Nutritional and microbiological quality of bovine colostrum samples in Brazil

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutritional and microbiological composition of colostrum samples collected from colostrum banks or newly calved cows on dairy farms. For this purpose, 66 colostrum samples from dairy cows were directly collected during the milking of newly cal...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Revista brasileira de zootecnia 2017-01, Vol.46 (1), p.72-79
Hauptverfasser:	Santos, Glauber dos, Silva, Jackeline Thaís da, Santos, Flávia Hermelina da Rocha, Bittar, Carla Maris Machado
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE dairy calf enterobacteria immunoglobulin G passive immunity transfer VETERINARY SCIENCES
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Zusammenfassung:	ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutritional and microbiological composition of colostrum samples collected from colostrum banks or newly calved cows on dairy farms. For this purpose, 66 colostrum samples from dairy cows were directly collected during the milking of newly calved cows or from colostrum storage bank. Samples were collected from commercial properties in the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Paraná - Brazil, which were classified according to the total daily milk yield (MY). Even though average immunoglobulin concentrations were either adequate (79.7 and 51.7 mg/mL, for farms with MY>701 L/d and
ISSN:	1516-3598 1806-9290 1516-3598
DOI:	10.1590/s1806-92902017000100011