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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Publication Tags

Milk Fats Diet Lipids Milk Fat Dairy Cows Hormones Rumen Cows Starch Linseed Oil Omega 3 Fatty Acids Oils Soybean Oil Digestibility Nitrogen Acetates High Fat Diet Stearidonic Acid Feeding Behavior Fatty Acids Conjugated Linoleic Acid Proteins Synthesis Breast

Most Recent Publications

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. I. Zanton, F. Hao, A. D. Patterson, K. J. 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

C. Matamoros, I. J. Salfer, P. A. Bartell, K. J. Harvatine, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 7432-7445

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

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

The diurnal patterns of ruminal enzymatic activity and in vitro digestibility of starch, neutral detergent fiber, and protein

E. Raffrenato, M. J. Badenhorst, K. J. Harvatine, M. N.T. Shipandeni, L. du Plessis, G. Esposito, W. H. van Zyl, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 4961-4970

Comparison of Ahiflower oil containing stearidonic acid to a high-alpha-linolenic acid flaxseed oil at two levels on tissue omega-3 enrichment in broilers.

El-Zenary ASA, K Gaafar, R Abou-Elkhair, R Elkin, J Boney, Kevin Harvatine, 2022, Lipids on p. 57-68

TRB3 Deletion Has a Limited Effect on Milk Fat Synthesis and Milk Fat Depression in C57BL/6N Mice

Rachel E. Walker, Liying Ma, Chengmin Li, Yun Ying, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2022, Current Developments in Nutrition

Meta-analysis of rumination behavior and its relationship with milk and milk fat production, rumen pH, and total-tract digestibility in lactating dairy cows

Jocely G. Souza, Claudio V.D.M. Ribeiro, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 188-200

Comparison of high stearidonic acid Ahiflower (Buglossoides arvensis) oil to high alpha-linolenic acid flaxseed oil at two levels on tissue omega-3 enrichment in broiler chickens.

A El-zenary, K Gaafar, R Abou-Elkhair, John Boney, K Harvatine, 2021, Lipids

Understanding the Mechanisms by which genomic variants determine maternal outcomes

Kevin Harvatine, 2021, Proceedings Biology of Lactation in Farm Animals Meeting

Corrigendum to “Effects of high-starch or high-fat diets formulated to be isoenergetic on energy and nitrogen partitioning and utilization in lactating Jersey cows” (J. Dairy Sci. 103:4378–4389) (Journal of Dairy Science (2020) 103(5) (4378–4389), (S0022030220302137), (10.3168/jds.2019-17638))

D. L. Morris, T. M. Brown-Brandl, K. E. Hales, K. J. Harvatine, P. J. Kononoff, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 11334

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

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

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

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

Feeding laying hens stearidonic acid-enriched soybean oil, as compared to flaxseed oil, more efficiently enriches eggs with very long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Robert G. Elkin, Yun Ying, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2015, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry on p. 2789-2797

The effects of feeding time on milk production, total-tract digestibility, and daily rhythms of feeding behavior and plasma metabolites and hormones in dairy cows

M. Niu, Y. Ying, P. A. Bartell, K. J. Harvatine, 2014, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 7764-7776