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Introduction: Anaplasma marginal is a rickettsial organism and is the causative agent in cattle anaplasmosis. This Parasite attacks the red blood cells after infection of sensitive bovine and is transmitted by ticks. Methodology: The study was aimed to detect Anaplasma marginale through PCR the prevalence of four genera (Rhipicephalus, Boophilus, Hyalomma, and Amblyomma) of ticks, twelve hundred animals were observed, 560 samples of blood randomly taken from cattle that possesses ticks on their body and these samples were shifted to the Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam. The infected cattle exhibited clinical signs such as Temperature, decrease in appetite, nausea, and chills. The study was conducted over a period of one year from November 2020 to November 2021. Results: The results of the study showed a high rate of Anaplasma infection (88.33%) and a prevalence of ticks at Mirpurkhas. Month-wise data reveals that the maximum infection was shown in the month of June and the minimum in the month of November at District Mirpurkhas, while at Hyderabad, the month-wise data indicates the Maximum infection rate in the month of May, and the minimum infection was found in the month of November. Conclusion: Ticks collected from two districts of Mirpurkhas and Hyderabad proceeded for identification of Tick’s genus, and the mostly ticks which were infested on animals concerned with the Hyalomma genus (26.11%) Amblyomma genus (25.37%), Boophilus genus (24.62%), and Rhipicephalus genus (23.88%).

Male crickets show intensive aggressive behavior when they encounter another male. During this study comprehensive analysis on aggressive behavior in Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus) was investigated. It was noticed that male adopted six behavioral responses i.e., pre-established dominance, antennal railing, uni-lateral and bi-lateral mandible dispersal, engagement of mandibles and grappling in order to gain contact to females and to defend his territory was significantly prominent. This aggressive behavior was ignored yet attention was not paid towards this. Beside this, Illustrative Barcode, Nucleotide Sequence, Sequences producing significant alignment, and Distance distribution graph of Acheta domesticus was also presented for correct identification of sibling species.

Sales performance, field management is one of the main issues of manufacturing, profit oriented, customer centered and marketing firms. In this regards sales workers act as a bridge between customers and top management of the firms. Managers have to keep their work force motivated and pay special attention to build high level of emotional intelligence and interpersonal mentalizing skills among their workers. This study has investigated the parallel mediating effects of emotional intelligence and interpersonal mentalizing skills on the relationship between field managers monitoring and sales workers performance. Population of the study was 800 pharmaceutical firms in Pakistan. Non-probability convenience sampling technique was used for selecting sample size. Self-administered questionnaire was adapted from past studies. 400 questionnaires were distributed after getting permission from relevant and concerned officials in national and multinational pharmaceutical firms operating in Pakistan. Medical representatives (med-rep) were contacted to fill the survey. Aim of the study was explained to the med-rep prior obtaining the data. They were made assured that data would be kept confidential. Total 308 completed questionnaires were used in the final analyses. SPSS and AMOS-SEM were used for data analyses. Percentage, frequency, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation, regression and mediation analysis were run. Findings revealed that scales used in the study were found reliable and valid. AVE, CR and Cronbach alpha values met threshold. All predictors and criterion variables such as field managers monitoring, emotional intelligence, interpersonal mentalizing skills, and sales workers performance were positively and significantly related with each other. It was also identified in regression that field managers’ monitoring and emotional intelligence do not predicted sales performance significantly. Only interpersonal mentalizing skills have significant impact on sales performance. Moreover emotional intelligence and Interpersonal mentalizing skills significantly partially mediated between field managers’ monitoring and sales performance. it is concluded that managers, practitioners should pay due attention to build emotional intelligence and interpersonal mentalizing skills among their workforce.