OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the fluoride levels in breast milk and plasma of lactating mothers who regularly consumed drinking water with low levels of fluoride. METHODS One hundred twenty five healthy mothers aged between 20-30 years old who had given birth within 5-7 days were included in the study. Besides being otherwise healthy, the primary selection criteria stipul...

OBJECTIVE To compare the fat loss between refrigerator and warm water thawed breast milk. DESIGN Experimental. SETTING Tertiary-care pediatric university hospital. PARTICIPANTS Ninety samples of expressed breast milk were collected from mothers with singleton babies of a gestational age 32-42 weeks. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Fat content in fresh breast milk (FM); thawed breast milk by refri...

The concentrations of zinc (Zn), iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) in both human milk and infant formula were determined using a new sample preparation method, by inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectometry (ICP-OES) and flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). Human milk samples were diluted in ultrapure water. The infant formula of powder samples (suitable for an infant 1-6 months o...

BACKGROUND It is a common practice to process milk before consumption. Processing generally involves boiling, addition of sugar and/or condiments, dilution with water, etc. The boiled milk is stored for subsequent use either at room temperature or under refrigerated conditions. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to see the effect of household practices on the nutritional profile of milk....

abstract in recent years several types of protein rich products derived from sesame seeds or sesame meal such as sesame milk are found in the market and have been attracted consumers both in developed and undeveloped countries mainly due to bearing health benefits. since iranian consumers have not yet been familiar with such healthy milk analog products, the objective of this study was to intro...

The present report deals with the measurement of fall-out radioactivity in Denmark in 1974. Strontium-90 was determined in samples from all over the country of precipitation, soil, ground water, sea water, grass, dried milk, fresh milk, grain, bread, potatoes, vegetables, fruit, total diet, drinking water, and human bone. Furthermore, 90Sr was determined in local samples of air, rain water, gra...

108 milk samples were collected to study the relationship of somatic cell counts (scc) and milk composition with milking methods and udder hygiene from 27 holstein frisian (hf) dairy cows having moderate milk yield in mid-lactation and parity of 2 to 4, at khyber pakhtunkhwa agricultural university peshawar dairy farm. all animals were randomly distributed into three categories on the basis of ...

Heavy metals are considered as most important contaminations due to industrialization of countries and an influence on its existence in soil, plant milk. A study was carried out check manganese content forage milk at three sites city Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan. All samples (milk, water, fodder plants ground water) were analyzed for by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Different health indices a...

Subclinical mastitis is a persistent problem in dairy farms worldwide. Environmental Escherichia coli is the bacterium predominantly responsible for this condition. In Thailand, subclinical mastitis in dairy cows is usually treated with various antibiotics, which could lead to antibiotic resistance in bacteria. E. coli is also a reservoir of many antibiotic resistance genes, which can be convey...