Robin White

APSC 4004 Issues in Animal Science (Recitation Section)

APSC 4984 Advanced Equine Nutrition and Feeding

ALS 5034 Mathematical Modeling of Metabolic Systems

ALS 5984 Ruminant Nutrition

Dr. White’s research focuses on the animal/environment interface with the broad goal of leveraging animal nutrition to enhance sustainability of food production systems. This work focuses at three levels: 1) basic research evaluating factors regulating rumen fermentation; 2) applied research testing strategies to enhance feed efficiency; and 3) systems-level research evaluating the wider socioeconomic impacts of livestock production and management. 

An updated listing of publications is available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robin_White5

Recent publications:

1.       White, R.R., M.B. Hall, J.L. Firkins, and P.J. Kononoff. In Press. Physically Adjusted NDF (paNDF) System for Lactating Dairy Cow Rations, II: Development of Feeding Recommendations. Journal of Dairy Science.

2.       White, R.R., M.B. Hall, J.L. Firkins, and P.J. Kononoff. In Press. Physically Adjusted NDF (paNDF) System for Lactating Dairy Cow Rations, I: Deriving Equations that Identify Factors that Influence Effectiveness of Fiber. Journal of Dairy Science.

3.       Hanigan, M.D., R.R. White, S.I. Arriola Apelo, M. Aguilar, K. Estes, and A. Myers. In Press. Predicting post-absorptive protein and amino acid metabolism. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia.

4.       M. Martineau, D. Ouellet, E. Kebreab, R. White, and H. Lapierre. In Press. Relationships between postruminal casein infusion and milk production, and concentrations of plasma amino acids and blood urea in dairy cows: A multilevel mixed-effects meta-analysis. J. Dairy Science.

5.       W.T. Dai, R.R. White, J.X. Liu, and H.Y Liu. 2017. Comparative proteomic analysis of the lactating and non-lactating bovine mammary gland. Journal of Dairy Science. 100:5928-5935

6.       W.T. Dai, Q. Chen, Q. Wang, R.R. White, J.X. Liu, and H.Y Liu. 2017.  Complementary transcriptomic and proteomic analyses reveal regulatory mechanisms of milk protein production in dairy cows consuming different forages. Nature Scientific Reports. 7:44234

7.       S. Ghimire, R.A. Kohn, P. Gregorini, R.R. White, and M.D. Hanigan. 2017. Representing interconversions among volatile fatty acids in the Molly cow model. Journal of Dairy Science. 100:3658-3671

8.       G.M. Liu, M.D. Hanigan, X.Y. Lin, K. Xhao, F.G. Jiang, R.R. White, Y. Wang, Z.Y. Hu, and Z.H. Wang. 2017. Methionine, leucine, isoleucine, and threonine effects on mammary cell signaling and pup growth in lactating mice. Journal of Dairy Science. 100:4038-4050

9.       Li, M.M., K.M Seelenbinder, M.A. Ponder, L. Deng, R.P. Rhoads, K.D. Pelzer, J.S. Radcliffe, C.V. Maxwell, J.A. Ogejo, R.R. White, and M.D. Hanigan. 2017. Effects of environmental sanitation and Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 infection on pig growth performance, diet utilization efficiency, and gas emissions from stored manure. Journal of Animal Science. 100:1264-1276

10.    White, R.R., T. McGill, R. Garnett, R.J. Patterson, and M.D. Hanigan. 2017. Short Communication: Evaluation of the PREP10 energy, protein, and amino acid allowable milk equations in comparison to the NRC 2001 model. Journal of Dairy Science. 100:2801-2806

11.    White, R.R., P. Kononoff, and J.L. Firkins. 2017. Technical Note: Methodological and feed factors affecting prediction of ruminal degradability and intestinal digestibility of essential amino acids. Journal of Dairy Science.  100:1946-1950

12.    White, R.R. Y. Roman-Garcia, J.L. Firkins, M.H. VandeHaar, T. McGill, R. Garnett, and M.D. Hanigan. 2017.  Evaluation of the 2001 Dairy NRC, 2: biases in duodenal N flows.  Journal of Dairy Science. 100:3611-3627

13.    White, R.R. Y. Roman-Garcia, J.L. Firkins, M.H. VandeHaar, L. Armentano, W.P. Weiss, T. McGill, R. Garnett, and M.D. Hanigan. 2017.  Evaluation of the 2001 Dairy NRC, 1: biases in total tract fiber, protein, fat, and non-fiber carbohydrate digestibility.  Journal of Dairy Science. 100:3591-3610

14.    B.D. Enger. R.R. White, S.C. Nickerson, and L.K. Fox. 2016. Meta-analysis of factors influencing teat dip efficacy trials efficacy in reducing the development of new intermammary infections. Journal of Dairy Science. 99:9990-9911.

15.    McNamara, J.P., M.D. Hanigan and R.R. White. 2016. Invited Review: Experimental design, data reporting and sharing in support of animal systems modeling research. Journal of Dairy Science.99:9355-9374.

16.    White, R.R., Y. Roman-Garcia, J.L. Firkins. 2016. Meta-analysis of post-ruminal microbial protein flows in dairy cattle. II. Approaches to and implications of more mechanistic prediction. Journal of Dairy Science. 99:7932-7944

17.    Y. Roman-Garcia, R.R. White, and J.L. Firkins. 2016. Meta-analysis of post-ruminal microbial protein flows in dairy cattle. I. derivation of equations. Journal of Dairy Science. 99:7918-7931

18.    White, R.R.. 2016. Increasing energy and protein use efficiency improves opportunities to decrease land use, water use, and greenhouse gas emission from dairy production. Agricultural Systems. 146:20-29

19.    White, R.R. and M.D. Hanigan. 2016. Modeling cross species intake responses to environmental stress. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 154:136-150

20.    White, R.R., P.S. Miller and M.D. Hanigan. 2015. Evaluating equations estimating change in swine feed intake during heat and cold stress. Journal of Animal Science. 93:5395-5410.

21.    White, R.R., M. Brady, J.L. Capper and K.A. Johnson. 2015. Cow-calf reproductive, genetic and nutritional management to improve sustainability of whole beef production systems. Journal of Animal Science. 93:3197-3211

22.    Roche, J.R., N.A. Dennis, K.A. Macdonald, C.V.C. Phyn, P.R. Amer, R.R. White, and J.K. Drackley. 2015. Growth targets and rearing strategies for replacement heifers in pasture-based systems: a review. Animal Production Science. 55:902-915

23.    Mandok, K.M., J.K. Kay, S.L. Greenwood, J.P. McNamara, M. Crookenden, R. White, S. Shields, G.R. Edwards, and J.R. Roche. 2014. Efficiency of use of metabolizable energy for body weight gain in pasture-based nonlactating dairy cows. 2014. Journal of Dairy Science. 97:4639-4648

24.    White, R.R., M. Brady, J.L. Capper and K.A. Johnson. 2014. Optimizing diet and pasture management to improve sustainability of U.S. beef production. Agricultural Systems. 130:1-12

25.    White, R.R. and M. Brady. 2014. Can consumers’ willingness to pay incentivize adoption of environmental impact reducing technologies in meat animal production? Food Policy. 49:41-49

26.    White, R.R. and J.L. Capper. 2014. Precision nutrition to improve performance and profitability across various climates: Modeling the implications of increasing the formulation frequency of dairy cattle diets.  Journal of Dairy Science. 97:1563-1577

27.    White, R.R. and J.L. Capper. 2013. An environmental, economic and social assessment of improving finishing weight or average daily gain within United States beef production. Journal of Animal Science. 91:5801-5812