<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Earlier we determined the colostrum and milk composition of cows after single- and twin-calving as well as the changes in the composition as a function of postpartum time. It was established that the dry matter, protein, whey protein, and immunoglobulin-G (IgG) content of the first-milked colostrum immediately after calving was significantly higher with twin-calving cows than with single-calving animals. As regards the other components, there were no significant differences among the animals. During the last years, we managed to collect the first-milked colostrum from five cattle after triplet-calving. The composition of these samples were determined by the methods we used earlier at twin-calving animals, and the results were compared to the colostrum composition of single- and twin-calving animals. It was found that although as an effect of triplet-calving the protein and IgG content of colostrum increased, the difference was not significant between twin- and triplet-calving animals. We are aware that others have not reported data from the point of view of the colostrum composition of twin-calving, and in the case of tripletcalving our results are unique in the world. In our publication, we report on the results of our investigations.</p></abstract>

Earlier we determined the colostrum and milk composition of cows after single- and twin-calving as well as the changes in the composition as a function of postpartum time. It was established that the dry matter, protein, whey protein, and immunoglobulin-G (IgG) content of the first-milked colostrum immediately after calving was significantly higher with twin-calving cows than with single-calving animals. As regards the other components, there were no significant differences among the animals. During the last years, we managed to collect the first-milked colostrum from five cattle after triplet-calving. The composition of these samples were determined by the methods we used earlier at twin-calving animals, and the results were compared to the colostrum composition of single- and twin-calving animals. It was found that although as an effect of triplet-calving the protein and IgG content of colostrum increased, the difference was not significant between twin- and triplet-calving animals. We are aware that others have not reported data from the point of view of the colostrum composition of twin-calving, and in the case of tripletcalving our results are unique in the world. In our publication, we report on the results of our investigations.

Colostrum composition of cows after twin- and triplet-calving

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, Institute of Food Technology

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering, Department of Food Science

Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Alimentaria

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Earlier we determined the colostrum and milk composition of cows after single- and twin-calving as well as the changes in the composition as a function of...

Colostrum composition of cows after twin- and triplet-calving

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2019

Páginas: 42 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausal-2019-0003

Palabras clave
first-milked colostrum, protein content, protein fractions, immunoglobulin-G, cattle

© 2019 J. Csapó et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Colostrum composition of cows after twin- and triplet-calving

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2019

Páginas: 42 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausal-2019-0003

Palabras clavefirst-milked colostrum, protein content, protein fractions, immunoglobulin-G, cattle

© 2019 J. Csapó et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
first-milked colostrum, protein content, protein fractions, immunoglobulin-G, cattle