(n.) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.
Example Sentences:
(1) Omasal contents were collected from slaughtered cattle (n = 54), bison (n = 15), and sheep (n = 40) to determine numbers and generic distribution of ciliated protozoa.
(2) Bovine herpesvirus-4 is not strictly species-specific: infection was proved in American bison (Bison bison), African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), sheep and probably cat, because feline herpesvirus-2 is in fact a BHV-4 strain.
(3) Thirty bison possessed a type B protozoan population, characterized by Epidinium sp., Eudiplodinium maggii, and Eudiplodinium bovis.
(4) Male bison were more ataxic, often observed in sternal or lateral recumbency, less conscious, and were slower to respond than females or controls.
(5) The described coccidial species, common to cattle, have not been reported previosuly from American bison, (Bison bison).
(6) Tuberculin skin test responses were observed in 2 of 6 calves at 9 and 11 months after pen contact with M bovis-exposed bison (group 1).
(7) Bison harbored higher (P less than 0.02) numbers of Dasytricha spp., Eudiplodinium maggii, Eudiplodinium bursa, and Epidinium spp.
(8) Two types of neurons were distinguished in nucleus olivaris inferior of the European bison.
(9) The farmer told me he'd had bison here as well, and other creatures of the prairies and steppes.
(10) Differential white blood cell counts for the white-tailed deer were markedly different from those of the pronghorn and bison.
(11) Cattle, bison, and elk serum samples were treated with 0.2 M-mercaptoethanol before examination in MAT.
(12) The accuracy of pregnancy diagnosis was determined among 18 bison cows, in approximately the third month of gestation, by means of urinary pregnanediol-3 delta-glucuronide (PdG), urinary estrone conjugates (E1C), and fecal total estrogens (TE).
(13) More data is needed from other bison herds in this country to better describe the range of normal variation in individuals, population and age groups of B. bison.
(14) Card agglutination and complement-fixation tests on all bison serums were negative.
(15) Sexually mature bison (Bison bison) cows were tested for both pregnancy and ovulation by means of urinary steroid metabolites and fecal steroids.
(16) Korean cattle (Hamhung, Pyongyang, Chinju Suwon, and Kwangju), Mongolian cattle, Hainan Tao cattle, northeastern Chinese cattle (Shuangliao, Shenyang, Tongliao, Lüta, and Chilin), Astatic Water Buffalo, Yak, Bos Banteng, American Bison, and Holstein-Friesian.
(17) Pathogenesis of brucellosis in bison was studied in an additional group of six pregnant bison which were challenged with 1 x 10(7) CFU of B. abortus strain 2308.
(18) On the "winter harvest-themed menu" at the White House: First course Brussels sprouts, applewood smoked bacon Second course Spring garden lettuces, shallot dressing, shaved breakfast radish, cucumbers and avocados Main course Bison wellington, a red wine reduction, French beans, cipollini onions Dessert Warm meyer lemon steamed pudding with Idaho huckleberry sauce and newtown pippin apples American wines
(19) Serologic and hematologic standards for bison are needed to detect disease in transported animals as well as within herds.
(20) The level for uninfected bison was near the upper limit of normal for cattle.
Bisson
Definition:
(a.) Purblind; blinding.
Example Sentences:
(1) The two smallest polypeptide components of D. discoideum cytochrome c oxidase, whose alternative expression depends on oxygen concentration [Schiavo, G. and Bisson, R. (1989) J. Biol.
(2) The resting conductance started to increase at a pH as low as 8.5, doubling at pH 9.5, but the most notable increases occurred between pH 10.5 and 11.5, as observed previously (Bisson, M.A., Walker, N.A.
(3) The yearly inoculation rate (h) was 14 in Nkol Bikok and 30 in Nkol Bisson.
(4) The conditions that promote the alternative expression of two nuclear-encoded subunits of cytochrome c oxidase in the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum (Bisson, R., and Schiavo, G. (1986) J. Biol.
(5) The study was done in two districts not yet fully urbanized: Nkol Bikok and Nkol Bisson.
(6) The ‘Netflix effect’ has impacted the whole TV industry, not just in terms of how broadcasters seek to reach their viewers, but also in terms of focus on original TV drama and the way content is packaged for consumption,” said Guy Bisson, research director at Ampere Analysis.
(7) Annual man biting rate was 284 in Nkol Bikok and 1,813 in Nkol Bisson.
(8) The vectorial transmission was observed in may in Nkol Bikok and during four months (June, August, January, February) in Nkol Bisson.
(9) In Nkol Bisson the density was higher in the houses near the pool.
(10) The high pH state of Chara plasmalemma (Bisson, M.A., Walker, N.A.