Volume 13, Number 1, 2015

 

CONTENTS

 


Review Article

1-7 Use and Calibration of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy in Feed Analysis: A Mini Review
Abdur Rahman, Ismail Bayram, Sadia Khanum and Sami Ullah


  Research Articles

8-11 Prevalence of Bovine Fascioliasis in Different Commercial and Non-commercial Dairy Farms of District Rajanpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Abdul Asim Farooq, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Muhammad Saleem Akhtar, Mian Muhammad Awais, Saima Inayat and Masood Akhtar


12-15 Estimation of Live Weight Using Different Body Measurements in Sahiwal Cattle
Muhammad Umair Siddiqui, Muhammad Lateef, Muhammad Khalid Bashir, Muhammad Qamar Bilal, Ghulam Muhammad, Muhammad Iqbal Mustafa and Shahid ur Rehman


16-19 Redesigning of Drip Irrigation System Using Locally Manufactured Material to Control Pipe Losses for Orchard
Qaiser Javed, M. Arshad, Allah Bakhsh, Aamir Shakoor, Zia A Chatha and Ijaz Ahmad


20-26 Performance of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L) through Foliar Application of Growth Promoters
Syed Muhammad Naeem Gillani, Rana Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Akram, Fahad Ajmal, Muhammad Aamir Wasim and Muhammad Ijaz


27-30 Determination of Plasma Levels of β- Carotene in Pakistani Population by a Simple HPLC Method
Naila Rafiq, Shamaila Rafiq, Tahira Iqbal, Bushra Munir and Imtiaz Mehmood Tahir


31-36 Evaluation of Health Biomarkers in Hyperlipidemic Albino Rabbits after Treatment with Withania somnifera and Lactuca scariola
Haseeb Anwar, Zia-ur-Rahman, Muhammad Umar Sohail, Arslan Iftikhar, Ghulam Hussain, Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Amjad Ali


37-41 Socio-Economic Problems of Aged Citizens in the Punjab: A Case Study of the Districts Faisalabad, Muzaffargarh and Layyah
Zahoor Ahmed, Muhammad Muzaffar, Muhammad Arshad Javaid and Nida Fatima


42-48 Mycelial Growth and Primordial Initiation of Agaricus bitorquis and Related Species on Agar Media
Muhammad Asif Ali, Samiya Mahmood Khan, Aamir Nawaz, Qumer Iqbal, Tanveer Ahmed and Umad ud din Umar


49-57 Laboratory Assessment of Repellency and Insecticide Efficacy of Some Plant Extracts against Adults of Red Pumpkin Beetle (Aulacophora foveicollis Lucas)
Rashad Rasool Khan, Sohail Ahmed, Muhammad Arshad and Sami-ullah


  Short Communication

58-61 Grafting Time Affects scion Growth in Sweet Orange under Arid Environment
Muhammad Raza Salik, Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Shabbir Ahmad, Muhammad Azhar Bashir and Mushtaq Ahmad


  Case Report

62-63 Surgical Rectification of Congenital Type II Atresia ani Leading to Recto-Vaginal Fistula in Cattle Calves
Sayyed Aun Muhammad, Abdul Shakoor, Muhammad Younus, Mian Muhammad Awais, Muhammad Kashif, M. Kashif Maan, Muhammad Raza Hameed and M. Saleem Akhtar