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Vascular smooth muscle lipofuscinosis occurring predominantly in veins of a cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis)
Get PDFArticleA 6-year-old male cynomolgus monkey showed chronic wasting. No gross abnormalities were observed in necropsy except for changes secondary to wasting. Microscopic examination revealed pigment granules deposition in systemic smooth muscles. They were observed as brown or basophilic in hematoxylin and eosin stain, and were positive for periodic acid-Schiff, Schmorl and Ziehl-Neelsen. Ultrastructurally, they consisted of residual bodies surrounded with varying amounts of solitary ribosomes. Thus, these granules were considered as lipofuscin. Unlike brown bowel syndrome in humans, the pigment granules were distributed systemically not only in the digestive tract but also in the blood vessels predominantly in the veins. To our knowledge, this is the first report on vascular smooth muscle lipofuscinosis occurring predominantly in the veins of primates.journal articl
Decreased colistin resistance and mcr-1 prevalence in pig-derived Escherichia coli in Japan after banning colistin as a feed additive
Get PDFArticle[Background] Antimicrobial resistance to colistin, a widely used feed additive for farm animals across the world, has raised public health concern in recent years. Since July 2018, its use as feed additive has been banned in Japan to reduce the spread of plasmid-based mobilized colistin resistance (mcr) genes and the subsequent development of colistin-resistant bacteria. Evaluating the effects of these measures is required. [Methods] We evaluated the effects of colistin use, as a feed additive, on colistin resistance in pigs (n = 5) from birth to finishing in the farm. Moreover, to evaluate changes in colistin resistance and mcr gene prevalence in response to colistin withdrawal, E. coli samples derived from pig faeces sourced from the fields of three geographically distinct farms were characterized before and after the withdrawal of colistin as a feed additive. [Results] Colistin-resistant Escherichia coli in pigs (n = 5) increased during the colistin administration period and decreased immediately after its end. In three fields, the colistin resistance rate and prevalence of mcr-1 decreased immediately and significantly after the ban. However, colistin-resistant and mcr-1-positive E. coli were still detected in all three farm fields 12 months after the ban on colistin use. [Conclusion] Agricultural colistin use caused selective pressure that contributed to widespread mcr dissemination in Japan. Colistin resistance and the presence of mcr genes should be continuously monitored in food-producing animals.journal articl
Effect of soy sauce yeast inoculation and ureter removal on the quality characteristics of meat sauce prepared from pig kidneys
Get PDFArticleThis study investigated the development of fermented meat sauce from pig kidneys (PKs) to promote the use of underutilized livestock byproducts. To this end, we examined the effect of ureter removal and soy sauce yeast (SSY) inoculation on the physicochemical characteristics of the PK sauce mashes (moromis) and the quality of the final products. Ureter removal resulted in a decrease in the L* value of the moromis and an increase in the a* and b* values during the fermentation process. In contrast, SSY inoculation caused the opposite effect in CIE Lab color parameters. A principal component analysis with taste sensor data from the final products after heat treatment and filtration showed that the differences in taste among the four final products were distinguishable. The umami and bitterness tastes were derived from the fermentation of pig kidney sauce and enhanced with SSY inoculation and ureter removal, respectively.journal articl
Lineage-level distribution models lead to more realistic climate change predictions for a threatened crayfish
Get PDFArticle[Aim] As climate change presents a major threat to biodiversity in the next decades, it is critical to assess its impact on species habitat suitability to inform biodiversity conservation. Species distribution models (SDMs) are a widely used tool to assess climate change impacts on species’ geographical distributions. As the name of these models suggests, the species level is the most commonly used taxonomic unit in SDMs. However, recently it has been demonstrated that SDMs considering taxonomic resolution below (or above) the species level can make more reliable predictions of biodiversity change when different populations exhibit local adaptation. Here, we tested this idea using the Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus), a threatened species encompassing two geographically structured and phylogenetically distinct genetic lineages. [Location] Northern Japan. [Methods] We first estimated niche differentiation between the two lineages of C. japonicus using n-dimensional hypervolumes and then made climate change predictions of habitat suitability using SDMs constructed at two phylogenetic levels: species and intraspecific lineage. [Results] Our results showed only intermediate niche overlap, demonstrating measurable niche differences between the two lineages. The species-level SDM made future predictions that predicted much broader and severe impacts of climate change. However, the lineage-level SDMs led to reduced climate change impacts overall and also suggested that the eastern lineage may be more resilient to climate change than the western one. [Main conclusions] The two lineages of C. japonicus occupy different niche spaces. Compared with lineage-level models, species-level models can overestimate climate change impacts. These results not only have important implications for designing future conservation strategies for this threatened species, but also highlight the need for incorporating genetic information into SDMs to obtain realistic predictions of biodiversity change.journal articl
