(n.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.
Example Sentences:
(1) [5alpha-(3)H]5alpha-Androst-16-en-3-one (5alpha-androstenone) was infused at a constant rate for 180min into the spermatic artery of a sexually mature boar.
(2) The group of animals with sexual disorders included boars with inferior ejaculate quality and low fertility (24 animals) and cases with disturbed sexual potency (33 boars).
(3) Incubation of normal pig lymphocytes in serum samples collected from 10 sows immediately before, and at daily intervals after mating with a vasectomized boar significantly elevated the rosette inhibition titre (RIT) of a standard antilymphocyte serum in 6 animals on the first but not on the 2nd and 3rd day after copulation.
(4) The nuclei were isolated from boar spermatid or sperm cells at three distinct stages of spermatogenesis: just before the completion of a maturation process in the testis (late spermatid), immediately after a subsequent transformation into spermatozoa (caput spermatozoon), and after full maturation (cauda spermatozoon).
(5) In addition, prior saturation of the substrate layers with acrosin inhibitor (SSPI-I, II) from boar seminal plasma prevented the lysis reaction.
(6) E. coli from wild boars in a zoological garden has less sensitivity than from domesticated animals.
(7) This study investigated the applicability of the method to boar sperm motility measurement.
(8) In the same boar, the lengths of the fully synapsed arms of the quadrivalent varies from one quadrivalent to the other and heterosynapsis was obvious.
(9) Using the indirect immunofluorescent technique, the occurrence and distribution of the low molecular weight acid-stable acrosin inhibitors from boar seminal plasma (BSAI) in the boar genital tract was studied applying specific inhibitor-directed rabbit-immunoglobulins.
(10) Type 2 abnormalities were seen in only two boars, at 0.66 and 1.33 per cent.
(11) The stepwise freezing procedure A appeared as the best alternative for boar semen, considering this in vitro evaluation.
(12) In the domestic pig seasonal influences on prolificacy still exist: for example, AI boars not only show decreased steroid synthesis, sperm counts and libido in summer compared with the optima which occur in winter but also a biphasic pattern with a transient increase in spring.
(13) Sperm extracts prepared from directly frozen-thawed sperm suspension and 0.1-10 mM of taurine or hypotaurine had no effect on the fertilizing ability of boar spermatozoa.
(14) Furthermore, cross-hybridization to the M53 cDNA revealed homologous mRNA species in rat, human, rabbit, ram and boar epididymal RNA.
(15) Performance test records collected from 1978 to 1987 from on-farm tests of young Polish Large White boars from 94 herds and reproductive records of Polish Large White sows from 81 nucleus farms were used to estimate the phenotypic, environmental, and genetic trends.
(16) A simple, cheap and rapid method for the quantitative determination of the boar taint substance, 5 alpha-androst-16-en-3-one, in pig adipose tissue is described.
(17) High-resolution two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analyses have indicated that several major boar sperm plasma membrane polypeptides (PMPs) increased in concentration during maturation in the epididymis.
(18) Homogenates of boar Cowper's gland contain both factor and mucin; thus direct-reading non-diffusible N-acetylneuraminic acid appears when such homogenates are stored.
(19) The importance of rank changes coupled with the increased accuracy of these more complex evaluation methods strongly suggest that best linear unbiased predictors of genetic value be utilized in comparing boars in central test stations.
(20) Serological results obtained in badgers and wild boars also demonstrates the absence of direct or indirect horizontal transmission of the recombinant virus.
Pig
Definition:
(n.) A piggin.
(n.) The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
(n.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
(n.) An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
(n.) One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
(v. t. & i.) To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
(v. t. & i.) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
Example Sentences:
(1) The combined immediate and delayed responses to fleas in the dog are as observed by other investigators in man and guinea pigs.
(2) The ability of azelastine to influence antigen-induced contractile responses (Schultz-Dale phenomenon) in isolated tracheal segments of the guinea-pig was investigated and compared with selected antiallergic drugs and inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism.
(3) The use of organophosphorus preparations in the treatment of ectoparasites and endoparasites of pigs is discussed.
(4) Using mini-pigs with an indwelling vascular catheter, the pharmacokinetics of chloramphenicol were investigated in healthy and liver-damaged animals.
(5) Concentrations of several gastrointestinal hormonal peptides were measured in lymph from the cisterna chyli and in arterial plasma; in healthy, conscious pigs during ingestion of a meal.
(6) These experiments indicated that there were significant differences between the early classical C system of mice and those of human and guinea pig.
(7) The role of O2 free radicals in the reduction of sarcolemmal Na+-K+-ATPase, which occurs during reperfusion of ischemic heart, was examined in isolated guinea pig heart using exogenous scavengers of O2 radicals and an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
(8) An argon laser beam was used to irradiate the round window in 17 guinea pigs.
(9) The sequential histopathologic alterations in femorotibial joints of partial meniscectomized male and female guinea pigs were evaluated at 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 weeks post-surgery.
(10) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
(11) The examination of the standard waves' amplitude and latency of the brain stem auditory evoked response (BAEP) was performed in 20 guinea pigs (males and females, weighing 250 to 300 g).
(12) We conclude that both exogenously applied PAF by inhalation and antigen exposure are capable of inducing LAR in sensitized guinea pigs, and thus the priming effect of immunization and PAF may contribute to the development of LAR observed in asthma.
(13) In guinea pig ventricular myocytes, the positive contractile staircase was associated with ascending staircases of both peak systolic and end diastolic [Ca2+]i because of a cumulative increase in diastolic [Ca2+]i.
(14) Male guinea pigs received either a single dose of As2O3 10 mg.kg-1 s.c. or repeated doses of 2.5 mg.kg-1 bis in die (b.i.d.)
(15) Ernst Reissner studied the formation of the inner ear initially using the embryos of fowls, then the embryos of mammals, mainly cows and pigs, and to a less extent the embryos of man.
(16) of about 330 000 for the elementary peptide chains of pig and sheep thyroglobulin.
(17) It is probably that tolazoline also releases acetylcholine from the guinea pig atria.
(18) Cell recovery data for the hamster, rat, guinea pig, and rabbit were related to body size with the hamster having the lowest count and the rabbit the highest count.
(19) Clonidine has previously been shown to potentiate HIB in guinea pigs.
(20) Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the soluble form (S-COMT) of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT, EC 2.1.1.6) were produced using a purified preparation of the enzyme from pig liver as antigen.