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Farrow


Definition:

  • (n.) A little of pigs.
  • (a.) Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a long piece on the Daily Beast, he also revealed that Mia Farrow had granted permission for her image to be used in film clips honouring Allen during the Golden Globes, and expressed surprise at her Twitter reaction.
  • (2) The self-serving transparency of her malevolence seemed so obvious I didn’t even hire a lawyer to defend myself.” He took a lie detector and passed, Allen said, but Mia Farrow declined to do so.
  • (3) Sows farrowed in the summer had larger (P less than .05) litters at birth and 14 d postfarrowing and greater (P less than .10) piglet and litter weight gain postfarrowing than those farrowed in the winter.
  • (4) Farrowing and weaning results after induced parturition resulting in farrowing on the 113th to 115th day showed no significant differences from the results for control sows farrowing spontaneously on the 112th to 115th day of gestation.
  • (5) Sows from a large farrow-to-finish operation in western Kentucky had late-term abortions.
  • (6) The agalactic sows farrowed a larger number of stillborn piglets, which indicates an early establishment of the disease.
  • (7) In a second experiment, 32 litters of pigs were farrowed in crates equipped with either solid, vertically slatted, horizontally slatted or diamond mesh creep partitions.
  • (8) Unobstructed re-intergration with further reproduction of animals which had received PGF2 alpha treatment is established with hard evidence on the basis of clinical examination of oestrus, ovulation, conception, and farrowing rates as well as by histological examination of the endometrium.
  • (9) There was a significant (at least P less than 0.05) positive correlation between the relaxin concentration and the farrowing interval at every time period from 14 to 2 h before delivery.
  • (10) Weight, heartgirth, backfat and body condition of sows was monitored in a commercial, farrow-to-finish unit during 1 yr. Measurements were obtained during the third, ninth and fifteenth week of gestation and the day after weaning.
  • (11) In trial 2, 97.9% of the sows farrowed within 30 hours after Cloprostenol injection (= partus rate 30).
  • (12) It was found that the mentioned measures in sows before parturition and their housing in a sanitized farrowing house during treatment generally improved the health of the sows and enabled the rearing of healthy piglets.
  • (13) The second group of piglets were cross-fostered each week, for up to eight weeks, onto newly farrowed sows which were postcolostrum.
  • (14) Indeed, Farrow brings genuine mystery to a nurturing figure who may not be as saintly as she seems.
  • (15) Of these sows, 67 farrowed and were used for this trial.
  • (16) Litter size in litters of any herd was not affected by a preceding farrowing-to-conception interval greater than 35 days.
  • (17) In such circumstances there is little evidence to support pre-farrowing treatment of the sow specifically against A. suum.
  • (18) The milk composition 14 days after farrowing was not affected by the late pregnancy feeding level.
  • (19) 2, 72 sows were randomly assigned to farrowing crates with four supplemental heat treatments: 1) one lateral 250-watt heater; 2) one lateral heater plus a 250-watt heater behind the sow during farrowing; 3) a hover with 100-watt light bulb; and 4) a hover with light bulb plus heater behind the sow during farrowing.
  • (20) The experts concluded there was no credible evidence of molestation; that Dylan Farrow had an inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality; and that Dylan Farrow had likely been coached by her mother, Mia Farrow.

Farrowing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Farfow

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a long piece on the Daily Beast, he also revealed that Mia Farrow had granted permission for her image to be used in film clips honouring Allen during the Golden Globes, and expressed surprise at her Twitter reaction.
  • (2) The self-serving transparency of her malevolence seemed so obvious I didn’t even hire a lawyer to defend myself.” He took a lie detector and passed, Allen said, but Mia Farrow declined to do so.
  • (3) Sows farrowed in the summer had larger (P less than .05) litters at birth and 14 d postfarrowing and greater (P less than .10) piglet and litter weight gain postfarrowing than those farrowed in the winter.
  • (4) Farrowing and weaning results after induced parturition resulting in farrowing on the 113th to 115th day showed no significant differences from the results for control sows farrowing spontaneously on the 112th to 115th day of gestation.
  • (5) Sows from a large farrow-to-finish operation in western Kentucky had late-term abortions.
  • (6) The agalactic sows farrowed a larger number of stillborn piglets, which indicates an early establishment of the disease.
  • (7) In a second experiment, 32 litters of pigs were farrowed in crates equipped with either solid, vertically slatted, horizontally slatted or diamond mesh creep partitions.
  • (8) Unobstructed re-intergration with further reproduction of animals which had received PGF2 alpha treatment is established with hard evidence on the basis of clinical examination of oestrus, ovulation, conception, and farrowing rates as well as by histological examination of the endometrium.
  • (9) There was a significant (at least P less than 0.05) positive correlation between the relaxin concentration and the farrowing interval at every time period from 14 to 2 h before delivery.
  • (10) Weight, heartgirth, backfat and body condition of sows was monitored in a commercial, farrow-to-finish unit during 1 yr. Measurements were obtained during the third, ninth and fifteenth week of gestation and the day after weaning.
  • (11) In trial 2, 97.9% of the sows farrowed within 30 hours after Cloprostenol injection (= partus rate 30).
  • (12) It was found that the mentioned measures in sows before parturition and their housing in a sanitized farrowing house during treatment generally improved the health of the sows and enabled the rearing of healthy piglets.
  • (13) The second group of piglets were cross-fostered each week, for up to eight weeks, onto newly farrowed sows which were postcolostrum.
  • (14) Indeed, Farrow brings genuine mystery to a nurturing figure who may not be as saintly as she seems.
  • (15) Of these sows, 67 farrowed and were used for this trial.
  • (16) Litter size in litters of any herd was not affected by a preceding farrowing-to-conception interval greater than 35 days.
  • (17) In such circumstances there is little evidence to support pre-farrowing treatment of the sow specifically against A. suum.
  • (18) The milk composition 14 days after farrowing was not affected by the late pregnancy feeding level.
  • (19) 2, 72 sows were randomly assigned to farrowing crates with four supplemental heat treatments: 1) one lateral 250-watt heater; 2) one lateral heater plus a 250-watt heater behind the sow during farrowing; 3) a hover with 100-watt light bulb; and 4) a hover with light bulb plus heater behind the sow during farrowing.
  • (20) The experts concluded there was no credible evidence of molestation; that Dylan Farrow had an inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality; and that Dylan Farrow had likely been coached by her mother, Mia Farrow.

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