Dairy Spotlight: Pedro Trinidade

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University Large Animal Clinical Sciences.

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Dr. Pedro Trindade, DVM, joined the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine in 2024 as an assistant professor of Large Animal Clinical Sciences. He is focused on optimizing farm animal welfare and overcoming health challenges by combining behavioral, physiological and machine learning approaches.

More specifically, he works to optimize acute pain measurements across farm animals using algorithms and devices to improve the prediction ability and automate data collection. Dr. Trindade is a collaborative research enthusiast and has built a solid international network to advance animals’ quality of life. To date, he has published 59 peer-reviewed publications.

Some of his recent work includes a study on post-surgical pain in cattle. The researchers found that statistical modeling was an effective tool in monitoring pain when used with an abridged scoring system. This can help farm employees save time while supporting animal welfare.

Before joining MSU, he was a postdoctoral researcher at North Carolina State University and Sao Paulo State University in Brazil. Dr. Trindade has an MBA in Data Science and Analytics, a Ph.D. in Animal Biotechnology, and an M.S. in Animal Science, all from Sao Paulo State University, Brazil. He also has a degree in Veterinary Medicine from Rio Preto University in Brazil. As a graduate student, he completed an international internship in the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

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