OBJECTIVE To perform objective testing to determine aspiration status with the goal of initiating safe and timely oral alimentation in medically stable infants who require mechanical ventilation via tracheotomy. Medically compromised infants who require mechanical ventilation via tracheotomy and are nil by mouth are conventionally deemed as being at risk for aspiration and feeding difficulties....

The feeding and rumination behaviour of dairy cows can be monitored by different techniques and can provide useful information for dairy herd management. Among feeding characteristics, individual feed intake of cows is of utmost interest, but as weighing troughs have high space and cost requirements their implementation is limited to the research area. The objective of the present study was to ...

Although data are scarce, it is clear that grouping strategy can have a significant impact on the feeding behavior and feed intake of dairy cattle. Feed intake is controlled by ruminoreticular fill and physiological mechanisms, but grouping is a component of the cow’s feeding environment that can modulate intake as a result of its impact on cow comfort, competition for feed and other resources,...

background and objectives: this study was designed to investigate the association between parental behavior and the dietary intake of tehranian preschool children aged 2-6 years. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study conducted on 310 children aged 2-6 years from the kindergartens of 22 districts of tehran, a qualitative validated 85-item food frequency questionnaire was completed by...

the present study was conducted in order to determine the effects of feeding frequency (ff) on dairy cow performance fed a total mixed ration (tmr) based on chopped alfalfa hay. eight multiparous early lactation holstein cows were housed in the individual boxes (4 × 3 m) and fed either once a day (1x) at 0700 h or 4 times a day (4x) at 0100, 0700, 1300 and 1900 h with tmr. the experiment was do...

In marine larviculture, farmed larvae mainly rely on the alimentation of a group small-sized phytoplankton and zooplankton referred to as live feed. Under diversifying demands human consumption ornamental aquarium industry, new species feed their innovative production methods are essential focuses for sustainable larviculture many emerging fish invertebrate species. The selection proper larval ...

Because feed is the major cost to pork production, management practices and breeding strategies are aimed at optimizing feed intake. Knowledge about the shape of feed intake and feeding behavior curves may be of interest for optimization of lean meat production. This study investigated trends based on daily measurements of feeding behavior in 200 Duroc barrows, originating from 5 sires and 200 ...

The production and productivity of small ruminant in humid West Africa is being limited by feed constraints, which are largely due to non-strategic utilization combination available resources develop an efficient feeding system, rather than absolute non availability. Farmers under semi-intensive system commonly offer supplements their animals the morning before grazing fibrous grasses all day. ...

BACKGROUND A sedentary lifestyle and increased consumption of energy dense food have become more common in many parts of the world. The aim of this study was to study long term effects on body composition after a four week intervention with fast food based hyper-alimentation and limited physical activity in young normal weight subjects. METHODS Eighteen subjects, mean age 26 (6.6) years, incr...

the preoperative deficiency if nutritional intake has been hampered by these intake problems. Since the nutritional sequelae of the resection of anatom ical structures in the head and neck are on a mechanical rather than a metabolic basis, the clinical solutions are likewise mechanical ones. For short-term nutritional main tenance, both before and after operation, the patient can be fed by a na...