.展开更多
[Objectives] The study aimed to identify the pathogen that causes diarrhea in minks. [Methods] Liver tissues were aseptically collected from dead minks with diarrhea. By bacterial isolation and culture,morphological o...[Objectives] The study aimed to identify the pathogen that causes diarrhea in minks. [Methods] Liver tissues were aseptically collected from dead minks with diarrhea. By bacterial isolation and culture,morphological observation,biochemical test and pathogenicity test,the isolated strain was identified as pathogenic E. coli. [Results]The pathogen causing diarrhea in minks was confirmed as a pathogenic E. coli strain. Drug sensitivity test indicated that the isolated pathogenic E. coli strain was highly sensitive to ceftazidime,cefotaxime,enrofloxacin,florfenicol and cephradine,moderately sensitive to ampicillin,ciprofloxacin,amikacin,doxycycline,lincomycin and gentamycin,and resistant to amoxycillin,neomycin,spectinomycin,polymyxin and penicillin. [Conclusions] This study provided reference for the prevention and control of abortion in female minks in Qinhuangdao region.展开更多
Dear Editor,Mink circovirus (MiCV), which is clustered in the genus Circovirus of the family Circoviridae, was first described in minks from farms in Dalian, China in 2013 (Lian et al.2014). The complete single-strand...Dear Editor,Mink circovirus (MiCV), which is clustered in the genus Circovirus of the family Circoviridae, was first described in minks from farms in Dalian, China in 2013 (Lian et al.2014). The complete single-stranded circular genome of the virus is 1,753 nucleotides long and contains two major open reading frames (ORFs), designated ORF1 (Rep gene)and ORF2 (Cap gene)(Lian et al. 2014;Ge et al. 2018).展开更多
Metallothionein (MT) has a great capacity of binding heavy metals showing an interesting connection with metal toxicology, as a biochemical marker for environmental metal pollution. Anino-exchange high per formance li...Metallothionein (MT) has a great capacity of binding heavy metals showing an interesting connection with metal toxicology, as a biochemical marker for environmental metal pollution. Anino-exchange high per formance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to isolate and quantitate MT in livers of minks which were contaminated with heavy metals. MT isoforms (MT-I and MT-II) were eluted at approximately 11.3 and 14.3 min respectively from a DEAE-5 PW anion-exchange column with a Tris-HCl buffer (0.01 -0.25 mol/L, pH 8.6) and detected by UV absorbance at 254 nm. The cadmium concentrations in mink liver MT elutkms were determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) . Obvious increase in liver MT-I concentration rather than liver MT-II was found when the minks were contaminated by feeding contaminated fish captured from the heavy metal-polluted river. The cadmium concentration in mink liver MT-I also increased to some extent as the contaminated level increased.展开更多
[ Objective] To clone exon 1 and its flanking sequences of MLPH gene from minks raised in western Liaoning region and to predict its structure. The study will provide a theoretical basis for breeding of colored mink. ...[ Objective] To clone exon 1 and its flanking sequences of MLPH gene from minks raised in western Liaoning region and to predict its structure. The study will provide a theoretical basis for breeding of colored mink. [Method] The exon 1 and its 5'-flanking sequences of MLPHgene were amplified from minks. SignalP 3.0 Server, ClustalX 1.83, Mega 4.1, TMHM 2.0, ProtComp v6.0 and other software were used for sequence analysis. [ Result] A 1 029-bp fragment was amplified with the expected size. As calculated with the Mega 4.1, the minks had the nearest genetic distance with rattus (0.540 5) and the farthest with human (0.655 2). Phylogenetic tree of mink was constructed. [ Conclusion] The mink MLPH gene encodes a secretory protein.展开更多
Inter-simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) analysis was applied to assess the genetic diversity within and among five populations of mink from Liaoning Province. A total of 20 primers were screened, five selected primers p...Inter-simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) analysis was applied to assess the genetic diversity within and among five populations of mink from Liaoning Province. A total of 20 primers were screened, five selected primers produced 35 discernible bands, with 30 (85.71%) being polymorphic, indicating high genetic diversity at the species level. The highest genetic diversity was observed in the brown mink population, whereas the lowest diversity was found in the standard-pitchy mink population. Based on genetic distance (1972), a dendrogram was constructed by using UPGMA algorithm, and five populations were divided into two major groups. Group I consisted of only the standard-pitchy mink population, and Group II included other four populations, in Group II, sapphire mink was close to brown mink population. The results of genetic differentiation indicated that the genetic differentiation degree between populations was lower and the genetic variation primarily came from within populations. This paper showed that ISSR technique was a reliable tool that could be used to study genetic diversity in the mink.展开更多
[Objective] This paper aimed to study the mechanism of diarrhea of mink caused by Escherichia coil [Method] Through the detection of K88 fimbriae gene of E. coli, cloning of gene fragments and identification, then PCR...[Objective] This paper aimed to study the mechanism of diarrhea of mink caused by Escherichia coil [Method] Through the detection of K88 fimbriae gene of E. coli, cloning of gene fragments and identification, then PCR amplification was used to detect adhesion factor K88 gene, which was connected to T-vector and transformed into competent cells, and positive clones were selected. [ Results] E. coli 078, 029 and 038 were isolated from organs and feces of mink died of diarrhea in 3 mink farms, respectively, the 3 serotypes of E. coliwere detected in carrying K88 fimbriae gene and 3 positive clones were screened, respectively. [ Conclusion] The E. coli causing mink diarrhea carry K88 fimbriae gene.展开更多
Self-biting disease occurred in most farmed fur animals in the world. The mechanism and rapid detection method of this disease has not been reported. We applied bulked sergeant analysis (BSA) in combination with RAP...Self-biting disease occurred in most farmed fur animals in the world. The mechanism and rapid detection method of this disease has not been reported. We applied bulked sergeant analysis (BSA) in combination with RAPD method to analyze a molecular genetic marker linked with self-biting trait in mink group. The molecular marker was converted into sequence-characterized amplified regions (SCAR) marker for rapid detection of this disease. A single RAPD marker A8 amplified a specific band of 263bp in self-biting minks, which was designated as SRA8-250, and non-specific band of 315bp in both self-biting and healthy minks. The sequences of the bands exhibited 75% and 88% similarity to Canis familiarizes major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II region and Macaca mulatta MHC class I region, respectively. A SCAR marker SCAR-A8 was designed for the specific fragment SRA8-250 and validated in 30 self-biting minks and 30 healthy minks. Positive amplification of SCAR-A8 was detected in 24 self-biting minks and 12 healthy minks. χ2 test showed significant difference (p〈0.01) in the detection rate between the two groups. This indicated that SRA8-250 can be used as a positive marker to detect self-biting disease in minks. Furthermore, the finding that self-biting disease links with MHC genes has significant implications for the mechanism of the disease.展开更多
There were 4 Acinetobacter lwoffii obtained from soil samples.The antimicrobial susceptibility of the strains to 16 antimicrobial agents was investigated using K-B method.Three isolates showed the multi-drug resistanc...There were 4 Acinetobacter lwoffii obtained from soil samples.The antimicrobial susceptibility of the strains to 16 antimicrobial agents was investigated using K-B method.Three isolates showed the multi-drug resistance.The presence of resistance genes and integrons was determined using PCR.The aadA 1,aac(3')-IIc,aph(3')-VII,aac(6')-Ib,sul2,cat2,floR,and tet(K)genes were detected,respectively.展开更多
This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary protein and fat levels on growth performance and serum biochemical parameters of male minks during the growing period. A total, of 90 healthy male minks...This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary protein and fat levels on growth performance and serum biochemical parameters of male minks during the growing period. A total, of 90 healthy male minks at the age of 60 d were randomly assigned into six groups with 15 replicates per group and one mink per replicate. The minks were fed six experimental diets with two protein levels (32% and 36% ) and three fat levels ( 10% , 20% and 30% ) for a 7-day preliminary period and then for 60-day experimental period. The results showed that the final body weight and average daily weight gain (ADWG) were significantly higher in low-protein, middle-fat group and low-protein, high-fat group than those in low-protein, low-fat group and high-protein, low-fat group (P 〈 0. O1 ). The final weight and ADWG were increased with dietary fat level increasing, and the two indices of 20% and 30% fat groups were significantly higher than those of 10% fat groups ( P 〈 0. O1 ). The ratio of feed intake to weight gain (F/G) in low-protein, high-fat group was the lowest, which was significantly lower than that in low- protein, low-fat group and high-protein, high-fat group (P 〈 0.05 ). Serum urea nitrogen (UN) in low-protein, high-fat group was significantly lower than that in other groups (P 〈 0. 01 ). Serum alanine transaminase (ALT) activity in 32% protein groups was significantly higher than that in 36% protein groups (P 〈 O. 05). Serum triglyceride (TG) content in low-protein, high-fat group and high-protein, high-fat group was significantly higher than that in low-protein, low-fat group and high-protein, low-fat groups (P 〈 0.05 ). Serum TG, total cholesterol (TCHO) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) contents increased with the increase in dietary fat level, and they were all the highest in low-protein, high-fat group. The growth performance and serum biochemical parameters of minks were not affected by the interaction between dietary protein and fat levels (P 〉 O. 05 ). Considering all the factors, when the dietary protein is 32% and the fat level is 20% to 30% under the condition of this experiment, the dietary protein and fat utilization rates are higher, and the male minks during the growing period can get a better growth performance.展开更多
The only known predictable aggregation of dwarf minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp.) occurs in the Australian offshore waters of the northern Great Barrier Reef in May-August each year. The identification ...The only known predictable aggregation of dwarf minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp.) occurs in the Australian offshore waters of the northern Great Barrier Reef in May-August each year. The identification of individual whales is required for research on the whales’ population characteristics and for monitoring the potential impacts of tourism activities, including commercial swims with the whales. At present, it is not cost-effective for researchers to manually process and analyze the tens of thousands of underwater images collated after each observation/tourist season, and a large data base of historical non-identified imagery exists. This study reports the first proof of concept for recognizing individual dwarf minke whales using the Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN).The “off-the-shelf” Image net-trained VGG16 CNN was used as the feature-encoder of the perpixel sematic segmentation Automatic Minke Whale Recognizer (AMWR). The most frequently photographed whale in a sample of 76 individual whales (MW1020) was identified in 179 images out of the total 1320 images provid-ed. Training and image augmentation procedures were developed to compen-sate for the small number of available images. The trained AMWR achieved 93% prediction accuracy on the testing subset of 36 positive/MW1020 and 228 negative/not-MW1020 images, where each negative image contained at least one of the other 75 whales. Furthermore on the test subset, AMWR achieved 74% precision, 80% recall, and 4% false-positive rate, making the presented approach comparable or better to other state-of-the-art individual animal recognition results.展开更多
基金supported by Special Fund for Public Welfare Technology Research of Agricultural Industry (200903014)
文摘A study was conducted to evaluate production performance of minks in growing-furring period with supplementing DL-Methinnine (Met) in low protein diet. Seventy healthy male minks were randomly divided into five groups of 14 minks each. The minks were fed in five kinds of experiment diets (HP, LP, LP+M1, LP+M2 and LP+M3). The dietary protein levels, expressed as percentage of dry matter (DM), were 32% (high protein, HP) and 24% (low protein, LP). LP was supple- mented with Met 0.4% (M1), 0.8% (M2) and 1.2% (M3) DM. From mid of September to December 10, apparent digestibility of CP (crude pro- tein), N intake and urinary N excretion were decreased with declining dietary protein levels (p 〈 0.05) and N retained was the highest in treat- ment LP+M2. No significant difference was found in total serum protein (TP) and serum urea nitrogen (SUN) among all treatment groups (p 〉 0.05). Skin length of treatment HP and LP^M2 was higher than that of other groups (p 〈 0.05). Body length, skin weight, length of guard hair and under hair were not affected by different dietary protein levels (p〉0.05). The best performance could be observed in treatment LP+M2. In diet, 24% (DM) protein level with 1.54% Met supplementing was enough for minks during growing-farring period. Dietary protein lowered from 32% to 24% with supplementing Met in diets would result in a37.9% decrease in urinary N excretion. Furthermore, addition of Met in diets for minks would be beneficial in terms of reducing feed expenses and lessening nitrogen emissions to the environment.
基金Supported by Project of Hebei Education Department(ZD2017234)Project of Science and Technology Bureau of Shijiazhuang(171500953A)Project of Science and Technology Bureau of Qinhuangdao(201602A046)
文摘[Objectives] The study aimed to identify the pathogen that causes diarrhea in minks. [Methods] Liver tissues were aseptically collected from dead minks with diarrhea. By bacterial isolation and culture,morphological observation,biochemical test and pathogenicity test,the isolated strain was identified as pathogenic E. coli. [Results]The pathogen causing diarrhea in minks was confirmed as a pathogenic E. coli strain. Drug sensitivity test indicated that the isolated pathogenic E. coli strain was highly sensitive to ceftazidime,cefotaxime,enrofloxacin,florfenicol and cephradine,moderately sensitive to ampicillin,ciprofloxacin,amikacin,doxycycline,lincomycin and gentamycin,and resistant to amoxycillin,neomycin,spectinomycin,polymyxin and penicillin. [Conclusions] This study provided reference for the prevention and control of abortion in female minks in Qinhuangdao region.
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFD0500103)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31772747)+2 种基金the Science and Technology Development Project of Jilin Province (No. 20170623043TC)the Program for JLU Science and Technology Innovative Research Team (JLUSTIRT, No. 2017TD-28)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘Dear Editor,Mink circovirus (MiCV), which is clustered in the genus Circovirus of the family Circoviridae, was first described in minks from farms in Dalian, China in 2013 (Lian et al.2014). The complete single-stranded circular genome of the virus is 1,753 nucleotides long and contains two major open reading frames (ORFs), designated ORF1 (Rep gene)and ORF2 (Cap gene)(Lian et al. 2014;Ge et al. 2018).
文摘Metallothionein (MT) has a great capacity of binding heavy metals showing an interesting connection with metal toxicology, as a biochemical marker for environmental metal pollution. Anino-exchange high per formance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to isolate and quantitate MT in livers of minks which were contaminated with heavy metals. MT isoforms (MT-I and MT-II) were eluted at approximately 11.3 and 14.3 min respectively from a DEAE-5 PW anion-exchange column with a Tris-HCl buffer (0.01 -0.25 mol/L, pH 8.6) and detected by UV absorbance at 254 nm. The cadmium concentrations in mink liver MT elutkms were determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) . Obvious increase in liver MT-I concentration rather than liver MT-II was found when the minks were contaminated by feeding contaminated fish captured from the heavy metal-polluted river. The cadmium concentration in mink liver MT-I also increased to some extent as the contaminated level increased.
基金supported by the Starting Fund for Doctors of Liaoning Medical College
文摘[ Objective] To clone exon 1 and its flanking sequences of MLPH gene from minks raised in western Liaoning region and to predict its structure. The study will provide a theoretical basis for breeding of colored mink. [Method] The exon 1 and its 5'-flanking sequences of MLPHgene were amplified from minks. SignalP 3.0 Server, ClustalX 1.83, Mega 4.1, TMHM 2.0, ProtComp v6.0 and other software were used for sequence analysis. [ Result] A 1 029-bp fragment was amplified with the expected size. As calculated with the Mega 4.1, the minks had the nearest genetic distance with rattus (0.540 5) and the farthest with human (0.655 2). Phylogenetic tree of mink was constructed. [ Conclusion] The mink MLPH gene encodes a secretory protein.
文摘Inter-simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) analysis was applied to assess the genetic diversity within and among five populations of mink from Liaoning Province. A total of 20 primers were screened, five selected primers produced 35 discernible bands, with 30 (85.71%) being polymorphic, indicating high genetic diversity at the species level. The highest genetic diversity was observed in the brown mink population, whereas the lowest diversity was found in the standard-pitchy mink population. Based on genetic distance (1972), a dendrogram was constructed by using UPGMA algorithm, and five populations were divided into two major groups. Group I consisted of only the standard-pitchy mink population, and Group II included other four populations, in Group II, sapphire mink was close to brown mink population. The results of genetic differentiation indicated that the genetic differentiation degree between populations was lower and the genetic variation primarily came from within populations. This paper showed that ISSR technique was a reliable tool that could be used to study genetic diversity in the mink.
基金China Postdoctoral Sustentation Fund(NO.20100470565)Hebei Sustain Program of Science and Technology(NO.10960408D)Qinhuangdao Scientific and Technological Development Program(NO.201101A182)
文摘[Objective] This paper aimed to study the mechanism of diarrhea of mink caused by Escherichia coil [Method] Through the detection of K88 fimbriae gene of E. coli, cloning of gene fragments and identification, then PCR amplification was used to detect adhesion factor K88 gene, which was connected to T-vector and transformed into competent cells, and positive clones were selected. [ Results] E. coli 078, 029 and 038 were isolated from organs and feces of mink died of diarrhea in 3 mink farms, respectively, the 3 serotypes of E. coliwere detected in carrying K88 fimbriae gene and 3 positive clones were screened, respectively. [ Conclusion] The E. coli causing mink diarrhea carry K88 fimbriae gene.
文摘Self-biting disease occurred in most farmed fur animals in the world. The mechanism and rapid detection method of this disease has not been reported. We applied bulked sergeant analysis (BSA) in combination with RAPD method to analyze a molecular genetic marker linked with self-biting trait in mink group. The molecular marker was converted into sequence-characterized amplified regions (SCAR) marker for rapid detection of this disease. A single RAPD marker A8 amplified a specific band of 263bp in self-biting minks, which was designated as SRA8-250, and non-specific band of 315bp in both self-biting and healthy minks. The sequences of the bands exhibited 75% and 88% similarity to Canis familiarizes major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II region and Macaca mulatta MHC class I region, respectively. A SCAR marker SCAR-A8 was designed for the specific fragment SRA8-250 and validated in 30 self-biting minks and 30 healthy minks. Positive amplification of SCAR-A8 was detected in 24 self-biting minks and 12 healthy minks. χ2 test showed significant difference (p〈0.01) in the detection rate between the two groups. This indicated that SRA8-250 can be used as a positive marker to detect self-biting disease in minks. Furthermore, the finding that self-biting disease links with MHC genes has significant implications for the mechanism of the disease.
基金supported by the Innovation Project Foundation of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(20140204066NY)Development Plan of Science and Technology in Jilin Province(20150520128JH)the Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in the Public Interest from the Ministry of Agriculture,China(201303042)
文摘There were 4 Acinetobacter lwoffii obtained from soil samples.The antimicrobial susceptibility of the strains to 16 antimicrobial agents was investigated using K-B method.Three isolates showed the multi-drug resistance.The presence of resistance genes and integrons was determined using PCR.The aadA 1,aac(3')-IIc,aph(3')-VII,aac(6')-Ib,sul2,cat2,floR,and tet(K)genes were detected,respectively.
基金Supported by Natural Foundation of Jilin Provincial Department of Science and Technology(20150101112JC)The Science and Technology Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
文摘This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary protein and fat levels on growth performance and serum biochemical parameters of male minks during the growing period. A total, of 90 healthy male minks at the age of 60 d were randomly assigned into six groups with 15 replicates per group and one mink per replicate. The minks were fed six experimental diets with two protein levels (32% and 36% ) and three fat levels ( 10% , 20% and 30% ) for a 7-day preliminary period and then for 60-day experimental period. The results showed that the final body weight and average daily weight gain (ADWG) were significantly higher in low-protein, middle-fat group and low-protein, high-fat group than those in low-protein, low-fat group and high-protein, low-fat group (P 〈 0. O1 ). The final weight and ADWG were increased with dietary fat level increasing, and the two indices of 20% and 30% fat groups were significantly higher than those of 10% fat groups ( P 〈 0. O1 ). The ratio of feed intake to weight gain (F/G) in low-protein, high-fat group was the lowest, which was significantly lower than that in low- protein, low-fat group and high-protein, high-fat group (P 〈 0.05 ). Serum urea nitrogen (UN) in low-protein, high-fat group was significantly lower than that in other groups (P 〈 0. 01 ). Serum alanine transaminase (ALT) activity in 32% protein groups was significantly higher than that in 36% protein groups (P 〈 O. 05). Serum triglyceride (TG) content in low-protein, high-fat group and high-protein, high-fat group was significantly higher than that in low-protein, low-fat group and high-protein, low-fat groups (P 〈 0.05 ). Serum TG, total cholesterol (TCHO) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) contents increased with the increase in dietary fat level, and they were all the highest in low-protein, high-fat group. The growth performance and serum biochemical parameters of minks were not affected by the interaction between dietary protein and fat levels (P 〉 O. 05 ). Considering all the factors, when the dietary protein is 32% and the fat level is 20% to 30% under the condition of this experiment, the dietary protein and fat utilization rates are higher, and the male minks during the growing period can get a better growth performance.
文摘The only known predictable aggregation of dwarf minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp.) occurs in the Australian offshore waters of the northern Great Barrier Reef in May-August each year. The identification of individual whales is required for research on the whales’ population characteristics and for monitoring the potential impacts of tourism activities, including commercial swims with the whales. At present, it is not cost-effective for researchers to manually process and analyze the tens of thousands of underwater images collated after each observation/tourist season, and a large data base of historical non-identified imagery exists. This study reports the first proof of concept for recognizing individual dwarf minke whales using the Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN).The “off-the-shelf” Image net-trained VGG16 CNN was used as the feature-encoder of the perpixel sematic segmentation Automatic Minke Whale Recognizer (AMWR). The most frequently photographed whale in a sample of 76 individual whales (MW1020) was identified in 179 images out of the total 1320 images provid-ed. Training and image augmentation procedures were developed to compen-sate for the small number of available images. The trained AMWR achieved 93% prediction accuracy on the testing subset of 36 positive/MW1020 and 228 negative/not-MW1020 images, where each negative image contained at least one of the other 75 whales. Furthermore on the test subset, AMWR achieved 74% precision, 80% recall, and 4% false-positive rate, making the presented approach comparable or better to other state-of-the-art individual animal recognition results.