Dr. Vega is faculty of the College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, teaching environmental physiology of domestic animals .
Research Interests: growth & metabolism physiology of farm animals, environmental physiology of farm animals
Academic History
BS Agriculture: Animal Science (Swine Production) UP Los Baños, 1984
BS Agronomy: Farming Systems, UP Los Baños, 1991
MS Animal Science: Hormone and Metabolism Physiology, Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro City, Hokkaido, Japan, 1999
PhD Animal Science: Hormone and Metabolism Physiology; Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan, 2002
BS Agronomy: Farming Systems, UP Los Baños, 1991
MS Animal Science: Hormone and Metabolism Physiology, Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro City, Hokkaido, Japan, 1999
PhD Animal Science: Hormone and Metabolism Physiology; Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan, 2002
Organization / Affiliation
National Research Council of the Philippines (2005, as Regular Member)
Philippine Society of Animal Science (2010, Life Member)
Philippine Society of Animal Science (2010, Life Member)
Publications
Cadmium and Organochlorine Pesticide Residues
(2011) Low levels of organochlorine residues in combination with cadmium in feed at peripubertal stage of Domestic Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos Linn.) RSA Vega, SS Capitan, AL Lambio, BM Garcia, HL Rivero. Journal of Environmental Science and Management 14 (2)
(2011) Effects of Cadmium and Pesticide on the Liver of Sexually Mature Female Philippine Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos L.) D Anggraeni, SS Capitan, CC Sevilla, RSA Vega, BC Cruzana Philippine Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 37 (1), 67-76
(2014) Effects of beta-benzene hexachloride in-ovo on the embryonic growth and development of domestic mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus L.). RSA Vega, DMS Remoral, CAA Lontoc, JER Octura, MFM Iranzo. Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences 2, 1-6
(2014) Interaction of ß–Benzenehexachloride and Cadmium on Physiologic Response of Laying Domestic Mallard (Anas Platyrhynchos L.) RSA Vega, D Anggraeni, HI Rivero, RRCS Yambao, MFM Iranzo, Adv Anim Vet Sci 2, 393-400
(2021) Effects of Commercial Antioxidants Applied in Ovo on Chorioallantoic Membrane and Putative Plasma Vitellogenin of Philippine Mallard (Anas platyrynchos L.) RSA Vega, CB Adiova, JSB Nas, DJV Cerico, DD Manalo
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 690 (1), 012026
(2008) An Agenda for Growth and Metabolism Research in Farm Animals: Healthy Food for a Healthy Nation. RSA Vega, DD Manalo, JNM Garcia. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 119 (1), 012003
(2011) 17β-estradiol and organochlorine pesticide levels in the east and west sites of Laguna de Bay. MGV Paraso, NT Librojo-Basilio, RSA Vega, CM Rebancos, ME Flavier, Journal of Environmental Science and Management 14 (2)
(2011) Melanomacrophage centers and hepatosomatic index in the common carp (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758)(Actinopterigii: Cyprinidae) introduced to the east and west sites of Laguna. MGV Paraso, NT Librojo-Basilio, RSA Vega, CA Rebancos, PP Ocampo. Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine 48 (2), 95-100