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Feeding-site description of three heron species near Beaufort, North Carolina
No abstract available.
Authors
T. W. Custer, R. G. Osborn
Diets, equipment, and techniques for maintaining crawfish in the laboratory
One commercial and 4 laboratory prepared extruded, water-stable diets were fed 3 times a week in 1-g portions to juvenile male and female White River crawfish, Procambarus acutus acutus (Girard), for 10 weeks. The. binding material in the laboratory preparation was alginate (Kelgin), whereas that in the commercial preparation was starch. No statistically significant weight differences developed
Authors
I.B. Tarshis
Artificial insemination for breeding non-domestic birds
Captive breeding of non-domestic birds has increased dramatically in this century, and production of young often exceeds that of the same number of birds in their native habitat. However, when infertility is a problem, artificial insemination can be a useful method to improve production. Artificial insemination programs with non-domestic birds are relatively recent, but several notable successes h
Authors
G.F. Gee, S.A. Temple
A comparative study on the cryogenic preservation of semen from the sandhill crane and the domestic fowl
SYNOPSIS: Recent findings on the cryogenic preservation of semen from the crane, Grus canadensis pratensis and the domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, are compared. Highest levels of post-thaw motility for crane semen (55%) were obtained when semen was diluted 1:1 with the Beltsville Poultry Semen Extender (BPSE) and held for 30 min at 5 C before it was equilibrated with 4% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)
Authors
T.J. Sexton, G.F. Gee
The peregrine falcon and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
No abstract available.
Authors
S.R. Wilbur