BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is considered the best infant-feeding method. Norway is one of the leading countries in terms of breastfeeding initiation and duration. To maintain this high breastfeeding rate, it is important to understand the factors that influence breastfeeding. A doctor s advice can improve the rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration, but not all doctors are competent in bre...

BACKGROUND Mother- to- Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV is a relatively new concept in rural populations and despite the huge amount of work that has been done on the HIV/AIDS, there still remains a dearth of information in knowledge of mothers on this concept especially in areas related to appropriate feeding methods for infants born to mothers infected with the virus. OBJECTIVES To determin...

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is viewed as the optimal method of infant feeding that provides many benefits to both the infant and the mother. The monitoring and reporting of breastfeeding indicators are essential for any country to plan and implement effective promotion programs for sustainable breastfeeding. The aim of this review is to examine the available studies and data on breastfeeding in Sa...

background: prelacteal feeding is an underestimated problem in a developing country like india, where infant mortality rate is quite high. the present study tried to find out the factors determining prelacteal feeding in rural areas of north india. methods: a crosssectional study was conducted among recently delivered women of rural uttar pradesh, india. multistage random sampling was used for ...

PURPOSE We examined the child-rearing environmental factors that affect the occurrence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by using a nation-wide survey. METHOD Infants who died due to SIDS between January 1996 and June 1997 in Japan were identified from death certificates. Controls of the same sex, birthplace, and birth months as the corresponding SIDS were chosen from birth certificates....

The present experiment was carried out for 90 days (3 months) on either sex 72 Osmanabadi goat kids from 16 April 2017 to 15 July at COVAS, Udgir. experimental parameters the study were T0 - 8 Hrs Grazing + Concentrate (@ 2% of live body weight : 50% Morning Evening), T1 4 Hanging bunches Dry Grass & Green T2 Chaffed T3 Individual feeding (Dry+ Green+ Concentrate) Evening). Body Weekly height w...

the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of different levels of amino acid and feeding methods on performance and immune system of broiler chickens. experimental design was based on completely randomized design in a factorial arrangement with 3 feeding methods [control (ad libitum feed intake), intermittent feeding (if) and continuous feed withdrawal (fw)), and 2 amino acid le...