Search results for "Lactation"

Oxytocin receptor ligands: a survey of the patent literature

2008

Background: Oxytocin is produced primarily in hypothalamic neurons and is secreted from the posterior pituitary gland into the circulation in response to stimuli such as suckling, parturition, or stress. Oxytocin functions as an essential component in milk ejection and is among the most potent uterotonic substances known. The oxytocin receptor system supports physiological processes associated with reproduction at several levels. Objective: To characterize and evaluate oxytocin receptor ligands for therapeutic applications. Methods: Analysis of oxytocin analogs and nonpeptide oxytocin receptor ligands, and major applications of these substances. Results/conclusion: Oxytocin receptor ligands…

Applying systematic review search methods to the grey literature: a review of education and training courses on breastfeeding support for health prof…

2021

Abstract Background Currently, lactation training courses aimed at health professionals are important for informing and supporting mothers who are breastfeeding. In this review, we seek to analyze similarities and/or variations in course content, modes of delivery, costs, teaching style and learning strategies among courses. To our knowledge, a review of lactation training courses available worldwide is lacking. Thus, the aim of this review is to describe course models aimed at training health professionals in lactation support for mothers. Methods Through searching grey literature, training courses were obtained from several directories, including the Alaska Breastfeeding Coalition, Intern…

The human milk microbiome changes over lactation and is shaped by maternal weight and mode of delivery

2012

Background Breast milk is recognized as the most important postpartum element in metabolic and immunologic programming of health of neonates. The factors influencing the milk microbiome and the potential impact of microbes on infant health have not yet been uncovered. Objective Our objective was to identify pre- and postnatal factors that can potentially influence the bacterial communities inhabiting human milk. Design We characterized the milk microbial community at 3 different time points by pyrosequencing and quantitative polymerase chain reaction in mothers (n = 18) who varied in BMI, weight gain, and mode of delivery. Results We found that the human milk microbiome changes over lactati…

Xéno-hormone exposure during pregnancy and lactation modify sweet preference of male but not female offspring

2008

Urticaria in Pediatrics and During Pregnancy and Lactation: Highlights on Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management

2021

Chronic urticaria (CU) in children as in adults is characterized by the presence of itchy wheals, angioedema, or both daily or almost daily for at least 6 weeks. Most cases of urticaria in the pediatric age group are acute [1–4]. CU is sub-classified as spontaneous (occurring without a known trigger) or inducible. There are also cases of spontaneous and inducible forms that co-exist. The chronic subtypes occur continuously but also recurrently, often in association with infections. In this chapter we will touch briefly on the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of acute urticaria in children. However, our primary goal is to highlight key findings regarding the epidemiology, dia…

Social Vision on Wet Nurses in the [Spanish] Newspaper “La Vanguardia” (1881-1908)

2017

Históricamente ha habido situaciones y momentos en que las madres han delegado el proceso de lactancia en nodrizas. En el siglo XIX las nodrizas fueron representadas en la prensa española reproduciendo los esquemas del modelo social androcéntrico imperante. Se pretende describir y categorizar la visión de la nodriza reflejada en la prensa española mediante el análisis de contenido de las fuentes periodísticas de este período. La conclusión alcanzada han sido que la prensa refleja la importancia social de la nodriza como un elemento normalizado en la sociedad con un papel fundamental en los aspectos demográficos de la sociedad, estableciendo una visión dual en función del grupo social al que…

Effects of the foal at the milking and dietary supplementation with extra virgin olive oil on jennet milk production

2009

The effects of the foal at the milking and the extra virgin olive oil supplementation in the diet, on the milk obtained by 12 Ragusana jennets were studied. The jennets were each fed 3.5+1.5 kg/d of concentrate+bran, and hay ad libitum. They were divided into 2 equal groups with one group receiving an additional dietary supplement of 100 ml/d of olive oil. Milk was collected at day 20 post foal- ing and every 15-18 d for 5 times. At each collection period jennets were milked 4-times per day. At 07:30 h foals were separated from the jennets and after a 4 hour interval were milked manually (1MNF;1st milking, foal absent). At the end of the 1MNF, each jennet was milked again, with the foals ke…

Effects of Sulla forage (Sulla coronarium L.) on the oxidative status and milk polyphenol content in goats

2015

Abstract Twelve milking Girgentana goats were allocated into 3 groups and fed 3 diets ad libitum in a 3 × 3 Latin square design with 3 periods. The diets were Sulla fresh forage ad libitum (SUL), Sulla fresh forage ad libitum and 800 g/d of barley meal (SULB), and mixed hay ad libitum and 800 g/d of barley meal (HB). Changes were observed in total polyphenol intake, plasma oxidative status, plasma polyphenol content, metabolic status, milk polyphenol content, and total antioxidant capacity. The fresh forage diets (SUL and SULB) increased dry matter, total polyphenol, nontannic polyphenol and tannin intakes, and the milk total protein, casein, milk total polyphenols, and milk free polyphenol…

Jennet milk production during the lactation in a Sicilian farming system

2012

Abstract In Italy, the interest for jennet milk production has recently developed. An 18-month-long experiment was carried out on a jennet farm near Milo (CT), where 24 jennets, which derived from the Ragusana breed, were tested for milk yield and composition over an entire lactation period. The jennets were fed with hay and concentrate in a large paddock. From the 28th post-foaling day to the end of the lactation, the jennets were machine-milked twice a day with an in-between milking interval of 5 h. The milk amount from each jennet was recorded every 3 weeks and individual samples were collected and analyzed for fat, protein, casein, non-proteic nitrogen, lactose and somatic cell count. T…

Determination of milk production losses in Valle del Belice sheep following experimental infection of Mycoplasma agalactiae

2015

Abstract Economic losses due to contagious agalactia (CA) in small ruminant herds are mainly associated with significant reductions in or complete loss of dairy production, mortality, abortions, ill thrift, early culling and costs of control. With the aim of estimating milk production losses caused by CA, 46 primiparous lactating Valle del Belice ewes were monitored after experimental infection. Sixty days after lambing, two ewes were each experimentally infected with a single dose of 10 8  CFU/ml of a live Mycoplasma agalactiae strain in both teats by intracanalicular route. Three days after inoculation, the infection was spread manually by the milkers dipping their hands in the pooled mil…