Dr. Einar Artiles Ortega was born on the October 27^th, 1979 (Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba). Einar did his M.Sc. in the field of “Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny” at Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas (UCLV; Santa Clara, Cuba). In 2004, he became employed as a teacher at the Agricultural and Animal Sciences Faculty, UCLV, Santa Clara, Cuba. He did his Master in the field of “Advanced Animal Health” at UCLV. His joint (sandwich-BOF scholarship) PhD began in July 2015 in the field of “Forage, Silages and Ruminant Nutrition” at the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, Agricultural and Animal Sciences Faculty, UCLV, Cuba and, the Animal Production Department and Laboratory for Animal Production & Product Quality (LANUPRO), Faculty of Bioscience and Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium.Actually, and thanks to the experience obtained during his PhD program, he obtained the academic category of Auxiliary Professor, and he was promoted to Sub-director of the Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP) in the Science, Technology, and Innovation fields.

Professional experience:

2004 - 2010: Instructor, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Central University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas.

2010 - 2021: Assistant professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Central University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas.

2021 - Present: Auxiliary professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Central University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas.

2021 – 2024: Sub-director of the Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias in the Science, Technology, and Innovation fields at Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Central University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas.

2024 – Present: Vice dean at Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Central University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas.

• Food Microbiology
• Preservation
• Processing and Technology
• Food Analysis
• Secondary Metabolites
• Dairy Science
• Animal Nutrition
• Animal Production
• Meat Quality
• Dairy
• Ruminant Nutrition
• Feed Formulation
• Feed Evaluation
• Food Science
• Forage
• Animal Diseases
• Animal Pathology
• Animal Health and Immunology

• Artiles-Ortega, E., Andrade-Yucailla, V., Medina-López, B., de la Fe-Rodríguez, P. Y., Acosta-Lozano, N., Fievez, V. & Lima-Orozco, R. 2023. Combined Ensiling of Tropical Beans and Sugarcane Stalks: Effects on Their Secondary Metabolites. Fermentation, 9, 310.
• Artiles-Ortega, E., de la Fé – Rodríguez, P. Y., Reguera-Barreto, B., Lima-Orozco, R. & Fievez, V. 2022. In vitro rumen degradability of tropical legumes and their secondary metabolites depends on inoculum source. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 54, 330.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-022-03327-z
• Artiles-Ortega E; Portal O; Jeyanathan J; Reguera-Barreto B; De La Fé-Rodríguez PY; Lima-Orozco R; Fievez V. 2022. Performance, Rumen Microbial Community and Immune Status of Goat Kids Fed Leucaena leucocephala post-weaning as Affected by Prenatal and Early Life Nutritional Interventions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.769438
• Debruyne, S., Ruiz-González, A., Artiles-Ortega, E., Ampe, B., Van den Broeck, W., De Keyser, E., Vandaele, L., Goossens, K. & Fievez, V. 2018. Supplementing goat kids with coconut medium chain fatty acids in early life influences growth and rumen papillae development until 4 months after supplementation but effects on in vitro methane emissions and the rumen microbiota are transient. Journal of Animal Science, 96, 1978-1995, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/sky070
• Lima-Orozco, R., Arce-González, M.A., Bello-Morales, I., Artiles-Ortega, E. & Fievez, V. 2018. Assessment of quality and rumen degradability of mixed silages of sugarcane tops with whole plants of Tithoniadiversifolia (Hemsl.) Gray in combination with molasses, fungi and lactobacilli.Advances in Animal Biosciences, 9 (3): 519, https://www.cambridge.org/core/article/proceedings-of-the-10th-international-symposium-on-the-nutrition-of-herbivores/534EC354FE5AB94AA77905505CF6BFB4
• Artiles Ortega, E., Van Der Hoek, R., Lima Orozco, R., Rodríguez, C., Hoedtke, S., Sarria, P. & Martens, S. 2013. Efecto de la fibra sobre el crecimiento y los procesos gastroentéricos en cerdos en crecimiento Revista Electrónica de Veterinaria [Online], 14. Available: https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=63628041002
• Artiles Ortega, E., Ruiz Pozo, L., Rodriguez Triana, L. & Hernández Isla, Y. A. 2012. Contaminación por heces de caninos en calles de Santa Clara: un riesgo potencial para la transmisión de enfermedades parasitarias zoonóticas. Revista Electrónica de Veterinaria [Online], 13. Available: https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/636/63624434009.pdf

• Artiles-Ortega, E., Portal, O., Jeyanathan, J., Reguera-Barreto, B., de la Fé-Rodríguez, P. Y., Lima-Orozco, R. & Fievez, V. 2023. Performance, rumen microbial community and immune status of goat kids fed Leucaena leucocephala post-weaning as affected by prenatal and early life nutritional interventions. In: LI, R. W., MOON, C. D. & MORGAVI, D. P. (eds.) Rumen microbiome dynamics and their implications in health and environment. CH-1005, Lausanne, Suiza: Frontiers Media SA. ISBN: 978-2-8325-2753-5; https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-8325-2753-5
• Artiles Ortega, E., Lima-Orozco, R. & Fievez, V. 2023. Pre-digestive and digestive microbial strategies to optimize utilization by ruminants of tropical legumes with high amounts of plant secondary metabolites. University Press ed. Gent, Bélgica ISBN: 978-9-4635752
• Artiles Ortega, E.,Lima Orozco, R. &Van der Hoek, R. 2017. Alimentos tropicales para la alimentación de cerdos, GmbH& Co. KG, Saarbrücken, Germany, Editorial Académica Española, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-3-639-72470-7; ISBN-10: 3639724704. Available:https://www.eae-publishing.com/catalog/details/store/tr/book/978-3-639-72470-7/alimentos-tropicales-para-la-alimentaci%C3%B3n-de-cerdos?search=cerdos

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