(n.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
Example Sentences:
(1) 10D1 mAb induced a substantial proliferation of peripheral blood T cells when cross-linked with goat anti-mouse Ig antibody.
(2) When labelled long-chain fatty acids or glycerol were infused into the lactating goat, there was extensive transfer of radioactivity into milk in spite of the absence of net uptake of substrate by the mammary gland.
(3) Infectious virus was recovered 3 years after infection from selected tissues of 12 of 17 CAEV(63)-infected goats and 11 of 18 CAEV(Co)-infected goats.
(4) As evidence, they show no mediated semantic-phonological priming during picture naming: Retrieval of sheep primes goat, but the activation of goat is not transmitted to its phonological relative, goal.
(5) Voluntary intake and nutritive value of diets selected by goats grazing a shrubland at Marin county, N.L., Mexico were determined.
(6) In the second study, CFA, TiterMax, Adjuvax and RAS were compared in rabbits, mice and goats.
(7) Heart rates were obtained simultaneously from FM radio transmitters and heart rate monitors externally mounted on unanesthetized and unrestrained mixed-breed goats.
(8) In order to obtain baseline information about Lewis antigen expression in human urothelium in order that changes during malignant transformation can be evaluated, urothelium from eight individuals of known erythrocyte Lewis types were stained by a Tween-modified indirect immunoperoxidase staining technique using goat antibodies directed toward the Lewis a and Lewis b determinants and mouse monoclonal antibodies directed toward the Lewis a determinant in serial dilutions.
(9) The staining method consisted of sequential treatment of slides with crest serum, fluorosceinated goat-antihuman and swine-antigoat antibodies, and propidium iodide.
(10) The antigen bound antibody was separated from the free antigen by the double antibody method using goat anti-rabbit IgG serum.
(11) Twenty-eight pregnant goats in midgestation were exposed to a bovine pathogenic strain of Brucella abortus to determine the histologic changes associated with infection.
(12) Head chef Christopher Gould (a UK Masterchef quarter-finalist) puts his own stamp on traditional Spanish fare with the likes of mushroom-and-truffle croquettes and suckling Málaga goat with couscous.
(13) Mature Fasciola gigantica obtained from naturally infected cattle were surgically transferred into the gallbladders of six fluke-free goats.
(14) The Palestinian Bedouin family live in Az-Zayyem, inside Area C, farming goats and camels for milk.
(15) In the second experiment, 2 antisera to mouse NGF were given daily into the footpad for 11 or 12 d; control animals were given normal goat serum.
(16) Therefore, the hypothesis of a fetal sensori-neural hearing loss due to oxygen lack was tested in the following animal models: a) Adult cats to which feline red blood cells were infused thus causing a polycythemia similar to fetal conditions; b) Adult rats acclimated to altitude in a hypobaric chamber, inducing erythropoiesis with elevated hematocrit and hemoglobin; c) Neonatal guinea pigs and goats studied when they were less than 12 hours old so that the fetal compensatory mechanisms were still present.
(17) The goat and rabbit mouse epsilon chain-specific antisera were adsorbed on normal mouse serum.
(18) The OMI averaged 2.2 and 2.1% of body weight for sheep and goats, respectively (P = .08).
(19) The goat isolates were obtained from animals with various disease conditions including respiratory tract disorders, vulvovaginitis, and wart-like lesions on the eyelid.
(20) Cerebrocortical necrosis appears to be unusual in goats, compared to cattle and sheep, but it should be entertained in the differential diagnosis of caprine nervous diseases.
Groat
Definition:
(n.) An old English silver coin, equal to four pence.
(n.) Any small sum of money.
Example Sentences:
(1) The following year, I organised and took part in a cycle ride from John O'Groats to Land's End, covering 900 miles in nine days through this beautiful country.
(2) (Perhaps if Scotland goes independent we Londoners could join up with them, share the pound, and leave the rest of England with something Ukip-ish, like the groat?)
(3) Greene told shareholders: "When you post a first class letter we charge you the same to deliver it tomorrow in Solihull or in John O'Groats.
(4) Lane is founder of a running club and, after having both hips replaced, ran from Land's End to John O'Groats.
(5) Ileal amino acid digestibilities tended to be highest for wheat and oat groats, followed by corn, sorghum, barley and wheat middlings.
(6) Almost at John O'Groats, the beach at Ness of Duncansby sometimes has masses of shells.
(7) Mortality due to necrotic enteritis was higher among chickens fed rations based on wheat, rye, barley, and oat groats than among chickens fed corn-based rations.
(8) The slope-ratio assay rendered a relative nutritive value of 59 for Goodland oat groats, assuming 100 for whole egg protein.
(9) Protein concentrates from oil cake of tomato seeds and corn bud, and groats of safflower and flax were studied for the content of the main food substances: proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, mineral substances, as well as for the fatty acid lipid spectrum, amino acid composition of proteins and the level of available lysine.
(10) During the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd experiment the sheep received rations with additionally included soya groats, soya groats and carbamide and carbamide and carrots with 17, 18.5 and 17.7% raw protein.
(11) Commercial seed mixes for psittacines commonly contain corn, sunflower, safflower, pumpkin and squash seeds, wheat, peanuts, millet, oat groats and buckwheat, although other seeds may be present.
(12) The range in ileal digestibilities was 73.8 (sorghum) to 84.2% (wheat) for lysine, 69.6 (corn) to 81.4% (wheat) for tryptophan and 63.4 (wheat middlings) to 77.9% (oat groats) for threonine.
(13) Somewhere along the way, marathons became commonplace and a whole new breed of extreme activities came along – the Ironman triathlon ; multi-day cycle events like John O’Groats to Lands End; crazy ultra marathons like the Thames Path 100 ; and events that defy description like the Tough Mudder .
(14) "There were fewer photographers," Gough says of his second arrival at John O'Groats.
(15) A comparative study of virulence, viability and antibiotic sensitivity of Y. pestis strains grown at 28 degrees C and 37 degrees C in yeast-casein medium, yeast medium with Hottinger's meat digest and yeast medium with protein hydrolysate obtained from sunflower seed groats has been made.
(16) Gough reached John O'Groats on 22 January 2004 and the media were waiting.
(17) The company states: “Think of it as the Irish equivalent of Britain’s Land’s End to John O’Groats, but with rugged coastline, Irish music, unique landscapes and lively pubs.” Pub stops aside, the 525-mile route is definitely a significant adventure, involving six days of cycling with around 85 miles tackled each day.
(18) Gross energy digestibilities for corn, sorghum and oat groats were similar; wheat had a slightly lower (P less than .05) digestibility, followed by barley (P less than .05), with wheat middlings being the least (P less than .05) digestible.
(19) Apparent nutrient digestibilities of yellow-dent corn, low-tannin sorghum, hard red winter wheat, barley, oat groats and wheat middlings were determined near the end of the small intestine and over the total digestive tract of growing pigs.
(20) During a marathon relay from John O'Groats to Lands End (JOGLE) various blood and urine parameters were measured in the runners.