Yet the practice still lags among less affluent and less educated women whose babies, for reasons including low vaccination rates and greater exposure to environmental contaminants such as cigarette smoke, especially need the nutrients and
disease protection mother's milk bestows.
Not exact matches
The act of breastfeeding, designed by God to sustain new life, imparts
protection to the
mother from certain types of cancer and other
diseases.
During an emergency, breastfeeding
mothers provide their infants with safe food and water and
disease protection that maximize their chances of survival.
Breastfeeding Is the First Line of Defense in a Disaster During an emergency, breastfeeding
mothers provide their infants with safe food and water and
disease protection that maximize their chances of survival.
Generally, by the time a
disease has been diagnosed, the infant has been exposed and will probably benefit more from the
protection he gets from his
mother's breast milk than from weaning.
The longer women breastfeed, the greater the
mothers»
protection against breast and ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular
disease.
After four to six months of age babies have lost some of the
protection against
disease given to them by their
mothers at birth (maternal antibody) and from breastmilk.
Packed with
disease - fighting components, breast milk plays a significant role in boosting your baby's immunity to offer
protection from several illnesses.Some
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Colostrum contains high levels of maternal antibodies that can provide passive
protection against
diseases that the
mother has been exposed to, either naturally or by vaccination.
Once born, puppies and kittens receive
protection against
diseases through
mother's milk (colostrum) for which the
mother was previously vaccinated against.
Nursing puppies and kittens receive temporary
protection from
disease from their
mother until they are 16 - 20 weeks old.
Between the ages of six and sixteen weeks puppies lose their
disease protection acquired from their
mothers and become unable to form their own immunity to
disease.
It can be very hard to successfully vaccinate a puppy for this
disease because the antibody
protection the puppy acquires from its
mother can interfere with vaccination.
However, the actual amount of
protection conferred depends on the
mother's vaccine history and prior natural exposure to
disease.