Office Location
Animal Sciences
1675 Observatory Drive, Office 952F
Madison WI, 53706
Katherine (Katie) Kennedy is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences working with Dr. Heather White. She received a BS in Animal Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (’12), an MS in Animal Biology from the University of California – Davis (’14), and a Ph.D. in Animal Science from Michigan State University (’19). She recently completed a 3 year postdoctoral research position at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology in Dummerstorf, Germany. Most of her research has focused on transition dairy cows and understanding the connection between feeding behavior, feed intake, and liver metabolism. Recently, her focus has shifted towards feed efficiency and evaluating dairy cows for underlying metabolic differences associated with feed efficiency.
Selected Peer Reviewed Articles
Albornoz, R.I., K.M. Kennedy, and B.J. Bradford. 2022. Symposium review: Fueling appetite: nutrient metabolism and the control of feed intake. J. Dairy Sci. 106: 2161-2166. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2022-22429
Kennedy, K.M., and B. Kuhla. 2022. Influence of lactation stage on heat production and macronutrient oxidation in dairy cows during a 24-hour fasting period. J. Dairy Sci. In Press. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2022-22330
Kennedy, K.M., F. Becker, H.M. Hammon, and B. Kuhla. 2021. Differences in net fat oxidation, heat production, and liver mitochondrial DNA copy numbers between high and low feed-efficient dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 104:9287–9303. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2020-20031
Kennedy, K.M., S.S. Donkin, and M.S. Allen. 2021. Effect of uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation on metabolism of propionate in liver explants from dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 104:3018-3031. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2020-19536
Kennedy, K.M., S.S. Donkin, and M.S. Allen. 2020. Effects of propionate concentration on short-term metabolism in liver explants from dairy cows in the postpartum period. J. Dairy Sci. 103:11449-11460. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2020-18914
Kennedy, K.M. and M.S. Allen. 2019. The effect of uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation on the feeding behavior of lactating dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 102:9767-9780. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-16567
Maldini, G., K.M. Kennedy, and M.S. Allen. 2019. Temporal effects of propionic acid infusion on hepatic metabolism in cows in the postpartum period. J. Dairy Sci. 102:9781-9790. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-16437
Kennedy, K.M. and M.S. Allen. 2019. Hepatic metabolism of propionate relative to meals for cows in the postpartum period. J. Dairy Sci. 102:7997-8010. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-15907
Jacob A. Hoefer Endowed Fellowship, Michigan State University – 2019
American Dairy Science Association Three-Minute Thesis Challenge, 3rd place – 2018
Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference Graduate Student Research Competition, Ph.D. Division, 1st place – 2018