individual publications

• academic article

  • Plasma FGF21 is elevated by the intense lipid mobilization of lactation.  Endocrinology.  152:4652-4661. 2011
  • Effects of anion supplementation to low-potassium prepartum diets on macromineral status and performance of periparturient dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  92:5677-5691. 2009
  • Metabolism of dairy cows as affected by prepartum dietary carbohydrate source and supplementation with chromium throughout the periparturient period.  Journal of Dairy Science.  91:2011-2020. 2008
  • Prepartum 2,4-thiazolidinedione alters metabolic dynamics and dry matter intake of dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  90:3660-3670. 2007
  • Acute experimental mastitis is not causal toward the development of energy-related metabolic disorders in early postpartum dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  89:596-610. 2006
  • Prepartum administration of 2,4 thiazolidinedione alters metabolic dynamics and production of transition dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  89:290. 2006
  • Acute experimental mastitis perturbs plasma macromineral and α-tocopherol concentrations in early lactation dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  88:198. 2005
  • Effects of acute experimental mastitis on clinical and productive variables in early lactation dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  88:135. 2005
  • Performance of dairy cows as affected by prepartum dietary carbohydrate source and supplementation with chromium throughout the transition period.  Journal of Dairy Science.  88:255-263. 2005
  • Effects of physiological state, prepartum dietary carbohydrate source, and chromium supplementation on dynamics of insulin, glucose, and fatty acid metabolism in dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  87:442. 2004
  • Feeding 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanoic acid to periparturient dairy cows improves milk production but not hepatic metabolism.  Journal of Dairy Science.  87:1071-1084. 2004
  • Nutritional management of transition cows: Strategies to optimize metabolic health.  Journal of Dairy Science.  87. 2004
  • Tissue selenium content and whole-blood glutathione peroxidase activity of lactating cows are increased by two organic forms of dietary selenium.  Journal of Dairy Science.  87:118. 2004
  • Effect of lipopolysaccharide infusion on serum macromineral concentrations and vitamin D in lactating dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  86:3440-3446. 2003
  • Effect of lipopolysaccharide on indices of hepatic and peripheral metabolism in dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  86:3447-3459. 2003
  • Metabolism of dairy cows as affected by prepartum dietary carbohydrate source and supplementation with chromium throughout the periparturient period.  Journal of Dairy Science.  86:106. 2003
  • Nutritional management of the dairy cow: Minimizing disorders to optimize production and maximize profitability.  Journal of Dairy Science.  86:104. 2003
  • Effects of intravenous infusion of increasing amounts of lipopolysaccharide on plasma macro-mineral, vitamin D, and protein concentrations in lactating dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  85:29. 2002
  • Performance of dairy cows as affected by prepartum dietary carbohydrate source and supplementation with chromium throughout the periparturient period.  Journal of Dairy Science.  85:23. 2002
  • Circulating leukocyte populations, serum cytokines and plasma vitamins A and E in mid-lactation dairy cows infused with varied doses of lipopolysaccharide (LPS).  Journal of Dairy Science.  84:385. 2001
  • Effects of short-term drench of propylene glycol, fat, or a combination on metabolism of transition dairy cows.  Journal of Dairy Science.  84:484. 2001
  • Feeding 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanoic acid to transition dairy cows improves milk production but not hepatic lipid metabolism.  Journal of Dairy Science.  84:35. 2001
  • Hepatic oxidative metabolism in lactating dairy cows is modulated by increasing doses of intravenous lipopolysaccharide.  Journal of Dairy Science.  84:385. 2001
  • Metabolic responses of lactating dairy cows to intravenous infusion of increasing amounts of lipopolysaccharide.  Journal of Dairy Science.  84:385. 2001

• article

  • Transition cow health – new research into the same old problems that cows face around the time of calving 2005
  • Stop poor health in its tracks 2002

• conference paper

  • Effect of chronic growth hormone and hyperinsulinemic euglycemia on endogenous glucose production and utilization in periparturient dairy cows.  The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). 2008
  • Effects of inflammation on nutrition: Is sickness causing weakness in your diets?.  Proceedings, Southwest Nutrition Conference, University of Arizona. 2006
  • Feeding strategies for transition cows.  Proceedings, Eastern Nutrition Conference, Animal Nutrition Association of Canada. 2006
  • Linking the incidence of metabolic disorders and infectious disease in periparturient dairy cows.  Proceedings, California Animal Nutrition Conference. 78-89. 2006
  • Metabolism, nutrition, and immunity of transition dairy cows.  Proceedings, Bucknell Nutrition Conference, Renaissance Nutrition. 2006
  • Integration of metabolism and immunity on periparturient dairy cows.  Animal Science Mimeograph Series. 1-11. 2005
  • The relationship between mastitis and metabolic disease: is it causal?.  Proceedings, Cornell Nutrition Conference for Feed Manufacturers. 45-63. 2004
  • Interactions of health and metabolism in lactating dairy cows: implications for metabolic health.  Cornell Nutrition Conference for Feed Manufacturers. 215-227. 2002
  • Interactions of liver metabolism and health in transition dairy cows.  Cornell Nutrition Conference for Feed Manufacturers. 251-261. 2000

• document part

  • Effect of continuous leptin infusion on whole body energetics, metabolism and hormone secretion in the energy deficient, early lactating cow 2007