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Wpa News 46 (1994), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (November 1994), number 46

Published by the World Pheasant Association

The Probe, Issue # 149 -- November 1994

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Guidelines for euthanasia of domestic animals by firearms J. (Al) Longair, Gordon G. Finley, Marie-Andree Laniel, Clayton MacKay, Ken Mould, Ernest D. Olfert, Harry Rowsell, Allan Preston
What is NADCA's Role in NWCO Certification?
Setting Prices for Animal Damage Control Services
Saccharin Samaritans
Part 2: Hantavirus Prevention
NADCA Region 4 Director Moves to Texas
Trapping Weasels

Alpha Interferon-Induced Antiretroviral Activities: Restriction Of Viral Nucleic Acid Synthesis And Progeny Virion Production In Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Monocytes, Lisa Baca-Regen, Nina Heinzinger, Mario Stevenson, Howard Gendelman

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Alpha interferon (IFN-a) restricts multiple steps of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-i) life cycle. A well-described effect of IFN-a is in the modulation of viral nucleic acid synthesis. We demonstrate that IFN-α influences HIV-1 DNA synthesis principally by reducing the production of late products of reverse transcription. The magnitude of IFN-α-induced downregulation of HIV-1 DNA and/or progeny virion production was dependent on the IFN-α concentration, the duration of cytokine administration, the multiplicity of infection, the viral strain, and the cycles of viral infection. Interestingly, reductions in viral DNAs could not fully account for the observed IFN-a-induced abrogation of …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, November/December 1994

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

Contents:

Heidi Carter is New Education Coordinator

Rural Community Development Resources

Diversity and Sustainable Future Systems

In the Seminar Spotlight-Joel Salatin

Nebraska Ag IMPACT Project Set To Begin

Private Extension System in Argentina

Cuban Agriculture Reorients Toward Sustainability

Resource Guide On Sustainable Ag Materials

Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture: A Bibliography

California Passes BIOS Bill

EPA Conducts Special Review of Triazines

Criteria for Judging Relevancy Of Research To Sustainable Ag

A Study Of Euplotes Crassus Telomere Proteins And Related Genes, John Scott Perez

Department of Chemistry: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

A novel PCR technique used to amplify Euplotes crassus macronuclear chromosomes was developed to provide scientific proof that an Euplotes crassus 1.0 kb gene is not genetically related to an Oxytricha nova 1.8 kb β-telomere protein gene. Theories and experimental procedures associated with the development of this PCR technique were the product of research that will have a profound impact on future studies of telomere protein genes and telomeric DNA in a multitude of eukaryotic cells. The hypothesis that a β-telomere protein does not exist in Euplotes crassus was supported by the result of this study.

Expression of the recombinant …

Development Of Semi-Intensive Aquaculture Technologies In Honduras: Summary Of Freshwater Aquacultural Research Conducted From 1983-1992, Bartholomew Green, David Teichert-Coddington, Terrill Hanson

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

Aquacultural research has been conducted collaboratively in Honduras since 1983 by the International Center for Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments, Auburn University, and the Direccion General de Pesca y Acuicultura, Secretaria de Recursos Naturales. This research was carried out at the El Carao National Fish Culture Research Center, Comayagua, Honduras, under the auspices of the USAID-financed Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program (PD/A CRSP). The goal of the PD/A CRSP is to increase tilapia yields by optimizing resource use in systems based predominantly on natural pond productivity.

Cropwatch No. 94-23, Oct. 28, 1994, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

This issue and the next two issues of CropWatch will feature notices of winter Extension meetings related to agricultural production and marketing. Make note of the dates and take advantage of these opportunities to learn the latest information.

Com rootworm insecticides ..... 157

Pesticide applicator tests .......... 158

Winter Extension meetings ...... 159

Soil moisture projections .......... 161

Freeze ends season .................... 161

Cropwatch No. 94-22, Oct. 14, 1994, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Biocontrol conference ..................150

Sooty strip in sorghum ....................... 152

Winterize your sprayer ..................152

Nebraska/Kansas
crop updates .................. 153

Precipitation projections ..................153

Nitrogen applicator ...................
maintenance ................... 154

Nebraska weather
statistics ......................... 154

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 7, No. 8, October 4, 1994

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Publications

Departmental travel

Miscellaneous

Calendar of events

October seminar schedule

Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Current Awareness Bibliography, Sue Ann Gardner, D. Landry, J. Riley

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

This bibliography is a compilation of current publications (citations with abstracts) from a wide variety of electronic and print information sources relating to offshore oil and gas development.

Subject categories covered include:
Biology: Ecological, anatomical, and physiological effects of oil and/or gas, Species as biomarkers, PAH uptake and bioaccumulation, etc.
Chemistry/Geochemistry/Geology: Biochemistry, Biodegradation, Bioremediation, Hydrocarbon degradation, Environmental sampling, Soil contamination, etc.
Engineering/Physics: Technological advancements in facility/equipment design and use, Spill response and recovery equipment, Physical properties of oil and gas, etc.
Environment/Ecosystem Management/Spills: Environmental assessment and management, Oil and/or gas spill description and analysis, etc.
Socioeconomic/Regulation/General: Social and economic ramifications, …

The Probe, Issue # 148 -- October 1994

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Hantavirus: prevention is the best defense, by Suzanne Graham for Pacific Northwest Station (Reprinted from Forestry Research West, Sept. '94 issue, USDA Forest Service
A Call for Praxis
Evaluate the Technique's Financial Practicality
Mixed Results Using Propane Exploders to Repel Deer
Revised Damage Handbook Available
Trapping Weasels, by James E. Forbes, President, NADCA
Internships Available with the Wildlife Management Department of NRA
The NADCA Employment Committee has been created and is open for business. Committee members are James E. Forbes, Chairman, and Chris Engel.

Nebline, October 1994

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Human Resources

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Ard News October 1994

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
COMMENTS FROM THE DEAN
NORTH CENTRAL REGION SARE and ACE PROGRAMS
NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE UPDATE
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR FY 1996
FY 1995 CSRS BUDGET
ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT FOR 1994-1995
FORM FOR RECORDING INDUSTRY OR FOUNDATION INCOME
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL APPROVAL AND SUBMISSION
GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICES VIDEO
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1994
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR FEDERAL GRANTS
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
WHAT A DOLLAR SPENT FOR FOOD PAID FOR IN 1993

The Sower, Fall 1994

The Sower (CASNR Alumni Newsletter)

Contents:

Arnold, Gingery receive 1994 Alumni Awards
From Your Association President
ASAP Program kickoff held October 20
From the Dean’s Desk
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Student Ambassadors
Career Services Center available to alumni
Girl Scout Tech-Holiday
Red Letter Days
CASNR Career Day
High School Scholars Research Program
Placement Library moves
Ag Career Day in York
CASNR Alumni Update Day - March 17,1995
What have you been up to since graduation?
1994-95 CASNRAA Board of Directors

Bioarchaeology And Cod Fisheries: A New Source Of Evidence, Thomas Amorosi, Thomas H. Mcgovern, Sophia Perdikaris

School of Global Integrative Studies: Faculty Publications

Archaeological excavations in the North Atlantic basin over the past two decades have recovered large amounts of fishbones from datable deposits extending back over 8000 years in some areas. Coverage of the last 1000 years (with particular emphasis on the climatic cooling of the “Little Ice Age”) is increasingly complete. Recent research makes it possible to reconstruct live lengths from commonly recovered fishbone elements. Preliminary findings indicate that cod of 1 to 1.5 m were being regularly taken in the eleventh to nineteenth centuries throughout the North Atlantic. Changes in fish size and mix of species taken probably reflect technological …

Minutes Friends Of Tractor Test Museum October 1994, Tractor Museum

Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum: Planning and Development Documents

Building Lease Student Employees Ted Worral Collection

Comparison Of Disulfide Contents And Solubility At Alkaline Ph Of Insecticidal And Noninsecticidal Bacillus Thuringiensis Protein Crystals, Cheng Du, Phyllis A.W. Martin, Kenneth W. Nickerson

Papers in Microbiology

We compared two insecticidal and eight noninsecticidal soil isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis with regard to the solubility of their proteinaceous crystals at alkaline pH values. The protein disulfide contents of the insecticidal and noninsecticidal crystals were equivalent. However, six of the noninsecticidal crystals were soluble only at pH values of ≥12. This lack of solubility contributed to their lack of toxicity. One crystal type which was soluble only at pH ≥12 (strain SHP 1-12) did exhibit significant toxicity to tobacco hornworm larvae when the crystals were presolubilized. In contrast, freshly prepared crystals from the highly insecticidal strain HD-1 were solubilized …

Escherbothrium Molinae N. Gen. Et N. Sp. (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Triloculariidae) In Urotrygon Chilensis (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Urolophidae) From The Gulf Of Nicoya, Costa Rica, Reva Berman, Daniel R. Brooks

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Cestodes collected in spiral valves of the stingray Urotrygon chilensis from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica represent an undescribed species of Tetraphyllidea. By possessing more than 2 loculi as well as an apical sucker on each bothridium, the new species is diagnosably distinct from all other tetraphyllidean genera; therefore, a new genus is proposed for it. The new species also possesses globular structures irregularly arranged on the surface of the bothridia. We found similar structures on the bothridial faces of Trilocularia acanthiaevulgaris, possibly indicating phylogenetic relationships with the new species. This possibility is enhanced by the observation that …

Cropwatch No. 94-21, Sept. 30, 1994, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Harvesting sorghum ...... 144

Kansas update ................. 144

Fall anhydrous applications ................. 145

Crop update .................... 147

Nebraska weather ........... 147

Consulting With Teachers About Girls And Boys, Susan M. Sheridan, Mary Henning-Stout

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this article is to clarify issues of gender relevant to the practice of consultation with classroom teachers. Social psychological and educational considerations are reviewed as grounding for gender-fair educational practices which consultation can help to bring about. Finally, the specific implications of this theoretical and empirical grounding for the practice of organizational, behavioral, and mental health consultation are explored.

Cropwatch No. 94-20, Sept. 16, 1994, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Harvest residue ................... 136

Crop conditions .................. 136

Weed control in alfalfa ....... 137

Killing alfalfa ....................... 137

Grain cleaners ..................... 138

Fall weed control ................ 139

Soil moisture levels ............. 140

Nebraska weather data ...... 142

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 7, No. 6, September 9, 1994

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Publications

Grants

Miscellaneous

Calendar of events

Cropwatch No. 94-19, Sept. 2, 1994, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Bean leaf beetles ................. 128

Correction ........................... 128

Biocontrol insects ............... 129

Gray leaf spot ..................... 130

Dividend fungicide ............ 130

Crop, weather update ........ 131

Kansas crop update ........... 131

Nebraska weather data ..... 132

Hessian fly measures ......... 133

Webworms in alfalfa .......... 134

Itch mites ............................ 134

Bobcats, Dallas Virchow, Denny Hogeland

Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage Handbook

The bobcat (Lynx rufus), alias “wildcat,” is a medium-sized member of the North American cat family. It can be distinguished at a distance by its graceful catlike movements, short “bobbed” tail, and round face and pointed ears. Visible at close distances are black hair at the tip of the tail and prominent white dots on the upper side of the ears. Body hair color varies, but the animal’s sides and flanks are usually brownish black or reddish brown with either distinct or faint black spots. The back is commonly brownish yellow with a dark line down the middle. …

Coyotes, Jeffrey S. Green

Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage Handbook

In body form and size, the coyote (Canis latrans) resembles a small collie dog, with erect pointed ears, slender muzzle, and a bushy tail. Coyotes are predominantly brownish gray in color with a light gray to cream-colored belly. Color varies greatly, however, from nearly black to red or nearly white in some individuals and local populations. Most have dark or black guard hairs over their back and tail. Coyote-dog and coyote-wolf hybrids exist in some areas and may vary greatly from typical coyotes in size, color, and appearance. Coyotes often include many items in their diet. Rabbits top the list …

Feral Dogs, Jeffrey S. Green, Philip S. Gipson

Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage Handbook

Feral dog, Canis familiaris. The primary feature that distinguishes feral from domestic dogs is the degree of reliance or dependence on humans, and in some respect, their behavior toward people. Feral dogs survive and reproduce independently of human intervention or assistance. While it is true that some feral dogs use human garbage for food, others acquire their primary subsistence by hunting and scavenging like other wild canids. Feral and domestic dogs often differ markedly in their behavior toward people. Feral dogs are usually secretive and wary of people. Thus, they are active during dawn, dusk, and at night much …

Mink, Edward K. Boggess

Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage Handbook

The mink (Mustela vison) is a member of the weasel family. Both sexes are a rich chocolate-brown color, usually with a white patch on the chest or chin and scattered white patches on the belly. The fur is relatively short with the coat consisting of a soft, dense underfur concealed by glossy, lustrous guard hairs. Mink also have anal musk glands common to the weasel family and can discharge a disagreeable musk if frightened or disturbed. Unlike skunks, however, they cannot forcibly spray musk. Mink are shoreline dwellers and their one basic habitat requirement is a suitable permanent …

The Probe, Issue 147 - September 1994

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

CONTENTS:
To Be or Not to Be Released in the Wild-That is the Question
Alternate Use for Softcatch Traps
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
Wild Pigs Ravage Northern California Vineyards
Control Methods’ Impacts on Laughing Gulls at JFK
Mountain Lions on the Prowl in Colorado
Gulls, Terns, Mergansers, and Herons Plague Washington Fish Hatchery
Do Livestock Guarding Dogs Lose Their Effectiveness Over Time?
New Book Available – Wildlife Removal Handbook
American White Pelicans and Catfish

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, September/October 1994

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

Contents:

New UNL Center for Grassland Studies

BioNet Bulletin Board

New NSAS Director and New Extension Director

What Happens to Pesticides in Soil and Water?

In the Seminar Spotlight

Paul Thompson

Joel Salatin

Symposium to Focus on Future of Great Plains

Farm Bill Focus of midwest Governors' Conference

Ag Waste Database

Sustainable Development Framework for the Great Plains

USDA Drafting National Organic Standards

Environmental Reserve Proposed

Sustainable Ag Directors Workshop on February

EPA and USDA Agreement on Pest Management

Congress Approves Funding for Sustainable Ag and Related Programs

President Clinton's Sustainable Development Awards

Futuristic Symposium at ASA Meetings

Beguiled By Birds: A Profile Of Paul Johnsgard, James L. Hayward, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

“I spent the first thirty years of my life learning to be a scientist, and the next twenty-five years of my life trying to become a humanist and an artist." Paul Johnsgard immerses himself in several worlds, but for the eclectic teacher, writer, artist, and scientist, these worlds merge in a burst of feathered movement, color, and shape. Johnsgard is beguiled by birds. As a professor of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska with full teaching responsibilities, Johnsgard has managed to write at least one or two books on birds each year. In 1986 I asked him if he …