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Age and Previous Lactations as Factors in the Amount of Bovine Colostral Immunoglobulins¹

Department of Dairy Science, 315 Animal Sciences Laboratory, 1207 West Gregory Drive, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801

ABSTRACT

Blood and colostrum samples were obtained from 87 dairy cows in five lactation groups and analyzed for immunoglobulins G₁, G₂, M, and A. The five groups ranged from cows in first lactation, about 30 mo of age, to cows in fifth or more lactation, about 84 mo of age. Compared to older groups, blood serum of cows in first lactation contained less G₁. Cows in first lactation also produced less total colostrum containing less total G₁, G₂, and M. Immunoglobulin G₁ comprised over two-thirds of the immunoglobulins in the colostrum of all groups. Older cows had more immunoglobulin G₁ in their colostrum with a tendency toward a higher ratio of G₁ to G₂. Amount of immunoglobulin A was constant through all lactations. After a rise in the second lactation, total amount of immunoglobulins G₂ and M tended to level off. Total immunoglobulin G₁ tended to reach a maximum in the third or fourth lactation, almost doubling in amount compared to the first lactation. Age and number of lactations are factors correlated with amounts of these immunoglobulins in colostrum.

¹ This research was supported by National Science Foundation Project PCM 79-09052 and Hatch Project 035–351 of the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station.

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