Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

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Rodrigo Carvalho Bicalho

Assistant Professor of Dairy Production Medicine

Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences Cornell University, BOX 29

607-253-3140, rcb28@cornell.edu

Education

Research and Professional Experience

Honors and Awards

Memberships and Affiliations

Selected Publications

Research Interests

Production medicine, epidemiology, and microbiology, my current research involves: a) Bovine lameness, metritis, and mastitis. b) Factors affecting reproductive efficiency in dairy cows. c) Estrous synchronization. d) The use of bacteriophages as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for bacterial infections of farm animals.

Education

Ph.D.	- 2008	College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Residency	- 2005	College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cornell, Ambulatory and Production Medicine
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine	- 2002	School of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Goiás, Goiania-GO – Brazil

Professional Society Memberships

American Society of Microbiology. 2008
Member of the Lameness Committee of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, 2006 to present.
American Association of Bovine Practitioners, 2006 to present.
American Dairy Science Association, 2002 to present.
Regional Council of Veterinary Medicine, Goiás – Brazil, March 2002 to present.

Selected Publications

Bicalho, R. C., S. H. Cheong, L. D. Warnick, D. V. Nydam, and C. L. Guard. 2006. The effect of digit amputation or arthrodesis surgery on culling and milk production in Holstein dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 89:2596-2602.
Bicalho, R. C., S. H. Cheong, and C. L. Guard. 2007. Field Technique for Distal Interphalangeal Joint Resection and Proximal Resection of the Deep Digital Flexor Tendon. Vet. Rec. 160:435-439.
Bicalho R. C., S. H. Cheong, L. D. Warnick, and C. L. Guard. 2007. Evaluation of Progesterone Supplementation in a Prostaglandin F2a -Based Presynchronization Protocol Before Timed Insemination. J. Dairy Sci. 90:1193-1200.
Bicalho R. C., K.N. Galvão, S. H. Cheong, R. O. Gilbert, L. D. Warnick, and C. L. Guard. 2007. Effect of Stillbirths on Dam’s Survival and Reproduction Performance in Holstein Dairy Cows. J. Dairy Sci. 90:2797-2803.
Bicalho R. C., S. H. Cheong, G. Crame, and C. L. Guard. 2007. Association between a Visual and an Automated Locomotion Score in Lactating Holstein Cows. J. Dairy Sci. 90:3294-3300.
Bicalho R. C., F. Vokey, H. N. Erb, and C. L. Guard. 2007. Visual locomotion scoring in the first seventy days in milk: Impact on pregnancy and survival. J. Dairy Sci. 90:4586-4591.
Bicalho R. C., S. H. Cheong, Galvão K. N., C. L.Guard. 2007. Effect of twin birth calvings on milk production, reproductive performance, and survival of lactating cows. JAVMA. 231:1390-1397.:.
Bicalho R. C., K.N. Galvão, L. D. Warnick, and C. L. Guard. 2007. Stillbirths Reduces Dams’ Milk Production in Holstein Cows. Prev. Vet. Med. 84:112-120.
Bicalho R. C., S. H. Cheong, and C. L. Guard. 2007. Omasal Dilation and Displacement in 5 Dairy Cows. Can. Vet. Journal. IN PRESS.
Bicalho R. C., K. N. Galvão, C. L. Guard, and J. E. P. Santos. 2008. Optimization of Accuracy of Corpus Luteum Detection by Transrectal Ultrasonography and Comparison with Palpation Per Rectum. Theriogenology. 70:199-207.
Bicalho R. C., L. D. Warnick, and C. L. Guard. 2008. Strategies to analyze milk losses caused by diseases with potential occurrence throughout the lactation: A lameness example. J. Dairy Sci. 91:2653-2661.
Bicalho R. C., V. S. Machado, and L. S. Caixeta. 2008. Lameness in dairy cattle: A debilitating disease or a disease of debilitated cattle? A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of lameness and the thickness of the digital cushion. J. Dairy Sci. Accepted.
Linden T. C., R. C. Bicalho, and Nydam D. V. 2008. Calf birth weight and its association with calf and cow survivability, disease incidence, reproductive performance, and milk production. 2008. Accepted.
Galvão K. N. , J. E. Santos, R. L. Cerri, R. C. Chebel, H. M. Rutigliano, R. G. Bruno, R. C. Bicalho. 2007. Evaluation of methods of resynchronization for insemination in cows of unknown pregnancy status. J. Dairy Sci. 90:4240:4252.
Ledbetter E. C., E. J. Dubovi, S. G. Kim, D. J. Maggs, and R. C. Bicalho. Experimental primary ocular canine herpesvirus-1 infection in adult dogs. Journal of Veterinary Research. Accepted.
Eric C. Ledbetter, Sung G. Kim, Edward J. Dubovi, and Rodrigo C. Bicalho. Experimental reactivation of latent canine herpesvirus-1 and induction of recurrent ocular disease in adult dogs. Vet. Micro. Submitted.

Industry Publications

Early-lactation lameness becomes a long-term hangover. The lameness hangover leads to more days open, reduced herd life, and more unintended culling. Laurie A. Winkelman and Rodrigo Bicalho. Hoards Dairyman: May 10, 2008 – Page 335.