Dr. Brian Campbell: Multi-Ingredient Strategies for Heat Stress | Ep. 137

What this episode covers

In this episode of The Dairy Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Brian Campbell, ruminant product manager at Fortiva, explores how heat stress affects dairy cattle across multiple lactations and generations. He explains nutritional strategies, including yeast, chromium, and betaine, and why combining approaches improves resilience, intake, and milk production under varying climate conditions. Learn how to manage heat stress more effectively in dairy systems. Listen now on all major platforms! Click here to read the full research articles: Effects of feeding live yeast at 2 dosages on performance and feeding behavior of dairy cows under heat stress - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31677835/ Effects of supplemental calcium salts of palm oil and chromium-propionate on insulin sensitivity and productive and reproductive traits of mid- to late-lactating Holstein × Gir dairy cows consuming excessive energy - https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(17)30954-2/pdf Soybean hulls as a primary ingredient in forage-free diets for limit-fed growing cattle - https://academic.oup.com/jas/article-abstract/79/3/766/4625898?redirectedFrom=fulltext "Heat stress creates multiple lactation and multigenerational impacts across dairy systems, requiring nutritional strategies that support several biological pathways to maintain long-term productivity." Meet the guest: Dr. Brian Campbell earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Science from the University of Tennessee, along with a Master’s in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He has served as a research and extension professor at Virginia Tech and now works as a ruminant product manager at Fortiva, focusing on applied dairy nutrition solutions. Learn more on The Dairy Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast with Dr. Brian Campbell. Listen now on all major platforms! Liked this one? Don’t stop now — Here’s what we think you’ll love! https://www.wisenetix.com/blog?tag=the+dairy+nutrition+blackbelt What will you learn: (00:00) Highlight (00:41) Introduction (01:17) Heat stress impact (02:30) Yeast role (03:40) Chromium effects (04:56) Betaine insights (06:31) Multi-ingredient approach (10:14) Closing thoughts The Dairy Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast is trusted and supported by the innovative companies: * Fortiva (https://www.fortivaimpact.com/) * Barentz (https://www.barentz-na.com/animalnutrition) * Vetagro (https://www.vetagro.com/) * Kemin (https://www.kemin.com/dairy) * Adisseo (https://www.adisseo.com/en/) - DietForge (https://dietforge.ai/) - Esmilco Inc. (https://www.esmilco.com/) - Virtus Nutrition (https://virtusnutrition.com/essentialstrata/) 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. Website: https://www.wisenetix.com/dairynutritionblackbelt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dairycampus/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dairycampus/