Gabriel de Oliveira Ribeiro Junior, University of Saskatchewan

Research

beef cattle digestion fibre feed efficiency ruminal fermentation rumen microbiota feed processing roughage

Latest funding

Evaluation of animal variability in fibre digestion and strategies to improve forage use in beef cattle diets
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$140,000

Evaluation of animal variability in fibre digestion and strategies to improve forage use in beef cattle diets

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: de Oliveira Ribeiro Junior, Gabriel

Keywords: beef cattle; digestion; fibre; feed efficiency; ruminal fermentation; rumen microbiota; feed processing; roughage; in vitro rumen fermentation; forage

$140,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: beef cattle Dear Professor de Oliveira Ribeiro Junior, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on beef cattle connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Evaluation of animal variability in fibre digestion and strategies to improve forage use in beef cattle diets" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]