PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Björn Kuhla

Forschungsinstitut für Nutztierbiologie (FBN)
Leiter der Arbeitgruppe Biochemie der Ernährung
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf

ResearchGate

Forschungsinteressen

Neuronale und Metabolische Kontrolle der Futteraufnahme
Zusammenhänge zwischen Futterverwertung, Futterration und Methanausstoß
Metabolische Anpassung an heißes Klima

Lebenslauf

2013-heute: Abteilungsleiter "Stoffwechseleffizienz" am Leibniz-Institut für Nutztierbiologie (FBN) im Institut für Ernährungsphysiologie "Oskar Kellner"
2009-2012: Nachwuchsgruppenleiter „Futteraufnahmeregulation“ am Leibniz-Institut für Nutztierbiologie (FBN) Dummerstorf
2006-heute: Wissenschaftler am Leibniz-Institut für Nutztierbiologie (FBN) im Institut für Ernährungsphysiologie "Oskar Kellner"
Habilitation und venia legendi in Biochemie
Post Doc at the Agrarforschungszentrum der Bayer AG Monheim, der Universität Leipzig und der Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Diplom and Promotion in Chemie
Abitur und Ausbildung in Fach Tierproduktion

Lehre

Anatomisch-physiologische Grundlagen der Tierernährung
Stoffwechsel- und Leistungsphysiologie
Praktikum: “Isolierung von RNA aus Pflanzenteilen"

Publikationen

Kuhla, B. (2020):

Pro-inflammatory cytokines and hypothalamic inflammation – implications for insufficient feed intake of transition dairy cows. Animal 14 (S1): s65-s77

Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.1017/s1751731119003124

Kuhla, B.; Kaever, V.; Tuchscherer, A.; Kuhla, A. (2020):

Involvement of plasma endocannabinoids and the hypothalamic endocannabinoid system in increasing feed intake after parturition of dairy cows. Neuroendocrinology 110 (3-4): 246-257

Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.1159/000501208

Garnsworthy, P.; Difford, G. F.; Bell, M.; Bayat, A. R.; Huhtanen, P.; Kuhla, B.; Lassen, J.; Peiren, N.; Pszczola, M; Sorg, D.; Visker, M.; Yan, T (2019):

Comparison of methods to measure methane for use in genetic evaluation of dairy cattle. Animals-Basel 9 (10): 837, 1-12

Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9100837

Urh, C.; Denißen, J.; Harder, I.; Koch, C.; Gerster, E.; Ettle, T.; Kraus, N.; Schmitz, R.; Kuhla, B.; Stamer, E.; Spiekers, H.; Sauerwein, H. (2019):

Circulating adiponectin concentrations during the transition from pregnancy to lactation in high-yielding dairy cows: testing the effects of farm, parity, and dietary energy level in large animal numbers. DOMEST ANIM ENDOCRIN 69: 1-12

Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2019.01.001

Derno, M.; Nürnberg, G.; Kuhla, B. (2019):

Characterizing the metabotype and its persistency in lactating Holstein cows: an approach toward metabolic efficiency measures. J Dairy Sci 102 (7): 6559-6570

Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-16274

Koch, F.; Thom, U.; Albrecht, E.; Weikard, R.; Nolte, W.; Kuhla, B.; Kühn, C. (2019):

Heat stress directly impairs gut integrity and recruits distinct immune cell populations into the bovine intestine. P Natl Acad Sci USA 116 (21): 10333-10338

Franziska Koch, Elke Albrecht, Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820130116

Rasch, I.; Görs, S.; Tuchscherer, A.; Htoo, J.; Kuhla, B.; Metges, C. C. (2019):

Substitution of dietary sulfur amino acids by DL-2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid increases remethylation and decreases transsulfuration in weaned piglets. J Nutr 149 (3): 432-440

Solvig Görs, Björn Kuhla, Cornelia Christiane Metges

https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxy296.

Erdmann, S.; Derno, M.; Schäff, C. T.; Börner, S.; Kautzsch, U.; Kuhla, B.; Hammon, H. M.; Tuchscherer, A.; Röntgen, M. (2019):

Comparative analyses of estimated and calorimetrically determined energy balance in high-yielding dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 102 (5): 4002-4013

Björn Kuhla, Harald Michael Hammon, Monika Röntgen

https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-15017

Engelke, S. W.; Daş, G.; Derno, M.; Tuchscherer, A.; Wimmers, K.; Rychlik, M.; Kienberger, H.; Berg, W.; Kuhla, B.; Metges, C. C. (2019):

Methane prediction based on individual or groups of milk fatty acids for dairy cows fed rations with or without linseed. J Dairy Sci 102 (2): 1788-1802

Gürbüz Daş, Klaus Wimmers, Björn Kuhla, Cornelia Christiane Metges

https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-14911

Sorg, D.; Difford, G. F.; Mühlbach, S.; Kuhla, B.; Swalve, H. H.; Lassen, J.; Strabel, T.; Pszczola, M. (2018):

Comparison of a laser methane detector with the GreenFeed and two breath analysers for on-farm measurements of methane emissions from dairy cows. Comput Electron Agr 153: 285-294

Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2018.08.024

Spiekers, H.; Ettle, T.; Jilg, T.; Kuhla, B.; Mohr, U.; Pries, M. (2018):

Grobfutterleistung von Milchkühen und Futterertrag - Auswertung der Versuchsdaten des Verbundprojekts optiKuh. In: Kongressband 2018 Münster : Vorträge zum Generalthema: Digitalisierung in Landwirtschaft, Versuchs- und Untersuchungswesen - Anforderungen und Auswirkungen (VDLUFA-Schriftenreihe , 75) VDLUFA-Verlag, Darmstadt (ISBN 978-3-941273-25-2): 334-341

Björn Kuhla

Engelke, S. W.; Daş, G.; Derno, M.; Tuchscherer, A.; Berg, W.; Kuhla, B.; Metges, C. C. (2018):

Milk fatty acids estimated by mid-infrared spectroscopy and milk yield can predict methane emissions in dairy cows. Agron Sustain Dev 38 (3): 27, 1-9

Gürbüz Daş, Björn Kuhla, Cornelia Christiane Metges

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-018-0502-x

Eslamizad, M.; Tümmler, L.-M.; Derno, M.; Hoch, M.; Kuhla, B. (2018):

TECHNICAL NOTE: Development of a pressure sensor-based system for measuring rumination time in pre-weaned dairy calves. J Anim Sci 96 (11): 4483-4489

Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/sky337

Rischewski, J.; Derno, M.; Tuchscherer, A.; Kuhla, B. (2018):

Feed efficiency, methane production and physiological imbalance relative to stage of lactation for dairy cows fed rations differing in forage energy content. In: Abschlussveranstaltung Verbundprojekt optiKuh, 30. - 31.01.2018 : Tagungsband (Schriftenreihe der Bayerischen Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft , 2/2018) : 73-76

Björn Kuhla

Reyer, H.; Oster, M.; Magowan, E.; Muráni, E.; Sauerwein, H.; Dannenberger, D.; Kuhla, B.; Ponsuksili, S.; Wimmers, K. (2018):

Feed-efficient pigs exhibit molecular patterns allowing a timely circulation of hormones and nutrients. Physiol Genomics 50 (9): 726-734

Henry Reyer, Michael Oster, Eduard Muráni, Dirk Dannenberger, Björn Kuhla, Siriluck Wimmers, Klaus Wimmers

https://doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00021.2018

Vanlierde, A.; Soyeurt, H.; Gengler, N.; Colinet, F.; Froidmont, E.; Kreuzer, M.; Grandl, F.; Bell, M.; Lund, M. S.; Olijhoek, D.; Eugène, M.; Martin, C.; Kuhla, B.; Dehareng, F. (2018):

Short communication: Development of an equation for estimating methane emissions of dairy cows from milk Fourier transform mid-infrared spectra by using reference data obtained exclusively from respiration chambers. J Dairy Sci 101 (8): 7618-7624

Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-14472

Hristov, A. N.; Kebreab, E.; Niu, M.; Oh, J; Bannink, A.; Bayat, A. R.; Boland, T.; Brito, A. F.; Casper, D.; Crompton, L; Dijkstra, J.; Eugene, M.; Garnsworthy, P. C.; Haque, N; Hellwing, A. L. F.; Huhtanen, P.; Kreuzer, M.; Kuhla, B.; Lund, M. S.; Madsen, J; Martin, Z.; Moate, P.; Muetzel, S.; Munoz, J.; Peiren, N.; Powell, D.; Reynolds, C.; Schwarm, A.; Shingfield, K.; Storlien, T.; Weisbjerg, M.; Yáñez-Ruiz, D.; Yu, Z. (2018):

Symposium review: Uncertainties in enteric methane inventories, measurement techniques, and prediction models. J Dairy Sci 101 (7): 6655-6674

Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2017-13536

Gerrits, W. J. J.; Labussière, E; Dijkstra, J.; Reynolds, C.; Metges, C. C.; Kuhla, B.; Lund, M. S.; Weisbjerg, M. (2018):

Recovery test results as a prerequisite for publication of gaseous exchange measurements. Animal 12 (1): 4

Cornelia Christiane Metges, Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.1017/s1751731117002397

Lamp, O.; Reyer, H.; Otten, W.; Nürnberg, G.; Derno, M.; Wimmers, K.; Metges, C. C.; Kuhla, B. (2018):

Intravenous lipid infusion affects dry matter intake, methane yield, and rumen bacteria structure in late-lactating Holstein cows. J Dairy Sci 101 (7): 6032-6046

Henry Reyer, Winfried Otten, Klaus Wimmers, Cornelia Christiane Metges, Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2017-14101

Lyons, T.; Bielak, A.; Doyle, E.; Kuhla, B. (2018):

Variations in methane yield and microbial community profiles in the rumen of dairy cows as they pass through stages of first lactation. J Dairy Sci 101 (6): 5102-5114

Björn Kuhla

https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2017-14200