Dr. Scott Poock: Dairy Reproduction Progress | Ep. 67

In this episode of The Dairy Health Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Scott Poock from the University of Missouri explains how dairy reproduction has advanced through better protocol compliance, nutrition, transition cow management, activity monitoring, and genetics. He discusses higher pregnancy rates, individualized breeding decisions, high-fertility cycles, and the future cow built for health, production, and reproductive efficiency. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Reproductive progress depends on compliance, transition cow management, nutrition, activity monitoring, and genetic improvement working together."

Meet the guest: Dr. Scott Poock https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-poock-99685b17/ is an Extension Professor and Veterinary Extension Specialist at the University of Missouri. He earned a DVM from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is board-certified in Beef and Dairy Cattle Practice. With 19 years of dairy and beef cattle practice experience in Wisconsin, Dr. Poock has published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers since 2021, and his work focuses on dairy veterinary medicine, reproduction, herd health, and producer education.

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What you will learn:

(00:00) Highlight

(01:02) Introduction

(02:25) Fertility progress

(03:52) Compliance factors

(06:22) Monitoring tools

(08:42) Future cows