Colostrum milk at 48 to 72 hours after parturition may be higher than in colostrum or in late-lactation milk. Fat concentration in bovine colostrum is extremely variable. Newborns have very immature and small digestive systems, and colostrum delivers its nutrients in a very concentrated low-volume form. It has a mild laxative effect, encouraging the passing of the baby's first stool, which is called meconium. This clears excess bilirubin, a waste-product of dead red blood cells, which is produced in large quantities at birth due to blood volume reduction from the infant's body and helps prevent jaundice. Colostrum is known to contain
Invariant of a binary form Invariant of a binary form In mathematical invariant theory, an invariant of a binary form is a polynomial in the coefficients of a binary form in two variables "x" and "y" that remains invariant under the special linear group acting on the variables "x" and "y". A binary form (of degree "n") is a homogeneous polynomial Σ ()"a""x""y" = "a""x" + ()"a""x""y" + ... + "a""y". The group "SL"(C) acts on these forms by taking "x" to "ax" + "by" and "y" to "cx" + "dy". This induces an action on the space spanned by "a", ..., "a" and on