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Baby Beef Production In W.A, D J. Barker

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

BABY beef should be marketed at about 500-600 lb. liveweight at less than 12 months old, and should be in prime condition to be sought after by the trade.

Inheritance Of Behavioral Characters In F2 Mallard X Pintail (Anas Platyrhynchos L. X Anas Acutas L.) Hybrids, Roger S. Sharpe, Paul A. Johnsgard

Paul Johnsgard Collection

The present study was undertaken to compare the inheritance of behavioral and morphological features of two closely related species of Anas, and to attempt to establish whether any significant degree of behavioral variation occurs in the second generation which could be attributed to these genetic processes.

Two closely related species of Anas, the Common Mallard (A. p. platyrhynchos) and the Common Pintail (A. a. acuta), were selected for study. Both species have been repeatedly hybridized in captivity (GRAY, 1958; PHILLIPS, 1915, 1921), and occasionally hybrids occur in the wild. MAYR (1963) has commented on the …

Review Of Key To Parasites Of Freshwater Fish Of The U.S.S.R., Glenn L. Hoffman

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

This is a translation of the Russian book, Opredelitely Parazitov Presnovodnykh Ryb SSSR, by the above authors, Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow-Leningrad, 1962. It is essentially a key to the identification of the species of parasites of the freshwater fishes of Russia including longer descriptions of the higher taxa.

Symposium O Koroptvi / Symposium On Partridge: Výzkumný Űstav Lesniho Hospodářství A Myslivosti Československý Myslivecký Svaz, Czechoslovak Forestry And Game Management Research Institute, Czechoslovak Hunting Union

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Conference Proceedings

English abstract

The Symposium on Partridge was organized by the Forestry and Czechoslovak Game Management Research Institute and the Czechoslovak Hunting Union and held in Prague, Czechoslovakia in October 1965. Participants in the symposium were specialists and scientific workers from Czechoslovakia and some scientists from abroad. There were two major themes: 1. the present state of partridge research and 2. conservation issues, including the problems and prospects of partridge stocks.

Papers concerned biology of partridges, ecology, population dynamics, migration, nestng, food, influence of predators, health, helminths, gapes, hemogram, rearing of partridges, rearing of chicks, penning, wintering in pens, protection during …

Survey Of The Fishes Of Tomales Bay With Notes On The Life History Of The White Seaperch, Phanerodon Furcatus Girard, Tapan Banerjee

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Tomales Bay is situated in Marin County, about 40 miles north-west of San Francisco. This shallow bay averages about 1.5 miles in width and is about 12.6 miles in length, with an average depth of 12 feet (Johnson, Bryant and Hedgpeth, 1961). Oyster and herring comprise the main fishing industry, although the bay contributes a great amount of perch, smelt, halibut, and shark. Gill and seine nets are the most common gear used by fishermen.

The primary objectives of this study were: (1) to determine the species composition of the bay, and the relation between seining success at different localities …

'65 Saw Feathered Chums Nested, Protected, Inspected, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Annual Audubon Bird Count Under Way In U.S., Canada, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Birds Will Feast On Own Yule Tree, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Charm Of Goldfinch Lies In Song, Plume, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Factors Affecting Nesting Success Of The Canvasback In The Aspen Parklands, Jerome H. Stoudt

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

The Minnedosa study area is located in the southwestern portion of Manitoba just south of the town of Minnedosa. It is 90 square miles in size and roughly square in shape. The Aspen Parkland, in which the study area is located, is characterized by gently rolling terrain and black soils. Mixed farming is the rule with emphasis on small grain production consisting of wheat, barley, and oats. Roughly 50 percent of the water areas in the parkland are ringed with aspen, Populus tremuloides, and large blocks of aspen are interspersed throughout the area. The Minnedosa area differs because of …

Relationship Between Measures Of Semen Quality And Fertility In Bulls Mated Under Natural Conditions, J. N. Wiltbank, W. W. Rowden, J. E. Ingalls

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

An evaluation of the relationship between several measures of semen quality and fertility of bulls mated under natural conditions has been conducted over a three-year period. Semen was collected three different times with an electro-ejaculator from bulls used in the fertility tests. Collections were made at weekly intervals. Fertility was evaluated by mating bulls to heifers starting about three days after the last collection. Semen quality refers to the percent abnormals and the percent motility evaluated at the time of collection. Fertility was measured by the proportion of heifers that settled at natural service. Several multiple regression equations were calculated. …

Harris' Sparrow Handsome Bird Takes Winter Leave In Texas, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Inn Provides Rare Treat In Watching, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Whooping Cranes May Reach 50 By End Of The Year, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 41, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

160 Ornithological Society Members Achieve Club Goal, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Migrant Hummers Big Patrons Of Syrup-Filled Feeder Bottles, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Protection Of Nature Discussed, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Shortage Of Ducks Critical, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Nebraska Bird Review (October 1965) 33(4), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

1965 (Fortieth) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report ......................54

Two Unusual Birds Reported ......................65

Correction to 1964 Spring Report ......................65

Honorary Member - Harold J. D. Turner ......................66

Excerpts from Letters ...................... 66

M. A. Carriker, Jr. ...................... 68

A Parasitized Prairie Chicken Nest ......................68

Book Reviews ...................... 69

Index of Volume XXXIII ...................... 70

The Elusive Musk Ducks, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

If one were to try to choose the most remarkable duck in the world, serious consideration would have to be given the Australian Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) of the family Anatidae. Among its unusual features are the great dimorphism of the sexes (males weigh eight pounds or more and are about three feet from bill to tail; females weigh two to three pounds and measure about two feet), the leathery pendent lobe that is located on the lower mandible, the strong odor of musk that is prominent in males during the breeding season, and the remarkably large eggs (averaging one-half …

Chimney Swifts Migration Common Sight, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Regardless Of Route, Bird-Watching Enhances Trip, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Fall Warbler Watch On In Fort Worth, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Parade Of Ducks Is Hotel Tradition, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Ultrasonic Tracking Of Migratory Fishes With An Internal Tag, Ross M. Horrall, H. F. Henderson, A. D. Hasler

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

First paragraph:

A small ultrasonic tag, 9 mm by 40 mm in size, has been developed by members of the fish orientation group at the University of Wisconsin. The tag emits a continuous signal at approximately 65 kc/sec. The signal is received via a directional hydrophone and a high quality communications receiver. Tracking ranges of up to 1 km have been obtained. The placement of the tag is internal: either into the stomach or into the body cavity of the fish. The tags and tracking equipment have been successfully employed in studies on the open water movements and orientation of …

The Coccidian Parasites (Protozoa, Sporozoa) Of Rodents, Norman D. Levine, Virginia Ivens

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

This monograph summarizes the known information on taxonomy, morphology, life cycle, hosts, location in the host, pathogenicity, geographic distribution, and cross-transmission studies of the 196 named species of coccidia of rodents. These include 176 species of Eimeria, 9 of Isospora, 3 of Wenyonella, 2 each of Cryptosporidium and Klossiella, and 1 each of Dorisiella, Caryospora, Tyzzeria, and Klossia. In addition, similar data are given for those forms for which insufficient information is available to justify assigning them names.

Eimeria, which is the most common genus, has been described from only 15% …

Children Discover Excirtement In Birds Of Alabama Creekbed (Chipping Sparrrow,, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Black-Necked Stilt Spotted Near Lake, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Paternal Half-Sib Correlations Between Pairs In The Same And Different Herds, L. Dale Van Vleck

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Correlations were computed between first lactation milk records expressed as deviations from herd-mate averages of pairs of Holstein paternal half-sibs in the same and in different herds. These were compared to the comparable daughter-dam regressions. After correcting the daughter-dam regression for environmental correlation and change in variance from the dam to the daughter generation, both the daughter- dam and paternal half-sib estimates of heritability were about .34, which suggests that maternal genetic variance is. unimportant. This estimate is, however, higher than the .25 found from the paternal half-sib estimate from an analysis for variance components.

The comparison of the half-sib …