Bell, Alan W.

Professor Emeritus/a

research

research and scholarship focus

nutritional physiology
pregnancy
growth

My research interests encompass regulation of nutrient utilization during pregnancy, early lactation and postnatal growth in sheep and dairy cattle. Specific areas of interest include nutritional regulation of placental transport functions in late pregnancy, postnatal consequences of prenatal growth retardation, and the role of leptin in the regulation of fetal and maternal metabolism and energy balance.

co investigator of

ROLE OF CENTRAL LEPTIN AND MELANOCORTINS IN REGULATING INSULIN-MEDIATED GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN PERIPHERAL TISSUES OF UNDERFED RUMINANTS | Research Grant

research areas

adult and extension education | collaborative research area (CALS)
animal science | collaborative research area (CALS)
dairy science | collaborative research area (CALS)
nutritional sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
youth | collaborative research area (CALS)

affiliations

emeritus faculty in

Animal Science | graduate field
Animal Science (AN SC) | Cornell department
Nutrition | graduate field

publications

linked articles

Prenatal programming of postnatal productivity and health of livestock: a brief review | journal article

Keywords: animal nutrition, growth and development, lactation, nutritional physiology, pregnancy