Impacts of Skeletal Muscle Depletion and Accretion Across Lactation with guests Dr. Jackie Boerman, Purdue University; Dr. Bill Weiss, Emeritus The Ohio State University; Dr. Jim Aldrich, CSA Animal Nutrition

This episode was recorded in Fort Wayne, Indiana, during the 2025 Tri-State Dairy Conference. Dr. Boerman notes we know cows experience a negative metabolizable protein balance in early lactation, which means they’re mobilizing skeletal muscle to make up for that. Dr. Boerman and her group have been interested in strategies to measure how much muscle they’re mobilizing, when they’re losing it and when they gain it back. (3:51)