What's the difference between pullet and year?

Pullet


Definition:

  • (n.) A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The pullets were housed in battery brooder pens with raised wire floors.
  • (2) At necropsy of an 8-week-old pullet a 0.75 X 5.0 cm.
  • (3) Two experiments were conducted to compare beak treatment effects on pullets of three genetic stocks.
  • (4) Many of the hens dying from the disease are younger and no pullets had been planned to replace them yet, Elam said.
  • (5) Mortality from cannibalism was absent among pullets kept in experimental floor pens.
  • (6) Performance criteria were averaged over all trials and used to determine per cage returns ($) above feed and pullet rearing costs (irrespective of fixed costs) and per cage profits (gross returns minus total costs) for the four treatment combinations.
  • (7) Pullets were full-fed for the first 8 wk of life, then placed on a skip-a-day program with breeder-recommended feed allocations.
  • (8) Vaccinated commercial pullets were protected against morbidity, death, and egg-production decline at either peak of lay (25 wks old) or at 55 wks old.
  • (9) This was found to be the method of choice in coccidiosis control in replacement pullets in the semi-arid subtropical climate of Rhodesia.
  • (10) Six hundred pullets (18-wk-old) were equally and randomly allocated to the LP and NP treatments.
  • (11) The infusion of corticosterone significantly increased the plasma concentrations of this steroid over that observed in the control pullets and was not related to the dose of PMSG.
  • (12) Urolithiasis was induced in an experimental group of Single Comb White Leghorn pullets by feeding them layer ration and exposing them to nephrotrophic Gray strain infectious bronchitis virus (IBV).
  • (13) Endogenous pituitary glands of broiler pullets that received high density capsules (1.2 X 10(6) cells) were observed 30 days after fiber implantation at 2 weeks of age.
  • (14) Two experiments were conducted with laying pullets between 32 and 47 weeks of age.
  • (15) Broiler breeder pullets were vaccinated at 20 to 24 weeks of age with an inactivated, oil emulsion vaccine containing the CO8 strain of avian reovirus.
  • (16) Data from 30 published experiments have been analysed to examine the relationships between environmental temperature and the long-term, adapted responses of laying pullets, measured as metabolisable energy intake, egg output and body weight change.
  • (17) Agonistic behaviors were not different between BT and IN pullets.
  • (18) Replacement pullets which had been found infected with Salmonella were treated with antibiotics for 12 days, moved to a clean house by the 11th day and given 2 treatments with a competitive exclusion (CE) preparation on the 13th and 15th day.
  • (19) The production of double-yolked eggs and the duration of the rapid growth phase of yolks were measured in parental lines of White Plymouth Rock pullets and their crosses over 30 d, commencing with the day of first egg.
  • (20) This is the first report of cryptosporidiosis in rearing pullets in the Netherlands and also the first time that the combination of this infection with Marek's disease is mentioned.

Year


Definition:

  • (n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
  • (n.) The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
  • (n.) Age, or old age; as, a man in years.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Forty-nine patients (with 83 eyes showing signs of the disease) were followed up for between six months and 12 years.
  • (2) The percentage of people with less than 10 TU titers is under 5% after the age of 5 years up to 15 years; from 15 to 60 years there are no subjects with undetectable ASO titer and after this age the percentage is still under 5%.
  • (3) Thirty-two patients (10 male, 22 female; age 37-82 years) undergoing maintenance haemodialysis or haemofiltration were studied by means of Holter device capable of simultaneously analysing rhythm and ST-changes in three leads.
  • (4) These data indicate a steady improvement in laboratory performance over the last 10 years.
  • (5) Yet the Tory promise of fiscal rectitude prevailed in England Alexander had been in charge of Labour’s election strategy, but he could not strategise a victory over a 20-year-old Scottish nationalist who has not yet taken her finals.
  • (6) Sierra Leone is one of the three West Africa nations hit hard by an Ebola epidemic this year.
  • (7) Thirteen patients with bipolar affective illness who had received lithium therapy for 1-5 years were tested retrospectively for evidence of cortical dysfunction.
  • (8) Future Brown have connections in the fashion industry, last year soundtracking a surreal film for the brand Telfar.
  • (9) Chapter one Announcement of the Islamic Caliphate The announcement of the renewal of the caliphate in Iraq in the year 1427AH [2006] was the arbiter between division and separation as well as the glory of the Muslims.
  • (10) Oculomotor paresis with cyclic spasms is a rare syndrome, usually noticeable at birth or developing during the first year of life.
  • (11) In contrast to previous reports, these tumours were more malignant than osteosarcomas and showed a five-year survival rate of only 4-2 per cent.
  • (12) The time of observation varied between 2 and 17 years.
  • (13) The previous year, he claimed £1,415 for two new sofas, made two separate claims of £230 and £108 for new bed linen, charged £86 for a new kettle and kitchen utensils and made two separate claims, of £65 and £186, for replacement glasses and crockery.
  • (14) The role of whole Mycobacteria, mycobacterial cell walls and waxes D as immunostimulants was well established many years ago.
  • (15) A 61-year-old man experienced four bouts of pancreatitis in 1 year.
  • (16) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
  • (17) Children of smoking mothers had an 18.0 per cent cumulative incidence of post-infancy wheezing through 10 years of age, compared with 16.2 per cent among children of nonsmoking mothers (risk ratio 1.11, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.21).
  • (18) Michael Schumacher’s manager hopes F1 champion ‘will be here again one day’ Read more Last year, Red Bull were frustrated by Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda as they desperately looked for a new engine supplier.
  • (19) A diplomatic source said the killing appeared particularly unusual because of Farooq lack of recent political activity: "He was lying low in the past two years.
  • (20) Extensive studies during recent years have shown that the interaction between hormone and membrane-bound receptor can affect the receptor characteristics in at least two ways.