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Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante

Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
31
Citations
3134
World Ranking
2331
National Ranking
97

Overview

Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante is affiliated with the Institute of Animal Science and Pastures in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad domains, their work is heavily focused on Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science, and Ecology.

Their main research topics cover genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, reproductive physiology in livestock, and effects of environmental stressors on livestock. Additionally, they investigate genetic mapping and diversity in both plants and animals, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, genetics and plant breeding, and animal nutrition and physiology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • "Enteric methane mitigation strategies for ruminant livestock systems in the Latin America and Caribbean region: A meta-analysis" (2021) published in the Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Assessing the relationship between the rumen microbiota and feed efficiency in Nellore steers" (2021) published in the Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
  • "Genetic association among feeding behavior, feed efficiency, and growth traits in growing indicine cattle" (2020) published in the Journal of Animal Science
  • "Meta-analysis across Nellore cattle populations identifies common metabolic mechanisms that regulate feed efficiency-related traits" (2022) published in BMC Genomics
  • "Current applications and perspectives of genomic selection in Bos indicus (Nellore) cattle" (2022) published in Livestock Science

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Joslaine Noely dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo
  • Lúcia Galvão de Albuquerque
  • Sarah Figueiredo Martins Bonilha
  • Fábio Morato Monteiro
  • Roberta Carrilho Canesin

Publication venues where they have consistently appeared are:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Tropical Animal Health and Production
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • BMC Genomics
  • Livestock Science

Best Publications

  • Direct and correlated responses to selection for yearling weight on reproductive performance of Nelore cows.

    M. E. Z. Mercadante;I. U. Packer;A. G. Razook;J. N. S. G. Cyrillo

  • Estimativas de (Co)variâncias entre características de reprodução e de crescimento em fêmeas de um rebanho Nelore

    Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante;Raysildo Barbosa Lôbo;Henrique Nunes de Oliveira

  • Parámetros genéticos para características de crecimiento en cebuínos de carne

    Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante;Raysildo Barbosa Lobo;Arcadio de los Reyes Borjas

  • Estimativas de tendências e parâmetros genéticos do peso padronizado aos 378 dias de idade, medidas corporais e perímetro escrotal de machos Nelore de Sertãozinho, SP

    Joslaine Noely dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo;Alexander George Razook;Leopoldo Andrade de Figueiredo;Luiz Martins Bonilha Neto

  • Herdabilidades e correlações entre pesos do nascimento à idade adulta em rebanhos da raça Nelore

    Arione Augusti Boligon;Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque;Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante;Raysildo Barbosa Lôbo

  • 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

  • Covariance functions for body weight from birth to maturity in Nellore cows

    A. A. Boligon;M. E. Z. Mercadante;S. Forni;Raysildo Barbosa Lôbo

  • Genomic Regions Associated with Feed Efficiency Indicator Traits in an Experimental Nellore Cattle Population.

    Bianca Ferreira Olivieri;Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante;Joslaine Noely dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo;Renata Helena Branco

  • Genome-Wide Association Study for Carcass Traits in an Experimental Nelore Cattle Population.

    Rafael Medeiros de Oliveira Silva;Nedenia Bonvino Stafuzza;Breno de Oliveira Fragomeni;Gregório Miguel Ferreira de Camargo

  • Selection for feed efficiency traits and correlated genetic responses in feed intake and weight gain of Nellore cattle.

    A. L. Grion;M. E. Z. Mercadante;J. N. S. G. Cyrillo;S. F. M. Bonilha

  • Study of relations among age at first calving, average weight gains and weights from weaning to maturity in Nellore cattle

    Arione Augusti Boligon;Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque;Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante;Raysildo Barbosa Lôbo

  • Assessing the relationship between the rumen microbiota and feed efficiency in Nellore steers.

    Déborah Romaskevis Gomes Lopes;Márcio de Souza Duarte;Alex J La Reau;Ibrahim Zuniga Chaves

  • Phenotypic and Genetic Correlations of Feed Efficiency Traits with Growth and Carcass Traits in Nellore Cattle Selected for Postweaning Weight.

    Thais Matos Ceacero;Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante;Joslaine Noely dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo;Roberta Carrilho Canesin

  • Accuracies of genomic prediction of feed efficiency traits using different prediction and validation methods in an experimental Nelore cattle population

    R. M. O. Silva;B. O. Fragomeni;D. A. L. Lourenco;A. F. B. Magalhães

  • Assessment of DGAT1 and LEP gene polymorphisms in three Nelore (Bos indicus) lines selected for growth and their relationship with growth and carcass traits

    F. R. P. Souza;M. E. Z. Mercadante;L. F. S. Fonseca;L. M. S. Ferreira

  • Genetic association among feeding behavior, feed efficiency, and growth traits in growing indicine cattle.

    Lorena Ferreira Benfica;Leandro Sannomiya Sakamoto;Ana Fabrícia Braga Magalhães;Matheus Henrique Vargas de Oliveira

  • Digestion and metabolism of low and high residual feed intake Nellore bulls

    Sarah Figueiredo Martins Bonilha;Renata Helena Branco;Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante;Joslaine Noely dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo

  • The Bacterial and Fungal Microbiota of Nelore Steers Is Dynamic Across the Gastrointestinal Tract and Its Fecal-Associated Microbiota Is Correlated to Feed Efficiency.

    Déborah Romaskevis Gomes Lopes;Alex J. La Reau;Márcio de Souza Duarte;Edenio Detmann

  • Meta-análise para estimativas de herdabilidade para características de crescimento em bovinos de corte

    Juliana Di Giorgio Giannotti;Irineu Umberto Packer;Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante

  • Reproductive tract development and puberty in two lines of Nellore heifers selected for postweaning weight

    F. M. Monteiro;M. E Z Mercadante;C. M. Barros;R. A. Satrapa

  • Relationship between residual feed intake and enteric methane emission in Nellore cattle

    Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante;Ana Paula de Melo Caliman;Roberta Carrilho Canesin;Sarah Figueiredo Martins Bonilha

  • Residual feed intake and blood variables in young Nellore cattle.

    C. F. Nascimento;R. H. Branco;S. F. M. Bonilha;J. N. S. G. Cyrillo

  • Feed efficiency and enteric methane production of Nellore cattle in the feedlot and on pasture

    L. F. Oliveira;A. C. Ruggieri;R. H. Branco;O. L. Cota

  • Genetic and non-genetic effects on calf vigor at birth and preweaning mortality in Nellore calves

    Anita Schmidek;Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da Costa;Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante;Luciandra Macedo de Toledo

  • Body chemical composition of Nellore bulls with different residual feed intakes.

    E. F. M. Bonilha;R. H. Branco;S. F. M. Bonilha;F. L. Araujo

  • Expression of genes related to mitochondrial function in Nellore cattle divergently ranked on residual feed intake

    Larissa Fernanda Simielli Fonseca;Daniele Fernanda Jovino Gimenez;Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante;Sarah Figueiredo Martins Bonilha

  • Feed efficiency, blood parameters, and ingestive behavior of young Nellore males and females

    Sarah Figueiredo Martins Bonilha;Joslaine Noely dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo;Guilherme Pinheiro dos Santos;Renata Helena Branco

  • Prediction of retail beef yield and fat content from live animal and carcass measurements in Nellore cattle.

    L. S. Sakamoto;M. E. Z. Mercadante;S. F. M. Bonilha;R. H. Branco

  • Test post-weaning duration for performance, feed intake and feed efficiency in Nellore cattle

    André Michel de Castilhos;Renata Helena Branco;Alexander George Razook;Sarah Figueiredo Martins Bonilha

  • Genetic parameter estimates for live weight and daily live weight gain obtained for Nellore bulls in a test station using different models

    Fernando Baldi;Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque;Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque;Joslaine Noely dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo;Renata Helena Branco

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque
Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque Sao Paulo State University
Arione Augusti Boligon
Arione Augusti Boligon Sao Paulo State University
Raysildo Barbosa Lôbo
Raysildo Barbosa Lôbo Universidade de São Paulo
Humberto Tonhati
Humberto Tonhati Sao Paulo State University
Fernando Baldi
Fernando Baldi Sao Paulo State University
Henrique Nunes de Oliveira
Henrique Nunes de Oliveira Sao Paulo State University
Saulo da Luz e Silva
Saulo da Luz e Silva Universidade de São Paulo
João Alberto Negrão
João Alberto Negrão Universidade de São Paulo
Edenio Detmann
Edenio Detmann Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Annaiza Braga Bignardi
Annaiza Braga Bignardi Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis

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