22. Why is maternal milk
important for the immune
protection of the baby?

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Besides being nutritionally important,
milk participates in the
ofthe baby against infectious
. Soon after delivery the
produces a more fluid called
colostrum that is in
immunoglobulins (antibodies). These
are not absorbed by
baby’s circulation but they the
internal surface of baby’s bowels
thus attacking antigens and
making more the proliferation of
pathogenic within the organ.