Name: Luiz Felipe Ferraretto
Country of Origin: Brazil
Area of Specialization: Dairy Nutrition
Focus of Research: Corn silage quality and utilization by lactating dairy cows
Degree Program: PhD in Dairy Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Year in school: 2nd year
Future plans: conduct research on applied dairy nutrition, either in the industry or academia
Award won at JAM 2012: 3rd place Land O’Lakes, Purina Feed LLC Graduate Student Poster Contest MS Division
Name: Paula R. Basso Silva
Country of origin: Brazil
Area of specialization: Dairy production and reproduction
Focus of research: Effects of prepartum grouping strategy on immunity, metabolites, health, production and reproduction of dairy cows.
Degree program: Ph.D. in Animal Science at University of Minnesota
Year in school: 1st year of Ph.D. program
Future plans: My plans are to continue researching the effects of different transition period managements on immunity, metabolites, health, production and reproduction of dairy cows.
Award won: 1st place Graduate Student Poster Contest MS Division, July of 2012
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