(n.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.
(n.) Wool of the alpaca.
(n.) A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.
Example Sentences:
(1) After four months the treated male alpacas gained on average 3.1 kg more than the untreated males, and their fleece weighed 0.36 kg more.
(2) Llamas and alpacas, like dromedaries, have an extra fetal membrane that is derived from the epidermis of the fetus.
(3) Other important bacterial infections of potential concern are tuberculosis, Johne's disease, anthrax, malignant edema, actinomycosis, tetanus, and the South American condition referred to as alpaca fever, which, to date, has not been observed in North America.
(4) Llamas and alpacas thus were refractory to a second copulatory or GnRH stimulus with regard to LH release for up to 24 h following an initial ovulatory release of LH.
(5) The incidence of detectable antibodies to this mycoplasma in 554 alpacas was 5.0 per cent and in 141 llamas 15.6 per cent.
(6) Plasma samples of alpacas and llamas were analysed by a simple method of two-dimensional (2-D) agarose gel (pH 8.6)-horizontal polyacrylamide gel (pH 9.0) electrophoresis, followed by general protein staining of gels.
(7) Reduced and carbamidomethylated alpaca growth hormone was submitted to tryptic digestion.
(8) Eighty adult females (41 llamas and 39 alpacas with ovulatory follicles) were divided into three general groups for each species as follows: copulation (one or two copulations at either 6- or 24-h intervals) GnRH treatment (one or two treatments at either 6- or 24-h intervals), and combined treatment (copulation followed by GnRH treatment, or GnRH followed by copulation at either 6- or 24-h intervals).
(9) Failure of passive transfer (FPT) of immunoglobulin from colostrum was demonstrated as a major determinant of mortality in newborn alpacas (Lama pacos; crias).
(10) Copulation-induced LH release was significantly higher in llamas vs. alpacas in animals with mature or regressing follicles, but not in those with small or growing follicles.
(11) Patent periods for E. alpacae and E. punoensis were approximately 9 days and 24 days, respectively.
(12) On the basis of these serologic findings and previously published serologic or clinical data, it is now known that the alpaca can be infected with the following viruses: parainfluenza-3, bovine respiratory syncytial virus, bovine herpesvirus-1, bluetongue virus, border disease virus, influenza A virus, rotavirus, rabies virus, vesicular stomatitis virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus, and contagious ecthyma virus.
(13) Conformational problems tend to be common in llamas and alpacas.
(14) The alpaca under conditions of chronic hypoxia presents only minor cardiorespiratory adjustments suggesting the possibility of tissue characteristics well suited for life at high altitude.
(15) A laparoscopic technique was used to observe in situ the ovaries of llamas and alpacas.
(16) 11.50pm GMT Agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce and shadow agriculture minister Joel Fitzgibbon manhandle Alpacas outside Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, March 27, 2014.
(17) 1000 micrograms) administration was determined in llamas and alpacas.
(18) Four llamas (Lama glama) ranging in age from 1.5 yr to 7 yr each were inoculated orally with 10,000 (n = 2) or 50,000 (n = 2) sporulated oocysts of Eimeria alpacae (25%) and Eimeria punoensis (75%).
(19) An invasive form of aspergillosis in an alpaca (Lama pacos) is described, with dissemination causing small abscesses and multifocal areas of necrosis in the lung, heart, spleen and kidneys.
(20) Based on ths experiment, E. alpacae and E. punoensis at the numbers given are not likely pathogenic in healthy llamas older than 1 yr.
Emu
Definition:
(n.) A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Reference is made to possible modes of financial compensation in the context of mVGE or EmU procedures.
(2) The absence of a credible vision of a reformed EMU and financial 'firewall' has rendered Spain and other so-called peripheral nations vulnerable to capital flight and undercut their access to affordable fiscal funding."
(3) The rest of the week he drives to other city centres and commercial sites, with Emu sitting on a perch in a large wooden box in the back of the van.
(4) An assessment has been undertaken of potential doses to future aboriginal inhabitants of the Maralinga and Emu areas of South Australia, where nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s and 1960s have resulted in residual radioactive contamination.
(5) The size of the solubilized enzyme varied from r = 6.2 nm in sodium cholate to r = 8.3 nm in Berol EMU-043.
(6) A new type of globular particle, the 'insoluble yolk globule', was isolated from the egg yolk of three avian species (hen, duck, and emu) by centrifugation or gel-filtration chromatography.
(7) Competitive labelling with[14C]acetic anhydride over a range of pH values has been used to explore the surface topography of the apovitellenin I moiety in emu egg yolk low-density lipoprotein.
(8) Repeated examinations of EMU smears were positive in about 20% of cases.
(9) Emu takes the hint and flies back across the road to handler David Bishop.
(10) A laboratory test of E3G in early morning urine (EMU) from 38 subjects showed that delineating a defined fertile period (day of maximum follicular diameter minus 3 to day plus 2) was possible in 89% of cases.
(11) This value is low when compared with other birds and may be related to the large size of the emu.
(12) For this to be grounded in law, she called for a revision of the EU Treaty as her first choice, but also pointed to the possibility of bilateral contracts (see, EMU's post-crisis institutional landscape is taking shape, 28 November), if EU treaty change could not be achieved in the near term.
(13) We all know that our inclusion in EMU ensures for us greater stability and opens up new horizons," the prime minister, Costas Simitis, said in a televised New Year message.
(14) An out-of-control 4,000-hectare bushfire in the Benloch area on Thursday morning was travelling north and also threatening Pastoria East, Pastoria, Nulla Vale, Baynton and Emu Flat.
(15) We believe that the German commitment to complement EMU with a fiscal union may eventually include joint liability, which would exceed the narrowly defined limits under the ESM.
(16) This protein is analogous to the principal protein from the corresponding lipoprotein of emu's egg yolk, i.e.
(17) As we talk, parents and children on their way to school come up to say hello and ask about Emu.
(18) There's more: Herman Van Rompuy (@euHvR) Leaders agree fundamentals to tackle crisis: financial stability, sound public finances, fight unemployment, long-term reforms #BTTD13 #euro April 22, 2013 Herman Van Rompuy (@euHvR) Banking union crucial: we must keep momentum and overcome financial fragmentation & credit crunch #BTTD13 #euro April 22, 2013 Herman Van Rompuy (@euHvR) We have to fix systemic flaws of EMU architecture.
(19) Multimeric analysis on SDS agarose gels employing 125I-emu anti-human vWF revealed striking homology between human and guinea pig vWF.
(20) Before applying urinary determination of hormonal levels with a chemiluminescence immuno assay (LIA) method in early morning urine (EMU) samples, we had studied the correlation of RIA-LIA procedures with reference to follicular volumes at hCG day and to recovered oocyte maturity; in fact follicular growth and oocyte morphological features are the main parameters to evaluate a successful induced cycle.