(a.) Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes.
Example Sentences:
(1) septica, 28 as Pasteurella canis, 10 as Pasteurella stomatis, and 5 as Pasteurella dagmatis.
(2) These included Chrysosporium keratinophilum, C. tropicum, Curvularia lunata, Microsporum audouinii, M. canis, M. fulvum, M. gypseum, M. vanbreuseghemii, Trichophyton ajelloi, T. mentagrophytes, T. soudanense and T. yaoundei.
(3) In dogs the prevalence of Toxocara canis was noticeably greater in puppies (56.1%) than in mature animals (11.9%).
(4) These results indicate that E. risticii and E. sennetsu are closely related both at the genomic and antigenic levels and that the relationship of these two species with E. canis is minimal.
(5) Of 199 dogs from a brucellosis-contaminated area, 116 with negative titers in the tube agglutination test (TAT), using heat-inactivated whole B. canis cells as the antigen, were also negative in the ELISA.
(6) The diagnosis of human ehrlichiosis was confirmed by sixteen-fold rise in antibody titer to Ehrlichia canis, and supported by the characteristic cytoplasmic inclusions.
(7) The jackal (Canis adustus) was the predominate wildlife species involved (69%) and played a role in the epidemiology of bovine rabies in remote farm areas.
(8) Patients with fevers of undetermined origin had significantly higher antibody titers to B. canis than all other patients (P less than or equal to 0.001).
(9) According to anatomic location, M canis was isolated from nearly all cases of T capitis.
(10) Prevalence of subclinical Ehrlichia canis infection in a Mississippi kennel was 53%.
(11) Estimates of genetic variability were made from population samples of the dog ascarid (Toxocara canis), cat ascarid (Toxocara cati), and the horse ascarid (Parascaris equorum).
(12) Based upon colony morphology and macroconidial characteristics, M canis identification was confirmed.
(13) Intra-epithelial lymphocyte numbers were lowest in 33- to 37-day-old puppies infected with greater than 127 T. canis and highest in 44- to 46-day-old puppies losing their infection.
(14) Human infection with M. canis from an asymptomatic dog was demonstrated in this case.
(15) Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus canis were the most frequently isolated bacteria in specimens collected from the vagina (in the area of the urethral orifice) of 20 normal intact bitches and 20 spayed bitches.
(16) The presence of circulating antibodies was first detected 2 weeks post inoculation with M. canis, corresponding to the period when the lesions were most severe.
(17) It was considered that Ctenocephalides canis could be of great public health significance in this area in view of the high population of the flea.
(18) The cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins of Microsporum canis were characterised in basic-acidic and basic-SDS two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis systems.
(19) Serological evidence was obtained that in at least four of the cases European Babesia canis, transmitted by Dermacentor ticks, was involved.
(20) Ascites fluid from hybridoma cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies to an exoantigen of Microsporum canis was assayed for its precipitating properties.
Zany
Definition:
(n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
(v. t.) To mimic.
Example Sentences:
(1) There’s a plausible view , however, that these extreme positions are not so much sincere commitments as zany weather balloons, floated to see how well they play with the public, as well as to bamboozle his Republican opponents.
(2) There are, he said, “quite a lot of letters and they say some things that are quite zany”.
(3) But nobody ought really to have been surprised because this, after all, is Van Gaal; the king of zaniness and over-the-top outpourings, not to mention latent hostility towards the media.
(4) One of Williams’ final films will be Absolutely Anything, a zany sci-fi comedy starring the Monty Python team alongside Simon Pegg, with Williams voicing a dog.
(5) They are a strange team right now, an end-of-era affair, with a zany, depleted defence and genuine craft and edge elsewhere.
(6) His zany guitar bodies are created using computer-aided design (CAD) software , output in one piece on an EOS 3D printer.
(7) The tone of the game is quite different to previous installments in that a good deal of the zany humour has been drained completely.
(8) On a ITV sofa show this week Corbyn was lured into discussing what he calls his “zany” interest in drains.
(9) The Qatari Armed Forces Investment Portfolio's representative, General Zani al Kuwari, who is also assistant chief of staff for financial affairs, said: "Our objective is to invest in the most important cities, and Barcelona is one of them.
(10) But Texas senator Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush , usually considered a moderate among the zany Republican field, took it a step further: they urged that only Syrian Christians be allowed to come to America as refugees.
(11) Culture A bunch of Mayan villagers are hanging out in the jungle, improbably hunting big game with a zany Indiana Jones-style contraption that looks like a giant sideways meat tenderiser.
(12) For a serious discussion of a subject like this to be granted so much time on British television, where the bulk of wine talk has to be aggressively crammed around the fringes of weekend morning food shows – and even then only so long as the wine expert agrees to spend most of their time on air pulling funny faces and making endless zany ‘zoinks-a-lummy’ proclamations – is extraordinary.
(13) Their humour is zany, beguiling and incongruous: the cast includes a chatty moon, a talking ape and a tiny shaman called Naboo played by Fielding's brother.
(14) Shortly afterwards, citing Rock as a precedent, a Texas Court of Appeals admitted the hypnotically elicited testimony of an eyewitness in Zani v. State (1988), on the grounds that it would be unfair to admit the hypnotically elicited testimony of defendants, and proscribe it for victims and witnesses.
(15) Photograph: Niko Kitsakis I'd been looking forward to browsing the shelves for zany gadgets, but the reality was slightly disappointing.
(16) That zany guy who constantly spouts hilarious zingers on Twitter ?
(17) At a time of crisis it is not about one’s “zany” love of drains, of which more later.
(18) Particularly having wasted a lot of time dealing with a lot of zany, ideological gimmicks from Michael Gove and his team, it would be a good thing if the Liberal Democrats were able to run education policy on our own terms,” he said.
(19) This was a departure from his usual zany-bonkers output, presumably causing millions of listeners to start rifling through the medicine cabinet and cueing up the scene featuring Basil Fawlty thrashing his car with a branch for themselves.
(20) Instead, somehow or other, he has come into possession of a preternaturally phantasmagoric suit of armour, complete with zany high-tech accoutrements; or a hammer that can call down lightning from the heavens; or extendable fingernails; or laser eyesight; or implausible (and non-steroid-related) abs; or the ability to change shape.