Review of the antenatally detected congenital anomalies in the last five years in al galae maternity hospital

Congenital birth defects are leading cause of infant deaths. Over the last five years a total of 499 cases with congenital anomalies were diagnosed at or referred to the department of pediatric surgery at AI Galaa Teaching Hospital. This represents an incidence of 0.8% of livebirths. Out of these diagnosed malformed cases; urogenital birth anomalies were the most frequent group representing 24.6%, gastrointestinal anomalies were found in 17.2%, limb anomalies 15.8%, neural tube defects 12.4%, Skin anomalies 10%, abdominal wall defect 8.4%, gynecological anomalies 5%, diaphragmatic hernia 2.8%, abdominal masses 1%, sacrococygeal teratoma 0.8%, of cases. Early surgical intervention was required in 33.5% of cases. Early genetic evaluation of children with birth defects can identify their problems as an isolated anomaly of as a part of genetic syndromes. Such syndromes mandate early surgical intervention to prevent and manage problems that have not yet become clinically evident. We emphasize that pediatric surgery should stand fully recognized as a specialty in its own right to grasp the important features of a large number of unfamiliar surgical conditions

Effect of lighting programmes and growth promoters on duck performance

Body weight of Muscovy ducks was higher than under continuous light [23hr light, 1hr Dark] during hot months of the year compared to intermittent light [21ight, 4 dark]. The latter showed higher body weight than during cold months. Avotan supplementation was better during cold months versus to Fermatce- 500 which was better during hot months. Feed conversion under Feed conversion under the intermittent light was better than that of continuous during either cold or hot months. Growth promoters Avotan and Fermatce-500 improved feed conversion under both cold and hot months. Growth promoters lowered mortality rate

Evaluation of different plant protein concentrates in rabbit feeds

A total number of 24 New Zealand white rabbits were used to evaluate seven plant protein concentrates through eight digestibility trials. These concentratrates were soybean meal [SBM], flaxmeal [FM], decorticated and undecorticated cotton seed meal [DCM], horse beans [HB], corn gluten meal [CGM], [UDCM], and sunflower seed meal [SFM]. The CGM, SBM, and DCM feedstuffs recorded the highest nutritive values followed by the FM and HB, while the UDCM and SFM showed the lowest values