• Outstanding PGBI Community service Award-PGBI Community Outreach Program in Baybay City and VSU: Monthly Coastal Cleaning Activities, Crowd Control Volunteer, Tree Planting Activities, and Mangrove Coastal Planting Activities (2010)
• Outstanding PGBI-Ranking MAGIC Group Promotional Award, Exemplary Accomplishments in the Field of Academe, PGBI Regional and National Extension Community Service Program, since 2006, Office of the National Chairman/President-PGBI, Senate Commissary Bldg. Senate of the Philippines, Pasay City (2012)
• Outstanding College Instructor-Ruminant and Poultry Production and Management (2004)
• Outstanding Teaching Performance-Outstanding Rating Teaching Performance and True Essence of Being a Mentor: Traits of Respect, Integrity, Novelty and Excellence (2008-2009)
• Loyalty Award-Continuous and Dedicated Service to the Visayas State University (2009)
• Keeper of Service Award-Untiring and Unconditional Efforts as Adviser of VSU Student Organizations (2010)
• Outstanding College Professor-Swine Production and Management, Equine Production and Management (2003-2011)
• PSAS Outstanding Animal Farm Manager-Philippine Society of Animal Science-National Chapter, 52nd Philippine Society of Animal Science Scientific Seminar and Annual Convention, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines (2015)
• Outstanding Agricultural Scientist-the Gawad Saka Award 2017, Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office VIII (2017)

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Abela, J. V., A. A. Taveros and B. Rebuyas. 2016. Field Trial on the Effects of Homemade Probiotics ans Sweet Potato Silage Supplementation on Sows Productivity and Profitability in the Marginal Upland Area in Inopacan, Leyte. Annals of Tropical Research. 36:191-198

Ybañez, A. P., V. G. Mutya, J. V. Abela, A. A. Taveros, N. E. Milla. 2015. Correlation of Infrared Tympanic and Rectal Body Temperatures in Lactating Bulgarian Murrah Buffaloes in the Philippines. International Research Journal of Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Studies (IRJIMS), 30-34 pp