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Show TilE CF..Ai.~T BELOW SHOWS BREEDI!TG HABITS OF SOME OF OUR BIRDS . · Species Mallard Cina.man Teal Shoveller Gadwall Pinto.il Redhead Canada Goose .!· · · ····... .Av. Eggs per cl uoh 10 9 11 11 10 12 5 Young per Year Brood per year 10 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 l Incubation do.ys 28 22 27 28 23 28 29 11 11 9 12 1 These figures were given the Staff by Douglas J•ones~ Student Teohinicn.n . .;•-··- ·~;;;;;;.;;.;;;;;;;;.;;.;;;,;;.;;;;;;~~~;,;_;;.;:.:.:;:,;:.::.:.:;~;::,;;.;;;;:;;;.:;.~~~~..;;,;..;..;;......,.;__ . .-.....-.....-.....-.....-.- .-. .-. -..,.-.. .-.. . -.. -............-....-.....-... ----...... ......--r ....... : ....., ....._. LABORATORY NEWS by Lee Rue Allen, Junior Ass is tant to Tecl:mician • The season of " Duck Sickness'' is at • hand . A small crevr of C.CC boys under t he supervis i on of Ralph Winslow is now busy col lecting and treating all the s i ck duck s that co.n be fotmd. Botuli sm, t he disease that causes these outbre aks of duck si ckness , para l y zes tho ducks so that t hey are unable to fly., swim or obt ain food. The ducks , l eft in t his condition, soon die. Through the tr e atment of vmter and purgatives a high percentac_;e of the bir ds recove r. Some of the vm r k carried on at the Di s ease Re s earch Laboratory at the pr-• esent time is an endeavor to find just the ducks are picking up the ..,! ' botulinus germs. This is being done . by a s eries of ex periments which cons- ! ists of the go.the ring of water and mud : sample s from the Willard S pu:r section i • outside Unit 5. The se samples ~..re te - f I sted for Chlori de., Alkalinity '.1.t."1.d etc. i · f and arc t'.1011 filtered . The filtered · sampl es . are used to i no c ulate vrhite mt ice. The purpose of these inoculatio- •: j ns is to e ..s_c~erto.in the toxicity of the •; ! samples . · The filter removes the germ- ; i s , if o.ny, but the toxin produced by 1 i the germs remains in the water. Throu j i gh these tests, it is ho ped that some / ·!knowl edge may be obtained as to where ·; ! the birds are picking up the botulinus ,I · ! germs~ I I !. ***** **** ****** Willi am Cawley is working i n the ..... ..... (Gontinµ~ _d) .............. ..i § µry<:,y__ o:f.:f.ig~. . ,} |
