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Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira

Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
27
Citations
2911
World Ranking
2794
National Ranking
130

Overview

Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira is affiliated with the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Agronomy and Crop Science as well as Animal Science and Zoology. They have contributed extensively to the study of ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and meat and animal product quality.

Their work addresses diverse topics including agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, botanical research and applications, soil management and crop yield, and the effects of environmental stressors on livestock. These research interests reflect a broad engagement with animal and plant sciences applied in agricultural contexts.

Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira has published in several notable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Tropical Animal Health and Production
  • Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Animals
  • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
  • Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia

Among their recent papers are:

  • Prediction of carcass composition through measurements in vivo and measurements of the carcass of growing Santa Inês sheep (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • Grazing intensity as a management strategy in tropical grasses for beef cattle production: a meta-analysis (2021, animal)
  • Partially replacing sorghum silage with cactus (Opuntia stricta) cladodes in a soybean oil-supplemented diet markedly increases trans-11 18:1, cis-9, trans-11 CLA and 18:2 n-6 contents in cow milk (2020, Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition)
  • UTILIZAÇÃO DE PASTAGENS EM REGIÕES SEMIÁRIDAS: ASPECTOS AGRONÔMICOS E VALOR NUTRICIONAL - Revisão (2020, Arquivos do Mudi)
  • Nutritional Quality of Milk Fat from Cows Fed Full-Fat Corn Germ in Diets Containing Cactus Opuntia and Sugarcane Bagasse as Forage Sources (2023, Animals)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Antônia Sherlânea Chaves Véras
  • María Luciana Menezes Wanderley Neves
  • Carolina Corrêa de Figueiredo Monteiro
  • Lígia Maria Gomes Barreto
  • Marco Antônio Sundfeld da Gama

Best Publications

  • Caracterização da vegetação de Caatinga e da dieta de novilhos no Sertão de Pernambuco

    José Nilton Moreira;Mário de Andrade Lira;Mércia Virginia Ferreira dos Santos;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira

  • Níveis de energia em dietas para ovinos Santa Inês: características de carcaça e constituintes corporais

    Kaliandra Souza Alves;Francisco Fernando Ramos de Carvalho;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Antônia Sherlânea Chaves Véras

  • Palma forrageira em substituição ao feno de capim-elefante: efeito sobre consumo, digestibilidade e características de fermentação ruminal em ovinos

    Safira Valença Bispo;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Antonia Sherlânea Chaves Véras;Ângela Maria Vieira Batista

  • Avaliação de indicadores em estudos com ruminantes: digestibilidade

    Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;Marcos Inácio Marcondes;Mônica Lopes Paixão

  • Estratégias na suplementação de vacas leiteiras no semi-árido do Brasil

    Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Fabiana Maria da Silva;Safira Valença Bispo;Marcílio de Azevedo

  • Efeito dos níveis de concentrado sobre os componentes não-carcaça de ovinos Morada Nova em confinamento

    Geovergue Rodrigues de Medeiros;Francisco Fernando Ramos de Carvalho;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Kaliandra Souza Alves

  • Consumo, conversão alimentar, ganho de peso e características da carcaça de bovinos F1 Simental x Nelore

    Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;José Fernando Coelho da Silva;Mário Fonseca Paulino

  • Substituição parcial do farelo de soja por uréia e palma forrageira (Opuntia fícus indica Mill) em dietas para vacas em lactação: I. Desempenho

    Airon Aparecido Silva de Melo;Airon Aparecido Silva de Melo;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Antonia Sherlânea Chaves Verás;Mario de Andrade Lira

  • Palma Forrageira (Opuntia ficus indica Mill) em Substituição à Silagem de Sorgo (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) na Alimentação de Vacas Leiteiras

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  • Cactus [Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw] cladodes and corn silage: How do we maximize the performance of lactating dairy cows reared in semiarid regions?

    Gláucia Sabrine de Oliveira Moraes;Adriana Guim;José Nildo Tabosa;Juana Catarina Cariri Chagas

  • Composição corporal e exigências líquidas de proteína e energia para ganho de peso de bovinos F1 Simental x Nelore

    Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;José Fernando Coelho da Silva;Mário Fonseca Paulino

  • Características das carcaças, biometria do trato gastrintestinal, tamanho dos órgãos internos e conteúdo gastrintestinal de bovinos F1 Simental x Nelore alimentados com dietas contendo vários níveis de concentrado

    Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;Elaine Barbosa Muniz;Antônia Sherlânea Chaves Veras

  • Can spineless forage cactus be the queen of forage crops in dryland areas

    Rubem Ramos Rocha Filho;Djalma Cordeiro Santos;Antonia Sherlânea Chaves Véras;Michelle Christina Bernardo Siqueira

  • Efeito do nível de concentrado sobre o peso dos órgãos internos e do conteúdo gastrintestinal de bovinos Nelore não-castrados

    Antonia Sherlânea Chaves Véras;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;José Fernando Coelho da Silva;Mário Fonseca Paulino

  • Níveis de energia em dietas para ovinos Santa Inês: digestibilidade aparente

    Kaliandra Souza Alves;Francisco Fernando Ramos de Carvalho;Antônia Sherlânea Chaves Véras;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira

  • Optimizing the use of spineless cactus in the diets of cattle: total and partial digestibility, fiber dynamics and ruminal parameters.

    Michelle C.B. Siqueira;Marcelo de A. Ferreira;João Paulo I. dos S. Monnerat;Janaina de L. Silva

  • A new cactus variety for dairy cows in areas infested with Dactylopius opuntiae.

    C. C. F. Monteiro;M. A. Ferreira;A. S. C. Véras;S. I. Guido

  • Sugarcane bagasse as exclusive roughage for dairy cows in smallholder livestock system

    Gleidiana Amélia Pontes de Almeida;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Janaina de Lima Silva;Juana Catarina Cariri Chagas

  • Spineless cactus as a replacement for wheat bran in sugar cane-based diets for sheep: intake, digestibility, and ruminal parameters

    Stephany Emyle Barbosa Lins;Ricardo Alexandre Silva Pessoa;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;José Maurício de Souza Campos

  • Carcass characteristics of lambs fed spineless cactus as a replacement for sugarcane.

    Juliana Paula Felipe de Oliveira;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Adryanne Marjorie Souza Vitor Alves;Ana Caroline Cerqueira de Melo

  • Aceitabilidade por novilhas Girolando e valor nutricional da palma orelha-de-elefante-mexicana armazenada por diferentes períodos

    Evannielly Thuanny dos Santos Silva;Airon Aparecido Silva de Melo;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Júlio César Vieira de Oliveira

  • Can cactus (Opuntia stricta [Haw.] Haw) cladodes plus urea replace wheat bran in steers’ diet?

    Maria Gabriela da Conceição;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Janaina de Lima Silva;Cléber Thiago Ferreira Costa

  • Intake, digestibility, and performance of lambs fed spineless cactus cv. Orelha de Elefante Mexicana.

    Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Ângela Maria Vieira Batista;Michel do Vale Maciel

  • Effect of processing and feeding strategy of the spineless cactus (Opuntia fícus-indica Mill.) for lactating cows: Ingestive behavior

    Márcio da Silva Vilela;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Marcílio de Azevedo;Elisa Cristina Modesto

  • Orelha de Elefante Mexicana (Opuntia stricta [Haw.] Haw.) spineless cactus as an option in crossbred dairy cattle diet

    R.C. Silva;M.A. Ferreira;J.C.V. Oliveira;D.C. Santos

  • Prediction of carcass composition through measurements in vivo and measurements of the carcass of growing Santa Inês sheep.

    Mariléa Batista Gomes;Maria Luciana Menezes Wanderley Neves;Lígia Maria Gomes Barreto;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira

  • Nutritional and performance viability of cactus Opuntia -based diets with different concentrate levels for Girolando lactating dairy cows

    Jonas Gomes Inácio;Maria Gabriela da Conceição;Djalma Cordeiro dos Santos;Júlio César Vieira de Oliveira

  • Performance of lambs fed alternative protein sources to soybean meal

    Felipe José Lins Alves;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Stela Antas Urbano;Rafael de Paula Xavier de Andrade

  • Intake, total and partial digestibility of nutrients, and ruminal kinetics in crossbreed steers fed with multiple supplements containing spineless cactus enriched with urea

    C.T.F. Costa;M.A. Ferreira;J.M.S. Campos;A. Guim

  • Intake, performance, and carcass characteristics of lambs fed spineless cactus replacing wheat bran.

    Sabrina Carla Rodrigues Felix;Ricardo Alexandre Silva Pessoa;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Luciana Felizardo Pereira Soares

  • Partially replacing sorghum silage with cactus (Opuntia stricta) cladodes in a soybean oil-supplemented diet markedly increases trans-11 18:1, cis-9, trans-11 CLA and 18:2 n-6 contents in cow milk

    Marco A S Gama;Talita A de Paula;Antônia S C Véras;Sebastião I Guido

  • The Use of Cactus as Forage for Dairy Cows in Semi- Arid Regions of Brazil

    Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Safira Valença Bispo;Rubem Ramos Rocha Filho;Stela Antas Urbano

  • LAMB FEEDING STRATEGIES DURING THE PRE-WEANING PERIOD IN INTENSIVE MEAT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

    Stela Antas Urbano;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;Adriano Henrique do Nascimento Rangel;Dorgival Morais de Lima Júnior

  • Replacement of wheat bran with spineless cactus in sugarcane-based diets for steers

    Maria Gabriela da Conceição;Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira;José Maurício de Souza Campos;Janaina de Lima Silva

  • Nutritional Performance and Metabolic Characteristics of Cattle Fed Spineless Cactus

    M. C. B. de Siqueira;M. A. Ferreira;J. P. I. S. Monnerat;J. L. Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonia Sherlânea Chaves Véras
Antonia Sherlânea Chaves Véras Rural Federal University of Pernambuco
Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho
Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Rilene Ferreira Diniz Valadares
Rilene Ferreira Diniz Valadares Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Mário Fonseca Paulino
Mário Fonseca Paulino Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Marcos Inácio Marcondes
Marcos Inácio Marcondes Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Edenio Detmann
Edenio Detmann Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Pedro Veiga Rodrigues Paulino
Pedro Veiga Rodrigues Paulino Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Geraldo Tadeu dos Santos
Geraldo Tadeu dos Santos State University of Maringa
Leilson Rocha Bezerra
Leilson Rocha Bezerra Federal University of Campina Grande
Augusto César de Queiroz
Augusto César de Queiroz Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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