The Dairy Podcast Show · Episode 205
EP 205Guest: Dr. Jimena Laporta, Dr. Danielle Sherlock, Dr. Katie Boesche — Heat stress roundtable with Adisseo and university experts
In this special roundtable episode of The Dairy Podcast Show, Dr. Jimena Laporta from the University of Wisconsin Madison, alongside Dr. Danielle Sherlock and Dr. Katie Boesche from Adisseo, discuss how heat stress during the dry period affects dairy cows and future generations. Topics include fetal development, lifetime productivity, mammary physiology, thermoregulation, and transgenerational impacts that extend to granddaughters and great-granddaughters.
What you’ll learn
- Heat stress consequences
- Dry cow importance
- Fetal development changes
- Thermoregulation adaptations
- Transgenerational effects
This episode is part of the Heat Stress, Transition & Cow Resilience Knowledge Trail. See all Knowledge Trails →
Adisseo solutions discussed in this topic
Smartamine® MAX
The newest member of the Smartamine® rumen-protected methionine family.
Rumen-protected methionine option for herds balancing metabolizable methionine. See the brochure for specifications.

Smartamine® M
Rumen-protected methionine (pH-sensitive coating releases methionine in the abomasum).
Supplies metabolizable methionine — typically the first-limiting amino acid in North American dairy rations — to support milk protein and fat yield, health and reproduction.

Selisseo®
100% hydroxy-selenomethionine (OH-SeMet), a pure organic selenium source.
Builds selenium reserves that support antioxidant defense, immunity and milk quality through calving, heat stress and other challenges.