Browsing by Author "Davis, Donald S."
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McCleery, Robert Alan; Lopez, Roel R. (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Development on the island of Key Largo, Florida, has isolated the Key Largo woodrat (KLWR, Neotoma floridana smalli) on approximately 850 ha of remaining habitat. The KLWR was listed as a federally endangered species in ...
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Ruffino, Denise Marie (2009-05-15)Striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) are a rabies vector in Texas and efforts are underway to develop an oral rabies vaccination program for skunks. To better understand some of the components necessary, I studied the habitat ...
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Smith, Melanie Love (2012-07-16)Blood samples were collected from 602 white-tailed deer (WTD) (Odocoileus virginianus) between October 2008 – October 2009, from 15 different counties throughout Texas. White-tailed deer were evaluated for serum biochemical ...
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Schutta, Christopher John (2009-06-02)Previous analysis of the bovine SLC11A1 complementary DNA (cDNA) failed to identify any nucleotide variations other than a microsatellite length variation within the 3' untranslated region functionally associated with ...
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Faries, Floron C. Jr.; Davis, Donald S. (Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1997)
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Seabury, Christopher M.; Bhattarai, Eric K.; Taylor, Jeremy F.; Viswanathan, Ganesh G.; Cooper, Susan M.; Davis, Donald S.; Dowd, Scot E.; Lockwood, Mitch L.; Seabury, Paul M.; Hartskeerl, Rudy A. (PloS One, 2011)
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Hernandez, Saul (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations in the United States have increased in recent years, particularly in urban and suburban landscapes where traditional measures of population control are difficult to ...
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Parker, Israel David (2009-06-02)Urban development and habitat fragmentation threaten recovery and management of the endangered Florida Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium). Urban development has reduced deer dispersal from their core habitat resulting ...
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Dedrickson, Angela (2012-02-14)The Lower Keys marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris hefneri, LKMR), 1 of 3 subspecies of Sylvilagus palustris, is endemic to the Lower Florida Keys. The LKMR is listed as an endangered species due to predation by feral and ...
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Porter, Brad Alan (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Historically, the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) occurred throughout much of Texas including the northern portion of the Texas Hill Country. Remaining peccary populations were extirpated in much of their former range ...
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Braden, Anthony Wayne (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs) along a 5.6-km segment of United States Highway 1 (US 1) on Big Pine Key (BPK), Florida responsible for approximately 26% of endangered Florida Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) annual ...
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Platt, Lance Arthur (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This study investigated the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) predictions of above or below the .08 per se level by Texas peace officers in the field based on the scoring of the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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Kahl, Melissa Marie (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Historical data suggests that prolonged survival of Brucella vaccine organisms in the target host enhances immune protection. Recent research has focused upon the development of rough vaccine strains to avoid interference ...
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Hess, Marc Frederick (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The introduction of pen-reared Attwater's prairie-chickens (APC, Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) into the wild to supplement existing populations has met with marginal success. Flight characteristics, predator avoidance ...
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Perry, Neil Desmond (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Extensive development has destroyed and fragmented wildlife habitat in the Lower Florida Keys. The Lower Keys marsh rabbit (LKMR; Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) and the silver rice rat (SRR; Oryzomys argentatus) are listed ...
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Peterson, Markus Nils (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Urban development is of particular concern in the management of endangered Key deer (Odocoileous virginianus clavium) because highway mortality is the greatest single cause of deer mortality (≈ 50%), and the rural community ...
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Templeton, Joe W.; Feng, Jianwei; Adams, Garry L.; Schurr, Erwin; Gros, Philippe; Davis, Donald S.; Smith, Roger III (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2000-09-05)The present invention relates to materials and methods for identifying animals that are resistant or susceptible to diseases associated with intracellular parasites such as brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and ...
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Parker, Israel David (2011-10-21)Free-ranging wildlife are an important contributor of fecal pollution in the form of Escherichia coli (E. coli) to water bodies. Currently, details of this contribution are nebulous and understudied. Much of the related ...
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Garrett, Jennifer Nicole (2009-05-15)White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is an intensively managed game species throughout Texas and the United States. Modeling is a tool that has been used to evaluate various management practices and their potential ...
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Foxworth, William Bush (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)The failure of interspecific embryo transfer between placental mammals is generally attributed to either some maternal immune response, failure of local immunoregulation, or failure of tissue interaction between trophectoderm ...