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[–] WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago  (edited ago)

I knew about that right after they're born, but I wonder if they're left to nurse their mothers for a month last say and the calf starts getting sick a week after being born, will the cow start producing colostrum again?

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[–] jonny1313 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

As of now there is no proof of that. If cattle produced colostrum outside of the birthing process the dairy industry would have a ton of problems as you can't milk a cow if she has colostrum. I would suspect given the science that be, that there are plenty of university studies that test a cows milk throughout the nursing life of a calf. Human milk isn't a product we use daily so it isn't studied like dairy milk.

A dairy farms milk is tested upon pickup. Having colostrum in the milk would likely lead to a very high somatic cell count which would get them all sorts of repercussions. So if this did happen, there would be some massive changes that would need to happen.

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[–] WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago  (edited ago)

Doesn't the dairy industry separate the calf really early on and only bottle feed it so that they can get maximum milk production from the cow? It might be helpful for pigs, or beef cows / sheep that aren't milked but leave the babies to feed from their mothers.