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Meleagrine
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris.
Example Sentences:
(1) A low-molecular-mass protein, tentatively named meleagrin, was isolated from a commercial preparation of turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) ovomucoid.
(2) The amino acid sequence of meleagrin shows a strong homology to a similar basic protein, cygnin (Simpson, G.R.
Meleagris
Definition:
(n.) A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors have studied the quantitative variation of elastic and collagenous fibers in the aortic arch of Meleagris gallopavo (turkey), both sexes, from 1 up to 180 days old.
(2) Eight species representing 8 genera of gallinaceous birds were used: Alectoris graeca; Colinus virginianus; Coturnix coturnix; Gallus gallus; Meleagris gallopavo; Numidia meleagris; Pavo cristatus; Phasianus colchicus.
(3) Pen-raised North American wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo L.) were experimentally infected with marble spleen disease (MSD) to determine their susceptibility to this disease.
(4) (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) isolated from helmeted guineafowls Numida meleagris from the Kruger National Park is described.
(5) Acaricidal treatment of cattle, sheep and goats on a farm in Valley Bushveld in the Grahamstown district resulted in a reduction in the numbers of certain tick species on kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), scrub hares (Lepus saxatilis) and crowned guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) on the same farm.
(6) One hundred twenty-three of 300 blood samples (41%) taken from Rio Grande wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) from three locations in southern Texas (Welder Wildlife Refuge, Chaparrosa Ranch, and Campo Alegre Ranch) and subinoculated into domestic broad-breasted white turkey poults were positive for a Plasmodium (Novyella) sp.
(7) The effect of beak trimming at different ages on feed consumption and growth of meat-type guineas (Numida meleagris) up to 12 wk of age was investigated.
(8) This resulted in a marked reduction in all stages of development of Amblyomma hebraeum on kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), scrub hares (Lepus saxatilis) and helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) which were on the farm compared with the burdens of similar animals in an adjacent nature reserve.
(9) Serum samples and choanal cleft swabs were collected from livetrapped and hunter killed wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from Martin and Bertie counties, North Carolina (USA).
(10) Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from Pearl River Wildlife Management Area, St. Tammany Parish and from adjacent St. Helena Parish, Louisiana (USA) were observed to have broken and frayed rectrices.
(11) Body weight values for 60 gobblers and 60 hens of 3 series of the turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) after data from Johnson (1953), Mosby and Handley (1943) are submitted to nonlinear regressions for selected functions of organismic growth.
(12) Chickens (Gallus gallus) and guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) from the site where the disease was originally detected also were tested by serologic and cultural methods for M. gallisepticum infections.
(13) From 1986 to 1989, sera from wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), including three subspecies (M. gallopavo intermedia, M. gallopavo merriami and M. gallopavo mexicana) trapped in six western states were tested for antibody to Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) (n = 724), M. synoviae (MS) (n = 461) and M. meleagridis (MM) (n = 354) using the rapid plate agglutination (RPA) assay.
(14) Only one Numida meleagris of the 54 wild birds (14 species) was positive in low titer level of 1:100 with L. canicola.
(15) Alkaline phosphatase from tibia tendon of Meleagris gallopavo L. was highly purified.
(16) In the eastern Cape Province every helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), scrub hare (Lepus saxatilis) and kudu from the Andries Vosloo Kudu Reserve; all but 1 of the 22 domestic cattle examined on the farm "Bucklands"; and all Angora goats plus nearly all Boer goats examined on the farm "Brakhill" were infested with this tick.
(17) Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection had been confirmed by culture and serology among wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in close association with domestic fowl on Cumberland Island, Georgia (USA) in 1980.
(18) Economic requirements have encouraged farmers to select broad-breasted strains of turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo).
(19) The biliary bile acid profiles of domestic chickens (Gallus domesticus), turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), and ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB-MS).
(20) The continued use of chlorinated hydrocarbons as pesticides prompted an investigation into the effects of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) on the blood of the crowned guinea-fowl (Numida meleagris).