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!

“The length of the dry period has been repeatedly associated with colostrum production, particularly when cows are managed appropriately before calving.”

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.

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What you will learn:

• (00:00) Highlight
• (00:49) Introduction
• (01:56) Milk production impact
• (02:49) Regenerative involution
• (03:27) IgG transfer timing
• (03:50) Once daily milking
• (04:57) Skip day method
• (08:39) Closing thoughts

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