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What does colostrum mean?

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  1. (medicine) A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth. Human and bovine colostrum is thick and yellowish. In humans, it has high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies, but it is small in quantity.
  2. A mixture of turpentine and egg yolk, formerly used as an emulsion.
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Consequently, the young pig must be provided a large amount of energy from fat or carbohydrate in the colostrum in order to survive.
Many people do not realise the importance of continuing to give colostrum, mixed with milk replacer, for the first two weeks.
Are cows which provide colostrum for your calves tested for bovine leukosis?
During the first 2 to 3 days of life, your baby will get a special kind of thick milk called colostrum.
In addition, administration of levamisole did not influence the SCC or IgG concentration in the colostrum of mares.
It is most important that lambs get an adequate supply of colostrum as soon as possible after birth.

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