Dr. Travis White: Building Immune Readiness Before Weaning | Ep. 204
In this episode of The Beef Podcast Show, Dr. Travis White, Chief Veterinary Officer at Endovac Animal Health, explains how immune readiness can prepare calves for weaning, transportation, and other predictable stressors. He discusses preconditioning, vaccination timing, nutrition, bacterial challenges, and practical health planning to support immune responses and reduce treatment needs. Listen now on all major platforms!
โWhen I use the term immune readiness, I'm really asking a pretty simple question. It is when this calf encounters challenges, how prepared is it to respond to those?โ
Meet the guest: Dr. Travis White is Chief Veterinary Officer at Endovac Animal Health, with over two decades of veterinary leadership across clinical practice and animal health. His career includes work in 12 countries, providing on-farm consulting, supporting research trials, and leading veterinary education programs. His current work connects vaccine and immune science with practical cattle health strategies. Listen to Dr. Travis White on The Beef Podcast Show, available on all major platforms.
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What you will learn:
- (00:00) Highlight
- (01:56) Introduction
- (04:59) Defining immune readiness
- (08:36) Preparing calves before stress
- (12:25) Combining health-management tools
- (18:14) Gram-negative bacteria and endotoxin
- (24:44) Building a pre-weaning plan
- (32:58) Final questions
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