Work plan in the area of applied animal behavior, welfare and livestock precision for bovine research

• Grant number: 22/12199-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: May 24, 2023
• End date: June 23, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Production
• Principal Investigator: Lenira El Faro Zadra
• Grantee: Lenira El Faro Zadra
• Visiting researcher: Joao Henrique Cardoso Costa
• Visiting researcher institution: University of Kentucky (UK), United States
• Host Institution: Instituto de Zootecnia. Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento (São Paulo - Estado). Nova Odessa , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/50339-5 - Institutional research development plan of the Animal Science Institute (PDIp), AP.PDIP

Abstract

Professor João Costa will participate in projects already in progress, financed by Fapesp (2021/06446-7 and 2020/15745-5), in the Research Centers with dairy and beef cattle, aimed at specific areas of welfare, behavior and precision livstock. He also should teach a course in the postgraduate course in Sustainable Animal Production at IZ, expanding the students' knowledge and increasing the possibilities of partnerships between the institutions. It will carry out visits to the IZ research centers, a Scientific Technical Course on Precision Animal Science; a Brainstorming on the use of dairy males in Brazil, in which students, technicians and teachers can participate. (AU)