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IT has been known for many years that intact colostral globulins are absorbed from the intestine of the young ruminant1 and recently it has been shown2, in the calf, that labelled globulins from colostral whey passed from the intestinal lumen into the intestinal lymphatics. Histological examination of the intestinal epithelium of calves in which absorption of protein was taking place revealed the presence of numerous globules with similar staining properties to the protein of the whey, and hence it was suggested that the protein, which was absorbed without change, passed through the cells of the epithelium of the small intestine3.
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HILL, K., HARDY, W. Histological and Histochemical Observations on the Intestinal Cells of Lambs and Kids absorbing Colostrum. Nature 178, 1353–1354 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781353b0
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