the number of lambs sold per ewe mated in the breeding flock has a considerable impact on sheep operation profitability. this depends primarily on fertility, prolificacy (# of lambs), and lamb survival, mothering ability, milk production of the ewe and lamb growth rate. optimal reproduction does vary by environment and management system – some sheep operations don’t want a lambing rate over 200...

The number of lambs sold per ewe mated in the breeding flock has a considerable impact on sheep operation profitability. This depends primarily on fertility, prolificacy (# of lambs), and lamb survival, mothering ability, milk production of the ewe and lamb growth rate. Optimal reproduction does vary by environment and management system – some sheep operations don’t want a lambing rate over 200...

OBJECTIVE This study sought to understand the tasks and activities involved in the caring and nurturing work of mothering, a common and important occupation for many women. METHOD In-depth, semistructured individual interviews were conducted with 40 mothers: 20 mothers of preschool-age children and 20 mothers of young adults. In addition, participants completed a questionnaire describing the ...

The usefulness of genetic progress for litter size in pig breeding is limited by mothering ability and piglets survival. It is a critical aspect for breeds used as dam lines, in which litter weight (LW) at weaning could be an alternative selection goal. Our objective was to investigate the genetic basis of LW at 21days for the six first parities in 1,449 Iberian sows with available records from...

this study is a correlation research carried out in order to determine pregnant women's attitude towards the   mothering role and its relationship to the onset and duration of nausea and vomiting .   this study included 130 women who were patients , at health treatment centers in the city of sari had   previous delivery and had no known physical or psychological illness at the time of the ...

Studies of intensive mothering suggest that fulfilling societal expectations of the “good mother” diminishes maternal psychological well-being; however, studies tend to focus on young mothers. We examine the association between intensive mothering and psychological well-being using a sample of mothers in midlife (n = 1,388) drawn from the 2004-2006 National Survey of Midlife Development in the ...

This article is concerned with the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on Filipina transnational mothers’ experience of motherhood, their practices of mothering and, ultimately, their identities as mothers. Drawing on ethnographic research with Filipina migrants in the UK as part of a wider study of Filipino transnational families, this article observes that, despite the...

Prior research linking family structure with parenting often confounds the effects of family structure with the effects of family instability. In this analysis, I use data from the Fragile Families Study (N= 3107) to answer two main questions: (a) Are there differences in maternal stress and mothering behaviors across stably married, cohabiting, visiting, and single-mother families? and (b) Doe...