Dr. Ricardo Zanella is an assistant professor at the Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Passo Fundo. He completed his PhD in animal sciences at the Washington State University. He has published over 123 papers in different journals. He is currently a board member of the Brazilian Wagyu Breeders Association. His research mainly focuses on genetic epidemiology, genetics, and animal science. His interests include genetics and health traits in farm animals, and his skills and expertise include DNA, dairy, beef cattle reproduction, swine reproduction, PCR, genetic engineering, genetics, animal science, poultry, genomics, animal genetics, and DNA sequencing