FACTORS DETERMINING SEMEN SAMPLE COLLECTION AND SEMEN QUALITY PARAMETERS IN AFRICAN PENGUINS SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS

Factors determining semen sample collection and semen quality parameters in African penguins Spheniscus demersus

Abstract Our research focuses on semen collection from 42 African penguin males, grouped by age, habituation levels, and reproductive season timing.We assess behavioral and physiological responses to dorso-abdominal massage, evaluating species-specific seminal traits using conventional and advanced methods.Positive behavioral responses corresponded

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Characterization of 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-Coa Hydrolase (HIBCH) Deficiency in Bahrain: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Background: 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase (HIBCH) deficiency is a rare inborn error of valine catabolism associated with progressive neurological impairment.This retrospective cohort study aimed to characterize the clinical, biochemical, genetic, and respiratory chain profiles of HIBCH deficiency patients in Bahrain.Methods: Eight HIBCH deficie

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Recent progress on anti-cancer activity of thiadiazoles: A review

Cancer, a life-threatening condition which has become one of the deadliest disease impacting human health.Conventional drugs have significant side effects and are prone to drug resistance, whereas innovative therapies are costly and place a large load on patients.Despite the fact that several decades of medication research and discovery have produc

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New perspectives for simultaneous attraction of Chrysoperla and Chrysopa lacewing species for enhanced biological control (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

Abstract Green lacewings (Chrysopidae) are important predators of many soft-bodied pest insects, for instance aphids.Previous studies reported attraction of Chrysoperla carnea species-complex to a ternary floral bait.The larvae of these lacewings are important generalist predators in agroecosystems, however adults are non-predatory, they feed on po

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