Soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis is important aquatic species in China, and searching for alternatives protein resources to fish meal (FM)-based feeds in feed has become urgent and important for its sustainabi...Soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis is important aquatic species in China, and searching for alternatives protein resources to fish meal (FM)-based feeds in feed has become urgent and important for its sustainability development. The present study was conducted to assess the effects of dietary soy protein concentrate (SPC) on growth, digestive enzymes and target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathway of juvenile P. sinensis (4.56 ± 0.09 g). SPC was applied to replace FM protein at 0%, 15%, 30% and 60% (designated as T0, T15, T30 and T60, respectively), and each diet was fed to triplicate groups. The results showed that there was no significant difference in growth performance and feed utilization except of the turtles fed with T60 diet, of which showed poorer daily weight gain and feed conversion rate. The pepsin/trypsin and Na+-K+ ATP-ase activities decreased dramatically when SPC level increased, and lipase activities in liver and intestinal tract also showed decline tendency. However, amylase activities were unaffected. No significant differences were observed in TOR, S6K1 and 4E-BP1 genes mRNA expression level of TOR signaling pathway among the treatments. However, the relative phosphorylated level of these proteins decreased significantly when SPC level increased. The present study indicated that high SPC substitution level would suppress digestive enzymes and TOR signaling pathway proteins phosphorylated level and eventually result in growth reduction of P. sinensis.展开更多
目前,细菌性疾病是中华鳖养殖中的常见疾病。实验采用常规方法从呈白底板症状的中华鳖(Pelodiscus sinensis)肝脏、脾脏、肾脏、胃积液等中分离纯化病原菌,经形态观察、生理生化鉴定和16S r RNA序列分析确定其种属,通过回归感染实验判...目前,细菌性疾病是中华鳖养殖中的常见疾病。实验采用常规方法从呈白底板症状的中华鳖(Pelodiscus sinensis)肝脏、脾脏、肾脏、胃积液等中分离纯化病原菌,经形态观察、生理生化鉴定和16S r RNA序列分析确定其种属,通过回归感染实验判断分离菌株致病性,并以纸片扩散法测定其药物敏感性。结果显示:自病鳖中分离可得到一种优势菌落,其表面湿润光滑、微隆起、半透明,呈灰黄色;基于VITEK 2的64个生化反应的分析提示,分离菌理化特性与迟缓爱德华氏菌(Edwardsiella tarda)基本一致;16S rRNA序列分析显示,其与迟缓爱德华氏菌同源性达98%以上。腹腔注射回归感染实验引起稚鳖死亡,且细菌分离能再次得到相同分离株,表明分离到的迟缓爱德华氏菌具有致病性。药敏试验表明该菌对庆大霉素、阿米卡星、新霉素、头孢哌酮、氨曲南等5种抗生素较为敏感。本研究可为中华鳖病害的正确诊断和科学防治提供参考。展开更多
文摘Soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis is important aquatic species in China, and searching for alternatives protein resources to fish meal (FM)-based feeds in feed has become urgent and important for its sustainability development. The present study was conducted to assess the effects of dietary soy protein concentrate (SPC) on growth, digestive enzymes and target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathway of juvenile P. sinensis (4.56 ± 0.09 g). SPC was applied to replace FM protein at 0%, 15%, 30% and 60% (designated as T0, T15, T30 and T60, respectively), and each diet was fed to triplicate groups. The results showed that there was no significant difference in growth performance and feed utilization except of the turtles fed with T60 diet, of which showed poorer daily weight gain and feed conversion rate. The pepsin/trypsin and Na+-K+ ATP-ase activities decreased dramatically when SPC level increased, and lipase activities in liver and intestinal tract also showed decline tendency. However, amylase activities were unaffected. No significant differences were observed in TOR, S6K1 and 4E-BP1 genes mRNA expression level of TOR signaling pathway among the treatments. However, the relative phosphorylated level of these proteins decreased significantly when SPC level increased. The present study indicated that high SPC substitution level would suppress digestive enzymes and TOR signaling pathway proteins phosphorylated level and eventually result in growth reduction of P. sinensis.
