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The Pituitary, Thyroid, And Adrenal Glands Of The Opossum, Max F. Drozewski

Bachelors’ Theses

In recent years a great deal has been written on the endocrine glands. However most of the articles deal with the physiological function of the various ductless glands only. Very little of this literature deals with the anatomical structure of the organs themselves. In this thesis we shall discuss the anatomical structure of the endocrine glands namely, the Pituitary(hypophysis), Thyroid and the Adrenal of a marsupial. The work has been done on the opossum of the virginia species, Didelphis virginiana. Only two specimens were available for dissection.

The Endocrine Glands And Their Secretions, Eldred M. Moehrke

Bachelors’ Theses

In the following work the endocrine system was considered in general with special emphasis on the thyroid and para-thyroid glands. In some manner,which we do not well understand,the thyroid and the para-thyroid glands affect the other ductless glands and it is this relationship that is stressed.

General Morphology And Physiology Of The Urogenital System Of The Opossum, Robert Schuster

Bachelors’ Theses

From the very first, I wish the state that the title, "General Morphology and Physiology of the Urogenital System of the Opossum," is not entirely descriptive of the text which is to follow. However it is as nearly descriptive as I could hope to make it.

It seems that during the history of biological research the workers have done comparatively little work on the Opossum. This neglect was probably due to its inaccessibility, since it is found only in Australia and in the semitropic regions of North America. In the nineteenth century the eminent authority on anatomy, Sir Richard Owen, …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 8, No. 2 & 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

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Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 8, No. 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

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Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 7, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

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The Influence Of Number Of Daily Milkings On The Production Of Dairy Cows, R. F. Morgan, H. P. Davis

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

High-producing Holstein, Jersey, Ayrshire, and Guernsey cows of various ages milked three times daily produced from 39.69 to 52.26 per cent more fat and from 44.98 to 65.18 per cent more milk than cows milked twice daily. When high-producing cows of all breeds milked four times daily were compared with cows milked twice daily, the fat production for the several age classes varied from 110.19 to 127.53 per cent and the milk production from 149.08 to 160.31 per cent greater for those milked four times. Milking high-producing cows four times as compared with three times daily showed an increased fat …

Studies Of Rickets In Swine, William J. Loeffel, Ray R. Thalman, F. C. Olson, F. A. Olson

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

During the years 1925 to 1929 inclusive, the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station carried on a series of four experiments to study the importance of the antirachitic factors in the nutrition of swine. Vitamin D as obtained from cod-liver oil and the radiant-energy factor of sunlight were the sources of the antirachitic factors that received primary consideration. Emphasis was placed upon the study of the symptoms and lesions produced in pigs fed a rickets-producing ration.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 7, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

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The Common Intestinal Roundworm Of Swine, H. M. Martin

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The large intestinal roundworm of pigs is a very common parasite, and is probably present in every hog raising district of Nebraska. Until the last few years the true nature of this parasite was unknown. Little did we realize the actual harm done by this worm; but through the scientific investigations of Stewart, Ransom, and others we now know that this parasite causes heavier losses to the breeder and feeder of swine than any other now common in Nebraska.

Utilization Of Proteins By The Growing Chick, F. E. Mussehl, C. W. Ackerson

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

1. There is a marked difference in the nutritive value of the various protein-contributing concentrates when used to supplement a corn-wheat basal ration which has been made complete for known vitamin and mineral essentials. 2. There is a great difference in the biological value even of animal protein concentrates. 3. Soybean meal produced a better growth rate than any of the other plant concentrates used. Cottonseed meal proved to have a greater growth-promoting value than did linseed oil meal. 4. The supplementing values of protein concentrates, one to another, is not quite as evident as one would expect if the …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 7, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

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The Vitamin A Content Of The Milk Of Holstein, Ayrshire, Jersey, And Guernsey Cows, H. P. Davis, I. L. Hathaway

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

A comparative study of the vitamin A content of milk produced by Holstein, Ayrshire, Jersey, and Guernsey cows was made by comparing the growth produced by 560 rats receiving milk from these breeds as their only source of vitamin A. The results showed some slight irregular differences in the gains produced by the milk from the different breeds. When these differences were considered in view of the individual variation of the experimental animals, they appeared negligible. This conclusion was substantiated by a statistical examination of the data. From the results of this study in which the experiments were duplicated, it …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 7, No. 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

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The Effect Of Potassium-Iodide On The Embryological Development Of The Chick With Special Reference To The Growth Of The Long Bones., David M. Polot 1904-1978

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Comparative Metabolism Of Several Calcareous Minerals In Poultry Feeding, John T. Tripp

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In part one of this study it was found that chickens when given oyster shells, in addition to their regular diet, produced a greater number of eggs and eggs of greater shell strength than did the chickens that were given the other calcareous materials used in this experiment. Oyster shell was followed in the order of their effectiveness by clam shells, Black Hills limestone, Nenno chalk stone, and Wisconsin dolomitie limestone.

A General Discussion Of Trichinella Spiralis (Owen), An Investigation Of Infection Of The Brown Rat, And A Life History Study Of The Parasite In The White Rat, Carl A. Johnson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this treatise is threefold: first, to present a general discussion of Trichinella spiralis,; second, to present the results of an investigation of infection with trichinae of 100 brown rats; and third, to present the results of infecting white rats under laboratory conditions.

The Spleen: With Special Reference To Its Origin And Comparative Morphology, Morris Aaron Gilbert

Bachelors’ Theses

Throughout the ages the spleen has been an object of the most active curiosity. The opinion that the spleen is unnecessary and of no use to the individual has prevailed with an uninterrupted succession in the World in all ages. In Persia, many centuries ago, in the reign of Abouserous it was a custom to splenectomize the horses that were kept to carry the King’s dispatches, in order to give them more agility and swifter feet. The great Aristotle thought the spleen to be a sort of spurious liver planted in the left side to correspond to the liver in …

The Food Habits Of The Ring-Necked Pheasant In Central Nebraska, M. H. Swenk

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Pheasants, including the Chinese and the so-called English pheasants, with their hybrid the ring-necked pheasant, have been introduced and established in a large area in the northern United States during the past 50 years. During the past 15 years continued importations of these birds into Nebraska, together with the rapid increase of those already established, have built up a large pheasant population in the state, estimated at more than a million birds. They have especially thrived in a block of 16 counties in east-central Nebraska. Protection was afforded them until 1927, when short open seasons were permitted in the fall …

Abyssinian Birds And Mammals: Painted From Life By Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Papers in Ornithology

LIST OF SUBJECTS
Cape Teal. Anas capensis (Gmelin) .
Spur-winged Goose. Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus) .
Secretary Bird. Sagittarius serpentarius (Miller).
White-necked Vulture. Pseudogyps africanus (Salvadori) .
Lappet-faced Vulture. Torgos tracheliotus nubicus Smith.
White-headed Vulture. Trigonoceps occipitalis (Burchell) .
Egyptian Vulture. Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus) .
Abyssinian Lanner. Falco biarmicus abyssinicus Neumann.
African Swallow-tailed Kite. Chelictinea riocourii (Vieillot and Oudart).
Black-shouldered Kite. Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines) .
African Tawny Eagle. Aquila rapax raptor Brehm.
Bateleur Eagle. Terathopius ecaudatus (Daudin) .
Bateleur Eagle. Terathopius ecaudatus (Daudin) .
African Sea Eagle. Cuncuma vocifer Daudin.
African Sea Eagle (Immature). Cuncuma vocifer Daudin.
Bearded Vulture. Gypaetus barbatus …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 6, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

The Incidence Of Avian Tuberculosis In Mammals Other Than Swine, L. Van Es, H. M. Martin

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The recognition of a very widespread and intense distribution of avian tuberculosis on the farms of a wide area of the United States, as well as the involvement of a mammalian species also, brought to the foreground the question whether or not the great prevalence of poultry tuberculosis could be of importance also from a public health point of view. This phase of the problem not only pertains to the people on the farms but likewise is of fundamental importance to the consumers of poultry produce. European authors had already identified the avian tubercle bacillus in human lesions while in …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 6, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Economic Aspects Of Contagious Abortion In A Dairy Herd, Department Of Animal Husbandry

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The object of this study is to present the measurable losses due to abortion in a dairy herd of high-producing ability over a period of approximately one-third of a century. The records available provide a rather complete history of what has taken place.

A Study Of Bull Associations, Arthur J. Morris

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

"A cooperative bull association", according to the United States Department of Agri culture, is "a farmers' organization formed for the purpose of joint ownership, use, and exchange of high class, purebred dairy bulls."

The members of the association are divided into three or more groups of neighboring farmers, each group being known as a block. A block may consist of one herd or several herds and contains from 40 to 60 cows. One bull is used in each block, and in order to prevent inbreeding, each bull is moved to another block every two years. If all the bulls live …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 6, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Swine Sanitation, L. Van Es

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

From the very beginning of Nebraska's agricultural development its farmers have recognized that the production of swine must of necessity accompany the growing of corn. The latter, one of the state's most important staples, cannot be marketed in a more economical manner than after having been transformed into pork, bacon, and lard. As a result the state has for many years maintained a rather dense swine population mainly divided into large herds kept on relatively small areas of land. This density of population, as well as certain practices in management and selective breeding, has brought about conditions favorable for the …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 6, No. 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Ua30/1/1 Refrigerator & Storage Basement, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Administration Documents

Architectural drawings of refrigeration and storage basement, probably part of the Agricultural Pavilion which was on main campus from 1931-1962. There is no date on the drawings. There is an entry way into the cattle barn.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 5, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.