analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing Ping Qiu: Conception and design, data interpretation, manuscript writing Jiao Jiao: Conception and design, manuscript writing Hiroyuki Hirai: Conception and design, administrative support Wei Xiong: Conception and design Jifeng Zhang: Conception and design, administrative support Tianqing Zhu: Administrative support Peter X. Ma: Conception and des...

Introduction: Donor milk is a new emerging phenomenon in Iran and its banks are currently operating at a limited level. Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward this issue play a very important role in the adoption of human donor milk by families. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitude of nurses working in neonatal intensive care units   regarding the use of human donor...

This paper presents some central findings of an exploratory qualitative study of New Zealand families with children conceived by donor insemination (DI). Drawing on social anthropological and sociological theorising about kinship and contemporary Western families, the paper explores the ways in which parents and their kin actively construct parent-child relationships and kin connections through...

two experiments were performed to determine the effectiveness of different progestogens contained in intravaginal devices, different doses of ecg and subsequent hcg treatment on the reproductive performance of estrus-induced mature lori ewes. in the first experiment, 88 ewes were allocated into two groups, and were treated with either fluorogestone acetate (fga) sponges or controlled internal d...

inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) frequently affects young patients of childbearing age. treatments for inflammatory bowel disease include immunosuppressive, cytotoxic and surgical therapies. azathioprine is frequently used to treat patients with steroid dependent ibd. we report the case of a patient with ulcerative colitis, treated with azathioprine prior to conception and during the subsequent...

The present study was conducted at Sabarmati Ashram Gaushala, Bidaj, Gujarat. A total of 427 donor animals were investigated over a ten-year period to assess the efficiency Standard protocol Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer (MOET). Simultaneously season wise breed also conducted. Breeds studied Gir, HF, HFCB, Jersey, JYCB, Red Sindhi Sahiwal. Overall average number embryos, viable pregnan...