IMPORTANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF COLOSTRUMFEEDING IN CALVES: A REVIEW

Shailesh Kumar Gupta, Narendra Kumar, Shabir Ahmad Lone and Kuladip Prakash ShindeNational Dairy Research Institute, Karnal -132001 (Haryana)

ABSTRACTColostrum is secreted from mammary gland of mother just after birth of calf. Antibody, nutritional

elements and many other growth factors are present ad-lib in colostrum which is important for calves to protectfrom different diseases. So colostrums is called a “Gold liquid” for new born calves. This is important forpassive immunity just after birth. With increment of time, absorptive capacity of intestine decreases and totallystops after 24 hours. The essential nutrient can be supplemented to the orphan calves by artificial colostrum.With the importance of colostrum it can be preserved for a long time by superior techniques. So during initialstage feeding of adequate amount of colostrum to calves is essential.

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