Kevin Harvatine

Associate Professor of Nutritional Physiology

Kevin Harvatine

Research Summary

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

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Milk Diet Fats Fatty Acids Milk Fat Acetates Rumen Sodium Acetate Oils Lipids Dairy Cows Cows Biohydrogenation Synthesis Unsaturated Fatty Acids Dietary Fiber Liver Butyrates Genes Dietary Supplements Acids Population Conjugated Linoleic Acid Hormones Sunflower Oil

Most Recent Publications

Determination of the relationships between rumination time, milk fat production, and milk fatty acid profile using real-time rumination data

F. Gambonini, D. Cunningham, R. Fry, Kevin Harvatine, J. Pate, J. Moats, T. Ott, J. Dairy Sci. on p. 66

Feeding laying hens docosa hexaenoic acid-rich microalgae oil at 40 g/kg diet causes hypotriglyceridemia, depresses egg production, and attenuates expression of key genes affecting hepatic triglyceride synthesis and secretion, but is rescued by dietary co-supplementation of high-oleic sunflower oil

R Elkin, Ahmed S.A. El-Zenary, El-Zenary ASA, R Bomberger, A Haile, E Weaver, Ramesh Ramachandran, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2023, Poultry Science on p. 102318

Fatty Acid Transfer from Blood to Milk Is Disrupted in Mothers with Low Milk Production, Obesity, and Inflammation

R Walker, Kevin Harvatine, A Ross, E Wagner, S Riddle, Alison Gernand, L Nommsen-Rivers, 2023, Journal of Nutrition on p. 2716-2726

Comparison of Ahiflower oil containing stearidonic acid to a high-alpha-linolenic acid flaxseed oil at two dietary levels on omega-3 enrichment of egg yolk and tissues in laying hens

Ahmed S.A. El-Zenary, Robert G. Elkin, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2023, Lipids

Interaction of sodium acetate supplementation and dietary fiber level on feeding behavior, digestibility, milk synthesis, and plasma metabolites

C Matamoros, F Hao, Y. Tian, A. D. Patterson, K. J. Harvatine, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 8824-8838

Changes in plasma fatty acids profile in hyperketonemic ewes during early lactation: a preliminary study

A Lisuzzo, F Fiore, Kevin Harvatine, E Mazzotta, M Berlanda, N Spissu, T Badon, B Contiero, L Moscati, E Fiore, 2022, Scientific Reports on p. 17017

Evaluation of the metabolomic profile through <sup>1</sup>H-NMR spectroscopy in ewes affected by postpartum hyperketonemia

A Lisuzzo, L Laghi, F Fiore, Kevin Harvatine, E Mazzotta, V Faillace, N Spissu, C Zhu, L Moscati, E Fiore, 2022, Scientific Reports on p. 16463

In vivo kinetics of oleic, linoleic, and α-linolenic acid biohydrogenation in the rumen of dairy cows

M Baldin, Y Adeniji, J Souza, M Green, K. J. Harvatine, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 7373-7385

Effect of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoate (HMTBa) on milk fat, rumen environment and biohydrogenation, and rumen protozoa in lactating cows fed diets with increased risk for milk fat depression

M Baldin, D Garcia, G Zanton, F Hao, A. D. Patterson, Kevin Harvatine, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 7446-7461

Effect of the timing of sodium acetate infusion on the daily rhythms of milk synthesis and plasma metabolites and hormones in Holstein cows

Cesar Matamoros, Isaac Salfer, Paul Bartell, K. J. Harvatine, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 7432-7445

Most-Cited Papers

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, Cell Metabolism on p. 983-996

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, 2013, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 6621-6630

Acetate dose-dependently stimulates milk fat synthesis in lactating dairy cows

Natalie L. Urrutia, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2017, Journal of Nutrition on p. 763-769

Effect of a high-palmitic acid fat supplement on milk production and apparent total-tract digestibility in high- and low-milk yield dairy cows

D. E. Rico, Y. Ying, K. J. Harvatine, 2014, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 3739-3751

Dietary cocoa reduces metabolic endotoxemia and adipose tissue inflammation in high-fat fed mice

Yeyi Gu, Shan Yu, Jong Yung Park, Kevin Harvatine, Joshua D. Lambert, 2014, Nutrition Reports International on p. 439-445

Lipid Feeding and Milk Fat Depression

Thomas C. Jenkins, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2014, Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice on p. 623-642

Conjugated linoleic acid-induced milk fat depression in lactating ewes is accompanied by reduced expression of mammary genes involved in lipid synthesis<sup>1</sup>

M. Hussein, K. H. Harvatine, W. M.P.B. Weerasinghe, L. A. Sinclair, D. E. Bauman, 2013, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 3825-3834

Effect of dietary supplementation of sodium acetate and calcium butyrate on milk fat synthesis in lactating dairy cows

N. Urrutia, R. Bomberger, C. Matamoros, K. J. Harvatine, 2019, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 5172-5181

Rapid changes in key ruminal microbial populations during the induction of and recovery from diet-induced milk fat depression in dairy cows

D. E. Rico, S. H. Preston, J. M. Risser, K. J. Harvatine, 2015, British Journal of Nutrition on p. 358-367

Alterations in ruminal bacterial populations at induction and recovery from diet-induced milk fat depression in dairy cows

D. W. Pitta, N. Indugu, B. Vecchiarelli, D. E. Rico, K. J. Harvatine, 2018, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 295-309