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Bovine Colostrum can be an important addition to any milk substitute formula used in hand-rearing a newborn kitten. Bovine colostrum can provide the newborn with essential immunity against disease.
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A newborn kitten's first milk provides more than simple nutrition. The first milk contains colostrum which is critical in providing the kitten with passive immunity to disease and infection for the first weeks of its life.
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Learning about passive and active immunity will help you understand how best to vaccinate your kittens to maximize their ability to fight infections from birth to adulthood.
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Most cats are typically excellent mothers, so it can be very disheartening when a queen fails to properly care for her kittens. Evaluate the degree, seriousness and consequences of the individual queen's poor mothering instincts to formulate a plan to encourage her mothering skills.
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Occasionally two mother cats decide to share their kittens. Or perhaps one female tries to steal another's kittens. Learn what you should do if this happens.
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Nursing kittens obtain their initial immunity from their mother. The knowledgeable cat breeder calculates the optimal time to vaccinate each breeding queen so that she has a strong immunity to give to her babies.
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