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THE feeding of colostrum to the newborn of many species is followed by the appearance of certain of the colostrum proteins in the blood serum1–3. This capacity to absorb large amounts of unchanged protein disappears within 24–48 hr. of birth2. In ruminants, the proteins, which are associated with the antibodies of the colostrum, have been identified by salt fractionation as euglobulin and pseudo-globulin I4. Their behaviour on electrophoresis is similar to that of the γ-globulin of adult serum5.
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COMLINE, R., ROBERTS, H. & TITCHEN, D. Route of Absorption of Colostrum Globulin in the Newborn Animal. Nature 167, 561–562 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167561a0
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