Andre Brito

Andre Brito
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
GRADUATE PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems
Phone: (603) 862-1341
Office: Agriculture, Nutrition, & Food Systems, Keener Dairy Research Building, Durham, NH 03824
Website: Full profile: FindScholars@UNH
Andre Brito

My research interests can be grouped in three areas: 1) enhance nitrogen utilization in lactating dairy cows via dietary manipulation; 2) enhance the concentration of total nonstructural carbohydrates in forages via daytime cutting management; and 3) enhance pasture nutrient utilization via supplementation with energy sources. The overall goal is to balance the supply of rumen-degradable protein and fermentable energy to enhance microbial protein synthesis while reducing nitrogen excretion to the environment.

Education

  • Ph.D., Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • D.V.M., Federal University of Minas Gerais
  • M.S., Federal University of Minas Gerais

Courses Taught

  • ANFS 999: Doctoral Research
  • ANSC 421: Intro Animal Science
  • ANSC 609: Principles of Animal Nutrition
  • ANSC 708/808: Ruminant Nutr Physiology
  • ANSC 999: Doctoral Research
  • BMS 799H: Senior Honors Thesis

Selected Publications

Lange, M. J., Silva, L. H. P., Zambom, M. A., Soder, K. J., & Brito, A. F. (2023). Feeding alfalfa-grass or red clover-grass mixture baleage: Effect on milk yield and composition, ruminal fermentation and microbiota taxa relative abundance, and nutrient utilization in dairy cows.. J Dairy Sci. doi:10.3168/jds.2023-23836

Zang, Y., Silva, L. H. P., Geng, Y. C., Lange, M. J., Zambom, M. A., & Brito, A. F. (2023). Replacing ground corn with soyhulls plus palmitic acid in low metabolizable protein diets with or without rumen-protected amino acids: Effects on production and nutrient utilization in dairy cows.. J Dairy Sci, 106(6), 4002-4017. doi:10.3168/jds.2022-22270

Silva, L. H. P., Reis, S. F., Melo, A. T. O., Jackson, B. P., & Brito, A. F. (2022). Supplementation of Ascophyllum nodosum meal and monensin: Effects on diversity and relative abundance of ruminal bacterial taxa and the metabolism of iodine and arsenic in lactating dairy cows.. J Dairy Sci, 105(5), 4083-4098. doi:10.3168/jds.2021-21107

Brito, A. F., Tremblay, G. F., Bertrand, A., Castonguay, Y., Belanger, G., Lafreniere, C., . . . Berthiaume, R. (2021). Omasal flow of nonstructural carbohydrates and nitrogenous compounds in lactating dairy cows fed diets containing timothy cut in the afternoon or morning. JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 104(12), 12459-12471. doi:10.3168/jds.2021-20807

Zang, Y., Silva, L. H. P., Geng, Y. C., Ghelichkhan, M., Whitehouse, N. L., Miura, M., & Brito, A. F. (2021). Dietary starch level and rumen-protected methionine, lysine, and histidine: Effects on milk yield, nitrogen, and energy utilization in dairy cows fed diets low in metabolizable protein. JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 104(9), 9784-9800. doi:10.3168/jds.2020-20094

Whitehouse, N. L., Schwab, C. G., & Brito, A. F. (2017). The plasma free amino acid dose-response technique: A proposed methodology for determining lysine relative bioavailability of rumen-protected lysine supplements. JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 100(12), 9585-9601. doi:10.3168/jds.2017-12695

Dorich, C. D., Varner, R. K., Pereira, A. B. D., Martineau, R., Soder, K. J., & Brito, A. F. (2015). Short communication: Use of a portable, automated, open-circuit gas quantification system and the sulfur hexafluoride tracer technique for measuring enteric methane emissions in Holstein cows fed ad libitum or restricted. JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 98(4), 2676-2681. doi:10.3168/jds.2014-8348

Antaya, N. T., Soder, K. J., Kraft, J., Whitehouse, N. L., Guindon, N. E., Erickson, P. S., . . . Brito, A. F. (2015). Incremental amounts of Ascophyllum nodosum meal do not improve animal performance but do increase milk iodine output in early lactation dairy cows fed high-forage diets. JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 98(3), 1991-2004. doi:10.3168/jds.2014-8851

Brito, A. F., Petit, H. V., Pereira, A. B. D., Soder, K. J., & Ross, S. (2015). Interactions of corn meal or molasses with a soybean-sunflower meal mix or flaxseed meal on production, milk fatty acid composition, and nutrient utilization in dairy cows fed grass hay-based diets. JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 98(1), 443-457. doi:10.3168/jds.2014-8353

Hale, I. L., Wollheim, W. M., Smith, R. G., Asbjornsen, H., Brito, A. F., Broders, K., . . . Rowe, R. (2014). A Scale-Explicit Framework for Conceptualizing the Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Land Use Changes. SUSTAINABILITY, 6(12), 8432-8451. doi:10.3390/su6128432

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