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The Scientific Authenticity Of The Dvorak Subjective Test Of Fundamental Locomotor Movement For Beginners In Modern Dance, Sherri Lea Jones Wurster Feb 1969

The Scientific Authenticity Of The Dvorak Subjective Test Of Fundamental Locomotor Movement For Beginners In Modern Dance, Sherri Lea Jones Wurster

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The purpose of the study was to establish the scientific authenticity of the Dvorak evaluation test of fundamental locomotor movement for beginners in modern dance. Since Dvorak accepted content validity, reliability and objectivity of the evaluation device were investigated and norms developed. The following procedures were employed. In addition to reviewing the literature, the investigator wrote to 22 college and university instructors to obtain information as to the availability of locomotor skills tests for modern dance. From the 12 responses received, no valid test was found. Seventeen colleges and universities were contacted asking for their participation in the study. From …

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Attitudinal Differences Among Youth Related To Community Structure And Growth Status, Wendell Duane Wessman Feb 1969

Attitudinal Differences Among Youth Related To Community Structure And Growth Status, Wendell Duane Wessman

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Determining Criteria For The Appraisal Of Home Economics Instructional Materials For The Educable Mentally Retarded, Irene Kathlyn Winterfield Feb 1969

Determining Criteria For The Appraisal Of Home Economics Instructional Materials For The Educable Mentally Retarded, Irene Kathlyn Winterfield

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This study was primarily concerned with formulating criteria believed to be appropriate for the appraisal of instructional materials for use with educable mentally retarded students in a junior high school home economics class. To be effective instructional materials should exhibit characteristics which are consistent with the appraisal criteria. Consequently, a second part of the study was concerned with the actual appraisal of home economics instructional materials for use with educable mentally retarded students enrolled in a junior high school home economics foods class by applying the criteria formulated. As an instructor of educable mentally retarded girls enrolled in her junior …

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A Pilot Plant Study To Determine The Treatability Of Combined Domestic And Milk Wastes In An Aerated Lagoon, Allen M. Vanden Hoek Feb 1969

A Pilot Plant Study To Determine The Treatability Of Combined Domestic And Milk Wastes In An Aerated Lagoon, Allen M. Vanden Hoek

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The milk processing industry commonly produces large quantities of high-strength waste. Frequently, a milk processing plant is located in a small agricultural community in which it is the only sizable industry. Because of this, the wastewater from the milk plant may cause overloading of the wastewater treatment facilities of the community. This situation exists in Volga, a small town in eastern South Dakota. The city of Volga, with an estimated 1967 population of 840, has been treating the domestic wastewater plus the industrial waste from the relatively large milk processing plant by utilizing a stabilization pond system. This type of …

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Evaluation Of An Accoustical Ear Muff For Agricultural Tractor Operators, Harlin J. Trefz Feb 1969

Evaluation Of An Accoustical Ear Muff For Agricultural Tractor Operators, Harlin J. Trefz

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Agricultural tractor noise is a serious problem of vital concern for tractor operators. Work has been done at South Dakota State University and other institutions to reduce the noise level produced by the agricultural tractor by utilizing various exhaust control methods and insulating cabs. Acoustical ear muffs have not been evaluated as a noise control method. These ear muffs have great potential to offer immediate noise reduction for a very low cost. The objective of this study was to evaluate a commercial acoustical ear muff for use by farm tractor operators as a noise control method under field conditions.

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Leg Strength And Vertical Jump Of Basketball Players As Affected By Two Select Exercise Programs Conducted Throughout The Competitive Season, Larry L. Luitjens Feb 1969

Leg Strength And Vertical Jump Of Basketball Players As Affected By Two Select Exercise Programs Conducted Throughout The Competitive Season, Larry L. Luitjens

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of two varying training programs, weight training and Exer-Genie training. Upon the leg strength and explosive power of high school basketball players. The training programs were carried on during the competitive basketball season. The twenty-two members of the De Smet High School basketball squad for the year 1967-1968 were selected for this study. The subjects were divided into two equated groups, according to results in the Sargent Jump Test. Groups were randomly designated. Group A participated in a 12 week weight-training program, consisting of three circuits of two exercises, three …

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The Eagle Grove, Iowa, Nongraded Middle School Intrinsic And Extrinsic Changes Cause A Shifting Of Student Attitudes, James W. Tausz Feb 1969

The Eagle Grove, Iowa, Nongraded Middle School Intrinsic And Extrinsic Changes Cause A Shifting Of Student Attitudes, James W. Tausz

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Eagle Grove's non-graded middle school had begun operation in September of 196 7. The student population was approximately 600, 1968 - 1969 school year, within gr��des 6 through 9. The school also had drawn enrollment from the nearby communities of Woolstock, Vincent, and Thor. Belmond 1 s traditional school system had grade 6 in the elementary school, grades 7 - 8 in the junior high school, and grade 9 in the high school. The system also had drawn enrollment from the surrounding rural territory. Richard Miller* (14:1) stated the nongraded movement is one of the ten most topical and important …

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The Effects Of Selected Drills Upon The Improvement Of Agility, Richard Charles Smith Feb 1969

The Effects Of Selected Drills Upon The Improvement Of Agility, Richard Charles Smith

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The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of selected drills upon the improvement of agility as measured by the McCauliff-Agility Components Test. Forty-nine male volunteer freshman students selected from five basic physical education classes at South Dakota State University were placed into five groups for this study. Four of the groups were randomly assigned experimental treatments consisting of recommended agility drills, while the fifth group was randomly selected to serve as the control group for the study, which required no experimental treatment. Subjects of the four groups that were administered experimental treatments participated in a seven-week training …

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The Influence Of Anaerobic Pretreatment On The Treatability Of A Milk Waste, Jerry Lee Siegel Feb 1969

The Influence Of Anaerobic Pretreatment On The Treatability Of A Milk Waste, Jerry Lee Siegel

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Both anaerobic and aerobic treatment of wastewater has been used for many years. Some of the common aerobic treatment systems include oxidation or stabilization ponds, activated sludge, trickling filters, and aerated lagoons. Anaerobic treatment has been most commonly used for digestion of sewage sludge. However, septic tanks, anaerobic lagoons, and anaerobic activated sludge (contact stabilization) units are used to treat wastewater anaerobically. More recently, the two systems have been used in combination, with the anaerobic system preceding the aerobic one. This type of treatment has been used primarily for lagooning of industrial wastes, and most commonly for meat-packing wastes. In …

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Blood And Tissue Ammonium-Nitrogen Levels And Tissue Water In Pregnant Urea-Treated Rabbits, Myron Leon Lang Feb 1969

Blood And Tissue Ammonium-Nitrogen Levels And Tissue Water In Pregnant Urea-Treated Rabbits, Myron Leon Lang

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Ammonia is produced by the normal cellular metabolic processes in mammals; however, ammonia can produce deleterious effects which are well known to many research fields. Ammonia when administered or absorbed at a slow rate may be tolerated in vast quantities by most living organisms. Relatively minute blood ammonium-nitrogen (BAN) levels are present because mammals have efficient systems for excreting ammonia or converting it to non-toxic end products. Normal BAN levels originate mainly from cellular metabolism and bacterial degradation of nitrogenous substrates in the alimentary tract lumen. Impaired detoxification processes (hepatic functional insufficiency and/or portal system shunts) promote elevated BAN levels …

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Induced Multiple Ovulation In The Bovine, Franklin Lewis Schwartz Feb 1969

Induced Multiple Ovulation In The Bovine, Franklin Lewis Schwartz

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To the cow-calf operator, the single most important factor affecting his economic livelihood is the number of calves produced and weaned for a given year. Unfortunately, due to low reproductive efficiency in comparison with other cattle traits, the possibility of having a calf crop of greater th9n 80 percent at weaning is not too common. The low heritability estimates that have been reported for reproductive performance indicate that little improvement can be expected through selection. To the animal scientist this problem can best be met by the development of a simple and reliable method of inducing for the most part, …

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The Hall Method Of Estimating Healthy Classification As Compared To The Current Method Employed By The South Dakota High School Activities Association, Frank Joseph Kurtenbach Jan 1969

The Hall Method Of Estimating Healthy Classification As Compared To The Current Method Employed By The South Dakota High School Activities Association, Frank Joseph Kurtenbach

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The purpose of this study was to utilize Hall's method of anthropometric measurements on a select sample of South Dakota wrestlers, and to compare the results of Hall's method with the current procedure of establishing minimum weights. The subjects included wrestlers competing in four of eight district tournaments during the 1969 State tournament series. Five body measurements were taken from each competitor. The measurements included were: (1) height; (2) chest width; (3) chest depth; (4) width at the illiac crests; (4) thigh circumference. These raw data were converted to predicted minimum weight by using a regression equation developed by Hall. …

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Isolation Of Keratinophilic Fungi From Soil And Wild Animals In South Dakota, William Urban Knudtson Jan 1969

Isolation Of Keratinophilic Fungi From Soil And Wild Animals In South Dakota, William Urban Knudtson

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Very little is known of the ecology of keratinophilic fungi in animal populations and their habitats in South Dakota. Recent investigation of an outbreak of ringworm in blue foxes on a fur farm in South Dakota indicated that the source of infection may have been wild animals which had been captured and raised in the kennels previous to occupancy by the foxes. In recent years, a number of investigators have demonstrated that small and large mammals may carry keratinophilic fungi in their coats (13, 29-31, 52, 56-60, 63, 70, 77) and have postulated on the role of infected animals in …

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A History Of Intercollegiate Basketball At South Dakota State University, Vernon L. Schoolmeester Jan 1969

A History Of Intercollegiate Basketball At South Dakota State University, Vernon L. Schoolmeester

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The purpose of this study was ·to present a history of intercollegiate basketball at South Dakota State University showing the growth of and the changes in the basketball program. The study synthesizes sixty-four years, 1905-1969, of intercollegiate basketball at South Dakota State University. The study begins with Chapter I as the introduction. Chapter II covers the period from 1905 to 1918. Chapters II through XI pertain to the period from 1919 to 1969, during which eleven head coaches served. Chapter XII summarizes intercollegiate basketball at South Dakota State University. The investigation indicates that basketball competition was first started within the …

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Scheduling And Position Control Of Hospital Personnel, Larry Eugene Schmidt Jan 1969

Scheduling And Position Control Of Hospital Personnel, Larry Eugene Schmidt

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A review of the literature indicates that previous studies have not provided an effective scheduling technique which will comply both with the restrictions of a set weekend-off sequence and of modern employment laws. Most hospitals are required to comply with the wage and hour laws of their state and, therefore, must schedule within this restriction. In a large number of cases, the hospital and the staff members have agreed upon some set weekend off sequence, thus placing an additional restriction on the scheduling procedure. The concept of position control is not mentioned in the literature. Preliminary investigation by this author …

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The Married High School Athlete In South Dakota:His Status And Information For Formulating A Fair Policy, Donald J. Hanson Jan 1969

The Married High School Athlete In South Dakota:His Status And Information For Formulating A Fair Policy, Donald J. Hanson

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The purpose of this study was to determine the status of the married athlete as it pertains to his participation in interscholastic athletics on the secondary level in South Dakota and to offer meaningful information for formulating a fair policy concerning the married student-athlete. The survey method utilizing the questionnaire was employed in determining status. Ninety-nine percent of the administrators of secondary schools in South Dakota returned a questionnaire supplying information concerning the status of the married athlete in their respective schools. Results of the survey indicated that forty-three percent of the secondary schools in South Dakota have a policy …

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A Normative Study Of The Aahper Youth Fitness Test For Boys In Grades 7-10 In The State Of South Dakota, Glenn L. Rasmussen Jan 1969

A Normative Study Of The Aahper Youth Fitness Test For Boys In Grades 7-10 In The State Of South Dakota, Glenn L. Rasmussen

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The purpose of this study was to establish norms for the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test for South Dakota boys in grades seven through ten and to compare their scores with those of national boys. One school was selected to represent each region or section of the South Dakota High School Activities' Association. The number selected from each school was in proportion to the school's enrollment. The AAHPER Youth Fitness Test was administered to one thousand South Dakota boys in grades seven through ten. Norms were established by computing every fifth percentile. The scores of South Dakota boys were compared with …

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The Effects Of Three Selected Weight Training Programs On Muscular Strength, Endurance Girth, And Cardiovascular Endurance, Leslie Curtis Hansen Jan 1969

The Effects Of Three Selected Weight Training Programs On Muscular Strength, Endurance Girth, And Cardiovascular Endurance, Leslie Curtis Hansen

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The purpose of this investigation was to compare the effects of three different weight training programs on the development of muscular strength, muscular endurance, muscular girth, and cardiovascular endurance. Thirty freshman and varsity football players from the 1968 South Dakota State University football teams were used as subjects. The subjects were randomly divided into three different groups. One group trained using a modification of the DeLorme-Watkins method of training; the second group followed the traditional strength training method, while the third followed a circuit training program. The conditioning programs for the three groups consisted of ten exercises: bench press, military …

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The Velocity Of A Pitched Baseball As Affected By Two Varying Training Programs, Anthony Joseph Porter Jan 1969

The Velocity Of A Pitched Baseball As Affected By Two Varying Training Programs, Anthony Joseph Porter

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By employing a running program versus leg weight exercises, an analysis of the significance of the two training methods and their effect on the throwing endurance of the pitcher and on the velocity of the pitched ball was conducted in an attempt to assist in determining future coaching practices. The test measuring the velocity of the pitched ball and the test measuring leg strength were administered prior to and after the six-week training program. The data collected and recorded were statistically treated to determine the effects of the two types of training upon the throwing endurance of the pitcher and …

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An Analysis Of The Variable Factors Affecting Terminees Of The Boxelder Job Corps, Nemo, South Dakota, John Joseph Politi Jan 1969

An Analysis Of The Variable Factors Affecting Terminees Of The Boxelder Job Corps, Nemo, South Dakota, John Joseph Politi

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Established by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Job Corps is a unique residential training program designed to provide disadvantaged men and women between the ages of 16 and 21 with the education, training, self-discipline and responsibility to become productive members of society. Since the opening of the. First Job Corps Center in January 1965, nearly 150,000 poverty youth have undergone Job Corps training. The Job. Corps attempts to provide education and training to allow these young adults the chance at a successful and productive life. The task before the Job Corps is not an easy one. Initially, the …

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The Current Attitudes Of South Dakota State University Full-Time Undergraduate Students Toward Basic Course Requirements, Jay E. Dirksen Jan 1969

The Current Attitudes Of South Dakota State University Full-Time Undergraduate Students Toward Basic Course Requirements, Jay E. Dirksen

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The survey method utilizing the questionnaire was employed in determining current attitudes toward basic course requirements for graduation. Basic courses required for graduation, for all undergraduate degrees at South Dakota State University, are English,, physical education, and speech. Four hundred eighty-six students were selected according to sex, college and class by using the stratified random sample method. Four hundred and three, or 82.92 percent, of those students who received questionnaires returned completed questionnaires. Results of the survey showed that 84.86 percent of the students returning questionnaires felt that there are subject areas where there should be basic course requirements for …

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Trimethylselenonium Chloride Metabolism And Toxicity In The Rat, Boyd D. Obermeyer Jan 1969

Trimethylselenonium Chloride Metabolism And Toxicity In The Rat, Boyd D. Obermeyer

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Historically the interest in organic derivatives of selenium has been primarily centered on selenium analogs of sulfur compounds, the selenium analogs of the sulfur-containing amino acids. Experimental studies of the metabo1ism of seleno-organic compounds have been limited to a large extent by their unavailability. Dimethyl selenide is the only organic selenium compound that has been identified as an exhalation product from a laboratory animal injected with an inorganic form of· selenium. Although the toxicity of selenium has been known for many years, the mode of action of the element has remained a mystery. Many investigations on the toxicity of selenium …

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Ground Water Treatment At A Refuse Landfill With An Intercepting Trench, David Charles Nelson Jan 1969

Ground Water Treatment At A Refuse Landfill With An Intercepting Trench, David Charles Nelson

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The objectives of the research presented herein were to continue the previous studies and to evaluate the treatment effects of the intercepting trench. This investigation afforded sufficient time after the construction of the trench for the entire landfill area to reflect the influence of the trench. In conducting this investigation, the direction of the ground water flow was defined and various chemical analyses of the ground water were made to attain these objectives.

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Organic Degradation Of The Ground Water In The Proximity Of A Refuse Disposal Site, Wayne Evan Mohler Jan 1969

Organic Degradation Of The Ground Water In The Proximity Of A Refuse Disposal Site, Wayne Evan Mohler

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Ground water degradation resulting from refuse deposition in or near the ground water table has in recent years, become increasingly important. Although about 95 percent of the total fresh water reserves are underground sources, they presently provide only approximately 17 percent of the total amount of water used for all purposes in the country (1). There is much interest in developing ground water sources to a greater extent to supply our ever increasing demands. Not enough information is presently available to delineate accurately the effect that refuse disposal in or near the ground water has upon the quality of the …

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A Normative Study Of The Aahper Youth Fitness Test For Girls In Grades 7-10 In The State Of South Dakota, Judy G. Busch Jan 1969

A Normative Study Of The Aahper Youth Fitness Test For Girls In Grades 7-10 In The State Of South Dakota, Judy G. Busch

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The purpose of this study was to establish norms for the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test for South Dakota girls in grades seven through ten and to compare their scores with those of national girls. One school was selected to represent each region or section of the South Dakota High School Activities' Association. The number selected from each school was in proportion to the school's enrollment. The AAHPER Youth Fitness Test was administered to one thousand South Dakota girls in grades seven through ten. Norms were established by computing every fifth percentile. The scores of South Dakota girls were compared with …

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An Economic Analysis Of Some Aspects Of Medical Service Availability In Northwest South Dakota, Leland G. Bierman Jan 1969

An Economic Analysis Of Some Aspects Of Medical Service Availability In Northwest South Dakota, Leland G. Bierman

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A community which has its own hospital and doctor is benefited in many ways. First, the people in the community are near medical care in times of emergency. Second, hospital patients from the community are near family and friends when receiving care. Third, a community may be benefited economically by the presence of a hospital facility because additional jobs are provided, and people from the surrounding area are given increased incentive to come to the town in purchasing other goods. Also, adequate medical services are of importance in attracting new industry into a town. The trend today, however, is away …

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Preparation Of A Future Homemakers Of America Chapter Handbook For Local Chapters In South Dakota, Karen Hofer Balsbaugh Jan 1969

Preparation Of A Future Homemakers Of America Chapter Handbook For Local Chapters In South Dakota, Karen Hofer Balsbaugh

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The purpose of this study was to provide a Future Homemakers of America (hereafter referred to as FHA) handbook for South Dakota which would assist officers, and advisers in carrying out chapter, state, and national association responsibilities. The South Dakota Association of FHA is an organization affiliated with the national association. All information from the national office is channeled to the state FHA adviser, who in turn uses the material as a method of communication with the region and local chapters. Before this study, all communiques sent by the state FHA adviser were in the form of loose sheets. Upon …

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Indoor Versus Outdoor Calf Rearing At Three Weaning Ages, Larry J. Jorgenson Jan 1969

Indoor Versus Outdoor Calf Rearing At Three Weaning Ages, Larry J. Jorgenson

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In order to be profitable, a dairy herb must have good heifers to meet replacement needs. According to USDA (51), these needs are substantial because 25% of the cows in an average herd must be replaced each year as they no longer return a profit. Meeting these herd replacement needs has long been a serious problem of the dairyman. Nation-wide calf loss estimates ranged between 8 and 25% with an estimated annual loss to the industry of $50 million (10). South Dakota dairymen are not immune to these mortality losses and some studies (28, 52) indicate that their losses may …

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Certain Blood Parameters Effected By Acute Ammonia Toxicity In Pregnant Rabbits, James P. Apland Jan 1969

Certain Blood Parameters Effected By Acute Ammonia Toxicity In Pregnant Rabbits, James P. Apland

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The purpose of this investigation was to study relevant physiological events prior to and during ammonia toxicity. Blood ammonium-nitrogen (BAN) was utilized to monitor progression and intensity of toxicity. Blood pH, PC02 and P02 were measured to determine effects of ammonia toxicity on acid base balance. Total serum cholesterol was also determined. Steroid hormones and cholesterol can be synthesized from active acetate, according to Oser (1965). It was hoped that any gross changes in steroid concentrations would be reflected in a total serum cholesterol change. Juhasz (1962) found that blood cholesterol increases during starvation paralleled those of blood urea-nitrogen. He …

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Roughage Levels And Roughage Substitutes In High Concentrate Diets For Finishing Beef Cattle And Lambs, William M. Larson Jan 1969

Roughage Levels And Roughage Substitutes In High Concentrate Diets For Finishing Beef Cattle And Lambs, William M. Larson

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Experiments were conducted with yearling beef cattle and feeder lambs to determine the effects of adding 3% oyster shells or various levels of hay to an all-concentrate diet of rolled corn grain adequately supplemented with protein, minerals and vitamins A and E. Criteria used for evaluating diets with varying amounts of roughage included feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, rumen fermentation, digestibility and concentrate replacement value of hay. In experiments with beef cattle, steers fed an all-concentrate diet gained 1.30 kg. daily with 6.79 kg. feed required per kg. gain. Adding 3% oyster shells to this diet resulted in only small effects …

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