I have always wondered: If anti-bodies from a parent can be acquired by a breast-feeding child, and if the anti-bodies are acquired through the feeding, how do the anti-bodies survive the digestive process to be absorbed by the body intact?
how do the anti-bodies survive the digestive process to be absorbed by the body intact?
Intestinal Fortitude.
I don’t know how they survive the digestive tract but I believe babies under two months of age acquire their mothers’ immunities. Whether they stay immune is another question and I am not a medical expert on it.