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IMPORTENCE OF BREAST FEEDINGS

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  For infants to survive, grow and development properly they require the right proporation of nutrients.Breast milk is rich in nutrients and anti-bodies that help your body fight off virus and bacteria.It also contains the right quantities of fat, sugar,water and protein.These nutrients are major pre-requisites to the health and survival of the body.When a child is exclusively breastfed,their immune system is strengthened,enabling it to life threatening illnesses like pneumonia and diarrhoea amongst other infections.Breastfeeding lowers your baby`s risk of having asthma or allergies.                                                                 COLOSTRUM The world health organization recommended that colostrum,the yellowish sticky breast milk that is produced at the end of pregancy as the ideal food for newborns, to be giv...

BOVINE COLOSTRUM AND ITS IMMPORTANSE

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 Colostrum is a milky fluid.It is produced by mammary glands of mammals.That comes from the breasts of cow and other mammals the first few days after giving birth,before true milk appears. It contains protein,carbohydrates,fats,vitamins,minerals and specific kinds of protein called antibodies that fight disease causing agents such as bacteria and virus, antibody levels in bovine colostrum can be 100 times higher in regular cows milk. Some species fat concentration is substantially higher in colostrum than in milk (eg) sheep and horse.Some other species lower in colostrum than in milk(eg) camels and humans.                                                       Colostrum is known to contain immune cells(lymphocytes)and many antibodies such as IgA,IgG, and IgM. Other immune components of colostrum include the major components of the innate immune sys...