Effects of foster dams can be included in genetic evaluations using animal models with maternal effects in several ways. The alternatives discussed involve minor changes in computing strategies from strategies used with reduced animal models that predict breeding values for direct and maternal effects. The easiest alternative is to assign foster dams to groups by breed and time period and add e...

Effects of foster dams can be included in genetic evaluations using animal models with maternal effects in several ways. The alternatives discussed involve minor changes in computing strategies from strategies used with reduced animal models that predict breeding values for direct and maternal effects. The easiest alternative is to assign foster dams to groups by breed and time period and add e...

European beaver dams impeded movements of anadromous salmonids as it was established by fishing survey, fish tagging and redd counts in two lowland streams in Lithuania. Significant differences in abundancies of other litophilic fish species and evenness of representation by species in the community were detected upstream and downstream of the beaver dams. Sea trout parr marked with RFID tags p...

Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) have a nearly circumpolar distribution, and occasionally occupy warmer shallow coastal areas during summertime that may facilitate molting. However, relatively little is known about the occurrence of molting and associated behaviors in bowhead whales. We opportunistically observed whales in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, Canada with skin irregularities consistent...

The effects of frame size (FS) and body condition score (BCS) on performance of Brahman cows were evaluated using records collected from 1984 to 1994 at the Subtropical Agricultural Research Station, Brooksville, Florida. Age at puberty (AP), calving rate (CR), calving date (CD), survival rate (SR), weaning rate (WR), birth weight (BWT), weaning weight (WWT), preweaning ADG, and kilograms of ca...

Qs Sand Wind-blown sand blankets a number of areas in the western part of the quadrangle. These well-sorted, mediumto fine-grained quartzose sands are commonly deposited on the east to northeast sides of hills but may extend across some flat areas. The sands are uncemented and loose but most are well stabilized by vegetation, locally including trees. The sands are usually white to tan but local...

206 Introduetion T he small rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Malawi are colleetively known as mbuna and, until recently, were neglected by African fishermen. Currently the mbuna are classified among ten different genera in which more than 70 species have been scientifically described. More than double that number of mbuna species are still without a scientific name, most of them to be grouped in ...

We quantified fish assemblages in 20 streams containing mill dams in various physical conditions (dams intact, partially breached, or relict with normal flows) in Alabama, USA, during the period from 2006 to 2008. We used a backpack electroshocker to sample three 150-m reaches per stream: 500 to 1000 m downstream of the dam, 0 to 100 m downstream of the dam, and 100 m upstream of the impoundmen...

To investigate the influence of fat-feeding dams on the food choice of their pups after weaning, each of three groups of dams was fed a low-fat diet (LHD), a high-fat diet (HFD) or a two-choice diet of LFD and HFD during pregnancy and lactation. Immediately after weaning, all pups were placed on a two-choice diet program for 5 wk. The fat energy ratio (F ratio) for dams fed the two-choice diet ...

Deep roadway deformation due to soft rock, rock dip, and horizontal tectonic stress is uneven asymmetrical primarily in large loose zones. Traditional anchor support influenced by the yield strength shear of anchors has a limited prestress capacity or resistance. When roof laminated when passes through layered interfaces, interlayer sliding commonly occurs, which can easily lead cables being sh...