Feeding calves colostrum benefits the producer of beef or dairy cattle by saving calf lives. Colostrum can be particularly valuable when given to calves that are orphaned or weak at birth or that do ...

Calves are born susceptible to disease. They have to receive colostrum from their dams in order to have early protection from pathogens. Colostrum is the first milk that the cow produces at calving.

If calves do not receive sufficient antibodies ... Depending on the reading, it was enriched with a colostrum powder from colostrum company SCCL to standardise it to a minimum of 12.5% Brix ...

The colostrum intake of many new born calves is dangerously hit-and-miss, according to Carlisle-based Paragon Vet Group vet Victor Oudhuis. He says farmers must take account of the variability in ...

Taking bovine colostrum supplements—the powdered form of the golden milky liquid that cows produce for their newborn ...

“They’re raising stronger calves that are more resilient to BRD.” Colostrum is the first step to getting calves started on the right hoof. “Calves should receive high-quality colostrum ...

They are just two of the colostrum myths busted by advisers at Tirlán, who say it is essential a calf gets plenty of clean, high-quality colostrum soon after birth. It provides calves with the ...

Last year, I lost my calf a few days after birth and my vet said the cause of death was a lack of enough colostrum. The cow suffered prolonged labour and when the calf finally came, it was ...

Hours after giving birth, I sat in my hospital bed holding my newborn as a nurse massaged my breasts. Squeezing each one from top to bottom, she was searching for any hint of the “good stuff ...

The gastrointestinal tract of a calf is relatively mature at birth, but hormones and growth factors within colostrum stimulate growth of the gastrointestinal tract and regeneration after ...