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Lorena Ferreira Benfica

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2015Rising activity
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyEffects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockMeat and Animal Product Quality

Publications

29

Citations

117

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2015

Research summary
AI-generated

Lorena Ferreira Benfica studies the biology and management of livestock, especially Nellore beef cattle, focusing on feed efficiency, feeding behavior, growth traits, digestion, and methane emissions. Her work also touches on genetics (genomic associations with growth and efficiency traits), reproduction (semen quality in bulls), and, earlier in her career, meat quality and nutrition in lambs and dairy cows. Most of this research uses field trials and genetic/statistical analyses of cattle and sheep raised for meat or milk production.

Feed efficiency and feeding behavior in cattleCattle genetics and genomic association studiesRuminant digestion and methane emissionsLivestock reproduction and growth traitsMeat and carcass quality in lambs and cattle

Publication output was low or absent in some years but has grown noticeably since 2022, with the highest activity in 2024, suggesting an increasing pace of publication in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
172018: 6 publications18192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 3 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 8 publications8242025: 3 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • BMC Genomics×4
  • Journal of Animal Science×3
  • Frontiers in Genetics×3
  • 55ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia, 28º Congresso Brasileiro de Zootecnia, Goiânia, Brasil, 27 a 30 de agosto de 2018×3
  • Tropical Animal Health and Production×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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