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Farmer Attitudes Toward Wild Turkeys In Southwestern Wisconsin, Scott R. Craven

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 4th (1989)

The reintroduction of the Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) represents one of the great success stories for Wisconsin wildlife management. Human settlement, habitat loss, and perhaps disease, combined to eliminate once-common turkeys from Wisconsin by 1900. Periodic attempts to restore a viable turkey population were unsuccessful with the exception of a small flock at Meadow Valley-Necedah in central Wisconsin. However in 197'6, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) began a new, well conceived cooperative project with the Missouri Department of Conservation. Under the agreement, Missouri received 3 wild Wisconsin ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) in exchange for …

Epa Update On Vertebrate Pesticides, William W. Jacobs

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 4th (1989)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulates pesticides under the authority of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Vertebrate pesticides are subsumed under the heading "rodenticides” and, under FIFRA, are regulated similarly to other pesticides.

Since its enactment in 1947, FIFRA has been amended many times (e.g., in 1959, 1964, 1972, 1978, and 1988.) These amendments generally have required progressively greater documentation of the effects of pesticides upon man, other nontarget species, and the environment prior to the issuance of full federal registration under Section 3 of FIFRA.

Animal Damage Control And The Wildlife Profession, Gary J. San Julian

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 4th (1989)

Conflicts between man and wildlife have always been a part of our history. We have tried to control the damage caused by wildlife and found that this was not always in the best interest of the resource. The role of animal damage control in our profession has changed and so has the public's view of it. As professionals we must strive to explain the need and value of wildlife damage management to our peers, the public and our detractors. This can be accomplished by participation in our professional organizations, the presentation of papers at scientific meetings, and open discussion of …

The Probe, Issue 95 - September 1989

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
SEPTEMBER 1989
Letters to Ye Ed
Animal Rights
“Jack the Ripper” Cat Killings
APHIS Activity Report

Particle Tracks In Diverse Media, Robert Katz

Robert Katz Publications

When energetic heavy ions pass into a medium, they create a trail of excitations, ionizations, and secondary electrons whose effect is represented through their average radial “dose” distribution. The structure of the track depends on this and on the observed “end point.” Tracks may be observed microscopically or through the gross effect of a particle beam. We take the medium to be an assemblage of “targets” whose response to gamma rays is approximated by the cumulative Poisson distribution. While most detectors are 1-hit systems, we have discovered 2-hit and up to 8-hit response. Folding the gamma-ray response into the radial …

The Response Of The Alanine Detector After Charged-Particle And Neutron Irradiations, M. P. R. Waligorski, G. Danialy, Robert Katz

Robert Katz Publications

Radiosensitivity parameters of track structure theory, representing alanine as a one-hit detector, have been fitted for this free-radical amino-acid system on the basis of the available experimental data on the relative effectiveness of alanine after charged particle and neutron irradiations. The experimental data set can be reproduced by theoretical calculations, roughly to within experimental accuracy. A charged-particle “equivalent radiation” is introduced which can mimic the response of alanine to neutron irradiations. Implications of the results of model calculations for alanine on the shape of the radial distribution of δ-ray dose postulated by track theory, are discussed.

Pod Network News, August 1989, Emily Wadsworth

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

1989 CONFERENCE

TEACHING EXCELLENCE

SURVEY RESULTS

NEW PUBLICATION

1990 TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMY

1989 CONFERENCE SESSIONS: PARTIAL LISTING

Wpa News 25 (1989), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (August 1989), number 25

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Acuta Enews July 1989, Vol. 18, No. 7

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

President's Message

ACUTA Welcomes Two New Staff Members to Serve you!

Nanci Unger, Publications Editor

Don't Miss ACUTA's 18th Annual Conference and Exhibit Show July 23-27 in Philadekphia

Kellie Preston Promoted to Staff and Events Coordinator

Another First for ACUTA: Live Satellite Transmission Planned for Annual Conference

A Theory Of The Sociology Of Women, Helen A. Moore, Jane C. Ollenburger

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Feminist theories present a number of options for organizing a model of inequality for women. At times, these present mutually exclusive concepts or definitions, or even causal factors. Patriarchal theories will not be used because they do not perceive women's oppression. Without an assumption of sex stratification and oppression, women's reality cannot be accurately described. Along with these patriarchal models, sex role socialization theories have been criticized for having (1) an emphasis on finding a singular universal truth and verification method, (2) a commitment to objectivity and observer neutrality, (3) dichotomous classification and primarily causal models, (4) ahistorical views, and …

Agricultural Research Division 103rd Annual Report, July 1, 1988, To June 30, 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

It is a pleasure to provide the 103rd Annual Report of the UNL Agricultural Research Division. This report contains lists of current faculty, active projects, refereed journal articles, books and book chapters, germ plasm releases, brief descriptions of research in selected areas, and the financial report for the period of July 1, 1988, through June 30, 1989. This report was compiled in compliance with the intent of the law of the State of Nebraska that established the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station on March 31, 1887.

Foreword ... v

Administrative Personnel ... vii

Administrative Units ... viii

Organizational Chart ... viii …

The Probe, Issue 93 - June 1989

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
JUNE 1989
NADCA Lottery
APHIS Activity Report
Murphy’s Law of Pest Control
PURR-ESTROIKE COULD BRING BETTER LIFE
FOR SOVIET CATS
Letters to Ye Ed
Personnel
Animal Rights

Textile Society Of America Newsletter 1:2 – June 1989, Textile Society Of America

Textile Society of America: Newsletters

From the President
A Call for Papers
In Memorium, Joseph V. Columbus (1912-1989)
What’s New
Study Tours
Symposium, Seminars, Workshops
Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship in Costume and Textile History
The Log Museum
Membership in the Textile Society of America
C.I.E.T.A.
Joseph V. Columbus Tapestry Symposium

Agribusiness Skills Required By Agriculture Students As Perceived By Nebraska Vocational Agriculture Instructors And Agribusiness Managers, David R. Spotanski, Richard M. Foster

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

Agribusiness instruction in vocational agriculture programs can help prepare employees for service related job opportunities in agriculture. Many employment opportunities can be found in occupations related to food and fiber production, transportation, processing, packaging, storing, advertising, and distributing. These jobs are numerous and diverse, strengthening the link between farm products and the consumer (Steward, 1987).

The need for trained employees in non-farm agricultural occupations has been well documented in the decade of the 1960's (Williams, 1971). Cooper (1985), reported there is a need for continuous expansion and revision of competencies for employment in agriculture/agribusiness occupations. Birkenholz and Stewart (1986), found …

Habitat Use And Diet Analysis Of Breeding Common Barn Owls In Western Nebraska, Joseph A. Gubanyi M.S.

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

I studied barn owl (Tyto alba) breeding biology in western Nebraska 1984-1986. I had greatest success capturing males (56% success) at night using trap doors at nest sites and females (91 % success) using hoop nets at nest sites during the day. Barn owls removed 16 of 23 tail-mounted radios. Eight birds were radio-tracked for 7-14.5 hours. The mean foraging range was 198 ha (32- 299 ha, n = 8) with < 1 % overlap among birds from adjacent nest sites. Field-tested telemetry error was high (mean displacements of radio-locations for 2 birds were 208 and 241 m). I found no relationship between percent cover in foraging habitat and reproductive success. I identified 10,140 prey items from 15 nest sites and found both annual and seasonal variation in barn owl diets. Microtus ochrogaster occurred most frequently (32.7%) and increased in the diet from 17.6 to 27.2 to 43.5% 1984-1986. M. ochrogaster and Perognathus hispidus annual frequencies were …

Edema Disease-Like Brain Lesions In Gnotobiotic Piglets Infected With Escherichia Coli Serotype 0157:H7, David H. Francis, Rodney A. Moxley, Cecile Y. Andraos

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Gnotobiotic piglets inoculated with Escherichia coli serotype 0157:H7 strains that produced Shiga-like toxin II developed brain lesions similar to those observed in edema disease of swine, including arteriolar necrosis and malacia. Loss of ability to produce Shiga-like toxin II resulted in loss of ability to cause brain lesions.

Simulation Of Fractionation Of 13c During Nonequilibrium Reactive Solute Transport In Geologic Systems: Formulation And Example Calculation, J. Noorishad, C.L. Carnahan, Larry Benson

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Equations of transport for the fractionating stable carbon isotope ¹³C have been formulated and implemented in a non-equilibrium reactive chemical transport code. Application is demonstrated by solution of a generic problem. The new modeling capability adds a new dimension to investigation of groundwater evolution.

Acuta Enews April 1989, Vol. 18, No. 4

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

President's Message

Party Line

User Groups

1989-90 Dues Notices

Gallaudet University

University of Missouri Adds Video Instruction To Beat The Highway Blue

Wake Forest University Telecommunitcations

Administrative Director's Office

Sky-high satisfaction with SkyDome contract

The Probe, Issue 91 - March 1989

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
MARCH 1989
NADCA Personnel
APHIS Activity Report
Farm Cats’ Feeding Habits
AIDS in Monkeys
Animal Rights Movement
Personnel

Effect Of Milk On Fibronectin And Collagen Type I Binding To Staphylococcus Aureus And Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Isolated From Bovine Mastitis, J. Miedzobrodzki, A. S. Naidu, J. L. Watts, Pawel Ciborowski, K. Palm

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Tryptic soy broth (TSB)-grown cells of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from acute and chronic bovine mastitis bound mainly ¹²⁵I-fibronectin (¹²⁵I-Fn), whereas strains of nine species of coagulase-negative staphylococci showed a predominant interaction with ¹²⁵I-collagen (¹²⁵I-Cn) type I. A particle agglutination assay (PAA) was used to examine the interaction of coagulase-negative staphylococci with ¹²⁵1-Fn and ¹²⁵I-Cn immobilized on latex. All 368 coagulase-negative staphylococci demonstrated high ¹²⁵I-Cn and moderate to low ¹²⁵I-Fn interactions in the PAA. Cn-PAA reactivity was high among strains of Staphylococcus xylosus (84.2%), Staphylococcus simulans (77.8%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (76.7%), and …

Impairment Of Melibiose Utilization In Streptococcus Mutans Serotype C Gtfa Mutants, Raul G. Barletta, Roy Curtiss Iii

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

The Streptococcus mutans serotype c gtfA gene encodes a 55-kilodalton sucrose-hydrolyzing enzyme. Analysis of S. mutans gtfA mutants revealed that the mutant strains were specifically impaired in the ability to use melibiose as a sole carbon source. S. mutans gafA mutant strains synthesized less α-galactosidase activity inducible by raffinose than wild-type strains. Melibiose (an inducer in wild-type strains) failed to induce significant levels of a-galactosidase in the mutant strains. We hypothesize that melibiose use by . mutans requires the interaction of the GtfA enzyme, or another gene product under the control of the gtfA promoter, with other gene product(s) involved …

Bradyrhizobium Japonicum Survival In And Soybean Inoculation With Fluid Gels, Michael D. Jawson, Alan J. Franzluebbers, Robert K. Berg

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The utilization of gels, which are used for fluid drilling of seeds, as carriers of Bradyrhizobium japonicum for soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) inoculation was studied. Gels of various chemical composition (magnesium silicate, potassium acrylate-acrylamide, grafted starch, and hydroxyethyl cellulose) were used, although the hydroxyethyl cellulose gels were more extensively investigated. Gel inocula were prepared by mixing gel powder with liquid cultures of B. japonicum (2% [wt/vol]). The population of B. japonicum USDA 110 did not change in each gel type during 8 days of incubation at 28°C. These fluid gels were prepared with late-exponential-growth-phase cells that were washed …

Animal Damage Control: The Challenge Of The 90'S, Jack H. Benymanz

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

The talk identifies the challenges of the 90's as: to fully professionalize the policies and practice of animal damage control; to provide a responsible and acceptable level of control; to gain executive and legislative support; and to improve public acceptance. It points up a number of obstacles and identifies several steps necessary to meet the challenges.

Coyote Control In Alberta, John B. Boumez

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

A historical review of coyote damage to livestock, early control measures and the development of Alberta's coyote damage control program is provided, including provincial and federal legislation, provincial policy, research and field testing initiatives, extension and control methodology.

Convective Regimes In Reactive Fluid Media Due To The Interaction With Catalytic Surfaces, Hendrik J. Viljoen, Jorge E. Gatica, Vladimir Hlavacek

Papers in Reaction Kinetics

Reactive fluid media enclosed in a cavity with a catalytic surface are analyzed. Nonisothermal chemical reactions on this surface can lead to convective instabilities. A simplified model is developed by using a low-order truncation of a Fourier-type expansion and employing the Galerkin method. A linear stability analysis is presented and it is shown that, under certain conditions, the marginal curve for the onset of oscillatory instabilities can lie below that for monotonic ones. The stability of the convective modes is studied by nonlinear stability analysis and it is shown how they can evolve into periodic and nonperiodic motion patterns. Numerical …

Pod Membership Directory And Networking Guide 1988-89

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Membership Directory

Members by Location

Members by Institutional Type

Preface And Introductory Materials To Approaches To Teaching Cather’S My Ántonia, Susan J. Rosowski

Department of English: Faculty Publications

The aim of this volume is to provide background and ideas others have found most helpful in teaching My Antonia. The portion presented here describes Cather's role in preparing the text and supervising the physical design of My Antonia, and reviews other writing by Cather relevant to My Antonia, as well as biographical studies and criticism recommended most often by instructors who teach it. It includes also a selective introduction to materials recommended for instructors' libraries: reference works on Cather, general background, biographical studies, and critical commentary. Finally, it surveys aids to teaching: pedagogical articles and non-print …

Atrazine Hazards To Fish, Wildlife, And Invertebrates: A Synoptic Review, Ronald Eisler

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

The herbicide ·atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-I,3,5- triazine) is the most heavily used agricultural pesticide in North America. In the United States alone, more than 50 million kg (110 million pounds) are applied annually to more than 25 million ha (62 million acres), primarily to control weeds in corn and sorghum. Residues have been detected at phytotoxic concentrations in groundwater, lakes, and streams as a result of runoff from treated fields. Atrazine degrades rapidly, usually by way of hydrolysis, nitrogen dealkylation, and splitting of the triazine ring to less toxic compounds not normally inhibitory to plants and animals. The half-time persistence of atrazine …

Desert Explorations - A Videodisc Exhibit Designed For Flexibility, Judy Diamond, Alan B. Bond, Atsusi Hirumi

Alan Bond Publications

Using an interactive exhibit does not provide the same experience for everyone. How visitors understand an exhibit, what associations it evokes, and even how it is physically utilized may differ widely. This article describes an exhibit that was designed to let visitors tailor their explorations to their own interests and motivation. The exhibit, called Desert Explorations, gives visitors choices of what to see and how to learn about what they see. This exhibit also is an example of a way of developing interactive videodisc exhibits that is relatively inexpensive yet may be tailored to a particular topic or hall. This …

Manitoba's Tall-Grass Prairie Conservation Project, Joanne Joyce, John P. Morgan

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Manitoba's tall grass prairies mark the northernmost extent of that community in North America and historically comprised the most extensive area of tallgrass prairie in Canada. The Tall-Grass Prairie Conservation Project is Manitoba's first systematic inventory of this community. Potential sites were located using black-and-white aerial photography, land-use maps, and referrals from outside sources. Sites were systematically ground-checked and ranked using native species dominance, abundance and diversity, evidence of disturbance, and location. About 19% (116,600 ha) of the historic range of the true prairie was surveyed between May and October of 1987; an additional 23% (138,000 ha) was surveyed between …