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Alexandre Vaz Pires

Alexandre Vaz Pires

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
28
Citations
3830
World Ranking
2655
National Ranking
115

Overview

Alexandre Vaz Pires is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions across several subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Plant Science, and Forestry.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock

They have contributed to a variety of journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Tropical Animal Health and Production
  • Small Ruminant Research
  • Livestock Science
  • Animal Production Science

Recent papers by Alexandre Vaz Pires include the following:

  • Effects of supplementation with narasin, salinomycin, or flavomycin on performance and ruminal fermentation characteristics of Bos indicus Nellore cattle fed with forage-based diets, 2021, Journal of Animal Science
  • Effects of a blend of essential oils and exogenous α-amylase in diets containing different roughage sources for finishing beef cattle, 2020, Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Low doses of monensin for lambs fed diets containing high level of ground flint corn, 2020, Scientia Agricola
  • Narasin inclusion for feedlot lambs fed a diet containing high amounts of ground flint corn, 2020, Scientia Agricola
  • Milk yield and composition from ewes fed diets containing narasin and their lambs' performance, 2020, Translational Animal Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alexandre Vaz Pires are:

  • Evandro Maia Ferreira
  • Daniel Montanher Polizel
  • Janaína Socolovski Biava
  • Marcos Vinícius de Castro Ferraz
  • Rhaíssa Garcia de Assis

Best Publications

  • Nutrição de ruminantes

    T. T. Berchielli;Alexandre Vaz Pires;S. G. Oliveira

  • Grazing behaviour, herbage intake and animal performance of beef cattle heifers on marandu palisade grass subjected to intensities of continuous stocking management

    S. C. Da Silva;F. M. A. Gimenes;D. O. L. Sarmento;A. F. Sbrissia

  • Desempenho e características da carcaça de cordeiros confinados alimentados com grãos de soja

    Fumi Shibata Urano;Alexandre Vaz Pires;Ivanete Susin;Clayton Quirino Mendes

  • Resistance of Santa Ines and crossbred ewes to naturally acquired gastrointestinal nematode infections

    Alessandro Francisco Talamini do Amarante;I. Susin;R. A. Rocha;M. B. Silva

  • Effects of Heat Treatment and Physical Processing of Cottonseed on Nutrient Digestibility and Production Performance by Lactating Cows

    A.V. Pires;M.L. Eastridge;J.L. Firkins;Y.C. Lin

  • Polpa cítrica em rações para cordeiros em confinamento: características da carcaça e qualidade da carne

    Gustavo Henrique Rodrigues;Ivanete Susin;Alexandre Vaz Pires;Clayton Quirino Mendes

  • Production and blood parameters of Holstein cows treated prepartum with sodium monensin or propylene glycol.

    S. O. Juchem;Flávio Augusto Portela Santos;H. Imaizumi;Alexandre Vaz Pires

  • Encapsulated nitrate and cashew nut shell liquid on blood and rumen constituents, methane emission, and growth performance of lambs.

    H M El-Zaiat;R C Araujo;Yosra Ahmed Soltan;Yosra Ahmed Soltan;Amr Salah Morsy

  • Nutrient digestibility and ruminal fatty acid metabolism in lambs supplemented with soybean oil partially replaced by fish oil blend

    Evandro Maia Ferreira;Alexandre Vaz Pires;Ivanete Susin;Marcos Vinicius Biehl

  • Milk yield, milk composition, eating behavior, and lamb performance of ewes fed diets containing soybean hulls replacing coastcross (Cynodon species) hay.

    R. C. Araujo;Alexandre Vaz Pires;Ivanete Susin;C. Q. Mendes

  • Field study on nematode resistance in Nelore-breed cattle.

    P A Bricarello;L G Zaros;L L Coutinho;R A Rocha

  • Performance of Santa Ines lambs fed diets of variable crude protein levels

    Márcia Helena Machado da Rocha;Ivanete Susin;Alexandre Vaz Pires;Jalme de Souza Fernandes

  • Comportamento ingestivo de cordeiros e digestibilidade dos nutrientes de dietas contendo alta proporção de concentrado e diferentes fontes de fibra em detergente neutro

    Clayton Quirino Mendes;Vicente de França Turino;Ivanete Susin;Alexandre Vaz Pires

  • Efeito da condição corporal ao parto sobre alguns parâmetros do metabolismo energético, produção de leite e incidência de doenças no pós-parto de vacas leiteiras

    Ernani Paulino do Lago;Alexandre Vaz Pires;Ivanete Susin;Vidal Pedroso de Faria

  • Growth, feed intake, carcass characteristics, and meat fatty acid profile of lambs fed soybean oil partially replaced by fish oil blend

    E.M. Ferreira;A.V. Pires;I. Susin;R.S. Gentil

  • Effects of temperament on physiological, productive, and reproductive responses in Bos indicus beef cows

    R. F Cooke;K. M Schubach;R. S Marques;R. F. G Peres

  • A combination of nutrition and genetics is able to reduce age at puberty in Nelore heifers to below 18 months

    M V C Ferraz;A V Pires;M H Santos;R G Silva

  • Effects of temperament on physiological, productive, and reproductive responses in beef cows.

    R F Cooke;K M Schubach;R S Marques;R F G Peres

  • Energy efficiency of growing ram lambs fed concentrate-based diets with different roughage sources

    D. B. Galvani;A. V. Pires;I. Susin;V. N. Gouvêa

  • Effect of pre-partum dam supplementation, creep-feeding and post-weaning feedlot on age at puberty in Nellore heifers.

    Delci D. Nepomuceno;Alexandre V. Pires;Marcos V.C. Ferraz;Marcos V. Biehl

  • Digestibility, fermentation and rumen microbiota of crossbred heifers fed diets with different soybean oil availabilities in the rumen

    G. Fiorentini;J. D. Messana;P. H M Dian;R. A. Reis

  • Roasted soybeans, blood meal, and tallow as sources of fat and ruminally undegradable protein in the diets of lactating cows.

    A.V. Pires;M.L. Eastridge;J.L. Firkins

  • Use of blanks to determine in vitro net gas and methane production when using rumen fermentation modifiers

    R.C. Araujo;A.V. Pires;G.B. Mourão;A.L. Abdalla

  • The reused progesterone device has the same effect on short or long estrus synchronization protocols in tropical sheep.

    Marcos Vinicius Biehl;Marcos Vinicius Castro de Ferraz Junior;José Paulo Roman Barroso;Ivanete Susin

  • Effects of narasin supplementation on dry matter intake and rumen fermentation characteristics of Bos indicus steers fed a high-forage diet

    Daniel M Polizel;Bruno I Cappellozza;Fernanda Hoe;Catarina N Lopes

  • Growth, feed intake, carcass characteristics, and eating behavior of feedlot lambs fed high-concentrate diets containing soybean hulls.

    E. M. Ferreira;A. V. Pires;I. Susin;C. Q. Mendes

  • Effects of supplementation with narasin, salinomycin, or flavomycin on performance and ruminal fermentation characteristics of Bos indicus Nellore cattle fed with forage-based diets.

    Arnaldo Cintra Limede;Rodrigo S Marques;Daniel Montanher Polizel;Bruno Ieda Cappellozza

  • Net greenhouse gas emissions from manure management using anaerobic digestion technology in a beef cattle feedlot in Brazil

    Ciniro Costa Junior;Carlos E.P. Cerri;Alexandre V. Pires;Carlos C. Cerri

  • Plasma and milk fatty acid profiles in goats fed diets supplemented with oils from soybean, linseed or fish

    Omer C. Almeida;Marcos V.C. Ferraz;Ivanete Susin;Renato S. Gentil

  • Flint corn grain processing and citrus pulp level in finishing diets for feedlot cattle

    Vinicius N Gouvêa;Fernanda Batistel;Jonas de Souza;Lucas J Chagas

  • Intake, nutrient apparent digestibility and ruminal constituents of sheep fed diets with canola, sunflower or castor oils

    Michelle de Oliveira Maia;Ivanete Susin;Evandro Maia Ferreira;Cristine Paduan Nolli

  • Metabolizable protein supply according to the nrc (2001) for dairy cows grazing elephant grass

    Tadeu Vinhas Voltolini;Flávio Augusto Portela Santos;Junio Cesar Martinez;Hugo Imaizumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Telma Teresinha Berchielli
Telma Teresinha Berchielli Sao Paulo State University
Luiz Gustavo Nussio
Luiz Gustavo Nussio Universidade de São Paulo
Gerson Barreto Mourão
Gerson Barreto Mourão Universidade de São Paulo
M.L. Eastridge
M.L. Eastridge The Ohio State University
Ricardo Andrade Reis
Ricardo Andrade Reis Sao Paulo State University
Reinaldo F Cooke
Reinaldo F Cooke Texas A&M University
Adibe Luiz Abdalla
Adibe Luiz Abdalla Universidade de São Paulo
D. W. Bohnert
D. W. Bohnert Oregon State University
Helder Louvandini
Helder Louvandini Universidade de São Paulo
Mario Binelli
Mario Binelli University of Florida

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