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Absorption of Colostral Immunoglobulin G in the Newborn Dairy Calf¹

Départment de Zootechnie, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition, Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4

ABSTRACT

Five groups of eight newborn calves were used to study absorption of colostral immunoglobulin G. One feeding of 2 liters of pooled colostrum was given at one of 6, 12, 24, 36, or 48 h after birth. Concentrations of immunoglobulin G in blood plasma and feces were measured by an immunodiffusion technique. Plasma volume and fecal excretion also were measured. When colostrum was given 6 h after birth, 65.8% of the ingested immunoglobulin G appeared in the plasma. This percentage declined rapidly to reach 46.9%, 11.5%, 6.7%, and 6.0% when colostrum was given at the ages of 12, 24, 36, and 48 h. Total fecal immunoglobulin G increased linearly with age. The quantities not recovered from plasma and feces reached a maximum when colostrum was given at 24 or 36 h after birth. Immunoglobulin G can be "lost" to a great extent via routes other than plasma and feces during this time. Quantities of immunoglobulin G measured in plasma represent apparent rather than true absorption.

¹ This work was made possible through financial assistance from the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Grant #A2013).

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