Armstrong, Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, Department of Environmental Sciences, The
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington St, PO Box 1106, New Haven, CT 06504, USA; email: philip.armstrong@ct.gov Table.
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Leaf yield, wilt incidence, and wilt severity were determined in field plots at the
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Valley Laboratory in 1996.
T Andreadis, PhD,
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven; M Cartter, MD, J Hadler, MD, State Epidemiologist, Connecticut Dept of Public Health.
"I told the writer that the woodchuck's life history and ecology are fascinating, and that all the holes they dig provide homes for a lot of other animals like foxes, raccoons, opossums and cottontails," says Swihart, who conducted his studies of woodchucks while a researcher at the
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. "I grew to admire them.
After surveying 22 earlier studies of deer repellents and then conducting their own controlled study at two different locations, researchers at
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station concluded that egg-based repellents worked better than predator urines and blood-based products.
Officers for the 2008-09 year are: chairman: Tim Martinson, Cornell University; chairman-elect: Keith Striegler, University of Missouri; past chairman: Terry Bates, Cornell University; secretary: Bill Nail,
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; treasurer: Matt Doyle, Constellation Wines U.S.; section representative: Andy Reynolds, Brock University.
"It is not unexpected to find eastern equine encephalitis in eastern Connecticut since this region has had a history of the virus," Theodore Andreadis, chief medical entomologist for the
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, said in announcing the finding.
scapularis ticks removed from persons to the
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station for identification and testing for Borrelia burgdorferi.
Breeder seed of Metacomet will be maintained and distributed by the
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Valley Laboratory, 153 Cook Hill Rd., Windsor, CT 06095.
R French, DVM, A Garmendia, DVM, Univ of Connecticut, Storrs; T Andreadis, J Anderson,
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven; B Nelson, D Mayo, PhD, M Cartter, MD, J Hadler, MD, State Epidemiologist, Connecticut Dept of Public Health.
Dingman and his colleagues at the
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven learned of a case of E.