A comparison of the various endocrine glands, in addition to
other anatomical measurements, was made on 19 normal and 21
dwarf 2-3-month-old females and 20 normal and 20 dwarf 7-13-month-old females of the White Leghorn breed. At both ages, dwarfs
weighed significantly less and had significantly shorter shanks than
normals....
Food habits and biology of five species of Pleocoma larvae were
studied at a dozen forested sites in western Oregon between May 1960
and December 1961.
First instar Pleocoma hatch in late summer and moult to second
instars in early fall. Second and subsequent instars moult annually
between mid-summer and...
In an attempt to find a laboratory species which develops an
experimental myopathy similar to white muscle disease (WMD) in
lambs, comparative studies of nutritional muscular dystrophy of
chicks were initiated. This condition was grossly visible as white
striations running parallel with the fibers of the pectoral muscles and
was...
Copper in blood and liver can be divided into several fractions.
Copper in blood is about evenly divided between erythrocytes and
plasma. Normal concentrations for most species range between one and
two parts per million. Plasma copper is mainly a copper protein,
ceruloplasmin and a loosely bound form, reacting directly...
Field biology studies of three grain aphids, Macrosiphum
avenae (Fabr.), Acyrthosiphon dirhodum (Walker), and Rhopalosiphum
padi (L.) were conducted near Corvallis, Oregon, from 1961 to
1964.
Populations of M. avenae were found on grain plants, and
alatae entering spring barley may have been from wheat fields. Specimens
were found more...