Do cows product colostrum only after giving birth ?!
Question: Do cows product colostrum only after giving birth .?
If so, then if humans are consuming this and products are being made from it, then aren't we taking away an important nutrient for the calf.?Health Question & Answer
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As a general rule of thumb, a calf should receive 5 percent to 6 percent of its body weight as colostrum within the first six hours of life. That same amount should be fed again when the calf is about 12 hours old. Colostrum weighs approximately 8 pounds per gallon. For an 80-pound calf, this equates to approximately 2 quarts (4 pounds) of colostrum per feeding. So the calf is having adequate colostrum..The rest is for human
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I don't know about the colostrum. That's an interesting question, but I am sure through the pasteurization process that things like that are filtered out.
I grew up on a farm and we had many cows that had calves. They all nursed from their mothers until the mother weened them herself. We never bottled fed them unless there was something wrong with the mother, or she gave birth to two calves and they need extra milk.Health Question & Answer
I grew up on a farm and we had many cows that had calves. They all nursed from their mothers until the mother weened them herself. We never bottled fed them unless there was something wrong with the mother, or she gave birth to two calves and they need extra milk.Health Question & Answer
You need to learn how milk is obtained. The calf is born, and then removed from the cow and bottle fed or .?.?.?.? Then the cow is milked until it has to be bred again to start the cycle again. Peace.Health Question & Answer
No cows can produce a much larger amount of colostrum then humans do - they produce more then what the calf needs. Health Question & Answer