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ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Precision Apiculture is a subbranch of agriculture that isn't commonly known. One of the major factors that it monitors is the temperature of the beehive, which can bring drastic consequence…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The objective of this research was to examine the feasibility of using lady beetles for pest control. The exploration showed that there were 2 groups of lady beetles, i.e. pest lady beetles…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Due to asthma, I took prednisone, an oral corticosteroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. During my 7th grade physical, my doctor noticed my growth rate had decreased from the 50th…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Cortisol is a hormone released in response to acute stress that regulates blood pressure, controls the circadian rhythm, increases blood sugar, and controls many other processes at basal lev…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
This study tested the effects of three medicinal herbs: turmeric (Curcuma longa), sprout barley (Hordeum vulgare), and ginseng (Panax ginseng). A variety of medicinal herbs have been used to…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Sharks are perceived as instinctual organisms absent of social intraspecific learning. The purpose of this study is to establish the social learning cascade of sharks through a model organis…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Third Award
Green crabs (Carcinus maenas) are an invasive species in Maine that have severely impacted marine environments and decimated commercially-significant bivalve populations, including the blue…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Experimentation on larvicidal activities of Acacia auriculiformis fruit extracts on different life cycle stages of Anopheles, Culex, Chironomus and Clogmia for showing its potential ability…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The mushroom body (MB) is an intelligence center of the Drosophila brain. It plays essential roles in many aspects of behavior, including learning and memory, motivation, courtship, and slee…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
My project compares bird activity in the morning and the afternoon to determine if the time of day and temperature affect the diversity and number of birds found in my yard. Ornithology, the…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Cyclical loading causes bone formation, however, there is evidence that found that prolonged periods of continuous loading can cause a reduced bony response to the loading stimulus as the ce…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
The United States uses over one billion pounds of insecticides annually due to an estimated 37% of pest derived destruction in the potential crop yield of North America. However, as problems…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
This study aimed to combat two important species of mosquitoes, Anopheles culicifacies and Aedes aegypti that transmit human diseases. In this research, botanical pesticides were used as an…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Pheromones are chemicals released by individuals of a species that act as external hormones upon conspecifics. This study focused on bombykol, a volatile sex pheromone released by the female…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Butterflies can fly on rainy days without their wings getting soaked with water. However, there are few studies comparing differences in hydrophobicity and in the factor among species or win…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Snails are seemingly harmless animals in agricultural ecosystems: they are decomposers that feed off rotting vegetation and surplus soil nutrients. However, in order to move and maintain hom…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
On average, beef cattle have twins once in every 100 births or a 1% twinning rate. My family’s herd of 35 cattle had five sets of twins in the 2020 calving season, which is 14% of the herd.…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
The horsefly which attack causes capacity diminution among people and is extremely damaging for agriculture, holds a special place among bloodsuckers in terms of harmfulness. Horseflies comm…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Jumping spiders, the largest family of spiders, perform body saccades -- or turning toward stimuli in a series of brief, rapid turns rather than a continuous motion -- when tracking moving o…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Lac is one of the important export products of Thailand as it can be used in many industries such as medicine, paper, printing , etc. Lac is a resinous substance secreted from lac insects (T…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Third Award
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a movement disorder with classical motor impairments in PD patients including akinesia, resting tremor, and muscle rigidity. The pathological hallmark of PD is th…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
In recent years Iowa has seen a rise in organic farming, with that many farmers have begun using organic Helianthus Annuus (black oil sunflowers) as cover crops for organic soybeans. Cover c…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Second Award
The knee joint strength of 43 turkeys, 44 chickens, and 37 guinea fowl was studied by recording various musculoskeletal measurements of the leg, as well as the force required to luxate the k…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Continuous reduction in the population of pollinators has motivated scientists and scholars to search for new research methods of effectiveness determined largely by proper selection of the…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
This project consists on the development of a running machine that increases the sensitivity of dog paws who have lost its legs movements as a consequence of Intervertebral Disc Herniation.…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
ABSTRACT: In this project, a fluid diet is prepared for cats which helps them to overcome dehydration. This diet is more beneficial than cat food given to cats as it contains basic electroly…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Vision, one of the most important senses for survival, depends on the detection of light by the eye. Antarctic icefish live in an environment where there is no sunlight for six months of the…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this project is to determine if mussels would be able to clean water that shrimp live in. Four mussels were put into one 10-gallon tank while another 5-10 gallon tank was setu…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Second Award
As the lifespan of humans increases, common chronic diseases of older people are becoming more prevalent, predominantly Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). AD is a condition where patients experience…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
The purpose of the project is to determine which protein supplement is best for baby goats, kids. The hypothesis is that if the kids are given the pre-made food, then they will grow faster t…