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Decades after navigating the commercialization process for the first time, University of Guelph professor Dr. Bonnie Mallard reflects on how industry partnerships and commercialization programming help bring new ideas to the global market.

The journey of High Immune Response (HIR) technology from idea to commercial impact took decades and relied on a portfolio of funding and services to bring the multi-million-dollar idea to market. 

Research at the Ontario Dairy Research Centre suggests cows with a naturally higher immune response also have a higher tolerance for increased temperatures, meaning that this research may allow dairy producers to breed cattle that better withstand heat stress. The researchers used Mallard’s High Immune Response (HIR™) technology to determine which cows had high, average or low immune responses.

Read or download the article from Dairy at Guelph.