Research group
Food Quality and Technology
Position
PhD student
Ana Raquel F. Rodrigues is a PhD student in the Animal Science Doctoral Programme SANFEED at the Biomedical Sciences Institute of Abel Salazar, University of Porto (UP).
She holds a BSc degree in Environmental and Sciences Technology, Science Faculty (FCUP), a MSc degree in Environmental and Sciences Technology (FCUP) and a MSc degree in Agronomics Engineering (FCUP).
Her PhD is focused on the measurement of greenhouse gases and ammonia emissions from dairy cattle buildings, on the evaluation of greenhouse gases and ammonia emission potential of cows manure from different management and feed systems, and on feeding strategies to improve feed efficiency and to minimize the environmental impacts of dairy cattle production.
Representative Publications
Assessment of potato peel and agro-forestry biochars supplementation on in vitro ruminal fermentation
10.7717/peerj.9488
Assessing in vivo digestibility and effects on immune system of sheep fed alfalfa hay supplemented with a fixed amount of Ulva rigida and Gracilaria vermiculophylla
10.1007/s10811-016-0999-9
