Bottle-feeding: influence of teat-hole on suck volume.
Infants have been fed with teats whose end-holes varied in shape and size. Two types of feeding-bottles were used. With conventional feeding-bottles, variations of teat-hole shape and size did not significantly alter the volumes of milk obtained at each suck. However, when an infant feeding-bottle was used which contained a valve, then variations in teat-hole shape and size did alter the volumes of milk obtained. The volume of milk obtained from a standard teat under such circumstances was the same as the volume previously calculated for breast-feeding.
D000818:Animals; D003679:Deglutition; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008892:Milk; D012212:Rheology; D013391:Sucking Behavior