Department of Animal Science

Faculty

	Lance Baumgard Associate Professor Norman Jacobson Endowed Professor Iowa State Univeristy 313J Kildee Hall Ames, IA 50011 Phone: 515-294-3615 Fax: 515-294-3795 Email: baumgard@iastate.edu
Education Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University: 2002 (Animal Science) Master of Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul: 1998 (Animal Science) Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul: 1995 (Science in Agriculture)
Awards 2009: ADSA Foundation Scholar Award 2007: Western Section American Society of Animal Science Young Scientist Award 2007: Cargill Animal Nutrition Young Scientist Award (ADSA) 2002: National Milk Producers (R. M. Hoyt Memorial) Award for Outstanding PhD Student in Dairy Science
Research Environmental & Nutritional Physiology Post-Absorptive Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Bioenergetics Dairy Science & Nutrition
Professional Affiliations American Dairy Science Association American Society of Animal Science Endocrine Society Gamma Sigma Delta Sigma Xi, Research Society American Society of Nutritional Sciences
Selected Publications Baumgard, L.H., A.F. Keating and J.W. Perfield II. 2009. Effects of fatty acids containing a trans double bond on body composition. In: Fatty Acids in Health Promotion and Disease Causation. R. Watson (ed.). The American Oil Chemists Society. Urbana, IL. pp 303-329 Shwartz, G., K.L. Hill, M.J. VanBaale and L.H. Baumgard. 2009. Effects of Flunixin Meglumine on pyrexia and bioenergetic variables in postparturient dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 92:1963-1970. Shwartz, G., M.L. Rhoads, M.J. VanBaale, R.P. Rhoads and L.H. Baumgard. 2009. Effects of a supplemental yeast culture on heat-stressed lactating Holstein cows. J. Dairy Sci. 92:935-942. Rhoads, M.L., R.P. Rhoads, M.J. VanBaale, R.J. Collier, S.R. Sanders, W.J. Weber, B.A. Crooker, and L.H. Baumgard. 2009. Effects of heat stress and plane of nutrition on lactating Holstein cows: I. production, metabolism and aspects of circulating somatotropin. J. Dairy Sci. 92:1986-1997. Collier, R.J., S.W. Limesand, M.L. Rhoads, R.P. Rhoads and L.H. Baumgard. 2008. Homeorhesis during heat stress. In: Resource Allocation Theory Applied to Farm Animal Production. W.M. Rauw (ed.). CABI, Cambridge, MA. pp 72-88. Bauman, D.E., J.M. Perfield II, K.J. Harvatine and L.H. Baumgard. 2008. Regulation of fat synthesis by CLA: Lactation and the ruminant model. J. Nutr. 38:403-409. Collier, R.J., J.L. Collier, R.P. Rhoads and L.H. Baumgard. 2008. Genes involved in the bovine heat stress response. J. Dairy Sci. 91:445-454. Norgaard, J.V., L.H. Baumgard, T.S. Nielson, P.K. Theil, M.T. Sorensen and K. Sejrsen. 2008. Mammary cell turnover and expression of lipogenic genes in response to silage induced CLA and diet energy density in lactating cows. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A. 58:113-120. Hernandez, L.L., C.M. Stiening, J.B. Wheelock, L.H. Baumgard, A.M. Parkhurst and R.J. Collier. 2008. Evaluation of serotonin as a feedback inhibitor of lactation in the bovine. J. Dairy Sci. 91:1834-1844. Bailey, C.R., G.C. Duff, S.R. Sanders, J.L. Treichel, L.H. Baumgard, J.A. Marchello, D.W. Schafer and C.P. McMurphy. 2008. Effects of increasing crude protein concentrations on performance and carcass characteristics of growing and finishing steers and heifers. Anim. Sci. Feed Tech. 142:111-120. Cheatham, R.C., G.C. Duff, C.R. Baily, S.R. Sanders, R.J. Collier, J.A. Marchello and L.H. Baumgard. 2008. Effects of implant programs on performance, carcass characteristics, and lipogenic gene expression in Holstein steers. South African J. Anim. Sci. 38:238-246. Carriquiry, W.J. Weber, L.H. Baumgard, and B.A. Crooker. 2008 In vitro biohydrogenation of four sources of protected dietary fats. Anim. Feed Sci. Tech. 141:339-355.
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