Assar Ali Shah

Effect of different levels of alpha tocopherol on performance traits, serum antioxidant enzymes, and trace elements in Japanese quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica ) under low ambient temperature

This study was designed to find the effect of vitamin E supplementation on growth, serum antioxidant enzymes, and some trace elements in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) under low ambient temperature. A total of 180 day-old Japanese quails were randomly divided into four groups and provided with 0 (group A), 50 (group B), 100 (group C), and 150 IU/kg (group D) vitamin E (dl-α-tocopherol acetate) under an average temperature of 9±0.5 °C for an experimental period of 42 days. The result showed that feed intake per day, body weight, weight gain per day, and feed conversion ratio did not differ significantly between the groups. Serum concentrations of superoxide and glutathione peroxidase were significantly high in birds supplemented with 150 mg/kg of vitamin E. The concentration of aspartate aminotransferase was not significantly affected between the control and treated groups; however, alanine transaminase concentration significantly reduced in group D. Zinc concentration in the blood increased significantly in group D, with no significant effect on copper and manganese between the control and treated groups. Vitamin E at the level of 150 IU/kg of feed improves the blood antioxidant status and zinc concentration, with no effect on the performance traits of quail reared under low ambient temperature.

Effect of dietary sodium diacetate on growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, intestinal pH and Escherichia coli of broilers

This research report investigated the influences of diet supplemented with sodium diacetate (SD) on growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and intestinal pH and Escherichia coli count of broilers. A total of 240 1-day-old Arbor Acres chicks were randomly allocated into four groups fed with basal diets containing 0% (Control group), 0.01%, 0.03%, and 0.05% SD. At 42 days of age, the final weight, bodyweight gain, pre-evisceration weight, eviscerated weight, and breast muscle weight were increased in the 0.05% SD group compared with the Control group (P < 0.05). The 0.05% SD group also showed an increased water-holding capacity in the breast and thigh meat (P < 0.05). However, this group also showed a decrease in the lightness value of thigh meat (P < 0.05). There was a tendency towards a decrease in pH values of duodenum, jejunum, ileum, and appendix with the increase in SD supplementation (0.01–0.05%). Broilers in the 0.05% SD group had a lower pH in the jejunum than those in the Control group (P < 0.05). SD supplementation in diets decreased the E. coli count in the small and large intestines (P < 0.05). This study suggests that SD supplementation in diets provides a nutritional strategy to improve growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and intestinal health of broilers.

Careful Surgery, Management and Treatment of Feline (Cat) Breast Cancer

Objective: The aim of present study investigates the advanced breast cancer (malignant mammary tumors) surgical removal, effects of drugs and improving the quality of life. The terms of tumor and cancer are sometimes used interchangeably which can be misleading, there are two type of tumor, benign and malignant, but all tumors are not a cancerous. Methods: The study was conducted in Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan (RCVH). A 13-year old female Household Pet Cat about 2 kg body weight was presented with the barest swelling complaint in a Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital, Karachi. There was partial reduction in swelling the right nipple, reaped growth of tumors, ulceration, oozing yellowish fluid. After the tentative clinical and laboratory diagnosis the excessive growth of tumor was removed surgically. Then we applied available medicines like injection Adriamycin 1mg/kg I/V, syp- cyclophosphamide 0.2mg/kg, and syp- vidayline 2 tea spoons morning and evening, every 24 hours for fifteen days. Results: And after the fifteen days the cat wound decreased gradually and successfully and improving the quality of life. Then again coming after six months for a checking there were no signs of breast cancer. Conclusions: For the better recovery of breast cancer, we recommended surgical intervention to remove the infected tissues and regularly washed with povidone and provide recommended medicine like injection Adriamycin 1mg/kg I/V, syp-cyclophosphamide 0.2mg/kg, and syp- vidayline 2 tea spoons every 24 hours for fifteen days.