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Dr. Luiz Ferraretto is from Brazil where he earned his B.S. in Animal Science from São Paulo
State University in 2008. Immediately after the completion of his B.S. Degree, Luiz joined
University of Wisconsin-Madison for an internship (2009) followed by a M.S. (2011) and Ph.D.
(2015) in dairy science with focus on applied dairy nutrition and forage quality. After the
completion of his Ph.D., Luiz joined The William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute as a
Post-doctoral Research Associate. From 2016 to 2020, he worked as Assistant Professor of
Livestock Nutrition at University of Florida. Currently, Luiz is an Associate Professor and
Ruminant Nutrition Extension Specialist in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences at
University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his research interests are applied dairy cattle nutrition and
management with emphasis on starch and fiber utilization by dairy cows, corn silage and high-
moisture corn quality and digestibility, the use of alternative by-products as feed ingredients, and
supplementation of feed additives to lactating cows.