Colostrum Colostrum Colostrum (known colloquially as beestings, bisnings or first milk) is the first form of milk produced by the mammary glands of mammals (including many humans) immediately following delivery of the newborn. Most species will generate colostrum just prior to giving birth. Colostrum contains antibodies to protect the newborn against disease. In general, protein concentration in colostrum is substantially higher than in milk. Fat concentration is substantially higher in colostrum than in milk in some species, e.g. sheep and horses, but lower in colostrum than in milk in some other species, e.g. camels and humans. In swine, fat concentration of
Invariant of a binary form 4"c""a" − "a""d" of degree 4. The algebra of covariants is generated by the discriminant, the form itself (degree 1, order 3), the Hessian "H" (degree 2, order 2) and a covariant "T" of degree 3 and order 3. They are related by the syzygy 4"H"="Df"-"T" of degree 6 and order 6. The algebra of invariants of a quartic form is generated by invariants "i", "j" of degrees 2, 3. This ring is naturally isomorphic to the ring of modular forms of level 1, with the two generators corresponding to the Eisenstein series "E" and "E". The algebra of covariants