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JMIR Pediatr Parent 2021 Apr 12;4(2):e24579. Epub 2021 Apr 12.

School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Background: Despite the recognized health and economic benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, few Australian infants are exclusively breastfed beyond 5 months of age. Social support for breastfeeding, in particular the support of an infant's father, has been identified as a crucial element for successful breastfeeding.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of various father-focused breastfeeding interventions in terms of key infant feeding outcomes. Read More

Front Pediatr 2021 26;9:654171. Epub 2021 Mar 26.

Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States.

Humans are the only mammals who feed our young special complementary foods before weaning and we are the only primates that wean our young before they can forage independently. There appears to be a sensitive period in the first several months of life when infants readily accept a wide variety of tastes and this period overlaps with a critical window for oral tolerance. As a result, infants should be exposed to a wide variety of flavors while mother is pregnant, while mother is nursing and beginning at an early age. Read More

J Glob Health 2021 Apr 3;11:08003. Epub 2021 Apr 3.

Department of Integrated Early Childhood Development, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.

Background: Appropriate infant and young child feeding is the basis for child survival, growth and development. The aim of this study was to investigate trends in complementary feeding practices and caregivers' feeding knowledge among children from 2012 to 2018 in Huzhu County, Qinghai Province, China.

Methods: This study took place during and after a controlled interventional evaluation trial in Qinghai Province, China, which aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based nutrient-dense complementary food supplements (YingYangBao) combined with dietary counseling on improving 6-23 month-old children's health status. Read More

Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract 2021 Apr;37(1):223-244

Regulatory Discretion, Inc, 16256 Ravenglen Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91387, USA.

This article provides reviews of the following: principal regulatory frameworks governing the supply of feed products for horses, focusing on the United States and Europe with guidance on compliance; key federal, state, or country requirements to ensure safe and accurately labeled products; rules concerning antidoping with a review of naturally occurring prohibited substances commonly found in feedstuffs; essential information for brand holders of equine nutrition products, practicing veterinarians, independent nutritionists, research scientists, competition riders and racehorse trainers, and those responsible for the direct feeding of horses. Read More

J Dairy Sci 2021 Apr 1. Epub 2021 Apr 1.

Department of Animal Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611. Electronic address:

A meta-analysis of 158 peer-reviewed manuscripts was conducted to examine effects of inoculation with Lactobacillus buchneri (LB)-based inoculants (LBB) that did or did not include homolactic or obligate heterolactic bacteria on silage fermentation and aerobic stability. A complementary meta-analysis of 12 manuscripts examined LBB inoculation effects on dairy cow performance. Raw mean differences between inoculant and control treatment means weighted by inverse variance were compared with a hierarchical effects model that included robust variance estimation. Read More