Eduardo De Souza Ribeiro

Eduardo De Souza Ribeiro

Associate Professor

Population Health & Reproduction


Education
2008, BVM, Santa Catarina State University, Lages, SC, Brazil
2011, MSc, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2015, PhD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Development of streamlined methods for assessment of transition management quality and data-driven decisions, (Principal Investigator), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Principal Investigator, Associations of colostrum volume and quality with prepartum characteristics in dairy cows, (Principal Investigator), Dairy Farmers of Ontario Funding program
Principal Investigator, The health path to advance dairy sustainability, (Principal Investigator), Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Principal Investigator, Using wearable sensors and molecular markers for health risk assessment and targeted preventive practices in transition cow management, (Principal Investigator), Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Principal Investigator, Endometrial receptivity to pregnancy: underpinning biology and regulation, test development, and predictive value for fertility in dairy cattle, (Principal Investigator), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Honors and Awards
2022 List of 100 most highly cited papers published in JDS: Carvalho et al. 2019 Long-term effects of postpartum clinical disease on milk production, reproduction, and culling of dairy cows."
2019 Journal of Dairy Science Highly-Cited Award 2019: Ribeiro et al. 2016 Carryover effect of postpartum inflammatory diseases on developmental biology and fertility in lactating dairy cow."
2016 Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award
2015 Award of Excellence for Graduate Research – Best Doctoral Dissertation
2015 PhD Student of the Year
2014 Richard M. Hoyt Award
2013 Third place at National Milk Producers Federation Graduate Student Paper Competition PhD Division
2013 Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
2012 Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
2011 Master Student of the Year
2011 Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
2010 Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
2007 First place at Student Research Assistant Competition
2006 First place at the Student Research Assistant Competition
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2020 Ribeiro ES: Chapter 8: Gestation and calf development, Geiger C, Wood K, Liebenow A, Stevenson JS, (ed), Dairy Cattle Fertility Book, 4th edition, . 51-56.
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Ten Recent Publications

2026
Li B, Innes DJ, Ribeiro ES, Doelman J, Burgos SA, and Cant JP.
An RNA-sequencing analysis to determine potential upstream transcriptional regulators of essential amino acid deficiency responses in bovine mammary epithelial cells.

2025
Sadler R, Moran N, Shandilya U, Ribeiro ES, Mallard BA, Bazrgar A, and Karrow NA.
Effect of different sources of selenium supplementation on immune function in pregnant and lactating ewes.

2025
Sadler R, Moran N, Shandilya U, Ribeiro ES, Mallard BA, Bazrgar A, and Karrow NA
The role of selenium in sheep health.

2025
Jim H, Ribeiro ES, Mion B, Duffield TF, Couto Serrenho R
Facilities and housing, husbandry, and health management practices on Quebec dairy farms: A retrospective descriptive study

2025
Hill SV, Del Rocio Amezcua M, Ribeiro ES, O'Sullivan TL, Friendship RM
Case study of a high rate of stillbirths in a swine herd

2025
Cruickshank KM, Ribeiro ES, Gehman AM, Cangiano LR, McBride BW, Steele MA
Effects of supplementary selenium source on antioxidant status, inflammatory signaling, and gene expression of immune cells during endotoxin challenge in lactating Holstein cows

2025
Madureira AML, Van Dorp C, Madureira G, Mion B, Chiu O, Burnett TA, Spricigo JFW, Ribeiro ES^
Associations of transition cow metabolism with subsequent manifestation and intensity of estrous behavior in cyclic cows

2025
Coelho WM Jr, Monteiro HF, Figueiredo CC, Mion B, Santos JEP, Bisinotto RS, Peñagaricano F, Vahmani P, Ribeiro ES, Lima FS
Associations of serum fatty acids, serum urea nitrogen, and ruminal ammonia nitrogen with residual feed intake in lactating dairy cows

2024
Santos MGS, Mion B, Ribeiro ES^
Estimations of prepartum feed intake and its effects on transition metabolism and subsequent milk production

2024
Martinez-Boggio G, Monteiro HF, Lima FS, Figueiredo CC, Bisinotto RS, Santos JEP, Mion B, Schenkel FS, Ribeiro ES, Weigel KA, Rosa GJM, Peñagaricano F
Investigating relationships between the host genome, rumen microbiome, and dairy cow feed efficiency using mediation analysis with structural equation modeling