不同性别和年龄的大仓鼠对黄鼬气味的反应

将雌性成体和雌雄亚成体大仓鼠 (Cricetulustriton)长期 (4周 )暴露给过量的黄鼬 (Mustelasibirica)肛腺分泌物 ,观察其行为和生理状态的变化 ,并通过与我们以前有关黄鼬气味对成年雄鼠影响的研究结果进行比较 ,表明黄鼬气味对不同性别和不同年龄大仓鼠的胁迫效应和生殖抑制存在差异。发现黄鼬气味对雌性大仓鼠的影响较雄性小 ,对亚成体的影响较成体小 ,这与雌性和未成年动物对各种胁迫因素的反应更敏感的普遍现象相反。在成年鼠中 ,雌雄鼠的攻击行为都受到黄鼬气味的抑制 ;但天敌气味使雌性的胁腺膨大 ,对胁腺标记和肾上腺大小无影响 ;成年雄鼠的肾上腺膨大 ,胁腺萎缩 ,标记减少。在亚成体中 ,除了雄性胁腺受到抑制(与成年雄鼠相同 )外 ,雌雄鼠的肾上腺和雌性的胁腺未受影响。亚成体实验鼠的体重都比对照组低 ,但成年鼠的体重未受影响。另外 ,与以往对其它鼠类的研究结果一致 ,天敌气味并不影响成年鼠的生殖器官 ,却抑制了未成年雄鼠的附睾和未成年雌鼠的子宫。这些差异可能和生理基础的性二态以及可能面临的被捕食风险大小有关     

哈尔滨郊区人为鼠疫疫源地鼠类种群动态分析

根据黑龙江省哈尔滨市郊区人为鼠疫疫源地1952～1996 年达乌尔黄鼠密度监测资料,建立了黄鼠密度的自回归模型D_t=0.1374+1.130 2D_t-1-0.4754D_t-2+0.8033D_t-3-0.4680D_t-4 , 对1997～2000 年的密度进行了预测。1952～1980 年, 人工捕黄鼠率极为显著地影响黄鼠密度(P<0.001)。在该地区, 1982～1996年共捕啮齿动物6种, 其中黄鼠和大仓鼠为野外优势种, 褐家鼠为室内优势种, 其余为常见种。大仓鼠、黑线仓鼠、黑线姬鼠均与夜行鼠总捕获率正相关(P<0.01),逐步回归模型为总捕获率=0.5219+1.1733 大仓鼠+10312 黑线仓鼠+ 1.1273小家鼠+ 0.9242 褐家鼠(P<0.0001)。黄鼠密度与捕获率不相关(P>0.10)。     

大仓鼠胁腺的发育及性别差异

通过对繁殖期雌雄大仓鼠胁腺重的比较研究发展雌雄鼠的胁腺重和体重分别存在正相关关系,非成年雌雄大仓鼠的胁腺重无显著性别差异,成年雄性大仓鼠的胁腺显著重于成年雌鼠,通过石蜡切片发现,雄鼠胁腺的皮脂细胞显著于雌鼠,对胁腺分泌物进行了气相色谱分析发现,雌雄胁腺分泌物的化学成分的种类和数量存在明显差异,本文从胁腺的形态,组织结构和化学成分三个方面初步揭示了胁腺在繁殖期具有性别别功能的机制。     

睾酮对大仓鼠胁腺促进作用的研究

大仓鼠(Ｃｒｉｃｅｔｕｌｕｓｔｒｉｔｏｎ)主要分布于我国北方农田,是华北地区的主要农田害鼠。对其化学通讯尚无研究报道(杨荷芳等,1996)。我们发现雌雄大仓鼠在腰部两则都有1对椭圆形的胁腺,雄性大仓鼠的胁腺显著比雌性的大,并且在非繁殖期雄鼠的睾丸萎缩后,其胁腺也萎...     

根田鼠对不同亲属关系异性尿气味的识别

根为检验根田鼠对不同亲属关系异性成体尿气味的识别能力,通过一雄两雌配对实验建立实验种群,从而产生同胞、父系半同胞和陌生个体。在行为选择箱中记录了雌、雄根田鼠对亲属系数分别为0、0.25 和0.5 异性尿气味的行为响应模式。结果如下:雌性根田鼠对3 种不同亲属关系雄鼠气味的接近潜伏期的差异达到极显著水平(P < 0.01),嗅闻时间的差异也达到显著水平(P <0.05),而嗅闻频次和反标记的差异均未达到显著水平(P >0.05)。雄性根田鼠对3 种不同亲属关系雌鼠气味的接近潜伏期和嗅闻时间的差异都未达到显著水平(P >0.05)。对不同亲属关系的气味嗅闻频次和反标记的比较分析表明,三者间的差异也未达到显著水平(P >0.05)。因此,雌性根田鼠能够识别不同亲属关系异性气味并对不同气味表现出不同的行为响应模式;而雄鼠不能识别3 种气味并对其表现出类似的行为模式。     

雌激素和孕激素对切除卵巢大鼠血清胃泌素水平和胃酸分泌的影响

卵巢切除两周后大鼠血清胃泌素水平升高和胃酸分泌增加;给予苯甲酸雌二醇(10μg/d)可完全阻止这两种变化,但补充黄体酮(0.2mg/d)对卵巢切除大鼠的血清胃泌素水平无影响,仅明显减少胃酸分泌。本实验结果提示,雌激素对于雌性大鼠的胃泌素释放和胃酸分泌具有抑制作用,孕激素也有抑制胃酸分泌的作用,这些作用不是摄食量改变的结果.     

高原鼠兔对小嵩草草甸的破坏及其防治

1997～2000 年在青海省果洛州达日县, 通过测定不同程度退化草地、人工草地和除杂草地中高原鼠兔种群数量的变化以及对草地的破坏程度, 分析了草地植物群落变化对高原鼠兔种群数量的影响。结果表明: 随草地退化程度的加重, 高原鼠兔种群数量相应升高, 重度退化草地中高原鼠兔种群数量降低, 是由食物资源不足引起。不同程度退化草地之间高原鼠兔种群数量差异极显著( t_{未退化与轻度}= 25.369 7 , t_{未退化与中度}= 25.55 ,t_{未退化与重度}= 36.406 0 , t_{轻度与中度}= 23.279 4 , t_{轻度与重度}= 14.343 9 , t_{中度与重度}= 20.178 5 , df = 3 , p < 0.001) 。高原鼠兔对草地的破坏面积与平均单坑面积呈显著的相关关系( F = 220146 , df = 3 , P < 0.001) 。在草地达到重度退化以前, 高原鼠兔的种群密度升高, 对草地的危害则加重。草地植物群落空间结构的变化直接影响高原鼠兔的种群数量, 当植物群落高度增加时, 其种群数量开始减少, 反之则增加。     

捕食风险对不同饥饿状态下艾虎取食行为的影响

在室内条件下,将大鵟作为艾虎的天敌动物,通过双通道选择实验确定6 只成体艾虎在3 个捕食风险水平和4 种饥饿状态条件下的取食行为,探讨艾虎在取食过程中对饥饿风险与捕食风险的权衡策略。研究结果表明:在无捕食风险存在时,艾虎被剥夺食物0 d 和1 d 后对食物量不同的两个斑块中的取食量和利用频次均无明显不同(P > 0. 05),但对高食物量斑块的利用时间均明显高于低食物量斑块的(P <0.05),而艾虎被剥夺食物2 d和3 d后对高食物量斑块中的取食量和利用时间均明显高于低食物量斑块中的(P < 0.05),但在利用频次上均无明显差异(P > 0.05)。在面临低风险时,艾虎在4 种饥饿状态下均只利用无天敌动物存在的低食物量斑块,而基本不利用有天敌动物存在的高食物量斑块。在面临高风险时,艾虎不得不利用有天敌动物存在的食物斑块,被剥夺食物0 d 时艾虎对无风险、无食物量斑块的利用时间基本相同于对高风险、有食物量斑块的利用时间(P>0.05),而被剥夺食物1d、2 d 和3 d 后艾虎对高风险、有食物量斑块的利用时间明显高于无风险、无食物量斑块的(P< 0. 05)。在相同风险条件下,随着饥饿程度增加,艾虎在斑块中的取食量均明显增加(P< 0.05),而对斑块的利用时间和利用频次明显降低(P<0.05)。在相同的饥饿状态下,不同风险水平时,艾虎在斑块中的取食量无明显的差异(P>0.05),但在低风险和高风险时对斑块的利用时间和频次均明显低于无风险时的(P <0.05)。以上结果说明艾虎能够根据食物摄取率和自身的能量需求在捕食风险和饥饿风险之间做出权衡,当饥饿风险小于捕食风险时,艾虎趋于躲避捕食风险,当饥饿风险大于捕食风险时,艾虎趋于面对捕食风险,所采用的取食策略是减少活动时间和能量消耗,最大程度地提高单位时间内获得的能量。     

食物限制对异性大仓鼠气味选择的影响

通过Y型迷宫实验 ,以巢垫物为气味选择源 ,研究了大仓鼠对 60 %限食异性鼠和对照异性鼠气味选择的偏好。结果表明 ,雌雄大仓鼠均较多地选择对照异性鼠的气味 ,但这种选择上的差异并不显著(P >0 0 5 )。12 5I放射免疫法对实验鼠血清中睾酮 (雄性 )和雌二醇 (雌性 )含量的测定结果表明 ,对照鼠血清中睾酮 (雄性 )和雌二醇 (雌性 )激素与 60 %限食鼠无显著差异。表明 60 %限食对大仓鼠异性间气味选择的影响较小。     

介绍几个简单的生殖生理实验(一)

实验目的和原理雌性的性腺是卵巢,卵巢除能生成卵子外,还可以分泌大量的雌性激素,包括雌激素和孕激素。雌激素的主要生理作用包括:(1)促进雌性附性器官的(如子宫、阴道、输卵管等)发育成熟并具有生理功能;(2)维持雌性的副性征。卵巢分泌的雌激素中,以雌二醇的作用最强。本实验用未成年小白鼠,观察注射外源性雌激素对子宫重量和子宫液分泌的影响。     

Predictors of social dominance in the adult female golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

Adult female golden hamsters exhibit smaller and less pigmented flank glands than do males. Nevertheless, as has been found in male hamsters, variations in these parameters of the flank glands correlate highly (r_s=0·78) with social rank attained in a group of four females. Ovariectomy and subsequent replacement with a graded series of testosterone propionate doses produces a directly related response in the flank gland and in the social rank attained in all-female groups (r_s=0·72). Body weight of females also correlates directly with social status (r_s=0·74), but, when body weight is held constant, social rank can still be predicted from measures of the flank gland. Oestrous-related fluctuations in aggressive behaviour of females did not alter dominance relationships.     

Individual recognition and odor in rat-like hamsters: behavioral responses and chemical properties

Individual recognition has been studied across a number of taxa and modalities; however, few attempts have been made to combine chemical and biological approaches and arrive at a more complete understanding of the use of secretions as signals. We combined behavioral habituation experiments with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of glandular secretions from the left and right flank gland and midventral gland of the rat-like hamster, Tscheskia triton. We found that females became habituated to one scent and then could discriminate individuals via another scent source from the same individual only when familiar with the scent donor. However, this prior social interaction was not required for females to discriminate different individuals in single-stimulus habituation-dishabituation tests. Chemical analyses revealed a similarity in volatile compounds between the left and right flank gland and midventral gland scents. It appears that individually distinctive cues are integratively coded by a combination of both flank gland and midventral gland secretions, instead of a single scent, albeit animals show different preferences to the novel scent. Our results suggest that odors from the flank and midventral glands may provide information related to individuality and aid individual recognition in this species and confirm that prior interaction between individuals is a prerequisite for rat-like hamsters to form multi-odor memory of a particular conspecific.     

Predictors of dominance in the male golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

The outcome of social interactions between four male hamsters was significantly related to body weight (r_s=0·66) and to the size and pigmentation of their lateral flank glands (r_s=0·82). Weight was held constant in a second experiment and variations in gland size and pigmentation remained significantly related to the outcome of social encounters (r_s=0·77). In a third experiment, castrate hamsters of uniform weight receiving either no hormone, 0·1 mg, 0·50 mg, or 1·00 mg testosterone propionate exhibited flank gland variations significantly related to social rank (r_s=0·81). These experiments demonstrate that the state of the flank gland, which is related to endogenous androgen levels, can be used as a predictor of social rank in male hamsters.     

Kin recognition in golden hamsters: evidence for kinship odours

Differential treatment of kin and non-kin has been well documented, but much remains unclear about how kin are recognized. If kin are recognized by a phenotype-matching mechanism, there must be a correlation between genetic relatedness and the similarity of cues used for recognition. A habituation technique was used with golden hamsters,Mesocricetus auratus, to investigate the relative similarity of the odour quality of flank gland secretions from siblings and unrelated individuals. Hamsters discriminated between the odours of their own, same-sex siblings but also treated these odours as similar compared to odours of non-siblings (experiment 1). They did not discriminate between the flank gland odours of unfamiliar siblings from another family (experiment 2). They also did not discriminate between the flank gland odours of unfamiliar, paternal half-siblings from another family (experiment 3). These results indicate that subjects perceived odours from genetically similar individuals as similar and provide evidence for kinship odour cues. The discrimination between the flank gland odours of subjects’ own siblings, however, indicates that hamsters learn the subtle differences between the odours of their close kin, probably through experience with siblings in the nest. When only volatile components from flank gland secretions were available to subjects (experiment 4), they again discriminated between the odours of their own siblings, suggesting that the volatile components from the flank gland secretion were sufficient for recognition of individual litter-mates.     

Exocrine gland secretions of virgin queens of five bumblebee species (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini)

Secretions of three different glands (mandibular gland, labial gland, and Dufour's gland) of virgin queens of five bumblebee species (Bombus lucorum, B. lapidarius, B. hypnorum, B. pascuorum, and B. terrestris) were analysed. Around 200 compounds were identified in the secretions. The compositions of the secretions of labial and mandibular glands were species-specific. Dufour's gland of all species produced mainly hydrocarbons, both saturated and unsaturated, the proportions of which differed quantitatively between the species studied.     

动情周期中大鼠子宫和输卵管壁肥大细胞数量变化的研究

用放射免疫分析法对动情周期中大鼠血清雌二醇浓度进行检测;取子宫、输卵管常规石蜡切片、H－E染色,并用甲苯胺蓝染色显示肥大细胞,于光镜低倍视野下计数。结果显示：动物血清雌二醇浓度依次为：动情期（E）组＞动情前期（PE）组＞动情后期（ME）组＞动情间(DE)且,各组间差异均有显性;在子宫,肥大细胞分布于宫壁肌怪平滑肌束间的结缔组织内、近小血管处,以微血管周居多,常见单个散在,于ME子宫内膜尚偶见肥大细胞;输卵管肥大细胞局限于其外膜层内、近小血管周围,亦多散在。子宫、输卵管壁内的肥大细胞镜下呈圆形、椭圆形或略不规则形,胞浆内充满紫红色粗大颗粒,子宫肥大细胞数量依次为：ME＞DE＞PE＞E,各组间差异有生（DE与PE、PE与E,P＜0.05,余组间P＜0.01）;输卵管壁内肥大细胞数量各组间差异无显性（P＞0.05）。本尚对大鼠血清雌二醇水平波动与子宫、输卵管壁内肥大细胞数量变化的关系及其生理意义进行了讨论。     

Putative chemosignals of the ferret (Mustela furo) associated with individual and gender recognition

Quantitative stir bar sorptive extraction methods, both in the aqueous and headspace modes, followed by thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry were used to investigate individual variations in the volatile components of male and female ferret (Mustela furo) urine. The urinary profiles were further compared with volatile profiles of anal gland secretions of breeding male and female ferrets. Thirty volatile compounds were quantified in male and female urine. Among them, 2-methylquinoline was unique to male urine. Four ketones (4-heptanone, 2-heptanone, o-aminoacetophenone, and a dimethoxyacetophenone) and several nitrogen compounds (e.g., 2,5-dimethylpyrazine, quinoline, 4-methylquinazoline) and low levels of three unidentified nonsulfur compounds were significantly more abundant in males than in females. Quantitative comparison of 30 volatile urinary compounds showed several statistically significant differences between the sexes and individuals of the same sex. These findings suggest that ferrets may use urine marking for sex and individual recognitions. Ten of the 26 compounds identified in anal gland secretions from females and males were also found in urine. However, most of the major compounds (thietanes, dithiolanes, and indole) in anal glands were not present in urine. This suggests that urine may convey specific signals that differ from those of anal glands. Additionally, 10 volatiles (two aldehydes, five ketones, benzothiazole, 2-methylquinoline, and 4-methylquinazoline), not previously identified, were found in ferret anal gland secretions. Among the new compounds, o-aminoacetophenone was found only in males, while only traces of this compound were found in females. Similar results were previously obtained in anal glands of three other Mustela species. These findings provide new information about the constituents of urine and volatile components of anal gland secretions in ferrets.     

Sex differences in odor-stimulated flank marking in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus).

To determine whether sex differences exist in the frequency of odor-stimulated flank marking, intact male and female hamsters were exposed to the recently vacated home cages of male stimulus hamsters for a 10-min test on 4 consecutive days. Females were found to mark at significantly higher levels than males. To investigate the role of gonadal hormones in the sex differences in flank marking, gonadectomized male and female hamsters were implanted with Silastic capsules containing estradiol or testosterone. Females exhibited twofold higher levels of odor-stimulated flank marking than males, and the amount of flank marking was significantly higher when the hamsters were administered testosterone than when they were administered estradiol. These data demonstrate that sex differences exist in the frequency of flank marking stimulated by the odors of male hamsters, and that these sex differences do not appear to result from the typical sex-specific patterns of circulating levels of estradiol and testosterone.