background: pregnancy and accelerated fetal growth always are related with major metabolic changes and body fat redistribution and adiponectin is one of principle adipocyte hormones, so studying adiponectin changes during pregnancy may reveal some hidden parts of fetal metabolism. the aim of this study was to assess adiponectin and leptin levels in umbili cal cord and maternal serum, their rela...

lamb survival is one of the major factors affecting overall sheep productivity. lamb survival affected by environmental effect such as management, birth-type, year, season of birth, dam-age, maternal behavior, genotype of parents, and birth-weight. the data comprised 9989 records were collected from 1989 to 2009 in iranian baluchi sheep at abbasabad sheep breeding station. four binary traits cr...

in the present study conducted at a tertiary care level during the period from 2000-2009, the proportion of birth weight (≥2.5 kg) of new born babies was 80.8%, low birth weight (<2.5 kg) of new born babies was 19.2%. of the new born babies, proportion of very low birth weight (<2 kg) was 6.9%. in this study, sex wise difference in the proportion of low birth weight new born babies was not sign...

objective: considering the various evidences due to effects of trace elements on the outcome of pregnancy, we decided to assess the effect of these elements levels in maternal and cord serum on low birth weight. materials and methods: an analytical cross-sectional study was performed on 344 pregnant women in labour and their neonates in maryam, akbarabadi and vali-e-asr hospitals in tehran, ir...

results mode of delivery, nicu admission neonatal death and induction of labor. oligohydramnious is associated with a high rate of pregnancy complications and increased perinatal morbidity and mortality. women with oligohydramnious usually have low-birth babies. conclusion however, we can expect a safe and good outcome for pregnant women with oligohydramnious, should proper fetal surveillance a...