Biography
Prof. Pedro Melendez joined City University of Hong Kong in January 2023 as a Clinical Professor in Bovine Production Medicine.
He obtained his DVM at the University of Chile, and then he pursued a residency program in Food Animal Medicine at the University of Florida (USA), and earned a Master of Science in 2000 and a Ph.D. in 2004 at the same University. He is a diplomate at the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, Dairy Specialty. He was a faculty member at the University of Chile, University of Florida (USA), University Santo Tomas (Chile), University of Missouri, University of Georgia and Texas Tech University. His teaching focuses on all aspects of dairy production medicine, with special emphasis on nutritional management and metabolic diseases in dairy cattle.
Research Interest
Prof. Melendez research program involves the management of transition dairy cow, epidemiology of periparturient diseases, nutrition and feeding management of dairy cattle, and the relationship of nutrition, and fertility and health in dairy cattle.
Prof. Melendez is author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications listed on PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar.