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Tiberio de Albuquerque Saraiva
Agronomy
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Biographic Information
Tiberio de Albuquerque Saraiva was born in Joao Pessoa/PB, Brazil, on January 14, 1982. In 2000, Tiberio
moved to Recife/PE where he started his Animal Sciences undergraduate program at the Federal Rural
University of Pernambuco (UFRPE - http://www.ufrpe.br ). From 2002 to 2005 he was awarded with the
PET/MEC/SESU Scholarship and had Dr. Angela Maria Vieira Batista as his advisor. During these years
he had the opportunity to work with Ruminants Nutrition, mainly with goats, sheep and dairy cows.
In 2005, Tiberio received a scholarship from a Brazilian Government Agency (CAPES) through the
"Brazil-US Consortium in Sustainable Ruminant Livestock Production Systems" and became the first
student from his university to join this program. From August to December of that year he attempted
at Cornell University ( http://www.cornell.edu ), NY, in the Animal Science Department, as a College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences Exchange Student. At Cornell he was supervised by Dr. Michael Van
Amburgh, a former student of a very well known Ruminant Nutritionist, Dr. Peter Van Soest. During
these months at Cornell he worked with nitrogen recycling in lactating dairy cows and also took
some courses of his interest.
When he returned to Brazil in December, he presented a report about his work in the USA as a
requirement to get his degree. In January 2006, he was admitted in the Master's Program of
the Animal Science Department at UFRPE as a special student since he was studying abroad
during the regular admissions period. In January 2007, Tiberio moved back to the USA and
started his Master's Program at the University of Florida, in the Agronomy Department, advised
by Dr. Joao Vendramini. Currently he is working with protein supplementation strategies for
early weaned calves on cool and warm-season grasses pastures.
Current Work
- Protein supplementation strategies for early weaned calves on Annual Ryegrass and Stargrass pastures;
- The influence of RDP:RUP ratio in early weaned calves performance;
- Nitrogen efficient usage by young ruminants.
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
304 NEWELL HALL
GAINESVILLE FL US 32611
Phone: 352-392-1823 Ext. 210
E-mail: tsaraiva@ufl.edu
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