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J Hum Lact
February 2025
Research Department of Child Nutrition, University Hospital of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, St. JosefHospital, RuhrUniversity Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Background: The staff of maternity hospitals play an essential role in the start of breastfeeding. This study assessed specific aspects of breastfeeding promotion in German hospitals using the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Research Aim: To identify specific hospital practices and structures that are in compliance with the recommendations and those that still need to be improved.
Vet Med Sci
March 2025
Department of Animal Science, Institute of Animal Science, Biotechnology and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
This study was conducted to examine the effect of dietary natural compounds, such as β-glucan, carotenoids, oligosaccharides and anthocyanins, on immune response and tight junction proteins in broiler chickens. A total of 900 one-day-old chickens were allocated to five treatments in three floor pens (replicates) of 60 broilers per pen. Chickens were fed five diets: a control (basal) diet, a diet supplemented with β-glucan at 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Adv Vet Anim Res
December 2024
Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Objective: To investigate the effect of quail egg supplements enriched with marine macroalgae on body weight and physiological conditions of rats during pregnancy.
Materials And Methods: This study used a completely randomized experimental design. The test animals were 25 pregnant white rats aged 3 months and weighed ± 200 gm.
Vet Res Commun
February 2025
College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, PR China.
Pregnancy-induced changes in the intestinal microbiota have been widely demonstrated. However, the research on the alterations of intestinal fungi and fecal metabolism during the reproductive cycle of sows is limited. In this study, fresh fecal samples were collected from 12 sows during the second day before fertilization (SBF), early pregnancy period (EEP; including gestational days 28, 42, and 56), late pregnancy period (LPP; including gestational days 70, 84, and 98), farrowing day (FD; collected after delivery), and lactation period (LAC, including days 7, 14, and 21 postpartum) for Internal Transcribed Space amplicon sequencing and untargeted metabolomics sequencing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Surg Educ
April 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425. Electronic address:
Introduction: Women represent over 50% of graduating medical students in the United States and approximately 20% of current neurosurgical residents in training. An increase in female representation requires an increase in advocacy efforts related to pregnancy. Although there is extensive literature on pregnancy in neurosurgical residents, the postpartum period, sometimes referred to as the "fourth trimester", is frequently overlooked.
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