Faculty

Kevin Harvatine

Professor of Nutritional Physiology
C. Lee Rumberger and Family Chair in Agricultural Sciences

Wm. Henning
University Park

Email kjh182@psu.edu
Phone 814-865-6334

Overview

Investigation of dietary factors that modify ruminal fatty acid biohydrogenation, regulation of synthesis of milk components, and basic regulation of lipid synthesis with the continual goal of developing feeding strategies to improve the efficiency and performance of dairy cows

Areas of Expertise

Milk Fat Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Dairy Cows Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Fatty Acids Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Cow Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Dairy Cow Keyphrases
Fatty Acids Keyphrases
Milk Fat Keyphrases
Milk Fat Depression Keyphrases

Effect of oil blends with near equal increases in 18 carbon n-3 and n-6 fatty acids on fatty acid profile of eggs
Ahmed S.A. El-Zenary, Haylee Reisinger, John W. Boney, Kevin J. Harvatine, Jan 2026, In: Poultry science
Date: Jan 2026

Interaction of sodium acetate supplementation and dietary unsaturated fatty acid level on total-tract digestibility, milk synthesis, and plasma metabolites in lactating dairy cows
A. N. Homan, R. Bomberger, C. Matamoros, S. L. Burtnett, K. J. Harvatine, Jan 2026, In: Journal of dairy science
Date: Jan 2026

Effect of a blend of palmitic and stearic acid on transfer of preformed fatty acids into milk fat using an 18 C n-3 fatty acid perturbation model
Y. A. Adeniji, S. L. Burtnett, M. I. Ibrahim, K. J. Harvatine, Dec 2025, In: Journal of dairy science
Date: Dec 2025

The effect of increasing dietary palmitic and stearic acid on melting properties of milk fat from Holstein cows
A. N. Homan, G. Ziegler, K. E. Kaylegian, K. J. Harvatine, Dec 2025, In: Journal of dairy science
Date: Dec 2025

Relationship between oxygenated fatty acid and milk fat concentration during diet-induced milk fat depression in dairy cows
Y. A. Adeniji, C. Matamoros, R. E. Walker, K. J. Harvatine, Nov 2025, In: JDS Communications
Date: Nov 2025

The effects of saturated fatty acid supplements on plasma and milk concentration of fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids in dairy cows
M. Arif, B. A. Harsch, C. Matamoros, I. J. Salfer, R. Shepardson, K. J. Harvatine, Nov 2025, In: JDS Communications
Date: Nov 2025

Effects of timing of abomasal infusion of fatty acids on the daily rhythms of milk synthesis and plasma hormones and metabolites in dairy cows
I. J. Salfer, P. A. Bartell, K. J. Harvatine, Aug 2025, In: Journal of dairy science
Date: Aug 2025

Interaction Between Ruminal Acetate Infusion and Diet Fermentability on Milk Fat Production in Dairy Cows
Natalie L. Urrutia, Camila Muñoz, Emilio M. Ungerfeld, Claudia Cisterna, Kevin J. Harvatine, Jul 2025, In: Animals
Date: Jul 2025

Analysis of factors predisposing dairy Assaf ewes to marine lipid-induced milk fat depression
A. Della Badia, K. J. Harvatine, P. G. Toral, C. Matamoros, P. Frutos, G. Hervás, Jun 2025, In: Animal
Date: Jun 2025

Daily rhythms of glucose, insulin, and nonesterified fatty acid responses to an intravenous glucose tolerance test in dairy cows
Anay D. Ravelo, Cesar Matamoros, Kevin J. Harvatine, Isaac J. Salfer, May 2025, In: Journal of dairy science
Date: May 2025

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Recent advances in the regulation of milk fat synthesis
K. J. Harvatine, Y. R. Boisclair, D. E. Bauman, Jan 2009, In: Animal
Citations: 283

Nutrigenomics, rumen-derived bioactive fatty acids, and the regulation of milk fat synthesis
Dale E. Bauman, Kevin J. Harvatine, Adam L. Lock, Aug 21 2011, In: Annual Review of Nutrition
Citations: 269

SREBP1 and thyroid hormone responsive spot 14 (S14) are involved in the regulation of bovine mammary lipid synthesis during diet-induced milk fat depression and treatment with CLA
Kevin J. Harvatine, Dale E. Bauman, Oct 2006, In: Journal of Nutrition
Citations: 244

Regulation of fat synthesis by conjugated linoleic acid
Dale E. Bauman, James W. Perfield, Kevin J. Harvatine, Lance H. Baumgard, Feb 2008, In: Journal of Nutrition
Citations: 193

Acetate dose-dependently stimulates milk fat synthesis in lactating dairy cows
Natalie L. Urrutia, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2017, In: Journal of Nutrition
Citations: 169

Microbiota-Dependent Hepatic Lipogenesis Mediated by Stearoyl CoA Desaturase 1 (SCD1) Promotes Metabolic Syndrome in TLR5-Deficient Mice
Vishal Singh, Benoit Chassaing, Limin Zhang, Beng San Yeoh, Xia Xiao, Manish Kumar, Mark T. Baker, Jingwei Cai, Rachel Walker, Kamil Borkowski, Kevin J. Harvatine, Nagendra Singh, Gregory C. Shearer, James M. Ntambi, Bina Joe, Andrew D. Patterson, Andrew T. Gewirtz, Matam Vijay-Kumar, 2015, In: Cell Metabolism
Citations: 152

Induction of and recovery from milk fat depression occurs progressively in dairy cows switched between diets that differ in fiber and oil concentration
Daniel E. Rico, Kevin J. Harvatine, Oct 2013, In: Journal of dairy science
Citations: 146

The cow as a model to study food intake regulation
Michael S. Allen, Barry J. Bradford, Kevin John Harvatine, Sep 5 2005, In: Annual Review of Nutrition
Citations: 145

Trans-10 octadecenoic acid does not reduce milk fat synthesis in dairy cows
Adam L. Lock, Cynthia Tyburczy, Debra A. Dwyer, Kevin J. Harvatine, Frédéric Destaillats, Zéphirin Mouloungui, Laure Candy, Dale E. Bauman, Jan 2007, In: Journal of Nutrition
Citations: 120

Effects of fatty acid supplements on milk yield and energy balance of lactating dairy cows
K. J. Harvatine, M. S. Allen, Mar 2006, In: Journal of dairy science
Citations: 119

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