Ramon Malheiros
Assistant Professor - Poultry Nutrition, Reproduction and Physiology
Scott Hall 262
Bio
Dr. Ramon D. Malheiros earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, and his Ph.D. from São Paulo State University in São Paulo (UNESP), Brazil. He also spent time as Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Laboratory of Physiology of Domestic Animals at KUL, Belgium. His research focuses on Broiler Breeders physiology and management, and how to evaluate alternative feed ingredients, new feed additives and incubation parameters. He evaluates how these affect animal growth, carcass development, intestinal health, blood biochemistry, rooster sperm quality, animal performance in production phase, egg quality (internal and external), egg fertility, egg incubation parameters, embryo development, and hatchability.
Education
B.S. Veterinary Medicine (DVM) Federal University Of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1992
M.S. Animal Production Federal University Of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1995
Ph.D. Animal Science São Paulo State University (UNESP - FCAV), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil 2000
Postdoctoral Laboratory of Immunology and Physiology of Domestic Animals Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.L, Leuven, Belgium, EU 2001
Postdoctoral Laboratory of Muscle Biology NC State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 2008
Publications
- Addition of a protected complex of biofactors and antioxidants to breeder hen diets confers transgenerational protection against Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in progeny chicks , POULTRY SCIENCE (2023)
- Determination of the Optimal Dietary Amino Acid Ratio Based on Egg Quality for Japanese Quail Breeder , AGRICULTURE-BASEL (2023)
- Evaluation of Physical Egg Quality Parameters of Commercial Brown Laying Hens Housed in Five Production Systems , ANIMALS (2023)
- The Effect of Housing Environment on Commercial Brown Egg Layer Production, USDA Grade and USDA Size Distribution , ANIMALS (2023)
- Influence of dietary dacitic tuff breccia on laying hen performance and egg quality parameters and bone structure at 85 weeks of age after a non-anorexic molt program at 73 to 77 weeks , POULTRY SCIENCE (2022)
- Peanut Skins as a Natural Antimicrobial Feed Additive To Reduce the Transmission of Salmonella in Poultry Meat Produced for Human Consumption , JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION (2022)
- Feeding Laying Hens a Diet Containing High-Oleic Peanuts or Oleic Acid Enriches Yolk Color and Beta-Carotene While Reducing the Saturated Fatty Acid Content in Eggs , AGRICULTURE-BASEL (2021)
- Microencapsulated and uncoated butyric acid as alternative additives to the regeneration of intestinal mucosa in broilers challenged with Eimeria spp. , BRITISH POULTRY SCIENCE (2021)
- The Effect of Feeding Hens a Peanut Skin-Containing Diet on Hen Performance, and Shell Egg Quality and Lipid Chemistry , AGRICULTURE-BASEL (2021)
- The Effects of Feeding a Whole-in-Shell Peanut-Containing Diet on Layer Performance and the Quality and Chemistry of Eggs Produced , AGRICULTURE-BASEL (2021)