fridsy, epril 8, 1977
daily nebrcckcn
Once worthless colostrum
More than half of the nation's dairy
calves are being fed from food milked from
what was once a worthless substance. And
the milk producers can "udder" a few
words of thanks to UNL researchers for it.
Colostrum, a special secretion of a cow's
mammary glands that is produced during
the first three to four days after calving,
was thought to be so worthless that its sale
to humans was forbidden.
According to Foster Owen, professor of
animal science, the change to colostrum,
instead of milk of milk substitutes as a
food substance for newborn calves, has
taken place only in the last five years.
Thirteen years of research and tests
conducted on 80 Holstein cows proved
colostrum to be more economical and
time-saving than former methods, he said.
Savirs possible
In a recent report on the research, the
Dairy Research Center at the NU Mead
Field Laboratory concluded that savings of
up to 80 per cent are possible with
colostrum.
'The new plan is a much simpler and
more economic system," Owen said, "both
in terms of feed costs and labor
convenience."
The plan involves the feeding of colo
strum to newborn calves until they reach
the age of 21 days. Once calves reach 21
days, they can be weaned. The dairyman,
in some instances, can continue to feed
colostrum to the calves if the calves look
weak or sickly, he said,
Colostrum is higher in protein solids,
antibodies, vitamins A and D and trace
minerals than normal milk.
Less scour cases
Owen said one side-effect of the new
program has proven beneficial. Because
calves fed on colostrum are weaned after
three weeks, while calves fed with conven
tional methods need six weeks or more
before weaning, the number of scour
cases in calves has been cut in half. Scour is
a form of diarrhea caused by liquid diets.
"As soon as we can get calves off liquid
diets," Owen said, "we almost do away
with scour problems."
topics. ' ictyr
sen
A series of lectures - discussing China
after Mao Tse-Tjmg begins today and
continues through April, according to
Henry Holtzclaw, dean of Graduate Studies
and member of the UNL Research Council.
Holtzclaw "said the lectures are part of
the James Montgomery lecture series that
began at UNL in 1948 to discuss contem
porary issues. This year, the series will
bring authorities on China, its society and
future to UNL, he said.
Today's lecture will discuss Chinese
Populism and the Legacy of Mao Tse
Tung and will be presented by lames R.
Townsend, a former member of National
Committee for United . States-China
Relations and a political science pro
fessor at the University of Washington,
Holtzclaw said.
The lecture will begin at 10:30 a.m.
in the Union Small Auditorium and a
seminar will follow at 1:30 p.m. in
Oldfather Hall 507.
Holtzclaw said other speakers will dis
cuss the future of China, Chinese
Socialism, China and the Third World,
Chinese Agriculture and China's current
political power struck.
The lectures are sponsored by the
committee for Asian Studies, the Union
Program Council Human Potentials and
Talk and Topics committees and the UNL
Research Council.
"We have been looking forward to this
series for a long time and are expecting
wide interest on campus and in the
community," Holtzclaw said. "It's a very
timely subject.
Bill restoring student loan
budget passed by Congress
A bill restoring funds to the National
Direct Student Loan (NDSL) program has
passed both houses of Congress and is
currently in a conference committee.
In the committee, a $21 million
difference between the House and Senate
versions of the fiscal year 1977 Supple
mental Appropriations Bill will be worked
out. The House voted to restore $300
million and the Senate voted to restore
$32 1 million to the bill.
Cuts in the budget had been proposed
by President Jimmy Carter. Former Presi
dent Gerald Ford had also recommended
some cuts in student aid programs. ,
Before Congress approved the restora
tion, John Welch, former co-chairman of
the ASUN Government Liaison Commit
tee, had contacted Nebraska Sen. Edward
Zorinsky to urge his support of the
funding.
Zorinsky told the committee that he
had written a letter urging Washington Sen.
warren Magnuson, chairman of the sub
committee of the Appropriations
Committee, to restore the funding.
Welch said the ASUN Government
Liaison Committee "had wanted to do
something more on a national level" for
some time and urging Zorinsky to support
the NDSL program seemed a good way to
do it .
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Colostrum collected from cows should
be placed in freezers for storage, Owen
said. Some British scientists have said
colostrum should be stored at room
temperature.
"When stored at room temperature,
protein breakdown begins at about three
to four weeks," Owen said, "and the
nomical staple
possibility of contamination, although
remote, is considerably greater."
"We think we have pretty well establish
ed that this method of starting calves can
be effectively used and provide excellent
replacement heifers, yet is simpler and
considerably less expensive than usual
methods."
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