By six months, the white blood cell count drops down to 100,000 cells per milliliter – 10x your own concentration. Most immune factors decrease after the first year of breastfeeding. read more
One drop of breast milk contains a million white blood cells. These cells are beneficial to the infant because they fight off infections and viruses, just as they do in adults. read more
Both white blood cells and lactoferrin have been shown to greatly reduce or curtail bacterial growth in freshly expressed breast-milk. If the milk is frozen then this activity is greatly diminished or eliminated depending on the freezer temperature and length of time frozen. read more
Somatic cell count (SCC) is a measurement of how many white blood cells are present in the milk. White blood cells are the infection fighters in our body and so an elevated white blood cell presence or on a dairy farm an elevated SCC is a signal that there may be an infection that the cow is fighting. read more