DCRC’s Portuguese webinar highlights nutrition’s influence on reproduction

“Nutritional Interventions to Enhance Postpartum Health and Reproduction in Dairy Cows” (Intervenҫões nutricionaies para melhorar a saúde pós-parto e reproduҫão em vacas leiteiras) 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 Oct. 16. Marcos Marcondes, Miner Institute research scientist, will serve as the instructor for this one-hour webinar.

Reproductive success in dairy cows begins with a healthy transition period – when cows face intense metabolic and inflammatory challenges. This webinar will explore how targeted nutritional strategies – especially the use of key feed additives – can improve metabolic health after calving and support timely return to estrus and conception. Marcondes will examine evidence on additives, such as yeast products, trace minerals, fatty acids and chromium, highlighting practical applications that enhance both cow health and reproductive performance.

(O sucesso reprodutivo em vacas leiteiras começa com um período de transição saudável – quando as vacas enfrentam intensos desafios metabólicos e inflamatórios. Este webinar abordará como estratégias nutricionais direcionadas – especialmente o uso de aditivos alimentares – podem melhorar a saúde metabólica após o parto e favorecer o retorno ao estro e à concepção. Dr. Marcondes analisará as evidências sobre aditivos como produtos de levedura, micronutrients, ácidos graxos, cromo, etc., destacando aplicações práticas que potencializam tanto a saúde das vacas quanto o desempenho reprodutivo.)

To register for this webinar, go to: https://bit.ly/DCRC1016. If you are a DCRC member and cannot attend the live program, you may access the webinar recording at www.dcrcouncil.org after Oct. 30.

Marcondes earned his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and PhD from at the Federal University of Viçosa. Then, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Florida. From 2010-2021, he served as a dairy cattle management and nutrition professor at the Federal University of Viçosa. In 2021, he joined the Washington State University faculty as a dairy cattle nutrition professor. Marcondes started employment with the William H Miner Institute as a dairy research scientist last year. At the Miner Institute, he focuses on researching feed evaluation, nutrient requirements and the economics of dairy operations. Also, Marcondes studies additives for mitigating methane production in cattle and the impact of nutrition on the performance and mammary gland development of calves and heifers.

For more information about DCRC’s webinars, e-mail Caio Figueiredo, DCRC Education Committee chair, at: caio.figueiredo@wsu.edu.

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.