Winter Ridge HA Wild Horse Gather and Removal Plan

09 Apr 2013 | Reports

The Winter Ridge HA encompasses approximately 46,500 acres of public and private land, within Grand and Uintah Counties in Utah. The HA is approximately 90 miles south of Vernal, Utah. The BLM has …

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2000 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report

03 Apr 2013 | Reports

Cow/Calf Age of Calf at Weaning of Spring-Calving Beef Cows and the Effect on Production Economics Supplementing Metabolizable Protein to Yearling Heifers Grazing Winter Range Refinement of the …

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Evaluation of wetlands created with effluent from a swine concentrated animal feeding operation using mallard sentinels: implications for McMurtrey National Wildlife Refuge

27 Mar 2013 | Reports | Contributor(s): Matthew S. Schwarz, Christina D. Lydick

Previous work by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identified nutrients, elemental contaminants, algal toxins, bacterial pathogens, and hormones as contaminants of concern (COCs) associated with …

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Metal concentrations in blood from an adult bald eagle nesting at Clinton Reservoir in Kansas

20 Mar 2013 | Reports | Contributor(s): George T. Allen

Concentrations of metals in blood from an adult male bald eagle nesting at Clinton Reservoir in eastern Kansas in 1991 were analyzed by induction coupled plasma emission spectroscopy without …

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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 …

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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 …

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Public health confronts the chicken, the hamster, and the goat

28 Feb 2013 | Reports | Contributor(s): W. John Pape

John Pape is an Epidemiologist with the Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. This slide-show presents facts and images relating to Zoonoses: …

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Climate affects calf birth weights and calving difficulty

28 Feb 2013 | Reports | Contributor(s): Gene H. Deutscher, Dave Colburn, Rex Davis

A six-year study was conducted to investigate effects of winter temperatures on two-year-old cows (n=285) and their subsequent calf birth weights and calving difficulty in the spring. The winter of …

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Prudent use of antibiotics in companion animals

22 Jan 2013 | Reports | Contributor(s): Katherine Irwin, David R. Smith, Grasso M. Ebako, Steve Ensley, Dicky D. Griffin, Arden Wohlers

Antibiotics are used to improve animal health and performance. You, as the animal owner or caregiver, make important decisions about how antibiotics are finally used in companion animals. Antibiotics …

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Pesticide use and toxicology in relation, to wildlife: Organophosphorus and carbamate compounds

31 Aug 2012 | Reports | Contributor(s): Gregory J. Smith

The use of organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides has increased markedly during the past two decades. Currently, more than 100 different organophosphorus and carbamate chemicals are registered as …

http://habricentral.org/resources/1055

Nebraska's endangered species, part 6: Threatened and endangered mammals

31 Aug 2012 | Reports | Contributor(s): Patricia W. Freeman

Species discussed include: black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) Black-tailed prairie dog Southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans) Eastern plains pocket mouse Eastern plains harvest mouse …

http://habricentral.org/resources/1054

Center of excellence in livestock disease and human health annual report

30 Aug 2012 | Reports

The center was created in 1984 to promote interdisciplinary activities designed to improve the quality of human life through better animal health; expand livestock disease research capabilities in …

http://habricentral.org/resources/1018

Canines and childhood cancer: Examining the effects of therapy dogs with childhood cancer patients and their families

15 May 2012 | Reports | Contributor(s): Molly Jenkins, Ashleigh Ruehrdanz, Amy McCullough, John D Fluke

This document is a comprehensive review of the literature on childhood cancer epidemiology; pediatric oncology treatment; physical and psychosocial well-being impacts of childhood cancer for children …

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