It is critical that bovine maternal colostrum is fed to newborn calves during their first hours of
life. Colostrum is the secretion a cow produces after mammary involution that is rich in …

Simple Summary In an attempt to improve the most important production traits of dairy cows,
breeders omit the problem of calf rearing, whose regularity has a major impact on …

Bovine colostrum harbors a diverse array of bioactive components suitable for the
development of functional foods, nutraceuticals, and pharmaceuticals with veterinary and …

The study objectives were to: 1) evaluate the diagnostic performance of passive immunity
tests for classification of failure of passive transfer (FPT) risk, based on their relationships …

Abstract Immunoglobulins G (IgG), A (IgA), and M (IgM) represent 70–80% of total proteins in
cattle colostrum and are essential for the passive transfer of antibodies from the dam to the …

Purpose Published literature regarding calf nutrition was reviewed to create an information
base for the implementation of proper nutritional management to maximize health and …

Newborn calves are agammaglobulinemic and rely for their first immune protection almost
completely on the transfer of immune constituents via colostrum. Inadequate colostrum …

After calving, bovine colostrum is obtained from the mammary gland of the dam in the first
days and fed to newborn ruminant to prevent microbial infections. Each bovine colostrum …

Preservation of colostrum for neonatal dairy calves has seldom been seldom in recent years,
much of the peer reviewed literature having been published in the 1970s and 1980s. First …

Globally, the majority of dairy cows are milked twice a day (TAD); however, in pasture-based
production systems, such as in Ireland, the idea of milking once a day (OAD) is being …