Colostrum Powder

why cant transfer factor be taken from lactating human females instead of bovines?

couldnt women donate their colostrum or sell it ect, or isnt it as effective as cows? There is a product on the pahrmaceutical market named 'Transfer Factor' its made by an american company and it consists of condensed colostrum from cows!!!

Public Comments

1. Can't see why not. I don't think you can buy cows colostrum anyway, and I'm not sure it would be effective in humans anyway (different immunoglobulin structure) A better way might be to have a new mother wet nurse another's baby. Her own should be first priority however. DK
2. Transfer factor is only found in early milk in humans - the colostrum you mention. If a mother is breastfeeding, then this colostrum is needed for her child, and wouldn't be available for sale. Nowadays, if a woman is *not* breasfeeding, there is (usually) a medical reason why they cannot - like mastitis. And this would also result in there being no colostrum for sale. Also - diary cows, that we have bred to produce lots of milk do just that - make lots of milk. Humans don't make nearly as much milk.