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Women’s education level amplifies the effects of a livelihoods-based intervention on household wealth, child diet, and child growth in rural Nepal

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Background Many organizations seek to alleviate poverty in the developing world, often focusing their interventions on women. The role, status, and education of women are fundamentally important facets of development.
Laurie C. Miller, Neena Joshi, Mahendra Lohani, Beatrice Rogers, Shubh Mahato, Shibani Ghosh, Patrick Webb   +6 more
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Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2021
Maternal depression has been associated with adverse child growth and development; less is known about its relation to children's diet. In a cross‐sectional study embedded at endline of a longitudinal community development intervention, mothers of 629 ...
Laurie C. Miller, Sumanta Neupane, Thalia M. Sparling, Merina Shrestha, Neena Joshi, Mahendra Lohani, Andrew Thorne‐Lyman   +6 more
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Long-term effects of early-life rumen microbiota modulation on dairy cow production performance and methane emissions

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Rumen microbiota modulation during the pre-weaning period has been suggested as means to affect animal performance later in life. In this follow-up study, we examined the post-weaning rumen microbiota development differences in monozygotic twin-heifers ...
Hanna Huuki, Hanna Huuki, Miika Tapio, Päivi Mäntysaari, Enyew Negussie, Seppo Ahvenjärvi, Johanna Vilkki, Aila Vanhatalo, Ilma Tapio   +8 more
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Preweaned heifer management on US dairy operations: Part II. Factors associated with colostrum quality and passive transfer status of dairy heifer calves.

Journal of Dairy Science, 2018
Passive transfer of immunity is essential for the short- and long-term health of dairy calves. The objective of this study was to evaluate factors associated with colostrum quality and passive transfer status of US heifer calves.
C. Shivley, C. Shivley, J. Lombard, N. Urie, N. Urie, D. Haines, R. Sargent, C. Kopral, T. Earleywine, J. Olson, F. Garry   +10 more
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Effect of feeding single-dam or pooled colostrum on maternally derived immunity in dairy calves

Journal of Dairy Science, 2022
: The role of colostrum management in providing adequate immunological protection to neonatal calves has been widely investigated, and thresholds for colostrum quality, as well as optimum volume and timing for colostrum feeding have been established ...
J. Barry, E.A.M. Bokkers, R. Sayers, J.P. Murphy, I.J.M. de Boer, E. Kennedy   +5 more
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Investigation of Body Development in Growing Holstein Heifers With Special Emphasis on Body Fat Development Using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
This study analyzed skeletal development, body condition, and total body fat development of growing heifers. A total of 144 female primiparous Holstein cattle from four commercial dairy farms with different degrees of stillbirth rates were examined ...
Kathrin Heine, Kathrin Heine, Viktoria Kichmann, Viktoria Kichmann, Miriam K. von Kuhlberg, Ingrid Vervuert, Lisa Bachmann, Jens Lippmann, Jutta Gottschalk, Jutta Gottschalk, Susanne Reitemeier, Susanne Reitemeier, Ilka Steinhöfel, Almuth Einspanier, Almuth Einspanier   +14 more
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Heifer mastitis

The Bovine Practitioner, 1994
In recent years, awareness of the prevalence of heifer mastitis has increased. More research and practical effort on farms is being devoted to heifer mastitis. Attempts to measure prevalence of mastitis in heifers have primarily utilized cultures of quarters of animals at various stages of life until their first calving.
Sears, P. M., Wilson, David J.
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Preweaned heifer management on US dairy operations: Part VI. Factors associated with average daily gain in preweaned dairy heifer calves.

Journal of Dairy Science, 2018
The study objective was to evaluate average daily gain (ADG) in dairy heifer calves based on health, feeding, management practices, and environmental factors.
C. Shivley, J. Lombard, N. Urie, C. Kopral, M. Santín, T. Earleywine, J. Olson, Franklyn B Garry   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Potential Risk Factors Associated with Infection with Bovine Leukaemia Virus in Dairy and Beef Cattle in Taiwan

Pathogens, 2021
Bovine leukaemia virus (BLV), which is classified as a Deltaretrovirus, is the aetiologic agent of enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL), a chronic lymphoproliferative disorder with a worldwide distribution.
Yi-Chen Chen, Wen-Yu Chin, Chao-Chin Chang, Shih-Te Chuang, Wei-Li Hsu   +4 more
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Supplementation of sodium butyrate to postweaned heifer diets: Effects on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and health.

Journal of Dairy Science, 2019
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of varying levels of sodium butyrate (SB) supplementation in feed on the growth, digestibility, and health of postweaned heifers.
E. Rice, K. M. Aragona, S. Moreland, P. Erickson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source