(n.) A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mouflon haemoglobin B and sheep haemoglobin B differed in isoelectric focusing.
(2) The limb defects of mouflons from Cd-contaminated areas are discussed in connection with Cd-induced secondary Cu-deficiency resp.
(3) Of 18 species' erythrocytes tested only sheep, Barbary sheep and Mouflon erythrocytes formed rosettes in similar percentages.
(4) The primary structure of mouflon beta-lactoglobulin shows close similarity to ruminant beta-lactoglobulins.
(5) The effect of temperature on the oxygen-binding properties of hemoglobin (Hb) from ruminants, such as ox, reindeer, musk ox, mouflon and egyptian water buffalo is compared to that of human adult Hb (HbA).
(6) The HIT method was used to examine blood serums of the game in Moravia (roebuck, red deer, fallow deer, mouflon, wild boar, brown hare) for the presence of antibodies to arboviruses of these groups: alphavirus (Sindbis-SIN), flavivirus (West Nile-WN), tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Bunyamwera (Tahyna-TAH, Calovo-CVO).
(7) Seasonal cycles were monitored in groups of wild (mouflon), feral (Soay) and domesticated breeds of sheep (Shetland, Blackface, Herdwick, Norfolk, Wiltshire, Portland, Merino, Soay x Portland and Soay x Merino) living outdoors near Edinburgh (56 degrees N).
(8) In the mouflon rams, the seasonal changes were very pronounced with a 6-15-fold increase in the plasma concentrations of FSH, inhibin and testosterone from summer to autumn, and a late peak in testicular diameter in October.
(9) The efficacy of the lymphocyte blastogenesis and complement-fixation tests and fecal culture for detection of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection was assessed in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), white-tailed deer (O virginianus), bighorn X mouflon (O musimon) hybrid sheep, and domestic sheep.
(10) Seasonal cycles in testicular activity in rams were monitored in groups of wild (mouflon), feral (Soay) and domesticated breeds of sheep (Shetland, Blackface, Herdwick, Norfolk, Wiltshire, Portland and Merino) living outdoors near Edinburgh (56 degrees N).
(11) The findings findings included a high frequency of lymphosarcomas in birds and reptiles, multiple lung adenomas in mammals, multiple endocrine tumors in 2 European mouflons (Ovis musimon), and proliferative lesions of the biliary and pancreatic ductal systems in several species.
(12) On the other hand regulations concerning game hunted for food (Deer: Red deer, Sika deer, Fallow deer, Roe deer; Horned ungulates: European mouflon, Chamois; Wild boar; European hare; European rabbit; game such as Badger and Raccoon) and regulations to be observed by hunters, mainly for the gaining of meat were discussed.
(13) Heritability estimates for tail length of Rambouillet were 0.387 (intra-sire regression), 0.344 (half-sib method), and 0.706 for inter se matings in a population containing some Mouflon breeding.
(14) 22 sera (6.1%) were positive: 20 roe, 1 red deer, 1 mouflon.
(15) Adult BB and BM mouflons, after the same extent of induced anemia, synthesized HB C levels similar to those produced at birth.
(16) Mouflon beta-lactoglobulin is a 162 amino acid long polypeptide chain with two disulphide bridges and one free thiol group.
(17) Haemopexin levels in mouflon were determined by rocket immunoelectrophoresis.
(18) Mycobacterium (M.) paratuberculosis was isolated from fecal samples of 3 (21.4%) from 14 mouflons, of 10 (20.4%) from 49 dwarf goats, of 5 (14.3%) from 35 Cameroon sheep and of 1 (9.1%) from 11 alpine ibex.
(19) Mouflons sheep had 11 coccygeal vertebrae, and Rambouillet had 18-24.
(20) The authors suggest that the mouflon should not be considered a direct ancestor of the Sardinian breed of sheep.