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Performance, carcass characteristics and ingestive behavior of steers fed with silages of different maize hybrids

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance, carcass characteristics and ingestive behavior of feedlot steers fed with three maize hybrids: Maximus VIP3, Defender VIP and Feroz VIP. The experiment lasted 112 days, weighing animals four times, every 28 days. The experimental diets were for...

Impact of birth weight and daily weight gain during suckling on the weight gain of weaning piglets

This study evaluated the effect of birth weight and weight gain during the suckling phase on the piglet daily weight gain during the nursery phase (21-61 days of age). Piglets (n= 534) derived from 55 first-parity sows were weighed at birth, weaning, and end of the nursery phase. The data were analyzed a...

Associação entre eficiência alimentar e ganho em acabamento de carcaça de bovinos da raça Nelore

Objetivou-se estimar a associação fenotípica entre a eficiência alimentar e o ganho em acabamento de carcaça de touros jovens da raça Nelore. Utilizaram-se informações de 98 touros jovens da raça Nelore, participantes de duas provas de eficiência alimentar que empregaram o sistema de cochos ele...

Comparison of maternal and fetal outcomes in parturients with and without a diagnosis of gestational diabetes

Abstract Objective The present study aims to compare the maternal and fetal outcomes of parturients with and without a gestational diabetes diagnosis. Methods A case-control study including parturients with (cases) and without (control) a gestational diabetes diagnosis, who delivered at a teaching ho...

Changes in weight and body composition among students after entering the university: a systematic review

Rev. chil. nutr; 46 (5), 2019
OBJECTIVE: Conduct a literature review to provide an estimate of changes in weight and body composition among university students and evaluate whether these changes are exclusive to the first year of academic life. METHODS: Searches were performed in the PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDi...

Incidência de ganho de peso em trabalhadores de um hospital: análise de sobrevivência

Resumo O ganho de peso na vida adulta pode ser responsável por doenças crônicas, e seu acompanhamento pode ser um subsídio para evitar esses agravos. O objetivo foi analisar o ganho de peso e fatores associados em trabalhadores de um hospital privado no município do Rio de Janeiro. Trata-se de uma c...

Efeitos adversos associados a uso de contraceptivos orais em discentes

Objetivos: Investigar o número de mulheres, as causas que levam a fazer o uso e descrever os efeitos adversos mais comuns associados ao uso de contraceptivos orais de forma contínua. Métodos: Trata-se de estudo observacional, transversal ou de prevalência e quantitativo. A pesquisa teve populaçã...

Glucose and insulin curve in pregnant mares and its relationship with clinical and biometric features of newborn foals

Pesqui. vet. bras; 39 (9), 2019
The aim of the present study was to describe the dynamics of glucose and insulin curves in pregnant mares, and to evaluate the curves according to body condition score, identifying the presence of insulin resistance and correlating these values ​​with the weight, height and clinical changes of the ne...

La metformina en mujeres embarazadas obesas sin diabetes no redujo el peso al nacimiento del recién nacido
Metformin in obese pregnant women without diabetes did not reduce birth weight of the newborn

Effectiveness of fixed doses of propranolol in the treatment of hemangiomas regardless of child's weight gain: a case report

ABSTRACT Objective: To present the outcomes of fixed doses of propranolol tablets for the treatment of hemangiomas. Case description: Two illustrative cases of hemangioma in infant patients younger than six months old are described. Treatments were started in 2010 and 2011 and were monitored until Au...