DCRC webinar explores heat stress, gut health and their impact on animal health

New Prague, Minn. (October 30, 2024) – “Integrating our understanding of stress physiology” headlines the Dec. 6 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar. The free webinar starts at 1 p.m. Central time (USA/Canada). Erin Horst, Elanco Animal Health dairy technical specialist, will serve as the instructor for this one-hour webinar.

During the webinar, Horst will explore the mechanisms by which heat stress negatively impacts intestinal integrity leading to pathogen infiltration into systemic circulation. Additionally, she will discuss how similar mechanisms can be applied across a wide variety of stressors, which have been previously explored in isolation. Lastly, Horst will share how intestinal hyperpermeability and subsequent immune activation triggers changes in energetic metabolism and innate immune function.

To register for this webinar, go to: https://bit.ly/DCRCDec6Horst. If you are a DCRC member and cannot attend the live program, you may access the webinar at www.dcrcouncil.org after Dec. 20.

Horst grew up on a small farrow-to-finish swine operation in Van Horne, Iowa. She attended Iowa State University for her bachelor’s degree in animal science. Following graduation, Horst stayed at Iowa State and completed a PhD in animal science under the direction of Lance Baumgard. Horst’s research focused on inflammation and its impact on energetic and calcium homeostasis. She has worked as a technical consultant in the dairy industry since 2020 and joined Elanco Animal Health in September of 2022.

Veterinarians may earn one Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) credit for attending this DCRC webinar. To learn more about this opportunity, contact JoDee Sattler at: jodee@dcrcouncil.org.

For more information about DCRC’s webinars, e-mail Raphael Saraiva, DCRC Education Committee chair, at: raphael.saraiva@stgen.com or e-mail DCRC at: jodee@dcrcouncil.org.

The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council is focused on bringing together all sectors of the dairy industry – producers, consultants, academia and allied industry professionals – for improved reproductive performance. DCRC provides an unprecedented opportunity for all groups to work together to take dairy cattle reproduction to the next level.