(n.) One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clinical implications are discussed and the need for periodic assessment of auditory function in Nigeria sicklers for preventive management of auditory problems is emphasized.
(2) These data suggest a decrease or lack of intravascular volume expansion and evidence of uteroplacental insufficiency in sicklers.
(3) The above findings are discussed in relation to the other complications of sickler cell disease in other organs of the body.
(4) We also found plasma fibrinogen concentration in sicklers to be about twice as high as that of normals.
(5) The probable explanations were the high prevalence of fetal haemoglobin in Arab sicklers, the rarity of sickle cell disease among the Arabs and the possible existence of a different gene.
(6) High rouleaux formation in sicklers could be attributed not only to fibrinogen and other plasma factors but also to cellular factors.
(7) Non-sicklers of similar ages and with similar temperatures were also studied as controls.
(8) The significance of these results are discussed and the need for establishing the sensitivity of the infecting organism in every case and for early surgical exploration in non-sicklers are stressed.
(9) The extent of tissue damage caused by vaso-occlusion in sickle cell disease in those organs rich in acid phosphatase was assessed by measuring serum acid phosphatase in 33 patients with homozygous sickle cell disease Hb-SS (sicklers) and comparing the result with that of 31 persons with normal haemoglobin-AA (non-sicklers) matched for age and sex.
(10) Blood was collected from HbSS-confirmed sicklers (80 males and 75 females, age 2-26 and 1-27 years, respectively) who attended our clinics.
(11) Eighty three of the subjects were sickle-cell anaemia patients (sicklers) with haemoglobin genotype HbSS, and in the steady state; 30 were subjects who had the sickle-cell trait (HbAS), and 55 were subjects with the normal haemoglobin genotype HbAA.
(12) However, a national collaborative randomized study is needed to adequately address the controversy regarding the use of red cell exchange in the pregnant sickler.
(13) The result showed a decrease in the level of total, labile and tartrate-resistant serum acid phosphatase in sicklers compared to non-sicklers, though the decrease is not statistically significant (p greater than 0.1).
(14) The erythrocyte sialic acid concentration was significantly (P less than 0.001) higher in sickle-cell patients than in non-sicklers and although the concentration was higher in AS than AA individuals the difference was not significant (P greater than 0.05).
(15) In view of the aesthetic and medical implications of these abnormalities, it is recommended that sicklers should receive regular dental check-up with a view to ameliorating or preventing these complications by prophylactic measures including the use of orthodontic appliances such as braces, etc.
(16) From a sample of 1,079 male adult Zairians living in regions where falciparum malaria is endemic 212 sicklers and 867 nonsicklers were compared for eight anthropometric variables.
(17) The levels of ELT and FDP were significantly higher in sicklers in steady state than non-sicklers, but significantly lowered in sicklers in crisis than both non-sicklers and sicklers in stable state.
(18) By using a non-invasive Doppler technique, vessel compliance (C) was measured in the aorta, iliac and leg arterial segments of 25 juvenile and adult-onset diabetics of recent diagnosis and also in seven sickle-cell subjects (sicklers) whose conditions were known to have reached crisis state.
(19) The results were compared between those subjects who encountered more frequent vaso-occlusive crisis episodes (frequent sicklers) and those with fewer crisis episodes (infrequent sicklers), along with parameters between crisis and non-crisis states of frequent sicklers.
(20) The sicklers and non-sicklers (control group) did not show any significant differences in the pattern of tympanograms, static middle ear compliance and mean acoustic reflex thresholds, suggesting essentially normal middle ear mechanisms in both groups.
Suckler
Definition:
(n.) An animal that suckles its young; a mammal.
Example Sentences:
(1) The building of sophisticated housing is likely to be justified for pigs, poultry, dairy cattle and calves, but not for suckler beef and sheep.
(2) Many more dairy herds were affected than beef suckler herds, a difference attributable to the difference in feeding practices between the two herd types.
(3) In a two-year study of the incidence of subclinical mastitis in two beef suckler herds over 2400 quarter milk samples from 180 cows were examined.
(4) Cryptosporidium were more common in single and multiple suckler beef herds.
(5) Rotavirus infections were more common in dairy herds and single suckler beef herds whereas Salmonella infections were more often found in calf rearing units.
(6) K99+ E coli were found in one dairy herd and one multiple suckler beef herd both with unhygienic calving accommodation.
(7) Ten cows in a suckler herd totalling 60 sickened after grazing parkland which was heavily covered with acorns.
(8) 90 days' postpartum, 35.1% of sucklers and 66.7% of milkers showed their 1st estrus.
(9) The fore-milk samples from suckler beef cows were of value in the early detection of nonpregnant cows.
(10) Sows were screened routinely and in the worst affected herds, sucklers and weaners were also swabbed.
(11) Results of fore-milk progesterone estimations from suckler beef cows using radioimmunoassay for pregnancy diagnosis and, with manual examination per rectum, the measurement of embryonic fetal mortality are reported.
(12) Average PPEI length for sucklers was significantly different from that for milkers (131.5 vs. 77.9 days, p less than .01).
(13) Results of these tests indicated that: (a) in spite of extremely dirty udders, fewer contaminants were found in the suckler cow milk samples than in a group of over 1700 samples from typical dairy herds; (b) 18 per cent of all quarter milk samples were infected; (c) 67 per cent of all infections were due to staphylococci and 20 per cent to streptococci; (d) 56 per cent of staphylococcal infections were associated with cell counts less than 500,000 per ml compared with 39 per cent of other infections; (e) 70 per cent of samples had somatic cell counts less than 500,000 per ml.
(14) The body temperature was significant higher in calves of the suckler cow herd.
(15) The ovaries of 18 post-partum beef suckler cows were examined daily, using ultrasound, from Day 5 post partum until a normal oestrous cycle was completed.
(16) The percentage of animals with postpartum ovulation interval (PPOI) of more than 3 months was 23.8% for sucklers and 9.5% for milkers.
(17) Confidence in the accuracy of the dairy ME system has been built up, and its application to suckler cows has also proved successful.
(18) Fifteen cows among a herd of 50 suckler cows and calves rapidly lost body condition and became dull and anorexic after grazing pasture containing bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) during the summer of 1989.
(19) Two groups each of 10 suckler cows were given a basal diet of oat straw and pressed unmolassed sugar beet pulp for the last 19 weeks of pregnancy and the first 6 weeks of lactation.
(20) Eleven out of 36 suckler cows, all in late pregnancy, aborted seven to 10 days following introduction to a rye grass pasture heavily infested with ergot.