Dr. Angela Gonella: Feed Efficiency and Bull Fertility | Ep. 22

In this episode of The Beef Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Angela Gonella, Associate Professor at the University of Florida, examines relationships between bull feed efficiency and semen quality. She explores residual feed intake, breeding soundness data, breed differences, genomic testing, and reproductive performance. Discover what current research suggests about selecting efficient bulls without overlooking fertility. Listen now on all major platforms!

"We collected semen at the beginning of the feed-efficiency test and at the end, and again we couldn’t find any relationship between residual feed intake and semen quality."

Meet the guest: Dr. Angela Gonella is an Assistant Professor of Beef Cattle Reproduction at the University of Florida. She earned her D.V.M. in Colombia, M.Sc. from the National University of Colombia, and Ph.D. from the University of São Paulo. Her research focuses on early pregnancy, reproductive efficiency, periconceptional programming, and molecular and metabolomic markers in beef cattle. Listen to Dr. Angela Gonella on The Beef Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.

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What will you learn: 

• (00:00) Highlight
• (00:57) Introduction
• (01:26) Paternal influence
• (02:06) Defining feed efficiency
• (03:00) Residual feed intake
• (04:27) Controlled bull study
• (06:16) Research outlook
• (07:07) Closing thoughts

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