BACKGROUND: Brain monoamines (such as histamine and dopamine) play an important role in emotions, cognition, reward and feeding behavior. The interactions between histamine and dopamine were studied in many physiological functions but this correlation is unclear in feeding behavior of chickens. The aim of this study was to investigate the interaction of central histaminergic and dopaminergic sy...

Background: The growth and evolution are among the basic sciences in pediatricsAll of the health staff should be familiar with infants care and the natural pattern of their growth. The present study aimed to help the health staff in urban society of Bam and Baravat, Iran to solve infants growth disorders. Methods: This cross-sectional study was done in 8 health centers of Bam and 2 health cente...

Ileal impaction is prevalent in the south-eastern USA, where feeding of Coastal Bermuda hay has been implicated as a risk f a c t o r. A l t e r n a t i v e l y, infection with the tapeworm Anoplocephala perfoliata has been identified as a risk factor f o r ileal impaction in the UK. We hypothesised that feeding Coastal Bermuda hay and failure to administer routinely an anthelmintic with effica...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of adopting WHO feeding guidelines on weight gain and case fatality rate in malnourished children. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Pediatrics, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, from 2009 to 2010. METHODOLOGY Patients above 6 months and less than 5 years of age with severe malnutrition...

This study investigated effects of microalgae (Rhodomonas baltica) and heterotrophic protists (Oxyrrhis marina) on the daily growth, activity, condition and feeding success of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) larvae from hatch, through the end of the endogenous (yolk sac) period. Yolk sac larvae were reared in the presence and absence of microplankton and, each day, groups of larvae were prov...

The hippocampus has long been associated with navigation and spatial representations, but it has been difficult to link directly the neurophysiological correlates of hippocampal place cells with navigational planning and action. In recent years, large-scale population recordings of place cells have revealed that spatial sequences are stored and activated in ways that may support navigational st...

Background The practice of giving prelacteal feeds deprive a newborn of valuable nutrients and expose the newborn to risks of infection. Despite its negative health outcomes, prelacteal feeding prevails in Ethiopia. Therefore, the current study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of prelacteal feeding practices and its associated factors in a rural community in south Ethiopia. Methods We ...

OBJECTIVES To obtain a general overview of infant and young child feeding practices in one rural county in China and identify current delivery channels and challenges. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING A rural county, Zhao County, in Hebei Province, China. PARTICIPANTS 10 clusters were first selected within each township (16 townships in total) with proportional to population size s...