A method for quantitative extraction of oxytocin from blood is described. The disappearance of injected oxytocin from the circulation in rats was shown to depend upon its uptake in the kidneys and in organs of the splanchnic vascular area. In lactating rats there was uptake by an additional organ or tissue, probably the mammary gland. In animals without kidneys or lactating mammary glands and with no circulation in the splanchnic area oxytocin was distributed into a volume greater than the extracellular fluid volume, and after equilibration the concentration in plasma did not change significantly. During severe haemorrhage increased amounts of antidiuretic activity were detected in blood when there was no significant increase in oxytocic activity.

Thirteen dams, twelve deflectors, and several covers were constructed in a 450‐yard section of Hayes Brook, Prince Edward Island, to create suitable hiding places for brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill). In the following year the standing crop of fingerlings (age 0) was above average. The numbers of age I and older trout were approximately doubled. The alterations had no noticeable effect on the growth of trout.

Estimated standing crops of eels in eight Maritime lakes treated with fish poisons varied from 0 to 70.8 pounds per acre. Smaller standing crops were associated with greater distances of lakes from the sea, and with obstructions to ascending elvers. Few eels were found in small spring-fed streams. The eel is prominent in Maritime lakes, but frequently is not more successful than other fish considered inimical to game species. Seaward migrations of eels may represent major losses of organic matter to lakes.Scales appear on young eels at lengths from 16 to 20 centimetres, probably in their third or fourth year of age. Nine year-classes were found among eels with scales in each of three limnetic populations. Eels with three and four annual rings on the scales were dominant in the runs from lakes.Runs of eels from lakes occurred in April and May, and again, in larger numbers, from late August through November. These movements were at night, and usually coincident with rising water during and immediately following heavy rains. Silvering, an index of maturity, was manifest among only a portion of the largest of these eels. Fall runs of large eels from salt water into streams have been noted. Upstream movements of elvers are most prominent in May and June, although they attempted to bypass a barrier in the outlet of one lake throughout the summer.

Monsanto Co. has developed biotechnology-derived, insect-protected soybean MON 87701 that produces the Cry1Ac insecticidal crystal (delta-endotoxin) protein derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) subsp. kurstaki. Cry1Ac provides protection from feeding damage caused by certain targeted lepidopteran pests. The purpose of this work was to assess whether the compositions of seed, forage, and processed fractions (meal, oil, protein isolate, and lecithin) of MON 87701 are comparable to those of conventional soybean. Compositional analyses were conducted on seed and forage tissues harvested from MON 87701 and conventional soybean grown in multiple replicated sites in the United States during the 2007 growing season and in Argentina during the 2007-2008 growing season. Seed, forage, and processed fractions from conventional soybean varieties currently in the marketplace were included in the analyses to establish a range of natural variability for each compositional component; the range of variability was defined by a 99% tolerance interval. Additional seed was collected from soybean grown in a separate U.S. production during the 2007 season. This seed and processed fractions (meal, oil, protein isolate, and crude lecithin) derived from it were also subjected to compositional analyses. Forage samples were analyzed for levels of proximates (ash, fat, moisture, and protein), carbohydrates by calculation, and fiber. Seed samples were analyzed for proximates, carbohydrates by calculation, fiber, amino acids, fatty acids, antinutrients, and vitamin E. Toasted, defatted (TD) meal was analyzed for proximates, fiber, amino acids, and antinutrients. Refined, bleached, and deodorized (RBD) oil was analyzed for fatty acids and vitamin E. Protein isolate was analyzed for amino acids and moisture. Crude lecithin was analyzed for phosphatides. Overall, results demonstrated that the seed, forage, and processed fractions of MON 87701 are compositionally equivalent to those of conventional soybean.

Major movements of trout into Ellerslie Brook, Prince Edward Island, were in April, June–July, and November; and out in May and October to early January. Some movements were preponderantly in one direction; others involved trout making simultaneous movements up- and downstream. Mean length of trout in movements was 16.8 cm., predominantly age II. Trout were short-lived and few survived to make repeated movements. About 50% of trout making return movements did so within a month. Percentage of Ellerslie-reared trout which ran to salt water varied from 12 to 35 over a 6-year period. There was inconclusive evidence of a heritable propensity to sea-running. After descending into the estuary, few trout left for open coastal waters. Short-distance movements resulted in population shifts in the brook in summer which were not detected in traps at mouth of stream.Movements of trout between fresh and salt water were very closely associated with rise and fall of the water level in the brook, but not with height of water. Movements in spring and early summer were into preferred temperature. Although marked changes in water level occurred, few trout moved in winter after becoming acclimated to a water temperature of 0 °C. or in summer when brook was at temperature of final preferenda. Continuance of movement for some time after 0 °C. was reached seemed related to slow rate of acclimation. Movements were both random and directed. For most movements trout appeared conditioned by temperature and stimulated by changing water levels. Trout moved largely at night. Other influencing factors were living space, maturation and spawning. Turbidity, salinity, tides, and handling were without apparent effects.