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Evaluation of the Live Attenuated Vaccine Aquavac Esc and the Effects of a Primary Nursery Phase on the Production of Channel Catfish Fingerling in Earthen Ponds 

Carrias, Abel (2005-12-15)
The evaluation of the live attenuated vaccine AQUAVAC ESC® in field conditions as well as the use of a primary nursery phase were studied to determine if better production and survival of fingerlings were obtained. This ...

Evaluation of the Live-Attenuated Vaccine AquaVac-COL® on Hybrid Channel x Blue Catfish Fingerlings in Earthen Ponds 

Kirkland, Sandi (2010-12-10)
The evaluation of the use of AquaVac-COL® was conducted with hybrid catfish, which are a cross between female channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and a male blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), to determine production rates ...

Evaluation of the Maturity Method to Estimate Concrete Strength 

Wade, Samuel (2005-12-15)
The strength of a newly constructed concrete structure or roadway is critically important to contractors and engineers who must decide when to safely allow construction loads, prestressing operations, or opening to traffic ...

Evaluation of the Maturity Method to Estimate Concrete Strength in Field Applications 

Nixon, Jeffrey (2006-05-15)
Estimating the strength of concrete is essential to contractors and engineers to allow concrete construction operations to proceed safely and expediently. The maturity method is a technique that allows the in-place concrete ...

An Evaluation of the Steps Secondary Special Education Teachers Practice Prior to Implementing Community-Based Vocational Instruction 

Schiffer, Betty (2017-07-25)
Employment is an important factor in meeting fundamental needs of life (e.g., food, shelter, and clothing) and can increase opportunities for socialization with peers (Pickens & Dymond, 2015). Despite the benefits of ...

Evaluation of the Use of Preemergence and Postemergence Herbicides Along With Cover Crop Residue for Control of Broadleaf Weeds in Watermelons 

Lawrence, David (2012-11-06)
Field studies were conducted in the spring of 2011 and 2012 at Auburn University research facilities (AURF), Auburn, AL to evaluate the effectiveness of labeled herbicides with the addition of winter cover crops for ...

Evaluation of the Use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement in Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures 

Vargas, Adriana (2007-12-15)
Mixtures that contain reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) can typically perform as well or better than conventional HMA mixes. However, use of RAP has generally not been extended to stone matrix asphalt (SMA) production. This ...

An Evaluation of the Use of Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC) for Drilled Shaft Applications 

Bailey, Joseph (2005-08-15)
In drilled shaft construction, the recent development of sophisticated techniques for integrity and load testing has lead to the ability to assess the quality of drilled shaft foundations in terms of integrity and load ...

Evaluation of thick film materials for high temperature electronics packaging 

Zhou, Zhangming (2017-04-30)
Geothermal well logging requires electronics and packaging working reliably at 300C. Thick film technology has many advantages and has been widely investigated for high temperature applications. Previous studies showed ...

Evaluation of Three Fish Species for Culture Using Low Salinity Groundwater in the Black Belt Region of Alabama 

Brown, Benjamin (2007-12-15)
The Black Belt region of Alabama is a rural, agricultural-based area with an economy largely dependent upon commercial catfish production. A unique fact about this region is that much of the landmass is underlain with ...

Evaluation of Toxicity Levels and Cytotoxicity Mechanisms of Corexit 9500 

Zheng, Mengyuan (2013-07-15)
The 2010 British Petroleum (BP) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has raised many ecological and health concerns. BP predominately used Corexit9500A to disperse crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico to prevent shoreline contamination. ...

Evaluation of Training, Fueling, and Whey Protein Supplementation in Army Initial Entry Training 

McAdam, Jeremy (2018-07-26)
Background: Nutrient intake needs to provide the energy required to support recovery from training, improve performance, and promote health. To date, research on energy expenditure and dietary intake in recruits that ...

Evaluation of Transmission of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) Between Persistently Infected and Naïve Cattle by the Horn Fly (Haematobia irritans) 

Chamorro, Manuel (2011-08-09)
Identifying transmission routes and reservoirs for bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) are important in developing adequate prevention and control programs. The aim of our study was to evaluate BVDV transmission by the ...

An Evaluation of Treatment Drop-Out: Families with a History of Child Physical Abuse 

Wilsie, Carisa (2008-05-15)
Treatment attrition is a problem and is researched less in the child than in the adult literature. While the child is the identified client, parents have more control over treatment attendance. The child treatment attrition ...

An Evaluation of Triploid Flathead Catfish 

Gima, Andrew (2008-12-15)
The overall objective of this research was to develop an effective protocol to produce triploid flathead catfish, Pylodictis olivaris. To accomplish this goal, data was gathered depicting characteristics of flathead catfish ...

Evaluation of various antimicrobial agents to reduce the load of Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry processing 

Urrutia, Andrea (2022-11-27)
Poultry meat and products have been highly associated with outbreaks related to Salmonella and Campylobacter, and different interventions have been used for the reduction of these pathogens, with more emphasis on the ...

Evaluation of Warm-Season Annuals for Livestock Production 

Thompson, Serena (2021-04-19)
Warm-season forages are high yielding and can have high nutritive value, providing producers with an ideal option during the months in which cool-season forages are not productive. Two, 2-year small plot studies were ...

Evaluation of Warm-Season Baleage in a Cow-Calf Production System 

Hargaden, Mekenzie (2017-07-22)
A 52-d feeding trial was conducted to compare pearl millet (PM) and sorghum sudan (SS) harvested as baleage with bermudagrass hay (B) fed to cow/calf pairs during a winter feeding system. Alternating cone (C) and open-shaped ...

Evaluation of water needs for modern commercial broiler farms and model development to estimate on-farm water needs 

Edge, Carson (2022-05-02)
With global populations expected to rise, appropriation of clean water supplies for human consumption pose capacity challenges for agricultural sectors. Broiler (meat-type) chicken production consumes large amounts of water ...

Evaluation of Water-use in Turfgrass 

Githinji, Leonard (2007-12-15)
This dissertation examined the response of four hybrid bluegrasses [Texas bluegrass (Poa arachnifera Torr.) × Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.)], HB 129 (‘Thermal Blue’), HB 130, HB 328 and HB 329 (‘Dura Blue’) and two ...