(n.) A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers.
(n.) A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.
(n.) Any species of wild ox.
(n.) The bison of North America.
(n.) A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below.
(n.) The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aryl hydrocarbon (benzo(a)pyrene) hydroxylase is present and inducible in Buffalo rat liver cells in culture.
(2) Estimated daily intakes of metabolizable energy by buffaloes on moderate, high, and very high intake treatments were 31.9, 45.8, and 50.6 Mcal, respectively.
(3) The X chromosomes contained appreciable amounts of centromeric heterochromatin only in the two buffaloes.
(4) We have previously reported that in culture, rabbit serum inhibits the growth of the epithelial cell line from Buffalo rat liver (BRL) lower than that of the tumorigenic one transformed by Rous sarcoma virus (RSV-BRL).
(5) Forty-one hearing foreign students were tested in the fall of 1989 at the English Language Institute at SUNY Buffalo.
(6) Total tooth length was measured in the first lower molar of two short-faced strains of rats (Sprague-Dawley and Buffalo) and two long-faced strains (BN and GRL).
(7) One hundred newborn swamp buffalo calves (Bubalis bubalis) from three villages in North-East Thailand were divided equally into treatment and control groups.
(8) We have compared features of experimental thyroiditis in the Buffalo strain rat induced by neonatal thymectomy, immunization with rat thyroglobulin (Tg) and complete Freund's adjuvant, and subcutaneous administration of trypan blue or 3-methylcholanthrene.
(9) Both Buffalo and Fisher thyroid monolayers responded to gamma IF with MHC class II antigen expression when assessed by laser flow cytometry using MRC OX-6 monoclonal anti-RT1.B.
(10) The setting is an Adult Day Health Care Program at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Buffalo, New York.
(11) 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.
(12) Thus, buffalo herds are likely to be more infectious at some times than at others.
(13) Using buffalo serum, first extraneous proteins were precipitated by making the serum 2.26 M saturated with ammonium sulphate at pH 7.0 and then albumin was precipitated from the supernatant at 1.9 M ammonium sulphate concentration at pH 4.2.
(14) Both species ate the same amount per unit body weight but buffaloes spent 53% more time ruminating than cattle.
(15) Monitoring of DDT and HCH residues in abiotic and biotic components of the environment of Delhi during 1988 to 1989 revealed low to moderate levels of these insecticides in soil, earthworms, birds, buffalo milk, water, freshwater clams, fish, human fat, human blood and breast milk samples.
(16) This was investigated in Buffalo strain rats bearing the tumor, Morris hepatoma 5123tc.
(17) Rates of passage and rumination (kp, kr) were higher for buffaloes than for cattle.
(18) A study was carried out to determine the effect on the reproductive performance of female Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood when allowed to feed, in vitro, for 63 days on fresh defibrinated blood of buffalo, bushbuck, cattle, eland, oryx, warthog, waterbuck or wildebeest.
(19) Four hundred and six serum samples from buffalo (Syncerus caffer) were tested for leptospirosis, using the microscopic agglutination test.
(20) The buffalo muscle aldolase was found to be similar to rabbit muscle aldolase in physico-chemical properties.
Veal
Definition:
(n.) The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.
Example Sentences:
(1) A sensitive color reaction after two-dimensional TLC described earlier for zeranol determination in veal samples is proposed for the detection of the zeranol metabolite zearalanone and the mycotoxin zearalenone.
(2) The histological findings show especially that the iron depots of the spleen were empty in all three groups and thereby in this collective no connection exists between the color of the veal and the tested dosage of iron dextran 20%.
(3) In all young calves and in most veal calves, they lie embedded in the sub-basilar portion of the thymus, from which they can usually be differentiated easily by their color.
(4) In both additional foods, subjects took in an equal amount of total purines, determined as uric acid, but RNA dominated in veal-liver, DNA in pork-spleen.
(5) A comparison of Hanks balanced salt solution, veal infusion broth (VIB), and charcoal viral transport medium for maintaining viability of type A influenza virus indicated approximately equal survival of virus on all three media at -70 and 4 degrees C, whereas at 25 degrees C virus survived best in VIB.
(6) A higher value would correspond more to a species-related keeping of veal calves than a greater width of the box.
(7) Other groups were inoculated with PI3 followed by veal infusion broth, or with uninfected cell culture fluid followed by veal infusion broth (controls).
(8) She refuses to eat veal at G8 dinners or to accept free clothes from designers.
(9) The 'immediate' bactericidal effect of LA-decontamination for beef, veal and pig carcasses, as well as for pig liver and veal brain, amounted to approximately 1.5 log cycles for the aerobic colony counts, strongly dependent on substrate and conditions of decontamination.
(10) Anyone could imitate the twice-baked potatoes at the Peddler , or turn out a veal parmesan like the Villa Capri's, but there was no way a non-Chinese person could make moo shu pork , regardless of his or her training.
(11) Specimens for verification were not selected completely randomly from the population of all calf antibiotic and sulfonamide test-positive animals and calves selected for testing were not chosen strictly by random sampling; therefore, extrapolation of the contents of this report to the bob veal calf industry must be done with caution.
(12) The object of this paper is to consider whether and to what extent a positive effect on the efficiency of the protein formation can be exerted by the application of anabolic agents using the veal calf as a model.
(13) 800g veal shoulder, cut into 4cm dice 1 tbsp plain flour Salt and black pepper 30g unsalted butter 60ml olive oil 1 large onion, peeled and roughly chopped 200ml dry white wine 8 large sage leaves Shaved skin of 1 lemon, plus 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 550g head puntarelle (or 2 heads white chicory, cut widthways into 3cm-long segments) 1 small celeriac, peeled and chopped into 2cm dice (500g net weight) 200g pancetta, cut into 1cm dice 20g capers For the salad 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 1 white chicory, cut in half lengthways and then into long, 0.5cm thick wedges (or the rest of the puntarelle, if using) 80g rocket Toss the veal in flour seasoned with a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, until evenly coated, then tap off any excess.
(14) The study shows that, by the administration of 1600 mg iron as a depot injection, a better growth results with the same quality of veal.
(15) Certain milk replacers were reported to cause 19-nortestosterone (NT)-positive urine samples after feeding them to veal calves.
(16) WTO membership, if Britain moved towards freer trade, would allow it to benefit from cheaper food from outside Europe – EU prices on beef and veal are currently around 30% higher than world prices – as well as cheaper cars, textiles and other goods subject to the EU’s common external tariff.
(17) MG3 contained veal infusion broth, 1% yeast extract, 10% horse serum, 0.3 M sucrose, 0.2% MgSO4, 0.1% ferrous ammonium sulfate, 0.1% sodium citrate, and 2 mg of mycobactin J per liter.
(18) The effects of the nature of energy intake, of the slaughter weight and of the use of hormones on the quality of veal meat were studied.
(19) Another new spot, Victor (11 rue Victor Massé), offers a good deal for lunch, with a tasty €12 plat du jour that includes dishes such as tender veal sautéed with baby leeks and hazelnuts, and crisp rocket salad and roasted new potatoes.
(20) In a series of 192 N-balance studies with veal calves it was found, however, that these animals convert at an early age even more than 70 percent of the feed protein into body protein.