Vengai Mavangira, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM

V Mavangira. Immunology of the Bovine Mammary Gland: Advances in Recent Years. Veterinary Clinics of North America, Food Animal Practice. 2025 July; 41(2): 137-154. doi:10.1016/j.cvfa.2025.03.002. Epub 2025 Apr 23

Kolar QK, Krogstad KC, Swartz TH, Mamedova LK, Mavangira V, Yoon I, Bradford BJ, Ruegg PL. Effect of dietary supplementation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product on clinical outcomes in dairy cows during challenge with Streptococcus uberis. J Dairy Sci. 2025 Aug 28:S0022-0302(25)00699-X. doi: 10.3168/jds.2025-26541. Online ahead of print.

JM Strickland, JL de Campos, J Gandy, V Mavangira, PL Ruegg, LM Sordillo. A randomized control trial to test the effect of pegbovigrastim treatment at dry-off on plasma and milk oxylipid profiles during early mammary gland involution and the postparturient period. Journal of Dairy Science 107 (7), 5070-5089, 2024

S Zhang, JC Marini, V Mavangira, A Claude, J Moore, MA Mohammad, NL Trottier. Effects of improved amino acid balance diet on lysine mammary utilization, whole body protein turnover and muscle protein breakdown on lactating sows. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 15 (1), 65, 2024

K Gallagher, I Bernstein, C Collings, D Main, G Ahmad, S Naughton, Jayasimha Daddam, Vengai Mavangira, Mike Vandehaar, Zheng Zhou. Abomasal infusion of branched-chain amino acids or branched-chain keto-acids alter lactation performance and liver triglycerides in fresh cows. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 15 (1), 13, 1, 2024

Strickland JM, Wisnieski L, Mavangira V, Sordillo LM. Serum vitamin D is associated with antioxidant potential in peri-parturient cows. Antioxidants 2021, 10(9), 1420

Thompson KA, Eustace R, Mavangira V, Turner C, and Monahan CF. Left displacement of the abomasum in a reticulated giraffe bull in managed care. J Vet Diag Invest 2021, e-pub: DOI: 10.1177/10406387211027845

Mavangira V, Kuhn MJ, Abuelo A, Morisseau C, Hammock BD, and Sordillo LM. Activity of sEH and Oxidant Status during Systemic Bovine Coliform Mastitis. Antioxidants 2021, 10(5), 812

Kuhn MJ, Mavangira V, Sordillo LM. Invited review: Cytochrome P450 enzyme involvement in health and inflammatory-based diseases of dairy cattle. J Dairy Sci 2021,104(2):1276-1290.

Shihadih DS, Harris TR, Kodani SD, Hwang SH, Lee KSS, Mavangira V, Hamamoto B, Guedes A, Hammock BD, Morisseau C. Selection of Potent Inhibitors of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase for Usage in Veterinary Medicine. Front Vet Sci 2020,7,580.

Mavangira V, DeVries J, Gandy JC, and Sordillo LM. 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid alters endothelial cell barrier integrity independent of oxidative stress and cell death. Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators. Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators, volume 149, Aug 2020.

Contreras GA, De Koster J, de Souza J, Laguna J, Mavangira V, Nelli RK, Gandy J, Lock AL, Sordillo LM. Lipolysis modulates the biosynthesis of inflammatory lipid mediators derived from linoleic acid in adipose tissue of periparturient dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2020; 103(2):1944-1955

Dr. Mavangira has focused his research on identifying and broadening therapeutic options for acute diseases with a special interest in bovine mastitis. The research approach utilizes both animal experimental studies with dairy cows, as well as in vitro laboratory approaches to replicate the natural clinical disease. The in vitro approaches, in collaboration with colleagues at Iowa State University, are intended refine the in vitro approaches to better mimic natural disease and consequently reduce whole animal use in research where applicable. In a collaborative capacity, Dr. Mavangira has also worked on other bovine mastitis projects with colleagues at Michigan State University and the USDA, Ames, IA. Dr. Mavangira has assisted with clinical and surgical expertise with collaborators at Michigan State University and Iowa State University.