The housing environment has become a critical issue for consumers of eggs and egg products. Therefore, it is imperative to understand how various environments can affect the modern laying hen. In this study, alongside 40th NC layer performance test, four different were chosen based on industry prevalence, which include conventional cages, barren, enrichable colony enriched cage-free environment...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requires beef abattoir operators to periodically analyze beef carcass sponge samples for levels of Escherichia coli. Additional beef carcass sponge sampling is commonly used by processors to evaluate the efficacy of beef abattoir antimicrobial intervention systems. The USDA sample preparation procedure requires that beef carcass sponge samples be mechan...

Two studies using commercially fed cattle were conducted to determine the relationship of the USDA bone ossification-based maturity system to one based on the number of permanent incisors present at slaughter. These studies showed that 91.5 to 100% of cattle with zero permanent incisors (< 23.8 mo of age), 89.1 to 97.5% of cattle with two permanent incisors (23.8 to 30.4 mo of age), 75 to 82.2%...

J.D. Hansen*, J.A. Johnson and D.A. Winter USDA-ARS Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, 5230 Konnowac Pass Road, Wapato, WA 98951, USA; USDA-ARS San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648, USA; Director of Regulatory Affairs, Quality and Clinical Education, University of California at San Diego Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego,...

ALEXANDRA D. SYPHARD*{, SUSAN I. STEWART{, JASON MCKEEFRY{, ROGER B. HAMMER§, JEREMY S. FRIED", SHERRY HOLCOMB{ and VOLKER C. RADELOFF{ {Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA {USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Evanston, IL, 60201, USA §Department of Sociology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA "USDA Forest Se...

Inheritance of Soybean Aphid Resistance from PI 71506 A. Van Nurdena; R. A. Scottb; L. Heslerc; K. Tilmond; K. Gloverd; C. Carterd a Syngenta Seeds Inc., Owatonna, Minnesota, USA b USDA-ARS Office of National Programs, Beltsville, Maryland, USA c North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Brookings, South Dakota, USA d Plant Science Department, South Dakota State University, Bro...

Mark S. Sisterson and Jianchi Chen, United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, CA 93611; Mario A. Viveros, University of California Cooperative Extension, Bakersfield 93307; Edwin L. Civerolo and Craig Ledbetter, USDA-ARS, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center; and Russell L. Groves, Depar...

After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that Newcastle disease virus was incorrectly labeled as a Tier 1 USDA Select Agent. Newcastle disease virus is a USDA Select Agent but it is not a Tier 1 agent.

Matthew J. Helmers, associate professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University; Xiaobo Zhou, assistant scientist, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University; Heidi Asbjornsen, associate professor, Natural Resource and the Environment, University of New Hampshire; Randy Kolka, soil scientist, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station; Mark D. Tom...

a USDA, Forest Service, Northern Region, 200 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59807, USA b College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula MT, 59812, USA c USDA, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 800 East Beckwith Ave, Missoula, MT 59801, USA d Natural Resource Economics, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula MT, 59812,...