(1) Unilateral post-ganglionic denervation in geese prevented the changes in [RNA] and [RNA]:[DNA] that occurred in the intact gland of birds given salt water for 24 hr; denervation had no significant effect in birds on fresh water throughout.
(2) I used to hear Canada geese sail overhead to a Stoke Newington reservoir behind where I lodged in my London days.
(3) Geese kept at 4.5 degrees C. trended toward greater fertility than geese housed but subjected to natural temperature variations.
(4) The prevalence of influenza varied greatly among the common waterfowl species: mallards 42%, black ducks 30%, blue-winged teal 11%, wood ducks 2%, and Canada geese 0%.
(5) But the company's permission to explore there was dependent on its impact on migrating birds, including pink-footed geese and whooper swans .
(6) Clinical signs in the live geese were weakness, lethargy, anorexia, emaciation and bile stained diarrhea.
(7) The live geese (155) were captured and moved to nearby freshwater wetlands where most apparently survived.
(8) In geese with one salt gland removed, no indication of compensatory growth of the remaining gland was evident in birds kept on fresh water for 24 days.
(9) The segmentum accelerans in geese is a constriction in the caudal end of the primary bronchus.
(10) Geese were trapped and blood samples were obtained in each of 4 consecutive years, 1966-69.
(11) The high prevalence of this condition in white-fronted geese suggested a genetic influence.
(12) Regional blood flow was measured using the radioactive microsphere method in unanesthetized Pekin ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) and bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) breathing 21, 10 and 5% O2.
(13) All species showed upper alimentary distress with mortalities occurring in the geese.
(14) Migratory ducks, Canada geese, and sandhill crane from the Pacific North American Flyway have been screened for Campylobacter spp.
(15) The ventilatory activity of the anterior and posterior groups of air sacs was simulated in unidirectionally-ventilated geese and the resultant flow of air in the mediodorsal secondary bronchi was used as an indicator of the route which air followed through the lung.
(16) These studies were carried out to compare certain hepatic microsomal drug-metabolizing enzymes of quail, ducks, geese, chickens, turkeys and rats.
(17) Although the introduction of these chemicals has been beneficial in reducing environmental contamination, some side-effects on wildlife have still been discernible and carbophenothion has now been withdrawn from use in Scotland owing to the deaths of wintering geese from carbophenothion poisoning.
(18) Fossil evidence suggests that these two groups of geese had a common ancestor 4-5 million years ago.
(19) Liver slices from geese, ducks (Aylesbury X Pekin) and chickens contained low UDP-glucuronyl transferase and high sulphate conjugation enzyme activities, whereas the reverse was found in Khaki-Campbell ducks.
(20) Psittacosis virus was not recovered from any of the birds examined, but a percentage of migrating geese had psittacosis antibodies.
Swan
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.
(n.) Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.
(n.) The constellation Cygnus.
Example Sentences:
(1) Indirect methods to evaluate left ventricular function included the use of the Swan-Ganz catheter for pulmonary capillary wedge pressure measurement, systolic time intervals, and cardiac output.
(2) At Wembley England fielded: Springett; Armfield, McNeil; Robson, Swan, Flowers; Douglas, Greaves, Smith, Haynes, Charlton.
(3) Two-dimensional echocardiography was used to guide and locate the balloon of Swan-Ganz catheter during catheterization in 43 patients.
(4) Which certainly isn't a charge you can level at Sony – in recent years, it has conspicuously championed indies (winning a hatful of Baftas for Journey and The Unfinished Swan in the process).
(5) To determine the relationship between SVR and sigma es, left ventricular afterload and contractility were pharmacologically altered in eight dogs instrumented with central aortic microtip and Swan-Ganz thermodilution catheters.
(6) 9.59am GMT Summary We’ll leave you with a summary of what transpired here throughout the day: • Julia Gillard announced a contest for her position as prime minister following calls by Simon Crean, a senior minister in her government, for her to be replaced by her predecessor, Kevin Rudd • Shortly before the ballot was to take place Kevin Rudd announced he would not stand for the Labor Party leadership , re-iterating his promise to the Australian people that he would not challenge Julia Gillard • When it came time for the ballot, Gillard was the only person who stood for the leadership and she and her deputy Wayne Swan were elected unopposed .
(7) The avian blood fluke, Austrobilharzia terrigalensis (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae), is recorded in Western Australia for the first time, and is implicated as the cause of dermatitis among users of the Swan estuary in Perth.
(8) Nonejection systolic and diastolic clicks appeared when a Swan-Ganz catheter was positioned in the proximal portion of the right pulmonary artery.
(9) The Peppers like to be jerks (at Dingwalls Swan dedicated a song to “all you whiney Britishers who can suck my American cock”), but don’t let the surface attitude fool you.
(10) In the dogs on controlled respiration the effect of the above-mentioned substance upon the haemodynamic of the total organism was monitored by means of continuous measuring of the arterial pressure by a Swan-Ganz catheter.
(11) For example, in May 2012 , Hockey said, “Australians are right to be concerned about handing Wayne Swan yet another increase in our nation’s credit card limit.” He then went on Alan Jones to argue that the government could not make claims that it was making savings if it was also increasing the debt ceiling from $250bn to $300bn.
(12) Treasurer Wayne Swan says largely because we have a fixed price in Australia's carbon pricing scheme to allow certainty for businesses having to make the transition.
(13) Resuscitation was significantly more often successful with the Bunegin-Albin catheter (six of nine dogs) than with either Sorenson catheter (zero of seven in both groups) or the Swan-Ganz RA port (one of seven).
(14) Jose Mourinho can go back to worrying about the dead swan in Scotland.
(15) On the basis of clinical and initial Swan-Ganz catheter data, the patients were assigned to one of three groups: an ARDS group (n = 12); a cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE) group (n = 12); and a critically ill, nonpulmonary edema group (NPE, n = 17).
(16) I found swans and storks and all manner of seabirds but, again, no owls, because stuffing them is forbidden in France.
(17) Boys from King Edward VI grammar school will lay oblations inside Holy Trinity church, while the Coventry Corps of Drums prepares to lead a "people's parade" towards Bancroft Gardens, where the River Avon widens, and where – if you're lucky – you might see a swan or two cruise by.
(18) Eight of 9 Mute swans (Cygnus olor) untied in the river acrossing the central part of Tottori-city died within the period of 40 days of summer in 1989.
(19) Hemodynamic evaluations were performed by means of a Swan-Ganz catheter and cardiac output determinations by the thermodilution technique.
(20) Ten consecutive patients with ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction were studied by means of Doppler echocardiography (including two-dimensional, conventional and color Doppler techniques) and bedside right heart catheterization using a Swan-Ganz catheter.