混合圈养条件下马来穿山甲活动时间的分配与规律

2013年3—4月,采用扫描取样法及目标动物取样法对混合圈养下马来穿山甲(Manis javanica)活动的录像资料进行分析,研究马来穿山甲的个体行为时间分配和活动节律。结果表明:混合圈养下的马来穿山甲主要有取食(摄食,饮水)、运动(攀爬,爬行,踱步)、社会(相互爬背,相互追逐)、隐藏(箱内未知活动)和其他行为(暂停,挖掘,排遗排泄,洗澡等)。活动的主要表现形式为摄食行为(18.56%)、爬行行为(16.11%)、攀爬行为(11.51%)以及社会行为(11.51%)。挖掘行为(0.92%)发生较少,踱步行为占4.40%。从傍晚19:00一直延续到次日06:00均有活动发生,高峰为20:00—23:00。该时段的摄食行为、爬行行为、社会行为发生频率最高。相关性分析结果显示,摄食行为与社会行为的时间分配(R2=0.920,P0.001)、爬行行为(R2=0.796,P0.001)呈极显著相关。我们认为,圈养马来穿山甲的活动规律可能与食物提供的时间以及取食行为发生的时间有关。长时间圈养的动物会表现出刻板行为,而混合圈养下的社会行为有助于削弱这种趋势。因此,为避免饲养条件下马来穿山甲行为多样性的减低,在丰富圈养环境的同时,可适当进行混合圈养。     

食蚊鱼卵胎生习性的观察

2001年初夏,我们在学习《动物学》时,为验证课本中关于食蚊鱼(Gambuisa Amnis)卵胎生的理论知识．从野外捕回一些食蚊鱼,其中一尾正在产仔,我们仔细观察了它产仔的全过程,然后将它单独饲养于室内。1个月后,意外发现这尾雌鱼再次产仔、这是什么原因呢?经查阅文献,见到郑文彪的“卵胎生鱼类的受精受孕方式”一文和高书堂等的“放养食蚊鱼”一文。     

花面狸选配和配种方式的试验观察

花面狸10—22个月龄性成熟,繁殖利用期母兽1—10岁,公兽3—7岁。选择品质优良的种兽同质选配时,胎平均产仔3.39只,胎产3仔以上的占87.1％;异质选配时,胎平均产仔3.07只,胎产3仔以上的占64.3％。年龄选配以壮年配壮年最好,胎平均产仔4只,胎产3仔以上占100％;亚成公兽配亚成母兽,老年公兽配亚成母兽和老年母兽效果不佳。配种方式以一公一母、多公多母及双重配种效果好,胎平均产仔分别为4.3、3.2、3.06只,胎产3仔以上分别为100％、77.6％、72.2％。一公多母配种效果差,胎平均产仔2.86只,胎产3仔以上仅为57.1％。     

穿山甲种群概况及保护

穿山甲（Manis spp．）是我国Ⅱ级重点保护野生动物,也是国际自然与自然保护联盟（IUCN）濒危物种红色名录中定为濒危（EN）等级的物种。由于近20年来的乱捕滥猎和栖息地的丧失,该物种的野外种群数量急剧下降,直至枯竭的边缘。通过分析我国穿山甲野外种群现状和保护中存在的问题,探讨该物种的保护策略,为相关国际公约和我国野生动物主管部门对该物种保护等级的调整提供依据,以期为科学制定我国野生穿山甲保护行动计划提供参考和保护决策依据。     

圈养繁殖大熊猫生存力的影响因素分析——基于大熊猫谱系数据

提高圈养繁殖大熊猫存活率是维持圈养种群可持续发展和开展野化放归研究的基础,为了探究圈养繁殖大熊猫生存力的影响因素,基于2019年的大熊猫谱系数据,不仅统计分析了不同年代和不同龄级(月龄、年龄组)圈养繁殖大熊猫的存活率和死亡率,而且利用广义线性模型系统分析了影响圈养繁殖大熊猫存活时间的主要因素。结果表明:1960—1989年圈养繁殖大熊猫的幼仔和种群存活率分别是31.61%和68.10%,1990—2019年为78.39%和94.06%;不同年龄组圈养繁殖大熊猫的死亡率呈"凹型"曲线,即幼年和老年大熊猫死亡率较高(26.85%、26.53%),而亚成年和成年的死亡率偏低(4.56%、12.60%);不同月龄则以初生幼仔(1月龄)的死亡率最高,达22.45%,其余月龄相对较低(0～20%)。广义线性模型分析发现,个体性别、出生年代、母兽来源、母兽产仔年龄、育幼方式和胎儿数量等因素显著影响圈养繁殖大熊猫的存活、死亡和寿命长短。因此,加强大熊猫种源管理、提高人工育幼技术以及优化繁育配对等是大熊猫饲养管理的关键。     

圈养大熊猫母兽成功哺育双胞胎成活初探

圈养大熊猫产下双胞胎后,母兽一般难以同时哺育二仔。2003年,圈养大熊猫母兽“梅梅”同时哺育双胞胎成活,本文对该首例哺育双胞胎成活的原因进行了初步分析,认为满足母兽的营养需求、适宜的育幼环境及人工护理,特别是“梅梅”的母性好、有丰富的育幼经验、食欲强、泌乳充足等在同时哺育双胞胎成活中起着重要作用,同时对“梅梅”哺育的双胞胎与其哺育的另两只单胎幼仔的体重增长情况进行了比较,为圈养大熊猫成功哺育双胞胎,增加幼仔成活率,提供了有关借鉴信息和资料。     

中国麋鹿种群现状调查

麋鹿是野外绝灭物种 ,其野生种群早已从自然界消失。因此建立和发展圈养种群是麋鹿重引进项目第一阶段的主要任务 ,也是整个麋鹿保护行动的关键环节。自从 1 985年中国进行第一个麋鹿重引进项目以来 ,圈养种群的数量增加很快。到 2 0 0 1年全国麋鹿的总数量已达 1 2 0 0多头 ,其中绝大多数生活在圈养和半野生的条件下。本篇报告概述了我国麋鹿圈养种群发展的历史和现状 ,分析了一些小圈养种群在发展中产生的问题和原因 ,并提出了解决的建议。     

大熊猫超轻初生幼仔人工哺育初探

大熊猫是存活率较低的动物之一 ,究其原因可能与其幼仔初生体重较轻有关 ,特别是与绝大多数哺乳动物相比 ,其幼仔初生重与母兽体重差异极大 ,约为母兽体重的千分之一 [1] ,加之大熊猫育幼行为高度特化 ,其幼仔存活更为不易。自 1 990年采用人工辅助育幼方式繁殖成活大熊猫双胞胎以来 ,人工圈养条件下 ,大熊猫的育幼方式概括起来有如下 4种 :1 )大熊猫母兽自行哺育 ,这是自 1 963年至今最常用的方式 ;2 )人工辅助大熊猫母兽育幼 [2 ] ,现已存活 5对双胞胎 [3] ;3)用大熊猫初乳与羊乳混合喂养 ,全人工育幼 [4 ,5] ,目前已育成 2只大熊猫 [5] ;…     

大熊猫巨仔难产一例

大熊猫呼名“张卡”,年龄6岁,体重100 kg,系谱号505,幼时从宝兴县野外救回。生长发育及营养状况良好,2005年正常发情配种后未受孕;2006年春季发情配种。7月8日开始减食部分精饲料,7月11日始见母兽活动明显减少,外阴稍肿胀;产前1周(8月1日)废食精饲料,吃鲜嫩竹枝叶部分。怀孕期140天,于8月5日19:15~22:19,出现较多而持续的舔阴、阴户流出分泌物;烦躁不安、抓扯竹子、抓摇兽舍门或抓地面、不时走动或吃竹、频繁起坐、排便等行为活动。表明动物生产发作,腹痛开始;22:20动物首次出现努责(阵缩开始);22:50努责时首次伴随咩叫声,表明腹痛加剧。8月…     

圈养大熊猫同时哺育双胞胎行为观察

2003 年,圈养大熊猫“梅梅”首例哺育成活一胎二仔,通过对其近半年的育幼行为观察,结果发现:1) 母兽主要以同时衔2 仔、同时衔和抱2 仔二种方式将幼仔抱入怀中哺育;60 d 内, 育幼姿势以坐位为主,倦卧其次, 其它姿势更少, 其中坐位随日龄增加逐渐减少, 倦卧变化不大。2) 母兽活动时间在产仔当天最多, 之后显著下降并维持在35.2 ± 0.6% 的低水平, 47 d 后再缓慢上升到108 d 后的54.8 ± 0.9% 。3) 双胞胎幼仔间哺乳的日均次数和时间无显著差异。4) 7 d 内2 幼仔“仔在母身上” 的时间占100%, 21 ～ 23 d 后显著减少, 而“母体盖仔”、“仔在母身边”和“母仔自然分离”的时间显著增加, 但“母体盖仔” 的时间在32 d 左右后又显著减少;双胞胎分别在与母兽的此四种位置变化的时间上无显著差异。5) 母兽的活动、幼仔哺乳日均次数、“母仔自然分离”在全天的日均时间分布有峰、谷变化。6) 随幼仔活动能力的逐渐增强,幼仔离“育幼窝”的距离也逐渐增加,双胞胎幼仔离“育幼窝”的远近也有差别。7)母兽分别与其雄性双胞胎幼仔玩耍的时间有显著差异,而两幼仔自玩的时间无差异,此两双胞胎自玩和一起玩耍所用时间远大于分别与母兽玩耍的时间。该研究丰富了大熊猫育幼行为内容,并为以后的大熊猫双胞胎育幼提供了可供参考的行为资料。     

Umbilical artery doppler sonography in Saanen goat fetuses during singleton and multiple pregnancies

The objective of this study was to evaluate the blood flow from the umbilical artery (UA) in healthy pregnant goats. Doppler sonography examinations were performed every two weeks in Saanen goats with a singleton (n = 5) or multiple (n = 4) pregnancy from 40 to 145 days of gestation. Fetal heart rates (FHR), pulsatility index (PI), and resistance index (RI) were recorded from the mid-cord site of the free-floating umbilical cord. FHR decreased gradually as the pregnancy progressed and significantly decreased during the last two examinations of all fetuses (P < 0.05). The mean PI level was dramatically different (P < 0.05) until 85 days of gestation, after which it reached a plateau level until parturition. Similar to PI, RI decreased by 85 days of gestation (P < 0.05), and decreased again by 130s gestation. No reverse or absent end-diastolic flow were observed in fetuses during any examinations. When comparing singleton and multiple pregnancies, there were no significant differences in UA pulsatility or resistance in fetuses seen. The middle of the second trimester was observed to be a threshold stage for indices in the pattern of caprine pregnancy.In conclusion, this work provides additional values that might be useful when evaluating singleton and multiple pregnancies, and may be evaluated in further studies regarding fetal monitoring.     

穿山甲洞穴生态学初步研究

20 0 0年 6月～ 2 0 0 1年 5月 ,在大雾岭自然保护区共记录到 6 1个穿山甲洞穴 ,并对其中的 4 0个进行了解剖 .结果发现 ,穿山甲的洞均为盲洞 ,没有分支 ;洞口径大小一般为长径 14 2 0± 2 79cm (n =6 1) ,短径 12 5 0± 2 83cm(n =6 1) ;洞穴可分为冬洞和夏洞 .冬洞在冬春季节打造 ,洞穴较深 (1 4 4± 0 73m ,n =2 8) .夏洞在夏秋季节打造 ,洞穴较浅 (0 32± 0 11m ,n =12 ) ;穿山甲多在冬春季打洞 ,夏季打洞少 ,并且主要选择在土质松软湿润、土层厚、地表有机质丰富的黄壤土中打洞 ,以获得食物白蚁 ,然后再利用它越冬、卧息、繁殖、隐藏和逃避敌害 ;穿山甲对新洞的平均利用时间为 12 2 5± 2 2 5d ,而对旧洞的再次利用率极低 (1/12 =8 33% ) .文中还记录了 6 1个洞穴所在的各种环境因子 (分为 9类 ,2 7种 ) ,并依据因子出现频次和系统聚类结果 ,对穿山甲的洞穴生境选择进行了分析 .穿山甲喜爱将洞穴设置在干扰程度小 (干扰源距离 >10 0 0m)、坡度较陡 (30°～ 6 0°)、坡向为半阴半阳坡、针阔混交林、中低海拔 (76 0～ 15 0 0m)、洞口隐蔽程度好 (全隐蔽或半隐蔽 )、中坡或下坡位、离水源距离近 (<5 0 0m)的生境内 ;不喜爱将洞穴设置在阴坡、洞口隐蔽程度差 (裸露 )、极陡坡 (>6 0°)或缓坡     

Ultrasonography in early pregnancy diagnosis and measurements of fetal size in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)

Transrectal or transabdominal examinations of 13 pluriparous reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) by ultrasonography from the start of mating until week 20 of gestation were conducted to find out when pregnancy could first be detected and to describe fetal development in early pregnancy. The examinations (n=35 per animal) were performed with a 5 MHz linear transducer from 7th October until 1st January and with a 3 MHz sector transducer from that time until 24th February. Time of pregnancy diagnosis by ultrasonography, the first fetal heartbeat and measurements of crown-rump length, chest width and chest depth were recorded during the examinations. Pregnancy was diagnosed by transrectal ultrasonography between the weeks 3 and 7 of gestation. The accuracy of the pregnancy diagnosis, defined as the proportion of females correctly detected to be pregnant, was 15% at week 3, 46% at week 4, 77% at week 5, and 92% at week 6 of gestation. Fetal heartbeat was first detected between the weeks 5 and 8 of gestation. The first measurements of crown-rump length were made on week 3 of gestation, of chest width on week 4 and of chest depth on week 5 of gestation. Chest width and depth were detectable until the end of the study at week 20 of gestation. Transrectal ultrasonography is an efficient tool in early pregnancy diagnosis of reindeer. The fetal growth curves obtained by ultrasonography resembled those obtained in previous morphological studies.     

Relationship between heat stress during the peri-implantation period and early fetal loss in dairy cattle

The aim of the present study was to establish whether temperature-humidity index values, as a measure of heat comfort, from Days 1 to 40 of gestation could be associated with the pregnancy loss rate in high producing dairy cows. Data from 1391 pregnancies were recorded. Pregnancy was diagnosed by transrectal ultrasonography between Days 34 and 45, and again 90 days after insemination. Pregnancy loss was assumed when the second pregnancy diagnosis on Day 90 proved negative and was registered in 7.8% (108/1391) of pregnancies. Mean and maximum temperature-humidity index values were established for each cow for Days 0 (day of insemination), 1, 2 and 3 after insemination, and averages established for Days 0-3, 0-10, 11-20, 21-30 and 31-40 after insemination. Cow and management variables previously found to be significantly correlated with the early fetal loss in the same geographical area were also recorded. The relative contribution of each factor to the probability of pregnancy loss was determined using logistic regression models. Based on the odds ratio, a strong association with pregnancy loss of the factors warm period of pregnancy (warm period-May to September versus cool-October to April), twin pregnancy (as negative factors: odds ratios 3.1 and 3.4, respectively) and an additional corpus luteum (as a positive factor: odds ratio 0.32) was confirmed. The likelihood of pregnancy loss increased by a factor of 1.05 for each additional unit of the mean maximum temperature-humidity index from Days 21 to 30 of gestation. Logistic regression analysis revealed no significant effects of temperature-humidity index values for the remaining gestation periods. Our results indicate that heat stress can compromise the success of gestation during the peri-implantation period, such that high temperature-humidity index values for the period 21-30 days of gestation are a risk factor for subsequent early fetal loss.     

家蚕Wnt信号通路下游关键基因Pangolin转录剪接体X3的克隆和分析

【目的】克隆家蚕Bombyx mori Wnt信号通路下游关键基因Pangolin isoforms A/H/I/S转录剪接体X3 (Pangolin X3),分析其序列和表达特征。【方法】从NCBI数据库检索家蚕Pangolin X3,根据其编码序列(coding sequence, CDS)设计引物,利用PCR从家蚕幼虫中肠和血淋巴中进行克隆并测序验证。利用SilkDB 3.0, SMART, 多序列比对和系统发育树分析Pangolin X3的序列特征。利用qRT-PCR分析Pangolin X3在家蚕5龄第3 天幼虫不同组织(头、血淋巴、体壁、性腺、中肠、前部丝腺、中部丝腺、后部丝腺、脂肪体和马氏管)中的相对表达水平。【结果】从家蚕幼虫中肠和血淋巴克隆了Pangolin X3(GenBank登录号: XM_038020921)的CDS,其开放阅读框长1 560 bp,编码519个氨基酸残基,预测分子量为55.86 kD,预测等电点为7.53。Pangolin X3蛋白含有保守的β catenin结合位点和HMG结构域,其氨基酸序列在不同的昆虫中比较保守,特别是与DNA结合的HMG结构域,而与β-catenin结合的N末端CTNNB1结构域部分氨基酸残基发生变异。组织表达谱显示,Pangolin X3在家蚕5龄第3 天幼虫中肠、血淋巴和性腺中的相对表达水平较高,在头、体壁、前部丝腺、中部丝腺、后部丝腺、脂肪体和马氏管中的相对表达水平较低。【结论】本研究克隆了家蚕Pangolin X3,分析了其序列和表达特征,为深入研究家蚕Pangolin的生物学功能提供了基础。     

Effect of a unilateral or bilateral twin embryo distribution on twinning and embryo survival rate in the cow

Uni- and bilateral twin embryo distributions were effected by the transfer of one embryo on Day 7 to the ipsi- or contralateral uterine horn of previously inseminated heifers (123, Exp. 1) or cows (95, Exp. 2). The embryo transfers were surgical in Exp. 1 and non-surgical in Exp. 2. Transferred and native embryos were distinguished by breed. Embryo survival rate was measured in a proportion (N = 40) of the heifers at Day 53 of gestation and in the remainder of the heifers and all of the cows at term. In the heifers (Exp. 1) overall pregnancy rates of 76% and 75% were recorded after uni- and bilateral twin embryo distributions respectively. Twinning rates of 55% and 60% at Day 53 of gestation and 60% and 60% at term were recorded for uni- and bilateral distributions respectively. In the cows (Exp. 2) calving rates of 61% and 63% and twinning rates of 33% and 38% were recorded following uni- and bilateral twin embryo distributions respectively. When the data from both experiments were combined, overall embryo survival rates were similar for both twin embryo distributions although the ipsilateral transfer of an embryo reduced the survival rate of the native embryo. It is concluded that the confinement of two embryos in one uterine horn on or after Day 7 does not depress pregnancy, twinning or overall survival rate to term.     

Embryonic and calving losses in bovine mixed-breed twins induced by transfer of in vitro-produced embryos to bred recipients

One or two in vitro-produced (IVP) Japanese Black (JB) cattle embryos at 8 days after in vitro fertilization were transferred to the contralateral uterine horn of previously bred Japanese Shorthorn (JSH) or JSH-JB cross recipients, and then the occurrence of early embryonic death, abortion during mid- and late gestation, and calving loss were recorded. The survival rate of embryos, including indigenous ones, was not affected by the number of embryos transferred, and a significantly higher twinning rate (68% of pregnant recipients at 80 days after transfer) was achieved when two IVP embryos were transferred, as compared with the rate when one IVP embryo was transferred (24%). In late ET (recipients at 8.5-9.0 days after the onset of oestrus), the embryo survival rate (22%) and the pregnancy rate (42%) at 80 days after ET were significantly lower than those rates in the synchronous ET (recipients at 8.0 days after the onset of oestrus; 47 and 79%, respectively). In the early ET (recipients at 6.0-7.5 days after the onset of oestrus), no significant differences from the synchronous ET were detected in these rates. Twenty-six percent of twin pregnant recipients were aborted during mid- or late-pregnancy, and 39% of twin calves were stillborn. The mean gestation length of the twin-bearing JSH dams (276 days) was 1 week shorter than that of the single-bearing JSH dams, and it was 2 weeks shorter than that of the JB dams bearing a single JB calf derived from the IVP embryos. The longer gestation length of single JB calves derived from IVP embryos resulted in a significantly higher mean birth weight than that of in vivo control calves with the standard length of gestation. In conclusion, the number of embryos to be transferred did not affect the embryo survival rate, and the transfer of two IVP embryos to previously inseminated recipients induced a significantly higher twinning rate during early pregnancy than that of one IVP embryo transfer. The incidence of embryonic losses during early pregnancy increased when Day 8 embryos were transferred to the recipients later in the oestrous cycle (>8.0 days). The results suggested that one cause of the high rate of abortions and stillbirths in twin-bearing dams is the difference in the mean gestation length between the native JSH and JB foetuses derived from transferred IVP embryos.     

A systematic review to calculate background miscarriage rates using life table analysis

The objectives of the current study were to calculate: (1) the expected rates of miscarriage by gestational week; (2) the cumulative risk of miscarriage; and (3) the remaining risk of miscarriage for gestational weeks five through 20, through a systematic review of the literature. We searched MEDLINE for articles published in English through the end of 2009. References of articles were also searched. Four studies were identified to have the three necessary pieces of information for the proposed calculations: (1) gestational age at study entry, (2) pregnancy outcome; and (3) the gestational age at which the pregnancy outcome occurred. Data were extracted from each study and Life Table Analysis Methods were conducted. Weekly miscarriage rates varied in the early gestational weeks with the highest rate documented at >20 miscarriages per 1000 women-weeks at each week of gestation prior to week 13. By week 14, the rate for all studies became relatively comparable and fell below 10 miscarriages per 1000 woman-weeks at risk and fell even lower through week 20. The cumulative risk of miscarriage for weeks 5 through 20 of gestation ranged from 11 miscarriages per 100 women to 22 miscarriages per 100 women (11-22%). Based on data from comparable study populations, a range of background miscarriage rates by week of gestation for weeks 5 through 20, the cumulative risk of miscarriage, and the remaining risk of miscarriage are presented. Wider variation of miscarriage rates and risks occurred early in gestation (<14 weeks).     

荞麦与大豆叶片中草酸含量差异及其可能的原因

用1/5浓度Hoagland营养液培养荞麦和大豆幼苗l0 d后,荞麦叶片、根及其分泌物中的草酸含量均明显高于大豆,说明荞麦叶片的草酸形成能力强.荞麦叶片中存在少量的草酸氧化酶活性,而大豆中未检测到该酶活性,表明荞麦具有一定的降解草酸的能力.乙醇酸氧化酶(GO)催化乙醇酸氧化的活性两种植物之间虽差异不明显,但该酶催化乙醛酸氧化的活性荞麦显著高于大豆.荞麦GO对乙醛酸的Km值明显低于大豆GO,同时其乙醛酸含量也较高,因此其叶片中由乙醛酸形成草酸的速率应高于大豆.由此认为,由乙醛酸氧化生成草酸可能是植物草酸合成限速步骤之一,其反应速率高低可能导致不同种类植物叶片中草酸含量的差异.     

Pregnancy-associated murine protein-1 plasma levels during oestrus cycle, pseudopregnancy and pregnancy in the mouse.

A cyclic variation in plasma levels of pregnancy-associated murine protein-1 (PAMP-1) during the oestrus cycle in outbred Pan: Thei mice was recorded. PAMP-1 plasma levels were significantly elevated in dioestrus as compared with the three other stages of the murine oestrus cycle. Until day 7 of gestation the PAMP-1 plasma levels remained low, and no significant differences could be observed between pregnant and pseudopregnant female mice. The PAMP-1 levels increased markedly in the circulation on day 8 of pregnancy, and continued to increase until peak values were reached at day 11 of pregnancy. In the latter half of pregnancy the PAMP-1 levels declined until day 17 of pregnancy, at which stage the normal non-pregnant values were recorded.