PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Björn Kuhla
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Head of Focus Topic "Farming animals in sustainable resource cycles"
Head of Working Group Nutritional Biochemistry
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Head of Focus Topic "Farming animals in sustainable resource cycles"
Head of Working Group Nutritional Biochemistry
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Research interests
- Impact of novel feedstuff on feed conversion, emissions and metabolism
- Characterizing the metabolic and immunological adaptation to environmental heat
- Development of feeding strategies and husbandry systems to facilitate adaptation to heat stress
Curriculum Vitae
- 2013-present: Head of the Working Group Nutritional Biochemistry, FBN Dummerstorf, Germany
- 2009-2012: Head of the Junior Research Group Feed Intake Regulation, FBN Dummerstorf, Germany
- 2006-present: Scientist at the Institute of Nutritional Physiology “Oskar Kellner”, FBN Dummerstorf, Germany
- Habilitation and venia legendi in Biochemistry
- Post Doc at the Agricultural Research Centre of the Bayer AG Monheim, University of Leipzig, and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
- Diploma and Doctoral Degree in Chemistry
- Secondary education and apprenticeship for animal production
Teaching
- Anatomic-Physiological Basics and Methods in Animal Nutrition
- Metabolism and performance physiology
- Nutritional Biochemistry
Publications
Rischewski, J.; Bielak, A.; Nürnberg, G.; Derno, M.; Kuhla, B. (2017):
Rapid communication: Ranking dairy cows for methane emissions measured using respiration chamber or GreenFeed techniques during early, peak, and late lactation
Journal of Animal Science 95 (7): 3154-3159
https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2017.1530
Weitzel, J. M.; Viergutz, T.; Albrecht, D.; Bruckmaier, R. M.; Schmicke, M.; Tuchscherer, A.; Koch, F.; Kuhla, B. (2017):
Hepatic thyroid signaling of heat-stressed late pregnant and early lactating cows
Journal of Endocrinology 234 (2): 129-141
https://dx.doi.org/10.1530/JOE-17-0066
Weber, C.; Schäff, C. T.; Kautzsch, U.; Börner, S.; Erdmann, S.; Bruckmaier, R. M.; Röntgen, M.; Kuhla, B.; Hammon, H. M. (2017):
Variable liver fat concentration as a proxy of body fat mobilization postpartum has minor effects on the insulin induced changes of hepatic gene expression related to energy metabolism in dairy cows
Journal of Dairy Science 100 (2): 1507-1520
https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11808
Engelke, S. W.; Das, G.; Derno, M.; Kuhla, B.; Metges, C. C. (2016):
Delineation of relationships between feed composition, methane emission and milk fatty acids in cows – prerequisite for the development of an indirect methane indicator. In: Energy and protein metabolism and nutrition : 5th EAAP International Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition, Krakow, Poland, 12-15 September 2016 (EAAP publication , 137) (Jacek Skomiał, Hélène Lapierre, Hrsg.) Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen (978-90-8686-286-3): 259-260
Weber, C.; Schäff, C. T.; Kautzsch, U.; Börner, S.; Erdmann, S.; Görs, S.; Röntgen, M.; Sauerwein, H.; Bruckmaier, R. M.; Metges, C. C.; Kuhla, B.; Hammon, H. M. (2016):
Insulin-dependent glucose metabolism in dairy cows with variable fat mobilization around calving. J Dairy Sci 99 (8): 6665-6679
Claudia Kröger-Koch,
Solvig Görs,
Monika Röntgen,
Harald Michael Hammon,
Björn Kuhla,
Cornelia Christiane Metges
https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11022
Vanselow, J.; Vernunft, A.; Koczan, D.; Spitschak, M.; Kuhla, B. (2016):
Exposure of lactating dairy cows to acute pre-ovulatory heat stress affects granulosa cell-specific gene expression profiles in dominant follicles. Plos One 11 (8): e0160600, 1-19
https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160600
de Haas, Y.; Garnsworthy, P. C.; Kuhla, B.; Negussie, E.; Pszczola, M.; Wall, E.; Lassen, J. (2016):
Genetic control of greenhouse gas emissions. Advances in Animal Biosciences 7 (2): 196-199
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2040470016000121
Görs, S.; Kuhla, B.; Krattenmacher, N.; Thaller, G.; Metges, C. C. (2016):
Analytical refinements of the methane indicator archaeol in bovine feces, rumen fluid and feedstuffs. J Dairy Sci 99 (11): 9313-9318
https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11447
Koch, F.; Lamp, O.; Kuhla, B. (2016):
Heat stress involves activation of pAMPK and FOXO3 regulating glycolysis and proteolysis in the skeletal muscle of dairy cows. In: Energy and protein metabolism and nutrition : 5th EAAP International Symposium, Krakow, Poland, 12-15 September 2016 (EAAP Publication , 137) (Jacek Skomial, Helene Lapierre, Hrsg.) Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen (978-90-8686-286-3): 99-100
Lamp, O.; Derno, M.; Nürnberg, G.; Metges, C. C.; Kuhla, B. (2016):
Intravenous lipid infusion affects methane production apart from reducing dry matter intake in late lactation German Holstein cows. In: Energy and Protein metabolism and nutrition : 5th EAAP International Symposium, Krakow, Poland, 12-15 September 2016 (EAAP Publication , 137) (Jacek Skomial, Helene Lapierre, Hrsg.) Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen (978-90-8686-286-3): 255-256
Friedrichs, P.; Sauerwein, H.; Huber, K.; Locher, L. F.; Rehage, J.; Meyer, U.; Dänicke, S.; Kuhla, B.; Mielenz, M. (2016):
Expression of metabolic sensing receptors in adipose tissues of periparturient dairy cows with differing extent of negative energy balance. Animal 10 (4): 623-632
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s175173111500227x
Koch, F.; Lamp, O.; Eslamizad, M.; Weitzel, J. M.; Kuhla, B. (2016):
Metabolic response to heat stress in late-pregnant and early lactation dairy cows: implications to liver-muscle crosstalk. Plos One 11 (8): e0160912, 1-19
https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160912
Kuhla, B.; Metges, C. C.; Hammon, H. M. (2016):
Endogenous and dietary lipids influencing feed intake and energy metabolism of periparturient dairy cows. DOMEST ANIM ENDOCRIN 56 (Suppl.): S2-S10
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2015.12.002
Bielak, A.; Derno, M.; Tuchscherer, A.; Hammon, H. M.; Susenbeth, A.; Kuhla, B. (2016):
Body fat mobilization in early lactation influences methane production of dairy cows. Sci Rep-UK 6: 28135, 1-13
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep28135
Aguinaga Casañas, M.; Rangkasenee, N; Krattenmacher, N.; Thaller, G.; Metges, C. C.; Kuhla, B. (2015):
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase A as an indicator to estimate methane production from dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 98 (6): 4074-4083
https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2015-9310
Lamp, O.; Derno, M.; Otten, W.; Mielenz, M.; Nürnberg, G.; Kuhla, B. (2015):
Metabolic heat stress adaption in transition cows: differences in macronutrient oxidation between late-gestating and early-lactating German Holstein dairy cows. Plos One 10 (5): e0125264, 1-24
https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125264
Bjerre-Harpøth, V.; Storm, A. C.; Eslamizad, M.; Kuhla, B.; Larsen, M. (2015):
Effect of propylene glycol on adipose tissue mobilization in postpartum over-conditioned Holstein cows. J Dairy Sci 98 (12): 8581-8596
https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-8606
Kuhla, B.; Derno, M.; Metges, C. C. (2015):
Chapter 6: Indirect calorimetry for elucidating dynamics in energy metabolism of farm animals. In: Indirect calorimetry: techniques, computations and applications (W.J.J. Gerrits and E. Labussiere , Hrsg.) Wageningen Academic Publisher, Wageningen (978-90-8686-261-0): 115-133
Kuhla, B.; Mielenz, M.; Metges, C. C. (2015):
Die Kuh produziert kein Methan. Leibniz Nordost 20: 6-7
Schwarm, A.; Schweigel-Röntgen, M.; Kreuzer, M.; Ortmann, S.; Gill, F.; Kuhla, B.; Meyer, U.; Lohölter, M.; Derno, M. (2015):
Methane emission, digestive characteristics and faecal archaeol in heifers fed diets based on silage from brown midrib maize as compared to conventional maize. Arch Anim Nutr 69 (3): 159-176
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1745039x.2015.1043211