animal science

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The USDA Foot and Mouth Disease Research Laboratory Records consist of office files, correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, publications, reports to Congress, and materials related to cooperation between the United States and Mexico to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease in Mexico. These records support the plans of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase the security of the United States from foot-and-mouth disease through research during the late 1940s.

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The USDA Leather and Paper Laboratory Records include notebooks of specimen records, black and white photographs of animal and fish hides and skins, and publications.

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The USDA Livestock Insects Laboratory Records include reports, data sheets, correspondence, technical bulletins, and journal articles.

Content Description The Walker M. Dawson Collection comprises two photograph albums created by the Animal Husbandry Research Division, Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, as part of a project to study the intelligence and temperament of farm animals. The photos depict experiments in canine behaviors, as their shepherding skills were thought to be both indicative of intellect and important to agricultural work. Dogs were also believed to have a greater range in personalities across breeds,...

Content Description The Wayne Caldwell Neely Collection of Shorthorn Cattle Catalogs includes approximately 4,500 catalogs of Shorthorn public sales (a few private sale or herd catalogs), complete or nearly complete files of breed magazines, official herd books, breed history books, and a wide variety of ephemeral publications. Most of the catalogs were produced in the United States, but there are catalogs from Canada, the British Isles, Australia, South Africa, and other countries where Shorthorn cattle are...