Expert Panel on Radiation Oncology–Lymphoma: Kenneth B. Roberts, MD; Anas Younes, MD; David C. Hodgson, MD; Ranjana Advani, MD; Bouthaina S. Dabaja, MD; Sughosh Dhakal, MD; Christopher R. Flowers, MD, MS; Chul S. Ha, MD; Bradford S. Hoppe, MD, MPH; Nancy P. Mendenhall, MD; Monika L. Metzger, MD; John P. Plastaras, MD, PhD; Ronald Shapiro, MD; Sonali M. Smith, MD; Stephanie A. Terezakis, MD; Kar...

--We constructed a phylogeny for the dabbling ducks (tribe Anatini) based on cytochrome-b and ND2 mitochondrial gene DNA sequences. This phylogeny differed in several important respects from a morphological phylogeny developed by Livezey (1991), including the distinctiveness ofthe blue-winged ucks from other dabbling ducks, the inclusion of the genus Tachyeres and exclusion of Callonetta from t...

Laboratory-reared Monochamus carolinensis (Olivier) were used to study the temporal pattern of pinewood nematode dauer larval exit from this beetle vector. Exit rates of dauer larvae were determined by comparing the mean number of dauer larvae carried by adult beetles 0, 7, 14, or 21 days after emergence from the log in which they developed. Density of dauer larvae was highest in beetles on the...

T HE displays of the European race of the Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca crecca) have been studied intensively (Lorenz, 1953, 1958; Lorenz and von de Wall, 1960; von de Wall, 1963) b u no detailed description has been t published for the North American race (A. c. caroknensis) . Some displays of carolinensis have been described (e.g., Sutton, in Bent, 1923; Johnsgard, 1955), but in general it h...

1) Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kristianstad University, SE-291 88 Kristianstad, Sweden (e-mail: [email protected]) 2) Department of Applied Biology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland 3) Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Joensuu Game and Fisheries Research, Yliopistokatu 6, FI-80100 Joensuu, Finland 4) Department...

Transmission of pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, to mature, field grown Scots pines through feeding wounds of Monochamus carolinensis was investigated by caging nematode-infested beetles on pine branches for 24 hours. Nematodes were transmitted to 31 of 64 branches. Frequency of successful transmission was independent of the sex of the beetle but dependent upon beetle age. Transmi...

The ontogeny of continent-wide navigation mechanisms of the individual organism, despite being crucial for the understanding of animal movement and migration, is still poorly understood. Several previous studies, mainly conducted on passerines, indicate that inexperienced, juvenile birds may not generally correct for displacement during fall migration. Waterbirds such as the mallard (Anas platy...

Access to open water is considered good for the welfare of Pekin ducks. These studies investigated the effect that the type of water resource, provided over either straw bedding or a rubber mesh, had on measures of duck health. Pekin strain ducklings (n = 2,600) were managed in pens of 100 on straw over a solid concrete floor. In study 1, one of two water resources (nipple, n = 5 pens; wide-lip...

Pharyngeal swabs were collected from 298 lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) at Banks Island (Northwest Territories. Canada) in the summer of 1994. Pasteurella multocida serotype 1 was isolated from an adult male bird and P. multocida serotype 3 was isolated from an adult female goose. Pathogenicity of the serotype 1 isolate was confirmed by inoculation in Pekin ducks (Anas platy...