1.Tibial dyschondroplasia is closely related to suppression of expression of hypoxia-inducible factors 1α, 2α, and 3α in chickens
Shucheng HUANG ; Mujeeb U REHMAN ; Gang QIU ; Houqiang LUO ; Muhammad K IQBAL ; Hui ZHANG ; Khalid MEHMOOD ; Jiakui LI
Journal of Veterinary Science 2018;19(1):107-115
Tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) cases has not been reported in Tibetan chickens (TBCs), but it is commonly seen in commercial broilers characterized by lameness. The underlying mechanism remains unclear. Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are important regulators of cellular adaptation to hypoxic conditions. In this study, we investigated the role of HIF-1α,
Anoxia
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Blotting, Western
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Chickens
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Growth Plate
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Osteochondrodysplasias
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Poultry
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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RNA
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Thiram
2.Epidemiological investigation and risk factors of Peste des petitis ruminants (PPR) in yaks (Bos grunniens) and cattle in five regions of China
Li, X.H. ; Li, K. ; Zhang, H. ; Gan, P. ; Luo, H.Q ; Han, Z.Q ; Mehmood, K. ; Shahzad, M.
Tropical Biomedicine 2018;35(3):736-743
To investigate the prevalence of Peste des petitis ruminants in yaks and cattle in
poorly studied areas of China. A total of 1202 and 560 blood samples were collected from
yaks and cattle, respectively and processed using a commercial ELISA kit. Multivariable
logistic regression model was piloted to find the variables, potentially associated with exposure
of PPR infection in yaks and cattle. Results indicated that the overall prevalence of PPR in
yaks was 11.2%. A total 66 (11.8%) out of 560 were examined out to be positive to PPR in
cattle in Jiangxi province. According to conditional stepwise logistic regression, region, age
and gender were found to be the more influencing risk factors in yaks, while region and age
were found to be the potential risk factors in cattle. The current results reported the prevalence
and associated risk factors of PPR in bovine for the first time in China.