(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.
Sheep
Definition:
(n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
(n. sing. & pl.) A weak, bashful, silly fellow.
(n. sing. & pl.) Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
Example Sentences:
(1) In each sheep there was a significant negative correlation between the glucose and corticosteroid concentrations in both maternal and fetal plasma, and there were positive correlations between the maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of glucose, and between the glucose and fructose concentrations of fetal plasma.
(2) Anesthetized sheep (n = 6) previously prepared with a lung lymph fistula underwent 2 hr of tourniquet ischemia of both lower limbs.
(3) The mechanism by which pertussis toxin (PT) breaks the unresponsiveness of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) was examined in B10 mice.
(4) Blood flow was measured in leg and torso skin of conscious or anesthetized sheep by using 15-micron radioactive microspheres (Qm) and the 133Xe washout method (QXe).
(5) Base-line HPV was determined by measuring the change in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) while sheep breathed 12% O2 for 7 min.
(6) of about 330 000 for the elementary peptide chains of pig and sheep thyroglobulin.
(7) However, in GF rats and in rats monoassociated with viable P. acnes, parenteral injection of killed P. acnes antigen inhibited the plaque-forming cell response to sheep erythrocytes.
(8) The plasma, urine, and tissue sulfathiazole concentrations were determined at various times following intravenous administration to 12 sheep.
(9) 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.
(10) It is suggested that contractile responses to electrical stimulation in isolated sheep urethral smooth muscle are mediated by the sympathetic nervous system, mainly through release of noradrenaline stimulating postjunctional alpha 1-adrenoceptors.
(11) The dumplings could also be served pan-fried in browned butter and tossed with a bitter leaf salad and fresh sheep's cheese for a lighter, but equally delicious option.
(12) We measured the steady-state volumes of distribution for radioactive chloride, sucrose, and albumin in the lung of six anesthetized, spen-thorax sheep.
(13) Haematological and blood biochemical changes in the sheep, as well as fecundity of gastrointestinal nematodes, suggested the hosts were immunosuppressed.
(14) Periods of spontaneously occurring hypoxia have been observed in fetal sheep.
(15) The efficacy of other anthelmintics which have been used against paramphistomes in sheep is reviewed.
(16) A minimum of 4 sheeps' heads, obtained weekly over 24 months from the Pretoria Municipal Abattoir, was examined for infestation.
(17) The intravenous administration of ovine placental lactogen to pregnant and non-pregnant sheep produced significant acute decreases in plasma free fatty acid, glucose and amino nitrogen concentrations.
(18) In this ewe, and in 4 of 7 other sheep diagnosed as having abomasal emptying defects, aspartate transaminase and sorbitol dehydrogenase activities were high, and histopathologic evidence of hepatic congestion and ischemia was found.
(19) Also, Gs failed to hemolyze sheep erythrocytes when there was hemolysis by virions or an amino-terminal peptide of the VSV glycoprotein.
(20) It contained approximately 1% HP+cells and approximately 3% of all lymphocytes forming rosettes which sheep erythrocytes (E+ cells) present before fractionation.