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From Deer Problem To People Solution: A Case Study From Montgomery County, Maryland, Jonathan S. Kays, Douglas Tregoning

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

Montgomery County, Maryland, a 495 square-mile area adjacent to Washington, D.C., is a rapidly developing, highly educated suburban community with one of the highest per capita incomes in the nation. There is increasing concern for the growth and impact of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations by agricultural interests, resource professionals and residential landowners. The Montgomery County Council assembled a task force of stakeholders to examine relevant information and propose deer management options. The task force report provided detailed information on the county deer situation, 11 management alternatives, and 9 final recommendations. The county parks administrator appointed a staff …

Relationships Between Wild Turkeys And Raccoons In Central Mississippi, Charles D. Lovell, Darken A. Miller, George A. Hurst, Bruce D. Leopold

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

Reduced trapping and hunting of predators has led to concerns that increased predator densities may aged game species populations. Therefore, we investigated effects of predation on the wild turkey population on Tallahala Wildlife Management Area (TWMA), Mississippi, from 1984-94. We also determined trends in raccoon trapping and hunter harvest in Mississippi. Predation of nests (eggs), nesting hens, and points caused a population decline on TWMA. Most (88°!0) nest failures were caused by predation from 1984-94; raccoons were the dominant predator. Declining raccoon hunter harvest from 1980-94 was correlated with declining hunter effort. Trapping license sales and trapping harvest also declined. …

Mississippi's Beaver Control Assistance Program, 1989-1994, Philip Mastrangelo

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

Responding to landowner requests, the 1989 Mississippi Legislature created the Beaver Control Advisory Hoard and mandated it to develop a program which would ensure the control of beaver damage throughout Mississippi. The Advisory Board is comprised of the administrative heads of five state agencies: the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (chairperson), the Department of Transportation, the Cooperative Extension Service, the Forestry Commission, and the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. In cooperation with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Damage Control (ADC) program, the Advisory Board developed the Beaver Control Assistance Program (BCAP). …

The Professional Evolution Of Wildlife Damage Management, James E. Miller

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

The terns -- wildlife damage management, in lieu of animal damage control, vertebrate pest control, or nuisance animal control -- has become the currently recognized term for an area of wildlife management that a growing number of professionals spend a significant part of their time and/or career working in. The acceptance of this terminology is, however, a part of the continuing evolution of the profession and not simply a name change for political correctness. Admittedly, my purpose is not to validate or beg acceptance of this terminology. Rather, what I hope to do is to justify the underlying premise of …

Closing Remarks: Seventh Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference, James E. Miller

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

Initially, I want to begin these brief closing remarks by expressing appreciation to Dean Stewart, Phil Mastrangelo, Jim Armstrong, Greg Yarrow, other members of the Program Committee, all of the sponsors, exhibitors, contributors, speakers, and session moderators, and to all of you as participants who helped make this conference successful. As most of you who have ever had the privilege of putting together a conference such as this are well aware, there are always a number of people that are key to the success of the conference who work diligently behind the scenes but are not always recognized. We want …

A Historical Perspective Of Catfish Production In The Southeast In Relation To Avian Predation, Donald F. Mott, Martin W. Brunson

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

Production of aquaculture species, especially catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) in the Mississippi Delta, is a relatively new and expanding industry. Catfish production represents the largest dollar value of the aquaculture industry, accounting for approximately 50% of the entire industry. Mississippi is responsible for 82% of the total U.S. catfish production. Fish-eating bird populations have capitalized on this new food source. Double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax sauritus), great blue herons (Ardea herodias) , and great egrets (Casmerodius albus) are the primary predators on catfish. Cormorant caused losses in excess of $2 million per year have been …

Can Predator Trapping Improve Waterfowl Recruitment In The Prairie Pothole Region?, Frank C. Rohwer, Pamela R. Garrettson, Ben J. Mense

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

We contrasted nest success for control areas and experimental areas in eastern North Dakota where we employed professionals to trap mammalian nest predators from late March to late July. In 1995, dabbling ducks averaged 53% nest success on four treatment blocks of 4,150 ha each; whereas on four control areas upland nesting ducks averaged 24% success. Diving duck nest success averaged 57% on experimental areas and 29% on control areas. American coot (Fulica americana) nest success also improved on experimental areas, but blackbird nesting and fledging success were not affected by the treatment. In 1994, nest success of …

Blackbirds And Starlings Killed At Winter Roosts From Pa-14 Applications, 1974-1992: Implications For Regional Population Management, Richard A. Dolbeer, Donald F. Mott, Jerrold L. Belant

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 7th (1995)

The surfactant PA-14, registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1973 by the federal Animal Damage Control (ADC) program, was used for 19 years (1974-1992) for lethal control of roosting blackbirds (Icterinae) and European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in the United States. In 1992, the ADC program withdrew the registration of PA-14 because of costs required to provide additional EPA-requested data. There were 83 roosts encompassing 178 ha treated with 33,300 L of PA-14 from 1974-1992. An estimated 38.2 million birds (48% common grackles [Quiscalus quiscula], 30% European starlings, 13% red-winged blackbirds [Agelaius phoeniceus …

Wpa News 49 (1995), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (November 1995), number 49

Published by the World Pheasant Association

The Probe, Issue 160 – November 1995

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

A Christian Minister Explains Why He Can Morally Trap God's Little Creatures Stephen Vantassel, Special Coorespondent, The PROBE
Coloradans Uneasily Coexist with Bears
Girl's Death Blamed on Rabid Bat
Abstracts of Recent Research Presented at TWS Conference
Translocation or Euthanasia: What Should We Do? Scott R. Craven, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
E = 1/2 MV2: Why Birds and Aircraft Should Not Occupy the Same Space at the Same Time. Richard A. Dolbeer and C. P. Dwyer, USD A-Animal Damage Control, Sandusky, OH.
Sandhill Crane Production on Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon. Gary L. Ivey, Malheur National …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, November/December 1995

Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Newsletter (1993–2000)

Contents:

North Central Institute for Sustainable Systems Pilot Project Launched

An Ecocentric View of Future Research

Diversity in Human and Ecological Systems

Politics of Sustainable Agriculture

Impact Project Gets Additional Funding

Participation a New Research Direction in Finland

Nebraska Participates in Whole Farm Conservation Planning Pilot

New Internship in Food Production/Marketing

USDA-DOE Pact Combines Scientific Energies

Interested in Becoming Certified Organic?

Evolutionary Endocrinology Of Juvenile Hormone Esterase In Gryllus Assimilis: Direct And Correlated Responses To Selection, Anthony J. Zera, Caiqiu Zhang

Anthony Zera Publications

Hemolymph juvenile hormone esterase (JHE) activity on the third day of the last stadium in the cricket, Gryllus assimilis, exhibited a significant response to selection in each of six replicate lines. Mean realized heritability was 0.26 ± 0.04. The response was due to changes in whole-organism enzyme activity as well as to changes in the proportion of enzyme allocated to the hemolymph compartment. In vivo juvenile hormone metabolism differed between some lines selected for high vs. low enzyme activity. Only minimal differences were observed between lines with respect to hemolymph protein concentration or whole-cricket activity of juvenile hormone epoxide …

Systematics, Ecology, And Behavior: Integrating Phylogenetic Patterns And Evolutionary Mechanisms, Daniel R. Brooks, Deborah A. Mclennan, James M. Carpenter, Stephen G. Weller, Jonathan A. Coddington

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Explores the use of systematic biology techniques to explain human social systems.

Obituary: Francis Hollis Fay, 1927-1994, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

An obituary of mammalogist Francis Hollis Fay, 1927-1994.

Cropwatch No. 95-25, Oct. 27, 1995, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Lower yields mean less residue ................201

Ergoty grain and hay risky to cattle ................202

Sorghum variety trial results released................ 203

Winter programs to convey latest research ................204

Soil moisture levels start recharge period low ................205

Research shows vertebrate pests a real concern following CRP................206

Cropwatch No. 95-24, Oct. 13, 1995, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Grain yield monitors ............. 196

CPMU Conference ................ 196

Harvest update ...................... 197

Fall weed control .................. 197

Weed group to meet .............. 197

Drying and storage tips ......... 198

Readership survey ................. 199

Growth Of Testes And Testicular Morphology After Eight Generations Of Selection For Increased Predicted Weight Of Testes At 150 Days Of Age In Boars, R. R. Harder, D. D. Lunstra, R. K. Johnson, Roman L. Hruska

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Weights of testes and epididymides, body weight, and morphometric measurements of testicular tissue of 75 boars of a line selected for eight generations for predicted weight of testes at 150 d of age and 75 boars of a randomly selected control line were used to evaluate the effects of selection on testicular development at 70, 100, 130, 160, and 450 d of age (n = 15 boars per line per age). Body weights for boars of the select and control line did not differ (P <.05) and the shape of the body growth curve was similar for both lines. Boars of the select line had larger testes than control boars at each age (P < .05), but there was a significant line x age interaction. The percentage increase of the select line mean over the control mean for weight of testes was 37% at 70 d, a maximum of 120% at 100 d, and 25% at 450 d. The percentage of the testes made up of seminiferous tubules differed between lines (P <.01). Lines had similar means of approximately 28% at 70 d and 71% at 450 d, but the mean for the select line was larger between 100 and 160 d of age; the greatest difference was 11.6% (control = 43.7, select = 55.3%) at 100 d. After 70 d of age, select-line boars had a greater percentage of seminiferous tubules with lumens that contained elongated spermatids (P <.l0). The proportion of the testes occupied by Leydig cells was greatest at 70 d, declined sharply between 70 and 130 d with a sharper decline in select-line boars, and then declined more gradually from 130 to 450 d of age. We conclude that selection for weight of testes at 150 d resulted in lower age at puberty for boars of the select line.

Growth Of Testes And Testicular Morphology After Eight Generations Of Selection For Increased Predicted Weight Of Testes At 150 Days Of Age In Boars, R. R. Harder, D. D. Lunstra, R. K. Johnson, Roman L. Hruska

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Weights of testes and epididymides, body weight, and morphometric measurements of testicular tissue of 75 boars of a line selected for eight generations for predicted weight of testes at 150 d of age and 75 boars of a randomly selected control line were used to evaluate the effects of selection on testicular development at 70, 100, 130, 160, and 450 d of age (n = 15 boars per line per age). Body weights for boars of the select and control line did not differ (P <.05) and the shape of the body growth curve was similar for both lines. Boars of the select line had larger testes than control boars at each age (P < .05), but there was a significant line x age interaction. The percentage increase of the select line mean over the control mean for weight of testes was 37% at 70 d, a maximum of 120% at 100 d, and 25% at 450 d. The percentage of the testes made up of seminiferous tubules differed between lines (P <.01). Lines had similar means of approximately 28% at 70 d and 71% at 450 d, but the mean for the select line was larger between 100 and 160 d of age; the greatest difference was 11.6% (control = 43.7, select = 55.3%) at 100 d. After 70 d of age, select-line boars had a greater percentage of seminiferous tubules with lumens that contained elongated spermatids (P <.lo). The proportion of the testes occupied by Leydig cells was greatest at 70 d, declined sharply between 70 and 130 d with a sharper decline in select-line boars, and then declined more gradually from 130 to 450 d of age. We conclude that selection for weight of testes at 150 d resulted in lower age at puberty for boars of the select line.

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Fall 1995, Volume 1, No. 1

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Contents:

What Studies of the Past Can Tell Us about Grasslands by Margaret Bolick, Curator of Botany, University of Nebraska State Museum

The Buffalograss Story by T.P. Riordan, Department of Horticulture, UNL

Nebraska Proposes Cooperative CRP by Scott Hygnstrom, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife, UNL

International Rangeland Congress Focuses On Future by James Stubbendieck, Department of Agronomy, UNL

CGS Holds First Advisory Council Meeting

Jim Gerrish to Speak at Fall Seminar Series

International Turfgrass Meeting Held In Nebraska

On the National Scene

NRCS Holds Listening Sessions In Nebraska

Tape of Grazing Lands Management Satellite Videoconference Available

The Probe, Issue 159 – October 1995

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Care and Feeding of the Press and the Public, by Robin Porter, USDA-APH1S-LPA
Zoonotic Disease Featured in Four Articles
Lion Bill Goes to California Assembly
Video Review: "Eating Crow: Duck Hunting Method of Calling and Hunting Crows." By Jerry Tomlin. A Crow Roost Production. 1991.
Hunting and Fishing Bill Approved by U.S. House Resources Committee
Wildlife Conservation Fund Benefits Through Combined Federal Campaign
Trapping Weasels

Ard News October 1995

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
COMMENTS FROM THE DEAN
OFFICE STAFF OBJECTIVES
ARD "SERVICE OBJECTIVES"
ADMINISTRATOR OBJECTIVES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - COPYRIGHTS
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1995
PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE COMMODITY BOARDS JULY 1, 1995 - JULY 30, 1996
FY 1996 CSREES BUDGET OUTLOOK
UNL MODEL FOR SHARING INDIRECT COST RECOVERY FUNDS
INDIRECT COST RECOVERY BY ARD UNITS DURING FY 1995

Adaptability And Reliability Of Yield For Four Bell Pepper Cultivars Across Three Southeastern States, Laurie Hodges, Douglas C. Sanders, Katharine B. Perry, Kent M. Eskridge, K. M. (Dean) Batal, Darbie M. Granberry, Wayne J. Mclaurin, Dennis Decoteau, Robert J. Dufault, J. Thomas Garrett, Russell Nagata

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Four bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) cultivars were evaluated for yield (total weight of marketable fruit) performance over 41 environments as combinations of 3 years, three planting dates, and seven locations across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Cultural practices, including trickle irrigation and double rows planted on black plastic-covered beds, were uniform across all environments, except for fertilization, which was adjusted at each location based on soil tests. Comparing production over 3 years between the mountain location and the Coastal Plain location in North Carolina, yields were lower on the Coastal Plain. Spring plantings provided higher yields than …

Cervical Cancer: Is Herpes Simplex Virus Type Ii A Cofactor?, Clinton J. Jones

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Approximately 1.6% of all women will develop cancer of the cervix during their lifetime (4). Cervical cancer is the second leading type of cancer in women and accounts for approximately one-sixth of all cancer deaths in females. In many ways, cervical cancer behaves as a sexually transmitted disease. The major risk factors associated with cervical cancer are the early onset of sexual intercourse, multiple sexual partners, and/or sexual contact with promiscuous partners (66, 94). The disease is composed of several pathological stages ranging from cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) to invasive squamous carcinoma. Substantial evidence suggests that CIN is a precursor …

Phage Infection, Transfection And Transformation Of Mycobacterium Avium Complex And Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis, Ellen M. Foley-Thomas, Diane L. Whipple, Luiz M. Bermudez, Raul G. Barletta

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Mycobacterium avium complex strains and Mycobacterium paratuberculosis are closely related intracellular pathogens affecting humans and animals. M. avium complex infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in AIDS patients, and M. paratuberculosis is the agent of Johne's disease in ruminants. Genetic manipulation of these micro-organisms would facilitate the understanding of their pathogenesis, the construction of attenuated vaccine strains and the development of new drugs and treatment methods. This paper describes the replication of mycobacterial shuttle phasmids and plasmids, and the expression of the firefly luciferase reporter gene in M. avium complex and M. paratuberculosis. The mycobacteriophage TM4 …

Environmental And Edaphic Effects On Western Corn Rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Overwintering Egg Survival, L. D. Godfrey, Lance J. Meinke, Robert J. Wright, Gary L. Hein

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, overwintering egg survival was studied at 3 soil depths (7.5, 15, and 30 cm), 3 soil textures (silty clay loam, loam, and sandy loam), and 2 surface residue treatments (with and without surface cover) at an eastern Nebraska site in 1989-1990 and 1990-1991. At a western Nebraska site, egg survival was evaluated at 3 soil depths (7.5, 15, and 30 cm), 2 surface residue regimes (with and without surface cover) within a fine sandy loam soil in 1989-1990. Overall, egg survival was low (30.0%) and intermediate (41.0%) at the eastern and western sites, …

Path To Extinction: Impact Of Vegetational Change On Lizard Populations On Arapaho Prairie In The Nebraska Sandhills, Royce E. Ballinger, Kristin S. Watts

Papers in Herpetology

Since removal of cattle from Arapaho Prairie in 1977, secondary succession has resulted in increased vegetation cover. Studies of resident lizards on a 150 × 150 meter grid revealed: (1) one lizard species (Holbrookia maculata) has essentially been eliminated in 15 years (from a maximum of 74 residents in 1979 to three residents in 1993); (2) a second lizard population (Sceloporus undulatus) has declined from 56 residents in 1979 to fewer than 30 residents in 1993; and (3) preferred microhabitats occupied by lizards have not changed, but their microgeographic distributions have shifted to areas of blowouts, …

Serendipidae Evenhuis, 1994 (Insecta: Diptera) And Serendipidae Brooks And Barriga, 1995 (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda): Proposed Removal Of Homonymy, Daniel R. Brooks, Neal L. Evenhuis

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Homonymy between names in the family group may result from similarity, but not identity of the names of their type genera. Such a case involves Serendipa Evenhuis, 1994 and Serendip Brooks and Barriga, 1995. Evenhuis (1994) proposed Serendipa to replace Paratendipes Hong and Wang, 1990 and the Paratendipedidae Hong and Wang, 1990, which had been proposed for P. laiyangensis, a fossil dipteran from Upper Jurassic deposits in China. Evenhuis (1994) reported that Paratendipes Hong and Wang, 1990 was preoccupied by Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911, necessitating the change. Consequently, Paratendipedidae Hong and Wang, 1990 became Serendipidae Evenhuis, 1994.

Proteocephalus Chamelensis N. Sp. (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) From The "Guavina" Gobiomorus Maculatus (Osteichthyes: Eleotrididae) In Chamela Bay, Jalisco, México, Gerardo Pérez Ponce De León, Daniel R. Brooks, Reva Berman

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

A new species of Proteocephalus inhabiting the eleotridid estuarine fish Gobiomorus maculatus is described from Chamela Bay, Jalisco State, Mexico. The new species and P. pugetensis are nearly identical in strobila length, presence of a vestigial apical organ, having vaginae only anterior to the cirrus sac, an average of 4-7 uterine diverticula per proglottis, and a ratio of cirrus sac length to proglottis width averaging approximately 1:4. Proteocephalus pugetensis differs from the new species by having an average of 35 rather than 68 testes per proglottis, vitelline follicles terminating posteriorly at the level of the anterior margin of the ovary …

Cropwatch No. 95-23, Sept. 15, 1995, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Scout for corn stalk rot; early harvest an option .................. 175

Quick cooling key to storing wet grain .................. 175

Test drought-stressed forages to ensure nitrate-nitrogen not at toxic levels.................. 176

Plan to avoid compaction at harvest .................. 177

Improve CR-P stands before grazing .................. 178

Evaluate resources, goals before grazing post-CRP acres.................. 179

Frost probabilities .................. 180

How available are waste nutrients?.................. 181

Estimate maximum 'shelf life' for temporary storage of wet corn .................. 182

Nebraska weather date*.................... 184

Thindown In Biological 1-Hit Detectors: E. Coli B/R And Bs-1*, Zhang Chunxiang, Robert Katz

Robert Katz Publications

According to the theory of Butts and Katz and the new radial dose distribution of Zhang et al., we have calculated inactivation cross sections for the heavy ion bombardment of E. Coli B/r and Bs-1 which w& in agreement with the measurements of Scliafer et made with ions from O to U at energies from 1.5 to 19.5 MeV/u. The data display "thindown", and the decrease in cross section with an increase in stopping power is accompanied by a decrease in energy of a bombarding ion. Following an earlier analysis of heavy ion bombardments of these E. Coli mutants with …