The History Of ColostrumEarly in the 20th century it was noted that
antibody levels in the first milk produced after birth
(colostrum) were much higher than were found in the milk
produced after 72 hours. It was already known that these
antibodies contained certain properties that enhanced
protection. Prior to the development of sulphur drugs and
antibiotics, colostrum was used for the natural antibiotic
properties it contained.
A
physician, Albert Sabin who is credited with
developing the first polio vaccine, was an
advocate of colostrum use and had in fact
originally isolated the first anti-polio
antibodies from bovine colostrum.
About forty years later Campbell and Peterson,
using an orthodox vaccination protection theory
theory, developed a program whereby cows where
immunised with a mixture of attenuated pathogens
before the birth of their calf. |
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The colostrum collected from these
animals was referred to as immune or hyperimmunised
colostrum. Research which was
conducted using the hyperimmune milks showed it to be
prophylactically and therapeutically successful in preventing
and treating pathogens capable of causing infections in the
intestinal tract, ranging from E.coli, infant rotavirus,
Cryptococcidiosis diarrhoea in AIDS and other immunodeficient
patients, dental carie formation and a variety of other
conditions.
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In 1992 Kummer was the first to
demonstrate that colostrum from non-immunised
cows can prevent gastrointestinal disease in
infants.
In 1998 McConnell and her colleagues at Otago
University, New Zealand, in conjunction with
The New Zealand Dairy Group demonstrated that
it was possible to produce a colostrum from
pasture-fed, non-immunised cows which showed a
greater antibody volume and activity that that
of the hyperimmunised equivalent.
The New Zealand Dairy Industry pioneered the
first commercial colostrum collection
system.
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Hundreds of dairy farmers with
more than 40,000 cows invested in separated stainless steel
tanks and the companies developed the means by which to
collect, pasteurise, dry, and store colostrum in large
quantities. New Image International pioneered the marketing of
colostrum with the creation of a product from the batch by the
name of LIFELINE.
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