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The Detection Of Exotic Vertebrate Pests In California, Michael O. Keffer

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 6th (1974)

Numerous exotic vertebrates are imported into California each year for use in scientific research, zoological gardens, the commercial pet trade, and private collections. Certain of these imported species are known within their native range to depredate agricultural commodities, compete with other species of wildlife , and facilitate the spread of. diseases detrimental to humans or other animals.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with other governmental agencies and conservation-oriented societies, is active in the exclusion, detection, and eradication of these detrimental species. Exclusion procedures include inspections of air cargo, truck, and postal terminals in addition to private …

The Role Of F.A.O. In Vertebrate Pest Problems, H.R. Shuyler

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 6th (1974)

Since 1947, when FAO began its involvement in vertebrate pest problems, its role has gradually expanded. Through short-term Consultants, Experts, Regional and Headquarters Officers, it advises Member Countries about vertebrate pest control needs and opportunities, fulfills requests for assistance suggesting needed modifications, and guides and reports on assistance rendered. Assistance may involve one or more international specialists for a few weeks up to national and regional projects of several years' duration. In cooperation with WHO it sponsors meetings of specialists, develops rodenticide specifications for international commerce, and has published rodent bibliographies covering 1950 to 1969.

Germ Plasm Evaluation Program Report No. 1, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

The cattle germ plasm evaluation program at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center is designed to characterize breeds representing different biological types in the full spectrum of economic traits relating to growth, feed efficiency, reproduction, maternal ability and carcass and meat traits. The basic objective of this program is to develop an understanding relating to optimizing such biological factors as cow size, milk level, etc., in different feed environments and production situations.

The program was started with the 1969 breeding season. The first cycle involved breeding by artificial insemination (AI), Hereford, Angus, Jersey, South Devon, Limousin, Summental and Charolais bulls …

Agricultural Experiment Station News March 1974

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
PERSONNEL ACTIONS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
GENERAL NOTES
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS – February 1974

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (March 1974) 42(1)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

1973 Treasurer's ........................................... 2

1973 Nebraska Nesting Survey ...................................... 3

1973 Christmas Count ...................................... 10

Canyon Wren in Nebraska ......................... 16

A Nebraska Swainson's Thrush Nest .................................... 17

Another Black-throated Sparrow in Nebraska ................................. 18

Notes .......................................................... 19

Quail Music: The Complex Calls Of A Bird Contain Clues To Its Evolution, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

Ethological research has revealed that the vocal communications of birds are highly specialized behavioral adaptations that can shed light on evolutionary processes. The calls of the quails of the New World are a good example. This group of birds includes some thirty species, about half of which are limited to the tropical forests of Central and northern South America. The other species are North American, ranging as far north as southern Canada. Morphological evidence favors the view that the most generalized, or “primitive,” of these species are the tree quails of Mexico’s moist mountain forests. The more open-country and arid-adapted …

Relationship Of Various Measures Of Performance With Ovulation Rate And Number Of Embryos 30 Days After Breeding In Gilts, L. D. Young, I. T. Omtvelt, R. K. Johnson

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

This study involved the records of 241 purebred Duroc, Hampshire and Yorkshire gilts and 103 two-breed cross gilts resulting from all possible crosses among the purebreds. In purebred gilts, the number of corpora lutea was correlated (P < .05) with average daily gain (r = 0.15), age at 100 kg(r =-.17), breeding weight (r = 0.23) and days from 100 kg to breeding(r= 0.20). In two-breed cross gilts, the number of corpora lutea was correlated (P < .05) with birth weight (r = 0.25), weaning weight (r = 0.28), average daily gain (r = 0.20), age at 100 kg (r = -.20) and breeding weight (r = 0.46).

The size of the litter the gilt was born or weaned in, her birth weight, average daily gain, age at 100 kg, and backfat probe were not significantly correlated with the number of embryos she had 30-days postbreeding regardless of the type of breeding of the embryo. The correlation between the gilt's weaning weight and number of embryos was significant (P<.05) for gilts with three-breed cross embryos but not for gilts with purebred or two-breed cross embryos (r = 0.35, 0.02 and 0.11, respectively). Breeding age and days from 100 kg to breeding were correlated (P<.05) with the number of embryos for gilts with two-breed cross embryos (r = 0.17 and 0.15, respectively) but these correlations were not significant for gilts with purebred embryos (r = -.13 and -.05, respectively) or for gilts with three-breed cross embryos (r = -.05 and 0.14, respectively). The correlation between breeding weight and number of embryos was significant for gilts with two-breed cross and three-breed cross embryos (r = 0.15 and 0.41, respectively) but not for gilts with purebred embryos (r = -.03). Ovulation rate accounted for 13.7, 5.8 and 23.0% of the variation in the number of purebred, two-breed cross and three-breed cross embryos, respectively (P < .05).

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 6, No.1. March 1974

The Prairie Naturalist

AVIAN MORTALITY FROM COLLISIONS WITH OVERHEAD WIRES IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ G. L. Krapu

NOTES ON THE BIOLOGY OF THE OLIVE-BACKED POCKET MOUSE PEROGNATHUS FASCIATUS ON THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS ▪ J. E. Pefaur & R. S. Hoffman

NOTE: Swans Resting on the Surface of A Dry Lake ▪ D. S. Gilmer

A New Vespertilionine Bat From The Barstovian Deposits Of Montana, John F. Sutton, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

During the 1972 field season, a small collection of micromammals was obtained from the Anceney Local Fauna located 13 miles west of Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana. The fauna is Barstovian in age (Upper Miocene) and is preserved in an ash-filled channel deposit in the Madison Valley Formation (Dorr, 1956). A single partial jaw of a chiropteran was recovered along with numerous bones and teeth of other mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. The jaw is complete from incisors back to the level of the m2. Examination of the jaw and comparisons with Recent and fossil chiropterans has convinced us that it …

Agricultural Experiment Station News February 1974

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
OUR NEW LEADER
INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 1974-75 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION REQUESTS STATUS
PERSONNEL ACTIONS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
GENERAL NOTES
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - January 1974
BULLETINS PRINTED

Pheasant Management Recommendations, William L. Baxter

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

Information on the life history and ecology of the ring-necked pheasant was collected on two, nine-square-mile study areas in Clay County, Nebraska, from 1954 through 1964. The study was designed to provide basic data that would allow scientifically based management decisions to be made for the maintenance and enhancement of ring-neck populations.

Findings indicate certain steps should be taken to improve pheasant populations on state-owned or controlled lands, as well as recommendations to improve habitat for pheasant populations on land not controlled by the Game Commission, These secondary proposals have statewide ramifications and offer potential for significantly improving pheasant populations …

Habitat Management Series For Unique Or Endagered Species: Burrowing Owl, Mark Zarn

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

The objective of this report is to provide BIM personnel with the latest and most up-to-date information on rare or endangered species occurring on the public domain. This will provide a tool for improved understanding of the interrelationships between the species and its environment and encourage an end product of enlightened land management which will fully consider the species welfare in all management decisions.

Ec74-130 A 1974 Guide For Herbicide Use In Nebraska, John D. Furrer, Alex Martin, Russell Moomaw

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 74-130: A 1974 Guide for Herbicide use in Nebraska.

Ec74-861 Estimating The Most Profitable Use Of Center-Pivot Irrigation For A Ranch, Robert E. Perry

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 74-861: Estimating the most profitable use of center-pivot irrigation for a ranch.

G74-117 Alfalfa In Swine Diets (Revised November 1988), Duane Reese, D. Murray Danielson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Nebraska ranks first in dehydrated alfalfa meal and seventh in alfalfa hay production in the United States, with production in all counties of the state. With this availability of alfalfa, its use in swine diets should be considered.

The performance and economic considerations of alfalfa in swine diets are detailed here, and information on mixing diets is provided.

G74-157 Foot Rot, Don Hudson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Foot rot (necrotic pododermatitis, foul foot) can be a very annoying problem. Once started in a herd and "seeded" in the soil, it may persist for quite a long time. Although the incidence of foot rot may not be high at any one time, it requires constant observation to prevent serious economic loss.

The bacterium Fusobacterium necrophorum has been reported to cause foot rot. However, researchers have not been able to reproduce typical foot rot lesions with this organism.

Recent research at the University of Missouri indicates that a combination of Fusobacterium necrophorum and Bacteroides melaninogenicus are the predominant bacteria …

G74-121 Sandbur Control In Field Corn (Revised January 1999), Gail A. Wicks, Robert G. Wilson Jr.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Sandbur can be a major weed problem in cornfields if not properly controlled. This NebGuide discusses mechanical and chemical alternatives for controlling sandbur.

Sandbur is a problem weed on coarse to fine-textured soil. The North Platte Valley, southwest and west central Nebraska, and the Sandhills are areas in the state where sandbur is a major weed problem in corn. Sandbur seldom becomes a primary weed problem in eastern Nebraska. Both field (Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth.) and longspine [Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fern.] sandbur grow in Nebraska.

Bibliography Of Research Publications Of The U.S. Bureau Of Sport Fisheries And Wildlife, 1928-72, Paul H. Eschmeyer, Van T. Harris

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

This bibliography comprises publications in fishery and wildlife research authored or coauthored by research scientists of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and certain predecessor agencies. Separate lists, arranged alphabetically by author, are given for each of 17 fishery research and 6 wildlife research laboratories, stations, investigations, or centers. Publications coauthored by Bureau scientists from different research units are credited to the facility at which the senior author was stationed at the time of publication.

Although the Federal Government has supported research on fish and wildlife since the late 1800's, the relatively few works published in the early years …

Wildlife Habitats In Managed Rangelands-- The Great Basin Of Southeastern Oregon, Wayne Bowers, Bill Hosford, Art Oakley, Carl Bond

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

All land management activities on managed rangelands will have some impact(s) on fish habitat; those in the riparian zone will have the greatest impact(s). Native trout populations in the Great Basin of southeastern Oregon exhibit predictable responses to alterations in their habitats; optimum production of native trout is therefore achievable through careful habitat management.

G74-171 Summer Annual Forage Grasses (Revised January 1986), Bruce Anderson, Paul Guyer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses production practices, methods of use, and precautions for using summer annual grasses.

Summer annual grasses are used for summer pasture, green chop, hay, silage, and winter pasture. They are often used as sources of emergency forage. In addition, residues of summer annuals make an excellent seedbed mulch for new stands of perennial grass, particularly on sands.

The summer annual grasses most often used for forage in Nebraska are sudangrass, hybrid sudangrass, sorghum-sudangrass hybrids, and forage sorghums. Foxtail millet and pearl millet are used occasionally. Each of these grasses has unique growth characteristics that require proper management for …

Review Of Curassows And Related Birds, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

To contemplate the appearance of a new book dealing for the first time with an exhaustive coverage of an entire avian family is to evoke an excitement that is all too rare an occurrence for most ornithologists. This excitement is enhanced when the bird group is one of the least studied and yet, evolutionarily speaking, most significant of the galliform families, and when the authors are as well known and highly respected as Delacour and Amadon. Anticipation reaches its apogee when the contributing artists are as competent as Albert E. Gilbert, George M. Sutton, and David Reid-Henry. After reading the …

Ec74-212 Breeding Herd Management, William T. Ahlschwede, Dwane Zimmerman, Keith Gilster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 74-212: University of Nebraska-Breeding Herd Management; factors affecting litter size, sow & gilt management - pre-breeding period, gilt & sow management-breeding period, sow and gilt management-gestation period, and boar management.

G74-170 Nitrates In Livestock Feeding (Revised July 1996), Richard J. Rasby, Bruce Anderson, Norman Schneider

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Most forages contain some nitrates. When feeds containing nitrates are consumed by ruminants, nitrates are changed in the rumen to ammonia that is then converted by bacteria in the rumen into microbial protein. Nitrates are not always toxic to animals.

This NebGuide describes signs, causes, prevention and treatment of nitrate poisoning in livestock.

Agricultural Experiment Station News January 1974

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
1974-75 BUDGET REQUESTS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
GENERAL NOTES
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - December 1973
BULLETINS PRINTED
Criteria for Appointment and Promotion in Rank The University of Nebraska College of Agriculture June 16, 1972

87th Annual Report Of The Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

Contents:
Foreword
Administration and Staff
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station Research Projects
Experiment Station Publications
Publications of the Staff
Report of Income and Expenditures

Ec74-219 1974 Nebraska Swine Report, Larry L. Bitney, Bobby D. Moser, Murray Danielson, P.J. Cunningham, D.R. Zimmerman, Keith E. Gilster, Ronald K. Christsenson, Roger W. Mandigo, K.L. Neer, M.S. Chesney, G.R. Popenhagen, R. Gene White, Alex Hogg, William Ahlschwede, E.R. Peo Jr, R.D. Schnieder, James A. Deshazer, L.F. Elliott, R. D. Fritschen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This 1974 Nebraska Swine Report was prepared by the staff in Animal Science and cooperating departments for use in the Extension and Teaching programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Authors from the following areas contributed to this publication: Swine Nutrition, swine diseases, pathology, economics, engineering, swine breeding, meats, agronomy, and diagnostic laboratory. It covers the following areas: breeding, disease control, feeding, nutrition, economics, housing and meats.

Namru-3 Translations Of Parasite Literature From Russian, French, Japanese, Etc. Into English (1941-1974) T801-T900, United States Naval Medical Research Unit Number Three, Cairo, Medical Zoology Department

United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3: Publications

T801. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. RUBIN, S. G. (1971). New modification of the agar gel diffusion and precipitation reaction (AGDP) useful for studying antigenic differences in viruses. In: Viral hemorrhagic fevers. Crimean hemorrhagic fever, and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, Chumakov, M. P. (ed.). Trudy Inst. Polio. Virus. Entsef. Akad. Med. Nauk SSSR, 19:443-444.

T802. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. GONCHAROV, A. I. (1973). Aedaegus morphology in fleas of the genus Paradoxopsyllus (Leptopsyllidae). Parasit. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 2(3):264-269.

T803. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. LEONOV, Yu. A. and FEDOROVA, T. N. (1966). The role of rodents and shrews in Omsk hemorrhagic fever foci of northern …

Geometric Abstraction, Judith K. Van Wagner, Norman Geske

Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction III

Acknowledgments V

Part I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Prologue ...............1

European Beginnings of Abstraction ............... 1

Constructivism, The Bauhaus 1 1 and DeStijl 1915-25...............2

Development of American Abstraction 1913-45...............4

Recent American Abstract Developments, from 1945............... 5

Part II. SPECIFIC ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK

Albert Swinden ...............6

Ralston Crawford ...............7

Jean Xceron ............... 8

Fritz Glarner ............... 9

Charmion Von Wiegand ...............11

Ilya Bolotowsky...............11

Burgoyne Diller ...............12

Leon Polk Smith ...............13

Alice Trumbull Mason ............... 14

Irene Rice Pereira ............... 15

Charles Shaw ...............16

Charles Biederman ...............16

Victor Pasmore ...............17

Josef Albers...............18

John McLaughlin...............21

Frederick Hammersley ...............22

Part …

Things Seen, Norman A. Geske

Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications

The present exhibition has been organized to focus attention on one of the most flourishing aspects of contemporary American painting, the revival of representational art in the traditional formats of the landscape, the figure and the still life. For the past ten years it has become evident that more and more artists are having second thoughts about the abstract style which had come to dominate the artistic scene within the several previous decades. There are instances of renunciation, a sudden yet deliberate turning away from abstraction toward some form of traditional representation. There are also numerous instances of artists beginning …

Blood And Tissue Identification Of Selected Birds And Mammals, Part 5, David W. Oates, Craig W. Brown, Debra L. Weigel

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Part 5—Appendix (pages A1–A13)
ELECTROPHORESIS TECHNIQUES
U.S. SURVEY RESULTS--The discussion, advantages, and disadvantages are the views of the province or state under which they appear. Information was obtained from questionnaires sent to the individual states on August 3, 1973. The following is a summary of the responses to this questionnaire and does not take into consideration any progress achieved since then.
Canadian Survey Results-- The following information concerning the Canadian provinces was supplied by Stan Webb o f Alberta for the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division, Department of Lands and Forests in Edmonton. Mr. Webb prepared a survey in the …