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Marcos Inácio Marcondes

Marcos Inácio Marcondes

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
32
Citations
4158
World Ranking
2112
National Ranking
83

Overview

Marcos Inácio Marcondes is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Viçosa in Brazil. Their research contributions focus extensively on topics related to agricultural and biological sciences, with significant work in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their primary subfields of study include agronomy and crop science, genetics, animal science and zoology, as well as small animals and ecology.

The main research topics covered by Marcos Inácio Marcondes span ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, reproductive physiology in livestock, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, animal health and immunology, and animal behavior and welfare studies.

Marcondes has published research in multiple venues, contributing frequently to the following journals:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • animal
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Animal Science
  • The Journal of Agricultural Science

Some of the recent published papers associated with their research area include:

  • "Review: Overview of factors affecting productive lifespan of dairy cows," 2020, animal
  • "Estimating body weight, body condition score, and type traits in dairy cows using three dimensional cameras and manual body measurements," 2020, Livestock Science
  • "Enteric methane mitigation strategies for ruminant livestock systems in the Latin America and Caribbean region: A meta-analysis," 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Energy and protein requirements of Holstein × Gyr crossbred heifers," 2020, animal
  • "Energy requirements for pregnant dairy cows," 2020, PLoS ONE

Marcondes collaborates frequently with coauthors such as Polyana Pizzi Rotta, Alex Lopes da Silva, Caio Júlio Lima Herbster, Elzânia Sales Pereira, and Pedro Del Bianco Benedeti. These collaborations suggest active involvement in multidisciplinary teams focusing on livestock and agricultural research.

Best Publications

  • Review: Overview of factors affecting productive lifespan of dairy cows.

    A. De Vries;M.I. Marcondes

  • Exigências Nutricionais de Zebuínos Puros e Cruzados - BR-CORTE

    Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;Luiz Fernando Costa e Silva;Mateus Pies Gionbelli;Polyana Pizzi Rotta

  • Bacterial Community Dynamics across the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Dairy Calves during Preweaning Development

    Juliana Dias;Juliana Dias;Marcos Inácio Marcondes;Shirley Motta de Souza;Barbara Cardoso da Mata e Silva

  • Estimating body weight, body condition score, and type traits in dairy cows using three dimensional cameras and manual body measurements

    B.M. Martins;A.L.C. Mendes;L.F. Silva;T.R. Moreira

  • 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

  • Evaluation of the length of adaptation period for changeover and crossover nutritional experiments with cattle fed tropical forage-based diets

    Marcelo G. Machado;Edenio Detmann;Hilário C. Mantovani;Sebastião C. Valadares Filho

  • Nutrient Requirements of Zebu and Crossbred Cattle - BR-CORTE

    Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;Luiz Fernando Costa e Silva;Mateus Pies Gionbelli;Polyana Pizzi Rotta

  • Enteric methane mitigation strategies for ruminant livestock systems in the Latin America and Caribbean region: A meta-analysis

    Guilhermo Francklin de Souza Congio;Guilhermo Francklin de Souza Congio;André Bannink;André Bannink;Olga Lucía Mayorga Mogollón;Alexander Nikolov Hristov

  • Effect of Pre-weaning Diet on the Ruminal Archaeal, Bacterial, and Fungal Communities of Dairy Calves.

    Juliana Dias;Juliana Dias;Marcos I. Marcondes;Melline F. Noronha;Rafael T. Resende

  • Consumo, digestibilidade e excreção de uréia e derivados de purinas em vacas de diferentes níveis de produção de leite

    Mário Luiz Chizzotti;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;Rilene Ferreira Diniz Valadares;Fernanda Helena Martins Chizzotti

  • Consumo e digestibilidade aparente total dos nutrientes, produção e composição do leite de vacas alimentadas com dietas contendo diferentes fontes de proteína

    Douglas dos Santos Pina;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;Rilene Ferreira Diniz Valadares;José Maurício de Souza Campos

  • Soybean meal replaced by slow release urea in finishing diets for beef cattle

    P.D.B. Benedeti;P.V.R. Paulino;M.I. Marcondes;S.C. Valadares Filho

  • Intake, digestibility and urinary excretion of urea and purine derivatives in heifers with different body weights

    Mario Luiz Chizzotti;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;Rilene Ferreira Diniz Valadares;Fernanda Helena Martins Chizzotti

  • Nutrient requirements of Zebu beef cattle - BR - Corte.

    S. de Campos Valadares Filho;M. I. Marcondes;M. L. Chizzotti;P. V. Rodrigues Paulino

  • Energy and protein requirements of Santa Ines lambs, a breed of hair sheep

    E.S. Pereira;F.W.R. Lima;M.I. Marcondes;J.P.P. Rodrigues

  • Assessing the impact of rumen microbial communities on methane emissions and production traits in Holstein cows in a tropical climate

    Camila S. Cunha;Cristina M. Veloso;Marcos I. Marcondes;Hilario C. Mantovani

  • Effect of maternal nutrition and days of gestation on pituitary gland and gonadal gene expression in cattle

    M.M.D.C.A. Weller;M.M.D.C.A. Weller;M.R.S. Fortes;M.I. Marcondes;P.P. Rotta

  • Predicting efficiency of use of metabolizable energy to net energy for gain and maintenance of Nellore cattle.

    M. I. Marcondes;M. I. Marcondes;L. O. Tedeschi;S. C. Valadares Filho;M. P. Gionbelli

  • Digesta sampling sites and marker methods for estimation of ruminal outflow in bulls fed different proportions of corn silage or sugarcane.

    P. P. Rotta;P. P. Rotta;S. C. Valadares Filho;E. Detmann;L. F. Costa e Silva;L. F. Costa e Silva

  • Effect of selected feed additives to improve growth and health of dairy calves.

    Luisa F. L. Salazar;Luis A. Nero;Maria E. M. Campos-Galvão;Cristina S. Cortinhas

  • Maintenance and growth requirements in male and female hair lambs

    E.S. Pereira;M.W.F. Pereira;M.I. Marcondes;A.N. de Medeiros

  • Dietary protein reduction on microbial protein, amino acid digestibility, and body retention in beef cattle: 2. Amino acid intestinal absorption and their efficiency for whole-body deposition.

    L D S Mariz;P M Amaral;S C Valadares Filho;S A Santos

  • Mammary gland development of dairy heifers fed diets containing increasing levels of metabolisable protein: metabolisable energy.

    Ronan L Albino;Marcos I Marcondes;Robert M Akers;Edenio Detmann

  • Production, economic viability and risks associated with switching dairy cows from drylots to compost bedded pack systems

    M.I. Marcondes;W.H. Mariano;A. De Vries

  • Prediction of physical and chemical body compositions of purebred and crossbred Nellore cattle using the composition of a rib section

    M. I. Marcondes;M. I. Marcondes;L. O. Tedeschi;S. C. Valadares Filho;M. L. Chizzotti

  • Nutritional and productive performance of dairy cows fed corn silage or sugarcane silage with or without additives

    Felipe Leite de Andrade;João Paulo Pacheco Rodrigues;Edenio Detmann;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho

  • Macrominerals and trace element requirements for beef cattle

    Luiz Fernando Costa e Silva;Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho;Terry Eugene Engle;Polyana Pizzi Rotta

  • Effects of Partial Replacement of Corn with Glycerin on Ruminal Fermentation in a Dual-Flow Continuous Culture System.

    Pedro Del Bianco Benedeti;Pedro Del Bianco Benedeti;Lorrayny Galoro da Silva;Eduardo Marostegan de Paula;Teshome Shenkoru

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho
Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Edenio Detmann
Edenio Detmann Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Mário Luiz Chizzotti
Mário Luiz Chizzotti Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Polyana Pizzi Rotta
Polyana Pizzi Rotta Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Mário Fonseca Paulino
Mário Fonseca Paulino Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Rilene Ferreira Diniz Valadares
Rilene Ferreira Diniz Valadares Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Pedro Veiga Rodrigues Paulino
Pedro Veiga Rodrigues Paulino Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira
Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira Federal Rural University of Pernambuco
A. De Vries
A. De Vries University of Florida
Terry E. Engle
Terry E. Engle Colorado State University

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