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Distribution, Dietary Breadth and Niche Overlap between Two Sympatric Mongoose Species Inhabiting Pir Lasura National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Faraz Akrim, Tariq Mahmood, Muhammad Sajid Nadeem, Siddiqa Qasim, Shaista Andleeb, Hira Fatima

Knowledge of a predator’s diet and distribution is vital for its conservation and management. We investigated dietary breadth of two carnivore species; Indian grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) and small Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) occurring i…

Hydrolyzed Chicken Feather Meal as Protein Source for Red Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) Aquafeeds

Nursinatrio, Rudy Agung Nugroho

An 84-day feeding trial was conducted to determine the effects of Hydrolyzed Chicken Feather Meal (HCFM) supplementation on the growth, feed efficiency, survival rate and carcass composition of red tilapia (Oreochromis sp). A group of red tilapias (initial wei…

The mRNA Expression of Host Defense Peptides in Chicken Erythrocytes are Highly Related to Tibial Dyschondroplasia and Induced by Recombinant Glutathione-S-Transferase A3 Protein

Sheng Niu, Ali-Raza Jahejo, Fa-jie Jia, Xin Li, Guan-bao Ning, Ding Zhang et al.

Chicken erythrocyte, which is the most abundant cell subset in blood vessel, also exists in cartilage zone. It has recently been shown that chicken erythrocytes constitutively express toll-like receptors (TLRs), cytokines, and avian β-defensins (AvBDs). H…

Investigation on Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Fluctuations in Lasiopodomys mandarinus Burrows

Sun Hong, Zhang Yifeng, Wang Baishi, Li Yangwei, Xu Wenbo, Mao Runkun et al.

The mandarin voles (Lasiopodomys mandarinus) is a subterranean rodent that spends its entire life underground in burrow systems, having to endure a hypoxic environment. In this study, we used the embedded artificial tunnel method in a natural burrow system to…

Effect of Stocking Density on Growth, Serum Biochemical Parameters, Digestive Enzymes Activity and Antioxidant Status of Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides

Yuyu Wang, Gangchun Xu, Zhijuan Nie, Quanjie Li, Nailin Shao, Pao Xu

A 150 day feeding trial was performed to investigate the effect of stocking densities on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters, digestive enzymes activity and antioxidant status of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) reared in an in-pond raceway…

Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Commensal Escherichia coli Isolates Recovered from Cloacal Samples of Japanase Quails and Chickens in Turkey

Emel Banu Buyukunal, Rojan Ibrahim Albazaz, Mehmet Ali Bal

Antibiotic resistance has been rapidly increasing all over the world. Presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in food producing animals is considered an important transmission source for both direct and indirect transfer of those bacteria to human. For this…

Comparing Predictive Performances of Tree-Based Data Mining Algorithms and MARS Algorithm in the Prediction of Live Body Weight from Body Traits in Pakistan Goats

Senol Celik

The main purpose of this investigation was to comparatively evaluate predictive performances of multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS), chi-squared automatic interaction detector (CHAID), exhaustive CHAID and classification and regression trees (CART)…

Nonlinear Growth Functions for Body Weight of Thalli Sheep using Bayesian Inference

Farhat Iqbal, Abdul Waheed, Zil-e-Huma, Asim Faraz

This article deals with the Bayesian approach for estimating the parameters of nonlinear growth functions used for modelling the body weight of farm animals. Gompertz, Brody, Von Bertalanffy and Logistic growth models were employed on the basis of nonlinear le…

Aero and Food Allergens Sensitization Patterns in a Clinic-Based Sample in Pakistan: A One Year Retrospective Study

Abid Hussain, Farida Ahmed, Shyamali C. Dharmage, Shafiq ur Rehman, Muhammad Shahbaz Aslam, Zaigham Abbas

Sensitization to different allergens may lead to chronic clinical conditions like asthma and allergic rhinitis. Present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of food and aero-allergen sensitization patterns. This retrospective study was designed to…

Retraction Note

    It was brought to our attention that Dr. Ghulam Abbas from Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi, Pakistan has exploited the peer-review process in the Journal of Zoology by generating fake reviewers email addresses. This…

Possible Antiproliferative Effect of Tolfenamic Acid on Human LNCaP Prostate Cancer Cell Lines

Rıfat Ertekin, Mete Ozkurt, Gokhan Kus, Selda Kabadere

Prostate cancer is a common type of cancer. Contemporary treatment modalities require that new, effective methods or chemicals should be developed. Tolfenamic acid (TA) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine stimulating apoptosis in cancer cells like pan…

Behavioral Responses of Coccinella septempunctata and Diaeretiella rapae under the Influence of Semiochemicals and Plant Extract in Four Arm Olfactometer

Bushra Siddique, Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Ali

Natural enemies are more effective at controlling herbivores in diverse botanical ecosystems. Different chemical cues help to correspond in diversity of associations between prey and host plant species. Recent studies exhibited that the use of natural enemy is…

Purification and Characterization of an Acidic Polygalacturonase from Grapes and its Potential to Improve Juice Quality

Zahra Nazir, Saba Ijaz, Roquyya Gul, Mahjabeen Saleem

Pectinolytic enzymes, widespread in plants, fungi and microorganism, gain commercial importance for improving the yield and nutraceutical properties of juice processing industry, degumming of fibre plants and maximum oil recovery. These enzymes break down comp…

Houttuynia cordate Thunb Boosts the Non-Specific Immune Response and Enhances Resistance to Edwardsiellosis in the Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

Fan Yi, Xiaobin Yang, Shigen Ye, Hua Li, Ruijun Li

Houttuynia cordata Thunb (HCT) has been widely used as traditional Chinese medicine in human and livestock for its antiviral and antibacterial activities. In this study we are investigating the effect of HCT in aquaculture animals. In this study, 300 olive flo…

Optimization of Conditions for Maximal Production of Recombinant Thermostable Cellulase from Thermotoga naphthophila using E. coli BL21-CodonPlus (DE3) as Expression Host

Aisha Khalid, Muhammad Tayyab, Abu Saeed Hashmi, Tahir Yaqub, Ali Raza Awan, Muhammad Wasim et al.

Current study was designed for the development of an economic and environment friendly mechanism for the production of thermostable cellulase. Production of cellulase was focused due to its diverse range of application in industry. In the present study, condit…

Comparative Study on the Nymphal Stages of Two Sphingonotus Species (Acrididae: Oedipodinae)

Fakhra Soomro, Riffat Sultana, Muhammad Saeed Wagan

Nymphal stages of two species of genus Sphingonotus Fieber viz. S. savignyi Saussure and S. rubescens rubescens (Walker) were studied exclusively form Sindh during the 2014-2016. Both species passed through six instars larvae. Emergence of larval instars in bo…

Effect of Different Temperatures on Colony Characteristics of Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Muhammad Nasir, Ata-ul-Mohsan, Munir Ahmad, Shafqat Saeed, Muhammad Asif Aziz, Muhammad Imran et al.

In the present study, effect of five different temperatures (24 ºC, 26 ºC, 28 ºC, 30 ºC and 32 ºC) was studies on different colony characteristic of post-hibernated queens of Bombus terrestris during flight activity period and solitary…

Analyzing Stopover and Wintering Habitats of Hooded Cranes (Grus monacha): Implications for Conservation and Species Dispersion in the East Asia

Tianlong Cai, Falk Huettmann, Kisup Lee, Yumin Guo

The hooded crane (Grus monacha) is a vulnerable species. However, its stopover habitat receives little attention and is not well known or protected even. Here, we present the spatial distribution of the stopover habitats for hooded cranes in the East Asia. A m…

Toxic Effect of Insecticides Mixtures on Antioxidant Enzymes in Different Organs of Fish, Labeo rohita

Huma Naz, Sajid Abdullah, Khalid Abbas, Wardah Hassan, Moazama Batool, Shakeela Perveen et al.

In this study insecticides toxic effects of mixture of organochlorine (endosulfan) and organophosphate (chlorpyrifos) investigated on the activity of antioxidant enzymes viz. superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, catalase and glutathione S-transferase in different…

Middle Miocene Suids from Chinji Formation of Chabbar Syedan, Punjab, Pakistan

Muhammad Khalil Nawaz, Sayyed Ghyour Abbas, Muhammad Akbar Khan, M. Adeeb Babar, Muhammad Asim, Rabia Shahid et al.

Listriodon pentapotamiae, Conohyus sindiensis and Propotamchoerus sp. described in this article, have been recovered from a long neglected Middle Miocene locality of Chabbar Syedan, Jhelum district, Punjab, Pakistan. The lower deciduous incisor (di1) of L. pen…