Marcelo A. Ferreira

Can spineless forage cactus be the queen of forage crops in dryland areas?

Rubem Ramos Rocha Filho, Djalma Cordeiro dos Santos, Antônia Sherlânea Chaves Véras et al. · Journal of Arid Environments · 2020 · 63 citations

Agriculture, Botany, Plant Sciences +16

Replacement of wheat bran with spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus indica Mill cv Gigante) and urea in the diets of Holstein x Gyr heifers

Carolina Corrêa de Figueiredo Monteiro, Airon Aparecido Silva de Melo, Marcelo A. Ferreira et al. · Tropical Animal Health and Production · 2014 · 32 citations

Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Sciences +16

Nutritional effects of using cactus cladodes (Opuntia stricta Haw Haw) to replace sorghum silage in sheep diet

Fábio Monteiro de REZENDE, Antônia Sherlânea Chaves Véras, Michelle Christina Bernardo de Siqueira et al. · Tropical Animal Health and Production · 2020 · 17 citations

Agriculture, Agronomy, Nutritional Sciences +17

Miúda (Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck)—The Best Forage Cactus Genotype for Feeding Lactating Dairy Cows in Semiarid Regions

Rubem Ramos Rocha Filho, Djalma Cordeiro dos Santos, Antônia Sherlânea Chaves Véras et al. · Animals · 2021 · 14 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Dairy Science +17

Nutritive Value, In Vitro Fermentation, and Methane Production of Cactus Cladodes, Sugarcane Bagasse, and Urea

Michelle Christina Bernardo de Siqueira, Juana Catarina Cariri Chagas, João Paulo Ismério dos Santos Monnerat et al. · Animals · 2021 · 11 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Nutritional Sciences +17