Cándido Pomar

Areas of Expertise

• pig feeding and herd management: digestion and metabolic use of proteins and minerals
• mathematical modelling: digestion and body growth in feeder pigs
• feed formulation
• body composition, carcass conformation and classification systems

Current Projects

• Reduction of nitrogen and phosphorus waste and maximization of gross revenues from feeder pig production using a new numeric method
• Yield comparisons
• Phosphore-CRF, Minimizing the phosphorous excretion of growing-finishing pigs by optimizing phosphorus intake from environmental, economical and animal perspectives.
• Optimization of diets and management of slaughter pig production systems
• Development of a combined premix formulation method to be used in multiphase feeding systems for growing pigs
• Estimation of the cutability and lean content of pig carcasses.
• Development of a method for objective slaughter line evaluation of muscle content in cull cow carcasses to be used in establishing a carcass classification and producer payment system.

Affiliations

• Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science, Université Laval
• Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Sherbrooke
• Member, Canadian Society of Animal Science (Canadian Journal of Animal Science)
• Member, American Society of Animal Science
• Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Updated CV 10-Oct-2014