Larry Douglass, Ph.D., Assistant Chair
Department of Animal and Avian Science
Animal Science Center, Room 1405
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-1405
email: ldouglass@umd.edu

BIOM301 Introduction to Biometrics, 3 credits (Class Syllabus, Lab Syllabus)
Prerequisite: MATH 113 or MATH 115. Descriptive statistics, introduction to probability, sampling, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, simple regression and correlation. Emphasis on simple applications of statistical techniques and interpretation of statistical results.

BIOM 602 - Biostatistics II, 4 credits (Lecture Syllabus, Lab Syllabus)
Prerequisites: BIOM 601 or (BIOM 402 and BIOM 405). Also offered as AGRO 804. The principles of experimental design and analysis of variance and covariance.

Lab and Lecture Notes for 601
Fall Exam Key I, Spring 04 Exam Key I, Final Exam A, Final Exam Key, Mini Exam 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Exam Key II

Long, C.E., B.L. Thorne, N.L. Breisch, and L.W. Douglass. 2001. Effect of organic and inorganic landscape mulches on subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) foraging activity. Environmental Entomology. 30(5):832-836.

Ledbetter, T.K., M.J. Paape, and L.W. Douglass. 2001. Cytotoxic effects of peroxynitrite, polymorphonuclear neutrophils, free-radical scavengers, inhibitors of myeloperoxidase, and inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase on bovine mammary secretory epithelial cells. AJVR, 62:286-293.

Auchtung, T.L., E.E. Connor, S.M. Barao, L.W. Douglass, and G.E. Dahl. 2001. Use of growth hormone-releasing hormone to determine growth potential in beef heifers. J. Anim. Sci. 79:1566-1572.

O'Brien, C.N., A.J. Guidry, L.W. Douglass, and D.C. Westhoff. 2001. Immunization with Staphylococcus aureus lysate incorporated into microspheres. J. of Dairy Sci. 84(8):1791 1799.

Solano-Aguilar, G.I., K.G. Vengroski, E. Beshah, L.W. Douglass, and J.K. Lunney. 2001. Characterization of lymphocytes subsets from mucosal tissues in neonatal swine. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 25:245-263.

Solano-Aguilar, G.I., E. Beshah, K.G. Vengroski, D. Zarlenga, L. Jauregui, M. Cosio, L.W. Douglass, J.P. Dubeyand J.K. Lunney. 2001. Cytokine and lymphocyte profiles in miniature swine after oral infection with Toxoplasma gondii oocysts. International Journal for Parasitology 31:187-195.

Duenas, M.I., M.J. Paape, R.P. Wettemann, and L.W. Douglass. 2001. Incidence of mastitis in beef cows after intramuscular administration of oxytetracycline. J. of Anim. Sci.79 (8): 1996 2005.

Townsend, A.M. and L.W. Douglass. 2001. Variation among American Elm clones in long-term dieback, growth, and survival following Ophiostoma inoculation. J. Environ. Hort. 19(2):100-103.

Butler, T.A., L.J. Sikora, P.M. Steinhilber and L.W. Douglass. 2001. Compost age and sample storage effects on maturity indicators of biosolids compost. J. Environ. Qual. 30:2141-2148.

Cornetto,T., I. Estevez, L.W. Douglass. 2002. Using artificial cover to reduce aggression and disturbances in domestic fowl. Appl. Anim. Behaviour Sci. 75(4):325-336.

Hagberg, J. M., S.D. McCole, M.D. Brown, R.E. Ferrell, K.R. Wilund, A. Huberty, L.W. Douglass and G.E. Moore. 2002. ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism and submaximal exercise hemodynamics in postmenopausal women. J. Appl. Phyusiol. 92:1083-1088.

Klein, C.J., P.B. Moser-Veillon, A. Schweitzer, L.W. Douglass, H.N. Reynolds, K.Y. Patterson, and C. Veillon. 2002. Magnesium, calcium, and nitrogen loss in trauma patients during continuous renal replacement therapy. J. Parenteral and Enteral Nutr. 25(2):77-93.