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Davi Brito de Araujo
M.S. Student
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Biographic Information
Davi Brito de Araujo was born in Mogi Mirim, a small town in the state of Sao Paulo / Brazil,
on February 19, 1981. He is the oldest son of Eduardo Netto de Araujo, a mechanic engineer,
and Arlete Aparecida Brito de Araujo, sport educator. Davi spent his childhood between his two
grandmother's ranches. He is the oldest grandson of Eivany Julianetti de Brito, who owns a
range cattle ranch in Aquidauana / MS, and an orange grove and feedlot ranch in Mogi Mirim /SP.
Davi started his Veterinary Medicine undergraduate program at the Sao Paulo State University
(UNESP) - Botucatu / SP, in 2000. The UNESP - Botucatu Vet School has been ranked among the Top
2 programs in the country during the last 10 years. During the five years of his undergraduate
program, Davi participated at the Beef and Dairy Cattle Study Group (CONAPEC Jr.) with his first
advisor Dr. Jose Luiz Moraes Vasconcelos, who came up with the opportunity of Davi studying in
the USA during his last two semesters of his undergraduate program.
In January 2005, Davi started an internship at UC Davis - VMTRC Tulare, advised by Dr Jose
Eduardo Portela Santos, where he had the chance to work with nutrition, reproduction and
health of dairy cattle. On July 2005, he moved to Ona, Florida, where he started another
internship, at this time advised by Dr. John Arthington at the Range Cattle REC. At Ona,
Davi worked with beef nutrition and immunology, along with his good ol' friend Reinaldo Cooke.
Davi received his veterinarian BS degree in November of 2005, and came back to the RCREC
in March of 2006 to work on another internship. He will start his Master's degree in the
spring of 2007.
Current Work
- Effects of fatty acid supplementation on performance and immune response of transported beef steers.
- Characterization of the acute phase protein response following vaccination in weaned and nursing beef calves.
- Thermo tolerance of white Brahman-crossbred cattle.
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
3401 Experiment Station
Ona, FL 33865
Phone: 863-735-1314 ext. 219
Fax: 863-735-1930
E-mail: dbaraujo@ufl.edu
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