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Publications

This is a list of publications written by Patuxent employees since Patuxent opened in 1939.  To search for Patuxent's publications by author or title, please click below to go to the USGS Publication Warehouse.

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An epizootic of canine distemper in a zoological park

No abstract available.
Authors
W.H. Armstrong, C.H. Anthony

Utilization of sassafras by birds

No abstract available.
Authors
B. Meanley

Returns from banded birds: Some longevity records of wild birds

Records indicating the possible life-span of birds in the wild are accumulating in the return file for banded birds. In Bird-Banding, vol. viii, 1937, p. 52-65, a number of these were published. The expressed interest in this phase of bird life, together with the increased amount of material, seem to justify further publication on this subject. These papers by no means exhaust the subject; probabl
Authors
May Thacher Cooke

Protein requirements of bobwhite chicks for survival, growth and efficiency of feed utilization

During the summer and fall of 1939 four experiments were conducted at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Bowie, Maryland, to determine the protein requirements of bobwhite chicks. A total of 816 chicks were used to compare six levels of protein, namely, 22,24,26, 28, 30, and 32 per cent.....From the three standpoints of survival, rate of growth, and efficiency of feed utilization for the first ten week
Authors
R. B. Nestler, W. W. Bailey, H. E. McClure

A partially scaleless garter-snake

No abstract available.
Authors
W. H. Stickel