Free Northwest Colostrum Bank 

         & Foaling Resource Center

The resources or services provided by this site are for informational purposes only.  Gold Vision Farm its owners and participants in the Free Colostrum Bank Listings, make no warrants or guarantees as to the quality, effectiveness or outcome from collecting, using, sending or receiving colostrum for participating in any way with this free resource service.

Colostrum Collection Procedures -

• Most importantly, collection should be keep as clean as possible and for ultimate colostrum protection for surviving foals, is preservation of the strength.  Do not let collected colostrum sit, freeze it as soon after collection as possible.
  
• It has also been suggested to collect from several different mares and combine together.  That way if one mare's serum has fewer antibodies than the other, there should still be sufficient antibodies from the combined.
  
• Collection does not have to be from a Miniature Horse... it can be collected from ANY HORSE  = )   We are in the process of contacting several full size horse breeding farms for their participation in this free program.  You can collect a lot more colostrum faster from a full size mare than a mini.
  
• Thawing the colostrum should be done at room temp or with luke warm water.  Over heating could impair the quality of the antibodies in the colostrum.

More Information Coming Soon!

How Much Do We Need to Collect?

The amount of colostrum needed from ultimate protection is 60cc's or more.  The more the collected better, but be sure your mare's own foal has received their share.  Collection should be made with 6 hours after foaling. 

Suggested methods of collecting & freezing:

Winsome Etc.
Jane Taylor suggests

 Mountain Meadow Miniatures
Stacy Score collects her colostrum from the mare and places in an ice cube tray to freeze.  She can then add more colostrum as mares foal and freeze cubes in separate bags.

Scott Creek Farm
Joanne Ross shares

Gold Vision Farm
Joanne Anderson collects from the mare with wide mouth measuring cup and then pours the collected colostrum into Playtex type bottle liners.  They already have the measurement notches on the bag, label it on top and then freezes the bags.  You could still add more than one mares colostrum to the bag.

Miniature Ventures - 
Maryann Cerullo has quite a bit of information on her website.  Maryann also collects with a measuring cup and pours them into an ice cube tray for freezing then adds several different mares colostrum in separate baggies and marks them.  
Here is their direct link: http://www.miniatureventures.com/resourcepage.html 

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