Mubashar Ahmad, Roheela Yasmeen*, Aisha Waheed Qurashi, Muhammad Hassan Ali Shah
...mples of male and female blackbucks (Antilope cervicapra) were collected from Lahore Zoo, Safari Zoo and Jallo Zoo in winter and summer season to determine the stress levels. Both faecal and urine samples were prepared and further analyzed by radioimmunoassay (RIA) kit to determine the faecal and urine cortisol levels. Higher concentrations of cortisol were recorded in both males and females of blackbuck in the Jallo Park an...
Ashiq Ahmad
...ea. Original stock of 10 blackbuck increased to 34 only by 1982 which is quite a slow
progress....
Abdul Aleem
...sed to 5000 by 1967, the blackbuck had been exterminated from its natural habitat-Cholistan-and the need was felt to reintroduce it. In April 1970, 10 blackbuck (3 males, 7 females) were presented by World Wildlife Fund through San Antorio Zoo to the Forest Department, West Pakistan. The animals were kept in an enclosure for multiplication and ultimate release in the wild. 31,200 hectares of Cholistan desert (including Lal S...
Anqash Ayyub1, Shabana Naz1*, Sajida Arooj1, Ibrahim Alhidary2,
Rifat Ullah Khan3 and Gianluca Pugliese4
...ral activity patterns of blackbucks in response to seasonal changes. Over a period from August 2022 to May 2023, a herd of 20 blackbucks, consisting of 4 bucks, 11 does, and 5 fawns, was monitored at the Wildlife Breeding Center, Gatwala, Faisalabad. The observation spanned three consecutive days for each season, with sessions from 6:00 am to 10:00 am, during which behavior was recorded at 30-minute intervals. This cycle was...
