Mathematical modeling applied to animal production

• Grant number: 12/21882-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Duration: July 01, 2013 - January 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Nutrition and Feeding
• Principal Investigator: Flávio Augusto Portela Santos
• Grantee: Flávio Augusto Portela Santos
• Visiting researcher: Luis Orlindo Tedeschi
• Visiting researcher institution: Texas A&M University, United States
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The visiting professor will work on two research projects approved by FAPESP. The first project involves grain processing methods (cracked and flaked corn) and forage fiber levels of sugarcane bagasse on performance and metabolic parameters of finishing Nellore cattle. The second project involves the study of energy supplementation of beef and dairy cattle grazing tropical pasture on metabolic parameters, ingestive behavior, ruminal fermentation, animal performance, milk composition, consumption, etc. In addition, the Visiting Researcher will write a book about modeling applied to ruminant nutrition and will teach a workshop on the same topic. (AU)