A rearing system for colostrum-deprived neonatal piglets

A system for the artificial rearing of colostrum-deprived neonatal piglets is described. A total of 443 piglets in 6 batches was reared. Each piglet, immediately after birth was placed in a separate incubator which was ventilated with heated filtered air. Piglets were fed hourly by an automatic system and were offered a liquid milk substitute. The mean survival rate up to the time piglets were transferred out of the rearing unit at 2 weeks of age was 78 +/- 7%. The mean daily live weight gain up to 2 weeks of age was 148 +/- 16 g/day and the dry matter intake over the same period was 154 +/- 10 g/day per piglet.     

Obtaining and rearing germ-free miniature piglets for biomedical research

The method of obtaining and rearing germfree miniature piglets for medical-biological research is described. The gnotobiotes were reared in rigid organic glass isolation cells up to 3 months. Milk diets supplemented with minerals and vitamins were used for nutrition. The gnotobiotes gained weight well during the whole observation period.     

韭菜迟眼蕈蚊简便人工饲养技术

研究了以鲜净韭菜假茎为饲料,温度为20～25℃,相对湿度为50～70％条件下,可正常累代饲养韭菜迟眼簟蚊幼虫及繁殖后代的方法。用该方法经14代累代饲养的韭菜迟眼簟蚊,各代幼虫成活率、幼虫历期、平均蛹重、羽化率、单雌产卵量及孵化率均无明显差异,证明了方法的可靠性。     

Early antibodies to human serum albumin formed in germfree piglets

Immunization of germfree piglets with HSA at the time of birth results in formation of antibodies of IgM, IgG and IgA classes in spite of the fact that prior to immunization only IgG and IgA immunoglobulins are detectable in their sera. The possible significance of this finding is discussed. Early IgG antibodies formed in these piglets differ from late and adult pig antibodies by the presence of lower molecular weight constituents and their molecular heterogeneity corresponds to that of IgG of nonimmunized newborn precolostral piglets suggesting that small amounts of immunoglobulins formed in piglets during the intrauterine life are of antibody nature. Dedicated to Prof. F. Patočka on the occasion of his 70th birthday The work was supported by a WHO grant.     

Further evidence of active synthesis of immunoglobulins in precolostral germfree piglets

The active synthesis of an immunoglobulin of IgG antigenic type has been demonstrated in germfree piglets obtained by hysterectomy. The immunoglobulin contains heavy and light polypeptide chains and its electrophoretic mobility corresponds to the fast migrating component of adult pig IgG. Neither active synthesis nor the presence of IgM in germfree piglets has been proved.     

棉铃虫室内饲养技术的改进

在传统人工饲料饲养技术的基础上 ,对棉铃虫的卵、幼虫、蛹和成虫的饲养器材和操作方法进行了简化和改进。将产于纱布上的卵经消毒晾干后 ,直接放于塑料保鲜袋中孵化。初孵幼虫用毛笔移入特制的带盖 1 0孔饲养盒 ,每孔 1头 ,孔径和高度为 2 5cm× 1 8cm ,接虫前每孔加人工饲料 4～ 5g ,接虫后加盖 ,直至化蛹。幼虫化蛹后用培养皿收集 ,直接放于成虫饲养笼中 ,任其羽化、交配和产卵。采用这一改进饲养技术 ,幼虫存活率、化蛹率、羽化率等均有显著提高 ,棉铃虫的病害明显减少 ,同时节约饲养成本约 5 0 %。     

韭菜迟眼蕈蚊规模化饲养技术

【目的】韭菜迟眼蕈蚊Bradysia odoriphaga Yang et Zhang是为害韭菜等蔬菜的重要害虫,规模化饲养提供大量虫源是其他研究工作得以开展的基础。本研究旨在解决目前韭菜迟眼蕈蚊饲养规模小、材料和劳动力成本高等问题。【方法】本实验室利用土豆、花生、大豆为食物进行了规模化饲养韭菜迟眼蕈蚊的研究,测定了取食上述饲料的韭菜迟眼蕈蚊的成活率、繁殖力、羽化节律和性比。【结果】取食土豆、花生、大豆等食物的韭菜迟眼蕈蚊的成活率和繁殖力与取食人工饲料和韭菜的无显著差异,卵到成虫的发育历期为20~23 d,雌雄性比为0.8︰1~1.2︰1。在规模化饲养过程中,土豆、花生、大豆等饲料有发霉长菌现象,经分子鉴定,主要种类为雅致放射毛霉、巴克斯毛霉、黄曲霉和赭曲霉,均为腐生菌,不影响韭菜迟眼蕈蚊的存活和繁殖。【结论】该技术省工省时,成本低,特别适合实验室种群的维持和大量试虫的饲养。     

Long-term blood-sampling technique in piglets

A technique to enable long-term blood sampling from piglets aged 2-3 months is described. Piglets were housed individually in expandable cages and a heparinized polyurethane catheter was inserted into the external jugular vein. A technique was used which prevented the catheter from pulling out of the vein with growth of the animals. Blood samples could be obtained for more than 1 month, and levels of cortisol, glucose, white blood cell count, haematocrit, rectal temperature and heart rate were compared for samples obtained from simulated conventional venopunctures and from the cannula using this technique. It was shown that restraint and needle pricks raised these levels considerably.     

同翅目昆虫人工饲料饲养技术

本文从人工饲料的组成与类型、饲养方法及饲养结果等方面总结了同翅目昆虫人工饲料饲养技术的研究现状 ,并简要讨论了其存在的问题和改进方法。     

Association of germfree mice with intestinal microfloras obtained from "normal" mice

A cultured microflora obtained from the caecum of a "normal" mouse was given to 4 groups of germfree mice and was supplied 1x, 2x, 3x and 4x respectively at 5-day intervals. Another group received a 10(-7) dilution of the caecal flora while a group associated with an 'SPF' flora served as control. The difference (measured by 8 parameters) between mice supplied with the cultured flora or with a 10(-7) dilution, both given once only, was small. Supplying the flora 3x resulted in more 'normal' mice compared with mice which received the flora once or twice. The caeca of specified-pathogen-free mice contained more bacteria per gram (microscopic bacterial count), less aerobic and anaerobic bacteria per gram (viable counts), while the yield as percentage of the microscopic bacterial count was lower as compared with the group to which a cultured flora was supplied 4 times.