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MALLARD DUCKLING CARE AND SURVIVAL AT A WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER. Anna Drake. B.Sc., Simon Fraser University, 2004
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1 MALLARD DUCKLING CARE AND SURVIVAL AT A WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER by Anna Drake B.Sc., Simon Fraser University, 2004 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in The Faculty of Graduate Studies (Animal Science) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA May 2007 Anna Drake, 2007
2 ABSTRACT Birds are by far the largest group of wildlife cared for by wildlife rehabilitators in British Columbia, Canada. Of this group, mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) are the fifth most common species brought into care. 41% of these mallards are uninjured orphans and require only supportive care until they begin to develop their flight feathers. Although these birds are precocial, and although heat and ad lib food and water are provided, deaths are common in the period between admission and release. An analysis of 937 individual ducklings representing 6 years of data from the Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia showed that these deaths are concentrated in the first week after birds are admitted. Logistic regression analyses showed that ducklings that were lighter, admitted with fewer siblings, and that spent longer with the individual who found them were more likely to die in the rehabilitator s care than other individuals. In an experiment, a single, older bird was added to novice broods to act as a mentor during the first week of care. Nine novice broods were split at admission and reared in two groups: one housed with a mentor and the other acting as a control. Body size metrics were collected at admission and again at the end of the first week in care, and ducklings in both groups were weighed twice daily during this time. There was no significant difference in mean growth or body condition between treatment and control groups and no experimental ducklings died during the first week. Treatment groups did, however, have less spread in final body weights, mainly because the final weight of the least-thriving individual in each treatment group was significantly greater than in corresponding control groups. The fact that no deaths occurred among the experimental broods in the first week indicates that the experimental housing was better for novice broods than standard facility housing. However, as low growth rates are associated with greater risk of death, the provision of mentors to new broods may reduce the number of birds dying in care where housing is less favorable. ii
3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract.ii Table of Contents..iii List of Tables..iv List of Figures.v List of Abbreviations...vii Acknowledgements.... viii Co-Authorship Statement... ix Chapter 1: General Introduction Works Cited...9 Chapter 2: Admission trends and mortality correlates for mallard ducklings at a wildlife rehabilitation facility Introduction Materials and Methods.. 14 Results. 21 Discussion...34 Works Cited Chapter 3: The effect of providing mentor birds to Mallard ducklings at a wildlife rehabilitation facility Introduction Materials and Methods.. 46 Results Discussion...57 Works Cited Chapter 4: General Discussion.65 Works Cited iii
4 TABLES Table 2.1. Table 2.2. Categorical breakdown of reasons for duckling admission and their description Yearly count and % of total cases/individuals admitted to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC that are mallards. Each case may consist of a brood or litter of several animals 23 Table 2.3. Brood size distribution (count and %) Table 2.4. Reasons for admission (n= 225 broods) Table 2.5. Pre-admission treatment of mallard broods as described by the finder Table 2.6. Table 2.7. Table 2.8. Table 2.9. Effect of variables, unit odds ratios (OR), and whole model evaluation for logistic model predicting duckling deaths occurring within 2 days of admission. Sub-categories of Time with finder describe independent contrasts and were not entered as variables in the original model Observed percentage of birds that died within 2 days broken down according to significant pre-admission factors (n=423) Effect tests for variables, unit odds ratios (OR), and whole model evaluation for logistic model predicting duckling deaths occurring on days 3-7 in the rehabilitator s care. Sub-categories of Given food and/or water and Time with finder describe independent contrasts and were not entered as variables in the original model Observed percentage of birds that died within 3-7 days broken down according to significant pre-admission factors (n=310). 32 iv
5 FIGURES Figure 2.1. Percent of total broods (n=305) and individuals (n=937) admitted by 7-day intervals for April1-July 28 ( ).26 Figure 2.2. Percentage of independent cases by time with finder (n= 211 broods)..26 Figure 2.3. Adjusted percentage of ducklings that died during the first 3-weeks after admission. The bars show the number of birds that died on a given day, expressed as a percentage of the number of birds that survived to that day. Above: Wildlife Rescue Association of BC, (n=795 birds, 313 deaths). Below: BC SPCA WildARC (n=484 birds, 136 deaths).28 Figure 2.4 Predicted 2-day mortality thresholds for brood size, duckling body weight at admission, and time kept by the finder. Birds that fall into the shaded region of the graph are predicted to die in the model and should be considered at risk. a) Birds kept for 1h, b) Birds kept for 1-5h, c) Birds kept for 5-24h Figure 2.5. Proportion of birds dying within the first week of care broken down according to food and water treatment. Bars represent different periods of time the birds were kept by the finder. The number of individuals per category is listed next to each bar. Overall 40.5% of ducklings offered nothing died while 37.8% of those offered food and/or water died...40 Figure 3.1. Cage layout. Shaded areas indicate perforated rubber matting, clear areas are wire mesh flooring. The dashed line indicates a plastic curtain dividing heated and unheated sections...48 Figure 3.2. Final weights (mean ± range) for each replicate in the study. Grey bars represent control groups; empty bars represent treatment groups. Sample sizes are shown at the top. The control group in replicate 9 consisted of one individual and therefore has no range 53 Figure 3.3. Mean growth rates (± range) for each replicate, grey bars indicate control groups, empty bars represent treatment groups. Growth was measured for each bird as the best-fitted slope of the natural log-transformed weights plotted against time (h). Sample sizes are shown at the top. The control group in replicate 9 consisted of one individual and therefore has no range...55 v
6 FIGURES Figure 3.4. Weight (mean ± SE) of ducklings over the first week in care for the slowest and fastest growing birds in mentor (dashed lines) and control (solid lines) groups (n=7)..56 vi
7 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AEC - BCSPCA - Vancouver Animal Emergency Clinic British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals WildARC - British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Wild Animal Rescue Center WRA - Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia vii
8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank the members of my supervisory committee: Drs. David Fraser, Kim Cheng, and Tom Sullivan. Your assistance, advice, and support has been much appreciated. Additionally, Drs. Nina von Keyserlingk and Dan Weary were of great help to me while navigating this course of study. Thank you also to all of the students in the Animal Welfare Program - past and present - for the feedback, camaraderie and coffee breaks. For use of their facility and access to their birds, the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC deserves special thanks. This study could not have been done otherwise. In particular, many thanks to the Animal Care staff: Jackie Ward, Roy Teo, Devin Manky, Troy Blondin, Gail Telfer, and Chris Smith. Your thoughts, assistance and good humor over the past two years is much appreciated. In addition, your patience in putting up with my special requirements and use of space at the care center on top of the stresses of the hectic summer season is remarkable. Thank you also to Sara Dubois and WildARC for providing access to that facility s records. Thank you in particular to Elizabeth Thunstrom for your vision, support, and encouragement. Wildlife rehabilitation in this province owes much to you. Deborah Austin, Lani Sheldon and Kiyomi Ito were a great help to me in this project: providing indispensable backup, and assisting with duckling care and data collection in 2005 and in I also would like to thank my parents for their continuous support over the years, in both my undergraduate and graduate studies. Financial support by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), UBC graduate studies, the Marion Judith Madsen Memorial Scholarship, and the Leonard S Klinck Memorial Fellowship made my studies possible. And finally, thank you to the mallards for putting up with daily handling and weighing. Hopefully you will all over-winter well and, in the future, avoid taking your offspring across freeways. Anna viii
9 CO-AUTHORSHIP STATEMENT These studies were designed with the assistance of Dr. David Fraser, Dr. Kim Cheng, Dr. Dan Weary, and Dr. Marina von Keyserlingk. Anna Drake collected archived data, performed the experiment with the aid of the assistants, analyzed all data, and prepared the manuscript under the guidance of Dr. David Fraser, Dr. Kim Cheng and Dr. Tom Sullivan. ix
10 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION GENERAL OVERVIEW Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) are the most abundant wild duck species in North America (Anderson and Henny 1972). Compared to other duck species, mallards are highly tolerant of humans (Greer 1982) and are the most common waterfowl species in many suburban environments and parks (Figley and Vandruff 1973, Heusmann and Burrell 1974). The species is also capable of forming synurbic populations (Luniak 2004) that show some adaptation to urban and suburban environments. Within this shared habitat, human encounters with mallards are frequent, and injuries and deaths are often anthropogenic (Burton and Doblar 2004). It is not surprising, then, that orphaned mallard ducklings are commonly brought to North American wildlife rehabilitation centers by members of the public. Alaska, British Columbia and the Yukon have between 3 and 6% of the mallard breeding population on the continent (Anderson and Henny 1972). In British Columbia, orphaned mallard ducklings compose 2.5 to 5% of the birds admitted to wildlife rehabilitation facilities per year (derived from Dubois 2003). At the Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia (WRA) in Burnaby, Canada, where the following studies were conducted, uninjured mallard ducklings accounted for 10% of the total individuals admitted to the facility (>150 individuals/year), and mallard broods accounted for 3.4% of the admission events from
11 As precocial birds, mallard ducklings require relatively little time investment by the rehabilitator. At the WRA, these birds are initially grouphoused in heated brooders with fine mesh flooring. This caging is cleaned with water, and birds are given fresh food and water twice daily. Feed and water are topped up throughout the day. Once the mallards have begun to molt into adult plumage they are moved into larger, gravel-bottomed duck runs with access to artificial ponds in which they can swim. They are released onto local lakes when they have, or are within 24 hours of having, molted into their primary flight feathers. Generally, the period from admission to release is 52 days. Unfortunately, during this period, the facility experiences high mortality rates (in excess of 28%), with the vast majority of deaths occurring within the first week of care. While such deaths suggest welfare concerns associated with rearing and housing practices, several other factors should be taken into account before assuming that deaths are the result of the facility or care protocols. Mallards may have intrinsically high early mortality rates, they may suffer from disease, and they experience inappropriate treatment prior to admission. These are factors over which the rehabilitator has very little control and therefore deserve review. BASELINE MORTALITY Mallards experience high juvenile mortality rates in the wild. Field studies 2
12 in North America generally estimate 30-day post-hatch survival to be below 60%. Survival estimates are 46% in Southern Ontario (Hoekman et al 2004), 40% in north-central Montana (Orthmyer and Balland 1990), 60% in south-central Saskatchewan (Gendron and Clark 2002), 44% in New Brunswick (Petrie et al 2000) and 22% in southern Quebec (Maisonneuve et al 2000). In northeastern California, 50-day post-hatch survival has been estimated to be only 37% (Mauser et al 1994). Mortality rates are highest within the first week of hatching (Dzubin and Gollop 1972; Hoekman et al 2004). The majority of deaths occur within the first 14 days (77% at 8 days (Hoekman et al 2004), and 85% within 14 days (Talent et al 1983)). Under natural conditions, factors known to contribute to deaths include predation (90.7% of fatalities in one study (Mauser et al 1994)), exposure in poor weather conditions (Kear 1965), and food availability (Gunnarsson et al 2004; Cox et al 1998), which, in turn, is influenced by temperature (Cox et al 1998; Johnson et al 1992) and wetland availability (Krapu et al 2000). This suggests that in rehabilitation, where these factors are removed or controlled, the number of deaths should be reduced and perhaps fall in line with those of farmed mallards. Domestic mallards (Anas platyrhynchos f. domesticus) that are reared for commercial purposes, like rehabilitated animals, are protected from extrinsic sources of mortality such as predation and exposure. In Canada, commercial mortality is approximately 5% within the first 6 weeks, with the majority of deaths 3
13 occurring within the first 2 weeks (Pajor 2007). This is notably lower than mortality rates for rehabilitated birds and may be associated with the uniform care ducklings receive before they are moved into grow-out housing and efforts to minimize dehydration after hatching. Commercial birds are also vaccinated (or received passive immunity from the vaccination of breeder ducks) against common waterfowl diseases. DISEASE Waterfowl are susceptible to numerous viral, bacterial, and non-contagious diseases. Among those that commonly and specifically affect young birds are Duck Hepatitis Virus (DHV), Pseudomonas sp. bacteria, and illness related to environmental factors. DHV is primarily a disease of domestic ducklings (Hess and Paré 2004), but is capable of infecting wild mallards (Friend and Trainer 1972) and has been reported in wild mallard ducklings (Bourne WildPRO). The disease results in high mortality rates for birds less than one week old but rarely affects birds at ages greater than four weeks (Hess and Paré 2004; Morishita 2004). Affected ducklings have hemorrhaged and enlarged livers and may lie on their sides and paddle their legs before dying (Morishita 2004). DHV is relatively stable in the environment and easily spreads among ducklings via physical contact, feces, and shared housing, feed and equipment (Bourne WildPRO). Commercial operations are able to eliminate the problem by producing maternally immune ducklings 4
14 through the vaccination of breeder ducks (Kahn 2006). Pseudomonas bacterium can infect ducklings in the egg or at hatching. Symptomatically, birds are lethargic, have inflamed navels, and die suddenly. Necropsies show egg yolk infections (Morishita 2004). Aflatoxin poisoning is another cause of deaths in ducklings. Aflatoxins are produced by fungi Aspergillus flavus or A. parasiticus growing in grain that has a high moisture content and is stored at temperatures greater than 21ºC. Ducklings have low tolerance for these toxins (Creekmore 1999) and will appear lethargic and become ataxic. Lesions include an enlarged and often pale yellow liver and swollen kidneys (Morishita 2004). Finally, rehabilitators and breeders anecdotally report two non-infectious conditions - hypoglycemia and staggers - that result directly from food and water deprivation respectively. Hypoglycemia is thought by some rehabilitators to be responsible for deaths that occur shortly after admission. The symptoms include lethargy and lack of coordination and may be relieved by giving oral or subcutaneous dextrose to symptomatic birds (Tavenner 2004). Staggers is triggered by dehydrated ducklings consuming too much water over a short period of time; it results in birds becoming uncoordinated and, in many cases, dying (Horton 2004). Providing small amounts of warm water over an hour is believed to prevent the condition (Horton 2004). Staggers has been reported to kill domestic ducks (Agriculture Canada 1977) although a physiological explanation does not appear in the literature. The condition may simply be hyponatremia, as seen in humans, where excessive water consumption 5
15 after a loss of electrolytes results in a sodium imbalance which, in turn, can lead to cerebral edema (Adrogué and Madias 2000). PRE-ADMISSION TREATMENT Birds in rehabilitation do not receive uniform care before admission and may be subjected to high levels of stress before and during capture and through handling. Birds may also have been deprived of food and water before and after capture or have received inappropriate foodstuffs (WRA records). Temperature stress when the birds are transported to rehabilitation facilities may compound prior dehydration or energetic deficits. These factors likely contribute to deaths in care and make it difficult for rehabilitators to assess the effectiveness of care protocols. Data records on rates and patterns of mortality for ducklings in care could provide information on pre-admission treatment from which mortality correlates might be identified. The contribution of pre-admission treatment to mortality is assessed in Chapter 2. HUSBANDRY Unlike birds in the wild, mallard ducklings in rehabilitation facilities are exposed to a suite of captivity-specific factors including handling stress, unnatural sources of food and water, and the absence of a hen mallard. 6
16 Wittner (2003) reported a case where duckling survival improved when veterinary hospital cages with towel flooring were replaced by indoor meshfloored brooders with running water drinkers. This success was attributed to improved drinking water access, and ducklings staying dry, overnight (Wittner 2005). However, similar, heated, mesh-floored housing is used at the two largest rehabilitation facilities in British Columbia, but survival rates do not match those reported by Wittner (2003), and running water does not appear to influence duckling growth or survival (Drake, unpublished data). This indicates that, while housing is important, other factors are strongly affecting survival. Often housing changes at rehabilitation facilities are accompanied by other modifications that make causal relationships difficult to determine. Reduced mortality may result from design changes, management changes, or reduced disease load in the new environment when compared to the older housing. Isolating and identifying factors that improve survival are important, as rehabilitation facilities have limited resources to spend on facility changes and need to make cost- and time-effective decisions. With this in mind, targeted, controlled experiments may be the best approach. One such experiment is described in Chapter 3. Wildlife rehabilitators primary interest is in improving the welfare of the animals in their care. Their code of ethics includes a duty to work constantly to improve the quality of care given to wild animals undergoing rehabilitation (Miller, 2000). Part of this improvement involves increasing our knowledge of speciesspecific needs as well as our knowledge of the differing needs of individuals. In Chapter 2, I use one facility s records to investigate the link between pre- 7
17 admission treatment and duckling survival. This kind of analysis can be used to identify high-risk birds and allow rehabilitators to give them special attention. Chapter 3 describes an experiment intended to test a single husbandry variable: the addition of an older mentor duckling to novice broods. While rehabilitators can meet the physical needs of birds in care, it is often difficult to create an adequate social environment, particularly for young birds. This husbandry change was an attempt to mimic the presence of a hen mallard and to bring the captive environment more in line with the natural circumstances under which ducklings are reared. 8
18 WORKS CITED ADROGUÉ HJ; and Madias NE Hyponatremia New Engl J Med 342: AGRICULTURE CANADA Managing a small duck flock. Canadian Department of Agriculture Publication Available at: <http://www.agr.gc.ca/misb/aisd/poultry/pub1524_e.htm>. Accessed September ANDERSON, DR; and Henny, CJ Population Ecology of the Mallard. I. A review of previous studies and the distribution and migration from breeding areas. Resource Publication 105 of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington. BOURNE, D. WILDPro : Duck Hepatitis Type 1 in Waterfowl. Wildlife Information Network. Available at: <http://www.wildlifeinformation.org>. Accessed January BURTON, DL; and Doblar, KA Morbidity and mortality of urban wildlife in the Midwestern United States in Proceedings of the 4 th International Symposium on Urban Wildlife conservation, Tuscan, Arizona. Shaw, WW; Harris, LK; and Vandruff, L (Eds). pp COX, RR; Hanson, MA; Roy, CC; Euliss, NH Jr.; Johnson, DH; and Butler, MG Mallard duckling growth and survival in relation to aquatic invertebrates. J Wildl Manage 62: CREEKMORE, LH Mycotoxins in Field manual of wildlife diseases: general field procedures and diseases of birds. Friend M; and Franson, JC (Eds.). Geological Survey (U.S.). Biological Resources Division Information and Technology Report pp DUBOIS, S A survey of wildlife rehabilitation goals, impediments, issues, and success in British Columbia, Canada. M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Available at: <http://www.agsci.ubc.ca/animalwelfare/publications/documents/sara_ dubois_thesis_may2003.pdf>. Accessed September DZUBIN, A; and Gollop, JB Aspects of Mallard breeding ecology in Canadian parkland and grassland in Population ecology of migratory birds. US Bur Sport Fish 2:
19 FIGLEY, WK; Vandruff, LW The ecology of nesting and brood rearing by suburban mallards in A symposium on wildlife in an urbanizing environemtn. Noyes, JH; Progulske, DR (Eds). Cooperative Extension Service, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. pp FRIEND, M; and Trainer, DO Experimental duck virus hepatitis in the Mallard. Avian Dis 16: GENDRON, M; and Clark RG Survival of Gadwall and Mallard ducklings in south-central Saskatchewan. J Wildl Manage 66: GREER, DM Urban Waterfowl Population: Ecological Evaluation of Management and Planning. Environ Manage 6: GUNNARSSON, G; Elmberg, J; Sjöberg, K; Pöysä, H; and Nummi, P Why are there so many empty lakes? Food limits survival of mallard ducklings. Can J Zool 82: HESS, JC; and Paré, JA Viruses of waterfowl. Semin Avian Exot Pet Med 13: HEUSMANN, HW; and Burrell, RG Park Mallards in A symposium on wildlife in an urbanizing environment. Noyes, JH; Progulske, DR (Eds). Cooperative Extension Service, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. pp HOEKMAN, S; Fabor S; Maher R; Murkin, HR; and Armstrong LM Factors affecting survival of mallard ducklings in southern Ontario. Condor 106: HORTON, LE. Duck breeder. Acorn Hollow Bantams, Chicago IL, USA. Personal communication, October, JOHNSON, DH; Nichols, JD; and Schwartz, MD Population dynamics of breeding waterfowl in Ecology and management of breedng waterfowl. Batt, BDJ; Afton, AD; Anderson, MG; Ankney, CD; Johnson, DH; Kadlec, JA; and Krapu, GL (Eds). University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. pp KAHN, CM (Ed) Duck Viral Hepatitis: Introduction. Merck Veterinary Manual: 9th Edition. Merck & Co., Inc. Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA. Available at: <http://merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/ htm& word=mallard>. Accessed February
20 KEAR, J The internal food reserves of hatching Mallard ducklings. J Wildl Manage 29: KRAPU, GL; Pietz, PJ; Brandt, DA; and Cox, RR Jr Factors limiting Mallard brood survival in prairie pothole landscapes. J Wildl Manage 64: LUNIAK, M Synurbanization adaptation of animal wildlife to urban development in Proceedings of the 4 th International Symposium on Urban Wildlife conservation, Tuscan, Arizona.. Shaw, WW; Harris, LK; and Vandruff, L (Eds). pp: MAISONNEUVE, CA; Desrosiers, A; and McNicoll, R Habitat use, movements, and survival of American Black Duck, Anas rubripes, and Mallard, A. platyrhynchos, broods in agricultural landscapes of southern Quebec. Can Field Nat 114: MAUSER, DM; Jarvis, RL; and Gilmer, DS Survival of radio-marked Mallard ducklings in northeastern California. J Wildl Manage 58: MILLER, EA. (Ed.) Minimum Standards for Wildlife Rehabilitation, 3 rd edition. National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association, St. Cloud, MN. MORISHITA, TY Common Diseases in Backyard Ducks and Geese. Semin Avian Exot Pet Med 13(4): ORTHMYER, DL; and Balland, IJ Survival of Mallard broods on Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge in northcentral Montana. J Wildl Manage 54: PAJOR, Edmond. Associate Professor, Animal Behavior and Welfare. Purdue University. Personal Communication, March, PETRIE, MJ; Drobney, RD; and Sears, DT Mallard and Black Duck breeding parameters in New Brunswick: a test of the reproductive rate hypothesis. J Wildl Manage 64: TALENT, LG; Jarvis RL, Krapu GL Survival of Mallard broods in southcentral North Dakota. Condor 85: TAVENNER, V. Wildlife Rehabilitator. WildlifeRehabber.com. Personal Communication, September, WITTNER, D Brooder room plans for maximum success in raising waterfowl and shorebirds. Wildl Rehab 21:
21 WITTNER D. Senior Biologist and Wildlife Trauma Specialist. Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation, AB, Canada. Personal communication, April,
22 CHAPTER 2: ADMISSION TRENDS AND MORTALITY CORRELATES FOR MALLARD DUCKLINGS AT A WILDLIFE REHABILITATION FACILITY 1 INTRODUCTION Orphaned mallard ducklings make up 2.5 to 5% of the avian admissions to rehabilitation facilities in British Columbia (derived from Dubois 2003). Oneweek-old birds spend an average of 52 days in care before they fledge their flight feathers and can be released. During this period, the average mortality rate for these birds at the two largest facilities in the province is 35%. Although changes in care protocols may reduce some of this mortality, pre-admission treatment of mallards by the individuals who find them likely also has an impact on whether the birds survive in the rehabilitator s care. Rehabilitation facilities keep records (case sheets) for animals in care. These forms provide information collected at the time the animal is admitted to the facility, and a record of treatments received by, and assessments of, this animal for the duration of time it spends at the facility. Often these records also include a questionnaire completed by the individual who found the animal ( the finder ) and contain information on what happened to the animal before it arrived in care. When pooled, these records can provide information on admission numbers and patterns over time, common pre-admission treatments and events, mortality rates, and common diagnoses. 1 A version of this chapter will be submitted for publication in the Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation published by the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council. 13
23 The objective of this study was to combine mortality data with the information provided by the finder and by staff on the day of admission, to identify important pre-admission effects. Defining relationships between pre-admission treatments and duckling survival may enable rehabilitators to identify ducklings that are at risk of dying in care, and allow care protocols to be adjusted accordingly. Rehabilitators in B.C. have stated an interest in seeing data records used as an educational tool, for research, and analyzed further to produce statistics (Dubois 2003). Therefore, statistics were also compiled on admission trends, why ducklings are brought into care, and how ducklings are handled by the individuals who find them. MATERIALS AND METHODS Pre- and post-admission data from the Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia (WRA) in Burnaby, Canada, were collected from the original admission sheets for uninjured ducklings (as assessed by a staff person at admission), spanning 6 years ( ). Data collection was limited to mallards that came in between April 1 and July 31 of each year, as this was the peak admission period. The data included brood data consisting of preadmission information on groups of ducklings that were admitted together, and the individual data specific to each bird, such as admission weight and outcome. 14
24 Where data are reported at the individual level, the data set was limited to those birds that weighed less than 60 grams at admission. Where data are reported at the brood level, the dataset was limited to broods that had a mean weight of less than 60 grams. This cut-off was based on weight distributions and the fact that birds at or below this weight are less than one week old (Lokemoen et al 1990), this being the age range of interest. The majority (94.7%) of uninjured ducklings admitted to WRA fell below this weight. In total, 305 broods accounting for 937 individual ducklings were included in the final dataset. Additional information on mortality was compiled using electronic data records from at BC SPCA WildARC (WildARC) in Victoria, Canada. This dataset did not always contain specific staff assessments of bird condition at admission; hence, it was difficult to determine uninjured status. As a result, all birds that were described at admission as critical, lethargic, injured or as having been attacked by a cat, were not included. Excluding this last category is conservative as, at WRA, ducklings described as being attacked by a cat are not always injured. Admission weights were not included in WildARC records, therefore only uninjured birds described as juveniles, immature, or explicitly listed as being less than a week old were included. The final dataset contained 499 individuals. Pre- and Post-admission Data Pre-admission data were provided by the individuals who brought animals to the WRA. From this information it was recorded: whether the duckling/s received pre-admission food (y/n), water (y/n) and handling (y/n), how long 15
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In 2009 a group of independent filmmakers embarked upon an epic challenge: to create a work that reflects and relates to those pieces of art that had influenced their individual and collective lives. The result was Birth of Separation, and on December 14th we'll all have a chance to see the film as it has just been picked up for distribution by Indieflix.
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Beginning Tuesday, December 14, Birth of Separation (review here) will be available for DVD purchase and Video on Demand rental.
In conjunction with the global release of the film by acclaimed independent film distribution outlet Indieflix, Birth of Separation will be screened as the feature presentation of the New Filmmaker's Screening Series at the Anthology Film Archive in New York City on December 15th. The filmmakers will be in attendance and available for discussion following the screening.
Birth of Separation is a piece that forces the audience to come face to face with violence, the motivating factors behind it, and the havoc it wreaks on both the onscreen characters as well as the audience experiencing the film. Despite being constrained by a tight shooting schedule and "shoe-string" budget, the crew emerged with a film bigger than any of them had ever imagined.
Birth of Separation follows the daily happenings of Elizabeth, a pregnant housewife preparing to welcome her second child into the world. A knock at the door breaks the morning monotony. A young man, Jerome, greets her at the doorstep. His voice drips with despair as he clutches a stack of missing persons posters. Feeling an affinity for the young man, Elizabeth invites him in for a cup of coffee.
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There are several ways of coaching players to win back the ball or stop the opposition, but we've focused on two of the most common. Previously we looked at soccer drills to coach the block tackle, this time it's the turn of the slide tackle.
As we said in How to coach the block tackle, there are three reasons why you should coach the correct tackling techniques:
- Mis-timed or poorly executed tackles can result in free kicks (or penalties) against your team.
- They can lead to yellow or even red cards against your players.
- Or cause serious injury to an opponent or the players themselves.
Coaching the slide tackle
The slide tackle is usually used when the attacker and defender are running in the same direction and the attacker's threat is such that the defender must stop them immediately…
Key soccer coaching tip: to carry out the slide tackle, coach your players to:
- Approach from the side and tackle across the path of the opponent – REMEMBER, THE TACKLE FROM BEHIND HAS BEEN OUTLAWED.
- Decide early whether to knock the ball out of play or 'hook' it to win possession.
- Be decisive and committed.
- Tackle using the leg furthest from the ball and keep it slightly bent.
- Tuck the leg nearest the ball underneath the backside and ideally slide on the outer thigh.
- Kick through the ball, or get the ball on the shoelaces (instep) and swing the leg around in a wide sweep to 'hook' or trap the ball with the foot.
- Meet the ball solidly and make contact with the centre to top half of the ball so it doesn't roll over the foot.
- GET BACK UP as quickly as possible, whether the tackle has been successful or not.
The problem with the slide tackle is that it leaves the defender lying on the ground and can leave them temporarily out of the game. That's because, as with the block tackle, the slide has three possible results—the attacker keeps possession, the ball runs loose, or the defender wins the ball. By sliding, defenders make it difficult to deal with the first two of these outcomes.
Drill tips
Ensure players wear shinguards for the drill.
Coach the slide tackle on a wet day, when the ground is soft.
Make players practise sliding on both sides of their body.
Build up the soccer drill slowly – begin with a stationary ball, then have players roll or pass a ball forward to themselves and run it down.
Extend the drill
Finally, progress the drill to where one player dribbles forward at half speed while the other player runs in from the side and attempts the tackle.
Key soccer coaching tip: the slide is a last resort tackle, only to be used when any other form of tackle won't do the job.
Soccer drill to coach the block tackle
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Dr Kraus is a wonderful doctor and all round great guy. I was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma and a cancerous tumor in my sinus 14 years ago. Dr Kraus took all the time needed to discuss my condition, the options and the outcome. He really went out of his way to make sure I understood things and was that I was comfortable in my decisions. It's been 14 years and I have not had a re-occurrence of the cancer, which I think is indicative of the quality of his work. I haven't seen him in a few years since he's moved, but I'll always have a warm place in my heart for this guy.
Dr. Kraus is a compassionate, knowledgeable and skilled surgeon. After having worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital for 20 years, he took the position of Chief, Head & Neck Oncology for the North Shore/LIJ 17 hospital chain. You will not find a more skilled Head and Neck Cancer Surgeon.
I couldnt have been happier with Dr. Kraus, his staff or anyone at Memorial Sloane Kettering. My surgery was a success. Dr. Kraus not only addressed all of my concerns but handled the concerns and fears of my wife. He had all the qualities I was looking for in a surgeon - experience, confidence, patience, and a sense of humor.
Dr.Kraus monitored my daughters lymphnode for 3 years,upon her getting sick and the node getting larger he recommended surgery to remove and biopsy the node. After three years of monitoring the same side of the neck, and explaining to her that he was going to remove the swollen node, he operated on the WRONG side.He sent patient representatives into the recovery room to "deal" with us while he went on to his next surgery.His response to his error:"if we don't make a big deal out of it, she won't be upset" after getting two more opinions,at Yale and CHOP,an xray was taken, we learned her lymphnode was enlarged due to 90% blockage of infected adnoids. She never needed surgery on neck, just simple adnoid removal. Dr.Kraus never took an xray before surgery. Dr.Kraus was inept, arrogant,not the least bit interested in taking care of our child.She still has a very visible two inch jagged scar on her neck which she is constantly questioned about. His record shows clean,we know otherwise.
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I have a user who receives email through a number of different channels and has a bunch of Outlook rules to sort the mail into various appropriate boxes. This user has reached the 32k threshold after being as judicious as possible to minimize amount of space each rule takes, combining rules when possible, etc. We are now at a point where we can do no more on the rules management side and need to find a way to over come the 32k limit.
My first thought on this is a plugin of some kids for either Exchange or Outlook. There was not a lot out there, but I found these:
Has anybody used these (or another solution)? I am looking for a free "set it and forget it" kids of solution.
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Oct 7, 2009 at 10:01 UTC
I know this sounds strange, but have your user create short folder names and/or less tiers in their folder structure. Also, be sure to use really short Rule names.
I had a user do this and they were able to crank out quite a few more rules.
Also, here's the "official" workarounds from Microsoft:
Some rules are disabled, and you receive an error message when you try to enable them after you upgrade to Outlook 2007 or to Outlook 2003
I hope this helps!
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:04 UTC
A free plugin is ClearContext Personal. There is, of course, a pro version of it too.
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:18 UTC
I Davis, we have already shortened the names as much as is workable, and other tricks to minimize the total size the rule is taking up, ever putting them in a different place to shorten the path.
I will have a look at that plug-in. Thanks.
Oct 7, 2009 at 10:31 UTC
How many rules do they have?
Are they using PSTs (e.g., using a rule to move e-mail to a PST folder)? Another Microsoft suggestion is moving the PST location to a much shorter path name.
Another suggestion is to try to combine as many rules as possible, making them more conditional.
Other than that, I think you need to get a 3rd party solution.
Oct 8, 2009 at 3:23 UTC
I've used this program in the last automate. Works pretty well but isn't free
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I also use Automate and it works wonderfully. I too have a user (the boss) who receives emails from several different sources.
Oct 8, 2009 at 10:14 UTC
Those are both great suggestions and testimonials for Automate, however, he is "looking for a free 'set it and forget it' kind of solution." Even so, $39.99 for a single copy of Automate wouldn't be too bad.
Anyway ... anyone else know of any other FREE solutions?
Oct 8, 2009 at 3:36 UTC
32K? Hum ... I have users with over 4GB mailbox size. What version of Outlook are you using? And are you using MS Exchange?
Oct 12, 2009 at 3:30 UTC
We're talking about Outlook Inbox Rules (in Outlook 2003, you get to it via the pull-down menus --> Tools --> Rules and Alerts) and not the actual size of the Inbox within Exchange.
Thanks for playing! ;-)
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EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG) – Equities researchers at US Capital Advisors lowered their Q2 2017 earnings per share estimates for EOG Resources in a research report issued on Tuesday. US Capital Advisors analyst C. Horwitz now anticipates that the energy exploration company will post earnings of $0.07 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.10. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for EOG Resources' Q2 2018 earnings at $0.17 EPS, Q3 2018 earnings at $0.21 EPS and Q4 2018 earnings at $0.24 EPS.
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Chris-Craft called it home. So did speed boat legend Gar Wood. It's no wonder that the Antique and Classic Boat Society's June 26-28 event in Algonac, Mich., is called the "Back to Where it All Began" Boat Show.
The 30th annual show, held at the Algonac Harbour Club north of Detroit on the St. Clair River – which separates the U.S. and Canada – is a three-day event that traditionally includes a lunch cruise and welcome party on Friday, a judged show and boat parade on Saturday, and a cruise with brunch at the Old Club on Sunday morning.
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NEW YORK (AP) Tin Pan Alley, the home of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and other great American songwriters, is up for sale.
Five buildings on West 28th Street in Manhattan's Chelsea district are being offered as a group for $44 million. A listing on real estate Web site Loopnet recommends that the buildings be torn down and a high-rise take their place.
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