Ortiz-Colón, Guillermo

Guillermo Ortiz-Colón is an extension dairy nutrition specialist, where his outreach work focuses on promoting adaptive strategies that minimize the carbon footprint of dairy production, while helping dairy farmers been more resilient to climate change. He is a member of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists where he is part of the editorial board of the scientific journal Applied Animal Science and a member of the Latin American Association of Animal Production where he is also part of the editorial board of the scientific journal Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal.

As part of my research responsibilities (40% of my joint appointment), I have focused my investigations on the immediate needs of dairy farmers of Puerto Rico conducting research in the areas of dairy cattle heat stress tolerance, dairy cattle nutrition, calf management, and animal welfare.

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