Publications by authors named "F Theron"
Breastfeeding Following Spinal Cord Injury: Consumer Guide for Mothers.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil
May 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that infants be breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months of age. However, there are few resources available on the effects a spinal cord injury (SCI) can have for breastfeeding mothers. It is difficult to find information to address the unique challenges women with SCI experience when planning or trying to breastfeed.
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- * Healthcare professionals (HCPs) often lack the necessary confidence and specific knowledge about SCI to effectively support these mothers.
- * An international panel developed a resource based on research and surveys to provide evidence-based recommendations for various HCPs to better support breastfeeding for mothers with SCI.
AbstractLong-term social and genetic monogamy is rare in animals except birds, but even in birds it is infrequent and poorly understood. We investigated possible advantages of monogamy in a colonial, facultative cooperatively breeding bird from an arid, unpredictable environment, the sociable weaver (). We documented divorce and extrapair paternity of 703 pairs over 10 years and separated effects of pair duration from breeding experience by analyzing longitudinal and cross-sectional datasets.
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- Maternal resource allocation to eggs is influenced by the mother's environment and the perceived value of her offspring, with variations in nutrients and hormones affecting their survival.
- In cooperative breeding species like the sociable weaver, females with more helpers tend to allocate greater resources to later-laid eggs, resulting in heavier yolks and increased lipid content.
- While not all egg components were affected by helper presence, the overall likelihood of egg survival was higher for those laid by females with more helpers, suggesting enhanced offspring fitness.