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bison
bison large hoofed mammal, genus Bison, of the cattle family. Bison have short horns and humped, heavily mantled shoulders that slope downward to the hindquarters. The European bison, or wisent , Bison bonasus, has a less luxuriant mane and beard than the American species, B. bison. The Amer... Read more

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wisent
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition wisent , name for the European bison , Bison bonasus...heavily built than its American cousin, the wisent may reach a height of 54 to 60 in. (137...and its coat less shaggy. In the wild the wisent is a forest animal; it browses on leaves...
Bison
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...glacial ice. The only Eurasian remnant is the European bison or wisent ( B. bonasus ), which now only survives in a few small free...wisents in the Caucasus Mountains became extinct in 1925. The wisent is somewhat smaller than the American bison and does not have...
bison
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...slope downward to the hindquarters. The European bison, or wisent , Bison bonasus, has a less luxuriant mane and beard than the...head and massive hump; its legs are shorter than those of the wisent. Males may reach a shoulder height of over 5 ft (1.5 m...

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Bovidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...Bovidae are of world-wide distribution. The family includes Bison bison (N. American bison), Bison bonasus (European wisent, sometimes known, incorrectly, as the ‘aurochs’), Bos taurus (all breeds of European cattle...

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Wisent bulls in.
Magazine article from: Armada International; 2/1/2007; 700+ words ; ...the Class 4 position. The advent of the Wisent however confirms that another vehicle...gap between the Yak and the Boxer. The Wisent programme, as with a number of new vehicle...roll out the first vehicle in 2007. The Wisent is not the adaptation of an existing platform...
Wolves and wisent roam in Poland's wild east
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 4/8/2006; 633 words ; ...home not only to fox and hare, but wolves and wisent as well. About 400 wisent or European bison, roam the Polish side of the...massive creatures in Europe. A woodcarving of a wisent's head adorns the gate to what once was a czarist...
Handsome beast is back from the dead
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 8/12/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...in the forests of Eastern Europe is "wisent". So, naturally, one of the standard...amongst biologists was "why isn't the wisent?" In one of the great moments of recent...breeding back their numbers. Now the wisent, thought to be another lost species...
Lynx on the loose! Experts warn of threat to humans and livestock as animal activists plan to release extinct predators back into Britain.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/12/2006; 700+ words ; ...THE 11th century the European bison, or wisent, was all but extinct except in the extensive...Belgium and Luxembourg. The last wild wisent in the world was killed by poachers in...diseases such as foot and mouth. A typical wisent is about 9.5ft long and six feet tall...
Unleash the Critters.(International Edition; ENVIRONMENT)(beaver reintroduction)
Magazine article from: Newsweek International; 4/20/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...remains from primeval Europe. It recently reintroduced the wisent, or European bison, the biggest surviving mammal on the continent...from the brink of extinction in the early 20th century, the wisent now numbers more than 2,000. The debate over rewilding underscores...
Cell/Tissue Culture Supplies - Global Strategic Business Report Ups the Ante with Forecasts Right Up To 2015.
M2 Presswire; 2/12/2009; 700+ words ; ...Corporation, SAFC Biosciences, USB Corp, Vitrolife AB, and Wisent, Inc. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and...USA) - USB Corporation (USA) - Wilmad-Labglass (USA) - Wisent, Inc (Canada) For more information visit http://www...
Susceptibility of pigs and chickens to SARS coronavirus.(SARS Origins)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...St. Louis, MO)/ Dulbecco modified Eagle medium (DMEM) (Wisent, St. Bruno, Quebec), and incubated at 37[degrees]C...PT-K75 (ATCC) cells were maintained in 10% FBS/DMEM (Wisent). Quail QT-35 (ATCC) cells were maintained in 10% FBS...
Importance of dose-schedule of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine for epigenetic therapy of cancer.(Research article)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: BMC Cancer; 5/2/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Burlington, Ontario) with 5% heat-inactivated fetal calf serum (WISENT, St-Bruno, Quebec) and with 6 [mu]M of 2-mercaptoethanol...Thecnologies) with 10% heat-inactivated foetal calf serum (WISENT). The doubling times of the HL-60 and Calu-6 cells were...
Research and Markets: Cell/Tissue Culture Supplies - Global Strategic Business Report Ups the Ante With Forecasts Right Up to 2015.
Business Wire; 2/12/2009; 700+ words ; ...Corporation, SAFC Biosciences, USB Corp, Vitrolife AB, and Wisent, Inc. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and...USA) * USB Corporation (USA) * Wilmad-Labglass (USA) * Wisent, Inc (Canada) For more information visit http://www...
Reportlinker Adds Cell/Tissue Culture Supplies Market Analysis.(Company overview)
Newspaper article from: Vaccine Weekly; 3/25/2009; 700+ words ; ...PromoCell GmbH, Sera Laboratories International, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, SAFC Biosciences, USB Corp, Vitrolife AB, and Wisent, Inc. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from...