  In [Phys.Rev.Lett.92:162002 (2004), hep-lat/0312025] expressions for the
continuous Euclidean time limits of various lattice fermion determinants were
derived and compared in order to test universality expectations in Lattice QCD.
Here we review that work with emphasis on its relevance for assessing the
fractional power prescription for the determinant in dynamical staggered
fermion simulations. Some new supplementary material is presented; in
particular the status of the "universality anomaly" is clarified: it is shown
to be gauge field-independent and therefore physically inconsequential.
