Sentence examples for reduced conceptions from inspiring English sources

But whether the lower number of births in 1991 is due to increased miscarriage of damaged embryos, to reduced conceptions because of the more general vicissitudes of war or to some other factor cannot be determined with the available information.

For example, a search of Taeuber's work for the term "influenza" revealed only 1 mention of the influenza epidemic of 1918, in the context of speculation that it "may have led to reduced conceptions" (8, p. 233).

Milk yield reduction, reduced feed intake, weight loss, reduced conception rate and mortality were modeled as effects of lameness.

Catalano et al.[8] pointed out that the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York City reduced conception of males and increased fetal deaths among males.

This in turn may increase the infection pressure and parasite loads for hosts and lead to greater adverse impacts on host health (e.g. weight loss and reduced conception rates) [ 28, 29] and, for species important as food for northerners, on human health.

Short heat periods and the absence of clear behavioral signs of heat cause farmers to fail to detect heat or to misjudge the optimum time of insemination of their cows, resulting in financial losses due to prolonged interval from calving to first insemination, reduced conception rates and increased calving intervals.

Reading the Davina interview, I was reminded of last year's Conservative's party conference and the warm round of applause that greeted the suggestion that cutting benefits was the key to reducing conceptions.

Nutritional stress potently suppresses fertility, they observe, and even seasonal food shortages in the developing world reduce conceptions by 30%to50%0%.

The targets set by these regulators had the potential to 'dilute the message' of patient safety for boards, by reducing conceptions of safe care into a series of national standards and priorities, or specific issues and campaigns related to hospital acquired infections such as MRSA and clostridium difficile rates.

Poor BCS of cows not only increases calving to first services interval but also reduces conception rate [ 9, 33].

Despite significant efforts and improvements in reducing teenage conception rates and more young people in education and training, intervention was having less effect on the most vulnerable families in the area.