https://www.selleckchem.com/products/iacs-010759-iacs-10759.html 05). At the phylum level, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were the main intestinal flora of geese; and the abundance of Firmicutes in the jejunum was higher in the sugar treatment groups than that of the maize flour group. At the genus level, the abundance of Lactobacillus in the jejunum was higher (P less then 0.05) in the sugar treatment groups than that of the maize flour group. In conclusion, forced-feeding diet supplementation with sugar induced stronger digestion and absorption capacity, increased the abundance of Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes and the abundance of Lactobacillus (especially fructose and sucrose) in the gut. So, the fructose and sucrose had higher induction on hepatic steatosis in goose fatty liver formation. β-Thalassemia has been shown to be associated with adverse short-term perinatal outcomes including low birth weight and preterm labor. The aim of this study was to assess whether in-utero exposure of maternal β-thalassemia minor is a risk factor for offspring hematological morbidity. A population-based retrospective cohort study was conducted, including all infants born between the years 1991-2014 at a tertiary medical center. Long-term hospitalizations with hematologic morbidities were compared between offspring of mothers with or without β-thalassemia minor. Multiple gestations, perinatal mortality, chromosomal disorders and congenital malformations were excluded. Both study groups were followed until 18years of age for hospitalization with hematological morbidities. Kaplan-Meier survival curve was used to compare the cumulative hematological morbidity incidence between both groups, and a Cox proportional hazard model was used to control for confounders. During the study period, 243,682 deliveries met the inclusion criteria, of them 0.3% (n=677) were of mothers with β-thalassemia minor. Among offspring to thalassemic versus non-thalassemic mothers, hospitalizatio