BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Low urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are a common problem during pregnancy. This study aimed to compare changes in the prevalence of LUTS during pregnancy between primiparous and multiparous women. METHODS A chart review of consecutive pregnant women who attended our antenatal clinic from March 2002 to January 2006 was performed. All of the women were asked to respond to a...

The objective of this experiment was to investigate the effect feeding strategy on milk production, composition and selected processability parameters in initial stages lactation. Twenty Holstein Friesian cows were allocated one two dietary treatments (n = 10; 7 multiparous 3 primiparous) a randomised complete block design for 21 d from day 10 31 post-calving. Treatment 1 (pasture-based system ...

BACKGROUND Optimal birth spacing has health advantages for both mother and child. In developing countries, shorter birth intervals are common and associated with social, cultural, and economic factors, as well as a lack of family planning. This study investigated the first birth interval after marriage and preceding interbirth interval in Nepal. METHODS A community-based prospective cohort st...

Real-time quantitative PCR (RTQ-PCR) provides a quick, accurate, and reproducible quantification of parasites. However, the value of RTQ-PCR for predicting clinical outcomes of malaria is unknown. Here, we compared RTQ-PCR to microscopy of blood smears, nested PCR (nPCR), and parasite circulating-antigen (CAg) assays for detection of Plasmodium falciparum in pregnant Kenyan women and their infa...

Qinghai Plateau yak are the most important grazing livestock for milk and beef production on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau because they are adapted to extremes of cold environment and higher elevation and can be grazed throughout the year. Milk samples (n = 47) from Qinghai Plateau yak cows of different parities and milk samples (n = 6) from Qinghai yellow cattle cows were analyzed using gas chro...

OBJECTIVE The main aim of this study was to assess whether a history of abuse, reported during pregnancy, was associated with an operative delivery. Secondly, we assessed if the association varied according to the type of abuse and if the reported abuse had been experienced as a child or an adult. DESIGN The Bidens study, a cohort study in six European countries (Belgium, Iceland, Denmark, Es...

Lesions of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) were produced in pregnant and nonpregnant female rats through chronically implanted electrodes to investi ­ gate the effect of LH damage on placentophagia. Other variables investigated were prior parturitional experience and stimulus properties of the placenta. Lesions were produced under ether anesthesia 24 hr. prior to parturition in pregnant females a...

The effects of parity and plane of nutrition on mass during gestation and the post-partum periods were studied in 36 adult West African Dwarf (WAD) goats assigned to three planes of nutrition for a period of 2 years. There was general mass gain in all the groups during gestation. Mass gain in high supplemented group (A) was significantly superior (P<0.05) to the gain in unsupplemented group (C)...