Mozart Fonseca

Associate Professor

Department: Agriculture, Veterinary and Rangeland Sciences
Office: 775-784-6649
Email: mfonseca@unr.edu
Building: FA
Room: 112
Mailstop: 202

Summary

Beef cattle production specialist

Education

B.S. Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil, 2008
M.S. Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil, 2009
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 2013

Publications

Journals

Characterization of body composition and liver epigenetic markers during periods of negative energy balance and subsequent compensatory growth in postpubertal beef bulls

2022

J Anim Sci Mar 1;100(3):skac047

Felipe H Moura, Mozart A Fonseca, Arturo Macias-Franco, et. al.

Different fat sources in supplements for beef cattle at pasture.

2022

Trop Anim Health Prod 54, 163 (2022).

da Freiria, L.B., Zervoudakis, J.T., de Paula, N.F., Fonseca, M., et al.

Predicting body composition of hair-lambs based on body mass index

2022

J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2022;31(3):283–291

E. R. Salazar-Cuytun, L. A. Sarmiento-Franco, A. J. Aguilar-Caballero, M. Fonseca, L. O. Tedeschi

Sperm DNA 5-methyl cytosine and RNA N6-methyladenosine methylation are differently affected during periods of body weight losses and body weight gain of young and mature breeding bulls

2022

Journal of Animal Science, Volume 100, Issue 2, February 2022, skab362

F.H Moura, A. Macias-Franco, C.A Pena-Bello, E.C Archilia, I.M Batalha, A.E M Silva, G.M Moreira, A.B Norris, L.F Schütz, M.A Fonseca

Effects of lipid and starch supplementation as water intake mitigation techniques on performance and efficiency of nursing Holstein calves

2021

Translational Animal Science, Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2021

Macias-Franco, A., da Silva, A.E.M.., de Moura, F.H., Norris, A.B., Van Den Broek, K., Valcheck, M., de Mello, A.S., Fonseca, M.A.

In vitro ruminal fermentation and enteric methane production of tropical forage added nitrogen or nitrogen plus starch.

2021

Animal Feed Science and Technology, 275, 12.

Fonseca, M. A., Castro, M. M. D., Castro, M. A., Detmann, E., Sampaio, C. B., & Marcondes, M. I.

Effects of energy-protein supplementation frequency on performance of primiparous grazing beef cows during pre and postpartum.

2020

Asian-Australas Journal Animal Science

Moura F.H., Costa T.C., Trece A.S., Melo L.P., Manso M.R., Paulino M.F., Rennó L.N., Fonseca M.A., Detmann E., Gionbelli M.P., Duarte M.S.

Evaluation of different inclusion levels of dry live yeast impacts on various rumen parameters and in situ digestibility of dry matter and neutral detergent fiber in growing.

2019

Journal of Animal Science, 97(12), 4987–4998.

Cagle, C., Batista, L., Anderson,R., Fonseca,M., Cravey, M., Julien, C., Tedeschi, L.

The Assessment of Supplementation Requirements of Grazing Ruminants using Nutrition Models.

2019

Translational Animal Science, 3(2), 811–828.

Tedeschi, L. O., Molle, G., Menendez III, H. M., Cannas, A., Fonseca, M. A.

The inclusion of low levels of a blend of copaiba, cashew nut shell and castor oil in the protein-energy supplement for beef cattle fed grass pasture improves rumen fermentation , nutrient intake, and fiber digestibility.

2019

Animal Production Science.

R. W. Teobaldo, N. F. De Paula, J. T. Zervoudakis, M. A. Fonseca, L. S. Cabral, H. F. Martello, J. K. L. Rocha, I. J. Ribeiro and A. T. Mundim

A glimpse of the future in animal nutrition science.1. Past and future challenges.

2017

Rev. Bras. Zootec, 46(5), 438-451.

Tedeschi, L. O., Almeida, A. K., Atzori, A. S., Muir, J. P., Fonseca, M. A., Cannas, A.

Assessment of body fat composition in crossbred Nellore x Angus using biometric measurements.

2017

J. Anim. Sci., 95(12), 5584–5596.

Fonseca, M. A., Tedeschi, L. O., Valadares Filho, S. C., De Paula, N. F., Villadiego, F. A. C., Silva Junior, J. M., Abreu, D. C., Chizzotti, M. L.

Economic and environmental implications of wheat- crop sequences on organic dairy- farm simulations.

2016

Crop and Pasture Science, 67, 1127-1138

Fonseca, M. A.

Evaluation of equations to estimate body composition in beef cattle using live, linear and standing-rib cut measurements.

2016

Animal Production Science, 57, 378-390

Fonseca, M. A.

Evaluation of predictive equations developed to assess body composition of F1 Nellore x Angus bulls and steers.

2015

Anim. Prod. Sci., v.55: 978-987 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AN13439

Fonseca, M. A., Valadares Filho, S. C., Tedeschi, L. O., Chizzotti, M. L., Machado, M. G., Abreu, D. C

Nutritional requirements of nursing Nellore calves.

2012

Brazilian J. Animal Sci. 41: 1212-1221.

Fonseca, M. A., Valadares Filho, S. C., Henriques, L. T. , Paulino, P. V. R. , Detmann, E. , Fonseca, E. A., Benedeti, P. D. B., Silva, L. D.

Nutritional requirements of primiparous Nellore lactating cows.

2012

Brazilian J. Animal Sci. 41:1222-1230.

Fonseca, M. A., Valadares Filho, S. C., Henrique, L. T. , Paulino, P. V. R. , Detmann, E. , Benedeti, P. D. B. , Silva, L. D., Amaral, P. M.