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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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Birds of the season Birds of the season

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Authors
C.S. Robbins

Storage by bobwhite quail of vitamin A fed in various forms Storage by bobwhite quail of vitamin A fed in various forms

According to studies conducted with 236 bobwhite quail chicks at Patuxent Research Refuge, crystalline carotene in cottonseed oil fed at levels of 3000 I.U. (the requirement for optimum growth), 5000 I.U., and 25,000 I.U. per pound of feed, was utilized only ⅓ to 1/7 as efficiently as vitamin A alcohol; ½; to 1/10 as natural vitamin A ester; and ¼ to 1/17 as vitamin A acetate, based on...
Authors
R. B. Nestler, James V. Derby, J.B. DeWitt
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