twenty-four 35-day-old lambs were distributed to a completely randomized design with 3 treatments to study the effects of number of feeding buckets per pen on performance, haematology and behaviour indicators. treatments consisted of 8 (t1), 4 (t2) or 2 (t3) feeding buckets/pen (8 lambs/pen). during the experiment, concentrate was fed at 08:30 in individual feeders. daily dry matter intake (dmi...

objective: most   neonates admitted to neonatal wards do not tolerate sufficient milk.  recently the effect of erythromycin on increasing feeding tolerance in neonates has been studied. in this study the effectiveness of oral, high dose erythromycin a prokinetic agent was used to enhance feeding tolerance in these neonates.  methods: this prospective randomized controlled clinical trial was con...

conclusions this study indicated that the use of this model in the children’s nutritional status can result in positive outcomes, and this model can make interventions more effective in this regard. objectives this study aimed to apply authoritative parenting style model in children’s nutritional status. methods this research was a cross-sectional study conducted on 1000 parents selected by ran...

background: tube feeding is used for patients, who are not able to eat orally but their digestive system can digest food. this method is safe and economical for patients, maintains the functions of the digestive system and reduces the risk of infection and sepsis. however, incorrect administration of this method of feeding results in problems such as aspiration pneumonia, infection, diarrhea, n...

background: in some verses in holy quran; 233 surat al-baghare , 15 al-ahghaf , 14 loghman and 6 al-talagh, breastfeeding, gravidity, and parity recommended to the parents and expected their children to be accountable to the parents; particularly to mothers due to tolerate of pregnancy and breastfeeding duration. methods: the case-control study included 376 patients diagnosed between      2001-...

how to cite this article: islami z, ataee nakhaei mh. neurological manifestations of an old disease: a case report. iran j child neurol. 2013 summer; 7(3): 55-57.   objective neurological manifestations of neonatal disorders have various causes, among them neonatal tetanus, albeit rare, is a potentially fatal and preventable disease, which is seen in underdeveloped and developing countries. alt...

Background: Feeding difficulties are common and important in premature infants. In order to identify neonatal feeding difficulties, clinicians and nurses require assessment tools to conduct an objective evaluation of infant oral feeding (breast/bottle-feeding). Early identification of infants with feeding difficulty is critical to implement appropriate therapies and op...

Background: Premature neonates are hospitalized until they can get full mouth feeding and this often leads to increasing the hospitalization period. This study compared two neonatal care policies: early discharge of stable preterm infants with home gavage feeding and discharge when they reached to full oral feeding. Materials and Methods: By a case-control study, all stable premature neonates ...

this experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of feeding frequency and oil supplementation to the diet on performance and feeding behavior of lactating dairy cows. twenty four lactating holstein cows, 12 primiparous, (bw= 626±58 kg and dim= 195±44 day) and 12 multiparous, (bw= 617±25 kg and dim= 207±39 day) were randomly assigned to four diets contained 2.5 percent supplemental oil or...