Gastvortrag: "The use of precision technologies to monitor, and manage dairy cattle: group housing of calves, heat stress and nutrition"

Joao Costa is an Assistant Professor in the Dairy Program at the University of Kentucky, where he leads a research program on precision dairy farming, dairy cattle nutrition, management and welfare. After completing an Agricultural Eng. and a Master degree at his home university in Brazil, Joao completed his PhD and Post-doctoral studies at UBC in Vancouver, Canada prior to joining the University of Kentucky in 2017. Dr. Costa has extensively investigated the effects of the environment in calves development, the on-farm use of precision tools, especially regarding monitoring feeding behavior.

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