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Boar Libido Affects Pubertal Development Of Gilts, Dwane Zimmerman, Thomas Mcgargill, Norm Rohda, Matthew Anderson

Nebraska Swine Reports

Young boars (10 months) expressing either high (HLB) or low (LLB) libido in standardized mating tests were compared for their ability to stimulate earlier puberty in gilts. Boar exposure was initiated when gilts were either 140 or 160 days old to determine whether the effect of boar libido on attainment of puberty in gilts is influenced by sexual maturation (age) of the gilts. Another group of gilts was isolated from boars (NBE, not boar exposed) and served as controls. Gilts exposed to HLB (10 min/day) reached puberty 8.9 days earlier (P < .06) than gilts exposed to LLB. Gilts exposed to boars, regardless of libido level, reached puberty 21 days earlier (P < .01) than the control gilts. Boar exposure initiated at 140 days induced puberty 11.3 days earlier (P < .06) than when initiated at 160 days. Differences in pubertal responses between HLB and LLB were similar when exposure was initiated at 140 or 160 days. Boar libido is an important component of the boar-stimulating effect on puberty in gilts. Therefore, gilts should be exposed to boars with relatively high libido to achieve optimal pubertal development.

The Effect Of Infusion Of Urea Into The Jugular Vein On Feed Intake Of Finishing Gilts, Hsin-Yi Chen, Austin Lewis, Phillip S. Miller

Nebraska Swine Reports

Previous research suggested feed intake was reduced in growing-finishing pigs consuming corn-soybean meal diets high in crude protein. Because urea is the primary end product of the breakdown of excess dietary protein intake, the effect of intravenous infusion of urea solution on feed intake was evaluated. Daily infusions of 24 and 30 g of urea were used to mimic plasma urea concentration of pigs receiving a 25% crude protein (CP) diet. Blood samples were obtained and feed intakes were measured daily to determine plasma urea concentration and average daily feed intake (ADFI). Average daily feed intake was reduced 4% as …

Method Of Detection, Not Type Of Housing, Affects Accuracy And Rapidity Of Estrus Detection In Gilts, Dwane Zimmerman, Denny Aherin

Nebraska Swine Reports

The effects of type of housing (stalls versus pens) and method of heat detection (fence-line boar exposure conducted in-place versus after relocation of gilts to the boar room) on the accuracy and rapidity of estrus detection were evaluated in 24 gilts during two successive estrous periods. Gilts relocated to the boar room showed a higher rate of estrus detection and a more rapid estrous response (P < .05) to fence-line boar exposure (81% and 1.7 min, respectively) than gilts provided fence-line boar exposure in-place (67.5% and 2.3 min, respectively). Gilts housed in stalls and pens showed similar rates of estrus detection (68% and 67%, respectively) but the estrous response to fence-line boar exposure tended to occur more rapidly in gilts housed in pens than in stalls (2.0 versus 2.5 min, P < .1). Gilts not detected in estrus with fence-line boar exposure were slow to respond to a later heat check with physical boar exposure (3.8 min). Physical boar exposure is required for highly accurate heat detection in gilts. For optimal results, boar stimulation should be provided in an environment removed from the residence of the gilts.

Synergism Between Porcine Reproductive And Respiratory Syndrome Virus (Prrsv) And Salmonella Choleraesuis, Robert Wills, Paula Fedorka-Cray, K.-J. Yoon, Jeffrey Gray, Tom Stabel, J. J. Zimmerman

Nebraska Swine Reports

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of exposure to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, Salmonella choleraesuis and stress on young swine. Five week- old segregated early weaned pigs were randomly assigned to one of eight treatments consisting of all possible combinations of three factors: S. choleraesuis (SC) on day zero, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) on day three, and dexamethasone (DEX) on days three to seven. DEX was used as a proxy for stress. Treatment differences were seen in performance parameters, levels and duration of SC shedding, level and distribution of SC in tissues, clinical …

Addition Of Fat To Diets Of Lactating Sows: I. Effects On Lactation Performance And Pig Composition, Scott Tilton, Austin Lewis, Phillip S. Miller, Paul Ermer

Nebraska Swine Reports

An experiment was conducted with 30 lactating sows to determine the effects of high fat lactation diets on the body composition of suckling pigs and sow backfat composition. Sows were provided a lactation diet containing either zero or 10% tallow on an ad libitum basis for a 21-day lactation. No differences in feed intake during lactation were observed, although sows fed tallow consumed more metabolizable energy per day than control sows. Composition of backfat samples taken at weaning from sows suggested an increase in the amount of fatty acid synthesis in adipose tissue of control sows. Sows fed tallow weaned …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, January/February 1997

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

Contents:

Economic, Environmental and Sociological Effects of Whole-farm Production Systems in Eastern Nebraska: Classifying Producers/Production Systems

SARE Producer Grants Due May 1

RR Soybeans: Delaying the Inevitable?

New Sustainable Agriculture Information Retrieval Service on the Internet

Integrated Farm Update: Windbreaks Increase Pepper Yields

Southern Region Meets to Discuss Sustainable Agriculture Education

Study Associates Nitrate in Drinking Water with Greater Cancer Risk

Longwood College Graduate Catalog 1997-1998, Longwood University

Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

A Modest Proposal: Statehood And Sovereignty In A Global Age, Celia R. Taylor

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

White County Heritage 1997, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dedication, W.E. Orr
Mr. SMS, W.E. Orr
One-Room Schools by Ruth Couch
Lookin' Down Main by W.E. Orr (reprint from White County Record)
Obituary, W.E. Orr (reprint from Daily citizen)
Inquiry, German Americans in Arkansas
Col. Jacob Frolich, Jr., by Heber Taylor
Edwards Sisters by Fiona I. Sohns
Battle of Whitney's Lane (newspaper article)
White Co. War Memorial update by Hank Fulbright
Yarnell's Ice Cream Company by Eddie Best
Some Thoughts of the Past by Leister E. Presley

• Kitchen Safe Episode
• Well Windless Accident
• The Old Armstrong House
• A Missing Sweater
• The Old White Oak Basket
• Rich …

Reclaiming Our Future: International Efforts To Eliminate The Threat Of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Elizabeth B. Baldwin

UC Law SF International Law Review

The evidence is mounting that persistent organic pollutants ("POPs") are causing increasingly detrimental health and environmental effects around the world and pose a major threat to global biodiversity. Exposure to POPs began with the onset of the chemical age over fifty years ago and has increased steadily with the worldwide distribution of pesticides and fertilizers.

As Ms. Baldwin describes, a concerted international effort is needed to deal with this threat, particularly because POPs banned in one country often find their way to another. In response to this worldwide problem, the international community is attempting to create a binding international instrument …

Northeast Research And Extension Center Vip Tour 1997

Haskell Agricultural Laboratory (Northeast Research and Extension Center)

Contents:
Welcome by Robert D. Fritschen
Swine Research by Michael Brumm
Beef Research by Terry Mader
Human Nutrition by Darlene Martin
4-H & Youth by Vickie Greve
CRP Research to Crops by Melinda McVey McCluskey
Entomology: Bt Transgenic Corn by Jerry Echtenkamp and John Witkowski
Forestry in Nebraska by Steve Rasmussen
Narrow Row Planting Patterns in Corn by Mark Langrud
Crop Residue Management: Manure Injection by David Shelton
Crop Nutrition by Charles Shapiro
Soil Water Management by William Kranz

Nebline, January 1997

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Agribusiness education: a priority for Extension!
NEBLINE survey completed
Disease-resistant plants
The most common houseplant disease
Over the garden fence
Plants to decrease indoor pollution
New 4-H horticulture classes for Lancaster County Fair
New 4-H horticulture garden program
Tree hotel
Illegal insecticide use threatens health
Hibernation happenings
Newly-discovered magnet producing bacteria may clean environment
January is nota slow month for some pesky pests
Are any two alike? Snowflakes
Snug in the snow
Crop protection clinics
Pork production seminar
Cash in on hay marketing opportunities
Dormant planting grasses and legumes
1997 pesticide applicator training
Use soil tests to improve alfalfa production …

The Communications Decency Act, Congress' First Attempt To Censor Speech Over The Internet, Lorraine Mercier

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Understanding And Treating Selective Mutism In Children : A Guide For Counselors, Chelsea R. Carter

Graduate Research Papers

Selective mutism is a clinical disorder in which a child remains silent in chosen situations despite the ability for speech. Though there are cases of selective mutism in adults, the major population in which this disorder is diagnosed is in children. This paper will focus on these children who meet the criteria for a diagnosis of selective mutism.

There are three major theoretical schools of thought regarding selective mutism. The first deals with hostility and control; the second, anxiety and social phobia; and the third, family communication in regard to the onset and maintenance of this disorder. This paper explores …

Does Law Teaching Have Meaning? Teaching Effectiveness, Gauging Alumni Competence, And The Maccrate Report, Daniel Gordon

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article examines law school teaching evaluation techniques and probes the use of a law school alumni survey to measure teaching effectiveness. The Article focuses on a survey of St. Thomas University School of Law graduates. The Article also examines teaching effectiveness in the context of the MacCrate Report and the so called gaps between legal education and law practice it identified. The Article argues that the MacCrate Report was incomplete in its coverage of teaching effectiveness, and that much of the discord it created can be overcome by focusing on teaching effectiveness.

Rio Bravo: A Journal Of Borderlands 1997 V.5 And V.6 No.2 And No.1, Mark Glazer, Bruce W. Coggin

Rio Bravo: A Journal of the Borderlands

Language Variation in a Borderland Environment: A quantitative approach to mood simplification in Spanish of Reynosa, Mexico / Glenn A. Martinez -- El tabu linguistico en Caras viejas y vino nuevo de Alejandro Morales / Javier Villarreal -- Administracion integral del medio ambiente fronterizo: nuevos retos, nuevas actitudes / M. en C. Gustavo Cordova-Bojorquez -- Suburban Growth in a Northeastern Mexican City: The Case of Saltillo, Coahuila / Michael S. Yoder -- The School Cultures in the Lower Rio Bravo Valley / Patrick D. Lynch -- Los espacios urbanos de la memoria oficial: los monumentos civicos de Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas …

Fhsu Block & Bridle Club Scrapbook: 1996-1997, Fhsu Block & Bridle Club

Block & Bridle Club Scrapbooks

The FHSU Block and Bridle Club Scrapbook from 1996-1997.

Identification Of Potential Reintroduction Sites For Whooping Cranes In The Prairie Provinces Of Canada, Dale G. Hjertaas, Brian W. Johns, Wendy J. Lyon

Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop

Action 2.3.3.2.2.1 of the national recovery plan for the whooping crane (Grus americana) calls for the establishment of an independent flock of whooping cranes in Canada, separate from the Wood Buffalo-Aransas flock, that attains a minimum of 25 breeding pairs by 2020 A. D. Potential reintroduction sites include the Prairie Provinces and possibly parts of western Ontario (Edwards et al. 1994). The first step in completing this action is to identify potential reintroduction sites in the 3 Prairie Provinces. We initially screened areas suggested to us by government and Ducks Unlimited biologists. The most important screening criteria were …

Childhood Physical Or Sexual Abuse As A Possible Indicator Of Subsequent Adult Anxiety Disorders, Lynn Merry Cornwell

Graduate Research Papers

In recent years, there has been a growing acceptance that childhood physical and sexual abuse lead to higher rates of psychiatric morbidity in adulthood. Childhood abuse experiences have been reported to be highly prevalent among patients with anxiety disorders. Similarly, childhood incest victims have been found to suffer from a significantly higher rate of anxiety disorders in adulthood especially agoraphobia, than a non-victimized, matched comparison group. Epidemiology studies also support a relationship between childhood abuse and the subsequent development of anxiety disorders. Two separate community surveys found that childhood sexual victimization predicted the later onset of agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and …

Faith And Learning At The College Of Saint Benedict And Saint John's University, Hilary Thimmesh Osb, Emmanuel Renner Osb

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.

Taxes, Social Policy And Philanthropy: The Untapped Potential Of Middle- And Low-Income Generosity, Alice Gresham Bullock

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

“Sisters Of The Skillet”: Radio Homemakers In Shenandoah, Iowa, 1920-1960, Lori Lynn Rohlk

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

Radio homemaking shows were the mainstay of two radio stations in small-town Shenandoah, Iowa. These stations were founded in the 1920s by competitive seed and nursery moguls Earl May and Henry Field to promote their businesses. Both saw the benefit of programming that catered to female listeners. The format, “radio homemaking,” consisted of informal talks by local homemakers - often broadcast out of their own kitchens – on everything from cooking to raising families. The radio homemakers were immensely popular, receiving as many as 700 letters a day. Listeners not only wrote, but visited Shenandoah in droves for formal events …

Northern Iowa Today, V80n2, Winter 1997, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

UNI Today

Inside This Issue:
--The real world starts today
--Cease and de-stress
--Habits of the mind
--Faculty profile: Melba Widmer
--Alumni profile: Sandy Stevens
--College & University
--Class Notes
--Perspective: Experiential learning motivates students to succeed

Catitude, Heather Ruffalo

The Angle

No abstract provided.

A New Birth-Interval Approach To Estimating Demographic Parameters Of Humpback Whales, Jay Barlow, Phillip Clapham

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

A demographic model is developed based on interbirth intervals and is applied to estimate the population growth rate of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of Maine. Fecundity rates in this model are based on the probabilities of giving birth at time t after a previous birth and on the probabilities of giving birth first at age x. Maximum likelihood methods are used to estimate these probabilities using sighting data collected for individually identified whales. Female survival rates are estimated from these same sighting data using a modified Jolly–Seber method. The youngest age at first parturition is …

1997-1998 Operating Budget, Morehead State University. Budget & Financial Planning Office.

Morehead State University Operating Budgets Archive

1997-1998 Operating Budget of Morehead State University.

Gold, Andrew T. Miller

Short Story

No abstract provided.

A Riparian Buffer Design For Cropland, Michael Dosskey, Dick Schultz, Tom Isenhart

Agroforestry Notes (USDA-NAC)

Purpose:

• Present a general, multi-purpose, riparian buffer design suitable for most cropland situations

• Provide some guidelines for adjusting this general design to better fit site-specific conditions or landowner needs

Rodent Exclusion Techniques, Gerard Hoddenbach, Jerry Johnson, Carol Disalvo

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Rodents have been a common problem in living and working environments, probably, ever since humans began living in permanent dwellings. Even today many people believe rodent infestations are "inevitable". However, the recent appearance of Hantavirus (Sin Nombre Virus, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, HPS) in the Western states has re-awakened the public to the serious health problems posed by rodents and has prompted new inquiries into more effective ways to manage infestations. This manual is designed as a training reference for making rodent control in buildings an attainable goal.

The Tiger Claw, 1997, Clarksville High School

All Red River County Yearbooks

This is the yearbook from Clarksville High School for the academic year 1996-97. It contains photographs of students and faculty members, student organizations, athletic teams, and school events. Also included are advertisements for local businesses.