“If ingredients are expensive, we may be wasting our money if we focus on maximizing diet density because it may not pay for the investment. Our recommendations, normally, are not to reach maximum biological potential but it’s based on economics.” – Dr. Justina Caldas.

Today’s episode will cover “Nutritionist’s role in a genetic company”.

Our guest is Dr. Justina Caldas. Dr. Caldas got her bachelor’s degree in Animal Science from the Agrarian University in Peru and a Ph.D. in broiler and breeder nutrition at the University of Arkansas, in 2015. After finishing her studies, Justina was hired by Cobb-Vantress, one of only two meat-type chicken breeding companies in the world.

What you will learn:

• The hot topics on poultry production;
• Interesting findings in poultry nutrition in the last 12-24 months;
• Appropriate nutritional recommendations for the latest genetics;
• What separates successful poultry professionals from those that are not.

Justina’s favorite poultry-related book: Nutrition of the Chicken

Justina’s favorite book in general: Inner Wisdom

This episode was edited and published by Lauro Faccin.