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Studies on Semen Morphology and Effects of Artificial Insemination on Hatchability in Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo)

Irfan, Arshad Javid, Muhammad Ashraf, Athar Mahmud, Muhammad Altaf, Syed Makhdoom Hussain et al.

Morphological characteristics of turkey Meleagris gallopavo semen were recorded and hatchability percentages of the artificially inseminated hens were assessed. To study the effect of natural mating on hatchability 15 (3♂, 12♀) M. gallopavo were ra…

Diversity and Relative Abundance of Pollinator Fauna of Canola (Brassica napus L. Var Chakwal Sarsoon) with Managed Apis mellifera L. in Pothwar Region, Gujar Khan, Pakistan

Tasleem Akhtar, Muhammad Asif Aziz, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Sheraz Ahmedand Imran Bodlah

Insect pollinators are essential for reproduction and survival of several plant species. Agricultural productivity depends on population interactions of these pollinators. A field experiment was conducted at PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Research Farm, Koon…

Field and Molecular Epidemiology of Peste des Petits Ruminants in Pakistan

Muhammad Abubakar, Aamer Bin Zahur, Khalid Naeem, Muhammad Azeem Khan, Subhan Qureshi

Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a highly fatal and economically devastating disease of sheep and goats. Present study was designed to have an insight into the epidemiology of PPR under field conditions in the country using molecular tools. A total of eight…

Effect of Different Salinity Level on Breeding, Fertilization, Hatching and Survival of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Captivity

Abdul Malik, Ghulam Abbas, Abdul Ghaffar, Sara Ferrando, Lorenzo Gallus, Syed Sajjad A. Shah

This study was conducted to assess optimal salinity level among 0‰, 5‰, 10‰, 15‰, 20‰ and 25‰ for successful breeding of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. The duration of study was 56 days. Brooders (48) having mean…

Enhancing Forage Productivity and Organic Hanwoo Cattle Carrying Capacity through Growing Rye Legumes Mixed Fodder under Different Manure Levels

Jo Ik-Hwan, Choi Kwang-Won, Muhammad Fiaz

This study was aimed to evaluate mixed sowing rye with legumes under different cattle manure levels for optimum forage yield and organic Hanwoo cattle carrying capacity from 2012-13 to 2014-15. Experiment was conducted under split plot arrangement having 3 mai…

Assessment of Seasonal Distribution and Threats to Avian Fauna of Lahore Safari Zoo

Shahid Mehmood, Bushra Nisar Khan, Hassan Raza, Rida Ahmad, Azhar Muhammad, Zulfiqar Ali et al.

The study was conducted to observe the year round bird species diversity from October 2014 to September 2015 at Safari Zoo Lahore (31°22’57 N, 74° 12’ 47 E and elevation 208m) located in district Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. In total, 5456 bir…

Impact of Different Captive Environmental Conditions on Behavior of African Lions and their Welfare at Lahore Zoo and Safari Zoo, Lahore

The goal of current research was to evaluate the behavioral adjustments of African lion Panthera leo in different sized enclosures. A group of African lionswas observed at Lahore Zoo having one solitary lion, one breeding pair and a pair of siblings that was c…

Effect of Butyrate on Genetic Expression of Sirt1/AMPK and Akt/mTOR Axes in Murine Adipose Tissue

Tania A. Shakoori, Soumble Zulfiqar, Khadija Irfan Khawaja, Faisal Masud

Sirt1/AMPK and Akt/mTOR axes regulate cellular energy homeostasis and metabolism. Sodium butyrate (NaB) is a product of healthy gut microbiota and a histone deacetylase inhibitor. Recent studies have shown that NaB activates the intracellular pathways involvin…

Identification of Frequent Exacerbator Phenotype in Local COPD Patients: Development of Predictive Models for Frequent Exacerbations

Tania Ahmed Shakoori, Muhammad Saqib Saeed, Asif Hanif, Saima Mukhtar, Ayesha Ghauri

Acute exacerbations are important events in the natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Their frequency is directly related to the prognosis of the disease. The objective of this study was to identify the ‘frequent exacerbator&rs…

Effects of Consumption of Caged and Un-Caged Chicken Meat on Ovarian Health of Female Wistar Rats

Saara Ahmad, Iftikhar Ahmed, Saida Haider, Zehra Batool, Fatima Ahmed, Saiqa Tabassum et al.

The caged chicken meat consumption has peaked current days due to its incredible taste and low cost. However, to meet the increasing demand the chickens are reared commercially through feeds and battery cages allowing maximum weight gain and growth in consider…

Ovarian Tissue Transplantation in Mice and Rats: Comparison of Ovaries Age

Abd El-Nasser Ahmed Mohammed

Transplantation of ovarian tissue has been shown to induce puberty and pregnancies successfully. The aims of the present study were to evaluate ovaries age effect on restoration function upon transplantation in mice and rats. Eighteen adult female rats were cl…

Pathological Alterations during Co-Infection of Newcastle Disease Virus with Escherichia coli in Broiler Chicken

Qamar-un-Nisa, Muhammad Younus, Muti-ur-Rehman, Azhar Maqbool, Sajid Umar

Respiratory diseases are responsible for major economic losses at poultry farms especially during during co-infections of respiratory pathogens. However, impact of co-infections is not well known, especially in broilers. The current study was aimed to assess t…

Determination and Analysis of the Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of Octopus dollfusi (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from China

Yunjun Yan, Zhenming Lü, Tianming Wang, Yongjiu Chen, Jingwen Yang, Baoying Guo et al.

In this study, we have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Octopus dollfusi (Robson, 1932) collected from the coast of Guangdong Province, China, and analyzed the phylogenetic relationship with other cephalopod species. T…

The Equine Influenza Outbreak in Pakistan 2016: Seroprevalence and Geo-Temporal Epidemiology of a Large Propagating Outbreak

Amjad Khan, Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq, Mansur ud Din Ahmad, Jawad Nazir, Zahida Fatima, Asghar Khan et al.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan experienced an extensive epidemic of equine influenza (EI) in October 2015 in equine population. EI is among the OIE or WHO notifiable, contagious equine respiratory diseases. Due to lack of awareness and interest…

An Assessment of the Growth and Profitability Potential of Meat-Type Broiler Strains under High Ambient Temperature

Zia ur Rehman, Naila Chand, Rifat Ullah Khan, Sarzamin Khan, Muhammad Subhan Qureshi

The present study was planned to study the performance and potential profitability of four commercial broiler strains in two different temperature zones i.e., thermoneutral zone (TN) and high ambient temperature zone (HAT) group. Day-old broiler chicks (n=242)…

Histophysiological Changes in Broilers Fed on Diet Supplemented with Mannanoligosaccharide and Organic Acid Blend

Muhammad Usman Saleem, Saima Masood, Hafsa Zaneb, Aneela Zameer Durrani, Asim Aslam, Kamran Ashraf et al.

The present study aims at analyzing effects of mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) and organic acid blend (OAB) supplementation individually and in combination on carcass yield, small intestinal microarchitecture and serum biochemistry in Hubbard chicks. A total of 12…

Evaluation of Fish By-Products Meal Emerging as a Result of Aquaculture and Fish Processing Industry by using the Flash Dryer System

Ozgur Altan

In this study, convertibility of the fish by-products (FBP) emerging after processing the trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), sea bream (Sparus aurata) and European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) produced by aquaculture into a raw material that can be used in fish f…

A Comparative Study for Egg Production in Layers by Decision Tree Analysis

Yakut Gevrekçi, Çiğdem Takma

Decision tree analysis is one of the data mining approaches which generate model asses the response variable based on the predictor variables. The present study deals with evaluating relationship between egg production (EP) and some related traits by decision…

Impact of Different Salinity Levels on Growing Performance, Food Conversion and Meat Quality of Red Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) Reared in Seawater Tanks

Abdul Malik, Ghulam Abbas, Abdul Ghaffar, Sara Ferrando, Lorenzo Gallus

The effect of varying salinity levels (15‰ to 40‰ with 5‰ increment) on growth, feed efficiency and meat quality of red tilapia, Oreochromis sp. (mean body weight 5±0.07g) were investigated. Juveniles of red tilapia were randomly di…

Association of Types of Overlapping Genes with the Size of Chromosome in Human Genome

Syed Kashif Nawaz, Faiza Zubair, Sidra Kanwal

Overlapping genes are an integral component of the genome. The present study investigated the various types of overlapping genes in human genome. Study was completed using genome assembly GRCh 38/ hg38 data was accessed using NCBI map viewer for the identifica…