SCCL

SCCL Optimizing calf, lamb and kid beginnings with colostrum perfected by science, nature and care.

Since 1994 SCCL has been dedicated to providing all natural bovine colostrum products to our customers worldwide. Our success is driven by years of research by veterinary immunologists from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine who continue to lead a team of scientists creating the best colostrum products in the world. SCCL is a privately held biosciences company specializing in developing an

d producing innovative colostrum products from healthy dairy cows approved to produce milk for human consumption. Scientists at SCCL have developed methods of accurately measuring some of the key immunological, metabolic, and nutritional components found in colostrum. Using these assays, in combination with a proprietary processing method that preserves the levels of key components, SCCL produces spray dried, refined colostrum products that contain specified levels of important ingredients. We are proud to introduce our new instant mix technology in our colostrum products; offering easy and complete mixing in seconds. Our colostrum is tested for potency, purity, safety and efficacy to guarantee an end product that meets the highest quality control specifications for global distribution. Our facility and products are licensed by stringent regulatory agencies including the CFIA, USDA, SAGARPA, NASC, and others. Our facility is GMP certified by Health Canada and produces NHPD licensed products. We offer our products in many countries including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Israel and the United Kingdom. We intend to increase our exporting capability and are open to developing relationships with parties interested in importing our products in a variety of formats. SCCL manufactures colostrum products for calves, lambs, kid goats, pets, and people.

Same colostrum. Same volume. Same timing. Different result.Calves given 4L of quality colostrum under identical manageme...
08/28/2026

Same colostrum. Same volume. Same timing. Different result.

Calves given 4L of quality colostrum under identical management still had lower serum IgG at 24 hours — if their dams were heat-stressed. It wasn't a colostrum problem. It was a calf problem: in-utero heat stress compromises the gut's ability to absorb IgG.

A summer-born calf can be predisposed to failure of passive transfer even when your protocol is airtight. Feed more IgG mass, feed it faster, and verify at 24–48 hours.

Read the full breakdown in our newest Colostrum Counsel article
📃 https://hubs.ly/Q04tBYDp0


Source: Dado-Senn, B. et al. (2020). J. Dairy Sci. 103:4822–4837.

👀 Something exciting is on the horizon...One product. Care made simple.A colostrum solution designed to support calves, ...
08/27/2026

👀 Something exciting is on the horizon...

One product. Care made simple.

A colostrum solution designed to support calves, lambs, and kids with the power of whole bovine colostrum, including essential colostral fat and protein, just as nature intended.

Launching soon across Europe.

🔔 Stay tuned for more information and sign up for updates: https://hubs.ly/Q04vy6_d0

Brix test every colostrum batch! Summer colostrum can look completely normal and still sit well below the threshold. 🔅He...
08/24/2026

Brix test every colostrum batch! Summer colostrum can look completely normal and still sit well below the threshold. 🔅

Heat stress lowers IgG, total protein, and total solids in first-milking colostrum independent of how much the cow eats — so season and parity tell you nothing you can rely on.
Three things that hold the line through a hot summer:
• Brix ≥ 25% before it goes in a calf
• A year-round inventory of high-quality frozen colostrum or a quality replacer, so substandard colostrum can be replaced immediately
• Shade, fans, and soakers on dry cows for the last 45–60 days of gestation — one of the highest-return interventions available

Want to learn more? Read our newest Colostrum Counsel
▶️ https://hubs.ly/Q04tC5CQ0

During the last 6 weeks of gestation, when the calf lays down roughly 60% of its birth weight, heat stress restricts pla...
08/21/2026

During the last 6 weeks of gestation, when the calf lays down roughly 60% of its birth weight, heat stress restricts placental blood flow, shortens gestation, and impairs the mammary gland's ability to concentrate IgG into colostrum.

The result: 43% less colostrum at first milking, at significantly lower IgG. And critically, these deficits weren't explained by reduced feed intake. This is heat acting directly on the transport mechanism.
A heat-stressed dry cow is producing less colostrum, of lower quality, setting her calf back before she calves

Full article + Cow & Calf Heat Stress Management Checklist
https://hubs.ly/Q04tSj5P0

A lot of heat stress conversations happen in the lactating pen. The one that matters most for your calves is happening i...
08/19/2026

A lot of heat stress conversations happen in the lactating pen. The one that matters most for your calves is happening in the dry pen.

In the last six weeks of gestation, a calf lays down roughly 60% of its birth weight and the udder is concentrating IgG into the colostrum she'll depend on. Heat stress during that window has been shown to cut first-milking colostrum by 43%, drop IgG from 92.2 to 74.7 g/L, and leave calves 2.4 kg lighter at birth and still 6.6 kg lighter at weaning.

And here's the finding that changes protocols: calves born to heat-stressed dams absorbed less IgG at 24 hours even when they received the same 4L of quality colostrum, at the same time, under identical management. It wasn't a colostrum problem. It was a calf problem.

Our new article walks through where heat stress does its damage: in the colostrum, in the calf's ability to absorb it, in the preweaning pen, and in how those three compound on each other, along with what to watch for and what to do about it at each stage.

🔗 Read the full piece and download the Cow & Calf Heat Stress Management Checklist: https://hubs.ly/Q04tBK8k0

Summer is when colostrum quality gets highly unpredictable 🐮Heat stress during the dry period lowers IgG concentration a...
08/17/2026

Summer is when colostrum quality gets highly unpredictable 🐮

Heat stress during the dry period lowers IgG concentration and reduces the volume a cow produces at first milking. The colostrum often still looks normal in the bucket, but as we've said before what you see does not define quality.

Which is why testing also highly matters in summer months. You're not looking for spoiled colostrum. You're looking for the batch that's quietly 20% weaker than it should be.

The calf needs good colostrum, so it's worth knowing it's getting the best.

In nature, a calf doesn't go from colostrum to milk overnight.Transition milk — the milk a cow produces in the days afte...
08/13/2026

In nature, a calf doesn't go from colostrum to milk overnight.

Transition milk — the milk a cow produces in the days after calving, sits in between. Less concentrated than colostrum, richer than whole milk, and still carrying the fat, immunoglobulins, IGF-1, lactoferrin and oligosaccharides that support a calf through her first vulnerable week.

In most modern systems, that phase is largely lost. Calves are separated early, and there's rarely a practical way to manage transition milk consistently.

The calf's biology didn't get the memo. Her gut is still developing. Her immune system is still maturing. She's still highly sensitive to whatever her environment throws at her. Which is why researchers have spent the last fifteen years asking what happens when you extend colostrum past day one — and finding fewer diarrhea days, lower antibiotic use, better gut development, and improved average daily gain across a range of feeding strategies.

🔗 Learn more: https://hubs.ly/Q04qKtR-0

Two fans. Fifty-six days. A real Florida summer 🔆Half the calves had fans over the pen. Half had shade only. The fans wo...
08/11/2026

Two fans. Fifty-six days. A real Florida summer 🔆

Half the calves had fans over the pen. Half had shade only. The fans worked: calves stayed cooler, ate more, and needed fewer treatments (1.8 vs. 2.6 per calf). What fans didn't change was weight gain.

The bigger influence came before birth. Calves born to cows cooled during the dry period weighed 6.6 kg more at weaning and absorbed more IgG, even though every calf received the same colostrum.

The takeaway? Cooling matters at every stage. Fans can improve calf comfort and health, while managing heat stress in dry cows can have lasting effects on calf growth and immunity.

08/10/2026

The foundation for a healthy, productive animal is built in the first hours of life.
 
That’s why producers and veterinarians trust Calf’s Choice Total® HiCal to provide calves with the immune support and energy they need when maternal colostrum is unavailable or inadequate.
✔ Made from whole bovine colostrum
✔ ≥100 g IgG
✔ 24% natural colostral fat for energy
✔ USDA Veterinary Biologics licensed
 
Strong beginnings don’t happen by chance. They start with quality colostrum.
 
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Summer can change what colostrum management has to account for. Heat stress in the dry period lowers colostrum IgG and r...
08/07/2026

Summer can change what colostrum management has to account for. Heat stress in the dry period lowers colostrum IgG and reduces the volume a cow produces at first milking. It also affects the calf's ability to absorb what it's given — research has found calves born to heat-stressed dams take up less IgG from the same colostrum.

Which means the usual protocol may not be enough.

None of this is complicated. It's just easy to let slide in the busiest, hottest weeks of the year, which is exactly when it matters most.

What does your summer colostrum protocol look like?

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