(n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although only few representatives from each animal order were tested, we found that IgG from Carnivora and Rodentia did not bind or bound only slightly to the HSV-1 receptor, whereas IgG from Primates, Lagomorpha, and Artiodactyla bound well.
(2) Fifteen accepted mutations could be demonstrated in Artiodactyla, permitting recognition of nine immunologically defined species groups.
(3) The genes for these trophoblast IFN are confined to ruminant species in the Artiodactyla order and probably evolved from IFN-omega less than 55 million years ago.
(4) Although the camel belongs to the suborder Artiodactyla, the greater omentum exhibits a striking similarity to that of Perissodactyla.
(5) This suggests that the carotid rete mirabile of Artiodactyla has a minor role in actively controlling blood supply to the brain.
(6) The authors present a list of the species of Artiodactyla in which Trichophyton mentagrophytes has been found until the present time.
(7) The fetal protein fetuin has previously been considered to be confined to species of the order Artiodactyla (cattle, sheep, etc.)
(8) The present results show that 'synaptic' bodies (SB) are a heterogeneous group of organelles in the pineal glands of Artiodactyla.
(9) Therefore, the carotid rete of Artiodactyla may have a low ability to change resistance to blood flow under neural or hormonal influences.
(10) Antibodies were detected in eight species of birds (Aves, Passeriformes) and in 22 mammalian species: one species of marsupiales (Marsupialia), 3 species of carnivores (Carnivora), seven species of rodents (Rodentia), two species of rabbits and hares (Lagomorpha), in 8 species of even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) and one species of odd-toed ungulates (Perissodactyla).
(11) Isoelectric focusing on 7% acrylamide gels in 2% ampholyte of pH range 6-8 was used to fractionate the haemoglobins of 81 animals, representing 30 species from 4 families of the Order Artiodactyla.
(12) Serum or plasma from 25 species of verebrates, from the mammalian orders Primates, Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, Carnivora, and Rodentia and from the classes Aves, Amphibia, and Pisces, were assayed.
(13) These features contrast sharply with those of the oldest artiodactyls and indicate that Chriacus or a similar arctocyonid was not ancestral to the Artiodactyla, as has been proposed.
(14) A porcine interleukin-6 (pIL-6) cDNA has been cloned from pig spleen cDNA library to provide information that would allow us to study IL-6 mRNA expression during pregnancy of several domestic Artiodactyla.
(15) This characteristic is of especial interest in light of the fact that the Ganges river dolphin has a forestomach as do Artiodactyla.
(16) The topography and cytoarchitecture of the pig tuber cinereum was compared with the nuclear configuration of other Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, Carnivora and Rodentia.
(17) Thus, the branching sequence for these five orders of mammals seems to be Rodentia, Lagomorpha, Primates, Artiodactyla, and Carnivora.
(18) The Tragulidae are clearly separated from the other Artiodactyla as primitive animals, whereas the Cephalophinae measured with the cortex coefficient are the most developed, most "intelligent" Bovidae so far analyzed in this paper.
(19) Genomic Southern blot analysis of numerous mammalian species (zoo blots) indicate that, whereas the IFN-omega are widely distributed among mammals, genes for the trophoblast IFN appear to be limited to ruminant species within the Artiodactyla order.
(20) Fetuin is a plasma protein present in high concentrations during fetal development in animals of the order Artiodactyla.
Deer
Definition:
(n. sing. & pl.) Any animal; especially, a wild animal.
(n. sing. & pl.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.
Example Sentences:
(1) We examined the karyotype in five individuals of roe-deer (Capreolus capreolus), coming from Southern Moravia.
(2) An experimental Anaplasma marginale infection was induced in a splenectomized mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) which persisted subclinically at least 376 days as detected by subinoculation into susceptible cattle.
(3) No cross reactions were found between bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer viruses.
(4) Platinum deer mice are conspicuously pale, with light ears and tail stripe.
(5) Here we show that the subsequent survival and reproductive success of subordinate female red deer is depressed more by rearing sons than by rearing daughters, whereas the subsequent fitness of dominant females is unaffected by the sex of their present offspring.
(6) We conclude from this study that there is little or no seasonal photoperiodic entrainment of the antler and testicular cycles of males in this population of axis deer.
(7) Specimens of human bone from the site exhibited lower strontium levels and strontium-to-calcium ratios than deer specimens from the same site, reinforcing paleodemographic evidence that the human populations that inhabited this site included substantial amounts of meat in their diets.
(8) Although approximately 29% of the inoculum was recovered from the hepatic parenchyma of the sheep, F. hepatica was found in only one of six inoculated deer.
(9) Thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and alkaline phosphatase (AP) were assayed monthly in white-tailed deer plasma obtained from the antler (A), jugular (J), and the saphenous (S) veins during the period of antler growth and the period of mineralization.
(10) Naturally occurring transmissible spongiform encephalopathies have been recognised in sheep, man, mink, captive deer and cattle.
(11) Seasonal levels of androstenedione and testosterone were investigated in plasma of mature intact and castrated male white-tailed deer.
(12) Rabbits were hyperimmunized using erythrocytes from either normal or Theileria infected deer.
(13) Adult F hepatica flukes were recovered from experimentally infected sheep and ESP obtained from the flukes; portions of liver were cut and frozen at -70 C. Fascioloides magna adults were collected from naturally infected white-tailed deer and ESP obtained; portions of liver were collected from noninfected white-tailed deer.
(14) Père David's deer hinds were treated with GnRH, administered as intermittent i.v.
(15) A technique for removing the pineal gland in adult and young male deer is described.
(16) The dispersion pattern of ticks on deer was aggregated, with twice and three times as many ticks collected from bucks as from does and from fawns, respectively.
(17) The aim of this work was to determine whether a herpesvirus serologically related to bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV1) may occur in a stressed white-tailed deer population.
(18) Our results indicated that analyses of helminth communities of deer from this geographical area do not provide a useful quantification technique for determining deer condition, degree of hybridization, or levels of intraspecific competition.
(19) This report, based on police records submitted to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet from 1987 through 1989, characterizes motor-vehicle collisions with deer in Kentucky.
(20) Unusual to see one around here until just recently.” More deer vaulted in front of my car on Yubari’s main street the following day, forcing a swerve.