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Research ArticleIn vitro Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Infection to Antibiotics, Lactobacillus Competition and Metal Nanoparticles
Safia Rehman, Nazish Mazhar Ali, Gerald B. Pier, Iram Liaqat, Bushra Mazhar
Antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major barrier to successful treatment of infection. Additional and novel measures to control this pathogen are needed, along with contemporary information about antibiotic resistances that are present in iso…
20 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2165.2171
Research ArticleInfluence of Different Weaning Ages on Growth Performance of Achai Crossed Jersey Calves
Azmat Hayat Khan Khattak, Abdul Wasay, Tariq Ali, Muhammad Iqbal, Khisrao Kalim, Mohammad Farooque Hassan et al.
Early calf mortality (ECM) is one of the major constraints in livestock production system of Pakistan. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the effect of different weaning ages on the growth performance of cattle calves to reduce ECM. Nine calves…
19 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2159.2163
Research ArticleAmino Acid and Fatty Acid Composition of Freshwater Mussels, Anodonta pseudodopsis and Unio tigridis
Hülya ÅžerefliÅŸan, Beyza Ersoy Altun
Proximate composition, fatty acid and amino acid levels were measured in A. pseudodopsis and U. tigridis from the Lake Gölbaşı. Crude protein and lipid contents were higher in U. tigridis (10.75%, 0.96%) than in A. pseudodopsis (8.63%, 0.77%, respectively…
19 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2153.2158
Research ArticleComplete Mitochondrial DNA Genome Sequences for Two Lineages in Coilia mystus (Clupeiformes: Engraulididae): Mitogenomic Perspective on the Phylogenetic Relationships of Genus Coilia
Ai Guo, Jiaguang Xiao, Binbin Shan, Tianxiang Gao, Yongdong Zhou
To better understand the genetic diversity and phylogeny of Coilia, the complete mitochondrial genomes of two lineages in Coilia mystus were compared. They were all typical circular double stranded DNA molecule with 17075 bp in C. mystus N and 16964 bp in C. m…
6 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2141.2151
Research ArticleComparative Mitogenomic and Phylogentic Analyses of a Schizothoracine Fish, Gymnodiptychus dybowskii from Two Water Systems in Xinjiang
Wei Meng, Tianyan Yang, Yunguo Liu, Mahmut Halik, Tianxiang Gao
Gymnodiptychus dybowskii belonging to subfamily Schizothoracinaeis a rare and endangered aboriginal fish in Xinjiang. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genomes of G. dybowskii from Tarim River system (16, 677bp) and Ili River system (16, 667bp) were se…
6 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2119.2127
Research ArticleTargeted Based Drug Designing of Pimarane Diterpenes as Potential Inhibitors of New Delhi-Beta-Lactamase
Syed Aun Muhammad, Muhammad Soaib Said, Shams Ur Rehman, Muhammad Dawood, Muneer Ahmed Qazi, Nighat Fatima
Gram negative bacteria are today’s major worldwide health concern because of production hydrolytic enzyme New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1). The enzyme NDM-1 is responsible for bacterial resistance against almost all the β-lactam antibiotic…
6 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2135.2140
Short CommunicationConfirmation of Rabies Infection by Mouse Inoculation Test and Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction in Suspected Samples of Cow and Mule
Zain ul Abidin, Aisha Khatoon, Abdul Whab Manzoor, Nida Arooj, Sajjad Ali, Muhammad Numan
Rabies, a Lyssavirus infection of Rhabdoviridae family, is a potential neurotropic disorder affecting all mammals and humans. This infection spreads through biting of infected and/or carrier animals to healthy ones including humans. Incubation period of this i…
6 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.sc4
Research ArticleImpact of Feeding Different Levels of Neutral Detergent Fiber as Total Mixed Rations on Sensory Attributes, Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality of Growing Lambs
Mutassim M. Abdelrahman, Ibrahim A. Alhidary, Gamaleldin M. Suliman, Abdullah H. Alyemni, Mohamed Y. Al-Saiady, Faisal A. Alshamiry et al.
A feeding trial was conducted to study the effect of feeding Total Mixed Ration (TMR) with different levels of neutral detergent fibre (NDF), compared with the traditional feeding, on growth rate, carcass and meat quality measurements of growing lambs. Twenty…
6 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2129.2134- Research Article
Effect of Infested Shoot Removal and Light Trap on Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis G.) Infestation on Brinjal Fruit Solanum melongena L.
Qudsia Yousafi, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Aslam, Allah Ditta Abid
Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) is a very important crop in Southeast Asia. It is attacked by several insect pests, but brinjal shoot and fruit borer (BSFB), Leucinodes orbonalis G. is the most important insect pest attacking almost all the plant parts except r…
6 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2115.2118 
Research ArticleHuge Fish Killing after Rain at Jeddah Coast, The Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Md. Abu Affan, Abdulmohsin Al-Sofyani, Adnan Jaman Turki, Mohammed S.B. Hariri
A study was conducted to find out the possible reasons of fish killing at the Jeddah Coast, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. There are many factors for a sudden fish die-off in a water body such as toxic discharges, low dissolved oxygen (DO), temperature, salinity,…
5 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2099.2106
Research ArticleParasitic Activity of the Root Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita in Okra in a Naturally Infested Field and its Suppression by Lecanicillium muscarium
Manzoor Hussain, Miloslav Zouhar, Pavel Ryšánek
The experiment was conducted in a grower’s field naturally infested with Meloidogyne incognita in Layyah District. Six okra genotypes, including 19,224; 19,235; Pusa Swami; Ikra-1; Ikra-2; and Sabzperi China Red, were selected from our previous study acc…
5 Sept 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2107.2114
Research ArticleField Efficacy of Selected Synthetic and Botanical Insecticides against Lepidopterous Borers, Earias vittella and Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), on Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench)
Mudassar Javed, Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed, Muhammad Sufyan, Sajjad Ali, Muhammad Afzal
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)Moench) is an important summer vegetable in many tropical and subtropical countries of Africa and Asia. However, okra production is hampered by the incidence of many insect pests. Particularly, okra shoot and fruit borer (Earia…
31 Aug 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2019.2028
Research ArticlePhylogeny of Pakistani Cattle Breeds using Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene
Tanveer Hussain, Masroor Ellahi Babar, Marcos De Donato, Abdul Wajid, Asif Nadeem, Zahoor Ahmad et al.
Zooarchaeological data indicates that the Near East and the Indus Valley were the centers of domestication and diffusion of modern day cattle. To better understand the origin and genetic diversity of native cattle breeds (Bos indicus) in Pakistan, partial sequ…
31 Aug 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2029.2035
Research ArticlePotential of Phytase and Citric Acid Treated Canola Meal Based Diet to Enhance the Minerals Digestibility in Labeo rohita Fingerlings
Rana Zeeshan Habib, Muhammad Afzal, Syed Zakir Hussain Shah, Mahroze Fatima, Muhammad Bilal, Syed Makhdoom Hussain
Present trial was conducted to investigate the effect of phytase (PHY) and citric acid (CA) supplementation on minerals digestibility of Labeo rohita fingerlings fed on canola meal based diet. Nine experimental diets were prepared by supplementing CA (%) and P…
31 Aug 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2045.2050
Research ArticleRAPD based Genetic Diversity of Endangered Himalayan Gray Langur (Semnopithecus ajax) Populations of Pakistan
Riaz Aziz Minhas, Muhammad Nasim Khan, Muhammad Siddique Awan, Basharat Ahmad, Syda Shaista Bibi, Mohsin Hanif et al.
Gray langurs (Semnopithecus spp.) are leaf eating monkeys fragmentally distributed in northern hills of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). It was believed that different fragmented populations of these monkeys might have experienced a ge…
31 Aug 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2059.2071
Short CommunicationMonthly Variations in the Profile of Important Steroids during Annual Testicular Cycle in Catla catla: Basic Information for Future Study
Shafaq Fatima, Sumrin Sahar, Khalid Lone
Catla (Catla catla) is the most important commercial carp in South Asia due to its higher growth, flesh quality and increased market demand. Present study investigated the seasonal variations in gonadosomatic index (GSI) and profiles of sex steroids such as te…
31 Aug 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.sc3
Research ArticleAttraction of Root Knot Nematodes, Meloidogyne incognita, to Living Mycelium of Nematophagous Fungi
Manzoor Hussain, Miloslav Zouhar, Pavel Ryšánek
This study was designed to detect the intensity of the attraction and repulsion of nematodes to several fungi. Of the 14 fungi tested, 11 attracted root-knot nematodes, one repelled nematodes, and two were neutral. The attraction intensity was directly proport…
31 Aug 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2073.2078
Research ArticleDiversity Analysis of Chinese Tibetan Naqu Yak (Bos grunniens) Populations Using mtDNA
Wang-Dui Basang, Tian-Wu An, Luo-Bu Danjiu, Yan-Bin Zhu, Shi-Cheng He, Xiao-Lin Luo et al.
The yak (Bos grunniens) is an indigenous domestic animal living at high altitudes in the Tibetan plateau that is economically important for the Tibetan people. In this study, we investigated the diversity and phylogeography of four geographic ecotype populatio…
31 Aug 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2051.2057
Research ArticlePotential Fungal Control of the Subterranean Termite Heterotermes indicola (Wasmann)
Ayesha Aihetasham, Saira Shariq, Javed Iqbal Qazi
This study was conducted for isolation and identification of fungal species from cadavers of notorious subterranean termite, Heterotermes indicola. Virulence of Rhizopus stolonifer isolate and resultant variations in food consumption of H. indicola workers wer…
31 Aug 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2093.2098
Research ArticleTranscriptome Profiles in Pig Spleens with Divergent Peripheral Blood T Lymphocyte Subsets
Jingen Xu, Yang Liu, Erhui Jin, Youfang Gu, Qin Zhang, Shenghe Li
Divergent hematological traits in swine may confer physiological differences, so we studied transcriptome profiles in spleens of Yorkshire pigs with different peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets. The results showed that 2050 differentially expressed transcri…
31 Aug 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2079.2086