THE JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND PLANT SCIENCES www.thejaps.org.pk Volume 21, No. (3), 2011 CONTENTS Page No. 1 Title THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY WEIGHT AND BODY CONDITION SCORE SOME INDIGENOUS SHEEP BREEDS IN TURKEY 443 T. Sezenler, M. Özder, M. Yıldırır, A. Ceyhan and M. A.Yüksel 2 COMPARISON OF WOOD, GAINES, PARABOLIC, HAYASHI, DHANNO AND POLYNOMIAL MODELS FOR LACTATION SEASON CURVE OF SIMMENTAL COWS 448 M. Korkmaz, F. Üçkardeş and A. Kaygisiz 3 DETERMINATION OF GENETIC DISTANCE BETWEEN TURKISH SHEEP BREEDS WITH VARIOUS METHODS USING SOME BLOOD PROTEIN LOCI 459 M. Ozdemir, O. C. Bilgin, N. Esenbuga 4 EFFECTS OF INCLUSION OF AERIEL DRIED PARTS OF SOME HERBS IN BROILER DIETS 465 Yasar, S., D. Namik, G. Fatih, A. Gokcimen, and K. Selcuk. 5 PREVALENCE OF SUB CLINICAL MASTITIS IN DAIRY BUFFALOES OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN 477 M. A. Ali, M. D. Ahmad, K. Muhammad and A. A. Anjum 6 RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON SEROPREVALENCE OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI IN ELK AND MOOSE IN MINNESOTA 481 A. Z. Durrani and S. M. Goyal 7 USE OF AUTOLOGOUS LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCULAR FLAP FOR THE REPAIR OF IATROGENIC DIAPHRAGMATIC DEFECT IN DOGS 485 Z. Durrani, M. A. Khan, A. K. Mehmood, S. Ahmad, S. S. Ahmed, A. S. Chaudhry, M. H. Saleem and M. Ijaz 8 CO-INOCULATION OF PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZING BACTERIA AND RHIZOBIA FOR IMPROVING GROWTH AND YIELD OF MUNGBEAN (VIGNA RADIATA L.) 491 M. A. Qureshi, M. A. Shakir, A. Iqbal, N. Akhtar and A. Khan 9 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TRANSPLANTING METHODS ON PADDY YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS AT FARMER’S FIELD IN RICE ZONE OF PUNJAB 498 T. H. Awan, M. Ahmad, M. M. Ashraf and I. Ali 10 DETERMINATION OF IN VITRO RESPONSES OF TURKISH BARLEY CULTIVARS TO PRESENCE OF ALUMINIUM E. B. Buyukunal Bal and A. Alkus 503 11 FODDER VALUES OF SHRUB SPECIES IN MAQUIS IN DIFFERENT ALTITUDES AND SLOPE ASPECTS 508 S. Temel and M. Tan 12 FORAGE QUALITY OF DECIDUOUS WOODY AND HERBACEOUS SPECIES THROUGHOUT A YEAR IN MEDITERRANEAN SHRUBLANDS OF WESTERN TURKEY 513 A. O. Parlak, A. Gokkus, B. H. Hakyemez, H. Baytekin 13 THE EFFECT OF THIDIAZURON (TDZ) ON SHOOT REGENERATION OF ASTRAGALUS SCHIZOPTERUS 519 M. Yorgancilar and S. Erisen 14 EFFECTIVENESS OF ORGANIC MULCH ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) AND WEED GROWTH 525 D. F. Uwah and G. A. Iwo 15 SCREENING OF PANICUM ANTIDOTALE GRASS SPECIES UNDER SPRING AND MONSOON SEASONS IN THE MESIC CLIMATE OF POTHOWAR PLATEAU (PAKISTAN) 531 M. Arshadullah, M. Rasheed S. I. Hyder, and M. Anwar 16 EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT GROWING MEDIA ON SCOTCH PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS) PRODUCTION 535 M. Aklibasinda, T. Tunc Y. Bulut and U. Sahin 17 PREVALENCE OF ALIEN WEED PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS L. IN GRAZING AND WASTELANDS OF DISTRICT ATTOCK, PAKISTAN 542 T. Riaz and A. Javaid 18 NEST SITE SELECTION AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF WHITEHEADED DUCK (Oxyura leucocephala Scopoli, 1769) IN THE VAN LAKE BASIN (TURKEY) 546 H. Nergiz and M. A. Tabur, Y., Ayvaz 19 A NEW RECORD FROM TURKEY: CONSOLİDA SAMİA P.H. DAVİS (RANUNCULACEAE) 552 E. Minareci, Y. Altan and T. Aktan 20 STUDIES ON BIOLOGY OF A NEW STRAIN (K2) OF SILKWORM (BOMBYX MORI L.) UNDER DIFFERENT SETS OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY 556 S. Kaleem, I. Mahmood, M. Ahmad, M. A. A. H. A. Bukhsh, A. Wasaya, A. Qayyum, and M. A. Raza 21 FATTY ACIDS PROFILES OF RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS WALBAUM, 1792), FED WITH ZEOLITE (CLINOPTILOLITE) D. Danabas 561 22 EFFECT OF DİETARY VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE BLOOD PARAMETERS OF NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) 566 U. Ispır, M. E. Yonar and O. B. Oz 23 DETECTION OF YERSINIA RUCKERI BY POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) IN INFECTED RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS WALBAUM 1792) 570 E. Şeker, M. Karahan, M. Sarıeyyüpoğlu and B. Çetinkaya 24 EFFECT OF BROILER DROPPINGS ON INDIAN MAJOR CARPS: GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND NITROGEN INCORPORATION. 575 B. Ahmed, M. Ashraf, M. Naeem, A. Zafar and M. Javed 25 THREATS AND CHALLENGES TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN EGYPT: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION 581 M. Y. Shalaby, K. H. Al-Zahrani, M. B. Baig, G. S. Straquadine and F. Aldosari 26 IMPACT OF FARM MECHANIZATION ON LABOUR USE FOR WHEAT CULTIVATION IN NORTHERN BANGLADESH 589 M. S. Rahman, M. A. Monayem Miah, Moniruzzaman and S. Hossain 27 APPLICATION OF A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION FOR MEASUREMENT AND COMPARISION OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF MANDARIN FISH AND CLOWN FISH PRODUCTION IN LOWLANDS RESERVOIRS, PONDS AND DAMS OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA 595 I. B., Adinya, B. O. Offem and G. U. Ikpi 28 WATER IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS 601 . H. Al-Zahrani and M. B. Baig 29 NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE FARMERS AWARENESS IN SAUDI ARABIA: A CASE STUDY 605 A. A. Al-Zaidi, E. A. Elhag, S. H. Al-Otaibi and M. B. Baig 30 EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR APPLICATION AT DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES ON THE ECONOMICAL YIELD POTENTIAL OF COARSE RICE (Oryza Sativa L.) 612 I. Bakhsh, I. Awan, M. Sadiq, M. Niamatullah, K. U. Zaman and M.Aftab 31 THE EFFECT OF TRICHODERMA ON POLIANTHES QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE PROPERTIES 617 M. Mazhabi, H. Nemati, H. Rouhani, A. Tehranifar, E. M. Moghadam, H. Kaveh and A. Rezaee 32 GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF TWO CULTIVARS OF MUNGBEAN (Vigna radiata L.) TO DIFFERENT POTASSIUM LEVELS F. Hussain, A. U. Malik, M. A. Haji and A. L. Malghani 622 33 Short Communication SCREENING OF MAIZE VARIETIES FOR GRAIN YIELD AT DERA ISMAIL KHAN 626 N. Hussain, M. Y. Khan and M. S. Baloch 34 TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF POULTRY FARMERS IN TEHSIL FAISALABAD 629 A. Razzaq, T. Ali, A. Saghir, S. Arshad, and A. Cheema 35 GENDER AND VIOLENCE: A RISING ISSUE 632 A. Saghir, H. Tabassum, M. Amir, S. Arshad A. Cheema, and S. Cheema 36 CASE REPORT ILEOCOLIC INTUSSUSCEPTION IN A COCKER SPANIEL DOG: A CASE REPORT 635 M. A. Khan, M. M. Ali, S. Azeem, A. Safdar, I. Ahmad, Ziaullah and M. T. 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