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Cross Breeding Promotes Deterioration of Semen Quality in Cattle Bulls

Ibrar Muhammad Khan, Rifat Ullah Khan, Muhammad Subhan Qureshi, Tahir Usman, Adnan Khan, Zakir Ullah et al.

Nine healthy mature bulls having average age 3 ± 0.14 years, were selected in three different groups i.e., Sahiwal, Holstein-Friesian and crossbred (Sahiwal x Holstein-Friesian) to compare the semen quality. Semen samples were individually diluted with…

Population Dynamics of the Goby Trypauchen vagina (Gobiidae) at Downstream of Hau River, Vietnam

Quang Minh Dinh

Trypauchen vagina is a commercial fish, but little is known on its population parameters. This study was carried out at downstream of Hau River in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam to provide fundamental information on the population biology of T. vagina based on leng…

Modification of Electro-Ejaculation Technique to Minimise Discomfort during Semen Collection in Bulls

Falah Baiee, Wahid Haron, Rosnina Yusoff, Ariff Omar, Nurhusien Yimer, Salman Hammadi et al.

The aim of this study was to reduce acute discomfortness experienced in bulls during semen collection by electro ejaculation method. The normal electro ejaculation method of semen collection (Method I) was compared to a modified method involving three stages o…

Screening of Okra Cultivars for Resistance against Helicoverpa armigera

Ajmal Khan Kassi, Humayun Javed, Tariq Mukhtar

Fruit borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is one of the most economically important and widespread pests of okra and causes worldwide yield losses. The pest is mainly controlled by chemicals which cause deleterious effects to hu…

The Diving Beetle Fauna of Diyarbakır and Bingol Provinces, Turkey (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with a New Record

Medeni Aykut

The present study was carried out from September 2013 to August 2015 in Bingöl and Diyarbakır provinces in the Eastern and South-eastern Anatolian regions of Turkey. A total of 3,990 dysticid specimens were collected from 118 different localities and…

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 50, Iss. 1, pp 75-82

Temel Gokturk, Elif Tozlu, Recep Kotan

Ricania simulans causes harm in almost all plants that grow along the Eastern Black Sea coast. The chemicals used to control this pest are prohibited in this region due to tea cultivation. For this reason, new strategies are needed to control this pest. With t…

Prevalence and Potential Risk Factors for Escherichia coli Isolated from Tibetan Piglets with White Score Diarrhea

Hailong Dong, Hui Zhang, Kun Li, Khalid Mehmood, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Fazul Nabi et al.

This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and pathogenic potential of Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolated from piglets having white score diarrhea as a result of outbreak occurred in Qinghai Tibetan Plateau in 2015. A total of 81 E.coli were isolat…

New Perspectives for Predicting Growth Properties of Crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823) in Uluabat Lake

Semra Benzer, Recep Benzer

This study aims to compare the growth estimation result of the two methods which are Length - Weight Relations and Artificial Neural Networks from Uluabat Lake regarding narrow-clawed crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz 1823) between 2015 and 2016. The…

Identification of Differentially Expressed Long Noncoding RNAs and mRNAs Involved with Dominant Follicle Selection in Goats using RNA-seq

Guang-Xin E, Yong-Ju Zhao, Yue-Hui Ma, Ming-Xing Chu, Jia-Hua Zhang, Zhong-Quan Zhao et al.

In this study, we used high-throughput technology to provide the first transcriptome dataset for differentially expressed genes in mixed pools of dominant and nondominant follicles of goats. These data will contribute to research on the molecular mechanisms of…

Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Testes of the African Ostrich

LX Ye, JX Wang, P Li, XT Zhang

Ghrelin, the endogenous ligand for the GH-secretagogue receptor (GHS-R), has been found in the testes of many vertebrates, and in the cerebellum and gastrointestinal tract of African ostrich, but there is little known about its distribution in the testes of th…

Effect of Popcorn Disease Infected Leaves on Silkworm Performance and Differential Proteome Analysis of Mulberry Popcorn Disease

Pei-feng Yin, Xiu-xiu Li, Qi-wei Zeng, Cheng-chen Shen, Le Gao, Jian-zhang Ton

Popcorn disease, a fungal infection is reportedly known to affect the production of mulberry, however, there is no known research data available regarding the effects of popcorn infected leaves on silkworm performance. One group of silkworms was fed infected m…

Comparative Study on BPI Gene Expression in Various Tissues between Rongchang Pig and Landrace

Jing Xin Mao, Guo Wei Wang, Yuan She Huang, Rui Wang, Guo Ze Wang, Bing Zeng et al.

BPI is a pluripotent protein located in neutrophils and tissue that likely plays a vital role in host defense against GNB (gram-negative bacteria) and their endotoxin by means of its antibiotic and endotoxin neutralizing and disposing functions. BPI has severa…

Decadal Population Traits and Fishery of Largehead Hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the East China Sea

Sher Khan Panhwar, Zhou Yong Dong, Gao Tianxiang, Wang Ping, Han Zhiqiang, Wang Zhongming et al.

Largehead hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus, fishery status in the East China Sea was estimated using length frequencies data sets for 2001, 2004, 2009 and 2013 and catch and effort data from 2000~2012. Length frequency data for 8,350 individuals were collected us…

Bicephality in Eratigena atrica Larva

Teresa Napiórkowska, Julita Templin

The study contains a detailed description of a larva of the Eratigena atrica spider, which had a well-developed prosoma and an additional, partly developed head with two segmented pedipalps and one chelicera with two fangs. The larva was obtained as a result o…

Peroxidase Activity in Liver and Kidney of Labeo rohita exposed to Zinc Chloride

Toshina Mushtaq, Muhammad Javed, Sidra Abbas

Four groups of one year old Labeo rohita were exposed to 31.37 mgL-1, 20.91 mgL-1, 7.84 mgL-1 and 6.27 mgL-1 of ZnCl2 for 30 days. The peroxidase activity was found to be significantly increased both in liver and kidney after ZnCl2 treatments. Statistically si…

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Differential Expression of the KIT Gene in Liaoning Cashmere Goats with different Coat Colors

Jianping Li, Qian Jiang, Wei Chen, Yumei Li, Huaizhi Jiang, Jinlong Huo et al.

KIT encodes a growth factor receptor that is expressed in the precursor of the melanophore. It plays an important role in the multiplication, migration and survival of melanophores. As of yet, no studies have addressed the diverse expression of the KIT gene an…

Purification and Bioactivity of Placental Lactogen from Water Buffalo, Bubalus bubalis

Amtul Jamil Sami, Madeeha Khalid, Rehman Shehzad, Sana Mughal, A.R. Shakoori

Mammalian placental lactogen, also known as chorionic somatomammotropin is crucial in controlling the growth of mammary tissue during pregnancy and its release during pregnancy accounts for increased mammogenesis. Bubaline placenta was obtained and processed f…

A Homozygous c.2536G-to-A Mutation in CRB1 Gene Manifesting Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa in a Large Consanguineous Kashmiri Family

Zahid Latif, Kathrin Blasius2, Tufail Hussain Tahir, Muhammad Nasim Khan, Ghazanfar Ali, Ansar Ahmed Abbasi et al.

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the condition of visual impairment which has most feared impact on blind individuals and family. As the cheerful life is made possible by illumination of sight similarly on opposite, blindness snatch this beauty of life and push th…

Spatial and Temporal Distribution Dynamics of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise at the Confluence of the Yangtze and Wanhe Rivers: Implications for Conservation

Minmin Chen, Xiaoke Zhang, Kexiong Wang, Zhigang Liu, An Wan, Daoping Yu et al.

The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is a critically endangered species, as the whole population in the wild suffered sharp decline and fragmentation. Observations of the local spatial and temporal distribution dynamics ca…