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The Influence Of Redundancy, Analogies, And Field Dependency Upon Learning Of Scientific Material From Audiotapes., Ellen Jane Wyllie Wydra Jan 1981

The Influence Of Redundancy, Analogies, And Field Dependency Upon Learning Of Scientific Material From Audiotapes., Ellen Jane Wyllie Wydra

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The problems investigated in this study were: (1) Does the use of redundancy and analogies to emphasize the main verbal scientific concepts of an instructional unit facilitate comparable learning for field independent (FI), intermediate cognitive style (ICS), and field dependent (FD) undergraduate college students? (2) Are there differences in the aural, visual, and preferred sense recall of FI, ICS, and FD undergraduate college students? The population consisted of undergraduate education students at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge during the Spring Semester, 1981. The sample was all students enrolled in six sections of two media courses. Instruments used were the …

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The Austrian Problem Of Language And Peter Handke: A Documentation., Donald Russell Bailey Jan 1981

The Austrian Problem Of Language And Peter Handke: A Documentation., Donald Russell Bailey

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Linguistic skepticism and the resultant awareness of the limits of language can be traced back to Hamann, Herder, and Humboldt, through Romanticism and French Symbolism, up to modern times. What has come to be called the crisis of language (Sprachkrise) can be viewed as one segment of a broader, multi-media phenomenon. The intensity of this crisis is concentrated in Austro-Hungary in the waning days of the Habsburg Monarchy. From this time forward supersensitivity to language remains a strongly Austrian phenomenon and can be followed through the European, German-language, and Austrian movements of this century, up to the founding of the …

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An Evaluation Of A General Semantics Approach In Teaching Situational Leadership Theory In Women's Volunteer Service Organizations., Laura Mcquaig Badeaux Jan 1981

An Evaluation Of A General Semantics Approach In Teaching Situational Leadership Theory In Women's Volunteer Service Organizations., Laura Mcquaig Badeaux

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to evaluate the effects on followers' perceptions of leader effectiveness and leader flexibility after training the leaders of such followers in general semantics and/or situational leadership theory. The experiment involved female volunteer leaders from three Louisiana service organizations. A 21 hour course in general semantics and situational leadership theory was taught to a research group numbering 18. A control group of 17 leaders participated in an eight hour presentation of situational leadership theory, with no reference to general semantics. Pre- and post-measurements were taken using the semantic differential and Hersey and Blanchard's LEAD-Other. Leaders were rated …

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The Percys Of Mississippi: Politics And Literature In The New South., Lewis Turner Baker Jan 1981

The Percys Of Mississippi: Politics And Literature In The New South., Lewis Turner Baker

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study of the Percy Family focuses primarily on the lives of LeRoy and William Alexander Percy, and secondarily on the lives of Colonel William Alexander Percy and Walker Percy. Other members of the family are also discussed briefly. Introductory material covers the arrival of the Percys in the New World, their removal to Alabama, and the career of Colonel William Alexander Percy of Greenville, Mississippi. Chapters two and three cover LeRoy Percy's early career and his election to and tenure in the United States Senate. Chapter four introduces his son William Alexander Percy. Chapters five through eight treat both …

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Validity Of Running Tests Of 4, 8, And 12 Minutes Duration In Estimating Aerobic Power For College Women Of Different Fitness Levels., Jeffery Joseph Dorociak Jan 1981

Validity Of Running Tests Of 4, 8, And 12 Minutes Duration In Estimating Aerobic Power For College Women Of Different Fitness Levels., Jeffery Joseph Dorociak

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

One of the objectives of any physical education program is the development and measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness. The most accepted measure of aerobic power is maximum oxygen consumption which must be measured in a laboratory setting and therefore, does not lend itself to mass testing. Of the field tests that have been developed, distance running tests are most often recommended. This experiment investigated the validity of distance run tests in estimating aerobic power for college women of different fitness levels. More specifically, distance covered in 4, 8, and 12 minutes of running were correlated with maximal oxygen consumption. Body composition …

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Remarque's 'Weltanschauung': A Study In Fictional Dualism., Ingrid Ehrmann Gross Jan 1981

Remarque's 'Weltanschauung': A Study In Fictional Dualism., Ingrid Ehrmann Gross

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The objective of this study was to examine Remarque's Weltanschauung as expressed through his novels. Remarque sees the world negatively when he regards it as a whole. This all-encompassing world, the macrocosm, is defined by two basic factors: the evil side of man's nature, and the existence of death. The world, as Remarque views it, is not ruled according to a divine plan but is a world of man's own making. Because man has been unable to keep in check his tendencies for committing evil, he has brought about the events which characterize the first half of the twentieth century: …

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Status And Prestige As A Factor In Brazilian Foreign Policy, 1905-1908., William Neal Nelson Jan 1981

Status And Prestige As A Factor In Brazilian Foreign Policy, 1905-1908., William Neal Nelson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study traces the two traditional Brazilian foreign policy objectives of securing recognition as an important member of the international community, and friendship with the United States, during the period 1905-1908. These two objectives are examined in the light of Brazilian concern for status and prestige at the personal, national, and international levels. The themes of gaining international recognition, and Brazilian-American friendship are interwoven with the interpersonal relations that developed on the occasion of the Second Hague Peace Conference. The Second Hague Conference (1907) was the first global meeting in which Brazil was represented. It was an opportunity for Brazil …

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Effects Of A Sex Education Workshop In An Adolescent In-Patient Psychiatric Population., Christine E. Angelloz Jan 1981

Effects Of A Sex Education Workshop In An Adolescent In-Patient Psychiatric Population., Christine E. Angelloz

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The present study was an experimental investigation of the effects of a sex education workshop in an adolescent in-patient psychiatric population. Eleven adolescent patients (seven males, four females) participated in the eight session sex education workshop (SEW). The attention control group was composed of eight patients (four males, four females) who participated in eight informal discussion (ID) sessions. The research utilized a pretest-posttest design. The dependent variables were sex knowledge as measured by the Sex Knowledge Inventory, self-concept as measured by the Total Positive, Self Criticism, and General Maladjustment scales of the Tennessee Self Concept Scale, and personal adjustment as …

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Studies On Carbohydrate Metabolism In Normal And Diabetic Rats., Beverly Ann Bauer Jan 1981

Studies On Carbohydrate Metabolism In Normal And Diabetic Rats., Beverly Ann Bauer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The specific activities of phosphofructokinase, aldolase, and pyruvate kinase was diminished in crude extracts from skeletal muscle of streptozotocin diabetic rats, whereas the activities of glucosephosphate isomerase and phosphoglucomutase were not changed. The decreased phosphofructokinase activity was shown to be independent of allosteric control, and it could be reversed by insulin treatment. A rapid and mild method for the purification of phosphofructokinase from rat skeletal muscle were developed. The partially purified enzyme from muscle of normal and streptozotocin diabetic rats showed identical Michaelis constants for ATP and equal sensitivity to inhibition by excess of ATP. Extracts of quick-frozen muscle from …

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A History Of Jefferson Barracks, 1826-1860., Byron Bertrand Banta Jr Jan 1981

A History Of Jefferson Barracks, 1826-1860., Byron Bertrand Banta Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Jefferson Barracks was established in 1826 and was one of the army's major posts until 1860. Located twenty-six miles below the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, the Barracks served as a concentration point for supplies for the various army installations in the Missouri River valley and along the upper Mississippi and its tributaries. When Jefferson Barracks was established, the army intended for the post to act as the Infantry School of Instruction, but the School was never formally organized. The first soldiers stationed at the post were required to construct their own barracks and other auxillary buildings, and …

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A Study Of Reading Skills Of Third Grade Students In Terms Of Observable Classroom Behavior And Other Variables., Mary Louise Spand Jones Jan 1981

A Study Of Reading Skills Of Third Grade Students In Terms Of Observable Classroom Behavior And Other Variables., Mary Louise Spand Jones

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between selected reading skills of students in regular third grade classes and selected variables including observable classroom behavior, sex, race and socioeconomic background. The study took place in ten elementary schools in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during the 1980-81 school session. Statement of the Problem. The following null hypothesis was tested using the .05 level of significance: There was no significant relationship between selected reading skills of students in regular third grade classes and selected variables including observable classroom behavior, sex, race and socioeconomic background. Procedure. This study …

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Control Algorithms, Tuning, And Adaptive Gain Tuning In Process Control., Alberto Arner Rovira Jan 1981

Control Algorithms, Tuning, And Adaptive Gain Tuning In Process Control., Alberto Arner Rovira

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Controller tuning relationships based on optimizing the response of a first order lag plus dead time process are developed for proportional-plus-integral (PI) and proportional-plus-integral-plus-derivative (PID) control algorithms. Minimum error integrals were used as criteria of performance for the feedback control loop. The relationships presented are shown to provide excellent response characteristics in particular for processes where little or no overshoot is desired. The effect of applying the proportional action to the feedback variable in a PI control algorithm is analyzed and found to provide a more consistent response to set point changes and load changes than the conventional PI algorithm, …

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An Investigation Of Academic Achievement And Selected Self Concept Factors Of Magnet And Nonmagnet Middle School Students., Lola Fonville Soileau Jan 1981

An Investigation Of Academic Achievement And Selected Self Concept Factors Of Magnet And Nonmagnet Middle School Students., Lola Fonville Soileau

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Magnet schools are one kind of rapidly developing alternative in public education. Because of increasing financial woes and decreasing enrollments in schools, however, innovations in education must prove themselves in terms of students' achievement and development. The purpose of this stud.

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Shifts In Narrative Voices In Four Novels Of Emilia Pardo Bazan., Kizzie Anita Gowin Jan 1981

Shifts In Narrative Voices In Four Novels Of Emilia Pardo Bazan., Kizzie Anita Gowin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The narrative voices in Los pazos de Ulloa (1886), La madre Naturaleza (1887), La Quimera (1905), and La sirena negra (1908) by Emilia Pardo Bazan were studied. The analysis revealed that the author primarily employed omniscient narration in Los pazos de Ulloa and La madre Naturaleza. She used the relatively new narrative techniques of free indirect style and interior monologue when she wished to present the innermost thoughts of the characters in these two naturalistic novels. Pardo Bazan continued using the narrative techniques of the two earlier novels in La Quimera. However, she employed first-person narration more frequently and extensively …

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Feasibility Analysis, Dynamics, And Control Of Distillation Columns With Vapor Recompression., Edgar Hernandez Jan 1981

Feasibility Analysis, Dynamics, And Control Of Distillation Columns With Vapor Recompression., Edgar Hernandez

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The conventional distillation system owes its existence to its simplicity, low investment, and inexpensive energy. Inexpensive energy is something that belongs to the past. Therefore, vapor recompression has indeed become more attractive despite the more complex flow arrangements. In this research, a steady state model was developed to study the effect of different variables on the feasibility of heat pump installations. As expected, the heat pump system favored the close boiling mixture against the wide boiling mixture. A relationship between the savings and the thermodynamic availability of the mixture was devised. The savings were also found to be very sensitive …

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Ethyl Methanesulfonate (Ems) And Diethylnitrosamine (Den) Effect On Germ Cells Of Drosophila Melanogaster., Haimei Huang Jan 1981

Ethyl Methanesulfonate (Ems) And Diethylnitrosamine (Den) Effect On Germ Cells Of Drosophila Melanogaster., Haimei Huang

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

With autoradiography and fluorescent stain techniques, the degree of ethylation of Drosophila melanogaster sperm following treatment with (1-('3)H)-ethyl-methanesulfonate (EMS) or (2-('3)H)-diethylnitrosamine (DEN) was shown by different levels of silver grains on sperm. The degree of ethylation of sperm cells treated with the mutagen in different germ cell stages of development (sperm, spermatids, spermatocytes, or spermatogonia) was determined by varying the time of sampling. The average grains per sperm head from different samples were computed and analyzed with SAS program by the IBM 3033 computer at System Network Computer Center on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. The sperm which originated …

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Catalytic Generation Of Hydrogen From The Hydrolysis Of Sodium-Borohydride. Application In A Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cell., Clifford Mark Kaufman Jan 1981

Catalytic Generation Of Hydrogen From The Hydrolysis Of Sodium-Borohydride. Application In A Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cell., Clifford Mark Kaufman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Hydrogen has been promoted as the energy alternative of the future. Fuel cell utilization of hydrogen minimizes pollution while optimizing energy conversion efficiencies. Sodium borohydride has been investigated as a possible hydrogen storage and transport medium. Within the proper catalytic environment, one gram of sodium borohydride liberates almost 2.4 liters of hydrogen at a controllable rate. The effects of acids, transition metal salts, and transition metals on the hydrolysis of sodium borohydride have been mathematically quantified. Least squares analyses have reduced the data to simple combinations of algebraic expressions. Specifically, acid acceleration is subject to pseudo-first-order kinetics; equivalent acid concentrations …

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The Effect Of Retention Upon Student Performance., Mary Alice Giglio Turner Jan 1981

The Effect Of Retention Upon Student Performance., Mary Alice Giglio Turner

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

To investigate the effect of retention upon student performance, this study focused on analyses of reading and mathematics scores from SRA Achievement Tests for three years--1978, 1979, and 1980. The population was all students retained for 1979-1980 in grades first through eighth in public schools of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. From sixteen schools in twelve towns the 711 involved students included 435 boys and 276 girls. Evaluation for retention effect was by compared differences between gains for year of repetition and those for previous year. Mean gains for these years were obtained by subtraction of relative scores and analyzed by subject, …

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Cell-Free Biosynthesis Of Erythroglycan In A Microsomal Fraction From K-562 Cells, T. Z. Russin, R. A. Laine, S. J. Turco Jan 1981

Cell-Free Biosynthesis Of Erythroglycan In A Microsomal Fraction From K-562 Cells, T. Z. Russin, R. A. Laine, S. J. Turco

Faculty Publications

Particulate membrane preparations from K-562 [human CML (chronic-myelogenous-leukaemia)-derived] cells catalyse the transfer of [3H]galactose from UDP-[3H]galactose and [3H]N-acetylglucosamine from UDP-[3H]N-acetylglucosamine into an endogenous product that on digestion with Pronase yields long-chain glycopeptides (mol. wt. 7000-10000) called 'erythroglycan'. Incorporation of either labelled sugar increased up to 60 min of incubation time. The labelled erythroglycan was isolated by chromatography on Sephadex G-50 and characterized by digestion with endo-β-galactosidase from Escherichia freundii, followed by analysis on Bio-Gel P-2 and paper chromatography. This digestion gave the following four products: (1) a disaccharide with the sequence βGlcNAc-βGal; (2) a trisaccharide with the sequence βGal-βGlcNAc-βGal; (3) …

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Erythroglycan Biosynthesis In K-562 Cells. Inhibition Of Synthesis By Tunicamycin And Lack Of Attachment To The G-Protein Of Vesicular-Stomatitis Virus, J. S. Rush, S. J. Turco, R. A. Laine Jan 1981

Erythroglycan Biosynthesis In K-562 Cells. Inhibition Of Synthesis By Tunicamycin And Lack Of Attachment To The G-Protein Of Vesicular-Stomatitis Virus, J. S. Rush, S. J. Turco, R. A. Laine

Faculty Publications

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Ultrastructure Of A Feline Extraskeletal Giant Cell Tumor (Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma), A. W. Confer, F. M. Enright, G. B. Beard Jan 1981

Ultrastructure Of A Feline Extraskeletal Giant Cell Tumor (Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma), A. W. Confer, F. M. Enright, G. B. Beard

Faculty Publications

A subcutaneous extraskeletal giant cell tumor (malignant fibrous histiocytoma) was excised repeatedly from a 9-year-old Domestic Shorthair cat. Ultrastructurally, the mass was composed of fibroblast-like, histiocyte-like, and multinucleated giant cells, and some undifferentiated cells and mononuclear cells intermediate between the fibroblast-like and histiocyte-like cells. Fibroblast-like cells were characterized by abundant well-developed rough endoplasmic reticulum, relatively smooth cytoplasmic membranes, few lysosomal structures, and finely granular chromatin. Histiocyte-like cells resembled immature macrophages. The cell membranes had many villous projections. Rough endoplasmic reticulum varied in quantity. Lysosomes were numerous. Multinucleated giant cells had characteristics of both the fibroblast-like and histiocyte-like cells. No viral …

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The Performance Of Bobwhite Quail Fed Diets Containing Lactobacilli., R. D. Miles, H. R. Wilson, A. S. Arafa, E. C. Coligado, D. R. Ingram Jan 1981

The Performance Of Bobwhite Quail Fed Diets Containing Lactobacilli., R. D. Miles, H. R. Wilson, A. S. Arafa, E. C. Coligado, D. R. Ingram

Faculty Publications

Two experiments were conducted each consisting of two trials. Day-old Bobwhite quail were fed a starter diet containing a microbial preparation of Lactobacilli. In both experiments the experimental diets were fed for 5 weeks. No significant differences in growth, feed efficiency, or mortality were found between the control and Lactobacilli supplemented diets. Mortality was higher than normal within all treatments but unaffected by treatment.

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The Effect Of Methionine Or Cysteine On Cobalt Toxicity In The Chick., L. L. Southern, D. H. Baker Jan 1981

The Effect Of Methionine Or Cysteine On Cobalt Toxicity In The Chick., L. L. Southern, D. H. Baker

Faculty Publications

Three experiments were conducted to investigate the interaction of cobalt with sulfur-containing amino acids in the chick. Fortified corn-soybean meal diets were fed and tissue concentrations of cobalt were assessed. In Experiment 1, three levels of cobalt (0, 250, and 500 microgram/g) were fed in the presence and absence of .50% supplemental DL-methionine. Dietary additions of cobalt depressed growth rate and caused cobalt accumulation in the liver and kidney. Supplemental methionine in excess of the requirement for maximal chick weight gains partially alleviated the depression in performance and decreased cobalt accumulation in the liver and kidney. Two levels of cobalt …

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Selective Antagonism Of The Error‐Increasing Effect Of Morphine By Naloxone In A Repeated‐Acquisition Task, Donald M. Thompson, Joseph M. Moerschbaecher Jan 1981

Selective Antagonism Of The Error‐Increasing Effect Of Morphine By Naloxone In A Repeated‐Acquisition Task, Donald M. Thompson, Joseph M. Moerschbaecher

Faculty Publications

Pigeons acquired a different four‐response chain each session by responding sequentially on three keys in the presence of four colors. The response chain was maintained by food presentation under a fixed‐ratio schedule. Errors produced a brief timeout but did not reset the chain. When either morphine or naloxone was administered alone, the overall response rate decreased with increasing doses. The rate‐decreasing effect was accompanied by an increase in percent errors with morphine but not with naloxone. Both effects of morphine were antagonized by doses of naloxone that were ineffective when given alone. The antagonism was selective in that naloxone (3 …

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Timber Harvesting In Wetlands: 30th Annual Forestry Symposium, 1981, School Of Forestry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Usa, Ben D. Jackson, Jim L. Chambers Jan 1981

Timber Harvesting In Wetlands: 30th Annual Forestry Symposium, 1981, School Of Forestry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Usa, Ben D. Jackson, Jim L. Chambers

Proceedings [of the] Annual Forestry Symposium

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Accumulation Of Malto-Oligosaccharides In The Syncytiotrophoblastic Cells Of First-Trimester Human Placentas, S. J. Fisher, R. A. Laine Jan 1981

Accumulation Of Malto-Oligosaccharides In The Syncytiotrophoblastic Cells Of First-Trimester Human Placentas, S. J. Fisher, R. A. Laine

Faculty Publications

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Improved Mortality Among U.S. Blacks, 1968-1978: The Role Of Antiracist Struggle, R. Cooper, M. Steinhauer, A. Schatzkin, W. Miller Jan 1981

Improved Mortality Among U.S. Blacks, 1968-1978: The Role Of Antiracist Struggle, R. Cooper, M. Steinhauer, A. Schatzkin, W. Miller

Faculty Publications

A marked improvement in health status for black adults took place over the last decade in the United States. Life expectancy for black men increased 4.6 years between 1968 and 1978, while for black women the increase was 5.7 years. Death rates for the age group 35-74 decreased approximately 25 percent for blacks over the same period. The largest contribution to this improvement was made by cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease and stroke). Although similar improvement was observed in the white population, on both a percentage and absolute basis the change was greater for blacks. For the first time in …

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Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Winter 1981-1982, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station Jan 1981

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Winter 1981-1982, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

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Effects Of Age, Temperature-Season, And Breed On Blood Characteristics Of Dairy Cattle, L. Shaffer, J. D. Roussel, K. L. Koonce Jan 1981

Effects Of Age, Temperature-Season, And Breed On Blood Characteristics Of Dairy Cattle, L. Shaffer, J. D. Roussel, K. L. Koonce

Faculty Publications

Two hundred twenty four dairy cattle (6 mo to second calving) representing four breeds (169 Holstein, 24 Guernsey, 19 Jersey, 12 Brown Swiss) were used to determine effects of age, temperature-season, and breed on blood characteristics. A total of 1183 blood samples were collected by jugular venipuncture in the middle of each temperature-season. Covariate age affected blood profile except for hemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, and albumin. Temperature-season increased or decreased all measures except enzyme creatine phosphokinase, total creatine phosphokinase, calcium, and phosphorus. Years differed for all measures except hemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin. Except for enzyme creatine phosphokinase, total creatine phosphokinase, and …

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Cenobium 1981, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College, School Of Veterinary Medicine, Joanne Maki Jan 1981

Cenobium 1981, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College, School Of Veterinary Medicine, Joanne Maki

Cenobium Yearbook

Cenobium began publication in 1977 and continued through 1990. Produced by students, the yearbooks are a chronicle of the daily life and the special events experienced by veterinary students at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.

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