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The Probe, Issue 45 - August 1984

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association No. 45 August, 1984
HR 1797, the Anti-trapping Bill
Bureau of Land Management
ASIW Publication SIP 817
Computer Rats
New device on the market that warns "most types of animals" of an approaching vehicle.
Office of Management and Budget
Letters to Ye Ed
ADC
New Member
Utah prairie dog
Red, Eastern and Western Gray Kangaroos
Rabies
Skunks

Famulus: A Personal Information System User's Manual (For Ibm System Users), Robert L. Bolin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

This manual explains how to use the FAMULUS program package in a computing environment where most text is input through terminals and most files are stored on disks. I adapted it from a manual prepared in 1969, and I have gotten some ideas and examples from three other manuals. The main change I made was to recommend using an interactive editor program to prepare and perfect the FAMULUS records.

The original manual described this mode of operation:

1. Preparing records on punched cards.

2. Creating a master file on tape by using the FAMULUS program called EDIT.

3. Editing records …

Results Of The Alcoa Foundation-Suriname Expeditions. Ix. Bats Of The Genus Tonatia (Mammalia: Chiroptera) In Suriname, Hugh H. Genoways, Stephen L. Williams

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Five species of Tonatia (bidens, brasilense, carrikeri, schulzi, and silvicola) are known to occur in Suriname. Tonatia bidens and silvicola are the largest in overall size (forearm length over 50 mm and greatest length of skull over 27.0 mm). However, T. bidens has a broader postorbital region (5.0 mm or more) and narrower mastoid region (less than 13.0 mm). The lower incisors of T. bidens are also noticeably broader than those of T. silvicola. These two species were found throughout most of the forested areas of Suriname. T. bidens displayed no secondary sexual …

Fighting Hunger With Research, Judy F. Winn

INTSORMIL Impacts and Bulletins

The Sorghum/Millet Collaborative Research Program, INTSORMIL, combines the resources and research talent of host country research institutions, eight land grant universities, and the Agency for International Development. Its objective is to improve world-wide sorghum and millet production and utilization. This 5-year report shows that the international sorghum-millet research program is one in which researchers from the U.S. and host countries can effectively collaborate. The INTSORMIL External Evaluation Panel and other reviewers have and will continue to recommend program strengthening changes. Adjustments in research program content and scientist involvement will result as plans are made for future research.

Sorghum and millet …

Agricultural Experiment Station News July 1984

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FIELD LABORATORY TASK FORCE REPORT
LAWSUITS INVOLVING SCIENCE
NAME CHANGES FOR DISTRICT STATIONS
GRANT PROPOSAL OPPORTUNITIES
IANR AG EXPO
NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
IANR WATER POLICY COMMITTEE
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION REQUEST PRIORITIES
PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1985•86 OPERATING BUDGET REQUEST
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
IANR GRANTS
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED JUNE & JULY 1984
SOYBEAN BOARD SUPPORT
CORN BOARD SUPPORT
GRAIN SORGHUM SUPPORT
WHEAT BOARD SUPPORT
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
BIOTECHNOLOGY ENDORSEMENT
SALE OF FAWCETT FARM AUTHORIZED

Review Of Oil Booms: Social Changes In Five Texas Towns By Roger M. Olien And Diana Davids Olien & Oil In West Texas And New Mexico: A Pictorial History Of The Permian Basin By Walter Rundell, Jr., Frederick W. Rathjen

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The Permian Basin covers about sixty-eight thousand square miles of west-central Texas and the adjacent southeastern corner of New Mexico. About two hundred million years ago the region lay beneath a salt sea that laid down a limestone floor upon which were subsequently deposited complex geologic formations that entrapped equally complex ecosystems. This combination of geological and biological evolution produced petroleum deposits that made possible a veritable marvel of the contemporary industrial world.

Before 1920, persons who considered themselves of sound mind found little attraction in the environment of the Permian Basin, for the region seems to present the worst …

Ca(Ii)-Calmodulin Regulation Of Fungal Dimorphism In Ceratocystis Ulmi, Ganapathy Muthukumar, Kenneth W. Nickerson

Papers in Microbiology

We have shown that Ca(II) ions, ethylene glycol-bis(β-aminoethyl ether)- N,N-tetraacetic acid, LaCl₃, and six known calmodulin inhibitors shift the yeast-mycelium dimorphic potential of Ceratocystis ulmi. Our data are consistent with the conclusions that Ca(II)-calmodulin interaction is necessary for mycelial growth in C. ulmi and that the absence of this interaction leads to the yeast phase.

Alcataenia Pygmaeus Sp. N. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) From The Whiskered Auklet, Aethia Pygmaea, In The Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, With A Comment On The Genera Alcataenia And Rissotaenia, Eric P. Hoberg

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Alcataenia pygmaeus sp. n. is described from whiskered auklets, Aethia pygmaea (Gmelin), from the western Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is distinguished from its congeners by the overall small size of the strobila and a combination of other characters. The rostellum is armed with 34-38 hooks that measure 41-49 µm in length. The cirrus sac is relatively short, 101-174 µm in length, and reaches or just crosses the poral osmoregulatory canals. There are 36-50 testes located entirely posterior to the female organs. The scolex is deeply embedded in the mucosal tissue of the duodenum of the host. This is the first …

Discobothrium Caribbensis Sp. N., A Lecanicephalidean Cestode From A Yellow-Spotted Stingray, Urolophus Jamaicensis, In Jamaica, Scott Lyell Gardner, Gerald D. Schmidt

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Discobothrium caribbensis sp. n. (Lecanicephalidea) is described from the spiral valve of the yellow- spotted stingray, Urolophus jamaicensis from Jamaica. The new species is the only member of the genus described with four testes. It is most similar in number of testes to D. japonicum Yamaguti, 1934, which has six testes and a myzorhynchus. A myzorhynchus is absent in D. caribbensis.

Agricultural Experiment Station News June 1984

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
IANR FIELD DAYS
PUBLICATION CREDIT
IANR AG EXPO
ADVISORY COUNCIL
USDA SUPERIOR SERVICE AWARDS
ALTERNATIVE CROP RESEARCH
CHEMIGATION TASK FORCE
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION-REVISED FORMS
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION DEADLINES
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW COMMENTS
BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
USDA FY 1985 COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANTS
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED MAY 1984
FY 1986 BUDGET REQUEST
BIOTECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT
ARS REALLOCATION
NEW FACULTY
FEDERAL BUDGET FOR FY 1985 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Birds Of Lake Mcconaughy And The North Platte River Valley, Oshkosh To Keystone, Richard C. Rasche, Paul A. Johnsgard

Nebraska Bird Review

Cedar Point Biological Station was established in 1975 at a site approximately one mile below Kingsley Dam in Keith County, Nebraska. Since that time, summer ornithology classes have been periodically offered beginning in 1977 when it was taught by Dr. Stephen Fretwell. A variety of ornithologists have kept records of the summer birds of the area. Beginning in 1970, when he first visited the area, the senior author has accumulated a large amount of data covering all seasons of the year, which form the primary basis for the seasonal information in this paper. In addition, much information was contributed by …

“Book Review” From Nebraska Bird Review (June 1984) 52(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

How Birds Work: A Guide to Bird Biology, Ron Freethy, 232 pp., 6 x 9¼, Blandford Press, England, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, bibliography, indexed, hardbound $19.95, paperback $8.95.

“How Birds Work is a straightforward introduction to the science of ornithology and provides basic information enabling the amateur birdwatcher to understand his ‘quarry’ more easily. As a direct result of reading this book, the behavior of birds will be more readily understood, and in particular the complexities of migration.” Which is a fair summary of the book, although it may over-stress migration. The chapter headings are The …

Nebraska Bird Review (June 1984) 52(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Birds of Lake McConaughy and the North Platte River Valley, Oshkosh to Keystone … 26

Some 1983 Summer Birds of the Missouri National Recreation River, Nebraska … 36

The Eighty-third Annual Meeting … 41

Lesser Goldfinch Recorded in Nebraska … 42

Notes … 42

Book Review … 44

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 16, No. 2. June 1984

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Sea bloom , Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTUMN WEIGHTS OF PLAINS SHARP-TAILED GROUSE IN MONTANA ▪ J. E. Swenson and R. L. Eng

VEGETATION PROFILE AND GRASSLAND BIRD RESPONSE TO SPRING BURNING ▪ G. E. Huber and A. A. Steuter

WETLAND PRESERVATION CONFLICTS IN NORTH DAKOTA: ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND LANDOWNER ATTITUDES ▪ R. D. Saylor, R. A. Stromstad and M. E. Winger

COLLEMBOLA OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA: SPECIES COMPOSITION AND HABITAT DISTRIBUTION ▪ B. L. Benner and P. B. Kannowski

NEW RECORDS OF EARTHWORMS FROM KANSAS (Oligochaeta: …

The Eighty-Third Annual Meeting

Nebraska Bird Review

Almost perfect weather greeted the 59 who registered for the eighty-third Annual Meeting, held at Camp Norwesca, near Chadron State Park, 19 and 20 May 1984. There was a slide show (including a bird identification quiz) Friday night. Saturday there were bird trips to Sowbelly Canyon and Gilbert-Baker Wildlife Area, north of Crawford, and on over to the Wyoming border; to Soldiers Creek, near Fort Robinson; to Beaver Valley, north of Hay Springs; and a shorter, morning only, visit to the Jeanne Dueker home, south of Chadron. At the paper session and Annual Meeting, Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Joyce Brashear read …

Functional Cranial Analysis Of Large Animalivorous Bats (Microchiroptera), Patricia W. Freeman

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Large animalivorous bats include carnivorous, piscivorous and insectivorous microchiropterans. Skull proportions and tooth morphology are examined and interpreted functionally. Four wide-faced bats from four families are convergent in having wide skulls, large masseter muscle volumes and stout jaws, indicating a powerful bite. Three of the four also have long canine teeth relative to their maxillary toothrows. Carnivorous bats have more elongate skulls, larger brain volumes and larger pinnae. The wide-faced bats are all oral emitters and have heads positively tilted relative to the basicranial axis. The carnivorous species are nasal-emitting bats and have negatively tilted heads. The orientation of the …

Model And Production Function For Irrigation Management, Derrel L. Martin, Darrell G. Watts, James R. Gilley

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

A simulation model was developed to estimate the effect of deficit irrigation upon crop yield. The model was designed to provide relative yield estimates for numerous combinations of irrigation system, crop growth and irrigation management parameters. A daily soil moisture balance was used to predict evaporation and transpiration from which crop yields were estimated. Gross irrigation water requirements were estimated from net irrigation requirements, irrigation efficiencies, irrigation system limitations, and effective rainfall. Crop production functions that use physically defined parameters were also developed to relate crop yields to gross irrigation requirements. The production functions worked well on a limited test …

Differences In Survivorship, Development Rate And Fertility Between The Long-Winged And Wingless Morphs Of The Waterstrider, Limnoporus Canaliculatus, Anthony J. Zera

Anthony Zera Publications

Species of waterstriders (Gerridae: Hemiptera) exhibit a remarkable diversity in degree of winglessness (Vepsalainen, 1978; Calabrese, 1980; Zera, 1981). Some species consist exclusively of fully-winged individuals, while other species are composed almost exclusively of wingless individuals; many species exhibit the intermediate case of wing polymorphism and consist of various proportions of fully-winged, short-winged and/or wingless morphs. Wing-polymorphic species often exhibit dramatic spatial and/or temporal variation in morph ratios, both among populations of the same species and among species. Because of this diversity, waterstriders, especially wing polymorphic species, are ideal candidates for the study of the evolution of winglessness (or conversely, …

The Probe, Issue 44 - July 1984

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

The Probe National Animal Damage Control Association
No. 43 May, 1984 [sic] This issue is actually No. 44 July, 1984
Denver City Council banned trapping
Sewer Snakes
Federal Register
The maze of fences, guards, concrete barriers, laser beams, sensors, etc. are no match for any wild animals that want to inhabit the President's house.
Albuquerque Tribune
Letters to Ye Ed
Rabies
Strychnine
Endangered hall of fame
Animal Rights
Membership
Woodpecker Repellent
NADCA Policy
Rocky Mountain Trapper’s College

Agricultural Experiment Station News May 1984

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FACULTY PROMOTIONS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
IANR FIELD DAYS
PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL
WIDAMAN TRUST AWARDS
DEADLINES WORTH NOTING
PATENT RIGHTS FROM UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
FACULTY EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED APRIL 1984

Relationships Among Measures Of Testicular Development And Endocrine Function In Boars, A. P. Schinckel, R. K. Johnson, R. J. Kittock

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Nine blood samples were taken at 30-min intervals from 36 Landrace x Large White boars at each of eight ages (42, 56, 70, 84, 98, 112, 126 and 140 d). Serum concentrations of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), testosterone (T) and estradiol- 17β (E_-2) were quantified by radioimmunoassay procedures. The maximum concentration of LH and the age at maximum concentration were predicted for each boar. Variability of LH samples was described for each boar by the pooled within age variance among LH samples and by the number of LH peaks. Measurements of testicular development taken at 140 …

Wpa News 5 (1984), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (May 1984), number 5

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Testicular Development And Endocrine Characteristics Of Boars Selected For Either High Or Low Testis Size , A. P. Schinckel, R. K. Johnson, R. J. Kittock

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Thirty-six Landrace x Large White cross boars were selected from litters with either high or low estimated breeding values for 150-d paired testis weight. Blood samples were taken via jugular venipuncture at eight ages (42, 56, 70, 84, 98, 112, 126 and 140 d). At each sampling age, nine blood samples were taken at 30-min intervals. Luteinizing hormone (LH) was determined on the individual serum samples. Serum samples from each boar at each age were pooled and concentrations of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estradiol-17β (E₂) and testosterone (T) were determined. Paired testis width, testis length and body weight were …

Water Current, Volume 16, No. 3, May/June 1984

Water Current Newsletter

Director's Report
FY 1984 Research Program
Water Use Efficiency Task Force Report
1984 Nebraska Water Conference Tabloid
1984 Irrigation Tour
1984 Water Resources Seminar Proceedings
Research Review: Scheduling Procedures with Limited Water for Improved Water Use Efficiency for Corn and Soybeans

Vital Characteristics Of The Black-Tailed Jack Rabbit In East-Central Nebraska, Rockford G. Plettner

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

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Edaphological Factors On The Biological Activity Of Selected Insecticides In Agricultural Soils, Bruce John Monke

Department of Entomology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

A rating system was developed to predict the mortality of southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber) larvae used as test animals to bioasaay soil insecticides. The mortality probabilities, based on behavior of moribund larvae, resulted in data that was more consistent with the assumptions underlying parameteric statistics and provided more precision when compared to the usually accepted alternate method of considering moribund larvae as dead.

The rating system bioassay technique was used to study the effects of different soil factors on the relative decline in biological activity of six soil insecticides: carbofuran, chlorpyrifos, fonofos, isofenphos, phorate, and terbufos. …

The Genus: A Macroevolutionary Problem, Cliff A. Lemen, Patricia W. Freeman

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

This paper centers on the macroevolutionary problem surrounding the concept of the vertebrate genus. We have been fascinated by the apparent tendency of members of a genus to have the same shape in contrast to the great differences in shape among genera at the family level. If this is true, genera would be considered shape conservative groups. Our initial view of this contrast in shape variation within and among genera leads us to question whether the same evolutionary processes that produce genera can simply be extended to produce families. To approach this question two things need to be done. First, …

Phocoena Spinipinnis, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Ricardo Praderi

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

Order Cetacea, Suborder Odontoceti, Superfamily Delphinoidea, Family Phocoenidae. The genus Phocoena now includes four species. No subspecies are rec- ognized in P. spinipinnis.

Germ Plasm Evaluationprogram- Progress Report No. 11, Larry V. Cundiff, Keith E. Gregory, Robert M. Koch, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

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

A vast array of both resources and cattle breeds are available for beef production in the United States. Although feeding concentrates has provided for a relatively high degree of uniformity in the growing-finishing segment of beef production, resources used for cow-calf production have remained and will continue to remain very diverse. In the United States, stocking rates range from one cow per 2 acres or less to only one cow per 300 or 400 acres because of differences in climate, land, and feed resources.

The germ plasm base for beef cattle production in North America was broadened considerably during the …

Management Of The Rice Tungro Virus Vector Nephotettix Virescens (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) With Controlled-Release Formulations Of Carbofuran, R. M. Wilkins, S. Batterby, E. A. Heinrichs, G. B. Aquino, S. L. Valencia

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Field trials were conducted in lowland flooded rice in the Philippines to evaluate a number of carbofuran controlled-release formulations in comparison with commercial formulations. The test formulations were based on a biodegradable matrix of pine kraft lignin and were used as granules of different sizes and also in the form of small strips. The release rates were assessed under field conditions by bioassaying rice plants in the field, using adult rice green leafhopper, Nephotettix virescens Distant. The lignin formulations with a high level of active ingredient (15–45% by weight) gave as good or better control than the commercial 3% granules …