Associate Professor
The University of Queensland
Gatton, Queensland
Dr Luis Silva is an Associate Professor at QAAFI, University of Queensland, leading research in ruminant nutrition. Luis comes from a coffee and dairy farm and brings perspective from another major producer of beef, Brazil, where he had a previous appointment at the University of Sao Paulo. With large international experience, Luis has spent a sabbatical year at AgriBio, Melbourne, and has completed his PhD at Michigan State University, working with the nutritional/physiological modulation of ruminant development. Luis has considerable research linking cattle nutrition with physiological mechanisms and genomic tools and has coordinated several research projects investigating mechanisms to improve the efficiency of tropical cattle production. His work is published in 51 peer-reviewed scientific articles and several book chapters. Luis has also acted as the main advisor for 7 PhD students and 16 Master students.
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333 - Using specific Bacillus strains to improve digestibility and performance of growing steers
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM MT
134 - Estimating the heritability of nitrogen and carbon isotopes in the tail hair of beef cattle
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM MT
325 - Understanding variation in residual feed intake of Brahman steers fed two different diets
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM MT