The “graduating” class of 2027 is the class of heifers that are taking their first breaths and standing on wobbly legs now.

Colostrum is the first milk that is produced after the doe gives birth. It is thick and yellowish in color. The thickness of the colostrum can be all different types of thicknesses. Colostrum is high ...

More than 45% of infants were partially colostrum fed and experienced higher rates of peanut allergies by 12 – 18 months of age "Early formula feeding during the first days of life disrupts the intake ...

Feeding transition milk to newborn calves in their first 10 days and enriching it according to their immunoglobulin G status have helped a Pembrokeshire dairy farm slash pre-weaning mortality rates by ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. 46% of infants did not exclusively receive colostrum ...

Meticulous colostrum feeding and a new lambing shed have helped cut mortality and eradicate cases of watery mouth in an organic March-lambing flock. Mortality has fallen from 26% to 17% and there was ...

Bovine colostrum is the production of the mammary gland in the 24 hours after calving and it is the first source of nutrients for the calf. All female mammals produce it, and, in all species, it is of ...

Mothers of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients sometimes bring expressed milk that is blood tinged to the NICU. In certain instances, the blood contamination appears minimal, whereas in ...