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M.J. VandeHaar is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, with specific attention to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work extensively covers subfields such as agronomy and crop science, genetics, animal science and zoology, small animals, and nutrition and dietetics.

The main topics explored in their research include genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, reproductive physiology in livestock, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, animal health and immunology, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, and infant nutrition and health.

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Animal health and immunology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Infant Nutrition and Health

VandeHaar has published a substantial number of papers, with a strong presence in the Journal of Dairy Science as the primary venue for dissemination of research findings. Other frequent publication venues include JDS Communications, Metabolites, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, and Frontiers in Genetics.

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • JDS Communications
  • Metabolites
  • Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
  • Frontiers in Genetics

Among the recent papers attributed to VandeHaar are the following:

  • "Genomic prediction of residual feed intake in US Holstein dairy cattle," 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Relationship of residual feed intake and protein efficiency in lactating cows fed high- or low-protein diets," 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Short communication: Effects of transition milk and milk replacer supplemented with colostrum replacer on growth and health of dairy calves," 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Estimates of genetic parameters for feeding behavior traits and their associations with feed efficiency in Holstein cows," 2022, Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Colostrum supplementation with n-3 fatty acids alters plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory mediators in newborn calves," 2020, Journal of Dairy Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • K.A. Weigel
  • Heather M. White
  • Robert J. Tempelman
  • Francisco Peñagaricano
  • James E. Koltes

Best Publications

  • Dry cow diet, management, and energy balance as risk factors for displaced abomasum in high producing dairy herds

    R.E.B. Cameron;P.B. Dyk;T.H. Herdt;J.B. Kaneene

  • Growth and body composition of dairy calves fed milk replacers containing different amounts of protein at two feeding rates.

    K. S. Bartlett;F. K. McKeith;M. J. VandeHaar;G. E. Dahl

  • Major advances in nutrition: relevance to the sustainability of the dairy industry.

    M.J. VandeHaar;N. St-Pierre

  • Effect of intensified feeding of heifer calves on growth, pubertal age, calving age, milk yield, and economics.

    L.E. Davis Rincker;M.J. VandeHaar;C.A. Wolf;J.S. Liesman

  • Effect of Energy and Protein Density of Prepartum Diets on Fat and Protein Metabolism of Dairy Cattle in the Periparturient Period

    Michael J. Vandehaar;G. Yousif;B. K. Sharma;T. H. Herdt

  • Effect of Increasing Energy and Protein Intake on Body Growth and Carcass Composition of Heifer Calves

    E.G. Brown;M.J. VandeHaar;K.M. Daniels;J.S. Liesman

  • Effects of altering dietary cation-anion difference on calcium and energy metabolism in peripartum cows.

    S.J. Moore;M.J. VandeHaar;B.K. Sharma;T.E. Pilbeam

  • Harnessing the genetics of the modern dairy cow to continue improvements in feed efficiency

    M.J. VandeHaar;L.E. Armentano;K. Weigel;D.M. Spurlock

  • Effect of increasing energy and protein intake on mammary development in heifer calves.

    E.G. Brown;M.J. VandeHaar;K.M. Daniels;J.S. Liesman

  • Effects of diet and injection of bovine somatotropin on prepubertal growth and first-lactation milk yields of Holstein cows.

    R.P. Radcliff;M.J. Vandehaar;L.T. Chapin;T.E. Pilbeam

  • Effects of diet and bovine somatotropin on heifer growth and mammary development

    R.P. Radcliff;M.J. Vandehaar;A.L. Skidmore;L.T. Chapin

  • Efficiency of nutrient use and relationship to profitability on dairy farms.

    Michael J. Vandehaar

  • Heterogeneity in genetic and nongenetic variation and energy sink relationships for residual feed intake across research stations and countries.

    RJ Tempelman;DM Spurlock;MP Coffey;RF Veerkamp

  • Evidence for a local effect of leptin in bovine mammary gland.

    L.F.P. Silva;M.J. VandeHaar;M.S. Weber Nielsen;G.W. Smith

  • Evaluation of antioxidant and proinflammatory gene expression in bovine mammary tissue during the periparturient period.

    SL Aitken;EL Karcher;P Rezamand;JC Gandy

  • Expression of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I in Cows at Different Stages of Lactation and in Late Lactation Cows Treated with Somatotropin

    B.K. Sharma;M.J. Vandehaar;N.K. Ames

  • Reduced serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in protein-restricted growing rats are accompanied by reduced IGF-I mRNA levels in liver and skeletal muscle.

    M J VandeHaar;B M Moats-Staats;M L Davenport;J L Walker

  • Effect of Dietary Energy Restriction on the Expression of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I in Liver and Corpus Luteum of Heifers

    M.J. Vandehaar;B.K. Sharma;R.L. Fogwell

  • Random Forests approach for identifying additive and epistatic single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with residual feed intake in dairy cattle.

    C. Yao;D.M. Spurlock;L.E. Armentano;C.D. Page

  • Bovine mammary gene expression profiling using a cDNA microarray enhanced for mammary-specific transcripts.

    Steven P. Suchyta;Sue Sipkovsky;Robert G. Halgren;Rachael Kruska

  • High-density genome-wide association study for residual feed intake in Holstein dairy cattle

    B. Li;L. Fang;D.J. Null;J.L. Hutchison

  • Effects of partly replacing dietary starch with fiber and fat on milk production and energy partitioning

    J.P. Boerman;S.B. Potts;M.J. VandeHaar;A.L. Lock

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Tempelman
Robert J. Tempelman Michigan State University
Kent A. Weigel
Kent A. Weigel University of Wisconsin–Madison
Louis E. Armentano
Louis E. Armentano University of Wisconsin–Madison
Roel F. Veerkamp
Roel F. Veerkamp Wageningen University & Research
Y. de Haas
Y. de Haas Wageningen University & Research
C.R. Staples
C.R. Staples University of Florida
Erin E. Connor
Erin E. Connor University of Delaware
Mike Coffey
Mike Coffey Scotland's Rural College
Michael S. Allen
Michael S. Allen Michigan State University
Adam L. Lock
Adam L. Lock Michigan State University

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