(a.) Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.
Example Sentences:
(1) Neutralising antibody to bovid herpesvirus 2 was demonstrated in the serum of 31 (10.8%) of 286 heads of cattle in north, south, and west Syria.
(2) The Kunitz-type isoinhibitors appear differently distributed in the two species: BPTI, which is the prevailing form in bovids, is found only in minute amounts in sheep organs.
(3) Extant bovids inhabit a wide diversity of environments that range from forest to savanna and display locomotor patterns that are habitat specific.
(4) Morphological differences are primarily related to locomotor patterns as reflected in the degree of cursoriality displayed by bovids in different habitats.
(5) This report describes a study of goiter in a nondomesticated bovine species, bongo antelope (Tragelaphus eurycerus), an African bovid.
(6) It is proposed that the group of viruses involved should be provisionally designated as 'alcelaphine herpesviruses' in order to separate them from the rest of the 'bovid' herpesviruses, a name proposed by the Herpesvirus Sbucommittee of the International Committee on the Nomenclature of Viruses.
(7) One group was vaccinated with bovid herpesvirus 1 (strain 108) and the other acted as controls.
(8) Six strains of bovid herpesvirus 1 isolated from British cases of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) were inoculated intranasally into calves.
(9) pulcherrimus) also were eliminated from resting within the village, but persisted in bovid bait collections throughout the spray period.
(10) A serological survey on prevalence of antibodies to Bovid herpesvirus 1 (IBR-IPV) Bovine Virus Diarrhoea, Bovine Respiratory Syncytial, Parainfluenza 3, Adeno A and B viruses was performed in 524 cattle from different areas and management conditions in Morocco.
(11) Bovid herpesvirus 2 infection was studied in calves exposed to the virus by intradermal inoculation of the skin of the left cheek or by nasal spray.
(12) Both the cervine and caprine viruses appeared to be more closely related to bovid herpesvirus 1 than they were to each other.
(13) Maintenance of malaria transmission in periurban zones may depend on immigration of susceptibles, bovid hosts which help maintain zoophilic vector populations, and mosquito breeding sites in water tanks or buffalo hoofprints.
(14) The repertoire expressed appeared similar to that found previously following syringe infection or cyclic infection by an early variant in trypanosensitive and trypanoresistant bovids.
(15) Of the 12 different bovid species studied, 11 showed either alpha or beta chain heterogeneity in their hemoglobins while eight species showed heterogeneity for both polypeptide chains.
(16) It is concluded that the sweat glands of the wild bovids studied are under adrenergic neurone control, in common with the domestic bovids previously studied, and that there is no correlation between the pattern of sweating and the phylogenetic position of the species.
(17) A field strain (87-8363) of bovid herpesvirus-4 (BHV-4) isolated from an aborted bovine fetus was used to inoculate pregnant rabbits.
(18) The pattern and control of the sweat glands of eight species of wild bovids has been studied.2.
(19) Thirty-five hybridoma cell lines secreting monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against bovid herpesvirus-4 (BHV-4) strain V. Test were produced.
(20) An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for antibodies to bovid herpesvirus 4 was developed using antigen prepared by detergent lysis of infected cell cultures.
Family
Definition:
(v. t.) The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
(v. t.) The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
(v. t.) Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.
(v. t.) Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
(v. t.) Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
(v. t.) A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
(v. t.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.
Example Sentences:
(1) The role of the family practitioner in antenatal care is discussed.
(2) The findings indicate that there is still a significant incongruence between the value structure of most family practice units and that of their institutions but that many family practice units are beginning to achieve parity of promotion and tenure with other departments in their institutions.
(3) It is recognized that caregivers encompass family members and nursing staff.
(4) PMS is more prevalent among women working outside the home, alcoholics, women of high parity, and women with toxemic tendency; it probably runs in families.
(5) 62.1% were from disrupted families (39.5% divorced, 12.9% remarried, and 9.7% widowed).
(6) Serum samples from 23 families, including a total of 48 affected children, were tested for a set of "classical markers."
(7) Among a family of 8 children, 4 presented typical clinical and biological abnormalities related to mannosidosis.
(8) Complementarity determining regions (CDR) are conserved to different extents, with the first CDR region in all family members being among the most conserved segments of the molecule.
(9) This result demonstrates that branching enzyme belongs to a family of the amylolytic enzymes.
(10) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
(11) During the study period four family outbreaks and seven recurrences of infection were observed.
(12) Because many wnt genes are also expressed in the lung, we have examined whether the wnt family member wnt-2 (irp) plays a role in lung development.
(13) Twelve families with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) were studied by linkage analysis using 10 polymorphic marker loci from the X-chromosome pericentromeric region.
(14) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
(15) Family therapists have attempted to convert the acting-out behavioral disorders into an effective state, i.e., make the family aware of their feelings of deprivation by focusing on the aggressive component.
(16) Mutational mosaicism was used as a developmental model to analyze 1,500 sporadic and 179 familial cases of retinoblastoma from the world literature.
(17) In this paper, we report the cases of 4 male patients (mean age 32.7 yr) with right-ventricular dysplasia, that occurred in familial form.
(18) The frequency of gastric malignancies in the families of the women with gastric polyps was higher than in the controls and in men, 6.2, 3.1 and 2.4 percent, respectively (p less than 0.05, and p less than 0.025).
(19) The family comprises at least three variable (V) gene segments, three constant (C) gene segments, and three junction (J) gene segments.
(20) Obesity in the Pimas is familial and has complex relationships with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, a common disease in this population.