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Short CommunicationEx-Situ Conservation of Wild Ungulates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Romaan Hayat Khattak, Zhensheng Liu, Liwei Teng
Human activities have primarily destroyed natural habitats, due to which captive breeding has become an important conservation tool. Besides conservation, it also provides opportunities for education, research, and recreational activities. In Khyber Pakhtunkhw…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200527080500- Short Communication
Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Combined with Tiotropium Bromide on BODE Index in Clinical Stable Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Tong Liu, Jimin Liu, Nan Jiang 
This paper observes the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation combined with tiotropium bromide on BODE index in clinical stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD) disease. For this purpose, a retrospective cohort was designed. In this work, 200 pa…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20191029191007 
Short CommunicationUsing Sleep Monitoring System for Estimating and Analysing the Sleep Stages
Yuzhou Luo, Ping Wang, Kaijun Yu, Song Luo, Longjie Sun
In this work, the sleep stages discrimination by breath sounds have been used as characteristic parameters for monitoring sleeping condition. Our objective was to determine and verify a high performance algorithm to correlate the sleep stages with respective s…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200407190434
Short CommunicationComparative Analysis of Carcass Traits of Two Meat Quail Breeds (Coturnix coturnix)
Jun Yan Bai, Zhi Hao Dong, Shu Juan Zhao, Ying Lei, You Bing Yang, Heng Cao et al.
The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the carcass traits of french giant meat quail and savimalt meat quail in order to provide reference for breeding and improvement of meat quail. The results show that french giant meat quail shows far higher b…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200401090428
Short CommunicationResistance to Borer Damage in Seedlings of New Varieties of Sugarcane
Zhi-Ming Luo, Xiao-Yan Wang, Jiong Yin, Ying-Kun Huang, Wen-Feng Li, Rong-Yue Zhang et al.
Quantification of resistance to borer pest damage in sugarcane varieties is key to sustainable crop protection and integrate pest management. Here, were assessed resistance to damage caused by two species of borer in seedlings of 12 new sugarcane varieties. Th…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20180712030748- Short Communication
Length-Weight Relationship of Four Fish Species from Liujiang River, China
Shuli Zhu, Yaqiu Liu, Weitao Chen, Xinhui Li, Yuefei Li
Length-weight relationships (LWRs) were estimated for four fish species [Spinibarbus hollandi (Oshima, 1919), Distoechodon tumirostris (Peters, 1881), Bangana decora (Peters, 1881), Ptychidio longibarbus (Fang, 1981)] from Liujiang River, China. Fishes were co…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200727140721 - Short Communication
Male-biased Sex Ratio and Body Size of a Wintering Roost of Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus, 1758
Liping Liu, Pengfei Liu
Sex ratio and age composition are important parameters in population biology, related to life history and difference in mortality and behavior of male and female. Sexual dimorphism indicates divergence selective pressure between two sexes. We determined the se…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200513130548 - Short Communication
Impact of Parity Order on Nutritional Values of Camel Milk in Modern System
Ayman Balla Mustafa, Abdalla Elgenaidi, Aldukali Alkeskas, Asim Faraz, Ahmed Eisa Elhag, Mohanad Bashari et al.
Camel milk has important role in human nutrition in desert and semi-desert regions; this milk provides the man with all essential nutrients in addition to its medicinal properties. A study was conducted to determine the impact of parity order on nutrition valu…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200527190548 
Short CommunicationCorrelation Analysis of Exon 4 of Estrogen Receptor Gene with Growth Traits of Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Jun Yan Bai, Yu Chen, Qi Hang Hu, Zhi Hao Dong, Ying Lei, You Bing Yang et al.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of estrogen receptor gene (ESR) polymorphism on the growth traits of quails. PCR products were used to directly sequence the polymorphism of exon 4 of ESR gene in three quail populations (Chinese yellow q…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200608230619
Short CommunicationA New Species of Spider Genus Khorata Huber, 2005 from China (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Huijuan Sheng, Xiang Xu, Haiqiang Yin, Muhammad Irfan
A new species of pholcid spider, Khorata danxia Sheng and Xu, sp. nov. (♂♀), is described from Danxiashan National Nature Reserve in Guangdong, China. The new species is diagnosed, described and illustrated with photographs.
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200309140344
Research ArticleProtective Effect of Kaempferol against Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Oxidative Damage in HUVECs Cell Line
Li Ma, Xu Han, Bo Yang, Chunhua Zhou
In order to understand the protective impact of kaempferol, MTT (3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide) assay was applied in hydrogen peroxide-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). The hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptos…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200423080446
Research ArticlePolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Improves the Anaerobic Biodegradation of Benz [α] Anthracene in Sludge Via Boosting the Microbial Activity and Bioavailability
Jia Li, Hong Yang
The biodegradation of benz [α] anthracene (BaA), a high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) was increased via a combination of alkyl polyglucosides and alkaline treatment during the waste activated sludge (WAS) anaerobic fermentation.…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200106160152
Research ArticleInsights in the Size Heterogeneity of Lates calcarifer: Expression of Growth and Immune-related Genes
Zhengyi Fu, Rui Yang, Shengjie Zhou, Zhenhua Ma, Gang Yu
Significant size heterogeneity in barramundi Lates calcarifer juveniles has been frequently reported in hatchery practices. Huge variation of mortality in different size grade of juvenile fish has also been observed. In order to explore the effect of size…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200328130355
Short CommunicationEmergence of armA Mediated Aminoglycoside Resistance in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Pakistani Hospitals
Aqsa Shahid, Saima Muzammil, Farhan Rasheed, Bilal Aslam, Muhammad Akhtar Ali, Syed Zohaib Haider et al.
The increasing reports of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii associated infections especially in the healthcare settings are of global concern. The recent emergence of 16S rRNA methylases particularly armA is associated with a high-level resistance to…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20210520200559
Short CommunicationEfficacy of Whole Crude Extract of Hard Ticks in the Treatment and Control of Tick Infestation in Livestock
Arsalan Khan, Navid Anjum, Muhammad Shuaib Khan, Shakeeb Ullah, Ali Zaman, Kamran Safdar et al.
Ticks infestation is the most common constraint to the livestock production in terms of drop in meat and milk production, decline in hide worth, physical damage to the skin of animals and susceptibility to infestation of tick borne parasitic infections. Conven…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20191215141251
Short CommunicationCorrelation Analysis Between Microsatellite Marker Polymorphism and Wool Fineness of Sunite Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
Junyan Bai, Rentaodi Wu, Qihang Hu, Lema Dao, Xinghua Tian
In this study, the correlation between microsatellite marker polymorphism and wool fineness of sunite bactrian camel was analyzed. The results show that, the average effective allele number, heterozygosity and polymorphism information content of 17 microsatell…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200320090333
Research ArticleAmeliorative Effects of Monoammonium-Glycyrrhizinate on Liver Lipid Metabolism and Antioxidant Capacity in Laying Hens
Mengke Wang, Shucheng Huang, Cai Zhang, Haizhou Gong, Shunan Cuan, Shuaishuai Wang et al.
Liver injury is elicited by a complex mechanisms involving free radical-induced oxidative stress, which can cause considerable injury to commercial laying hens. However, the effects of monoammonium-glycyrrhizinate in improving liver lipid metabolism and antiox…
15 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20191112021125
Research ArticleGenetic Polymorphisms of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Bovine Mastitis in China
Zhongyong Wu, Wenzhu Li, Chunxia Ni, Zhuolin He, Xiao Hou, Wanxia Pu
In order to provide science-based information for the control of cow mastitis, to understand the genetic polymorphisms of dairy-sourced Staphylococcus aureus, we conducted genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from milk samples collected from cows with…
14 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200109070125
Research ArticleComplete Mitochondrial Genome of the Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus and Comparative Genomic Analyses in Charadriiformes
Chaochao Hu, Xue Xu, Wenjia Yao, Wei Liu, Deyun Tai, Wan Chen et al.
The Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus is a relatively large migratory wader with an extremely large distribution range.The objective of this study was to determine the complete mitogenome sequence of H. ostralegus, and illustrating mitogenomes struc…
14 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200221020245
Research ArticleFatty Acyl-CoA Reductase of Ericerus pela (Hemiptera: Coccoidae): Localization in Insect Cells and Bioinformatic Analysis
Yanhong Hu, Linkai Cui
Bio-wax components are produced in specialized glands of animals, plants as well as other organisms via well-characterized biosynthetic pathways. Fatty acyl alcohols are the key components for synthesis of wax. A fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) is often essenti…
14 Oct 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20191016041034