Bright Raven
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Hereford2 said:The calf that didn't nurse from it's mom, got frozen Jersey Clostrum. And I also gave both of the calves powdered Clostrum that had 350 ig immuniglobin. Broke into 3 additional feedings . So a total of three half gallon Clostrum feedings per calf in a 22 hour time frame,. Yes the good Clostrum is Crazy expensive, but I like to err on the side of caution...
If you are replacing natural colostrum, then use the best. Having said that, if you give two feedings of a high quality colostrum in the first 24 hours or so, I would not continue feeding colostrum at that expense.
BTW: You can introduce pathogens into your beef herd by using whole dairy colostrum. Colostrum not only contains antibodies but it can also harbor pathogens. It can also be mishandled. I prefer packaged colostrum. Fortunately, I have not needed colostrum for about 3 years.