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
Blake canonical form Blake canonical form In Boolean logic, a formula for a Boolean function "f" is in Blake canonical form (BCF), also called the complete sum of prime implicants, the complete sum, or the disjunctive prime form, when it is a disjunction of all the prime implicants of "f". The Blake canonical form is a disjunctive normal form. The Blake canonical form is not necessarily minimal, however all the terms of a minimal sum are contained in the Blake canonical form. It was introduced in 1937 by Archie Blake, who called it the "simplified canonical form"; it was named in honor of