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Volume 27, No. (1), 2017, February
(Impact Factor 0.422; JCR 2015)

CONTENTS

	Title	Research Paper	Abstract
1	Review Paper ECOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, GENETIC TRADE-OFFS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF TROPHY HUNTING AS A CONSERVATION TOOL: A NARRATIVE REVIEW Victor K. Muposhi, Edson Gandiwa, Stanley M. Makuza and Paul Bartels		Abstract
Original Research Articles
2	EGG QUALITY TRAITS AT DIFFERENT AGES AS AFFECTED BY SELECTION FOR HIGHER THREE WEEK BODY WEIGHT IN THREE GENERATIONS OF JAPANESE QUAIL J. Hussain, K. Javed, M. Akram, H. A. Ahmad, A. Mahmud, S. Mehmood, S. Ahmad, F. Ahmad, A. S. Jatoi, Y. Abbas and F. Hussnain		Abstract
3	GENETIC EVALUATION OF LAYING TRAITS IN IRANIAN INDIGENOUS HENS USING UNIVARIATE AND BIVARIATE ANIMAL MODELS A. Jafarnejad, M.A. Kamali,S.J. Fatemi and M. Aminafshar		Abstract
4	IMPROVEMENT OF GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND INTESTINAL DIGESTIVE FUNCTION IN BROILER CHICKENS BY SUPPLEMENTATION OF SOY ISOFLAVONE IN CORN-SOY DIET A. Shiralinezhad and M. D. Shakouri		Abstract
5	CLASSIFICATION OF COPRA MEAL AND COPRA EXPELLERS BASED ON ETHER EXTRACT CONCENTRATION AND PREDICTION OF ENERGY CONCENTRATIONS IN COPRA BYPRODUCTS S. A. Lee and B. G. Kim		Abstract
6	CHAID AND LOGISTIC REGRESSION APPROACHES FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF NON-GENETIC FACTORS ON LAMB MORTALITY M. Topal, E. Emsen and A. M. Yağanoğlu		Abstract
7	FLEXIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO MODELS USED WIDELY FOR DESCRIBING GROWTH IN JAPANESE QUAIL E. K. Gürcan, Ö. Çobanoğlu and S. Kaplan		Abstract
8	COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT DATA MINING ALGORITHMS FOR PREDICTION OF BODY WEIGHT FROM SEVERAL MORPHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS IN DOGS S. Celik and O. Yilmaz		Abstract
9	BEHAVIORAL AND VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LAYING HENS^UNDER DIFFERENT HOUSING AND FEEDING CONDITIONS N. Y. Kim, S. Y. Jang, S. J. Kim, B. T. Jeon, M. R. Oh, E. K. Kim, H. J. Seong, Y. J. Tang, Y. S, Yun ^and S. H. Moon		Abstract
10	PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF INDIGENOUS RABBITS UNDER TRADITIONAL AND INTENSIVE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN K. Khan, S. Khan, N. A. Khan and N. Ahmad		Abstract
11	MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION IN TWO CLOSELY-RELATED MOUSE-TAILED BAT SPECIES (CHIROPTERA: RHINOPOMATIDAE) CAPTURED FROM MALAKAND DIVISION, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN M. Salim, A. Javid, M. Mahmood-ul-Hassan, Faiz-ur-Rahman and Z. Ali		Abstract
12	CLINICAL, PATHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF SHEEPPOX VIRUS IN SAUDI ARABIA M. Hamouda, F. Al-Hizab and I. El-Sabagh		Abstract
13	COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT DIETARY CONCENTRATIONS OF β-GALACTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES ON SERUM BIOCHEMICAL METABOLITES, SELECTED CAECEL MICROBIOTA AND IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BROILERS M. S. Yousaf, I. Ahmad, K. Ashraf, M. A. Rashid, A. Hafeez, A. Ahmad, H. Zaneb, R. Naseer, M. Numan, J. Zentek and H. Rehman		Abstract
14	PRODUCTION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AGAINST DOMOIC ACID (DA) BY MURINE HYBRIDOMA USING CONDITIONED CELL CULTURE MEDIUM IN VITRO A. F. Saeed and S. Awan		Abstract
15	EFFICIENCY OF FATTY ACID-FREE DEFINED SYSTEM FOR IN VITRO MATURATION OF BUFFALO OOCYTES A. Azam, Asma-ul-Husna, Q. Shahzad, T. Akhtar, Ehsan-ul-Haq, N. Ullah and S. Akhter		Abstract
16	LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION ASSAY FOR RAPID AND SENSITIVE DETECTION OF PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS VIRUS IN FIELD CONDITIONS W. Ashraf, H. Kamal, A. Mobeen, U. Waheed, H. Unger and Q. M. Khan		Abstract
17	ETHNOTOXIC PROFILE OF POISONOUS PLANTS OF KAGHAN VALLEY WESTERN HIMALAYAS PAKISTAN S. Kayani, M. Ahmad, M. Hussain, M. Zafar, M. A. Khan and G. M. Shah		Abstract
18	COMBINING ABILITY ANALYSIS FOR YIELD TRAITS IN DIALLEL CROSSES OF MAIZE M. Aslam, Q. Sohail, M. A. Maqbool, S. Ahmad and R. Shahzad		Abstract
19	GENETIC STUDIES OF BIOMASS PARTITIONING IN WHEAT UNDER WATER STRESS CONDITIONS N. Ahmad, A. S. Khan, M. Kashif and A. Rehman		Abstract
20	ENHANCEMENT OF PHYSIO-BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF WHEAT THROUGH EXOGENOUS APPLICATION OF SALICYLIC ACID UNDER DROUGHT STRESS S. Noreen, K. Fatima, H. U. R. Athar, S. Ahmad and K. Hussain		Abstract
21	MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF LOCALLY ADOPTED SUGARCANE (Saccharum officinarum L.) VARIETIES USING MICROSATELLITE MARKERS M. S. Ahmed and S. D. A. Gardezi		Abstract
22	DETERMINATION OF THE ANTHRACNOSE (COLLETOTRICHUM LINDEMUTHIANUM (SACC. AND MAGN.) LAMBS. SCRIB.) RESISTANCE IN SOME TURKISH BEAN GENOTYPES BY ARTIFICIAL INOCULATION AND MOLECULAR METHODS C. Erdinc, O. Turkmen, S. Demir and S. Sensoy		Abstract
23	EFFECT OF NITRIC OXIDE SEED PRIMING ON CHILLING INDUCED WATER RELATED PHYSIOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES IN GERMINATING WHEAT A. Bibi, S. A. Majid, A. Ulfat, S. Khatoon, A. Munir and G. Javed		Abstract
24	EFFECTS OF ASCORBIC ACID ON MEMBRANE STABILITY AND YIELD OF HEAT-STRESSED BT COTTON M. A. Kamal, M. F. Saleem, M. A. Wahid and A. Shakeel		Abstract
25	EVALUATION OF SEQUENTIAL APPLICATION OF SLASHING AND GLYPHOSATE FOR DROUGHT GRASS (ISCHAEMUM MUTICUM L.) CONTROL IN COCONUT PLANTATION Dilipkumar, M., C. M. Mazira and T. S. Chuah		Abstract
26	HETEROTIC EXPRESSION FOR DRY POD YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS IN CHILLI (Capsicum annuumvar. annuum) N. Rohini and V. Lakshmanan		Abstract
27	INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE INTO CONSERVATION PLANNING FOR TAXUSCHINENSIS, AN ENDANGERED ENDEMIC TREE PLANT IN CHINA Chun-Jing Wang, Ji-Zhong Wan, Zhi-Xiang Zhang and Liang-Cheng Zhao		Abstract
28	GGE BIPLOT & AMMI ANALYSIS OF YIELD STABILITY IN MULTI-ENVIRONMENT TRIAL OF SOYBEAN [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] GENOTYPES UNDER RAINFED CONDITION OF NORTH WESTERN HIMALAYAN HILLS A. Bhartiya, J. P. Aditya, V. Kumari, N. Kishore, J. P. Purwar, A. Agrawal and L. Kant		Abstract
29	RESPONSE OF COWPEA (vigna unguiculata (L.)Walp) GENOTYPES TO SOWING DATES AND INSECTICIDE SPRAY IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA I. E. Ezeaku, B. N. Mbah and K. P. Baiyeri		Abstract
30	EXOGENOUS APPLICATION OF PROLINE ALLEVIATES SALT-INDUCED TOXICITY IN SAINFOIN SEEDLINGS G.-Q. Wu, R.-J. Feng, S.-J. Li and Y.-Y. Du		Abstract
31	EFFECTS OF NEMATOPHAGOUS FUNGI ON VIABILITY OF EGGS AND JUVENILES OF MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA M. Hussain, M. Zouhar and P. Ryšánek		Abstract
32	EFFECTS OF CANOPY CONDITION AND RAMET CLASS ON CLONAL PLASTICITY OF DWARF BAMBOO, FARGESIA DECURVATA, IN AN EVERGREEN BROADLEAVED FOREST IN THE JINFO MOUNTAINS, CHINA Chang-Gen Lin, Ai-Ming Cai, Zhen Li, Rong Yan, Lie Xu, Ping Zhang and Yong-Jian Wang		Abstract
33	CHARACTERIZATION OF COAT PROTEIN (CP) GENE OF SUGARCANE MOSAICVIRUS (SCMV) FROM ISOLATES OF PAKISTAN AND ITS PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS S. Akbar, M. Tahirand S. Afghan		Abstract
34	CALLUS FORMATION FROM ISOLATED MICROSPORE CULTURE IN RADISH (RAPHANUS SATIVUS L.) B. Tuncer		Abstract
35	ASSESSMENT OF COMPOST AS NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT FOR SPRING PLANTED SUGARCANE (SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L.) M. Nawaz, M. U. Chattha, M. B. Chattha, R. Ahmad, H. Munir, M. Usman, M.U. Hassan, S. Khan and M. Kharal		Abstract
36	AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF OFF-SEASON TOMATO PRODUCTION IN PUNJAB Q. Ali, M. Ashfaq and M. T. I. Khan		Abstract
37	EXPLORATION AND SCREENING OF OXYGEN REDUCING POTENTIAL IN CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE FRAGMENTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI AND SALMONELLA SP. M. U. Ahmad, H. Qamar, Y. Anwar, M. M. Javed, M. E. Babar and Ikram-ul-Haq		Abstract
38	THE ROLE OF DSPF, THE TYPE III SECRETION CHAPERONE OF DSPA/E OF ERWINIA AMYLOVORA, IN PATHOGENICITY IN HOST AND NON-HOST PLANTS H. M. Aksoy, Y. Kaya and T. H. T. A. Hamid		Abstract
39	INFLUENCE OF SALINITY VARIATIONS ON THE EMBRYONIC AND EARLY LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-SPINED BLACK SEA URCHIN (DIADEMA SETOSUM) M. Sarifudin, M. A. Rahman, F. M. Yusoff, A. Arshad and S. G. Tan		Abstract
40	EFFECTS OF WHEAT BRAN DIET AND MAIZE BRAN DIET ON THE RANDOM BLOOD GLUCOSE AND WEIGHT OF ALLOXAN INDUCED DIABETIC RATS A. Hamid, M. Ilyas, S. Kalsoom and N. Bhatty		Abstract
Short Communication
41	RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON HIGHLY PATHOGENICAVIAN INFLUENZA H5N1 OUTBREAKS DURING 2006 -2008 IN ICT, PAKSITAN Z. Fatima, M. A. Khan, K. Naeem, M. U. D. Ahmad, K. Muhammad, M. H. Mushtaq, Z. Anwar, A. Khan and M. L. Sohail		Abstract
42	CONCEPTION RATE AFTER ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION AND BIOSTIMULATION DURING LOW BREEDING SEASON IN BUFFALOES M. R. Kayani, M. Anwar, S. M. H. Andrabi and A. Ghaffar		Abstract
43	THREE-DIMENSION STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATION OF OLR1 PROTEIN REVEALED POLYMORPHISM ASSOCIATED WITH MILK QUALITY IN RIVER BUFFALOES J. Maryam, M.E. Babar and A. Nadeem		Abstract
44	CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF IFN-α GENE IN BEETAL GOAT BREED OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN A. Yasmeen, T. Hussain, A. Ahmad, T. Yaqub, S. Masood, A. Nadeem, F. Masood, F. Hussain, S. A. Khan, A. Wajid and M. E. Babar		Abstract
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