One of the companies that sells bovine colostrum-Symbiotics(New Life Colostrum) obtains this product from the New Zealand Dairy Group. http://www.symbiotics.com/news/BSE.htm The New Zealand Dairy Board supports the production of proteins in the milk of transgenic animals. There is a web site that has posted their submission to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification (New Zealand) on this issue. They state under human health that, "A second example is the alteration of milk constituents for infant formula so that they are more like human milk proteins. One example is the addition of the iron-binding protein lactoferrin, which is much higher in concentration in human milk as compared to cows' milk." (Bo Lonnerdal, a human milk researcher, has stated at various web sites that I have looked at that cows have very little lactoferrin.) In fact I have seen charts that state the cow's milk contains "trace" amounts of lactoferrin. I believe this is a crucial fact to remember and one of a few reasons that the human lactoferrin gene was cloned in the embryo of a cow. http://www.rsnz.govt.nz/news/gene/submis/nzdairycoop.php This of course is not evidence that these supplements have cloned human lactoferrin in them. But it has to make one highly suspicious that this is indeed the case. What do you do with the milk made from these animals, since transgenic pharming research has been going on for 15-16 years (according to the submission by the New Zealand Dairy Group to the New Zealand Royal Commission)? I guess you could dump it after you studied it--dump it where?? Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html