INTRODUCTION This cross-sectional retrospective study was designed to assess the relationships among breastfeeding duration, nonnutritive sucking habits, convex facial profile, nonspaced dentition, and distoclusion in the deciduous dentition. MATERIALS AND METHODS A sample of 415 children (228 males, 187 females) aged 4 to 6 years from a mixed Indian population was clinically examined by two ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to characterize pica behavior in cats. METHODS Cat owners were recruited to participate in a questionnaire survey on pica behavior exhibited by their cats. Emphasis was put on the type of item ingested. Questions on early history and environment, as well as general health and gastrointestinal signs, were asked. Owners of healthy cats not showing pica were ...

BACKGROUND The development of oral motor control depends partially on motor and sensory experiences. AIM To analyze the relationship between the duration of breastfeeding, artificial feeding and sucking habits, and of these parameters with the orofacial motor performance. METHOD Participants of this study were one hundred and seventy-six children aged 6 to 12 years. All subjects were submit...

The objective of this study was to determine the effects social housing, provision physical enrichment, and interaction between two on calf growth, behaviour fearfulness. Forty-eight calves were randomly allocated either individual (IP, sixteen calves) or pair (PP, thirty-two pens from 2 days 8 weeks age. Half in each housing treatment provided with enrichment items (stationary brushes, plastic...

Fruit-sucking bugs (Helopeltis spp.) are one of the main pests on cocoa plants. The damage caused by this pest is piercing and sucking liquid pods young shoots. This study aimed to obtain effective concentration papaya leaf extract yam mortality fruit-sucking bugs. research was carried out at Plant Production Laboratory II Politeknik Negeri Lampung from September 2020 January 2021. design used ...

Newborn rabbits depend on a daily nursing interaction with the mother to gain milk and to survive. During this interaction, they localise and seize the nipples displaying a typical behaviour triggered by maternal odour cues. The mammary pheromone constitutes such a signal in domestic rabbits: it elicits sucking-related movements in more than 90% of the pups. However, some newborns remain unresp...

OBJECTIVES The assessment of early sucking by preterm infants provides information on the ability of these infants to efficiently and safely receive nutrients via an oral route (oral feeding). To analyze the application and reliability of an instrument in assessing non-nutritive sucking that indicates a capacity for oral feeding in the routine care of different neonatal units. METHODS A multi...

BackgroundSeveral beneficial effects of non-nutritive sucking in infants, including the physiological stability, relaxation, better transition from tube feeding to oral feeding have been reported. But its effect on oxygen saturation in neonates under the Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (NCPAPو (is not so clear. This study aimed to investigate the effects of non-nutritive sucking on tr...