Changes in Techno-Functional Characteristics of Cow Colostrum Powder Prepared by Freeze Drying

Table 5

The observations of immunomodulatory activity (in vitro) of freeze-dried bovine skimmed colostrum powder and colostrum whey powder.

Type of powder	Bovine skimmed colostrum powder			Bovine colostrum whey powder
Immunomodulatory parameters	1st milking	2nd milking	3rd milking	1st milking	2nd milking	3rd milking
Lymphocyte proliferation index	1.79^a ± 0.037	1.64^b ± 0.045	1.41^c ± 0.018	1.26^d ± 0.05	1.13^e ± 0.04	0.96^f ± 0.073
Phagocytic activity (%)	35.47^a ± 0.38	31.89^b ± 0.31	29.03^c ± 0.47	20.27^d ± 0.25	18.08^e ± 0.36	14.67^f ± 0.18

n = 15, mean ± SE; values followed by different superscripts coloumnwise are significantly different .