# Rethinking Immunity in Transition Cows: Are They Truly Suppressed with Dr. Lance Baumgard, Iowa State University, and Dr. Robert Fry, Atlantic Dairy Consulting

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Published: 2026-03-31T14:00:00+00:00
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This episode features Dr. Lance Baumgard of Iowa State University discussing his webinar, “Rethinking Immunity in Transition Cows: Are They Truly Suppressed?” Joining the conversation are Dr. Robert Fry, Atlantic Dairy Consulting, and Dr. Ryan Pralle, Technical Services Specialist with Balchem. The panel challenges the long-standing belief that transition cows are immunosuppressed and explores whether disease risk in early lactation is more about stressors and pathogen load than a broken immune system.

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