Introduction to system dynamics for animal production

• Grant number: 14/09554-1
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: May 15, 2015
• End date: August 14, 2015
• 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 a project approved by FAPESP which 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 teach a workshop on LRNS (Large Ruminant Nutrition System) and a course on modeling applied to ruminant nutrition titled "Introduction to System Dynamics for Animal Production". (AU)