“A company that would lead an industry must leave a legacy for others to follow and a company that doesn’t care who follows its path will one day look back to see nothing but its own tracks.”  Dr. Richard H. Cockrum

Immuno-Dynamics was founded in 1979 by Richard H. Cockrum, DVM. Dr. Cockrum is a veterinarian who has spent his life involved in the research of colostrum benefits  and is considered by many to be a leading authority in this field.

Richard Cockrum grew up in Morehouse MO. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Airforce.

Upon leaving the United States Air Force in 1955 ­­, Richard H. Cockrum entered  Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. He later transferred to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. It was there, in the late 1950's, that he was introduced to the idea of a biological approach to stimulate an animal’s own defense system, utilizing what has since become known as the innate immune response or “immuno-dynamics”.  

Dr. Richard H. Cockrum graduated from Iowa State University in 1963 and began practicing as a veterinarian in central Iowa.

As young veterinarian, in the back room of his veterinary clinic in Iowa, , Dr. Cockrum began to develop processes to produce safe products from colostrum.  Having been interested in the lymphatic system since the 1950’s during his pre-veterinary school days, one thing became crystal clear to him very quickly. First Milking colostrum (colostrum harvested within the first six hours after calving and not combined with other later milkings) produces, by far, the most dependable and consistent results.

As there was little science available for guidelines, Dr. Cockrum’s investigation in the uses of colostrum and the benefits on a short-term and long-term basis were rather empirical.  Much of the research that has been done on colostrum has been funded by Immuno-Dynamics, Inc.

It was Dr. Cockrum's passion for colostrum and it's systemic effects that lead him to sell his veterinary practice and found Immuno-Dynamics, Inc., in 1979 in Perry, Iowa. Dr. Cockrum's (step) son, Mark Burton, joined him at Immuno-Dynamics in 1985 when the production plant was opened in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. As the business grew, Mark and Dr. Cockrum began to discuss a larger facility and the office and production were merged in a new facility in 2005 in Fennimore, Wisconsin. Dr. Cockrum has since retired, but remains active in his study and research of colostrum in his free time and Mark is carrying the torch forward as the second generation advances the science of colostrum.