(n.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clinical signs, necropsy findings and histopathological changes are summarized for 43 macropods, two common wombats, two koalas, six possums, 15 dasyurids, two numbats, eight bandicoots and one bilby.
(2) The percentage bacterial composition of dental plaques from 12 macropods was determined.
(3) Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, previously shown to be a relatively simple and reproducible method for distinguishing discrete strains of E. granulosus, could not discriminate between E. granulosus originating from central Queensland macropod marsupials, Australian mainland sheep or United Kingdom sheep.
(4) The major seminal sugar of the three macropod species was N-acetylglucosamine and glucose was also present in quite large concentrations.
(5) An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed to measure total antibody to Toxoplasma gondii in serum samples from macropods.
(6) Proliferative lesions were present in 14 macropods, 26 koalas, two wombats and 22 possums and gliders.
(7) Neutral beta-galactosidase (lactase) activity was absent from crude brush borders of small intestines of three species of suckling macropods (kangaroos and wallabies), even though the intestinal mucosal homogenates had high beta-galactosidase activities.
(8) Surveys were made of the worm burdens of feral goats, possums and Kangaroo Island Wallabies from places where macropods and ungulates graze together.
(9) This report presents information on the range of diseases and lesions that occurred in sections of livers of macropods held in the Non-Domestic Animal Registry at Taronga Zoo.
(10) The results suggest that the absorptive-digestive mechanism for lactose in macropods is fundamentally different from that in eutherian mammals.
(11) On 17 farms either macropods were killed for dog food or dogs were suspected of hunting macropods or scavenging their carcases.
(12) The development of the lymphoid tissues in a macropod marsupial is described.
(13) Isozyme differences were found between protoscoleces derived from different cysts in three sheep and three macropod marsupials.
(14) Small foci of the domestic strain of E. granulosus may be maintained in a cycle involving dingoes, macropods and possibly feral pigs in cattle raising areas of coastal Queensland.
(15) In addition, the concentration of 2-mercaptoethanol required to destroy the IgM fraction of macropod serum was confirmed in a modified direct agglutination test.
(16) These data on body mass and tissue proportions translate directly into center of gravity, strength-to-weight ratio, and muscular (kinetic) chains, key elements of macropod evolution.
(17) Negative MA test results to hardjo antigens were recorded in 55 mountain possums (T. caninus), 63 macropods (Macropus spp.
(18) One hundred and fifty-one Bennett's wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus) and 85 T. billardierii were also tested to determine the prevalence of acute toxoplasmosis of macropods in the wild.
(19) The strain of E. granulosus in both patients was genetically indistinguishable from that found in macropods, dingoes and sheep from New South Wales and the United Kingdom.
(20) At rates of travel observed in the field, the estimated energy cost of transport in large macropods is less than one-third the cost for a quadruped of equivalent body mass.
Pademelon
Definition:
(n.) See Wallaby.
Example Sentences:
(1) The validity of the assay was established by comparing parasite isolation in mice for 17 Tasmanian pademelons (Thylogale billardierii) and 17 Bennett's wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus).
(2) Relationships between basal and fed metabolic rates and whole-body protein turnover rates were examined in three species of wallabies, the red-necked pademelon (Thylogale thetis), parma wallaby (Macropus parma) and tammar wallaby (M. eugenii).
(3) Six new species of Klossiella are described in the kidneys of Australian marsupials: Klossiella rufogrisei in Bennett's Wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus; Klossiella rufi in the Red Kangaroo, Macropus rufus; Klossiella thylogale in the Red-Bellied or Tasmanian Pademelon, Thylogale billardierii; Klossiella beveridgei in the Spectacled Hare-Wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus; Klossiella bettongiae in the Tasmanian Bettong, Bettongia gaimardi; and Klossiella schoinobatis in the petaurid Greater Glider, Petauroides volans.
(4) The effects of water restriction on nitrogen metabolism were compared in the semi-arid adapted tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) and a wallaby from a moist forest environment, the red-necked pademelon (Thylogale thetis).
(5) There was a significant (p less than 0.01) difference in possession of T. gondii antibodies between adult (greater than or equal to 1 year of age) Tasmanian pademelons and Bennett's wallabies.
(6) Urea excretion decreased in the tammars, but increased in the pademelons.
(7) The tests were then used to investigate a diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis in four Tasmanian pademelons (Thylogale billardierii) clinically suspected of acquiring toxoplasmosis naturally.
(8) Urea recycling as a proportion of urea entry rate tended to increase in the tammars but not in the pademelons.
(9) Nitrogen balance remained positive, but fell further in the pademelons.
(10) Peripheral blood corticosteroid levels were determined in nine species of Australian marsupial (Eastern grey kangaroo, black-tailed, Bennett's and pademelon wallabies, quokka, wombat, koala and Western native and tiger cats), one species of monotreme (echidna) and one placental Australian mammal (dingo).
(11) The Australian natives that were studied were all marsupials: greater brown bandicoot; bettong; eastern grey kangaroo; red kangaroo; koala; possum; red necked pademelon; Tammar wallaby; and wombat.