DCRC webinar, presented in Portuguese, focuses on uterine health

“Using omics data to better understand uterine microbial ecology and mitigate the impact of metritis,” presented in Portuguese, is the featured topic for the next Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar. The free webinar starts at 1 p.m. Central time (Chicago time) on Aug. 22. Rafael Bisinotto, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine assistant professor in the department of large animal clinical sciences, will serve as the instructor for this one-hour webinar.

Despite extensive research on uterine health, the incidence of metritis and the success in treating postpartum dairy cows diagnosed with uterine diseases has not improved significantly in the last decade. Bisinotto will discuss recent data regarding the potential role of uterine microbial communities for cure following antimicrobial treatment and subsequent fertility losses. He will focus on how the evaluation of microbiome and metabolome data might open potential avenues to improve uterine health in the future.

Bisinotto graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences at the University of São Paulo in 2007. From 2008 to 2014, he completed a master’s degree in animal molecular and cellular biology and a PhD in animal sciences at the University of Florida, both with a focus on dairy cattle reproduction. In 2015, Bisinotto worked as a post-doctoral associate at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. He joined the faculty group at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in 2017. Bisinotto’s teaching and research interests focus on the understanding of reproductive biology and strategies to improve reproductive performance in dairy herds.

To register for this webinar, go to: https://bit.ly/DCRCAug22Bisinotto and follow the prompts. If you are a DCRC member and cannot attend the live program, you may access the webinar recording at www.dcrcouncil.org after Sept. 6.

For more information about DCRC’s webinars, e-mail Raphael Saraiva, DCRC Education Committee chair, at: raphael.saraiva@stgen.com.

The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council is focused on bringing together all sectors of the dairy industry – producers, consultants, academia and allied industry professionals – for improved reproductive performance. DCRC provides an unprecedented opportunity for all groups to work together to take dairy cattle reproduction to the next level.