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How can the brown-headed cowbird be controlled/managed?
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1. avoid fragmentation of forest
2. use trapping programs and live decoys to capture |
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Bird exposure to spilled petroleum products can result in _______________.
chemical toxicity lead poisening oil toxicosis zinc toxicosis |
oil toxicosis
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This non-fatal parasitic disease in waterfowl is caused by nematodes found between the surface lining and the grinding pads of the gizzard, with infection resulting from ingestion of larvae.
gapeworms gizzard worms liver flukes tape worms |
gizzard worms
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This parasite is from the genus Theromyzon, which affects waterfowl by feeding directly in nasal passages, trachea, and under the membrane of the eye.
gapeworms liver flukes nasal leeches tape worms |
nasal leeches
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Kirtland’s warblers suffer from this obligate brood parasite, which lowers # of surviving young by eliminating host’s eggs or by parasitic young out-competing host young for food. Signs include broken eggs below nest; as some of the host’s eggs are removed.
black-headed duck black-headed grosbeak brown-headed cowbird reed warbler |
brown-headed cowbird
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Ranchers suspect that _______ act as reservoirs for the bacterial disease brucellosis which causes reproductive disorders in infected cattle.
bison deer elk sheep |
bison
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The cattle disease brucellosis is a zoonosis, in that it can be transmitted to humans as ____________.
epizootic hemorrhagic mad cow disease lyme disease ungulant fever |
ungulant fever
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Sheep/cattle grazing on sandy soil remain free of this parasite, but sheep/cattle grazing on heavy clay pastures are constantly exposed to infection.
barbers pole worms blowflies liver flukes round worms |
liver flukes
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This disease was the result of human activity in the 1930's, when a single sturgeon from the Caspian Sea was released in to the Aral Sea, where ____________ from this fish depleted stocks of native sturgeon for more than 20 years afterwards.
cestoda digenea monogeneans myxosporeans |
monogeneans
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The mammalian pox virus, myxomatosis, was given to ___________, in order to control the European rabbit population, which began reeking havoc across Australia after its introduction in 1859.
blow flies midges mosquitoes sandflies |
mosquitoes
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It has been proposed that the arthopod vector Culicoides varipennis might be used as “mobile syringes” to immunize bighorn sheep against _________, by feeding the insects a bloodmeal that includes the vaccine.
bluetongue bovine spongiform encephalopathy listeriosis liver fluke |
bluetongue
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This disease of the desert bighorn sheep, as well as deer, elk, and goats, inflames and discolors the mucosal membranes.
bluetongue bovine spongiform encephalopathy listeriosis liver fluke |
bluetongue
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Up until this Act (a.k.a. the Game and Wild Birds Preservation and Disposition Act) only the states had dealt with wildlife management. It prohibited the importation, or exportation, of certain wildlife and fish species considered to be a threat to U.S. animals.
The Lacey Act (1900) The Sponge Act (1906) The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918) The Black Bass Act (1926) |
The Lacey Act (1900)
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This was the first act to regulate harvest of a fishery.
The Lacey Act (1900) The Sponge Act (1906) The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918) The Black Bass Act (1926) |
The Sponge Act (1906)
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This Act protected animals migrating across national borders (such as whooping cranes, swans, ducks and even bears). It provided for the establishment of closed seasons for waterfowl associated with breeding and protected migratory birds from buying, selling, purchase or barter (included feathers, parts, nests, or eggs).
The Lacey Act (1900) The Sponge Act (1906) The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918) The Black Bass Act (1926) |
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918)
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This Act, which was later amended to include all species of fish, prohibited the transport of fish that had been caught, sold, purchased, or possessed in violation of state or territory law.
The Lacey Act (1900) The Sponge Act (1906) The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918) The Black Bass Act (1926) |
The Black Bass Act (1926)
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This Act requires an 11% excise tax on arms and portions of federal excise tax on bows and arrows and ammunition, for state distribution towards hunter safety programs and wildlife conservation/management.
The Johnson Act The Pittman-Robertson Act |
The Pittman-Robertson Act
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How are funds acquired by the Pittman-Robertson Act distributed among states?
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PR funds are divided among the states on the basis of total state area and number of purchased hunting licenses, each comprising 50% of the formula.
(Thus, large, less populated states compete evenly with small, heavily populated states.) Each state must match federal dollars on a ratio of 1:3 ($1 state = $3 PR funds). |
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Where does state money come from, that is matched with Pittman-Robertson Act federal aid dollars?
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States use income derived from hunting licenses.
(if hunting license revenue is spent on unrelated activities, state’s become ineligible for PR dollars) |
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This Act provides new sources of money apportioned to state fisheries conservation and management programs through taxation on fishing rods, reels, lures, baits, and flies.
The Johnson Act The Pittman-Robertson Act |
The Johnson Act or DJ Act (formerly the Fish Restoration and Management Act)
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How are funds acquired by the DJ Act distributed among states?
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40% of revenue is based on the ratio of state land area to the total area of the U.S. and 60% is based on the ratio of fishing licenses in each state to the total for all states. Other rules apply similar to the Pittman-Robertson Act.
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