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Immunosuppression Around Calving: Causes and Consequences
In this final episode of the immune system series, Dr. Barry Bradford from Kansas State University discusses the causes and consequences behind immunosuppression around calving in a dairy cow. Is the mammary gland to blame? What factors contribute to poor immune function in transition cows? Join Dr. Barry Bradford in this final segment of his series of the immune system as he goes over the vicious cycle that explains the immunosuppression mystery.
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Dr. Barry Bradford completed dual bachelor's degrees at Iowa State University and a doctorate in animal nutrition at Michigan State University. In 2006 he joined Kansas State University as an assistant professor, and was promoted to associate professor in 2011. Bradford oversees an active research program and has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers on the interactions of inflammation and metabolism, use of alternative feedstuffs in dairy cattle, and physiological regulation of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. In addition, he teaches over 180 students per year in several undergraduate and graduate courses in animal nutrition and physiology.
2.13.2015