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Global Bovine Colostrum Market - Forecast (2022 - 2027)

The Global Bovine Colostrum market is estimated to be $229.4 million in 2021 growing at a CAGR of 3.8% over the forecast period 2022-2027. Bovine Colostrum is a milky liquid produced by cows' udder during the first few days after birth before genuine milk appears. Proteins, carbs, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and antibodies (proteins that fight disease-causing agents like bacteria and viruses) are all found in it. Colostrum antigen levels can be 100 times higher than those found in conventional cow's milk. Owing to their amino acid composition and excellent protein digestibility, particularly of whey proteins, milk proteins are considered a "complete protein" source, while colostrum has higher quantities of immunoglobulins, which are less digestible. Carbohydrates in Bovine Colostrum include lactose, oligosaccharides, glycolipids, glycoproteins, and nucleotide sugars, according to NCBI. Lactose is the most common saccharide in Bovine Colostrum, accounting for approximately 2.5 percent of the total, which is lower than in mature bovine milk or human milk. According to recent studies, bovine milk includes oligosaccharides that are similar to HMO, implying a similar protective effect and driving the Global Bovine Colostrum industry.

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The report: “Global Bovine Colostrum market – Forecast (2022-2027)”, by IndustryARC covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the Global Bovine Colostrum market.

By Form: Powder, Liquid, Capsules, Others

By Application: Dietary Supplements, Pharmaceuticals, Nutritional supplements, Infant Formulas, Sports Nutrition, Cosmetics, Animal Nutrition, Others

By Distribution Channel: Online Channels, Supermarkets/Hypermarkets, Convenience Stores, Others

By Geography: North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico), Europe (Germany, United Kingdom (U.K.), France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, and Rest of Europe), Asia Pacific (China, Japan India, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, and Rest of Asia Pacific), South America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Rest of South America), and Rest of the World (the Middle East, and Africa).

Key Takeaways

Bovine colostrum is in high demand owing to an increase in the use of dietary supplements. The manufacturing of bovine colostrum products is also being driven by the rising occurrence of immunodeficiency illnesses among children.

Colostrum is being used more frequently in newborn foods, cosmetics, and dietary supplements, which is driving increasing demand.

Increased use of Bovine colostrum by pregnant women and diabetic patients for immune system development is boosting the market growth.

Manufacturers are creating Bovine colostrum products in various forms, including capsules and chewable pills, to meet the demand, which has been steadily expanding.

Detailed analysis on the Strength, Weaknesses, and Opportunities of the prominent players operating in the market will be provided in the Global Bovine Colostrum Market report.

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Global Bovine Colostrum Market Segment Analysis – By Form:

The Global Bovine Colostrum market based on Form can be further segmented into Powder, Liquid, Capsules, Others. The tablet sector held a dominant market share in the year 2021. Bovine Colostrum helps babies and newborn animals grow and thrive, but studies show that taking bovine colostrum tablets can boost immunity, combat infections, and enhance gastrointestinal health in adults. Supplements containing bovine colostrum have grown in popularity in recent years owing to their potential to boost immunity, combat infection, and enhance gastrointestinal health. However, the Liquid form sector is predicted to grow at a faster rate with a CAGR of 4.2% over the forecast period of 2022-2027. Some dairy products, such as yogurt, cheese, and kefir, now use liquid bovine colostrum as an ingredient. Several studies are focusing on the manufacture of dairy meals with the addition of bovine colostrum to assure its acceptability for human consumption. Bovine colostrum added to dairy products is claimed to provide a better and healthier product for humans. In the context of yogurt manufacturing, the inclusion of bovine colostrum enhanced total protein content, total solids, IgG, lactoferrin, and minerals when compared to standard yogurt.

Global Bovine Colostrum Market Segment Analysis – By Application:

The Global Bovine Colostrum market based on Application can be further segmented into Dietary Supplements, Pharmaceuticals, Nutritional supplements, Infant Formulas, Sports Nutrition, Cosmetics, Animal Nutrition, Others. Dietary Supplements held a dominant market share in the year 2021. Bovine colostrum supplements are widely advertised for the treatment of a variety of maladies and disorders. As a result, enterprises in the market landscape are expanding their dietary supplement production capacities. This explains why the dietary supplements end-use sector in the bovine colostrum market is expected to create the highest market share. As a result, companies are stepping up their research efforts to include enough immunoglobulins in dietary supplements to help improve the human digestive tract. However, the Cosmetics sector is predicted to grow at a faster rate with a CAGR of 4.5% over the forecast period of 2022-2027. Bovine colostrum is a prominent ingredient in various skin care products targeted at reducing skin irritation and indications of age in the beauty and cosmetics business. Bovine colostrum, when used in cosmetics, has antimicrobial properties and illuminates the skin. For example, Viveza Holding's MCE Pharma announced the debut of a complete line of premium cosmetics, food & dietary supplements, and capsules containing Bovine colostrum as a significant ingredient.

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Global Bovine Colostrum Market Drivers

Rising Usage of Bovine Colostrum By Athletes is fueling the market growth

The market is developing owing to the increasing usage of bovine colostrum by athletes, which helps to minimize upper respiratory tract and intestinal damage. Furthermore, colostrum improves an athlete's general immune system and is becoming a popular nutritional supplement among athletes. As a result, rising consumption of bovine colostrum by athletes is expected to drive colostrum market growth throughout the forecast period. According to NCBI, bovine colostrum has been shown to improve endurance cycling performance and enhance recovery from an acute exercise session, it may be beneficial to athletes who are doing high-intensity training (HIT) on consecutive days or competing with little rest time between sessions. A reduction in exercise duration to fatigue at 110% of anaerobic threshold, a decrease in submaximal exercise heart rate, and a lowering in the anaerobic threshold have all been linked to HIT periods in athletes.

Global Bovine Colostrum Market Challenges

Lack of Awareness regarding Benefits of Colostrum Products is Hindering the Market Growth.

Colostrum's market expansion is projected to be hampered by a lack of awareness about the benefits of colostrum products. Furthermore, there are just a few groups linked with this industry, such as the European Colostrum Industry, that work to raise consumer knowledge and dispel myths about colostrum products. This factor is stifling market expansion. Owing to the huge number of manufacturers in the industry, the intense rivalry is expected to limit the growth of the colostrum market. Owing to fierce rivalry, a new player's entry into the market and prospective opportunity remain a challenge. This aspect is predicted to hinder market expansion. However, innovative product launches by players may support market growth. For instance, in 2018, Biochem Additives located in Germany launched a new product in its offerings-B.I.O.Ig Energy 15% Bovine Colostrum Powders.

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Global Bovine Colostrum Industry Outlook

Product launches, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and geographical expansions are key strategies adopted by players in the Global Bovine Colostrum market. The top 10- Global Bovine Colostrum market companies are-

APS Biogroup

Biostrum Nutritech Pvt. Ltd.

La Belle, Inc.

Sterling Technology

Good Health NZ Products Ltd.

The Saskatoon Colostrum Co. Ltd.

NIG Nutritionals Limited

Ingredia Nutritional

Cuprem Inc.

Biotaris B.V

Recent Developments

In May 2021, Surat District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Limited (SUMUL) announced the launch of a 'cow colostrum powder' to strengthen the immunity of Covid-19 patients in India, dubbed 'Sumul Immune Powder'.

In April 2021, Kiylos Nutrition established a relationship with Pantheryx to represent its premium brand and add bovine colostrum to their product offering.

In November 2019, PanTheryx, a biotechnology company, stated that its wholly-owned subsidiary APS Biogroup has reached a multimillion-dollar partnership with Vita Dairy, the leading Vietnamese nutritional dairy manufacturer.

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limerental · 3 years

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ficletvember 2021 - day 9

this is my lambert & eskel of loud thunder, inspired by my favorite baby cow affirmations tiktok except nothing like that because it's lambert content warnings for referenced farm animal death, blood, and animal birth

The new calf spills to the ground and steams in the March chill, its body slicked-wet and trembling, and Lambert drops back onto his ass in the frozen mud, the tension in his muscles from pulling the calf free of its straining mother puddling away. Eskel snorts as he leans to check the cow, her heaving sides rattling in the grip of the chute.

"You forget what the miracle of birth looks like?" asks Eskel, and Lambert grunts.

"Ugh," he groans. "Too damn early for this."

"Whose idea was it to keep the cattle herd instead of selling?"

"Drunk Lambert. Shouldn't have listened to him. He's got notoriously terrible ideas."

Dawn has just started to peek along the edge of the treeline windbreak. Glad for the spotlights in the back drylot or neither of them would be able to see fuck all.

"Damn it," Eskel cusses as he leans a palm on the backside of the cow in the chute. The old girl's been around Morhen farms for ages now, usually calves out fine, but not this time. Had to step in to bring her in and pull the calf by hand. "She's bleeding pretty good still. Maybe hemorrhaging. I'll be back."

He fucks off, leaving Lambert with the cold creeping up into his ass and legs and a watery newborn blinking at him with dewy eyes.

"Shit." He snags a dry towel from the calving bag slung over the fence and drapes the calf in it, digging with his knuckles to muss dry the wet fur. The little thing stiffens its neck and makes a sound of protest, and the mother cow lows in the chute, trying to turn back to get to her baby.

As the light pales up over the drylot, Lambert can see what had Eskel so concerned. The old girl's a Holstein cross, more white than black, except now she's blood-red across her legs and backside. She lists in the chute, her breathing deep and labored, and Lambert has to look away. He fucking hates this part and always has. Doesn't know any farmer who's numbed to it.

The calf strains up against his hands, naturally wary of being touched, and he kneels to shush it, its little limbs knocking against him as it struggles.

"Quiet now, no more fussing," he says. "Suspect you'll be seeing a lot more of me, so might as well get used to it. I know. Lucky you." The calf blinks up at him from under the drape of the towel, all long lashes and pink nose. "Sorry, kid. Looks like life's dealt you a shit hand already. That's alright. Can tell you're a tough little bastard. You'll be--"

"You sweet-talking that calf, Lamb?" Eskel's got Vesemir in tow and a shotgun slung across his back.

"Yeah, I'm a romantic," he says. Leaning close to the calf, he mutters, "You're lucky it's me here with you. Eskel's a soft touch. Would tell you all kinds of rose-tinted bullshit. But I'll tell you the truth. Life's started out pretty shit for you and it might not get better, but hey, suck it up, kid. You're alright."

He trails his fingers along the ruffled head of the newborn, and the calf sighs a long exhale. Soon, he'll carry it up to Eskel's trailer to feed it some colostrum and curl up next to it by the space heater, pretending he's just intent on thawing his own ass and not keeping the little thing that much warmer.

For now, morning light is spreading in rapid bursts of orange across the drylot. It catches in a white fog of breath as Vesemir grumbles low against the flank of the ailing cow. Eskel loads the shotgun with a steady press of his hands.

#my fic #lambert #this is like... self indulgent <3

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hms-chill · 4 years

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The Long Way

A nice fun Liam/Spencer fic, because these boys deserve the world.

Summary: (Alternately titled "SOMEONE GIVE LIAM A HUG" or "Stronk Farm Boyfriends")Liam's just finishing up vet school, and he's a month shy of achieving the thing he's been working for since he was a kid. When he gets called out to a farm to witness a calf birth and notices something wrong, under-researched, and curable, it's the perfect thing to treat and document so he can write a paper that will jump-start his career. Of course, the fact that the calf is owned by a cute dairy farmer doesn't hurt, either.

Chapter 1:

Liam is just getting back to his apartment when he gets the call, and he's back out the door before he even sets his bag down. His boss's contact's cow has gone into labor, and as much as she should be able to do it on her own, if he wants to pass his farm residency requirement, Liam has to be there when she gives birth. It's probably unnecessary, but he doesn't really mind; it'll be nice to spend a bit of time on a ranch before he's got to get back to studying. The ranch is a reasonable drive, and it's a nice night out. Really, exam aside, the calf picked a beautiful time to come into the world. The bluebells are in bloom, and it's looking like they'll have a gorgeous sunset, so if they come along soon enough, their first view of the sky will be a fantastic one.

His phone's GPS takes him to the ranch gate, and he grins as he drives over the cattle guard. Something about the way his tires jolt always feels special somehow; it takes him out of a world of exams and bills and exhaustion and into the fantasy ranch of his childhood dreams. There's a big farm house, a few barns, and then open pasture as far as the eye can see, a small herd grazing against the backdrop of the setting sun.

He finds the right barn easily enough, and though he doesn't see his boss's truck, he parks outside. When he opens the door, he's hit with the unmistakable scent of a farm. Objectively, it's an awful smell, but he just grins and lets it wash over him for a second before he grabs his bag and goes into the barn, which is apparently full of nicely bedded cattle boxes. There's the buzz of an overhead electric light, the gentle lowing of cattle, and a quiet human voice cutting through the sounds of the barn.

"You're doing great; I'm so proud of you. Yeah, it's alright. Ooh, that was a big one. You're doing so well, and the doctors will be here soon, just to see if you need any help. Yes, you could do this all by yourself, because you're a big girl, but I want to make sure you're okay." It's a nice voice, and Liam tracks it down to a nice looking man, one sitting in the hay of a box with a cow's head in his lap. She's breathing heavily, her sides heaving as he pets her face. There's a calf just starting to emerge below her tail.

"I'm Liam; I'm one of the doctors coming to make sure she's doing alright. How's it been so far?" he asks, crouching beside the farmer. He looks up, and Liam registers somewhere that he's cute.

"I'm Spencer. She's doing well, from what I can tell. It's been longer than some of the other births I've been here for, but they always feel longer in the moment than they really are." The cow heaves another labored breath, and Spencer turns back to petting her face, quietly promising her that he's going to look after her and telling her that she's doing great. It's very, very sweet.

Liam turns to the cow, too, moving her tail aside gently and rubbing her back as he checks on how the calf's doing. Another push, and the calf emerges a bit more. "It looks like she's doing well," he says, and Spencer spares him a smile. Liam digs through his bag, finding gloves for when it's time to make sure the calf is alright and double checking to make sure he has what he needs in case something's wrong. In all likelihood, everything will be find and he won't have needed to be here at all, but he's supposed to see a cow birth before he becomes a full-fledged vet, and it doesn't hurt to reassure the farmer. Especially not when the farmer is as sweet as this one.

It's a tense few moments, full of quiet reassurances and gentle pats, but finally, the cow heaves a final deep breath, gives a final push, and the calf slides into the world. Liam pulls the gloves on just in case, then offers a pair to Spencer, who takes them with a smile. The cow is getting up to check her calf, so they back away a bit, Spencer giving her a last pat as they do.

"She did good," Liam says, and Spencer nods. Liam's boss comes running in just as the calf staggers to their feet, and he's just in time to see them stumble and fall. Spencer's ready to go help them immediately, but Liam holds him back, giving them a few more chances to stand and stumble before he eventually steps forward to see what's wrong. What he finds is a pair of curved front legs, bowing outward at the knee. He helps the calf to stand, and they can hold it, but when they step forward to try to suckle, they stumble. Spencer cries out and hurries to help them, and Liam can hear his boss sigh.

"Crooked calf," his boss says. Spencer wraps his arms around the slimy calf and helps them stumble forward to suckle, stepping back a bit when they latch but refusing to go far. Liam steps back, too, watching them for a moment. At a bigger farm, or one where the farmer didn't care so much, a calf whose crooked legs were this bad would be put down. But watching Spencer support them, watching him pet the mom and calm her, something twists inside Liam.

"Can I talk to you? Outside, just for a minute?" His boss nods and leads the way outside.

"You know, in a case this bad--"

"I know. But he... I've seen a calf heal from this before. Maybe not this bad, but growing up, it happened to a neighbor's calf and with splints and therapy, they got better. You'd never have known. And I think... I don't know this farmer as well as you do, but I think if there's a farmer in the world who's going to fight for a calf and give them the care they'll need to get better, I think it's this one."

"You think you can save the calf?"

"I think I can try. And I think, at a farm like this, they have a chance."

"Alright. I'll get someone else to take over your morning shift tomorrow; if you can get this calf walking you'll have done a miracle."

"Well, it's not a bad place to hang out for a bit," Liam says, eyes wandering out over the pastures that surround the barn. "Bell would love it here."

"I bet she would, all this open space."

"I'm going to get her a place like this someday; she deserves it," Liam says.

"Who?" he turns, and Spencer's standing in the door of the barn, the front of his shirt covered in gunk from the newborn calf.

"Bell; she's my baby girl. But we're here for your baby. They've got--"

"She. She's... she's a girl. And I know something's wrong with her, and I know when the vet doesn't want you there for a conversation it's not usually a good sign, but if there's anything we can do, I--"

"We're going to try," Liam says, making his mind up right then and there. "It's going to be tough, but I've seen a calf heal from this, and so we're going to fight for her, alright?"

Spencer nods, and Liam says goodbye to his boss, then leads the way back into the barn. Spencer trails him, looking anxious. "So, what she's got is called crooked calf. It's not well researched, and in a case this bad, there's a chance she won't be able to move, and at that point it would be more humane to put her down. But we're going to do our best for her. I know calves who've had it and have gotten better, so we can do our best with her."

"I'll do whatever she needs me to." Spencer's more determined than Liam could have even guessed, and he nods.

"I know. That's... honestly, that's part of why I think she can make it. Right now, we've got to get mom away from her for a bit, so we can get her legs in splints and get an idea of what exactly is going on. There's also a bigger chance that mom will bully her, so we'll have to keep an eye on that to know if we need to find her another mamma cow to spend time with." Spencer nods, and he talks to the cow gently as he leads her out of the box and away from her sleeping baby. When she's out, Liam steps into the box, sinking to his knees in the hay next to the baby and gently taking her leg in his hands, massaging her knee. He feels her muscles relax slowly, then reaches for his bag, pulling out an emergency splint. He'd hoped he wouldn't have to use this, but really, he always hopes he won't have to use his bag.

"What's that?" It's Spencer's voice behind him, and Liam turns, smiling a bit.

"A splint, so hopefully we can get her legs to straighten out a bit. We'll need to make something more permanent for her soon, but this will work for now. Do you have a band saw or a drill anywhere?"

"I think so."

"Perfect. We'll get some PVC tomorrow, and I'll show you how to make a splint before I have to go to work. But for now, come join me; I'll show you how to massage her knee muscles so we can reshape them and they'll grow right."

Spencer kneels beside him in the hay, and Liam shows him how to rub the calf's knee, gently loosening her muscles until they're ready to be shaped by the splint. He teaches Spencer to realize when he's rubbed them enough, then shows him how to fasten a makeshift splint onto her leg. Spencer watches and learns quickly, and as he ties a knot, Liam can't help but notice how easily his hands move, strong and sure even as they're gentle on the sleeping calf's leg.

"That looks great. Now, I think... If you have some calf milk; we'll maybe get her some colostrum and calcium and go from there. Did you get the navel cord?"

Spencer nods and stands, just as Liam's stomach grumbles. "I did. I'll get mom on a milker so we can make sure she stays fed, and can I get anything for you? Do you... Are you headed home right away, or you could come in and get cleaned up a bit? I should probably get cleaned up." He sounds almost sheepish, as if having helped a baby calf into the world and holding her up for her first meal is something to be embarrassed of.

"I was... she'll need her legs massaged a lot tonight, and might need another meal or two. If it's alright with you, I was actually thinking of spending the night with her? I don't need to, but I want to be able to give her the best shot I can, and tonight is going to be crucial. We won't charge you."

"Oh, of course, feel free. I had... I'm not completely sure what I have left over, but do you want to come in and see what you can find? You should probably get cleaned up a bit before you eat, anyway." Liam looks at the sleeping calf, then nods, scratching between her ears a bit before he stands and follows Spencer out of the barn.

"You've got a gorgeous farm," he says as they step outside. Spencer smiles.

"Thanks. It's been in my family four generations now. As long as it's been a working ranch, really."

"That's amazing. Anyone out here helping you look after it?”

Spencer shakes his head. "Not really. I mean, we have some staff, but in terms of family, it's just me. My parents retired last year and moved in a bit closer to town, and they’re still doing some bookkeeping and things, more of the business side, but a lot of this work… it takes a toll on you. It’s hard work, being out here in the sun and working all day. Their joints aren't what they used to be.”

"I get that. We had family friends with cattle growing up; it's rough on your body. But good on you looking after everything like this. We need more farmers like you."

Spencer smiles at him, then opens the back door of the farm house and waves Liam in ahead of him. “This is the kitchen; feel free to help yourself to anything in the fridge. I’m going to go get cleaned up a bit; get the cow slime cleaned off me.”

Liam nods, pulling off his gloves and throwing them away before going to the big farm sink in the corner to wash up before he opens the refrigerator. He's met with a variety of vegetables and jugs labeled MILK FOR PEOPLE and MILK FOR COWS in big letters. He grins and rolls his eyes, poking around a bit.

“If you don’t see anything in there, I think there’s some chili mac in the freezer I could heat up,” Spencer’s voice says. Liam turns to see him in the doorway, now with clean forearms and no shirt. Objectively, he’s a very attractive man, the sort of roguish farm boy Liam grew up crushing on. And he moves confidently through the kitchen, grabbing the right container from the freezer and offering a Shiner from the fridge when Liam steps aside. But there’s a tiredness to his movements and the way he holds himself that Liam can’t ignore. He refuses the Shiner, and Spencer puts it back with a nod and a smile.

"Thank you. You don't have to do this; I have stuff in the car I could eat."

"It's the least I can do. If you're really going to be here overnight, feeding you should be a given."

"You're a saint," Liam says with a smile. "Are we planning on milking mom tonight, or should I get her formula from the fridge if she wakes up hungry?"

"I'll get mom milked and make sure you've got it handy, but I can get you a key for this door, too. But you... I can stay with her; you showed me how to massage her legs and everything. I can do it if you want to go home or stay in the house, and I can call you if something goes wrong."

“I don’t mind. I’ve slept in worse places, trust me.”

“If you’re sure. I can get things heated up and brought out in a bit if you’d rather not just wait around in a stranger’s kitchen. Or, I guess maybe it’s better than the barn? I--”

“I’ll be out there,” Liam says, saving Spencer from his floundering. Spencer smiles.

“Thank you. Seriously. You don’t have to stay.”

"I know. This is just me being overprotective and trying to prove crooked calf is curable. t’s something I’ve sort of known for a while, but there’s no research on it or anything, and if it’s alright with you, if I can record what we’re doing and write it up in a paper, it could really help other small farmers like you who have the time to dedicate to it, or it could help animal rescuers… it could save calves.”

“I don’t mind at all. Do they know what caused it?” He's clearly trying to appear nonchalant, but there's the worry in his stance and tone. He's so scared that he's somehow caused this.

"They think it's something the cow ate while she was pregnant. It happens in grazing herds sometimes; there are some plants we know cause it but it's not always predictable. It's not anything you did."

Spencer's whole body relaxes, and he smiles just a bit brighter. Liam tries not to find it endearing how much he cares about the cattle, because really, lusting after a handsome shirtless dairy farmer's care for his cows is absolutely not what Liam needs to be doing right now. "So it's just... something that happens sometimes?" Spencer asks, and Liam nods.

"Basically. I can give you a list of plants to keep an eye on, but there's a pretty low chance of it, and depending on the size of your pastures it might not make sense to try and weed the whole thing."

The microwave dings before Spencer can answer, and he pulls out the bowl of chili mac. “Here’s this; I’ll go put a shirt on, then get mom milked and find some blankets. You’re sure you won’t sleep in the house?”

Liam shakes his head. “I want to monitor her overnight. Call it part of the research process. I’m just… I’ll take some measurements now to compare to when she’s better. Maybe some video if she tries to get up. Watch The Dodo or somebody want to do a special on her.” Spencer smiles at that, and Liam pulls a fork out of the dish rack to enjoy his meal.

“Alright, well, if you insist.” Spencer digs through his pockets, then gets out a key ring and takes one off. “Here’s the key to this back door. I’ll be out in a bit; you can eat here or take the food out if you’d rather.”

“I’ll head out to the barn. Thank you for dinner.”

"Of course." Spencer turns, and Liam watches him go. He most definitely doesn’t notice that, from a purely objective standpoint, Spencer has very nice back muscles. He just takes a bite of the very delicious chili mac this beautiful farm boy prepared for him and heads out to the barn.

When Spencer comes out to the barn with bottles of milk and a stack of blankets, he finds Liam in the box with the calf, settled comfortably on fresh hay. There's a laptop open in front of him, and notebooks and flashcards are scattered around them. He's talking to her in a baby voice, and she's draped across one of his legs, her head nestled in his lap.

"What causes maxillary sinusitis in horses, huh?” Liam coos, scratching her forehead. “That’s easy, isn’t it, baby. Ooh, this applies to you a little bit. If a pregnant cow has bovine viral diarrhea, which neurological abnormality could the calf have?”

“Do I want to know what’s going on here?” Spencer asks, a slight smile on his face, and Liam looks up from his laptop sheepishly.

"Studying. I've got the NAVLE, the big vet exam, coming up in about a month. She's helping me study."

"Would you like any human help? I might not be as good of a cuddler or as cute as she is, but I might be better at reading flashcards."

Liam laughs a bit at that, then asks, "are you headed to bed soon? I don’t want to keep you up.”

“I don’t mind, if you’d like company out here for a bit. Aside from Annie, I guess.”

“Annie?”

“For Ms. Oakley. Figured if anyone deserves a fighting name like hers, it’s this little girl.”

Liam smiles, reaching over to rub Annie’s knee absently as he turns a page in a notebook. Somehow, he looks completely natural here, studying in the light of a laptop with a calf draped over his leg. She rubs her head against him, and he laughs, moving his hand to scratch the same spot on her forehead he’d been rubbing when Spencer came in. Spencer just watches him quietly, feeling honored just to get to see how gentle Liam is with Annie. Of all the vets in the world, this sweet, dedicated, handsome one came to his farm for this. He got the one vet who would give a calf with messed up legs all this love and support, who would look after her and help her even if her chances are slim. It feels like some kind of miracle.

He has to stop. Not only does he know next to nothing about Liam, but one of the things he does know is that Liam has a girlfriend. He wants to buy that girlfriend a ranch like this, and that means they're serious, so even if Liam is bi or pan or any variation of into guys, he's still off limits. Hell, maybe his 'baby girl' is an actual baby, and Liam's got a partner and a kid he's going to buy a ranch for. Whatever the case, he's not available, no matter how cute he is with Annie or how much Spencer likes him.

“Do you have any flashcards or anything?” Spencer asks, interrupting both the quiet scene and his own thoughts before they can go any further. “It’s been a bit since I helped someone study, but I’m more than willing to quiz you if it would help.”

“Oh, yeah, thanks.” Liam hands over the flashcards, then goes back to rubbing Annie’s ears as Spencer looks through them. He seems a bit more focused on the calf cuddling him than on the papers around him, but with the test a month away, the fact that he’s studying at all is better than Spencer would probably do.

“I’m not sure how many of these I’ll be able to pronounce, but I’ll do my best.”

Liam looks up with a grin. “Oh, yeah. Well, Latin every letter is pronounced, since they were literally carving it in stone, if that helps. Thanks for trying; it… it’s been ages since I had someone who wanted to help me.”

“Of course, And, hey, some of these things might be nice for me to know, too. If you feel like explaining them would help you make sure you’ve got them down, I’d be happy to hear it.”

“Sure. If any especially common cow issues come up, we’ll talk about them more.”

Spencer nods, and Annie licks Liam before putting her head on his leg, her eyes closing as he pets her face. The night settles in around them as Spencer stumbles over Latin words and Liam helps him get it right, explaining whatever Spencer has questions about without ever making Spencer feel inferior. They work through the flashcards twice before he’s yawning enough that Liam tells him to go to bed, insisting he’s fine in the barn. Still, in the farmhouse that night, Spencer can’t stop thinking about him.

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I now know... so many things about dairy farming. So many. Anyway, the information on Crooked Calf syndrome (which is a real birth defect in free range dairy cattle) is as accurate as I could get without a vet school library to help me access scholarly sources, but a lot of the cures I found were anecdotal, so I sort of did my best to find something that would help our girl. As for the actual birthing process, I shifted the timeline a bit to make it fit the story better, and also you wouldn't typically call a vet for a cow birth, but you know. I needed to get Liam there somehow. -- Fun dairy farming fact, baby cows aren't born with any antibodies! If they don't get milk from their moms, they have no way to fight infections! -- The title is stolen from a Badger Clark poem, because cowboy poetry is the best poetry, and you can find it here .

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Cow-Calf Separation

@chinesegal said to @ask-drferox: You mightve answered this question before but what's your opinion on calf cow separation?

I am, personally, intensely curious about it.

Now I like cows. They feature heavily in my distant semi-retired future dreams where I can run a herd of 20 or so Highland cows and one Jersey or Jersey cross for house milk.

By house milk I mean milk just for my household and cooking. I don’t need multiple gallons of milk per day, just enough for some cooking, the boyfriend’s cups of tea and maybe a bit of cheese or ice cream making on the side. But you can’t leave the milk sitting around in the udder to cause mastitis so the easiest thing to do sounds like keeping a calf to take care of the rest.

Most or all dairy cattle are not distressed if you remove their newborn calf promptly, especially when they know that they will now get Delicious Snacks in the milking parlor twice a day. But many of them are capable of bonding with a calf and rearing it, though they are not as reliable mothers as beef breeds are.

Mothering instincts are not universally strong, especially in domestic animals.

But we know some dairy cattle can raise calves, because there are several successful enterprises which buy retired dairy cows to raise calves on for veal. Some raise one calf per cow, and just put her to a beef bull to produce crossbred calves. (Three-titer cows are commonly used here. Cows that have had a teat traumatised or amputates so they no longer fit on the milking machine but are otherwise healthy) Sometimes these are referred to as vealer mothers. In these situations she is raising a calf the normal way. Some set up these kind of pseudo-milking parlors where the cow walks into a chute, and up to four calves (often male dairy calves) can then suckle from her instead of using a milking machine. She’s not really raising these calves, just feeding them. Some cows are like that.

There are also some dairies which separate calves from the cows only overnight, to milk the cows in the morning. The rest of the time, the calves suckle their mothers. This was branding itself as ‘kind milk’ or ‘vegetarian milk’ for a while.

My burning question, which I can’t yet answer, is if I take a pregnant jersey heifer and integrate her with a herd of mature beef cattle, so she can see them birth and raise their young, will she understand what’s going on, and then nurse her calf more reliably. Are these weak mothering instincts in dairy cattle actually genetic, or cultural? Because I’m of the belief that if cows can choose other cows to be their favorite companions, they should be able to learn from each other.

I mean, if you were raised on a bucket, found yourself pregnant with no sex ed and then gave birth, but had never seen a baby before, would you know what to do? But if you’ve seen someone else do it, maybe you know what to do.

I understand perfectly why it might be done in a dairy farms, especially when you’ve got Johne’s Disease on the property and are trying to prevent cow-calf transmission, and you’ve got multiple generations of cattle which have no selection pressure for mothering instincts, but I’m really, intensely curious about whether there are other ways to do this.

In controlled circumstances of course. I would do it with cows I own because I can make sure the welfare of the calf isn’t compromised, and I’d just start with one and see what happens, and I can do a plasma transfusion if the little thing doesn’t get colostrum. I want to experiment, but I understand a farmer on hard times probably doesn’t want to take on any extra risk, and losing a calf is a significant loss.

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bornbabies · 3 years

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How important is it to breastfeed your baby?

Breastfeeding is the best gift you can provide your infant. Breastfeeding the baby for the initial six months has health benefits not just for the baby nutritional source which cannot be replaced by and other food. Almost every mother can breastfeed successfully.

Here's how your baby benefits from your breast milk...

1. Early breast milk ( especially the thick, yellowish colostrum ) is like an antidote this is rich in nutrients and antibodies to guard the baby. It provides the required nourishment in right quantities.

2. Breast milk is always ready, at the right temperature and clean for your baby

3. Breast milk is easy to digest for your baby as compared to formula milk, which is made of cow's milk.

4. It contains natural anti-bacterial properties that protect your baby from infections and improves the babies immunity.

5. It's economical - not just because it is free, but also because it help avoid medical bills later, as it helps equip your baby to fight off disease and infection.

6. It helps build a strong physical and emotional bond between you and your baby.

7. Research has shown that newborn that are breastfed longer have fewer dental cavities all through their lives.

8. Certain studies also indicate that the development is better among children who have been breastfed.

9. The incidences of pneumonia, colds and viruses are reduced among breastfed babies

10. Research shows that breastfed babies have a better antibody response to vaccine than formula-fed babies.

11. Breastfeeding protects baby against respiratory infections

12.Better cognitive development

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4mumy · 3 years

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There are ways in which formula is similar to #breastmilk : they both provide energy, hydration and nutrients, so your baby will grow whichever #milk he is given. But despite advances in how formula is formulated and manufactured, it doesn't come close to matching the health benefits of breast milk. What's in breast milk? From colostrum that coats and seals your #newborn's stomach lining, to mature milk that helps your baby grow strong, each drop of your breast milk contains thousands of beneficial components, including: -Antibodies to protect against illnesses -Hormones that promote bonding and regulate appetite -Stem cells that may support organ development and repair -White blood cells that fight infection -Beneficial bacteria that protect your baby's digestive system -Prebiotics called oligosaccharides that support a healthy gut -Long-chain fatty acids to help develop your baby's brain, nervous system and eyes -Enzymes to support his digestive and immune systems -Nucleotides and hormones that help develop healthy sleep-wake patterns One of the benefits of breast milk over formula is that it's a living fluid. It adapts to your baby's changing circumstances. So if your baby becomes ill, your body makes extra white blood cells and antibodies that travel into your milk and help fight infection. What's in formula milk? Ingredients vary by brand and country, but typical baby formula milk is made of processed skimmed cow's milk with added emulsifiers and stabilisers to help the oils and water mix when you make up the feed. It may also contain: -Lactose (a natural sugar found in milk) and/or othersugars such as corn syrup, fructose or maltodextrin -Plant-based oils, such as palm, rapeseed, coconut, sunflower and soybean oil -Fatty acids, usually derived from fish oil -Vitamins and minerals from plant and animal sources -A couple of enzymes and amino acids probiotics (in some formulas) -Different types of baby formula, such as goat's milk, hypoallergenic and soya formulas, may have a way different mix of ingredients. #breastfeeding #breastmilkbooster #mothermilk #newbornbaby #4mumy #4mumybaby #4mumymother https://www.instagram.com/p/CR8qbpNqFQH/?utm_medium=tumblr

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kauveryhospitalsblog · 3 years

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Breast Feeding and its importance to a child's growth

Whether to breastfeed your little one or not is a deeply personal matter, and supporters on both sides of the issue tend to have strong opinions. The majority of the experts today suggest that breastfeeding offers a plethora of benefits. If you have been considering not breastfeeding your new baby, you are probably inundated with information. It’s a personal decision only you can make, but the benefits are seemingly endless.

But before you make a final decision, it is essential to go through the benefits of breastfeeding offered in this guide. Breast milk provides optimal nutrition for babies. It has the right amount of nutrients, is easily digested, and is readily available. Some of the experts say that you should continue to breastfeed your baby for a longer duration.

Some of the reasons why breastfeeding is essential to a child’s growth are:

It provides ideal nutrition for babies:

Almost all healthcare professionals recommend exclusive breastfeeding for at least six months or much longer. It is mainly because breast milk contains everything a baby needs for the first six months of life, in all the right proportions. Its composition even changes according to the baby’s changing needs, especially during the first month of life.

After birth, birth, your breasts produce a thick and yellowish fluid called colostrum during the first days. It’s high in protein, low in sugar, and loaded with beneficial compounds. It is truly a wonder food and should not be replaced by the formula. It is ideal first milk for the newborn and helps the newborn’s immature digestive tract develop. After the early few days, the breasts start producing larger amounts of milk as the baby’s stomach grows.

The only thing that lacks in the magic supply of breast milk is Vitamin D. your breast milk won’t provide enough unless you have a very high intake. Ideally, Vitamin D drops are recommended.

Breast milk is loaded with essential antibodies:

Breast milk is loaded with antibodies that help your baby fight off viruses and bacteria, which is essential in those tender, early months. It mainly applies to colostrum, the first milk. Colostrum offers high amounts of immunoglobulin A (IgA), as well as several other antibodies. You start producing antibodies that then go into the milk when you are exposed to viruses or bacteria. IgA protects the baby from getting sick by forming a protective layer in the baby’s nose, throat, and digestive system.

As per several studies, it has been proved that that baby who is not breastfed are more vulnerable to health issues like pneumonia, diarrhea, and infection.

Can help in preventing obesity:

Studies have shown that hat breastfed infants are less likely to be obese later in life. The theory is that nursing mothers get in tune with signals that their baby is full and don’t overfeed. It is mainly because you don’t necessarily have to read your baby’s ‘satiety cues’ a little better. After all, unlike with a bottle, you can’t see how much he’s eaten. All you need to do is rely on your own instincts and your baby’s behavior to know when your baby is full.

Protects against allergies and eczema:

It may be especially beneficial for you to breastfeed if there is a history of either in your family. No doubt, protein in cow’s milk and soy milk formulas can stimulate an allergic reaction, but the proteins in human breast milk are more easily digested.

Promotes healthy weight for baby:

Breastfeeding promotes healthy weight gain and helps prevent childhood obesity. It is mainly because of the development of different gut bacteria. Breastfed babies have more significant amounts of beneficial gut bacteria, which may affect fat storage.

Babies fed breast milk also have more leptin in their systems as compared to formula-fed babies. Leptin is a crucial hormone for regulating appetite and fat storage.

Breastfeeding might make kids smarter:

Breastfeeding may help the baby ace those tests. As per recent researches, it has been proved that breastfed babies have higher intelligence scores and are less likely to develop behavioral problems.

Hence, we can say that breastfeeding benefits are so numerous that most health agencies recommend it for everyone for as long as possible.

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ephrona-blog · 4 years

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Special therapies for dairy cow diseases you should know

With the improvement of living standards, people's demand for milk is increasing, and the development of the dairy farming industry has been promoted, especially in rural small-scale farming. The increase of dairy cows will inevitably bring many diseases, so the treatment of these diseases has become a major problem faced by dairy farmers in rural areas. Some diseases often worsen due to lack of timely treatment, and even lead to the death of dairy cows, bringing huge losses to farmers. To overcome this problem, this passage introduces several special therapies for cow diseases, so that farmers themselves can treat cows in time.

1. Self-blood therapy Also, known as protein stimulation therapy, it has the functions of both autologous serum and autologous vaccine. This method is suitable for the treatment of some skin diseases, skin inflammation, some eye diseases (such as conjunctivitis, keratitis), these diseases to a certain extent due to local nutritional deficiency, low immune function. On the one hand, it can play a nutritional role, on the other hand, it can promote the immune system function of the body.

Specific methods: At the junction of 1/3 superior jugular vein and 1/3 middle jugular vein, 3-6 ml of blood was collected according to different parts of the treatment after alcohol disinfection (to prevent coagulation, blood should be injected immediately after blood collection, and some anticoagulants can also be added). They are then injected into surrounding healthy tissues (skin diseases, skin inflammation) or subcutaneous eyelids (eye diseases). The second injection is after the blood is absorbed from the first injection.

2. Rumen Bloating Induced Soaking Massage Therapy: Primary Rumen Bloating is caused by animals eating numerous fermentable green fodder or leguminous plants and cereals, producing a large amount of gas to compress the gastric wall, reducing the body's neuron activity, dysfunction of the rumen, gas can not be discharged and leading to rapid expansion and expansion of the rumen. Inducing belching and massage therapy is a kind of therapy that aims at exhaustion and distension by inducing belching and promoting rumen peristalsis.

Specific method: Use a stimulus smell of relatively large tender branches, or ordinary branches coated with soy sauce and other substances with a stimulus odor, so that the cow in the mouth, the branches at both ends of the rope fixed at the corner root. Owing to the stimulation of the branches, cows were induced to ruminate and belch. At the same time, grasses are massaged in the rumen area of the abdomen to promote the peristalsis of the rumen and strengthen the emptying of the rumen. The effect would be better if some warm water was given to the dairy cattle before the massage.

3. Pseudo-death of newborn cow babies: Artificial respiration. Pseudo-death of newborn calves, also known as asphyxia, is caused by obstruction of fetal discharge during childbirth, prolonged delivery period or compression and winding of umbilical cord, which causes the blood circulation of placenta to weaken or stop, and causes the fetus to breathe prematurely, resulting in asphyxia due to inhalation of amniotic fluid. If not rescued in time or the method is wrong, it often leads to the death of calves. Artificial respiration has a good effect on the treatment of pseudo-death.

Specific methods: After the birth of the fetus, the amniotic fluid in the nostril and mouth was wiped with a cloth immediately. The calf's hind limbs were lifted to the head and off the ground while shaking, while gently pressing the chest and abdomen rhythmically, and the effluent amniotic fluid was wiped off at the same time. In summer, some cold water can be thrown on calves to stimulate the body and induce breathing. If you don't have enough hands, you can put the calf on the slope, head down, and gently press the chest and abdomen rhythmically. The effect is also good.

4. Production paralysis mammary air supply therapy: Production paralysis, also known as milk fever, occurs mostly in high-yielding cows. The main reason is that a large amount of blood calcium enters colostrum before and after delivery, and the ability to use bone calcium decreases. At the same time, the amount of calcium absorbed from the intestinal tract decreases, resulting in a sharp decrease in blood calcium concentration. Breast ventilation therapy is by far the most effective and simple method to treat paralysis of dairy production. When air is injected into the breast, the pressure in the breast rises, the blood vessels are compressed, the blood flows into the breast decreases, and the calcium loss with the blood flow into the colostrum decreases, and the blood calcium level increases. Also, the air is injected into the breast, and the nerve endings of the breast are stimulated and transmitted to the brain, which can increase the excitement of the brain and relieve the depression.

Specific method: Prepare breast air supply (also can make breast air supply, as shown in the figure). The bottles, stoppers, catheters, and water of the self-made breast air supply should be strictly disinfected, and the catheters should be strictly disinfected and then coated with disinfected vaseline. The affected female cow will lie in Baoding, and the breast, nipple strict disinfection, squeezes out the breast milk. Slowly insert the duct into the nipple and fix it. The assistant pumps slowly until the skin of the breast is tense. The edge of the base of the breast is clear and thicker.

Gently tapping the drum is the standard. Four breast areas are full of air, too little does not work, too much will occur breast acinar rupture. After blowing up, gently tie the nipple with a wide gauze strip to prevent air escaping. After an hour of standing up, the gauze strip will be released. If cows suffer from mastitis symptoms, the use of breast ventilation therapy should be prohibited to prevent the spread of inflammation.

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supplementsguideblog-blog · 4 years

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All About Colostrum And Immunity

One of the most common terms with regard to newborn babies is colostrum. This is because it is their main meal for the first few months of their life. Colostrum is very important to newborn babies. But not a lot of people no why. In general, colostrum is pivotal to newborn babies immunity. And its influence does not simply after one has become a grown-up. The influence of colostrum even in the immune system of an adult is something that is visible. Not many people know about the relation between colostrum and the immune system. In this article, you will get more information about what colostrum is and what its relation to the human body immune system is.

To start with, we first define what colostrum is. In layman's terms, colostrum is a fluid that is milky in nature that is produced by mammals form their breasts. This happens after mammals give birth to their young ones. The time frame in which it is produced by the breasts is right after birth but before the breast milk starts coming out. The most common piece of information about colostrum is that is has a very high concentration of very essentials nutrients that are very critical for newborn babies. These nutrients also contain antibodies that are very critical in helping the newborn baby to be able to fight off infections.

However, the benefits of colostrum are not just limited to newborn babies. Even adults can be able to take this colostrum. And when adults do take colostrum, there are some benefits that they are able to also get from it. This is because, even to an adult, colostrum can be able to boost immunity. And also boost the health of your gut as an adult and help your body to be able to defend itself against infections. Adult in most case consumes colostrum in the form of a powder or pill which is made from the colostrum made by cows.

Finally, colostrum can help adults by boosting the health of their guts. This is because gut health is mainly influenced by the kind of general health and immunity that you have. It is critical that you have a good and healthy digestive system. Colostrum can help boost it. It is for this reason that there is an increasing number of adult athletes that take colostrum supplements pills. All the above are just some of the many benefits of colostrum. Read more here.

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review-adviser-blog · 4 years

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Everything about Breastfeeding: Good Start a Lifetime

Making the decision to breastfeeding: When you breastfeed you give your baby a good start that lasts a lifetime. Breast milk is the ideal food for your baby. Breastfeeding saves lives, money and time.

Breastfeeding What are the health benefits breastfeeding not give my baby? The cells, hormones and antibodies in breast milk helps protect babies from disease. This protection is unique and changes daily to meet the growing needs of your baby. Research shows that babies fed in have a lower risk of 1.2 Asthma Leukemia (childhood) Obesity (childhood) Ear Infections Eczema (atopic dermatitis) Diarrhea and vomiting Lower respiratory infections Necrotizing (NEK-ROH-Teye-zing) enterocolitis (in-TUR-oh-coh-LYT-iss), a disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract in premature babies, or babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy The sudden death infant syndrome (SIDS) Type 2 diabetes What and how colostrum works it does help my baby? Your help your baby grow healthy and strong milk a day. Your first milk is liquid gold. Called liquid gold for its dark yellow colostrum (COH-LOSS trum) is the first thick milk you make during pregnancy and just after birth. This milk is rich in nutrients and includes antibodies to protect your baby against infections. Also helps the digestive system colostrum to grow and function of your newborn. Your baby receives only a small amount of colostrum at each meal because the stomach of a newborn child is tiny and can only contain a small amount. (Read How do I know if my baby is getting enough milk? To see how little belly newborn is!) Your milk changes as your baby grow. Colostrum changes into mature milk by the third to fifth day after birth. This mature milk has just the right amount of fat, sugar, water, and protein to help your baby continue to grow. It seems thinner than colostrum, but it has the nutrients and antibodies your baby needs for healthy growth.

What are the health benefits of breastfeeding for mothers?

Breastfeeding helps a mother's health and healing following childbirth. Breastfeeding leads to a lower risk of these health problems in mothers:3,4 Type 2 diabetesCertain types of breast cancerOvarian cancer

How does breastfeeding compare to formula feeding?

Formula can be harder for your baby to digest. For most babies, especially premature babies (babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy), breastmilk substitutes like formula are harder to digest than breastmilk. Formula is made from cow's milk, and it often takes time for babies' stomachs to adjust to digesting it.Your breastmilk changes to meet your baby's needs. As your baby gets older, your breastmilk adjusts to meet your baby's changing needs. Researchers think that a baby's saliva transfers chemicals to a mother's body through breastfeeding. These chemicals help a mother's body create breastmilk that meets the baby's changing needs.Life can be easier for you when you breastfeed. Breastfeeding may seem like it takes a little more effort than formula feeding at first. But breastfeeding can make your life easier once you and your baby settle into a good routine. When you breastfeed, there are no bottles and nipples to sterilize. You do not have to buy, measure, and mix formula. And there are no bottles to warm in the middle of the night! When you breastfeed, you can satisfy your baby's hunger right away.Not breastfeeding costs money. Formula and feeding supplies can cost well over $1,500 each year. As your baby gets older he or she will eat more formula. But breastmilk changes with the baby's needs, and babies usually need the same amount of breastmilk as they get older. Breastfed babies may also be sick less often, which can help keep your baby's health costs lower.Breastfeeding keeps mother and baby close. Physical contact is important to newborns. It helps them feel more secure, warm and comforted. Mothers also benefit from this closeness. The skin-to-skin contact boosts your oxytocin (OKS-ee-TOH-suhn) levels. Oxytocin is a hormone that helps breastmilk flow and can calm the mother. Sometimes, formula feeding can save lives: Very rarely, babies are born unable to tolerate milk of any kind. These babies must have an infant formula that is hypoallergenic, dairy-free, or lactose-free. A wide selection of specialist baby formulas now on the market includes soy formula, hydrolyzed formula, lactose-free formula, and hypoallergenic formula.Your baby may need formula if you have a health problem that won't allow you to breastfeed and you do not have access to donor breastmilk. Talk to your doctor before feeding your baby anything besides your breastmilk. To learn more, visit the Breastfeeding a baby with a health problem section. To learn more about donor milk banks, visit the Breastfeeding and special situations section. Read More: Pregnancy and HIV Article Source Read the full article

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animalsoffarmsanctuary · 7 years

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Happy Animal Sanctuary Caregiver Day to the Hardest-Working Group of Caregivers I Know!!

Although the first annual Animal Sanctuary Caregiver Day was actually 10 days ago, because we are all so incredibly busy doing that caregiving, I am posting this a week late. And although this may be a long blog post, in reality it doesn’t even touch the surface of the work and dedication of our amazing shelter team does each and every day — 365 days a year.

Amy Gaetz with Bianca Giolitto bringing new life into the world and giving mom Julie a hand. Dipping Erin’s umbilical cord, giving him a boost of vitamin E and selenium, and ensuring he can nurse on his own was first priority. Our caregivers are there for each birth and ensure that nothing goes wrong!

Not only do they work hard, but they love hard — and so this job is not only physically demanding, but the responsibility is overwhelming at times. You have lives in your hands, and they are the lives of the most innocent beings that you have already grown to love — often from the moment you meet them.

Caleb Bachara does everything from being a farm assistant to maintenance projects, giving tours to volunteers, training volunteers, and helping out on transport and rescues. Here he is also showing his mad snuggling skills with Regina lamb!

And at Farm Sanctuary, we rescue some of the most abused animals in the world: animals used in food production. More than 70 billion land animals are slaughtered each year worldwide, with the U.S. numbers around 9 billion annually.

Kim Kaspari with her new pal Junip Sydney, getting to know this little piglet and learning just who she is. Piglets like Junip start out at only 2-4 pounds, and by the end of three to four years of growing, weigh in the hundreds. Restricting their diet but also ensuring that they have pain management for early-onset arthritis, which is quite common with industrial pigs, is imperative for a long, healthy life!

And at Farm Sanctuary, we see each animal — from the smallest bantam rooster to the largest Holstein steer — as an individual, and we have worked for more than 30 years to learn exactly what they need to be treated as such.

Jessica Due, caregiver at our Southern California shelter, with the tiniest of bantams, Peanut.

Because many of these animals are genetically altered and selectively bred to have traits that make them more profitable in the industry (to the detriment of their health), they are predisposed to having special needs that only the most talented, highly trained, and dedicated caregivers can supply.

Maddie Cartwright showing love to her favorite species. These misunderstood animals, who are no longer like their distant wild cousins, have so much love to give — and like all animals, they let you know their needs if you just pay attention.

Our healthcare caregivers are trained to help animals who are bred to live only a fraction of their normal lifespans live long, healthy, contented lives instead. So from birth until death — and our oldest animal lived to just over 30 years of age — our amazing shelter team provides the best medical, physical, and psychological care, always based on each animal’s individual needs

Northern California caregiver Teresa Lopes with sweet Rosa pig, a former gestation sow. From early arthritis to skin cancer, these pigs were not bred to be anything like their wild cousins and have health issues because of that breeding.

Even in the egg and dairy industries, animals are killed at just a fraction of their natural lifespans. Our oldest layer industrial layer hen lived more than 15 years and our oldest dairy cow lived to be 30, while hens are normally slaughtered at 2.5 years in the egg industry and cows living between 4-5 years in industrial dairies have a far more stressful and short life then those we care for at our sanctuaries.

Southern California Shelter Caregiver Brooke Marshall doing a bit of grooming on our boy William. This is a younger version of our now-very-tall boy. These Holstein males grow to be over a ton, but that is rarely seen in an industry that slaughters most of them before they reach even a year of age.

And male calves who come from the dairy industry have even shorter lives and are sold into veal and beef production, since they are useless to the dairy because they do not produce milk. The majority of the cattle from the dairy industry who call Farm Sanctuary home are the boys.

Farm Assistant Erika Decker keeps these hosptial pens clean and sparkly — which is imperative when animals need to be kept inside due to illness, weather conditions, etc. Buildup of ammonia is a killer for our farm animal friends, and cleaning barns is a huge part of the well-being of our animal residents.

Most vets are therefore not trained to work with the animals who come to our sanctuaries, because a sick calf, cow, pig, goat, sheep or chicken is usually a dead one in the industry; money on individualized care takes away from profit, so desperately ill animals often die without receiving any veterinary care at all.

All new animals are under strict quarantine and Tuba Agbas, one of our Southern California caregivers, feeds the incoming and elderly Betty Rose, who arrived emaciated and in need of special feeds.

But at Farm Sanctuary, chickens who would have been killed for meat at less than 2 months of age instead can live for years, and pigs who would have reached slaughter weight at 6 months can instead live happily for well over a decade.

Amy Gaetz with Wilhelmina, who, like many so-called “broiler” chickens, has had foot issues since her arrival and needed a middle toe amputated. These birds require not only very restricted and special feeds, but ongoing care to ensure that they are pain-free, healthy, and happy for the years they live with us.

This longevity is wonderful, but it also means that the animals have a chance to live long enough to experience the maladies and diseases their breeding has predisposed them to. It’s an enormous undertaking to keep them all comfortable, but daily treatments from our amazing caregivers make it possible — and the result is animals who are able to live long, happy, fulfilling lives despite the hands they’ve been dealt.

Daniel Singleton has a flock of admirers not even counting the turkeys. Daniel is now working out of our Watkins Glen facility, but he started out as an intern at our Southern California sanctuary and immediately joined our caregiving team there after the internship was completed.

Every animal who arrives at one of our sanctuaries is immediately checked for any health issues, which are then addressed to ensure that an animal in distress does not suffer for another second. This often keeps caregivers going late into the night, but our dedicated team is here to provide the care that these animals have never known before their arrival at sanctuary.

James Dumbleton and Tara Hess helping out with a blood draw on Chandini when she first arrived. We run all necessary tests on our incoming animals to ensure that they are healthy enough to be put in with our residents and also before we adopt them into homes.

The daily work of our highly skilled caregivers has meant the difference between life and death more times than I can count. When Julia pig arrived in shock and ready to give birth, caregivers worked around the clock to ensure that each one of her 16 (!) babies (who’d been born a week premature) would get the vital colostrum they needed to start life right.

Sarah Rappleye shows Julia pig the first real human kindness she has ever had. In shock, overheated, and frightened of people, Julia accepted this first drink of water and then collapsed.

Julia was only able to nurse with half of her teats due to mastitis, so each baby was marked and monitored for time on mom. The family was monitored 24/7, and countless hours were spent getting half of the newborns to take milk without mom, and teaching them instead to lap milk off of cookie sheets, which ensured that every piglet had all the milk he or she needed. Our dedicated caregivers literally saved these piglets’ lives.

Jill Tedeschi and intern Will help Julia deliver her piglets. The birthing lasted hours into the night. Each of these piglets had to be put on a working teat in order to get colostrum. This was the first of a few weeks of round-the-clock care for a very exhausted Julia and 16 piglet children.

This is just one of our hundreds of stories that have happy endings because of the commitment and compassion of our team of caregivers. Taking in animals is only the first step — the care and love they receive afterward is what sets this team apart from any other in the world.

Bianca Giloitto working with Bruce, one of the rescued goats from the backyard butcher in Hudson Valley.

And the work doesn’t stop there. This same team keeps the sanctuary grounds perfect for visiting guests, and for the animals who call our sanctuaries home. At Farm Sanctuary, animals rescued from conditions where they’ve been locked in dark, ammonia- and feces-filled barns are able to live in light-filled, softly bedded, clean barns — often for the first time.

Jim Dumbleton has been with us for years and years ensuring that the maintenance of the farm is completed and creating a habitat that is safe for our animal residents.

Animals arriving with frostbite, or those who have overheated, are welcomed into their new homes with fans and coolers in the summer and draft-free housing in the winter. They are kept in predator-proof barns so they can sleep peacefully, free from fear.

Farm Assistant Scott Curtis not only helps to keep the barns clean and safe, but also works with other farm assistants and projects folks at our Orland sanctuary in Northern California.

Bo Katzakian is our newest farm assistant in Acton and a great giver of the belly rub — which, if you ask pigs like Jumper, is a prerequisite for hiring. He also keeps the barns clean and ammonia-free — a far cry from where most of these animals come from.

Animals rescued from situations where they were picked on and injured by larger or more aggressive animals are instead placed in flocks or herds that meet their psychological needs as well as their physical ones. Having multiple pig herds, for example, is no easy task, but our pig residents are healthier and happier because of it. More herds means more work, but this team is up for any task that’s thrown at them — they’ll move heaven and earth to help these animals thrive.

Dana Penman, shown here as an intern with her goat pals from the Hudson Valley rescue. This crew, like so many, had very special needs and was bullied by other goats from the rescue, so they have formed a little family where they are happy and safe, as you can see by everyone’s love of a good time!

Our dedicated farm assistants, who are also part of our amazing shelter team and caregivers in their own right, transport animals from rescues, to veterinary hospitals, and to new adoptive homes — in fact, they put in more than 100,000 miles just last year.

Kevin Weil coordinates our farm assistants and ensures that everything stays ship-shape on the farm. Like the postman — snow, rain, sleet, hail, high winds, etc., will not stop him or his crew from ensuring the animal areas are clean and safe!

All winter long in Watkins Glen, NY, our farm assistants weather the storm — literally. With wind chills in the negative double digits and snow piling up feet at a time, this crew not only cleans the barn but ensures that the animals are safe and can get around without injury. At our California locations, try doing that same work in temperatures over 100 degrees. WOW!

Jason Klein, former intern and now farm assistant, showing some love to his favorite boy William sheep. William arrived during Jason’s internship and they became fast friends.

And although we carefully screen each potential adopter, we still transport every single animal we adopt out to his or her new home personally so that we can ensure that home will be a safe and happy place for the animal to live.

Ashely Pankratz and Jill Tedeschi getting Pickles to take a bottle after her arrival. Ashley is part of our placement team, but also does shelter administration, all with kindness and compassion. She ensures that hundreds of animals who cannot come to Farm Sanctuary are placed in homes across the country.

Our team drives from California to New York and every place in between for rescues and adoptions, and works with vets all over the country to ensure that we are giving our residents the best care possible.

Chad Richmond transporting Maurice goat to his new home in Orland. When Chad is not on a transport or rescue, he is ensuring that our farms are staffed and the day-to-day work of the maintenance and farm assistants team can be completed to make sure that our animal residents have the best lives possible.

Beyond their already enormous day-to-day workload, our team is trained to deal with animal emergencies and in handling animals during even the most trying of times.

Mario Ramirez carries Sasha calf from a local SPCA van to our trailer to be transported home to out Watkins Glen sanctuary. Besides carrying animals, Mario oversees the building, landscaping, and cleaning of our Watkins Glen facility and has done so for more than 10 years.

When catastrophic flooding hit factory-farm-filled Iowa in 2008, our caregivers mobilized to rescue the only remaining pigs out of the tens of thousands who had perished in the flood waters — remaining in the state for weeks to ensure that each pig was safe and healthy enough for transport, then traveling back to the sanctuary, where the pigs received care for months afterward to get them healthy and ready to go to new homes.

Jessica Due and Danielle Peterovich guide our sheep flock to the safety of our transport trailer to return home to the Southern California Shelter after it was evacuated due to proximity to the Sand Fire last year.

Rescues like the 2015 backyard butcher case in Hudson Valley, NY, had caregivers setting out from our sanctuary at 5 a.m. and not returning until 1 the following morning. Because the rescue site was a vast area with insecure fencing, this rescue involved not just loading up animals, but setting up a safe way to contain them first, and then getting them onto our trailers. It also included triage, and sending the first groups of desperately ill animals to the hospital.

Farm Assistant Chris Vandussen and former caregiver Abbie Rogers with a tiny little John goat at the Hudson Valley backyard butcher rescue.

There, they were met by other caregivers who’d brought with them healthy goats from our sanctuary to donate the blood that would help save these new family members.

Hilary Woznica and Hemingway goat at our Orland shelter. Hillary has worked at both our Watkins Glen and Northern California sanctuaries.

Vyolet Savage has a full-time job but plays a very vital role with the Daily Squeal gang. Here she is with Avery goat, who, along with his buddies, is living down the shore with Vyolet and company!

After all of that, they were up all night making sure that each animal was settled in and given any treatments they needed before a single caregiver went home to rest. And that same team was on the ground the very next day, continuing to treat these animals who had known nothing but sadness just days before.

Selina Rodriguez doing a hoof trim on Barry. Hoof care and other maintenance care is part of the daily routine of our caregivers and is vital to the well-being our of animal residents.

Rescue days are hectic and exhausting, but the hard work does not end that day. Instead, each day that follows requires that same level of commitment and care from these dedicated caregivers — and they provide it without hesitation.

Ben Hamilton is a farm assistant who always goes the extra mile and helps out with transport, sheep shearing, cattle hoof trimming, and anything we need. Here is is helping to move a very nervous mother Willow (I got to carry the little Josie Mae) to her new pen and pasture.

Chris Vandussen, John Sykes, and Mario Ramirez come up with a game plan in the sheep barn — assisted by the supervisor Skye goat, who is in charge of the sheep barn and its residents.

From cleaning the animals’ barns and living spaces to feeding them the best diets, from providing the treatments that allow them to thrive to transporting them or staying with them during vet visits, from ensuring that every need is met through all stages of an animal’s life to letting these beloved friends go when nothing more can be done — this is the life of a caregiver .

Sierra Sundeth, one of our Orland caregivers, insuring that one of the many Cornish crosses is getting his special diet.

Our shelter team stacked and fed out more than 380 tons of hay — 760,000 pounds’ worth — to ensure that our ruminant animals were fed this past winter. They plow snow in New York and do hourly animal checks hourly to make sure everyone is faring well in the heat in California.

When we agreed to take in Ferdinand sheep at our Northern California sanctuary we had no idea that just months later, his rescuer would do an internship with us and then join our Farm Assistant team. That is a good deal! Perry Snyderman, pictured with his buddy Ferdinand above, helps keep our barns clean and safe for our residents and ensures that they are always getting everything they need — including pears.

They mow pastures, assist with the shearing more than 150 sheep, and trim hooves twice a year for around 100 cattle, and provide maintenance care for more than 1,000 animals between all of our locations, including all hoof trimming, nail trimming, full-body checks, and dispensing medications and vaccines. They handle worming, and do Famacha checks on goats and sheep every month. They conduct oral exams, clean ears, and check blood work and do fecal exams when needed.

Shane Stringfellow and Teresa Lopes working inspecting an injury. Shane is currently working as a farm assistant, but will be switching over to our healthcare team very soon. Teresa is one of our Northern California caregivers.

They give fluids to the dehydrated; tube-feed the weak animals unable to eat (from newborns to elderly chickens); treat chickens with reproductive cancers; drain peritoneal fluids from birds arriving with EYP (egg yolk peritonitis) and/or cancer; they do enemas on pigs; deal with aggressive animals (such as newly arrived bulls or young steers with behavior issues); and they can restrain and treat every animal on the property once fully trained in a way that causes no harm or pain to either animal or human.

Dara Wedel, former Watkins Glen intern and now our newest member of the caregiving team in Acton, is learning the daily routine with help from Nina sheep.

And we have developed protocols for treatments for every age group of animals as well. From the newly born to those who are at the end of their lives, we treat their individual needs with skill and love.

Elder care is one thing we have learned to do well. Here, a very thin, elderly, and sick June Bug goat helps Jill Tedeschi pick out what she might like to eat for dinner.

Between our sanctuary locations, more than 200 animals receive daily or twice-daily treatments, from pain management to ongoing care for problems they arrived with, including viruses or diseases that are lifelong. Some arrive pregnant, others arrive already in their golden years, but most arrive needing a whole lot of care.

Kat Thorpe with Albert, one of our donkey friends at the Orland sanctuary. Kat just moved to our Watkins Glen sanctuary from our Orland facility.

Our caregivers engage with members of the public, telling the animals’ stories to help spread the word that each and every individual is worthy of compassion and respect. They know these animals intimately, and know what to look for to determine if one of them isn’t feeling well.

Jill Tedeschi, Tara Hess, Abbie Rogers, and I speaking at an event at our Watkins Glen facility. We also hold a Farm Animal Care Conference, with the animal and sheltering portion led by myself along with Tara and Jill every September. It is a must-attend if you are interested in starting a sanctuary.

Our entire shelter team will come to the sanctuary in the middle of the night when a large animal is down and we need all hands on deck. They deal with emergencies with every species, from the smallest bird to the largest bovine. They are the most dedicated people I know, and they inspire me every day.

Our master-level caregivers are trained to provide a level of care that is second to none when it comes to farm animals. Here, a baby Hazelton, who could not suckle for days after his birth, is being tubed. Now at more than 220 pounds, you would never know that he was born dead, resuscitated, and had to have very intensive care for the first weeks of his life.

And so every day I feel blessed to be with the most incredible animals on earth, but also the most selfless people, who come in early every morning and leave dirty and tired every night — only to get up and do it again. Because they know that those beings whom they are tasked with protecting deserve only the best individualized care we can give them.

Dean Adickes takes care of maintenance, but like all of our shelter team, also works directly with animals. Making a splint for an animal or creating a safer living space for any one of our residents is just part of his daily routine.

Barbara Vitale, one of our Watkins Glen farm assistants, is like all of the staff who provides daily care for our animals. Isaac sure appreciates the daily neck scratching too!

Erika Hultquist, one of our new caregiver assistants in Watkins Glen, is learning the ropes from our boy Valentino! So far, so good, according to him.

Luke Hess, former caregiver, is now the photo/video genius at our Watkins Glen shelter. This photo was taken during his caregiving days, and when we have an emergency, he often still jumps in to help!

With more than 70 billion farm animals being killed worldwide for food each year, having healthy, happy, secure, and loved representatives of their species living at our sanctuaries allows us to help people make the connection between these animals and the ones who aren’t as lucky, and show that each and every farm animal is someone, not something. Our caregivers allow this to happen day in, day out, and we are so thankful for them each and every day!

Tracey Stewart fills in whenever needed and has done so much for her farm animal friends.

Caregiver-in-the-making Maggie, pictured here with Anita horse, has even read books to the incoming animals who are not used to their new surroundings. She has a natural way with all of them.

Thank you GFAS for celebrating animal caregivers and making this an annual event, which we will definitely be celebrating from now on!

Bringing the babies home following evacuation from the Sand Fire in Southern California, Daniel Singleton giving a relieved welcome home to big boy Bruno. The caregivers never left the sides of our animal residents during the evacuation and even slept at the evacuation sites to make sure they were okay.

Dana Penman helped raise this little bundle of joy, who is nearly 800 pounds now and will eventually weigh well over a ton. It is amazing when a baby arrives and can have the same caregiver throughout the many stages of his life. Gary clearly loves his human mother right back!

Tuba and Kerrie at our Southern California location doing a foot wrap on one of our industrial Cornish hens. These girls, although on a restricted diet, still get so large that they are prone to pressure sores on their hocks and feet, which, if not properly treated, can become infected.

Totes goat getting a trim with caregivers Sierra, Amy, and Hillary.

Amy cleaning up and bandaging the post-operative surgical site on Peepers.

Oakley cow getting a much-needed sweat wrap on her inflamed knee with Kate and Kat.

Caleb and volunteer pal Kat Von D showing how maintenance work can be fun!

Kate overseeing the arrival of Emma after her rescue from the side of the road.

Sierra carefully wrapping one of our older hens’ feet.

Alicia and her duckling fans.

All smiles for Kat and goat pal Dana!

Kerrie holding a post-op Regina.

Violet sheep getting the love and snuggles she deserves from Kim, Brooke, and Daniel.

Appreciation given to our volunteer caregiver Kim Kaspari at our Southern California location.

Daniel and Brooke, just another day of caregiving.

More kisses at the evacuation site. Jessica reassures Mo sheep that everything will be okay.

Alicia with her rescued lamb friend Regina.

Alicia and Paul Harvey hugging during the evacuation during the Sand Fire.

Perry in the sheep barn with Bleu, keeping his friends’ barns as clean as possible.

Maggie making sure her friend Anna gets cooled down.

Tracey and tiny pal Cecilia.

Vyolet strikes a pose with one of our beautiful Watkins Glen turkey girls.

Hillary feeding the pigs in Watkins Glen, where she worked before moving out to our Orland facility.

Elise and sheep friend Bleu pose for a shot.

A beautiful Noel goat with his caregiver pal Amy at our Orland sanctuary.

Shane and his waterfowl pal Pip.

Dean on the scene making things well constructed and clean!

Teresa Lopes with new boy Napoleon, having a bit of fun during the work day.

A very beloved and missed Alexander with me surrounded by giant pals Tweed and Moo.

Amy Gaetz and a very young Ari strike a pose during the work day.

Kevin taking a break to check out his pal Francis sheep.

Mario and Tara bringing home newborn babies Jenny and Forest from Cornell.

Tara surrounded by newly rescued dairy goats Phoebe, Babs, and Carmen.

John Sykes, our Watkins Glen Maintenance staffer, always has a smile while he works.

Bianca making sure every one of her feathered friends gets the best possible care.

Tara Hess and Chris VanDusen bringing Jerome home to meet his new family.

Chris working hard keeping the barns clean.

Sarah bringing home new babies Henry and Lola.

Amy Gaetz with the triplets, Duncan, Tove, and Thomas, ensuring they get the proper diet to start out their lives.

Collecting hay samples! Jim and Tara making sure our ruminants get the best food possible!

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