Vetinova – Strategic Animal Health
Independent consultancy · since 2021

Strategic animal health for the poultry industry

Consulting for agribusinesses and poultry industry suppliers: end-to-end animal health. Clients in more than 20 countries.

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About Vetinova

Large-scale animal health management experience, at the service of your business

Vetinova – Strategic Animal Health is an independent consultancy founded in October 2021. We serve animal production companies and suppliers of inputs, technology and services to the poultry industry.

Our foundation is animal health management and strategy experience at one of Brazil’s largest animal protein companies. We bring that experience to the field and to decision-making, in Brazil and abroad.

MissionTo provide excellent animal health services, focused on preventive veterinary medicine, applied science, experience, innovation and method.

VisionTo be a benchmark for successful animal health strategies in the poultry industry.

Founded
October 2021
Headquarters
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Model
Tailored projects, on-site or remote
Clients
Poultry production companies; suppliers of inputs, technology and services
Services

Two client groups

Vetinova serves agribusiness and the companies that supply it with inputs, technology and services.

For

Agribusiness

Support consulting

  • Salmonella control
  • Biosecurity
  • Anticoccidial programs
  • AGP-free programs and AGP withdrawal
  • Vaccination programs
  • Technology evaluation

Animal health problem solving

  • Chronic health problems
  • Recent health conditions

Talks and training

  • Technical team training
For

Suppliers

Product line consulting

  • Test protocol design
  • Technical evaluation of completed trials
  • Product positioning and program development

R&D consulting and support

  • Test protocol design
  • Product positioning within the portfolio
  • Technical evaluation of completed trials
  • Participation in internal R&D committees
  • Participation in technical advisory boards

Consulting for the supplier’s customers

  • Support consulting for agribusinesses
  • Animal health problem solving

Talks and training

  • For internal teams
  • For customers
Reach

International presence

20+

countries with clients served by Vetinova, across four regions.

CanadaUnited StatesIndonesiaArgentinaChileSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilPeruColombiaEcuadorUnited Arab EmiratesThailandAustriaGermanyNetherlandsUnited KingdomPhilippinesParaguaySaudi ArabiaSerbia United Arab EmiratesAustriaNetherlandsSerbia
Countries with clients served by Vetinova. Gold dots mark countries too small to show at this map scale.
Founder
Ricardo Hummes Rauber
DVM · MSC · PHD · ESP.

Veterinarian with more than two decades of experience in poultry health. He is the founder of Vetinova and CEO of Instituto SAMITEC, a laboratory specializing in HPLC-MS/MS mycotoxin analysis and microbiology. Before Vetinova, he was Executive Manager of Animal Health – Poultry and Swine at BRF.

  • DVMDoctor of Veterinary Medicine · Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) · 1999–2004
  • MScMaster’s in Preventive Veterinary Medicine · UFSM · 2005–2006
  • PhDPhD in Poultry Health, focused on Salmonella and mycotoxins · Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) · 2009–2012
  • PostdocPoultry Health, in-company program · Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), with CAPES, Fundação Araucária and BRF · 2013–2015
  • Esp.Specialization in Poultry Medicine · North Carolina State University (NCSU, USA) · 2018–2020
  1. LAMIC / UFSM

    Master’s student and Animal Research Manager at the UFSM Mycotoxicological Analysis Laboratory.

  2. SAMITEC

    Founding partner and Technical Director of the mycotoxin analysis and animal research company.

  3. BRF · corporate agricultural team

    • 2013–2015 · Agricultural Researcher
    • 2015–2018 · Animal Health Specialist – Innovation
    • 2018–2019 · Animal Health Specialist – Broilers
    • 2019–2021 · Executive Manager of Animal Health – Poultry and Swine
  4. Vetinova – Strategic Animal Health

    Founded the consultancy in October 2021.

  5. Instituto SAMITEC

    CEO since July 2025.

Publications

Articles and talks

13 articles published in peer-reviewed journals between 2006 and 2023.

13articles
11journals
2006–2023period

Mycotoxins: effects in poultry

5

Effects of aflatoxins and fumonisin B1 on performance, serum biochemistry, intestinal morphology, exocrine pancreas and feathering of broilers and turkeys, including the interaction between fumonisin and Salmonella endotoxin.

  1. GIACOMINI, L. et al. Desempenho e plumagem de frangos de corte intoxicados por aflatoxinas. Ciência Rural, v. 36, n. 1, p. 234-239, 2006. DOI
  2. RAUBER, R. H. et al. Performance of turkey poults fed different doses of aflatoxins in the diet. Poultry Science, v. 86, n. 8, p. 1620-1624, 2007. DOI
  3. RAUBER, R. H. et al. Individual and combined effects of Salmonella Typhimurium lipopolysaccharide and fumonisin B1 in broiler chickens. Poultry Science, v. 91, p. 2785-2791, 2012. DOI
  4. MARCHIORO, A. et al. Effects of aflatoxins on performance and exocrine pancreas of broiler chickens. Avian Diseases, v. 57, n. 2, p. 280-284, 2013. DOI
  5. RAUBER, R. H. et al. Effects of fumonisin B1 on selected biological responses and performance of broiler chickens. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, v. 33, n. 9, p. 1081-1086, 2013. DOI

Mycotoxins: maize sampling and analysis

3

Efficiency of sampling plans for aflatoxins and fumonisins in maize lots, and quantification of free and hidden fumonisins by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry.

  1. MALLMANN, A. O. et al. Dois planos de amostragem para análise de fumonisinas em milho. Ciência Rural, v. 43, n. 3, p. 551-558, 2013. DOI
  2. MALLMANN, A. O. et al. Comparison of the efficiency between two sampling plans for aflatoxins analysis in maize. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v. 45, n. 1, p. 35-42, 2014. DOI
  3. OLIVEIRA, M. S. et al. Free and hidden fumonisins in Brazilian raw maize samples. Food Control, v. 53, p. 217-221, 2015. DOI

Salmonella

2

Impact of Salmonella Typhimurium lipopolysaccharide on broiler performance and biological parameters, and the relationship between Salmonella Gallinarum field isolates and the SG9R vaccine strain.

  1. RAUBER, R. H. et al. Interference of Salmonella Typhimurium lipopolysaccharide on performance and biological parameters of broiler chickens. Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, v. 16, n. 1, p. 67-76, 2014. DOI
  2. KOERICH, P. K. V. et al. Salmonella Gallinarum field isolates and its relationship to vaccine strain SG9R. British Poultry Science, v. 59, n. 2, p. 154-159, 2018. DOI

Field production and biosecurity

3

Recycled litter treatments against Clostridium perfringens and enterobacteria, slaughter weight prediction models based on gut health and management, and avian influenza prevention strategies in Brazil.

  1. BENEDET, J. P. et al. Broiler recycled litter treatments against Clostridium perfringens and enterobacteria in conventional and dark house systems. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, v. 56, e02325, 2021. DOI
  2. RAUBER, R. H. et al. Structural equation models for slaughtering weight prediction for broilers. Tropical Animal Health and Production, v. 53, art. 58, 2021. DOI
  3. RAUBER, R. H. Avian influenza and the Brazilian poultry production: current situation and prevention strategies. German Journal of Veterinary Research, v. 3, n. 4, p. 13-19, 2023. DOI
Talks

17 talks at congresses, symposia and technical forums since 2022.

    • SBSA 2026 – Simpósio Brasil Sul de Avicultura
    • SBSS 2026 – Simpósio Brasil Sul de Suinocultura
    • PSA Latin American Scientific Conference 2026
    • 11º Encontro Avícola e Empresarial – Unifrango
    • nutriForum 2025
    • LPN Congress 2025 – Mycotoxin Forum
    • Simpósio FACTA Frangos de Corte: Sanidade e Manejo
    • XI Simpósio de Sanidade Avícola UFSM
    • PSA Latin American Scientific Conference 2024
    • Webinar ABPA/Aliança – Semana de Conscientização sobre Antimicrobianos
    • ACAV – Congresso Catarinense de Avicultura
    • International Avian Influenza Summit
    • LPN Congress 2023 – Conferência Sala Nutrición
    • LPN Congress 2023 – Workshop Mycotoxin Forum
    • Pork Expo 2022
    • PSA Latin American Scientific Conference 2022
    • AVISULAT 2022 – 4º Simpósio ASGAV