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Concepta McManus

Concepta McManus

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Brazil
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
46
Citations
8220
World Ranking
772
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Concepta McManus is affiliated with the University of Brasília in Brazil, with a research focus spanning Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work includes contributions to both applied agricultural methodologies and genetic studies within livestock and plant sciences.

Their research covers several subfields, including Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Ecology. Key topics addressed in their publications are genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, scientometrics and bibliometrics research, animal genetics and reproduction, smart agriculture and artificial intelligence, remote sensing in agriculture, and animal nutrition and physiology.

Notable papers by Concepta McManus include:

  • Irrigated rice crop identification in Southern Brazil using convolutional neural networks and Sentinel-1 time series, 2021, Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment
  • Instance segmentation of center pivot irrigation systems using multi-temporal SENTINEL-1 SAR images, 2021, Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment
  • Use of infrared thermography to estimate enteric methane production in dairy heifers, 2021, Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal
  • Hatching Egg Sanitizers Based on Essential Oils: Microbiological Parameters, Hatchability, and Poultry Health, 2024, Antibiotics
  • Impact of Open Access Policy on Brazilian Science and Global Trends, 2024, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Concepta McManus has collaborated frequently with several co-authors: Felipe Pimentel, Daniel Pimentel, Vanessa Peripolli, Renato Fontes Guimarães, and Vinícius Silva Junqueira. Their collaborative work has contributed to a wide array of studies primarily in agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist publishes regularly in journals including Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Tropical Animal Health and Production, Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment, Livestock Science, and Ciência Animal Brasileira. Their research outputs contribute across diverse domains that integrate genetics, animal sciences, and agricultural technology.

Best Publications

  • Desempenho produtivo e biometria das visceras de codornas francesas alimentadas com diferentes niveis de energia metabolizavel e proteína bruta

    Marcelo Jose de Mello Rezende;Leandro Pinheiro Flauzina;Concepta McManus;Larissa Queiroz Medeiros de Oliveira

  • Heat tolerance in Brazilian sheep: physiological and blood parameters.

    Concepta McManus;Giane Regina Paludo;Helder Louvandini;Rosilene Gugel

  • Infrared thermography in animal production

    Concepta McManus;Candice B. Tanure;Vanessa Peripolli;Luiza Seixas

  • Heat tolerance in naturalized Brazilian cattle breeds

    C. McManus;E. Prescott;G.R. Paludo;E. Bianchini

  • Genetics and breeding of sheep in Brazil

    Concepta McManus;Samuel Rezende Paiva;Ronyere Olegário de Araújo

  • Skin and coat traits in sheep in Brazil and their relation with heat tolerance.

    Concepta McManus;Helder Louvandini;Rosilene Gugel;Luiz Cláudio Bastos Sasaki

  • Fatores ambientais e parâmetros genéticos para características produtivas e reprodutivas em um rebanho nelore no estado do Mato Grosso do Sul

    Jânio Coelho da Silveira;Concepta McManus;Arthur dos Santos Mascioli;Luiz Otávio Campos da Silva

  • Morphological measurements and body indices for Cuban Creole goats and their crossbreds

    Edilberto Chacón;Fernando Macedo;Francisco Velázquez;Samuel Rezende Paiva

  • Dynamics of Cattle Production in Brazil.

    Concepta McManus;Júlio Otávio Jardim Barcellos;Bruna Krummenauer Formenton;Potira Meirelles Hermuche

  • Características corporais associadas com a adaptação ao calor em bovinos naturalizados brasileiros

    Eliandra Bianchini;Concepta McManus;Carolina Madeira Lucci;Marcos César Barbosa Fernandes

  • Use of heat tolerance traits in discriminating between groups of sheep in central Brazil

    Marlos Castanheira;Samuel Rezende Paiva;Helder Louvandini;Aline Landim

  • Mastitis detection in sheep by infrared thermography

    Rafhael Felipe Saraiva Martins;Tiago do Prado Paim;Cyntia de Abreu Cardoso;Bruno Stéfano Lima Dallago

  • Características biométricas testiculares para avaliação de touros zebuínos da raça Nelore

    Maria Marina Unanian;Antonio Emidio Dias Feliciano Silva;Concepta McManus;Eduardo Penteado Cardoso

  • Genetic variability of the Brazilian hair sheep breeds

    Samuel Rezende Paiva;Vanessa Chaves Silvério;Andréa Alves Egito;Concepta McManus

  • Present status of the conservation of livestock genetic resources in Brazil

    A. da S. Mariante;M. do S.M. Albuquerque;A.A. Egito;C. McManus

  • Heat stress effects on sheep: Are hair sheep more heat resistant?

    Concepta M. McManus;Danielle A. Faria;Carolina M. Lucci;Helder Louvandini

  • Morphological characterization of sheep breeds in Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia.

    H. Carneiro;Helder Louvandini;Samuel Rezende Paiva;F. Macedo

  • Genetic resources and genomics for adaptation of livestock to climate change

    Paul J. Boettcher;Irene Hoffmann;Roswitha Baumung;Adam G. Drucker

  • Physiological and thermographic response to heat stress in zebu cattle

    C.C. Cardoso;V. Peripolli;S.A. Amador;E.G. Brandão

  • Economic values for production traits of Morada Nova meat sheep in a pasture based production system in semi-arid Brazil

    Raimundo Nonato Braga Lôbo;Raimundo Nonato Braga Lôbo;Igor Daniell Costa Pereira;Olivardo Facó;Concepta Margaret McManus

  • Scrotal infrared digital thermography as a predictor of seasonal effects on sperm traits in Braford bulls

    Silvio Renato Oliveira Menegassi;Júlio Otavio Jardim Barcellos;Eduardo Antunes Dias;Celso Koetz

  • Influence of protein supplementation on the resistance and resilience on young hair sheep naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes during rainy and dry seasons.

    H. Louvandini;C.F.M. Veloso;G.R. Paludo;A. Dell’Porto

  • Efeitos geneticos e fenotipicos sobre caracteristicas de producao e reproducao de ovinos deslanados no Distrito Federal

    Maurício Quesada;Concepta McManus;Flávio Augusto D´Araújo Couto

  • Selection methods for resistance to and tolerance of helminths in livestock

    Concepta McManus;Tiago do Prado Paim;Cristiano Barros de Melo;Bruno S. A. F. Brasil

  • Curvas de crescimento de ovinos Bergamácia criados no Distrito Federal

    Concepta McManus;Cibele Evangelista;Luiz Augusto Costa Fernandes;Roberto Meirelles de Miranda

  • Geographical distribution of sheep breeds in Brazil and their relationship with climatic and environmental factors as risk classification for conservation

    Concepta McManus;Concepta McManus;Potira Hermuche;Samuel Rezende Paiva;José Carlos Ferrugem Moraes

Frequent Co-Authors

Helder Louvandini
Helder Louvandini Universidade de São Paulo
Samuel Rezende Paiva
Samuel Rezende Paiva Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Adibe Luiz Abdalla
Adibe Luiz Abdalla Universidade de São Paulo
Vivian Fischer
Vivian Fischer Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Raimundo Nonato Braga Lôbo
Raimundo Nonato Braga Lôbo Universidade Federal do Ceará
Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva
Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Larry A. Kuehn
Larry A. Kuehn Agricultural Research Service
Solange Maria Gennari
Solange Maria Gennari Universidade de São Paulo
Ricardo Almeida
Ricardo Almeida University of Aveiro

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