What happens inside a cow’s udder when nutrition takes a hit? A new study reveals how quickly the mammary gland adapts—and ...

Bovine colostrum is the first milk produced by the mammary glands of cows just after giving birth. Other mammals, including humans, also make colostrum as it is a vital part of newborn nutrition.

Larsen and his team observed high expression of the α2,3 avian receptor in the bovine mammary glands, providing a rationale for why this virus appears to readily replicate in this tissue. “That can ...