How much colostrum should my newborn lambs be getting?

March 13, 2021 2:00 pm
Colostrum is the single most important feed a lamb will consume in the first few hours of life. Colostrum offers a number of health benefits and performs three very important roles in newborn lambs.
Ensuring that newborn lambs receive adequate supplies of colostrum is critical. Achieving adequate colostrum intake is critical to guarding against lamb mortality and ensures that lambs get a good start in life and hit the ground running.
The importance of colostrum:
It provides an easily digestible source of energy and nutrients;
It provides antibodies which will form the newborn lamb’s passive immune system until it has a chance to develop its own active immune system;

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