10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TORTICOLLAR»
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torticollar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
torticollar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
To date, two torticollar conditions with antithetical postures have been described
in turkeys, congenital loco (Cole, 1957) and bobber (Harper et al, 1988). A
preliminary description of a third heritable condition in Medium White turkeys,
referred ...
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Genome Mapping and Genomics in Domestic Animals
... insert BAC clones containing three microsatellites on chicken chromosome 4 (
GGA4) which refine its centromere position.Anim Genet 36:161—163 Savage TF,
Harper IA,Engel HN, Ir (1993) Inheritance oftetanic torticollar spasms in turkeys.
Noelle E. Cockett, Chittaranjan Kole, 2008
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Blackwell's Nursing Dictionary
torticollar, adj. tortuous (tor'chu-us): Twisted, full of curves, turns or twists.
tortuosity (tor-chu-os'i-ti): 1. The quality of being bent, twisted, or winding. 2.
Something twisted, winding, or curved. torulus (tor'u-Ius): A minute projection or
elevation; ...
Dawn Freshwater, Sian Masiln-Prothero, 2013
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The Routledge Spanish Bilingual Dictionary of Psychology and ...
torsionometer n — torsionómetro (m) Torsten Sjogren's syndrome — síndrome (m
) de Torsten Sjogren torticollar adj — torticolar torticollis n — tortícolis (f) torticollis
spastica — tortícolis (f) espástica torture n — tortura (f) toruloma n — toruloma ...
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Bioscientific Terminology: Words from Latin and Greek Stems
... hormonal influence on the adrenal cortex; formerly spelled "adrenocortico-
trophic" 16. brevicollic — pertaining to a congenital short neck 17. brevirostrine —
pertaining to extinct mastodons with much shortened jaws 18. torticollar —
affected ...
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The Turkey: An American Story
A second explanation is offered by Tom Savage, a poultry scientist at Oregon
State University, who reports that some turkeys have a genetic condition called “
tetanic torticollar spasms” that predisposes them to cock their heads and look ...
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Oski's Pediatrics: Principles & Practice
... subluxation, plagiocephaly Gastroesophageal reflux (Sandifer syndrome)
Cerebrovascular injury Brain tumor Arteriovenous malformation Central pontine
myelinolysis Cerebral ectopia and syringomyelia Torticollar tilt Toxins (
manganese, ...
Julia A. McMillan, Ralph D. Feigin, Catherine DeAngelis, 2006
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A practical medical dictionary
TORTICOLLAR TOXICODENDROL torticoll'ar. Relating to or marked by torticollis.
torticol'lis [L. torlus, twisted, + collum, neck.] Wry-neck, stiff-neck, caput obstipum,
a spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the neck, chiefly those supplied by ...
Thomas Lathrop Stedman, 1930
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torsiversion ffiWmfö,fflWß torso Sê# - presentation tAlïît(filiït) torsoclusion
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A Thesaurus of Medical Word Roots
... in) LEADING ROOT COMPOUND: torsi: torsiversion (vertere to turn) torsiona:
torsionometer (metron measure) torti: torticollis (also called wry neck) {torticollar}
(collum neck) tortipelvis (pelvis basin) TRAILING ROOT COMPOUND: acutorsion
...
Horace Gerald Danner, 2013
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TORTICOLLAR»
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torticollar is used in the context of the following news items.
Dumb and awkward: We admire those qualities in turkeys
He says the behavior is a genetically-caused nervous disorder called tetanic torticollar spasms. Savage is the one who studied and identified the condition, ... «Price Sun Advocate, Nov 14»
10 Reasons to Love Turkeys
The truth is that turkeys have a genetic condition called tetanic torticollar spasms. This condition causes some birds to act abnormally, sometimes cocking their ... «One Green Planet, Nov 14»
Wild turkey gun season is now over but archery hunters will have …
According to the Oregon State University Extension Service, turkeys suffer from a genetically caused nervous disorder called tetanic torticollar spasms, which ... «The Herald-Times, Nov 11»
Thanksgiving special: talking turkey
His research in the mid 1990s turned up something called tetanic torticollar spasms, an inherited condition in domestic turkeys that causes the neck to elongate ... «The Vancouver Observer, Oct 11»
