breast milk

Examples of colostrum

colostrum
Elevated levels of bile acids in colostrum of patients with cholestasis of pregnancy are decreased following ursodeoxycholic acid therapy.
The author admitted that colostrum is beneficial but not of paramount importance for successful calf rearing.
Prevention of diar rhoea by restricting colostrum intake.
Is there a connection between the practice of withholding colostrum and calf death?
Although they showed interest in the proposed management change of not restricting the colostrum intake, the elders expressed their fears.
A change in colostrum management was proposed to the pastoralists, therefore, as a measure to improve the health and survival rate of calves.
Herders consider excessive colostrum intake to be a cause of diarrhoea, especially if the milk yield is high.
What was most serious was that newborn infants did not receive colostrum.
Our results indicate that there was a significant impact of colostrum intake on the faecal egg counts, worm counts and tissue egg counts.
Between the 1680s and the 1730s changes in the traditional beliefs about colostrum slowly began to be reflected in practice.
Different practices to limit colostrum intake are used therefore.
Therefore, a compromise was found and it was agreed that colostrum 'seems to be very important' and should be given 'as much as possible'.
It was mentioned that the young warriors consume colostrum 'in order to get strong'.
Many immunological factors are present in both colostrum and breastmilk, particularly in the days immediately after birth, boosting the systemic protection of the breastfed infant.
The change in the attitude to the use of colostrum resulted in the approval of immediate breastfeeding and its gradual establishment.
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