Carie Telgen

Managing the inevitable: Supporting through stress for health and productivity

Nutrition that optimizes the gut microbiome and immunity is key to animals navigating stressful events successfully. Additionally, farms should work to improve facilities and practices to minimize stress.

April 2, 2026

Carie Telgen

As an industry, we have made great strides in optimizing cow comfort, improving animal welfare and finding ways to minimize stress in our herds. However, there are still times throughout their lives that our cattle may undergo stressful events, whether it is social or physical.

Management of transition cow feeding protocols

February 25, 2022

Sam Mosley and Carie Telgen

The transition period, traditionally three weeks before calving and three weeks following, can be a high-stress time in a dairy cow’s life. The environment, diet and pen changes, and poor management all can be detrimental to immune function as well as negatively impact the cow for generations to come.

Impact of nutrition on herd health and welfare

August 6, 2021

Carie Telgen

Nutritional management is vital to overall herd health and productivity. As we are learning more and more about how the connection between nutrition and efficiency begins at birth, we know it’s critical to deliver the necessary nutrients to each cow, at the correct stage of life, to maintain optimal output.

Lost milk, lost money: The case of lost milk quality

May 25, 2017

Carie Telgen

Recently, a client of mine had been losing what little premium co-ops are still offering for milk quality – to the tune of around $50,000. With this past year’s milk price, this extra cash for achieving quality was a huge loss for my client.

Vet detective: Solving the case of declining conception rates

October 18, 2016

Carie Telgen

I’m a cop show fanatic – NCIS, NCIS: LA, NCIS: NOLA, Castle, Hawaii 5-0, CSI. You name it, I watch it. When I was recently asked to write in Progressive Dairyman’s “I Belong To” segment, one of the questions was: If you were not a veterinarian, what would you be?

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Managing the inevitable: Supporting through stress for health and productivity

Management of transition cow feeding protocols

Impact of nutrition on herd health and welfare

Lost milk, lost money: The case of lost milk quality

Vet detective: Solving the case of declining conception rates

Heat and sun safety on the farm

A closer look: Reading the mineral tag

How rising temperatures are affecting dairy cow fertility in Canada

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