The first milk drawn from a cow or other animal at the beginning of milking, which may have a different composition than milk drawn later.
From 'fore-' (first, before) + 'milk'. This is a practical agricultural term referring to the temporal sequence of milk extraction during the milking process.
Farmers and veterinarians know that foremilk often contains more antibodies and has different protein composition than 'strippings' (the last milk drawn)—it's literally different milk from different stages.
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