IITAA (Institute for Investigation and Technology of Agronomy and Environment) is very much engaged and has the know how to pursuit studies on insular climate characterization / prediction and effects of global change on communities from the open ocean to the islands tops, modernize agriculture ... Read more »

Workgroup:Agricultural and Animal Production
Address:
CITA-A (Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias Agrárias dos Açores) Universidade dos Açores Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, São Pedro 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo
Profile:
My main area of research has long been related to the seasonality of reproduction in sheep and goats. More recently I have been involved in investigating the manipulation of diets of both grazing beef cattle and dairy cows to improve the fatty acid composition of their beef and milk for the benefit of human health. I have also investigated the effect of finishing bulls with pasture alone or pasture with high energy supplements upon the carcass quality and the collagen content of beef.
Selected publications:
Coelho M.C., Silva C.C.G., Ribeiro S.C., Dapkevicius M.L.N.E., Rosa H.J.D. (2014) Control of Listeria monocytogenes in fresh cheese using protective lactic acid bacteria. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 191: 53–59
Rosa H.J.D., Rego O.A., Silva C.C.G., Alves S.P., Alfaia C.M.M., Prates J.A.M., Bessa R.J.B. (2014) Effect of corn supplementation of grass finishing of Holstein bulls on fatty acid composition of meat lipids. Journal of Animal Science, 92: 3701-3714
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