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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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

Economic analysis of high-oleic soybeans in dairy rations

Charles F. Nicholson, Mark W. Stephenson, Louis Armentano, Kevin Harvatine, 2024, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 3642-3650

Effect of feeding increasing levels of whole cottonseed on milk and milk components, milk fatty acid profile, and total-tract digestibility in lactating dairy cows

Reilly B. Pierce, Yusuf A. Adeniji, Rebecca Bomberger, S. Richard Goodall, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2024, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 2916-2929

Interaction of DGAT1 polymorphism, parity, and acetate supplementation on feeding behavior, milk synthesis, and plasma metabolites

C. Matamoros, Chad Dechow, Kevin Harvatine, 2023, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 7613-7629

A review of recent studies on the enrichment of eggs and poultry meat with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: novel findings and unanswered questions

Robert G. Elkin, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2023, Poultry Science

Effects of the timing of protein infusion on the daily rhythms of milk synthesis and plasma hormones and metabolites in dairy cows

I Salfer, C Matamoros, P. A. Bartell, Kevin Harvatine, 2023, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 5351-5363

Importance of circadian rhythms in dairy nutrition

Kevin J. Harvatine, 2023, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture on p. 1827-1836

Serum and milk PUFA, but not milk volume, are dependent on serum ferritin concentrations in a study of low milk supply in humans

Kevin Harvatine, 2023, ISSFAL Biannual Meeting

Serum metabolomics assessment of etiological processes predisposing ketosis in water buffalo during early lactation

E. Fiore, A. Lisuzzo, L. Laghi, K. J. Harvatine, E. Mazzotta, M. C. Alterisio, P. Ciaramella, C. Zhu, B. Contiero, V. Faillace, J. Guccione, 2023, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 3465-3476

Kinetics of omega-3 fatty acid transfer to milk differs between fatty acids and stage of lactation in dairy cows

Natalie L. Urrutia, Michel Baldin, Samantha R. Egolf, Rachel E. Walker, Yun Ying, Michael Henry Green, Kevin J. Harvatine, 2023, Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mutian Niu, Y. Ying, Paul Bartell, K. J. Harvatine, 2014, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 7764-7776

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

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