湘黄鸡实施产业化开发与保种的思考

经过多年从事对湘黄鸡保种选育的研究工作，提出了实施湘黄鸡产业化开发与保种并举的必要性可行性及实施的技术路线和保障措施。     

大豆肽对湘黄鸡生产性能和肉品质的影响

为研究大豆肽对湘黄鸡生产性能、肉品质和经济效益的影响,试验选择1日龄湘黄鸡240只,随机分为4个处理,分别饲喂A组(对照组,不添加大豆肽)、B组(大豆肽:0.4%)、C组(大豆肽:0.8%)、D组(大豆肽:1.2%)饲料,实验期为42 d.结果表明,添加大豆肽可以提高湘黄鸡的日增重,降低料肉比,其中B组和C组增重较佳,育雏结束时,平均体重分别为350.06 g和349.00 g,显著高于A组和D组,料肉比C组最低,为2.49,显著低于A组和D组;添加大豆肽可以提高湘黄鸡的屠宰率、全净膛率和胸肌率,其中C组和D组较高,显著高于A组和B组;添加大豆肽可降低胸肌肌肉的滴水损失,滴水损失为C组B组D组A组;添加适量的大豆肽可提高湘黄鸡育雏期的经济效益,其中B组利润最高,为5.62元/只.综合生产性性、肉品质和经济效益,本试验条件下大豆肽的适宜添加量为0.4%.表5,参14.     

《马立克氏病调查及防制研究》已结题

由我院生物工程系主任何华西副教授主持的《马立克氏病调查及防制研究》课题,历经二年半的调查研究,2 0 0 3年1 2月2 6日结题,并通过组织专家鉴定,达到国内领先水平.本课题由衡阳市科技局、院长科研基金立项,通过对湘黄鸡进行了马立克氏病的临床观察、病理剖检和血清学试验、病理学实验等诊断特点研究、湘黄鸡目前的免疫状况及危害的系统研究,发现了湘黄鸡马立克氏病的发病日龄及其规律、诊断特点;通过对鸡马立克氏病(MD)进行了流行病学调查、查明了近三年来鸡立克氏病在我省的湘黄鸡产区内的流行病学情况,为禽病普查技术工作提供了新资料;…     

湘黄鸡马立克氏病(MD)临床免疫方法及效果研究

通过本次临床试验得出；湘黄鸡马立克氏病(MD)的免疫以CVI988 HVT苗或Rispens CVI988苗为最佳效果，可使该病的临床发病率分别控制在1．33％和1．67％以下，致瘤率为34％左右．用中药进行预防达不到免疫的效果．所以认为用血清I型疫苗是目前衡阳地区湘黄鸡马立克氏病(MD)的唯一有效的免疫方法．     

北京市大兴县留民营村的庭院经济系统

采用典型定点法调查农户庭院经济系统，并对其进行能流和经济效益分析，结果表明，菜－鸡－猪－沼气结构的庭院系统能获得较好的效益。     

北京市大兴县留民营村的庭院经济系统

采用典型定点法调查农户庭院经济系统，并对其进行能流和经济效益分析。结果表明，菜－鸡－猪－沼气结构的庭院经济系统能获得较好的效益。     

隆回县高海拔山区高效生态经济型退耕还林造林模式研究

通过对六种植物配置方式及三种开发模式的对比试验分析，试验出了一种融水土保持效益与经济效益于一体的高效生态经济型造林模式，并探讨了灰毡毛忍冬产量与海拔高度的关系．结果表明：在自然条件恶劣的小沙江高海拔山区，采用金银花(品种为灰毡毛忍冬) 三木药材或其它草本药材，运用景观生态学原理进行设计开发，可获得很好的经济效益与社会效益，并能保持山区的可持续发展．同时还试验出了主栽树种灰毡毛忍冬在海拔1000～1400m之间时经济效益最好．     

城市煤气化综合效益实例分析

本文以煤气化工程的典型实例分析为基础，通过对气源厂经济效益的分析，提出了以气化替煤量和节煤量两项指标，进行宏观经济效益、社会效益和环境效益的综合效益分析的步骤及相应的计算公式与方法。     

滤食性鲢鳙鱼对池塘浮游生物的影响

通过鲢鳙鱼不同密度的放养试验，研究了滤食性鱼类对池塘浮游生物的结构的影响，。结果表明，随鲢鳙鱼密度的增加，浮游植物生产力并不下降，密度有所提高：鲢鳙鱼的放养促使浮游动植物问题小型化发展；鲢鳙鱼放养密度对浮游生物多样性指数无明显影响。     

滤食性鲢鳙鱼对池塘浮游生物的影响

通过鲢鳙鱼不同密度的放养试验，研究了滤食性鱼类对池塘浮游生物结构的影响。结果表明，随鲢鳙鱼密度的增加，浮游植物生产力并不下降，密度有所提高；鲢鳙鱼的放养促使浮游动植物向小型化发展；鲢鳙鱼放养密度对浮游生物多样性指数无明显影响。     

养殖场饲养鸡对苯并[a]芘的摄入、排泄和积累

在北京市郊区一家中等规模养鸡场采集了不同品种和不同生长阶段的饲养鸡的肌肉和内脏样品,并同步采集了鸡蛋、饲料、粪便和大气样品,测定了其中苯并[a]芘的浓度,据此分析了苯并[a]芘在饲养鸡体内的积累、排泄和代谢的动态过程.结果显示,饲养鸡体内各组织苯并[a]芘的湿重浓度在0.024～0.15ng·g-1之间,肌肉中的浓度显著低于其它组织;饲料和粪便中的浓度显著高于体内各组织浓度.饲养鸡体内摄入的苯并[a]芘约60%在体内代谢,约三分之一直接排泄进入粪便,仅有少量残留在体内如表皮、肌肉和其他器官中.肌肉、肝脏和胃中苯并[a]芘浓度和总累积量的动态变化规律不尽相同.北京居民摄食类似鸡肉导致的对苯并[a]芘的暴露量较春、秋、冬季呼吸暴露量低两个量级,与夏季呼吸暴露量相当.     

Consequences of omnivory for trophic interactions on a salt marsh shrub

Although omnivory is common in nature, its impact on trophic interactions is variable. Predicting the food web consequences of omnivory is complicated because omnivores can simultaneously produce conflicting direct and indirect effects on the same species or trophic level. We conducted field and laboratory experiments testing the top-down impacts of an omnivorous salt marsh crab, Armases cinereum, on the shrub Iva frutescens and its herbivorous and predatory arthropod fauna. Armases is a "true omnivore," consuming both Iva and arthropods living on Iva. We hypothesized that Armases would benefit Iva through a top-down trophic cascade, and that this benefit would be stronger than the direct negative effect of Armases on Iva. A field experiment on Sapelo Island, Georgia (USA), supported this hypothesis. Although Armases suppressed predators (spiders), it also suppressed herbivores (aphids), and benefited Iva, increasing leaf number, and reducing the proportion of dead shoots. A one-month laboratory experiment, focusing on the most common species in the food web, also supported this hypothesis. Armases strongly suppressed aphids and consumed fewer Iva leaves if aphids were available as an alternate diet. Armases gained more body mass if they could feed on aphids as well as on Iva. Although Armases had a negative effect on Iva when aphids were not present, Armases benefited Iva if aphids were present, because Armases controlled aphid populations, releasing Iva from herbivory. Although Armases is an omnivore, it produced strong top-down forces and a trophic cascade because it fed preferentially on herbivores rather than plants when both were available. At the same time, the ability of Armases to subsist on a plant diet allows it to persist in the food web when animal food is not available. Because omnivores feed on multiple trophic levels, their effects on food webs may differ from those predicted by standard trophic models that assume that each species feeds only on a single trophic level. To better understand the complexity of real food webs, the variable feeding habits and feeding preferences of different omnivorous species must be taken into consideration.     

Effects of pitamin on growth performance, carcass characteristics and cecal microflora of broiler chicken

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of dietary pitamin as an antibiotic replacement in broiler chicken. The treated groups were as follows: 1) the control, 2) the antibiotics (8 mg of avilamycin kg(-1) of diet) and 3) the pitamin (70 mg of pitamin kg(-1) of diet) groups. Body weight gain, feed intake, and feed efficiency were significantly higher in the pitamin group than in the antibiotics and control groups (p<0.05). Carcass weight, dressing percentage, and the weight of breast and thigh muscle recorded significantly higher levels in the pitamin group as compared to the other groups (p<0.05). The addition of pitamin to the diets for broilers reduced abdominal fat by 23.35% and stimulated the growth of the thymus, the spleen, and the bursa of Fabricius. TAG levels of the pitamin group declined by 12.03 and 10.45% as compared to the control and antibiotics groups, and their TC levels were reduced by 15.17 and 14.39%, and LDL. C levels were reduced by 10.56 and 11.24%, respectively. Serum IgG was increased significantly by 137.43 and 36.80% in the pitamin group as compared to the control and antibiotics groups, respectively (p<0.05). The numbers of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus on the cecum digesta were significantly higher in the pitamin group than in the antibiotics and control groups and the numbers of Escherichia coli and Salmonella tended to be reduced (p<0.05). In conclusion, when Korean red pine bark extract, pitamin, was added to the broiler diets at a concentration of 70 mg of pitamin kg(-1) of diet, it resulted in better growth performance as compared to the antibiotics by improving immunity and the cecal beneficial microfloral population.     

Environmental issue of exotic catfish culture in Uttar Pradesh

A survey was conducted in Uttar Pradesh to enlist the available exotic fish species in culture. The culture and feeding details of unofficially introduced Clarias gariepinus was collected from 419 ponds existing in rural areas of 23 districts of Uttar Pradesh. The data indicated that 32% ponds were culturing exotic fishes of which 79% cases are of monoculture of exotic African catfish. Feeding analysis of these exotic African catfish revealed that 7% cases subsist on natural pond feed while 29% cases are fed on slaughter house waste. In 32% cases of the exotic magur monoculture, chicken waste was given whereas 11% cases were recorded with fish waste feeding. The possible threats and environmental risks of such unauthorised and indiscreminate culture of exotic magur has been discussed in this paper.     

Physiological benefits of feeding in the spring by Lymantria dispar caterpillars on red oak and sugar maple leaves: nutrition versus oxidative stress

The rapid growth of insects that feed on tree leaves in the spring is believed to be due to high nutritional quality. This study tested the hypothesis that both high nutritional quality and low levels of oxidative stress (i.e., toxicological effects) benefit caterpillars that feed in the spring. Fourth-instar larvae of Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) were used to bioassay the leaves of two contrasting host plants in the spring and summer: red oak (Quercus rubra), a high-quality host, and sugar maple (Acer saccharum), a low-quality host. On spring foliage, the combined effects of rapid consumption rate, efficient nutrient assimilation, and high nutritional quality allowed larvae to grow rapidly and attain larger body mass. Ellagitannins, a major source of oxidative stress in the midgut, were at higher concentrations in the spring than in the summer in maple leaves, but were at negligible levels throughout the growing season in oak. Thus, the impact of phenolic defenses (measured as semiquinone free radicals and oxidized glutathione in the midgut) was not decreased in spring-feeding larvae. Instead, oxidative stress in larvae on maple remained at elevated levels in the spring and summer. By contrast, larvae that fed on oak had consistently low levels of oxidative stress. We conclude that oak and maple were better host plants in the spring because of their higher nutritional quality, and not because of a lower effectiveness of their chemical defenses. This work emphasizes the need to measure not only foliar nutritional and phenolic chemistry but also specific physiological responses in the herbivore, such as oxidative stress. These physiological mechanisms add to our understanding of why spring-feeding life-history strategies have evolved in some insect herbivores.     

猪粪混合堆肥过程中重金属含量的变化

在猪粪混合堆肥中，采用不同的通风方式和填充料，分析该过程中重金属总量和DTPA提取的重金属含量变化。结果表明，通过猪粪混合堆肥，重金属总量不会降低，但重金属生物有效性可降低；在猪粪与木屑混合堆肥中，加入树叶或鸡粪均能显著降低重金属的生物有效性，强制通风 机械翻堆比单一机械翻堆更能降低重金属的生物有效性。     

Temporal patterns in reproduction may explain variationin mating frequencies in the green-veined white butterfly Pieris napi

There is genetic variation in the female mating rate in the green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi), and females benefit from male ejaculates that contain both sperm and accessory gland substances. Although polyandry corresponds to higher lifetime fecundity than monandry, some females abstain from remating irrespective of the number of available mates. Explaining genetic variation in mating rates requires that monandrous females perform better than polyandrous ones under some conditions. We experimentally explored the reproductive performance of females either with a low or high intrinsic mating rate by allowing them to mate, feed, and lay eggs freely in a laboratory. Individual females followed different life histories: during the early days of reproduction, females with a low mating rate produced more eggs than females with a high mating rate. Hence, refraining from the benefits of multiple mating may be beneficial, if the time for reproduction is limited, or other female traits associated with polyandry are traded off against longevity. Given the day length of 10 h, a model shows that even if polyandrous females enjoy higher lifetime reproductive success, changeable and unpredictable weather will favor monandry if each period of suitable weather lasts, on average, less than 5 days. Thus, a combination of life history cost and unpredictability of fitness may explain the maintenance of monandry in the wild. Our results are also consistent with the observation that frequency of monandry increases with latitude.     

Bayesian nonlinear meta regression for benefit transfer

In recent years numerous meta-regression models for benefit transfer in the context of environmental quality changes have been proposed by the academic literature and used by government agencies for policy making. We examine a set of popular specifications in terms of consistency with some basic utility-theoretic considerations, including the adding-up condition that is currently under much scrutiny by benefit transfer practitioners. We also compare these models based on econometric fit with underlying data, and ability to generate meaningful and efficient benefit transfer distributions. We find that our preferred Bayesian Nonlinear Meta-Regression Model (BNL-MRM) satisfies all theoretical requirements. Using a built-in nonlinear model search algorithm we show that it produces benefit estimates that are comparable or superior in efficiency to those flowing from better fitting, but theoretically flawed linear models that do not satisfy adding-up.     

芦苇制浆废水的生态工程处理

本文主要讨论了生态工程处理芦苇制浆中段废水的工艺流程及其主要组成部分稳定塘和苇田的设计参。通过对工程预期处理效果和生态经济效益分析，认为在可供利用的大片苇田，运用生态工程处理纸浆废水，不仅可以达到控制污染的目的，而且可以取得较好的生态经济效益。     

Improving supplementary feeding in species conservation

Supplementary feeding is often a knee‐jerk reaction to population declines, and its application is not critically evaluated, leading to polarized views among managers on its usefulness. Here, we advocate a more strategic approach to supplementary feeding so that the choice to use it is clearly justified over, or in combination with, other management actions and the predicted consequences are then critically assessed following implementation. We propose combining methods from a set of specialist disciplines that will allow critical evaluation of the need, benefit, and risks of food supplementation. Through the use of nutritional ecology, population ecology, and structured decision making, conservation managers can make better choices about what and how to feed by estimating consequences on population recovery across a range of possible actions. This structured approach also informs targeted monitoring and more clearly allows supplementary feeding to be integrated in recovery plans and reduces the risk of inefficient decisions. In New Zealand, managers of the endangered Hihi (Notiomystis cincta) often rely on supplementary feeding to support reintroduced populations. On Kapiti island the reintroduced Hihi population has responded well to food supplementation, but the logistics of providing an increasing demand recently outstretched management capacity. To decide whether and how the feeding regime should be revised, managers used a structured decision making approach informed by population responses to alternative feeding regimes. The decision was made to reduce the spatial distribution of feeders and invest saved time in increasing volume of food delivered into a smaller core area. The approach used allowed a transparent and defendable management decision in regard to supplementary feeding, reflecting the multiple objectives of managers and their priorities.