Letter from Henry Bidleman Bascom, A.L.P. Green & S.A. Latta to James B. Finley

Bascom, Green and Latta write representing the Methodist Episcopal Church South. They were appointed to serve as the Board of Commissioners to negotiate with a similar board of the M.E. Church concerning the division of property and funds, as laid out by the Plan of Separation (General Conference, 1844). The financial hardships faced by clergy, wives, widows, and retired clergy in the M.E.C. South are difficult to bear. The M.E.C. South board pleads with the M.E.C. board to schedule a meeting of the Joint Commissions as soon as possible to work out a final settlement. Abstract Number - 821https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1306/thumbnail.jp

Establishment of an anesthetic protocol for semen collection by electroejaculation in six-banded armadillos (Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus, 1758)

ABSTRACT The aim was to verify the effects of different anesthetic protocols used during electroejaculation (EEJ) in six-banded armadillos (Euphractus sexcinctus). Four sexually matured animals were physically restrained and subjected to semen collection by the EEJ following three treatments: The control group consisted of no use of anesthesia; in the others, the anesthetic combinations xylazine/ketamine/propofol or butorphanol/ ketamine/propofol were administered. For each group, twelve procedures were conducted for EEJ. Semen was evaluated for volume, color, aspect, motility, sperm concentration, morphology, viability, and functional membrane integrity. The highest efficiency (100% ejaculates) was achieved when the control group was used; the xylazine/ketamine/propofol association provided only 11 ejaculates from a total of 12 attempts (91.6% efficiency), while only 4 ejaculates (33% efficiency) were obtained with butorphanol/ketamine/propofol (P<0.05). Both protocols provided rapid induction and relaxation enough to perform the EEJ. In the use of butorphanol/ketamine/propofol, the animals recovered at 16.5±1.5min, a time shorter than in the use of xylazine/ketamine/propofol protocol, 20.7±1.0min (P>0.05). The semen volume and sperm concentration obtained in the use of xylazine/ketamine/propofol association were significantly higher than those verified for butorphanol/ketamine/propofol protocol. In conclusion, the xylazine/ketamine/propofol association is indicated for anesthesia of six-banded armadillos submitted to EEJ