Information from 7712 lactations of Holstein dairy cows was collected from 33 commercial herds around Ithaca, NY in the 3 yr from 1981 to 1983. The data were divided into subsets corresponding to lactation 1, lactation 2, and lactation 3 or greater. To estimate heritabilities of dystocia, retained placenta, metritis, ovarian cysts, milk fever, and mastitis, a mixed linear model (herd-year fixed...

The aim of the study was to assess the outcomes of grandmultiparous women receiving the current obstetric care in Maternity Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Recent data regarding some of the complications are conflicting and the significance of grandmultiparity is now in question. Therefore, a retrospective cohort study of 237 grandmultiparous and 254 multiparous women were undertaken. Chi-squared and t ...

An evaluation of natuml twinning in beef cattle revealed that cows birthing twins had shorter (P c .Ol) gestation lengths, more (P e .Ol) retained placentas, more (P < .01) dystocia, more (P e .01) days to e m s , lower (P e .01) conception rates and more (P < .01) days to pregnancy than cows birthing singles. Days to estrus, conception rate and days to pregnancy were not affected by number of ...

The objective of the present study was to examine the factors associated with the death of neonatal lambs. Postmortem autopsy data were collected from 3198 newborn lambs in the Sheep CRCs Information Nucleus Flock situated in various environments throughout southern Australia. The proportion dying by category from highest to lowest was starvation-mismothering (25%), stillbirth (21%), birth inju...

OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors associated with brachial plexus injury in a large population. METHODS A computerized data set containing records from hospital discharge summaries of mothers and infants and birth certificates was examined. The deliveries took place in more than 300 civilian acute care hospitals in California between January 1, 1994, and December 31, 1995. Cases of brachial ...

Vaginal hyperplasia is characterized clinically as the protrusion of edematous hyperplastic mucosa tissue through vulvar lips. Generally, it formed during proestrus and estrus periods in dogs. In this case report, 12 months old, pregnant Kangal breed dog with a mass vagina was presented pre postoperative findings. The bitch without any genital problems at pro/estrus stages mated about two ago. ...

BACKGROUND Knowledge of fetal oxygen saturation, as an adjunct to electronic fetal monitoring, may be associated with a significant change in the rate of cesarean deliveries or the infant's condition at birth. METHODS We randomly assigned 5341 nulliparous women who were at term and in early labor to either "open" or "masked" fetal pulse oximetry. In the open group, fetal oxygen saturation val...

Context: The caesarean section rate continues to increase in our different health structures specially for women who have not had a scar the uterus. Objectives: aim of this study was analyze key factors and main indications primary sections find ways reduce increasing rates. Patients Method: This is longitudinal retrospective carried out from June 1, 2018 July 31, 2022. included all patients ce...

Delivery process is accompanied by pain and one of the duties of midwives is to reduce pain during labor. The reduction in the duration of labor has always been considered. Atropine and Hyoscine are among drugs to reduce the duration of labor which used by doctors and some midwives but their effects are not yet fully examined. The aim of this research is studying the effects of these two popula...