Sentences with phrase «act as reservoirs»

The anal sacs (sometimes referred to as anal glands) in the dog and cat are paired structures that are located at the 4 and 7 o'clock position next to the anus and act as reservoirs for secretions that are extruded with bowel movements.

Because toothbrushes can act as reservoirs for acid - producing bacteria, use a small amount of rinse to cleanse your brush as well.

And unlike with some mosquito - borne diseases (like West Nile virus), animals in the Miami area don't seem to act as reservoirs for Zika.

Gomes - Solecki's vaccine wouldn't address the spread of other tick - borne pathogens, nor target other animals such as deer or skunks that act as reservoirs for Lyme disease.

Recent work shows the bacteria may hang on to the genes for CTX - M even when no longer exposed to antibiotics, suggesting that superbugs can survive in the wild, with animals acting as a reservoir.

«Once a pathogen establishes itself within a biofilm, it can be difficult to eradicate as biofilms provide a physical barrier against the host immune response, can be impermeable to antibiotics and act as a reservoir for persistent infection,» Scott said.

Parker suspects that it acts as a reservoir of healthy, protective bacteria that can replenish the intestine after a bacteria - depleting diarrheal illness like cholera.

The researchers also state that wild animals, such as foxes can be infected and could act as a reservoir if introduced.

Policymakers have adopted the bovine TB management strategy of culling badgers, which are thought to act as a reservoir for the disease.

20 Snow is near - pure crystallized water, but when it collects on the ground it acts as a reservoir for atmospheric pollutants such as mercury and soot.

Wolfram syndrome is caused by a mutation in the gene encoding a protein called wolframin, which resides in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum — another cellular compartment that functions as a manufacturing and packaging system and also acts as a reservoir for calcium ions.

The spleen, which is 4 inches long and sits in the upper abdomen, acts as a reservoir of immune cells that speed to the site of heart injury after a heart attack to begin clearance of damaged tissue.

«Soil ecologists have been predicting for quite a while that the soil acts as a reservoir for resistance,» says molecular biologist Jo Handelsman of Yale University, who was not involved in the new study.

In Stiff Person Syndrome, which is a rare autoimmune disease in the central nervous system with autoantibodies targeting glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65), the humoral autoimmune response was shown to consist of a Rituximab - sensitive part rapidly cleared after treatment, and a Rituximab - resistant part from long - lived and persistent plasma cells acting as a reservoir for secretion of autoantibodies.

Saliva helps keep teeth clean by removing food debris from tooth surfaces, neutralizing mouth acidity, and acting as a reservoir for the minerals our teeth need to build strong enamel.

In addition, the site of improperly performed dental extractions can act as a reservoir for infection, releasing toxic waste and pathogens via the lymphatic system into the rest of the body.

Bones also allow us the gift of movement, they act as a reservoir of minerals to maintain acid / base balance in the blood and they actually produce red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in the bone marrow.

Cat dander settles onto carpets and soft furnishings, which act as a reservoir for the allergen, releasing it back into the air when touched.

The disease is becoming less common due to regular preventatives, however foxes and stray dogs can carry heartworms and act as a reservoir for the disease on the fringes of urban areas.

Contaminated hairs and skin debris shed into the environment remain infective for over a year, and act as a reservoir for reinfection.

As Tucson has the vector (mosquitoes) that transmit heartworm disease as well as a large unregulated coyote population which acts as a reservoir, all dogs, even native dogs who do not leave town and inside dogs who only go out for bathroom breaks, are recommended to be on preventative year round.

While the stomach of each animal acts as a reservoir for the body, allowing food to be ingested as a meal rather than continuously throughout the day, a dog's stomach expands more readily.

Un-vaccinated strays are still at risk from the feral canine and feline populations that act as a reservoir for the virus.

The adipose tissue acts as a reservoir, allowing six months of efficacy.

«Plus, Highway 288 dips in our area and acts as the reservoir for us, and it is holding steady only half full.

The glaciers are acting as reservoir supplementing flow.

True but the skin just below it appears to act as a reservoir for energy that is unable to penetrate lower.

Indoor plants Move house plants into shady positions or away from direct sun and sit on an old wet towel in the bath or a sink to act as a reservoir that will slowly allow the plant to take up water over a number of days.

Not exact matches

Some interpreters of reincarnation emphasize deeds as acts, others as knowledge, and still others as love, but from whatever aspect of self we act, the result is stored in the reservoir.

A regular stomach not only acts as a large reservoir of now - liquified broken down food (it can hold roughly 1.5 to 2 quarts!)

The baby gets most of her calcium from your bones, which act as a kind of calcium «reservoir.»

Joint first author of the study, microbiologist Dr Jo Fothergill said: «We have discovered that the nasopharynx acts as a silent reservoir for bacteria from which more serious infections in the lungs can develop.»

«Increased runoff caused by dust on snowpack acts as a major leak in the reservoir system,» says Thomas Painter, a professor of geography at the University of Utah.

The patch also comprises a reservoir system to act as channels for drugs to be encapsulated in backing layers, circumventing the premature closure of miniaturised pores created by the microneedles.

This seems to be due to the presence of abundant, small - bodied wild carnivores that act as an alternative reservoir of infection, and a source of canine distemper for endangered species.

In natural conditions, soil acts as a nutrient reservoir but the soil itself is not essential to plant growth.

Dr Warinner, of the University of Zurich and the University of Oklahoma, added: «Dental calculus acts both as a long - term reservoir of the oral microbiome and as a trap for dietary and environmental debris.

«It's possible that the mobility of charcoal on the landscape and it's tendency to become concentrated in low - lying spots could make it more likely the charcoal from wildfires becomes buried and incorporated deep in soils and that these deposits act as a kind of charcoal reservoir that releases charcoal into the soil over long time spans.»

«If we can confirm that the flies transmit viable bacteria and that infected monkeys act as a nonhuman reservoir, there will always be cases of yaws even if the disease is apparently eradicated due to medicine and hygienic measures,» says Knauf.

These findings indicate that moose are a reservoir for Bartonella spp. and that deer keds act as vectors for Bartonella bacteria infections.

Without direction, these estimates are less informative but taken in conjunction with the low prevalence of bTB in New Zealand's cattle population it is likely that, currently, wildlife populations are acting as the main bTB reservoir.

They act as a glucose reservoir.

The gallbladder is attached to the common bile duct and acts as a storage reservoir.

Look in the luggage compartment and you'll find an Accusump oil reservoir that acts as a safeguard should sustained cornering threaten to starve the engine of lubrication, while glance down at the rear diffuser and you'll spot the more prominent and slightly fruitier Stage One exhaust silencer.

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Pyramid and Castaic act as the upper and lower reservoirs for a 1,495 - megawatt pumped storage hydroelectric plant.

Changes in Antarctica are much smaller and more gradual, as it is far from the centre of action and the vast reservoir of ocean around it acts as a heat store.

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In our chat, Rosenthal said the work reveals the enormous capacity of the oceans to act as an efficient and copious reservoir for heat: «Maybe the ocean is taking the heat more and won't exhale it as much.»

Norway, for example, holds hydro reservoirs of 84 TWh — half of all Europe's hydro storage capacity — and already acts as a «green battery» for Denmark and the Netherlands.