Meet the editors

Guillermo Tellez-Isaias received his DVM and MS in Veterinary Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, USA. He worked as a professor at UNAM for 16 years, eight of which he served as head of the Avian Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Tellez was president of the National Poultry Science Association of Mexico and is a member of the

Mexican Veterinary Academy and the Mexican National Research System. Currently, he is a research professor at the Center of Excellence in Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, USA. His research is focused on poultry gastrointestinal models to evaluate the beneficial effects of functional foods to enhance intestinal health and disease resistance.

Juan David Latorre is an associate research scientist at the Center of Excellence of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, USA. He earned his DVM from the Cooperative University of Colombia and his MS in Animal Nutrition from the Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico. Dr. Latorre served as Assistant Professor of Animal Nutrition at the Cooperative University of Colombia and an independent research and de-

velopment consultant. He received a PhD in Poultry Science and was a post-doctoral associate at the University of Arkansas. In 2018, he joined Elanco Animal Health as a senior research scientist for the Nutritional Health Department. His research areas include intestinal biomarkers, the development of enteric disease models, and the interaction between nutrition, health, and intestinal microbiota.

Yordan Martínez-Aguilar received his DVM and Ph.D. in Veterinary Sciences from the Institute of Animal Science, Cuba. He worked as an associate professor at Granma University, Cuba for 13 years, and 10 years as head of the Poultry Production Program, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Martínez was a member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences and other important scientific organizations. Currently, he is an Associate

Professor of Animal Nutrition and Poultry Production at Zamorano University, Honduras. His research is focused on poultry nutrition and strategies to alleviate the detrimental effect of mycotoxins, metabolic disorders, and coccidiosis, and characterization and use of functional foods and nutraceutical products and their effect on performance, digestive physiology, antioxidant activity, intestinal microbiology, intestinal inflammation, and immunity.
