{"id":20837,"date":"2026-09-22T12:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equine2.wpenginepowered.com\/experts\/catalina-castaneira\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:22:41","slug":"catalina-castaneira","status":"publish","type":"experto","link":"https:\/\/e-quine.net\/en\/experts\/catalina-castaneira\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalina Casta\u00f1eira"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Academic Background<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de C\u00f3rdoba (2019). <br \/>\u2022 Veterinarian, Facultad de Agronom\u00eda y Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de R\u00edo Cuarto (2004).<br \/>\u2022 Languages: native Spanish; advanced English (First Certificate \u2013 Cambridge); advanced Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Activity<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 First-Level Teaching Assistant (semi-exclusive), Equine Production, UNRC (2013\u20132025).<br \/>\u2022 Previous teaching experience in Equine Production (adjunct and second-level teaching assistant) and teaching collaborations in Large Animal Clinics, Large Animal Reproduction and Infectious\/Toxic Diseases of Horses.<br \/>\u2022 Human resources training: supervision\/co-supervision and evaluation of undergraduate theses, tutoring of pre-professional practices and internships (including students from Argentina and Brazil).<br \/>\u2022 Research: Category V (National Department of Science and Technology) and member of INCIVET (UNRC). FONCyT-PICT (2010\u20132013) and CONICET Type II Postgraduate (2013\u20132015) scholarships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific Output<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Sustained output in equine and donkey reproduction, with work on reproductive biotechnologies (embryo transfer, cryopreservation\/vitrification, ICSI, semen evaluation and OPU), including publications and presentations at national and international congresses.<br \/>\u2022 Publications in journals in the field (e.g., Theriogenology, Animal Reproduction Science, Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, among others).<br \/>\u2022 Peer review: reviewer for technical publications and for <em>Theriogenology<\/em> (Elsevier).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional Background<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Extensive clinical and management experience in equine reproduction and neonatology in private practice (multiple farms).<br \/>\u2022 Head of the Equine Reproduction Service, Equine Production Laboratory, UNRC (2016\u20132023).<br \/>\u2022 Technical Director of the Artificial Insemination and Embryo Center (Equine Production Laboratory, UNRC) (2018\u20132023).<br \/>\u2022 Co-founder of Fequndar SAS (biotechnology services in equine reproduction\/production).<br \/>\u2022 Oocyte collection and grading services (post mortem and in vivo\/OPU) for cloning at Clonargen S.A. and Synergy Cloning; advisor to an embryo transfer center; and co-founding partner\/manager at In Vitro Equinos Argentina (2023\u20132026).<br \/>\u2022 Exchanges and postgraduate training at reference centers (USA and Argentina) in reproductive and large animal clinics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-20837","experto","type-experto","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-quine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experto\/20837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-quine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experto"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-quine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/experto"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-quine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-quine.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}