PD Dr. med. vet. Harald Michael Hammon

+49 38208 68-693

hammon@fbn-dummerstorf.de

Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Institute of Nutritional Physiology "Oskar Kellner"
Endocrine Metabolic Regulation Unit
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf

Research interests

Metabolic and endocrine regulation of growth, development and energy metabolism in cattle
Dairy nutrition (calf, cow)

Curriculum Vitae

04/2004-present:
Senior Scientist and deputy head at the Institute of Nutritional Physiology (“Oskar-Kellner)”, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany; Head of the Endocrine Metabolic Regulation Unit
04/1998-03/2004: Scientist at the Division of Nutrition Pathology, Institute of Animal Breeding, University of Bern, Switzerland
12/2003: Habilitation in Animal Physiology at the University of Bern, Venia docendi for Animal Physiology
09/2001-05/2002: Residence at the Department of Animal Science, Purdue University, IN, US
01/1994-03/1998: Post Doc at the Division of Nutrition Pathology, Institute of Animal Breeding, University of Bern, Switzerland
02/1993-12/1993: Veterinary practice (large animals), Feuchtwangen, Germany
04/1991-12/1992: Doctoral Thesis at the Division of Nutrition Pathology, Institute of Animal Breeding, University of Bern, Switzerland
09.01.1991: Approbation as veterinary doctor
1985-1990: Study of veterinary medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich

Teaching

Physiology and anatomy in farm animals and metabolic performance at the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (AUF), University of Rostock

Publications

Aguinaga Casañas, M.; Schäff, C. T.; Albrecht, E.; Hammon, H. M.; Kuhla, B.; Röntgen, M.; Nürnberg, G.; Mielenz, M. (2017):

Short communication: Free fatty acid receptors FFAR1 and FFAR2 during the peripartal period in liver of dairy cows grouped by their postpartum plasma beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations. J Dairy Sci 100 (4): 3287-3292

Elke Albrecht, Harald Michael Hammon, Björn Kuhla, Monika Röntgen, Manfred Mielenz

https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11021

Kesser, J.; Korst, M.; Koch, C.; Romberg, F.-J.; Rehage, J.; Müller, J.; Schmicke, M.; Eder, K.; Hammon, H. M.; Sadri, H.; Sauerwein, H. (2017):

Different milk feeding intensities during the first 4 weeks of rearing dairy calves. Part 2: Effects on the metabolic and endocrine status during calfhood and around the first lactation. J Dairy Sci 100 (4): 3109-3125

Harald Michael Hammon

https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11595

Weber, F. M.; 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. J Dairy Sci 100 (2): 1507-1520

Monika Röntgen, Björn Kuhla, Harald Michael Hammon

https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11808

Hammon, H. M.; Schäff, C. T.; Gruse, J.; Weber, F. M. (2016):

Hepatic metabolism of glucose in the adaptation to the transition period in the dairy cow. 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 Publ., Wageningen (978-90-8686-286-3): 41-52

Harald Michael Hammon

Hammon, H. M. (2016):

The development of the gastrointestinal tract of calves in first weeks of life : the impact for practice [poln.]. In: Czynniki wplywajace na wzrost i rozwoj cielat (Noworodek a srodowisko , czesc 11) (Stefaniak T., Hrsg.) Wroclaw (978-83-927907-6-1): 97-107

Harald Michael Hammon

Schäff, C. T.; Gruse, J.; Derno, M.; Hammon, H. M. (2016):

Diet-dependent energy metabolism of neonatal calves determined by indirect calorimetric measurements. 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 Publisher, Wageningen (978-90-8686-286-3) (1): 139-140

Harald Michael Hammon

Weber, F. M.; Tröscher, A.; Kienberger, H.; Rychlik, M.; Hammon, H. M. (2016):

Performance and fatty acid status in dairy cows fed a diet with reduced essential fatty acid content. 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, Wageningen (978-90-8686-286-3) (1): 245-246

Harald Michael Hammon

Schäff, C. T.; Gruse, J.; Maciej, J.; Mielenz, M.; Wirthgen, E.; Hoeflich, A.; Schmicke, M.; Pfuhl, R.; Jawor, P.; Stefaniak, T.; Hammon, H. M. (2016):

Effects of feeding milk replacer ad libitum or in restricted amounts for the first five weeks of life on the growth, metabolic adaptation, and immune status of newborn calves. Plos One 11 (12): e0168974, 1-24

Manfred Mielenz, Andreas Höflich, Ralf Pfuhl, Harald Michael Hammon

https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168974

Weber, F. M.; 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

Solvig Görs, Monika Röntgen, Cornelia Christiane Metges, Björn Kuhla, Harald Michael Hammon

https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11022

Nebendahl, C.; Görs, S.; Albrecht, E.; Krüger, R.; Martens, K.; Giller, K.; Hammon, H. M.; Rimbach, G.; Metges, C. C. (2016):

Early postnatal feed restriction reduces liver connective tissue levels and affects H3K9 acetylation state of regulated genes associated with protein metabolism in low birth weight pigs. J Nutr Biochem 29: 41-55

Solvig Görs, Elke Albrecht, Harald Michael Hammon, Cornelia Christiane Metges

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2015.10.017

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

Björn Kuhla, Cornelia Christiane Metges, Harald Michael Hammon

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

Harald Michael Hammon, Björn Kuhla

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep28135

Gruse, J.; Kanitz, E.; Weitzel, J. M.; Tuchscherer, A.; Stefaniak, T.; Jawor, P.; Wolffram, S.; Hammon, H. M. (2016):

Quercetin feeding in newborn dairy calves cannot compensate colostrum deprivation: study on metabolic, antioxidative and inflammatory traits. Plos One 11 (1): e0146932, 1-20

Joachim Weitzel, Harald Michael Hammon

https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146932

Maciej, J.; Schäff, C. T.; Kanitz, E.; Tuchscherer, A.; Bruckmaier, R. M.; Wolffram, S.; Hammon, H. M. (2016):

Short communication: Effects of oral flavonoid supplementation on the metabolic and antioxidative status of newborn dairy calves. J Dairy Sci 99 (1): 805-811

Harald Michael Hammon

https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2015-9906

Kesser, J.; Hill, M.; Heinz, J. F. L.; Koch, C.; Rehage, J.; Steinhoff-Wagner, J.; Hammon, H. M.; Mielenz, B.; Sauerwein, H.; Sadri, H. (2015):

The rapid increase of circulating adiponectin in neonatal calves depends on colostrum intake. J Dairy Sci 98 (10): 7044-7051

Harald Michael Hammon

https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2015-9726

Gruse, J.; Görs, S.; Tuchscherer, A.; Otten, W.; Weitzel, J. M.; Metges, C. C.; Wolffram, S.; Hammon, H. M. (2015):

The effects of oral quercetin supplementation on splanchnic glucose metabolism in 1-week-old calves depend on diet after birth. J Nutr 145 (11): 2486-2495

Solvig Görs, Winfried Otten, Joachim Weitzel, Cornelia Christiane Metges, Harald Michael Hammon

https://dx.doi.org/10.3945/jn.115.218271

Steinhoff-Wagner, J.; Schönhusen, U.; Zitnan, R.; Hudakova, M.; Pfannkuche, H.; Hammon, H. M. (2015):

Ontogenic changes of villus growth, lactase activity, and intestinal glucose transporters in preterm and term born calves with or without prolonged colostrum feeding. Plos One 10 (5): e0128154, 1-15

Harald Michael Hammon

https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128154

Maciej, J.; Schäff, C. T.; Kanitz, E.; Tuchscherer, A.; Bruckmaier, R. M.; Wolffram, S.; Hammon, H. M. (2015):

Bioavailability of the flavonol quercetin in neonatal calves after oral administration of quercetin aglycone or rutin. J Dairy Sci 98 (6): 3906-3917

Harald Michael Hammon

https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2015-9361

Gruse, J.; Görs, S.; Otten, W.; Weitzel, J. M.; Wolffram, S.; Metges, C. C.; Hammon, H. M. (2015):

Effects of oral quercetin supplementation on glucose metabolism in newborn dairy calves fed colostrum or a milk-based formula. Schriftenreihe / Leibniz-Institut für Nutztierbiol 23: 5-8

Solvig Görs, Winfried Otten, Joachim Weitzel, Cornelia Christiane Metges, Harald Michael Hammon

Widmann, P.; Reverter, A.; Weikard, R.; Suhre, K.; Hammon, H. M.; Albrecht, E.; Kühn, C. (2015):

Systems biology analysis merging phenotype, metabolomic and genomic data identifies Non-SMC Condensin I Complex, Subunit G (NCAPG) and cellular maintenance processes as major contributors to genetic variability in bovine feed efficiency. Plos One 10 (4): e0124574, 1-22

Rosemarie Weikard, Harald Michael Hammon, Elke Albrecht, Christa Kühn

https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124574