Leoni F. Martins

Leoni F. Martins

  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Precision Dairy Nutrition
343 Ag Science & Industries Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Precision Dairy Nutrition
  • Feed and Feeding Management
  • Nutrient Use Efficiency
  • Dairy Cattle Production

Education

  • Ph.D. in Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 2024
  • M.Sc. in Veterinary Sciences, Federal University of Uberlandia, 2019
  • B.S. in Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Uberlandia, 2017

Publications

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Publications

Key Forage Quality Metrics for Corn Silage, Martins, Leoni, Guevara, Maria, 2026

High oleic soy feed ingredients, Martins, Leoni, 2025

Recent advances in enteric methane mitigation: insights from a meta analysis of tannin diets in small ruminant
GGAA proceedings, Gonzalez Quintero, R, Ardnt, C, Molina Botero, I, Cabezas-Garcia, E, Costa Junior, C, Arango Mejia, J, Hristov, A, Martins, Leoni, Dhehibi, B, Souissi, A, 2025

Diet optimization to increase income over feed cost of Brazilian dairy farms: an in silico modelling approach
Animal, Rauch, R, Salvador, T, Bobkov, M, Espinoza Orias, N, Ritz, A, Powel, C, Daniel, J, Martins, Leoni, Hristov, A, Fontoura, A, Van Amburgh, M, Soussan, E, 2025

Penn State Feeding Assessments, Martins, Leoni, 2025

Precision Dairy Nutrition, Martins, Leoni, 2025

In vitro assessment of the effect of free amino acids on ruminal fermentation and 15N enrichment of ruminal nitrogen pools
Journal of Dairy Science, Räisänen, S., Almeida, C, Zhu, X., Martins, Leoni, Richards, A., Wasson, D., Hristov, A, 2025

Effect of glucose infusion dose and stage of lactation on urinary glucose excretion in dairy cows
Journal of Dairy Science, Malacco, V M R, Savage, M, Beckett, L, Hilger, S, Martins, Leoni, Neves, R, Funnell, B, Donkin, S, 2022

Effect of methane inhibitors on in vitro fermentation and CH4 production using rumen inoculum from cows with high and low methane yield phenotype
Journal of Dairy Science, Stepanchenko, N, Wasson, D, Cueva, S, Martins, Leoni, Silvestre, T, Pitta, D, Hristov, A, 2022

Effect of supplementation with Bacillus subtilis on rumen fermentation and enteric methane production in vitro
Journal of Dairy Science, Wasson, D, Cueva, S, Martins, Leoni, Räisänen, S, Stepanchenko, N, Chen, Y, Rottman, L, Hristov, A, 2022

Effects of botanical preparations on lactational performance and enteric methane emission in dairy cows
Journal of Dairy Science, Martins, Leoni, Crater, S, Cueva, S, Silvestre, T, Stepanchenko, N, Wasson, D, Hristov, A, 2022

Effects of corn hybrids differing in flavonoid content on rumen fermentation and enteric methane emission in vitro
Journal of Dairy Science, Cueva, S, Wasson, D, Martins, Leoni, Stepanchenko, N, Chatterjee, D, Lesko, T, Surinder, C, Hristov, A, 2022

In vitro evaluation of enteric methane mitigation strategies: A meta-analysis
Journal of Dairy Science, Martins, Leoni, Congio, G F S, Cueva, S, Lage, C F A, Ramin, M, Silvestre, T, Tricarico, J, Hristov, A, 2022

In vitro evaluation of the effects of high-protein duckweed on ruminal fermentation
Journal of Dairy Science, Stepanchenko, N, Wasson, D, Cueva, S, Martins, Leoni, Brennan, R, Hristov, A, 2022

Effects of partial replacement of solvent-extracted soybean meal by amino resin-treated soybean meal in the concentrate supplement of high producing grazing dairy cows
Livestock Science, Malacco, Victor, Martins, Leoni, Maciel, Isabella, Lage, Camila, Coelho, Raquel, Costa, Anna, Moura, André, Saturnino, Helton, Coelho, Sandra, Reis, Ronaldo, 2021

Alta CRIA 2021, Rafael Alves de, Azevedo, Alex de Matos, Teixeira, Carla Maris Machado, Bittar, Martins, Leoni, Lívia Carolina Magalhães Silva, Antunes, José Azael, Zambrano, José Eduardo Portela, Santos, Paula Marques, Tiveron, Polyana Pizzi, Rotta, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira, Silva, Sandra Gesteira, Coelho, Viviane, Gomes, Rodrigo Melo, Meneses, 2020

Nutritional value of fresh elephantgrass harvested at different regrowth ages
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Martins, Leoni, Prado, D.M.B., Gomes, G.R., Teixeira, A.M., Oliveira, L.N., Gonçalves, L.C., Oliveira, F.S., 2020

Alta CRIA 2019 - benchmarking for dairy calves and heifers, Alves de Azevedo, Rafael, Martins, Leoni, Marques Tiveron, Paula, de Matos Teixeira, Alex, Maris Machado Bittar, Carla, Lopes Júnior, Gláucio, Carolina Magalhães Silva Antunes, Lívia, Eduardo Portela Santos, José, Pizzi Rotta, Polyana, Melo Meneses, Rodrigo, Gesteira Coelho, Sandra, 2019

Challenges of knowledge transference in an effort to minimize social discrepancies, Gonçalves, L C, Ramirez, M, Teixeira, A, Santos, D, Pires, F P A A, Menezes, R, Martins, Leoni, Silva, B, 2016