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Sulfonamide drugs in the treatment of ulcerative enteritis of quail
No abstract available.
Authors
H.M. Churchill, D.R. Coburn
A note on the natural occurrence of fluoracetic acid, the acid of the new rodenticide '1080.'
No abstract available.
Authors
C.W. Klingensmith
The cottontail rabbits of Virginia
Five races of cottontail rabbits belonging to three species occur in Virginia. One of them, the Mearns cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsi), is reported here for the first time. It occurs in six southwestern counties of the state, while the eastern cottontail (S. f. mallurus) occurs in the remainder of the state with the exception of Smith and Fishermans islands off the eastern coast of Cap
Authors
L. M. Llewellyn, C.O. Handley
Picking among pen-reared quail
During five years (1939-43) of nutritional research on pen-reared bobwhite quail at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Bowie, Maryland, observations on picking among birds of all ages showed the following results: 1. Picking occurred on all grains tested: corn, wheat, oats, oat groats, barley, millet, buckwheat, kaffir, and mixtures of cereals. The lowest incidence was with buckwheat as the sole grain
Authors
R. B. Nestler, D.R. Coburn, H.W. Titus
Value of wild feedstuffs for pen-reared bobwhite quail in winter
During the winters of 1939-40 and 1940-41, two experiments involving 456 bobwhite quail, were conducted at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Bowie, Maryland, to determine the palatability and comparative feeding value of 20 common wild quail-foods when offered as a part of a maintenance diet....2. Mortality was low on all diets, the highest occurring on that containing a mixture of bayberry and wax my
Authors
R. B. Nestler, W. W. Bailey, A. C. Martin, H. E. McClure