Table 2.

Correlation co-efficient analysis of dairy cattle colostrum samples using various physico-chemical parameters

Parameter	IgG concentration			Viscosity of first colostrum
	mg mL−1	%Brix	nD	Visual	Dynamic§
Fat %	r = 0.242 p = 0.133	r = 0.099 p = 0.543	r = 0.081 p = 0.619	rs= -203 p = 0.210	r = 0.237 p = 0.140
mg mL−1	–	r = 0.894 p = 0.001	r = 0.887 p = 0.001	rs= 0.896 p = 0.001	r = 0.575 p = 0.001
%Brix		–	r = 0.991 p = 0.001	rs= 0.841 p = 0.001	r = 0.742 p = 0.001
nD			–	rs= 0.839 p = 0.001	r = 0.772 p = 0.001
Visual viscosity of first colostrum				–	rs= 0.634 p = 0.001

^§Logarithmic values; p value: < 0.05 considered significant; r: correlation coefficient; r_s: Spearman’s rank-order correlation