Animal Health Consultant | Founder

• Oct 2021 - Present

Head of Animal Health | Executive Manager

• Oct 2018 - Oct 2021

Head of the Animal Health team of the company. Responsible for all animal health programs.Managing a team of 7 animal health professionals.

Animal Health Specialist - Broiler Health

• May 2018 - Feb 2019

Responsible for broiler health in the company, suporting BRF's production units regarding vaccination, AGP-Free and anticoccidial programs, disease prevention/management, and Salmonella prevention and control in broiler's operation. After the removal of AGP from poultry operation, has played a key role in maintaining the AGP-Free program.

Animal Health - Innovation

• Mar 2013 - Apr 2018

Development of innovation projects within the Animal Health Department (preparing and monitoring test protocols in experimental farms and in the field), technical support to experimental farms of chickens, turkeys and swine. As part of the corporate team, responsible for the evaluation and validation of products, equipment and technologies in the Animal Health Department (for poultry and swine operations) of the company, including the validation and elaboration of the AGP-Free programs for broilers, turkeys and breeders. Technical support (Animal Health) for poultry (broilers and turkeys) and poultry breeders (grandparents and parents). Show less

PhD Fellow

• Mar 2009 - Oct 2012

Developing research activities in the field of Poultry Health, evaluating the possible effects of the interaction between Salmonella Typhimurium Lipopolisaccharide and Fumonisin B1 in broilers. Developing research activities in the field of Poultry Health, evaluating the possible effects of the interaction between Salmonella Typhimurium Lipopolisaccharide and Fumonisin B1 in broilers.

Technical Director | Founder

• Jan 2008 - Nov 2011

Responsible for the experimental design, conduction and interpretation of results as well as the procedure validation for in vivo evaluations with poultry (broilers and turkeys), pigs and dairy cattle. Manager of the quality management system (certified according ISO 9001:2008). Responsible for all international customers, regarding contracts, personal contacts, and technical assistance, and manager of the poultry account for costumers from Brazil and abroad. Responsible for the experimental design, conduction and interpretation of results as well as the procedure validation for in vivo evaluations with poultry (broilers and turkeys), pigs and dairy cattle. Manager of the quality management system (certified according ISO 9001:2008). Responsible for all international customers, regarding contracts, personal contacts, and technical assistance, and manager of the poultry account for costumers from Brazil and abroad.

Animal Research Manager - Mycotoxins

• Sep 2004 - Jan 2008

Development of analytical methodologies using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), with Ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV), Fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) and mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS and HPLC-MS/MS); experimental design, conduction and interpretation of in vivo evaluations in poultry (broilers and turkeys); active participation in the accreditation of LAMIC at the Brazilian Department of Agriculture for mycotoxins analysis and at the Brazilian Department of Metrology under ISO 17.025:2005. Show less

Trainee

• Sep 1999 - Aug 2004

Diagnostic of poultry diseases through necropsies, bacteriological analysis on organs and tissues, serological analysis (ELISA, HI, HA); participation in research projects and scientific events organization. Scholarship from the Research Support Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS), with the Project “Comparison of anti-Infectious Bronchitis Virus antibody levels in egg yolk and serum samples”. Diagnostic of poultry diseases through necropsies, bacteriological analysis on organs and tissues, serological analysis (ELISA, HI, HA); participation in research projects and scientific events organization. Scholarship from the Research Support Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS), with the Project “Comparison of anti-Infectious Bronchitis Virus antibody levels in egg yolk and serum samples”.