372 | From Days to Hours: The Future of Dairy Diagnostics
Today on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, Peggy Coffeen interviews Dr. Kyle Becker, a Heritage Vet Partners veterinarian and former Indiana dairy farm kid who learned to AI cows at 12 and began practicing immediately after graduation. Becker describes his atypical, influencer-style DiSC profile and how it supports team-building, client collaboration, and bridging ownership–employee gaps on modern dairies.
He shares using Krishi’s SHERPA Vision technology to rapidly analyze nasal swabs for antibiotic resistance, enabling treatment plans within hours and earlier intervention on the ascending side of a disease “bell curve,” with examples including a stressed calf raiser and a Salmonella Dublin outbreak with no deaths. Becker discusses adapting to changing disease, production, and technology, balancing farmer and veterinarian perspectives, raising five children involved in chores, and prioritizing community service, learning, and farm culture.
Heritage Vet Partners is the nation’s leading veterinary partnership, specializing in mixed and large animal practices. Heritage Vet Partners provides a unique partnership model that preserves local practice legacies, serving dairy and other livestock producers and companion animal owners through shared services, data, and strategic growth. Learn more at HeritageVetPartners.com
04:34 Growing Up Dairy
05:41 AI School at 12
10:47 Choosing Vet Medicine
12:56 Thrown Into Practice
14:20 Going Solo Consulting
15:54 Connector Problem Solver
18:28 Rapid Resistance Testing
22:32 Managing the Bell Curve
26:43 Salmonella Rapid Response
28:06 Speed Beats Analysis
28:54 Finding The PI Calf
30:55 Four Days Saved
32:05 Future Of Animal Health
35:19 Vet And Farmer Perspective
38:24 Family And Farm Chores
40:46 Community First Values
