Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C36H62O11, obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces cinnamonensis and used chiefly as an additive to beef cattle feed.
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- noun An
antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces cinnamonensis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Dyer IA, Koes RM, Herlugson ML, Ojikutu LB, Preston RL, et al. (1980) Effect of avoparcin and monensin on performance of finishing heifers.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Franck Thuny et al. 2010
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If feed refusals containing monensin are fed to other groups of cattle, the concentration of monensin in the refusals and amount of refusals fed should be taken into consideration to prevent monensin overdosing.
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem Bill Allison 2010
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At the end of the 12-week study, all of the tetracycline and 95.5 percent of the monensin had disappeared from the hydroponic solution.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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After 1 h incubation, monensin was added at 2 mM for an additional 4 h of incubation.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Vivien Béziat et al. 2010
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Smith grew vetiver hydroponically in a greenhouse, exposing the plants to various concentrations of tetracycline and monensin, two antibiotics commonly used to treat dairy cattle.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"The plants in monensin grew somewhat faster, but not as much."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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At the end of the 12-week study, all of the tetracycline and 95.5 percent of the monensin had disappeared from the hydroponic solution.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"The plants in monensin grew somewhat faster, but not as much."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Smith grew vetiver hydroponically in a greenhouse, exposing the plants to various concentrations of tetracycline and monensin, two antibiotics commonly used to treat dairy cattle.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Dyer IA, Koes RM, Herlugson ML, Ojikutu LB, Preston RL, et al. (1980) Effect of avoparcin and monensin on performance of finishing heifers.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Franck Thuny et al. 2010
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