Graduate degree at Medicina Veterinária from Universidade de Marília (1999), master's at Zoothecny from Universidade de São Paulo (2002) and doctorate at Zoothecny from Universidade de São Paulo (2006). Has experience in animal production and meat science, acting on the following subjects: meat quality, tenderness, beef catle and beef industry. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Nowadays, beef is the second most consumed meat in the country. However, obtaining a quality product that meets the needs of an increasingly demanding consumer market is still a major challenge in the beef production chain. In this context, the insertion of breeds that can improve meat quality has been a strategy, in order to meet consumers' needs, with regard to meat quality, especially …
The goal of this study is to analyze adipogenesis related genes and to evaluate the fatty acid profile of intramuscular fat in different meat cuts (Longissimus and Triceps brachii) of Angus x Nellore cattle from three gender status (bulls, steers, and heifers). Were used one hundred and fifty animals, from the Brazil Angus Beef Certified Program, slaughtered with an average age of 16 mont…
Carcass and beef quality are significantly affected by sexual condition of cattle, however the molecular mechanisms interfering in the proteolysis process are not known, resulting in differences in beef quality. The goal of this study is to increase the knowledge about the influence of sexual condition on beef tenderness of crossbred cattle by evaluating the postmortem proteolysis of the …
Poultry production has high production indexes, however, there have been difficulties that are representing great economic losses for the industry, regarding myopathies and disturbances in the bone structure of birds, abnormalities that may be associated with deficiencies in the tissue conjunctive, compromising in the muscular cells the supply of nutrients and the removal of the metabolit…
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Puberty is one of the most important phases of the production cycle of beef cattle, as it is when the reproductive organs become functional and the animals begin their fertile life. The reproduction of beef cattle has the ability to maintain livestock activity, expand the herd and genetically select more fertile and sexually precocious animals, in addition to other desirable characteristi…
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