The study aimed to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation of selenium (Se), vitamin C, and vitamin E on growth performance, meat quality, and antioxidant status in Hypophthalmichthys molitrix juveniles. A total of 480 juveniles (mean weight: 20 ± 0.29 g) were randomly assigned to 24 aquaria (20 fish per 100 L), which were allocated to eight dietary treatments (three aquaria per treatment) following a completely random...

Congenital heart defects (CHD) appear in almost one percent of live births. Asian countries have the highest birth prevalence of CHD in the world. Recessive genotypes may represent a CHD risk factor in Asian populations with a high degree of consanguineous marriages. Genetic analysis of consanguineous families may represent a relatively unexplored source for investigating CHD etiology. To obtain insight into the contribution o...

After India and the USA, Pakistan is the third country leading in global dairy production, a sector of very high socioeconomic relevance in Asia. Mycotoxins can affect animal health, reproduction and productivity. This study analysed a broad range of co-occurring mycotoxins and fungal secondary metabolites derived from Alternaria , Aspergillus , Fusarium , Penicillium and other fungal species. To complete this, a validated mul...