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Join us for this discussion about colostrum evaluations and benchmarking Dr. Robert VanSaun from Pennsylvania State University. This episode covers IgG concentration, evaluating passive transfer, heat treatment of colostrum, and remaining knowledge gaps in the world of small ruminant colostrum.
Today's episode references several papers including:
- Dr. VanSaun's Proceedings from the AABP 55th Annual Conference regarding colostrum in lambs and kids (2022): https://bovine-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/AABP/article/view/8638
- Dr. VanSaun's Proceedings from the AABP 45th Annual Conference regarding pregnancy toxemia diagnostics (2012): https://bovine-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/AABP/article/view/3888
Consensus recommendations on calf- and herd-level passive immunity in dairy calves in the United States: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030220303830
Heat treatment of colostrum increases immunoglobulin G absorption efficiency in high-, medium-, and low-quality colostrum: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030214000939
Heat-treated (in single aliquot or batch) colostrum outperforms non-heat-treated colostrum in terms of quality and transfer of immunoglobulin G in neonatal Jersey calves: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030215000181
- Temporal kinetics of bovine mammary IgG secretion into colostrum and transition milk: https://academic.oup.com/jas/article-abstract/99/5/skab083/6170618
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