Because of the importance of bred heifers to the future milk production of any dairy operation, it is critical that udder health be maximized to ensure that animals freshen free of intramammary infection (IMI). During the heifer’s first gestation, the presence of mastitis can compromise the development of milk-producing tissues, and in the case of Staphylococcus aureus, milk yield may be reduce...

The exclusive breastfeeding coverage rate in Jambi is 50.9% but the reality society that there are still many mothers who have problems so they cannot breastfeed their babies for 6 months and cause failure to provide breastfeeding. Lactation massage one of efforts increase milk production postpartum mothers. Exclusive very useful baby's immune system avoid various diseases.The purpose this comm...

The impact of providing selenomethionine (2.7 mumol Se) or selenium-enriched yeast (2.9 mumol Se) on the selenium status of lactating and nonlactating women with customary intakes of approximately 1.3 mumol Se/d was studied. Plasma selenium declined in unsupplemented lactating women but not in nonlactating women. Selenomethionine increased plasma selenium in both lactating and nonlactating wome...

The highly prolific sow, defined as one giving birth to 16 or more liveborn piglets, presents a challenge to reproductive management of a sow herd (Boulot et al., 2008). From the point of view of reproductive management of the sow, feeding plays a key role. Therefore, recent findings related to feeding and how it affects farrowing, lactation and oestrus management are given the highest priority...

Little is known about rest and sleep in dairy cows, but it has been shown in other species that the total amount of sleep, duration of sleep bouts and distribution of sleep over 24 hours differ depending on health status, age, pregnancy and lactation. Sleep recordings conducted on cows with surgically implanted electrodes have shown that they sleep four hours per 24-hour period. In this thesis,...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to evaluate physical and sexual development and reproductive physiology in female rat offspring that developed in hyperglycemia conditions in utero and during lactation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Maternal diabetes was induced in female rats by a single IV injection of streptozotocin before mating. Female offspring development was evaluated by means of th...