(n.) One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.
(n.) A cause.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is the absorbed dose in joules per gram that is biologically significant and the data shows that the mean absorbed dose to death within either sex shows no significant difference with respect to age or weight, but that the difference between the sexes are significant, particularly among the aged ex-breeders.
(2) At 35 wk of age, the females were reassigned to the various light sources in order to achieve all possible combinations of adolescent and breeder light-source treatments.
(3) Results indicate that feeding schedule (ED vs. EOD) as well as nutrient intake influence body weight gains of broiler breeder males.
(4) Twenty-two parent (multiplier) breeder flocks became infected.
(5) The breeder diet failed to increase uterine weights above control values for either treatment interval.
(6) It is concluded that SD feed restriction causes a persistent elevation of plasma corticosterone in broiler breeders.
(7) Administration of prostaglandin E1 and antiplatelet drugs (acetylsalicylic acid, sulfinpyrazone, and dipyridamole) reduced the number of circulating platelet aggregates in the breeder rats.
(8) Similar to other seasonal breeders, it appears that stallions may possess an endogenous circannual rhythm in reproductive function that is subject to manipulation by altering the light:dark ratio, i.e., photoperiod.
(9) Breeder vaccination against tenosynovitis resulted in immunity of the progeny against oral infection at 1 day old, whereas progeny from unvaccinated breeders were susceptible to such a challenge.
(10) Corn-soybean breeder diets with 0, 2, 4, and 6% added poultry fat were fed from 24 to 64 wk of age.
(11) To compare the sensitivity of two methods for the detection of serum antibodies to pigeon faecal antigens in patients with pigeon breeder's disease.
(12) The nationwide epidemic ended in middle April 1974 following removal of incriminated hamsters from pet shops throughout the country and voluntary cessation of distribution of hamsters from the incriminated breeder.
(13) Acquired HEV antibody appeared at 8 to 10 weeks, and 100% of the meat and breeder turkey flocks were positive after 11 weeks of age.
(14) Eggs collected from F1 generation breeders that received 1 ppm were not affected harmfully as measured by embryonation, embryo survival, and hatchability rates.
(15) Our results reveal the highest rate of toxoplasmosis infection (87%) among the staff of the slaughter-houses, whereas the bovine stock-breeders are the most exposed population to hydatid disease with a 9% prevalence.
(16) Egg and one-day-old chick weights were decreased by limiting the food intake of the breeders but the negative effect disappeared at slaughter (7 weeks).
(17) Pigeon breeder's lung differs from the condition known as bird breeder's lung in that it turns much less often into a chronic condition (pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema).
(18) The superior specificity of the LOS antigen compared to the WC preparation in the ELISA was demonstrated by testing serum samples from retired breeder mice against WC and LOS antigens from P. ureae, P. multocida, and P. hemolytica.
(19) Pullets were full-fed for the first 8 wk of life, then placed on a skip-a-day program with breeder-recommended feed allocations.
(20) Threshold currents for the induction of aggression were determined on several days before the females were paired with experienced breeder males.
Tertiary
Definition:
(a.) Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.
(a.) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary.
(a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.
(a.) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.
(n.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third.
(n.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation.
(n.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Example Sentences:
(1) The purpose of this study was to define risk factors for nosocomial candidemia in adult patients without leukemia at a tertiary care medical center.
(2) injection of the tertiary amine cholinesterase inhibitor physostigmine (17-70 micrograms kg-1) induced a prompt, sustained and dose-dependent improvement of cardiovascular and respiratory function, with marked increase in the volume of circulating blood and survival of all treated animals, at least for the 2 h of observation.
(3) The measurement procedure should define preanalytical requirements and be based upon traceability from tertiary and secondary reference materials with reference procedure values to primary reference materials.
(4) The expression of such secondary and tertiary syphilis is commonly masked and distorted by the long-term effects of subcurative doses of antibiotics; in fact, late latent and tertiary syphilis produce symptoms and immunosuppression similar to the profile of AIDS.
(5) It is suggested that lung ventilation takes place in the avian embryo in three distinct stages: the major air-ways become aerated, then respiratory movements begin and lastly the tertiary bronchi are slowly aerated.
(6) The disappearance of this band on heating and at high pH was ascribed to the adoption by the telopeptide of a specific tertiary structure.
(7) To demonstrate the feasibility of the approach tRNA was represented as a simple undirected graph containing all relevant information represented in the usual cloverleaf secondary structure and nine base-base tertiary interactions.
(8) The use of Fab fragments in conjunction with Fab-specific secondary and tertiary antisera improved tissue penetration and made it possible to identify a number of the immunoreactive neurons.
(9) At the 200 rad level, the mouse with normal karyotype was compared with the T(1;13)70H translocation heterozygote and the Ts(1(13))7OH tertiary trisomic of normal appearance.
(10) Transmembrane proteins serve important biological functions, yet precise information on their secondary and tertiary structure is very limited.
(11) The participants were divided into seven groups in accordance with their main lines of work: professors, administrative personnel, doctors at the primary, secondary and tertiary care level, residents, and medical students.
(12) With the growing number of dialyzed patients, secondary (sHPT) and tertiary hyperparathyroidism (tHPT) are assuming increasing importance.
(13) Establishing direct lines of communication between the practicing physician and the tertiary center and emphasizing continuing education at all levels seem to be important aspects in the development and maintenance of such a referral system.
(14) A similar transient decrease in 80K mRNA levels was also demonstrated in tertiary cultures of mouse embryo fibroblasts.
(15) These results suggest that the secondary structure of interleukin-2(Ala125) does not require tertiary structure.
(16) The absence of chemical reactivities and cobra venom nuclease sensitivity in the terminal loops of helices 6 and 12 indicate a tertiary interaction unique to HeLa 18S rRNA.
(17) Ultraviolet photocrosslinks seen only in the 30 S particle are likely to be tertiary structure contacts.
(18) As the tertiary test, inhibitors with molecular weights under 1,000 were selected by passage through a Diaflo UM-2 membrane.
(19) The pediatrician is instrumental in identifying potential candidates for epilepsy surgery and referring them to a tertiary-care epilepsy center.
(20) Performance of renal transplants in children frequently necessitates transfer of patients from the care of a local pediatric nephrologist to a regional, tertiary care center that is specially equipped to carry out organ transplantation.