Ramon Malheiros
Assistant Professor – Poultry Nutrition, Reproduction and Physiology
Faculty/EHRA
Scott Hall 134B
Area(s) of Expertise
Dr. Malheiros works with poultry nutrition, physiology and reproduction, and conducts research with broiler breeders, turkeys and laying hens, as it relates to improved nutritional and reproductive efficiency in poultry to increase production and egg quality.
Publications
- 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)
- 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)
- The effects of high-oleic peanuts as an alternate feed ingredient on performance, ileal digestibility, apparent metabolizable energy, and histology of the small intestine in laying hens, TRANSLATIONAL ANIMAL SCIENCE (2021)
- Chicken embryo development: metabolic and morphological basis for in ovo feeding technology, POULTRY SCIENCE (2020)
- Effects of functional oils on the growth, carcass and meat characteristics, and intestinal morphology of commercial turkey toms, POULTRY SCIENCE (2020)
- Feeding low dietary levels of organic trace minerals improves broiler performance and reduces excretion of minerals in litter, BRITISH POULTRY SCIENCE (2020)
- Potential Transfer of Peanut and/or Soy Proteins from Poultry Feed to the Meat and/or Eggs Produced, ACS OMEGA (2020)
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)