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ETDS from 1985

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Distribution of Algae in Eastern South Dakota Wetlands, James D. Kreitlow

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Plant Regeneration in Callus Cultures Derived from Young Inflorescences of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), Wayne A. Sargent

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A Laboratory Study Concerning the Control of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) with Sodium Monofluoroacetate (Compound 1080), Charles David Ward

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Studies on the Immune Response to Bovine Herpesvirus Type 4 (BHV-4) in Cattle, Shirley K. Wynia

ETDS from 1984

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Feasibility Study of an Owner-operator System for Producing Trichoderma reesei QM 9414 Cellulase, Carla M. Cass

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An Epidemiological Study of Listeria Monocytogenes Using Virulence, Agglutination, and Agglutinin Adsorption Techniques, James R. Hoffman

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Construction and Characterization of Lac Containing Plasmids and the Transformation of Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiar with these Plasmids, Bradley J. Kleinsasser

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Ability of Klebsiella Pneumoniae to Fix Nitrogen Utilizing Selected Energy Sources, Theresa Helen Lemme

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A Morphometric Analysis of Ultrastructural Changes in the Shoot Apex of Glycine Max During the Morphogenetic Shift from Quiescence to Germination, Saba Mebrahtu

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The Effect of Simulated Natural Toxaphene Exposure on the Immune Respone of Mice, Linda Reilly-Gergen

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Possible Relationships Between Surface Water Chemistry and Aquatic Plants in the Northern Great Plains, Kristin K. Sletten

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Effects of Dietary Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on Body Weight, Food Consumption, and Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PHD) Activity in Lethal Yellow (Ay/Aw) and White-bellied Agouti (Aw/Aw) Mice (strain 129/Sv), Lisa DeEtte Staber

ETDS from 1983

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Numbers and Activity of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Associated with Spring Wheat, Mark W. Dott

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Replication of Bovine Parainfluenza-3 Virus in Bovine Alveolar Macrophages : Effects on Phagocytosis and Phagosome-Lysosome Fusion, Richard Allen Hesse

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Potential Biological Control of Nuisance Blue Green Algal Species by Najas Guadalupensis and Hydrodictyon Reticulatum, Mary Kathryn Norris

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Tissue Culture of the Forage Grass Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx) Nash), David D. Songstad

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Pilot Plant Production of Cellulase by Trichoderma Reesei QM9414 and the Effect of Dimethyl Sulfoxide on Cellulase Production by T. Reesei MCG77, Paul J. Whalen

ETDS from 1982

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Farm-scale Production of Fuel Ethanol and Distillers' Wet Grains from Corn and Corn-whey Mixtures, William Ray Gibbons

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Immunotoxic Effects of Pentachlorophenol in Mice, Linda J. Lee

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Plants Poisonous to Livestock in Botswana, Pearl Dijeng Motsepe

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Gastrointestinal Helminth Parasitisms of Dairy Cattle in South Dakota, John Bennett Shultz

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Carbon Metabolism of Azospirillum brasilense, Galina V. Vigil

ETDS from 1981

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Populations of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in Soil and Rhizospheres in Eastern South Dakota, Edward B. Anderson

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Meiotic Studies of Callus Culture-Derived Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans. L. Nash), Long-Fang Oliver Chen

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The Effects of Fathead Minnows and Yellow Perch on Nutrient Concentrations, Phytoplankton, and Zooplankton Populations in Three Prairie Lakes, Darryl Lynn Jongsma

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Flora of Ordway Prairie Compared to Other Prairie Remnants of the Missouri Coteau, David J. Ode

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The Effects of Aerosolized Lead on the Immune and Hematopoietic Systems, A. Nuri Ozkan

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An Ultrastructural Survey of a Sarcocystis Species Found in the Wapiti of South Dakota, William Justus Soeffing

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Serological Groupings of Rhizobium Isolated from Native Legumes of South Dakota, Pamela Van De Rostyne Tranby

ETDS from 1980

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Isolation and Identification of Obligately Anaerobic Bacteria from Bovine Lung Abscesses, Steven Lee Daniel

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Sarcocystis of Deer in South Dakota, Charles William Emnett

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Host responses of Calves to a Group 5 Bovine Herpesvirus, Linda A. Krogman

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Vegetational Analysis of the S. H. Ordway Jr. Memorial Prairie, Charles L. Lura

ETDS from 1978

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Primary Productivity in Lake Cochrane, South Dakota, During and After Sediment-Control Dam Construction, Randall Francis Brich

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Effects of Ay on Preimplantation Embryo Lethalities (Ay/Ay) and on Abnormal Mating Behavior (Ay/a) in Strain C57BL/6J Mice, Kevin Thomas Brock

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The Vegetational Composition of the Samuel H. Ordway Memorial Prairie, Fred K. Carl

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Anatomical Studies During Floral Induction, Evocation and Initiation in Eucharis Grandiflora, Planch., The Amazon Lily, Raphael T. Deba

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An Electron Microscopic Investigation of Bovine Abortion, Hans A. Draayer

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Partial Characterization and Comparison of Rhizobia from Astragalus Flexuosus Glycyrrhiza Lepidota, and Trifolium Spp., Elmer L. Eide

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A Study of the Macrobenthic Community in Lake Cochrane, South Dakota, David R. German

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Effects of Gamma Radiation on the Southern Corn Rootworm, Denise Gayle Hanson

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Nonsporing Anaerobic Bacteria in Foods, Sylvia M. Huppler

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Rotaviral Enteritis in Gnotobiotic Pigs: A Scanning Electron Microscopic Study, Marcus W. Johnshoy

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Methodology Development for the Study of the Anaerobic Bacterial Flora of Bovine Feces, Donald G. Kirsch

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Listeria monocytogenes in the Environment of Livestock in South Dakota, James W. Neiles

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Cell Surface Changes During Early Mouse Development, James Thomas Rector

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Partial Purification of Heat Stable Enterotoxin Produced by Escherichia Coli Isolated from a Case of Porcine Colibacillosis, Lee Ann Zochert Swanson

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Observations on Attachment and Spreading of Zonaless tw32/tw32 (Brachyury Locus) and Control ICR Preimplantation Mouse Embryos, Ker Hwa Tung

ETDS from 1977

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Effects of Listeria Hemolysin on Mouse Embryos, Bruce A. Beck

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The Transmission of Mycobacterium Avium Among Swine: An Immunologic and Bacteriologic Study, Steven R. Ellsworth

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Organochlorine Insecticide, Polychlorinated Biphenyl and Metal Residues in Birds of South Dakota, Brian Gueck

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In Vitro Analysis of Pre- and Early Postimplantation Development of Lethal Yellow (Ay/Ay) Mouse Embryos, Linda L. Johnson

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A Leptospirosis Survey of Small Mammals in Brookings County, South Dakota, Raymond Elton Kiewit

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Value of Farm Groves to Nesting Songbirds in Sioux County, Iowa, Dennis L. Pluimer

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The Distribution of Small Mammals on Samuel H. Ordway Memorial Prairie, Richard D. Puetz

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Studies of the Establishment and Characterization of Lactobacilli in the Digestive Tract of Chickens, David Linn Voelker

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The Use of Plant Tissue Culture Techniques for Studying the Growth of Morel, James Wassom

ETDS from 1976

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Bovine Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma : In Vitro Investigations of a Viral Etiology, Mary A. Anson

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Enumeration and Low Temperature Storage of Obligately Anaerobic Bacteria in Convenience Foods, Craig Edward Bremmon

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Morphological, Biochemical and Fluorescent Antibody Studies of Haemophilus Somnus, Danny W. Chladek

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Host Specificity and Nitrogen Fixation by Rhizobia from Native Legumes of South Dakota, Myron C. Fixation

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The Composition and Dynamics of the Soil Algal Flora in a Western South Dakota Grassland, Judith Ann Freeman

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Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus Induced Mammalian and Mosquito Cell Volume Changes as Detected with the Coulter Counter, Richard H. Fulker

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Chromosome Constitution of the Plants Induced from Callus Culture of the Daylily Hemercallis Flava L., Yvonne C. Goeden

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The Auditory Sensitivity of the Coyote (Canis latrans), Kim Darwin Hanson

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Characterization of Cell-Cell Interactions in Normal and tW32 Homozygous Preimplantation Mouse Embryos, Phyllis M. Johnson

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Investigations of Heat-labile and Heat-stable Enterotoxins Produced by Escherichia Coli Isolated from Naturally Occurring Bovine Colibacillosis, Judy Carol Kienholz

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Cloning of Lilium Longiflorum and Andropogon Gerardii by Tissue Culture of Leaf and Floral Parts, Nancy E. Stenberg

ETDS from 1975

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Prevalence of Listeria Monocytogenes in a Bovine Associated Environment, Verne D. Brakke

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Propagation of Selected Native Prairie Plants by Leaf Tissue Culture, Bernard Erlyn Ellis

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Computer Simulation Model of the Immune Response of Mice to Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE) Computer Simulation Model of the Immune Response of Mice to Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE) Virusirus, Gilbert Chi Kuna Ho

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Biologic Properties of Midwestern Isolates of Pseudorabies, Pamela F. Leslie

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Salmonella Detection by Coulter Counter Volume Displacement Using Specific Antibody Coated Latex, Gita Chandulal Parikh

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Nitrogen Fixation and Other Microbial Activities in Soil on Antelope Range Station, Thomas J. Schneeweis

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Computer Simulation of Western Equine Encephalitis Virus Transmission to Horses in South Dakota by the Culex Tarsalis Mosquito, Richard Frank Schryer

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Nitrogen Fixation by Selected Native Legumes of South Dakota, Ronald S. Shave

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Nitrogen Fixation by and Isolation of Rhizobium Species from Native Legumes from a Tall Grass Prairie in South Dakota, Richard S. Steece

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Remote Sensing of Water Quality in Prairie Lakes, Brian D. Thoreson

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Encephalitis Epidemiology in South Dakota : The Development and use of an Encephalitis Simulation Model and a Computerized Human Serum Bank to Determine Western and St. Louis Encephalitis Activity, Curtis Dean Wilson

ETDS from 1974

A Model Environmental Guide for the Huron Independent School District, Huron, South Dakota, Trudie Anne Greene

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Inversion in Chlorophytum Elatum, Carolyn A. Gregory

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Characterization of a Bovine Parvovirus, Thomas J. Langpap

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The Decompostion of Organic Matter in Two Midgrass Prairies in Western South Dakota, Venance H. Lengkeek

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RNA and Cell Volume Distribution Analysis of VEE Virus Infected Mosquito Cell Cultures, Clayton Werner Naeve

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Comparison of Methods for the Rapid Detection of Streptococcus Bovis from Water, Edwin D. Oliver

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An Ultrastructural Study of the Effects of a Polychlorinated Biphenyl (Aroclor 1254) on the White Pelican Hepatocytes, Ivan J. Stotz

ETDS from 1973

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Application of 125I to the Detection and Assay of Viruses and Viral Antibody Adsorbed to Latex Particles, Charles Steven Duvall

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Histopathogenesis of a Granulosis Virus in the Army Cutworm, Euxoa Auxiliaris (Grote), Jan Jeffrey Jackson

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The Determination of Salmonellae Transmission in Embryonated Chicken Eggs by the Use of Whole-body Sagittal Section and Fluorescent Antibody Techniques, Mark Michael Kieffer

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Implications of Pathogenicity and Transplacental Passage of Listeria Monocytogenes L-forms in Experimentally Infected Mice, Pam R. Kieffer

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A New Method for the Rapid Isolation of Streptococcus Bovis from Water, Jeffry F. Kohlhoff

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Studies on the Influences of Dietary Carbohydrates, Fats, and Phosphorus on Liver and Body Weight, Dietary Intake, Liver and Serum Cholesterol and Liver Triglyceride in Rats, Eve M. Kuai

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Irradiation Damage of the Developing Chick Embryo, with Special Attention to Growth Reduction, Andrew Lee

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Comparison of Six Methods for the Quantitation of Salmonella Species from Surface Water, James George Nothnagel

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Detection of Staphylococcus Aureus Enterotoxin B by Antibody Coated Latex Particles Using Coulter Counter Channel Shifts, Fred William Olsen

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The Role of Western Equine Encephalitis and Saint Louis Encephalitis in Mosquitoes and Animals of South Dakota, Mark Edward Steichen

ETDS from 1972

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Production of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B in Foods with Varied Environmental Conditions, Robert Jefferey Heidelbauer

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Determination of Salmonella Species in the Big Sioux River and Development of a Quantitative Most Probable Number Method, Myung Hyun Kim

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Untrastructural Morphology of Bovine Herpesvirus Infected Cells, Carol Ann Larson

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Mechanism and Regulation of Nitrogen Assimilation in Klebsiella pneuminiae M5al, Ming- Liang Li