protection of the gastrointestinal tract.The pharmacokinetics of bovine colostrum, particularly with regard to the immunoglobulins, is unclear.
This suggests that some immunoglobulins may be more resistant to degradation in the gut. Growth factors and other peptides and proteins in bovine colostrums are most likely degraded by proteolytic enzymes and absorbed, distributed and metabolized in the same fashion as similar dietary substances.