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U. Moallem is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Organization in Israel and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences as well as medicine. Their work is primarily focused on agronomy and crop science, nutrition and dietetics, animal science and zoology, genetics, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientist's research topics cover a wide range of areas including reproductive physiology in livestock, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, fatty acid research and health, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, diet, metabolism, and disease, and liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on livestock health, metabolism, and reproductive biology. Notable papers include:

  • Improved Folch Method for Liver-Fat Quantification, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • High-dose vitamin B1 therapy prevents the development of experimental fatty liver driven by overnutrition, 2021, Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • Characterization of the liver proteome in dairy cows experiencing negative energy balance at early lactation, 2021, Journal of Proteomics
  • Alpha-linolenic acid modulates systemic and adipose tissue-specific insulin sensitivity, inflammation, and the endocannabinoid system in dairy cows, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Is pregnancy loss initiated by embryonic death or luteal regression? Profiles of pregnancy-associated glycoproteins during elevated progesterone and pregnancy loss, 2022, JDS Communications

U. Moallem frequently publishes in several scientific journals. The primary venues include:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Journal of Proteomics
  • animal
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE

Collaboration is evident in their work through frequent co-authorship with several researchers. Key co-authors include:

  • Maya Zachut
  • Gitit Kra
  • Hadar Kamer
  • Tamir Alon
  • Jayasimha Rayalu Daddam

Best Publications

  • The effects of live yeast supplementation to dairy cows during the hot season on production, feed efficiency, and digestibility

    U. Moallem;H. Lehrer;L. Livshitz;M. Zachut

  • Long-term effects of ad libitum whole milk prior to weaning and prepubertal protein supplementation on skeletal growth rate and first-lactation milk production.

    U. Moallem;D. Werner;H. Lehrer;M. Zachut

  • Effect of Nursing Management and Skeletal Size at Weaning on Puberty, Skeletal Growth Rate, and Milk Production During First Lactation of Dairy Heifers

    A. Shamay;D. Werner;U. Moallem;H. Barash

  • Effect of feeding calcium soaps of fatty acids on production and reproductive responses in high producing lactating cows.

    D. Sklan;U. Moallem;Y. Folman

  • Invited review: Roles of dietary n-3 fatty acids in performance, milk fat composition, and reproductive and immune systems in dairy cattle

    U Moallem

  • Effect of dietary calcium soaps on milk yield, body weight, reproductive hormones, and fertility in first parity and older cows.

    D. Sklan;M. Kaim;U. Moallem;Y. Folman

  • Periparturient dairy cows do not exhibit hepatic insulin resistance, yet adipose-specific insulin resistance occurs in cows prone to high weight loss.

    M. Zachut;H. Honig;S. Striem;Y. Zick

  • Effects of dietary fats differing in n-6:n-3 ratio fed to high-yielding dairy cows on fatty acid composition of ovarian compartments, follicular status, and oocyte quality.

    M. Zachut;I. Dekel;H. Lehrer;A. Arieli

  • Effects of increased supplementation of n-3 fatty acids to transition dairy cows on performance and fatty acid profile in plasma, adipose tissue, and milk fat

    M. Zachut;A. Arieli;H. Lehrer;L. Livshitz

  • Performance of high-yielding dairy cows supplemented with fat or concentrate under hot and humid climates.

    U. Moallem;G. Altmark;H. Lehrer;A. Arieli

  • Effects of peripartum propylene glycol or fats differing in fatty acid profiles on feed intake, production, and plasma metabolites in dairy cows.

    U. Moallem;M. Katz;A. Arieli;H. Lehrer

  • Dietary α-linolenic acid from flaxseed oil improved folliculogenesis and IVF performance in dairy cows, similar to eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids from fish oil.

    U Moallem;A Shafran;M Zachut;I Dekel

  • Development of an automatic cow body condition scoring using body shape signature and Fourier descriptors

    A. Bercovich;Y. Edan;V. Alchanatis;U. Moallem

  • Changes in Milk Fat in Response to Dietary Supplementation with Calcium Salts of Trans-18:1 or Conjugated Linoleic Fatty Acids in Lactating Dairy Cows

    L.S. Piperova;U. Moallem;B.B. Teter;J. Sampugna

  • Effect of calcium soaps of fatty acids and administration of somatotropin on milk production, preovulatory follicular development, and plasma and follicular fluid lipid composition in high yielding dairy cows

    U. Moallem;Y. Folman;A. Bor;A. Arav

  • Plasma concentrations of key metabolites and insulin in late-pregnant ewes carrying 1 to 5 fetuses

    U Moallem;A Rozov;E Gootwine;H Honig

  • Subclinical, chronic intramammary infection lowers steroid concentrations and gene expression in bovine preovulatory follicles.

    Y. Lavon;G. Leitner;E. Klipper;U. Moallem

  • Dietary unsaturated fatty acids influence preovulatory follicle characteristics in dairy cows.

    Maya Zachut;Amichai Arieli;Hanna Lehrer;Nurit Argov

  • A real-time control system for individual dairy cow food intake

    I. Halachmi;Y. Edan;E. Maltz;U.M. Peiper

  • Effect of Calcium Soaps of Fatty Acids and Administration of Somatotropin in Early Lactation on Productive and Reproductive Performance of High Producing Dairy Cows

    U. Moallem;M. Kaim;Y. Folman;D. Sklan

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Arieli
A. Arieli Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ilan Halachmi
Ilan Halachmi Agricultural Research Organization
David Sklan
David Sklan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Richard A. Erdman
Richard A. Erdman University of Maryland, College Park
Ephraim Maltz
Ephraim Maltz Agricultural Research Organization
Yael Edan
Yael Edan Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Geoffrey E. Dahl
Geoffrey E. Dahl University of Florida
Barry J. Bradford
Barry J. Bradford Michigan State University
Arieh Brosh
Arieh Brosh Agricultural Research Organization
Kyle R. McLeod
Kyle R. McLeod University of Kentucky

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