Andre Brito

Andre Brito

PROFESSOR
GRADUATE PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Phone: (603) 862-1341
Office: Agriculture, Nutrition, & Food Systems, Keener Dairy Research Building, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:

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.

Courses Taught

  • ANFS 901: ANFS Graduate Intro Course
  • ANFS 997: ANFS Seminar
  • ANFS 999: Doctoral Research
  • ANSC 421: Intro Animal Science
  • ANSC 609: Principles of Animal Nutrition
  • ANSC 708/808: Ruminant Nutr Physiology
  • ANSC 808: Ruminant Nutr Physiology
  • ANSC 999: Doctoral Research

Education

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

Selected Publications

  • Reyes, D. C., Sacramento, J. P., Quigley, C. T. C., Twining, B., Michaud, A. B., Emerson, D., . . . Brito, A. F. (2025). Feeding incremental amounts of the red seaweed Chondrus crispus: Effects on production performance, methane emissions, nutrient utilization, and ruminal and iodine metabolism in dairy cows.. J Dairy Sci. doi:10.3168/jds.2024-26244

  • Johnston, K. R., Reyes, D. C., Klobucher, K. N., Stahl, T. C., Price, N. N., Erickson, P. S., & Brito, A. F. (2025). Prepartum supplementation of Ascophyllum nodosum meal or ethylenediamine dihydroiodide: Effects on colostrum yield and growth and health of dairy calves.. J Dairy Sci, 108(4), 3586-3601. doi:10.3168/jds.2024-25559

  • Ghedini, C. P., Silva, L. H. P., Moura, D. C., & Brito, A. F. (2024). Supplementing flaxseed meal with sucrose, flaxseed oil, or both: Effects on milk enterolactone, ruminal microbiota profile, production performance, and nutrient utilization in dairy cows.. J Dairy Sci, 107(9), 6834-6851. doi:10.3168/jds.2024-24649

  • Lange, M. J., Silva, L. H. P., Zambom, M. A., Soder, K. J., & Brito, A. F. (2024). 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, 107(4), 2066-2086. 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

  • Antaya, N. T., Ghelichkhan, M., Pereira, A. B. D., Soder, K. J., & Brito, A. F. (2019). Production, milk iodine, and nutrient utilization in Jersey cows supplemented with the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum (kelp meal) during the grazing season. JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 102(9), 8040-8058. doi:10.3168/jds.2019-16478

  • 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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