Sentences with phrase «lifespan than small»

First of all, among the family of dogs, large breeds have a shorter lifespan than smaller breeds.

This is a question that has baffled scientists in the field because, elsewhere in nature, larger mammals tend to have longer lifespans than smaller ones.

As mentioned above, larger dogs tend to have shorter lifespans than smaller ones.

As a general rule, larger and heavier dogs tend towards shorter lifespans than smaller and more lightweight dogs.

Not exact matches

Featuring an LED bulb with more than a twenty year lifespan, this pen is built to last a small lifetime!

In fact, the mice that received the complete nanomedicine package had smaller tumors and longer lifespans than their counterparts injected with saline, nanoparticles without the drug, the drug alone, and nanoparticles with the drug but without the targeting aptamers.

Circles of less than 30 m2 had a mean lifespan of about 23 yr, those 30 to 60 m2 lived about 75 yr and those greater than 60 m2 about 43 years (but sample size was small for this group).

While many Toy and small breed dogs have longer lifespans than bigger breeds, if your small dog is overweight run the risk of shortening his life by up to two years.

While larger rabbit breeds tend to be less excitable than smaller counterparts, this doesn't equal a relaxed and longer lifespan.

The average Terrier lifespan can range from 10 to 20 years, with the smallest ones generally living longer than the bigger ones.

Finally, it is widely recognized that the average lifespan of giant breed dogs is shorter than that of smaller breed dogs [29].

Even after adjusting for cause of death by free - radical diseases, the average lifespan of giant breeds like the Irish Wolfhound and St. Bernard was still lower than smaller breed dogs, suggesting that the factors responsible for reducing giant breed lifespan are likely to be a complex mix of morbidities linked to growth including, but not inclusively restricted to, free - radical release [29].

Also consider that the lifespan of the pet, since the giant breeds of dogs live considerably shorter lives than smaller breeds.

Dogs in the United States have an average lifespan of 12 years, with smaller breeds usually living longer than giant breeds.

Smaller breeds like the Chins have a longer lifespan than larger dogs, so be diligent about what you're feeding your little pal from the outset as you want them to live long and healthy lives.

Heartworms in cats tend to be smaller than those in dogs and have a shorter lifespan (2 to 3 years).

A third thing that you will notice is how that many of «grandfather» trees are surrounded by a ring of smaller, younger fir or pine trees whose lifespan is a few hundred years rather than a few thousand years.

Contrary to what many people say, I'd argue that the environmental footprint of a paper planner (made from a renewable resource, often plastic - free and entirely recyclable or even biodegradable, in some cases) is considerably smaller than mining for minerals and generating new plastics for difficult - to - recycle handheld devices, whose lifespans these days seem to be even shorter than paper notebooks.