COLOSTRUM STORY
COLOSTRUM REFERS TO THE INITIAL MILK PRODUCED
BY THE MOTHER COW FOR 3 DAYS RIGHT AFTER GIVING BIRTH.
MAMMALS BREASTFEED THEIR BABIES AND SO DO COWS.
BOVINE COLOSTRUM IS PRODUCED
FOR ONLY ABOUT 3 DAYS AFTER GIVING BIRTH,
AND IT CONTAINS UP TO 100 TIMES MORE NUTRIENTS
THAN THE REGULAR MILK.
UNLIKE OTHER MAMMALS, A COW CANNOT DELIVER NUTRIENTS
AND IMMUNE SYSTEM FACTORS TO THE FETUS THROUGH
THE PLACENTA SO CALVES