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2010

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Full-Text Articles in Agriculture

Postmortem Examination Of Game Birds, David D. Frame Dec 2010

Postmortem Examination Of Game Birds, David D. Frame

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The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide general guidance to producers in performing the necropsy procedure and to encourage them to perform regular postmortem examinations of their game bird flocks.


Cat-Facing Insects, Diane Alston, Michael Reding, Marion Murray Oct 2010

Cat-Facing Insects, Diane Alston, Michael Reding, Marion Murray

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There are a number of insects with the piercing-sucking feeding habit that can cause deformity and catfacing type injury to pome and stone fruits, including lygus bug, stink bug, and boxelder bug. Cat-facing injury is caused by puncture feeding in flower buds and fruit. The result is unsightly dimpling, deformity, and scarring of fruit. The name “cat facing” comes from the distorted fruit shape that resembles the puckered cheeks of a cat. In addition to the insects discussed in this section, some aphids and the campylomma bug can inflict similar injury.


Poultry And Game Bird Hatchery Sanitation And Biosecurity, David D. Frame Sep 2010

Poultry And Game Bird Hatchery Sanitation And Biosecurity, David D. Frame

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This fact sheet is particularly directed to smaller scale commercial poultry and game bird hatcheries and serves as a guide for procedures that will help hatchery operators maintain optimum sanitation and biosecurity standards.


Selecting And Preparing Broilers For Show, David D. Frame Sep 2010

Selecting And Preparing Broilers For Show, David D. Frame

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Raising meat-type chickens at home can be a rewarding and productive experience. Not only does it put meat in the freezer, it can also be a great 4-H project for young poultry enthusiasts. Many counties provide opportunities at fairs and other venues to show broilers in competition.


History Of Photography, Stephen Sagers, Ron Patterson Jul 2010

History Of Photography, Stephen Sagers, Ron Patterson

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The most basic principle of the camera obscura is based on the concept that light travels in a straight line.


Mechanics Of A Digital Camera, Stephen Sagers, Ron Patterson Jul 2010

Mechanics Of A Digital Camera, Stephen Sagers, Ron Patterson

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There are many diverse concepts involved in digital photography that can be taught to kids. Artistic concepts such as the use of color and balance are techniques youth and adults can learn.


Biosecurity Principles: Protecting Your Investment, David D. Frame Jun 2010

Biosecurity Principles: Protecting Your Investment, David D. Frame

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Although the magnitude of economic value is usually much less in small standard-bred poultry operations compared to multimillion-dollar commercial chicken or turkey companies, there are still many reasons to protect your investment. Value is not always measured in simple dollar terms.


Nutrient Content Of Utah Turkey Litter, David D. Frame, Gary L. Anderson Jun 2010

Nutrient Content Of Utah Turkey Litter, David D. Frame, Gary L. Anderson

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An estimated 60,000 cubic yards (24,700 tons) of turkey growout litter is produced annually in Utah. Most is destined for land application on commercial cropland or pastureland.


Basics For Raising Backyard Chickens, David D. Frame Jun 2010

Basics For Raising Backyard Chickens, David D. Frame

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This fact sheet is constructed to be used by local municipalities for training or as an evaluation tool in the permitting process for allowing poultry keeping in population-dense settings. It also serves as a condensed review of basic poultry keeping practices.


Handling Baby Poultry, David D. Frame, Kerry A. Rood May 2010

Handling Baby Poultry, David D. Frame, Kerry A. Rood

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With an increase in backyard poultry raising, and even keeping poultry as pets, it is necessary to keep in mind proper health concerns in handling baby poultry. Chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, peafowl, and game birds can harbor and transmit certain agents that might infect people. This fact sheet will review practices that will help minimize the chance for disease transmission between you and your poultry.


Toxin-Nutrient Interactions Influence Diet Selection, Usu Extension Jan 2010

Toxin-Nutrient Interactions Influence Diet Selection, Usu Extension

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Given a choice herbivores prefer foods that are high in nutrients and low in toxins. Nevertheless, plants high in toxins are common on rangelands.


Toxins Reduce Palatability, Usu Extension Jan 2010

Toxins Reduce Palatability, Usu Extension

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Several years ago we had two research projects we assumed were unrelated. One focused on why goats avoid the current season’s growth of blackbrush and the other on how livestock learn to avoid foods high in toxins.


Training Livestock To Leave Streams And Use Uplands, Usu Extension Jan 2010

Training Livestock To Leave Streams And Use Uplands, Usu Extension

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Cattle can damage streams and surrounding vegetation—riparian areas—by breaking down banks decreasing water quality, and reducing wildlife living in the stream and on the land.