Factors affecting birth weight

Gestational Diabetes has been defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with an onset, or first recognition during pregnancy (Beckmann et al., 2005). GDM affects between 2% to 5% of pregnant women. Increasing levels of plasma glucose are associated with birth weight above the 90th percentile, and primary caesarean deliveries and neonatal hyperglycemia. Risk factors for GDM include a history of macrosomia, strong family history of diabetes, and obesity.

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A study was conducted on birth weight Forty Sirohi goat kids (20 male and 20 female) were used to investigate the effect of sex, type of birth and season of birth weight. Season of kidding was classified as autumn and winter. The overall birth weight of kids was 2.57± 0.036 kg.

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The data pertaining to 623 purebred and 202 Fec-B gene introgressed Kashmir Merino lambs born to 25 and 11 sires, respectively were analyzed with the Mixed Model Least Squares and Maximum Likelihood algorithms, PC-2 version computer programme (Harvey. 1990) to assess the effect of Fec-B gene introgression and some non-genetic factors on performance traits of Kashmir Merino sheep.

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Data on birth weight pertaining to 373 Mehsana kids for a period spread over 7 year (from 2011 to 2017) maintained at organised farm were utilized to study the various factors affecting it. On the basis of date of birth of kids, data were divided in to 3 different seasons and 7 periods (year). Effects of sex of kids as well as type of birth on birth weight were also assessed using least squares analysis. The average birth weight of Mehsana kids was 2.555 ± 0.043 kg.

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