Lori K. Holleran Steiker, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austiti. Felipe Gotizález Castro, PhD, is Professor, Psychology Departmetit, Arizona State University. Karol Kumpfer, PhD, is Professor of Health Promotion and Education, The University of Utah, PI and Program Developer of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) in the United States and countri...

background: the lori-bakhtiari sheep breed is one of the most common native breed in the south-western parts of iran. the peri-parturition period (2 weeks before to, 2 weeks after parturition), is generally of critical importance regarding the health, production and profitability of the ewes. objectives: this study was carried out to compare the serum concentrations of glucose, non-esterified f...

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of post-weaning dietary protein supply and weaning age on the performance of pigs in the absence of in-feed antimicrobial growth promoters (AGP) when artificially challenged with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), a pathogen associated with post-weaning colibacillosis (PWC). The experiment consisted of a complete 2 × 2 × 2 factorial c...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of different early weaning programs on growth performance and blood parameters of dairy calves. To meet this objective, thirty Holstein calves with initial body weight of 36 ± 5 kg were randomly assigned at birth to one of the three weaning programs. Experimental groups were: 1) starter diet and whole milk from birth to 6 weeks and wean...

Public health recommendations promote prolonged breastfeeding of all children; however, parental investment (PI) theory predicts that breastfeeding will be allocated among a mothers' offspring to maximize her reproductive success. We evaluated PI in terms of risk for weaning before age two among 283 children in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Results demonstrate: (i) a Trivers-Willard effect--high socio...

1. The main site was at Dave and Busters in Columbus, Ohio. 2. We used a satellite site in the Cleveland, Ohio area at Progressive Insurance where there was a group in a conference room. We also had a few individuals attending via the web at other locations. 3. Frank Bereznay presented 2 papers from our main site. 4. Presenters Keith Tidball and Lori Zaremba from Progressive tag-teamed from 2 l...

background: this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of melatonin on semen quality and quantity changes and increase of reproductive efficiency in lori-bakhtiari ram in the non-reproductive season. objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of melatonin on testicular size and semen qualitative and quantitative changes in the non-breeding season is lori-bakhtiari ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of weaning 60d early and the choice of calf supplement on calf performance and economic return. Additionally, cow body weight (BW), body condition score (BCS), and economic outcome of weaning 60 d early was evaluated. Forty 2-yr old cows and calves were divided into 3 groups; early-weaned and supplemented with Southern States Jump Start fee...

Little is known of the prevalence of Giardia species and genotypes in pre- and post-weaned domestic pigs. In the present study, a total of 297 pig faecal samples were screened for the presence of Giardia by PCR and genotyped. An overall prevalence of 31.1% (90/289) (25.8, 36.5 CI) was detected. Giardia was detected in 17% (23/123) (11.8-25.6 CI) of pre-weaned piglet faecal samples and 41% (64/1...