Dr Elieder Prates Romanzini is a Rumen Nutritionist & Research Officer at DIT AgTech, besides Adjunct Professor at CQUni, Rockhampton - QLD. His research currently encompasses four broad areas: 1) Methane Mitigation alternatives via drinking water of ruminant animals kept extensive grazing systems. 2) Ruminant nutrition and alternative pathways to attended their nutritional requirements under extensive grazing systems in North Australia. 3) Animal behaviour and their water preference under both different water source and quality. 4) Water medicated as a tool to provide the essential nutrients for ruminants kept in extensive grazing system at Australia.
Since 2015, Dr. Romanzini has published more than 29 papers and 4 book chapters. This includes 6 first-author, 21 co-author of conference abstracts. Most of the papers published in prestigious journals which grade the researcher with an H-index 11, a research interest score 374.1 and more than 410 citations.
Dr Diogo Costa's background is on pasture agronomy and animal production with emphasis on ruminant nutrition. His passion for cattle production led him to study agronomy at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) (1999-2003). His involvement with research and extension started there and continued developing over the years. Diogo's Master at USP (2005-2007) evaluated the use of supplement for growing beef cattle grazing on intensively managed tropical pastures, measuring animal performance across different grazing managements and supplementation strategies. Research undertaken during Diogo's PhD at the University of Queensland (UQ) (2008-2013) focused on the nutritional management of cattle within the context of the northern Australian beef cattle industry. Dr Costa completed a post-doctoral project at USP (2013-2015) again looking at grazing management and supplementation strategies for beef and dairy cattle, and one at UQ (2018-2020) where Dr Costa studied the N recycling mechanisms in tropically adapted beef cattle. The soil-plant-animal interface and its complexity has always fascinated Dr Costa. To be able to work with to technologies to assist livestock management practices represents the desirable feature in his research career. Dr Costa's main goal is to continue working directly with producers to identify their needs and deliver practical solutions to the livestock industries.
