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1989 Nebraska Swine Report

Nebraska Swine Reports

1989 Nebraska Swine Report

4-H 309 4-H Child Development : The Toddler, Connie M. Francis

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H 309: 4-H Child Development The Toddler; Project suggestions, understanding the toddler 2, toddler observation form, talking to toddlers 3, I am a toddler, caring for the toddler, learning through play 5, guidelines for evaluating toys, and more help with your project.

4-H 308 4-H Market Broilers, F. John Struwe, Earl W. Gleaves

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H 308: 4-H Market Broilers; choosing a broiler and getting started, the goal, housing, brooding, feed, management, special treatment for show birds, defects and judging criteria, profit or loss, marketing, some common poultry diseases and parasites.

Improving Life Chances For Children In Nebraska, Mary Mcmanus Kluender, Robert L. Egbert

Center for Public Affairs Research (UNO): Publications

To a great extent, the potential of a child's future is determined by his or her earliest experiences, including education. The life chances of children, both those who are presumed to be at risk and those who are presumed to have a wide range of opportunities, are examined and discussed in this chapter. Factors that help or hinder life chances are described, and data that serve as indicators of life chances are addressed. National and state data about children considered to be at risk of school failure are reviewed. These data indicate that educators, administrators and policy makers should work …

13.2.5. Avian Cholera: A Major New Cause Of Waterfowl Mortality, Milton Friend

Waterfowl Management Handbook

Avian cholera is a highly infectious disease caused by the bacterium, Pasteurella multocida. Acute infections are common and can result in death 6 to 12 hours after exposure. Under these circumstances “explosive” die-offs involving more than 1,000 birds per day have occurred in wild waterfowl. More chronic infections with longer incubation times and less dramatic losses also occur. Transmission can occur by bird-to-bird contact, ingestion of contaminated food or water, and perhaps in aerosol form.

13.2.6. Lead Poisoning: The Invisible Disease, Milton Friend

Waterfowl Management Handbook

Lead poisoning is an intoxication resulting from absorption of hazardous levels of lead into body tissues. Lead pellets from shot shells, when ingested, are the most common source of lead poisoning in migratory birds. Other far less common sources include lead fishing sinkers, mine wastes, paint pigments, bullets, and other lead objects that are swallowed.

Soil Science Research Report - 1989

Soil Science Research Reports

Tillage Experiments

Increasing Nitrogen Use Efficiency by Dryland Sorghum Under Conventional and No-tillage Systems ............ 1

The Effect of Phosphorus Rate, Method of Application, and Tillage on Soybean Yield in Nebraska ............ 6

Tillage, Rotation and N Rate Effects on Dryland Com Production and Nitrogen Uptake in Northeastern Nebraska ............ 15

Fertilizer

Effect of Lime Application on Soil pH and Com Yield in Holt County ............ 22

Evaluation of the Influence of Starter Fertilizer on Com and Grain Sorghum, 1989 ............ 24

Fertilizer P Distribution and Wheat Yield ............ 26

Field Evaluation to Determine Best Fluid Starter Fertilizer for Com …

Block And Bridle Annual, 1989

Block and Bridle Annual (1933–2021)

Table of Contents:

Welcome
Table of Contents
Dr. Aberle's Comments
President's Greetings
ClubActivities
Calendar of Meetings
Treasurer's Report
Advisors
Animal Science Faculty
Graduate Students
Secretaries
Membership
lnitiates
Spring and Fall Semester Officers
Committee Chairmen
LiaisonCommittee
Graduating Seniors
FFA Awards
State Fair Awards
Kid's DaY
Little Ak-Sar-Ben
Queen Coronation
Regional Meetings
National Meetings
Christmas Coffee
Pizza Feed
Brand Pages
Quadrathlon
Beef Show
Quarter Horse Show
Meat Animal Evaluation Contest
Livestock Judging Contest
Slave Auction
Livestock Judging Team
Meats Judging Team
Horse Judging Team
Editors Comments
Hall of Fame Honoree
Honors Banquet
Advertisers
lndex of Advertisers

13.4.12. Control Of Phragmites Or Common Reed, Diana H. Cross, Karen L. Fleming

Waterfowl Management Handbook

Phragmites, or common reed, is a perennial grass often associated with wetlands. When phragmites is interspersed with open water or with other vegetation, waterbirds and small mammals find cover among the stems. Its dense root systems strengthen dikes and roads. On many sites, however, this robust emergent forms monotypic, impenetrable stands having little value for waterfowl. Ducks occasionally nest on the edges of large stands, but avoid the dense interior.

Phragmites is native to North America and is found worldwide, primarily in lowland temperate regions. Phragmites can occupy upland sites with seeps, or grow in brackish or fresh water several …

Neue Literatur (Page 42), Martin-Luther-Universität

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Neue literatur listed on page 42 of Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolischen Volsrepublik, Band 6 (1985/1986).

In der Zeitschrift Polish Ecological Studies, Vol. 8, No 1-2 (1982) erschienen folgende Beiträge.

In der Zeitschrift "Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Universitatis Comenianae" Zoologia Nr. 28 (1985), Bratislava, erschienen folgende Beiträge.

Anticholesteremic Property Of Lactobacillus Acidophilus Yogurt Fed To Mature Boars, A. D. Danielson, E. R. Peo, Jr., K. M. Shahani, A. J. Lewis, P. J. Whalen, M. A. Amer, Win Butler

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Three strains of Lactobacilus acidophilus (LA) were isolated from the feces of mature boars that were not being fed antibiotics from the Nebraska Gene Pool (NGP). All three LA isolates were screened in vitro for anticholesteremic and antimicrobial activities. One strain, LA16, caused the greatest reduction in cholesterol and inhibited both Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli the most. ♥

G89-916 How Much Sodium Are You Eating?, Harriet Kohn

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide contains information to help you estimate the sodium level of one day's food intake or menu. The content relates to people of all ages.

Sodium:

Helps maintain water balance

Is in fluid around body cells

Too much sodium eaten over a long period of time may lead to high blood pressure in perhaps 20 percent of Americans

Limiting sodium intake to the lower part of the range (below) may help prevent high blood pressure in those prone to it

G89-897 Strawberries, Don Steinegger, Donald E. Janssen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Plants, selecting and preparing a site, planting and care of strawberries are covered in this NebGuide.

Strawberries are a popular, dependable fruit for home production. Management of this crop is easier than that of tree fruits.

G89-950 Horse Insect Control Guide, John B. Campbell

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Insects that bother horses, and ways to treat them, are covered here.

People keep horses in Nebraska for a number of different reasons. Some are for 4-H projects and urban users (recreational), ranch and farm (work), breeding farms, and racing.

Some of the insect pests of horses are also pests of other livestock species. Other insects are specific to horses, but may be pests only on farm and ranch horses.

The best methods of pest control vary depending upon the type of horse production.

G89-906 Barley Yellow Dwarf Disease Of Barley, Oats, And Wheat, John E. Watkins, Leslie C. Lane

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The symptoms of barley yellow dwarf are covered here, as are disease occurrence and spread, and control.

Barley yellow dwarf (BYD) is distributed worldwide. It is the most economically important disease of barley and oats in North America. Barley yellow dwarf, wheat streak mosaic (WSM) and soil-borne wheat mosaic (SBWM), are three virus diseases that caused serious cereal grain yield losses in Nebraska during the last decade.

Since the mid-1980s barley yellow dwarf has become increasingly widespread in Nebraska, and now is a serious concern to oat and wheat producers. Outbreaks occasionally reach epidemic proportions as occurred in wheat in …

G89-933 Supplemental Pastures For Sheep, Ted Doane, Bruce Anderson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Efficient and effective ways to pasture sheep are covered here.

Feed costs account for approximately 80 percent of all costs in many dry lot feeding programs for sheep. These costs can be reduced to 50 percent in the total cost with effective pasture programs.

Sheep can be efficient at converting forage into meat and wool. The following pasture alternatives and combinations allow the development of a pasture program where sheep can be on pasture for approximately 10 months of the year, if weather permits.

G88-892 Mixing Quality Pig Feed (Revised July 1992), Duane Reese, Mike Brumm

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Pig feed quality problems and mixing recommendations are covered here. Feed ingredients represent over 60 percent of the total cost of farrow-finish pork production and 65-70 percent of the variable expenses. Attention to quality preparation, in addition to purchasing decisions, is a component of feed ingredient cost management. Errors in formulation, misuse of feed mixing equipment, use of poor quality feed ingredients or lack of a quality assurance program can have costly consequences.

13.2.4. Avian Botulism: Geographic Expansion Of A Historic Disease, Louis N. Locke, Milton N. Friend

Waterfowl Management Handbook

Avian botulism is a paralytic, often fatal disease of birds resulting from ingestion of toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Waterfowl die-offs from the botulism are usually caused by type C toxin; sporadic die-offs among fish-eating birds, such as common loons (Gavia immer) and gulls, have been caused by type E toxin.

Not enough is known about avian botulism to precisely identify the factors leading to an outbreak. When an outbreak does occur, it is usually perpetuated by a well-understood bird-maggot cycle (Figure 1).

13.4.11. Control Of Purple Loosestrife, Daniel Q. Thompson

Waterfowl Management Handbook

Purple loosestrife is an herbaceous perennial weed that is native to Eurasia and probably arrived in eastern North America with early maritime traffic. The spread of this alien by 1900 (Fig. 1) was closely associated with canal and waterway traffic. By 1985 (Fig. 2), this aggressive weed had spread into all of the contiguous States north of the 35th parallel except Montana; similarly, all of the southern provinces of Canada had been invaded. In the last 20 years, loosestrife has become well established in reclamation projects and riparian wetlands in the West and Northwest. It has also invaded estuarine marshes …

G89-919 Quality Laboratory Samples Necessary For Accurate Disease Diagnosis, Duane Rice, Douglas G. Rogers

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses the importance of submitting proper specimens to the veterinary diagnostic laboratory as an aid in diagnosing infectious diseases, feed imbalance, or animal poisoning.

To comprehend the reasons for failures in disease diagnosis at veterinary diagnostic laboratories, it is important to understand what disease is, what causes disease, how the animal resists disease (becomes immune), and what happens to the animal if disease develops and the animal does not become immune.

According to Stedmans Dictionary, disease is an interruption, cessation or disorder of body functions, systems or organs. Some diseases may be obvious to the untrained eye, …

G89-915 Testing Livestock Feeds For Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Sheep And Horses, Rick Grant, Bruce Anderson, Richard J. Rasby, Terry L. Mader

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide provides tips on how to determine feeds you should analyze and nutrients to measure. It tells how to interpret the results of feed analysis.

Why Test Feeds?

Nutrient concentration can vary considerably in feeds, especially forages. Protein in alfalfa hay can range from 10 to 25 percent or more of the dry matter; grass hay will contain between four and 18 percent protein.

Use feed tests to target specific feeds to different livestock. Feed high quality forage to the most productive livestock or when nutrient needs are highest. Feed lower quality forage to animals with lower nutrient needs. …

Ec89-1908 Swine Reproductive Problems : Noninfectious Causes, Donald G. Levis, Alex Hogg

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 89-1908 is about swine reproductive problems: noninfectious causes.

Ec89-425 Planning Your Lifestyle : The Good Life Report : What Is Fitness

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 89-425: This extension is about planning lifestyle and understanding what fitness is.

Ec89-219 1989 Nebraska Swine Report, M.A. Giesemann, E.R. Peo, A. J. Lewis, Duane Reese, J.D. Hancock, Murray Danielson, Marvin Rhodes, Merwin L. Frey, Alan R. Doster, Homer E. Connell, Donald G. Levis, Cindy Marolf, Edgar T. Clemens, Michael C. Brumm, Donald L. Ferguson, William Ahlschwede, Dwane R. Zimmerman, J.D. Kopf, Rodger K. Johnson, Thomas Socha, John Keele, Larry Young, Chris R. Calkins

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This 1989 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.

G89-924 Fertilizing Proso Millet (Revised December 2002), Jurg M. Blumenthal, David D. Baltensperger

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Soil testing and fertilization of proso millet with nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other nutrients is discussed. Management practices that provide an adequate, but not excessive, supply of plant nutrients are essential for top yields of proso millet in the High Plains.

G89-917 How Much Vitamin A Are You Eating?, Harriet Kohn

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide contains information to help you estimate the Vitamin A level of one day's food intake or menu. The content relates to people of all ages.

Vitamin A Helps:

Keep the lining of your mouth, nose, throat and digestive tract healthy

Fight germs

Keep your skin smooth

Young people grow

G89-952 Estrus (Heat) Detection Guidelines, Jeffrey F. Keown, Duane N. Rice

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Ways to spot cows in heat are covered in this NebGuide.

Several factors are essential in maintaining a herd's reproductive health. Among the most important are: (1) maintaining accurate records, (2) knowing the visual signs of estrus (heat), (3) using proper heat detection aids, and (4) maintaining a herd health program.

By taking the four basic steps listed above, the expected calving interval for dairy animals will be close to the recommended 12 to 13 months. Beef producers need to strive for a 12-month calving interval to maintain a profitable enterprise.

This 12- to 13-month calving interval returns the most …

Influence Of Energy And Protein Intake During Lactation On Body Composition Of Primiparous Sows, J. H. Brendemuhl, A. J. Lewis, E. R. Peo, Jr.

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

The effects of energy and protein intakes by 32 primiparous sows during a 28-d lactation on sow and litter performance and sow body composition and bone properties were examined. Dietary treatments were energy intakes of 8 (LE) and 16 (HE) Mcal of ME/d and protein intakes of 380 (LP) and 760 (HP) g of CP/d in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement. Sows fed diets that were inadequate in either energy or protein lost more weight than did sows fed the HE-HP diet, but back fat losses were greater when energy intake was deficient than when protein was deficient.

Genetic Variability For Mineral Element Concentration Of Crested Wheatgrass Forage, Kenneth P. Vogel, H. F. Maryland, P. E. Reece, J. F. S. Lamb

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Grass tetany is a complex metabolic disorder that causes substantial livestock production losses and deaths in temperate regions of the world. It is caused by low levels of Mg or an imbalance of K, Ca, and Mg in forage consumed by animals. Development of grasses with improved mineral balance would be an economical means of minimizing losses from this malady. This study was conducted to determine if genetic variability exists among crested wheatgrasses, Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertner and A. desertorum (Fisher ex Link) Schultes, for forage Mg, Ca, K, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Na, and P concentrations. Forage of spaced …

Grazing Selectivity And In Vivo Digestibility Of Switchgrass Strains Selected For Differing Digestibility, M. G. Ward, J. K. Ward, Bruce E. Anderson, Kenneth P. Vogel

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Animal selectivity and digestibility differences among switchgrass strains selected for different in vitro dry matter digestibilities (IVDMD) were measured in a grazing trial with esophageally fistulated steers and a sheep digestion trial. Extrusa selected by esophageally fistulated steers grazing high-IVDMD (Trailblazer), Pathfinder and Iow-IVDMD strains of switchgrass were compared, as were top and whole plant hand-clipped samples from each strain. Trailblazer extrusa had higher (P < .1) in vitro organic matter disappearance (IVOMD) and lower (P < .1) NDF and ADF than Pathfinder extrusa. Extrusa from all three strains appeared to be of higher quality than top or whole plant hand-clipped samples. In vitro organic matter disappearance tended to be highest for Trailblazer top hand-clipped samples. Composition of hand-clipped samples among strains was not significantly different. Mature crossbred wethers were used to compare Trailblazer and P ~ switchgrass hay in a digestion trial. No differences (P > .1) were detected between slrains for DMI or apparent digestibility of DM, NDF, ADF and CP. Extrusa from Trailblazer switchgrass that had been selected for whole plant IVDMD had higher IVOMD; however, there was no …