Colostrum and Calves: Milk It for All Its Worth

摘要

The ideal calving situation is to have an unassisted delivery, the calf getting "its bearings" and nursing within an hour or two of birth.If you want to know about colostrum research — at least the kind that involves milking beef cows — Brian VanderLey, DVM, could tell you some colorful stories."Invariably you are going to have a few who do not appreciate the process," he says.The work can be hard to get at, but the University of Missouri (MU) veterinarian is part of a team hoping to advance the study.