The Dairy Health Blackbelt Podcast - Dr. Amanda Fischer-Tlustos: IgG Transfer and Dry Off Timing | Ep. 43 - Part 2

In this part two episode of The Dairy Health Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Amanda Fischer-Tlustos, NSERC postdoctoral research fellow at UC Davis and the University of Guelph, continues the conversation, explaining how dry off strategies and dry period length influence colostrum quality and IgG transfer. She discusses regenerative involution, high milk production at dry-off, and management approaches to improve colostrum outcomes. Listen now on all major platforms!

What you'll learn:  

• Dry period length
• Regenerative involution process
• IgG transfer timing
• High producer challenges
• Dry off strategies

Meet the guest:

Dr. Amanda Fischer-Tlustos is an NSERC postdoctoral research fellow at UC Davis and the University of Guelph, specializing in whole body and mammary metabolism. She completed her MSc at the University of Alberta, studying colostrum management, and her PhD at the University of Guelph, focusing on maternal and mammary factors affecting colostrum production and composition. 

Learn more from Dr. Amanda Fischer-Tlustos on The Dairy Health Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.

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