(n.) A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
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Hogget
Definition:
(n.) A young boar of the second year.
(n.) A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
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(1) An experiment was undertaken between July and November 1985 in East Gippsland, Victoria, to determine the efficacy of an intra-ruminal controlled-release albendazole capsule against naturally acquired worm burdens and larval challenge in Merino hoggets.
(2) Two hundred Merino wether hoggets were used to examine the effect of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection (caseous lymphadenitis) on wool production and bodyweight.
(3) Adult does (greater than or equal to 2.5 years) that had previously kidded were inseminated into the cervix, and maiden (kid: 6-8 months; hogget: 18 months) and adult does were inseminated laparoscopically.
(4) The prevalence within flocks was highest in hoggets (mean 2.2%, range 0 to 75%) followed by lambs (mean 0.8%, range 0 to 25%), ewes (mean 0.6%, range 0 to 20%) and wethers (0.2%, range 0 to 20%).
(5) The performance of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was evaluated in the serological diagnosis of subclinical genital infection in 6 naturally infected ram flocks and 2 experimentally infected ram hoggets.
(6) Two hoggets and 56 albino mice were used to study the effect of a water-extracted antigen of Listeria monocytogenes, strains 1,4b and St. r., through freezing, thawing, shaking, and filtrating (Seitz filter).
(7) The buyer will obtain grazing rights for 5,471 ewes, 732 hoggets, 200 lambs and also be entitled to use the title Lord of the Manor of Threlkeld.