Nicholas W. Wege Dias

PhD candidate
Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech

Nicholas Wege Dias is currently a PhD candidate at the School of Animal Sciences at Virginia Tech. After acquiring his DVM from the State University of Sao Paulo, in Brazil, Nicholas joined Dr. Mercadante's lab at Virginia Tech, where he acquired his masters degree in 2018. Niholas' research focuses on understanding factors that ultimately influence fertility of beef cattle enrolled in Estrous Synchronization protocols.

Poster(s):

• PSV-A-1 - Estrus Response and Pregnancy Rates of Beef Cows Enrolled in Two Fixed-time Artificial Insemination Protocols, with or Without Pre-synchronization
  Monday, June 27, 2022

  3:00 PM – 4:15 PM CT

• PSX-B-20 - Survey of Reproductive Management Practices for Beef Cow-calf Producers in VA
  Tuesday, June 28, 2022

  1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT