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ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different forage resources on the interest of selected insect representatives belonging to the group of pollinators. Insects were anal…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Bumblebee populations in Missouri and around the world have been dwindling. It is important to research these creatures as they are crucial to the ecosystem and can forage plants that other…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Silk sheath, an alternative product of silkworms, can be obtained without having to sacrifice the silkworms. This product gives higher net income than the traditional silk cloth. However, si…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
A majority of hippotherapy patients struggle with balance, coordination, and self-regulation, causing participating horses to present stress/discomfort indicating behaviors (SDIB) during the…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
I investigated different substrates for the larvae (BSFL) of the black soldier fly (BSF). These larvae have great potential as an environmentally, economically sustainable protein source for…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Beekeepers across North America lose their beehives at alarming rates to factors like pesticides. The direct exposure to neonicotinoids, fungicides, and miticides that Apis mellifera, honey…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
This experiment was conducted to see the effects Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields would have on semen collection rates in cattle. There were three pulsing sessions completed over the course of…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Acute temperature fluctuations due to climate change pose a threat to many aquatic species, yet it remains unknown how adaptive aquatic life is to such changes. Recent studies have demonstra…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Third Award
Parasitic wasps (parasitoids) are often applied as biological controls in agriculture, but it is difficult to achieve 100% control of pests with parasitoids alone. This study aims to find po…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Signs of developmental plasticity occur when animals are exposed to changes in their environment. Lowland deer mice, as opposed to their highland counterparts, are projected to experience a…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Every year, millions of individuals are afflicted by mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the US. mTBI causes secondary consequences in the brain and body in the form of reduced cerebral bl…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Wild Turkeys have predominantly been found in southern Minnesota until recent observations in NE Minnesota. Turkeys rely on having less than one foot of snow on average all winter long (Rusc…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Second Award
Bioluminescence is present in a diverse range of organisms. One of the most studied luminous organisms is the firefly, a member of the Lampyridae family. Firefly bioluminescence is produced…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Harmful algal blooms on lakes across the globe have become more common as a result of climate change. Cyanobacteria in the blooms produce harmful toxins which have significant consequences t…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Soft egg shells in the egg production business result in a loss of profit. A soft egg is when the shell does not form into a hard layer, but a flimsy, easily-punctured covering. If vitamin D…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Second Award
The existing studies in the broader literature have investigated epigenetics with the class Mammalia, contrary to the class Insecta that remained uninvestigated. To these ends, this study ai…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences First Award
Honeybees are essential to society, performing over 80 percent of worldwide pollination. However, commercial hive populations have been decreasing at an alarming rate in the United States. R…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Radiotherapy is a cancer treatment that causes an excess of free radicals, which can induce a variety of chronic and degenerative diseases. Curcumin and piperine, potent antioxidants, exhibi…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Oreodonts are a common herbivorous artiodactyl from the Oligocene epoch of Wyoming. While quite common in this area, these creatures are still somewhat understudied and not fully understood.…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Third Award
Of the original 11 native forest bird species known from the island of O?ahu in the Hawaiian island chain, only 3 remain today. They are the O?ahu ?Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava), ?Apapane (…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Our project is testing to see if AI calves or Bull Bred calves have a more efficient growth rate. We did get our project approved by our vet in town. This project is about animal science and…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
A study of abundance and diversity of pollinators in four urban gardens in downtown Eureka Springs and two trails by Black Bass lake to be used in the local pollinator conservation effort an…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Mosquitoes are small and deadly pests. They transmit various diseases, causing over 700,000 human deaths annually, making mosquito control essential. A novel mosquito trap, the In2Care trap,…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
The present work focuses on behavior study of assassin bugs (Sycanus indagator St?l.) and development of artificial nest prototypes for nurturing the bugs for the benefit of biological pest…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollination is responsible for approximately 80% of all cultivated crops. Unfortunately, the latest reports suggest losses of 30-50% of all bee colonies in the US.…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
What would a summer night be without fireflies? Unfortunately, they are now at risk of becoming an endangered species. Habitat loss, light pollution, and the use of pesticides have dramatica…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Climate change is causing precipitation and temperature patterns to change, and in response species are undergoing phenological shifts, changes in reproduction timing. To explore the effects…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Second Award
Commercial quality assurance plans require ranches to maintain flock health programs that include periodic monitoring to evaluate vaccination response or disease exposure in egg laying chick…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Compartments in development are defined as separate cell populations that organize cell destiny and differentiation. Of particular interest is the anterior-posterior compartment. First analy…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Dark orange filtering pigments found in Monarch butterflies' eyes are critical in discriminating long wavelength colors such as oranges and yellows. It is suspected these filtering pigments…