Comparison of nicarbazin absorption in chickens, mallards, and Canada geese

19 Mar 2013 | Journal Articles | Contributor(s): C. A. Yoder, L. A. Miller, K. S. Bynum

Nicarbazin (NCZ), a coccidiostat commonly used in the poultry industry, causes reduced hatchability and egg quality in layer hens at a concentration of 125 ppm (8.4 mg/kg) in the feed. Although this effect is undesirable in the poultry industry, NCZ could provide a useful wildlife contraception …

The role of bait manipulation in the delivery of oral rabies vaccine to skunks

19 Mar 2013 | Conference Papers | Contributor(s): Stacie J. Robinson, Susan M. Jojola, Kurt C. VerCauteren

The majority of rabies cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control each year occur in wildlife including skunks, raccoons, bats, foxes, and coyotes. Currently, oral rabies vaccination campaigns are employed to immunize coyotes, foxes, and raccoons. Though skunks are vectors of 6 rabies …

Calcium and other ions in blood and skeleton of Nicaraguan fresh-water shark

19 Mar 2013 | Reports | Contributor(s): Marshall R. Urist

The bull shark, Carcharhinus lellcas, employing archaic but effective means of regulating the physical-chemical composition of its body fluids, thrives in tropical fresh-water rivers and lakes. The ionic strength of the serum and the concentrations of total solutes, calcium, urea, and other ions …

Estimation of red-winged blackbird mortality from toxic bait application

19 Mar 2013 | Journal Articles | Contributor(s): James F. Glahn, Michael L. Avery

Application of slow-acting toxic bait is one method of reducing local populations of depredating blackbirds. Estimating numbers of birds killed in such baiting operations is difficult because affected birds die off-site and are seldom recovered. We conducted bioassays and flight pen studies of …

Bulletin No. 302 - Nutritional inadequacy of beet molasses rations for swine

19 Mar 2013 | Reports

The feeding of large amounts of beet molasses to young hogs causes a condition that is characterized by a wobbly gait, and that is frequently fatal. Hog raisers have apparently recognized this condition for a number of years, since a number of farmers have reported it in their animals. Some farmers …

Pernicious portrayals: the impact of children's attachment to animals of fiction on animals of fact

19 Mar 2013 | Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Marla V. Anderson, Antonia J. Z. Henderson

This paper argues that the lack of distinction between human and nonhuman animals in the fantastic world of children's literature and film results in distorted representations of intelligence, capabilities, and morality of nonhuman animals. From the perspective of attachment theory, the paper shows …

Ethnic variations in pet attachment among students at an American school of veterinary medicine

19 Mar 2013 | Journal Articles | Contributor(s): S. E. Brown

This study explores ethnic variations in animal companion ("pet") attachment among 133 students enrolled in a school of veterinary medicine. The 57 White and 76 African American participants completed surveys that included background information, several questions about their animal companions, and …

Cat culture, human culture: an ethnographic study of a cat shelter

19 Mar 2013 | Journal Articles | Contributor(s): J. M Alger, S. F Alger

This study explores the value of traditional ethnographic methods in sociology for the study of human-animal and animal-animal interactions and culture. Itargues that some measure of human-animal intersubjectivity is possible and that the method of participant observation is best suited to achieve …

Attitudes toward animals: the effect of priming thoughts of human-animal similarities and mortality salience on the evaluation of companion animals

19 Mar 2013 | Journal Articles | Contributor(s): R. Beatson, S. Loughnan, M. Halloran

Human attitudes toward nonhuman animals are complex and quite contradictory. They can range between extremely negative (animal cruelty) to positive (treating companion animals like human surrogates). Attitudes toward animals are especially negative when people think about human creatureliness and …

Support for animal rights as a function of belief in evolution, religious fundamentalism, and religious denomination

19 Mar 2013 | Journal Articles | Contributor(s): J. L. DeLeeuw, L. W Galen, C. Aebersold, V. Stanton

The present study examined the relationship among religious denomination, fundamentalism, belief about human origins, gender, and support for animal rights. Eighty-two college undergraduates filled out a set of 3 questionnaires: The Religious Fundamentalism Scale (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004), …

Pindone for rabbit control: efficacy, residues and cost

18 Mar 2013 | Conference Proceedings | Contributor(s): Peter C. Nelson, Graham J. Hickling

Toxins are a major component of rabbit control campaigns in New Zealand, with sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) being the primary toxin in use since the 1950s. However, landowners can use 1080 only under the direct supervision of a licensed operator, and rabbit populations in regularly-poisoned …

School Therapy Dogs - Education Professionals Working with Therapy Dogs to Help Kids

08 Mar 2013 | Websites | Contributor(s): Jennifer VonLintel

Working with a therapy dog in a school setting provides a unique set of opportunities and challenges. This website provides information regarding one school counselor's development of elementary school facility dog program. It addresses specific considerations in the risk management of having a …

Individual differences and pet ownership status: distinguishing among different types of pet owners and non-owners

07 Mar 2013 | Theses | Contributor(s): Shannon M. Merrill

Research examining potential differences between pet owners and non-owners is prevalent in the scientific literature, but findings have often been inconsistent. Although some researchers have incorporated animal preference into their investigations of pet ownership, such research is scarce and …

Michigan bovine tuberculosis eradication project: 2004 activities report and conference proceedings

07 Mar 2013 | Conference Proceedings

On June 9 and 10, 2004, the State of Michigan and U.S. Department of Agriculture hosted the eighth annual Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) Conference, with guest speakers from Georgia, Colorado, Iowa, New York and two Canadian provinces. Our guests came together from across North America to receive policy …

Twenty-five year history of the Kansas coyote damage control program

07 Mar 2013 | Conference Proceedings | Contributor(s): F. Robert Henderson

In the 1968 legislative session, an appropriate was made to Kansas State University to hire a predator and rodent control specialist. I was hired for this position on July 1, 1968. During August, 1968, I traveled to Missouri and spent a week working with Mr. Bob Smith, a long-time employee of the …

Deer guards and bump gates for excluding white-tailed deer from fenced resources

07 Mar 2013 | Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Kurt C. VerCauteren, Nathan W. Seward, Michael J. Lavelle, Justin W. Fischer, Gregaory E. Phillips

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) causing damage is a reoccurring theme in the realm of wildlife damage management, especially regarding human safety, disease transmission, and agricultural losses. Fences often are the only reliable long-term nonlethal means of controlling deer damage. The …

Population monitoring in support of a rabies vaccination program for skunks in Arizona

07 Mar 2013 | Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Richard M. Engeman, Kevin L. Christensen, Michael J. Pipas, David L. Bergman

Three population monitoring methods were evaluated in support of a trap/vaccinate/release program for controlling a bat variant of rabies virus in skunks (Mephitis mephitis) in Flagstaff, Arizona (USA). Skunks were the primary species targeted for population monitoring during the program, but feral …

Parasitic organisms in the blood of arvicoline rodents in Alaska

07 Mar 2013 | Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Francis H. Fay, Robert L. Rausch

A Grahamella-like organism (Schizomycetes: Bartonellaceae) was found in erythrocytes of laboratory-reared northern voles, Microtus oeconomus Pallas, which had been inoculated intraperitoneally with a saline suspension of ground fleas, Megabothris abantis (Roths.), from wild northern voles captured …

Mapping and investigation of novel candidate genes for fatness, growth, and feed intake in the pig

07 Mar 2013 | Reports | Contributor(s): K. S. Kim, M. Malek, E. Grindflek, S. Marklund, Max F. Rothschild

Five new candidate genes for fatness, growth, and feed intake traits were studied. The genes were chosen based on their presumed biological action for a given trait of interest. A molecular genetics polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphisms (PCR-RFLP) approach was used to …

Block and Bridle Annual, 1994

07 Mar 2013 | Pamphlets | Contributor(s): Renee Plueger

Table of Contents: HISTORIAN'S LETTER EMBLEM AND PURPOSE DR. ABERLE'S LETTER lNlTlATES MEMBERS CANDIDS OFFICERS OTHER IMPORTANT PEOPLE HONOREE OF THE YEAR, 1993 KIDS', DAY ANIMAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS FUN ACTIVITIES IMPORTANT MEETINGS ANIMAL SCIENCE FACULTY ANIMAL SCIENCE …