Loss of appetite. An agent that destroys internal parasites. Colostrum also contains large amounts of antibodies. Any foreign body that, once in the body, stimulates the production of an antibody. The coat of many bacteria and the structure of many toxin molecules are antigens.
Some bacteria are beneficial, but others cause infectious diseases.
An acute distension of the left side of a calf caused by entrapment of gases of fermentation within the rumen. A major, white, odorless and tasteless milk protein. A parasitic protozoan that causes coccidiosis, an invasion of the intestine leading to diarrhea in cattle and other animals. Thick, creamy, yellow, sticky first secretion from the cow's udder collected at the first milking after calving. Colostrum contains antibodies that protect the calf from many diseases.