The objective of this study was to investigate associations freestall design and cleanliness with cow lying behavior, hygiene, lameness, risk new high somatic cell count (SCC). Cows from 18 commercial dairy herds (22 ± 15 cows/farm; mean SD) in Ontario, Canada, were enrolled a longitudinal study. Four hundred focal cows that <120 d milk, had no mastitis treatment the last 3 mo, an SCC <100,000 ...

The objective of this systematic review was to determine if dairy product consumption is detrimental, neutral, or beneficial to cardiovascular health and if the recommendation to consume reduced-fat as opposed to regular-fat dairy is evidence-based. A systematic review of meta-analyses of prospective population studies associating dairy consumption with cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary ar...

today, on the contrary of the last ten decades, the necessity of teaching hygienic issues, and caring the children’s health, is pretty obvious. avicenna (10 ac), the famous iranian physician and philosopher, scrutinized the health and hygiene with a deep insight to the matter. he considered the wellness not only as the recovery from the disease, but emphasized the maintenance of health by sugge...

objective: the main purpose of this study was to develop a simple reproducible system to compare abrasive effects of three different toothpastes. materials and methods: a specific mold was used to fabricate 37 samples made of po-lymethylmethacrylate. the samples were stroke by toothbrushes connected to a v8 cross brushing machine in a solution of fluoridated toothpastes and distilled water. the...

BACKGROUND Oral hygiene has been given due importance since ages. Different cultures have been using different methods for the maintenance of good oral hygiene. The study was done to find out the oral hygiene levels in children of tribal population and to correlate the brushing methods used and the oral hygiene levels. METHODOLOGY A total of 5129 children of 5-12 years age (boys 2778, girls 2...

There is a growing recognition of the involvement of the home in several public health and hygiene issues and of the need to promote effective hygiene practices for the home. Hygiene practice in the home includes the categories of personal hygiene, food hygiene, environmental or surface hygiene, and home health care. This article reviews some of the hygiene risks in the home, including the role...

OBJECTIVES Attitudes and practices concerning genital hygiene may influence topical microbicide use by men. This study examines knowledge and behaviours related to hygiene, genital hygiene, circumcision and hygiene, and to genital hygiene before and after sex among men in Nairobi, Kenya. METHODS We conducted 463 interviews of men recruited by respondent driven sampling techniques and 10 focus...

A survey was conducted to quantify incidence of Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)-related defects in market beef and dairy cows and bulls selling at auction during 2 seasons in 2008. Twenty-three BQA-related traits were evaluated by 9 trained personnel during sales at 10 livestock auction markets in Idaho (n = 5; beef and dairy), California, (n = 4; dairy only), and Utah (n = 1; beef and dairy). Ove...

The objective was to assess the prevalence and influence of clinical subclinical mastitis during service period cows in a herd Tarumirim (MG), from October 2019 May 2020. Around 65 Gir x Holstein Guzerá lactating crossbred were evaluated. Subclinical diagnosed by means California Mastitis Test (CMT), mastitis, strip cup test animals’ signs. Pregnancy after calving rectal palpation method, with ...