Publications in Scientific Journals

Campos-Montes G. R., Montaldo H. H., Martínez-Ortega A., Martínez Jiménez A., Castillo-Juárez H. 2013. Genetic parameters for growth and survival traits in Pacific white shrimp Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei from anucleus population undergoing a two-stage selection program. Aquaculture International. 21: 299-310. doi: 10.1007/s10499-012-9553-1 DOI

Montaldo H. H., Castillo-Juárez H., Campos-Montes G., Pérez-Enciso M. 2012. Effect of the data family structure, tank replication and the statistical model, on the estimation of genetic parameters for body weight at 28 days of age in the Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei Boone, 1931). Aquaculture Research. In press. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2012.03176.x DOI

Morales-Ueno K., Montaldo H. H., Ortega A. M., Paniagua-Chávez C. G. y Castillo-Juárez H. (2012). An extender solution for the short-term storage of Litopenaeus vannamei sperm to be used in artificial insemination. Aquaculture Research. In press. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2012.03126.x DOI

Vázquez-Flores F., Montaldo H. H., Torres-Vázquez J. A., Alonso-Morales R. A., Gayosso-Vázquez A., Valencia Posadas M., Castillo-Juárez H. 2012. Additive and dominance effects of the as1-casein locus on milk yield and composition traits in dairy goats. Journal of Dairy Research. 79: 367–374. doi:10.1017/S0022029912000350 DOI

Escobar-López A. C., Rivera-Benitez J. F., Castillo-Juárez H., Ramírez-Mendoza H., Trujillo Ortega M. E. Sánchez-Betancourt J. I. 2012. Identification of antigenic variants of the porcine rubulavirus in sera of field swine and their seroprevalence. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 59: 416-420. doi:10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01286.x DOI

Tarqui-Callejas N. I., Martínez-González J. C., Logan-López K. G., Guerra-Pérez A., González-Reyna A., Castillo-Juárez H., Cienfuegos-Rivas E. 2011. Morphometric characterization of the Carmen mountain white-tailed deer in Mexico. Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America. 2 (2): 380-400.

Montaldo H. H., Castillo-Juárez H., Valencia-Posadas M., Cienfuegos-Rivas E. G., Ruiz-López F. J. 2010. Genetic and environmental parameters for milk production, udder health, and fertility traits in Mexican Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 93 (5): 2168-2175. PDF

Rosales-Torres A. M., Alonso I., Vergara M., Romano M. C., Castillo-Juárez H., Ávalos A., Rosado A., Gutiérrez C. G. 2010. Vascular endothelial growth factor isoforms 120, 164 and 205 are reduced with atresia in ovarian follicles of sheep. Animal Reproduction Science. 122: 111-117. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.08.002 DOI

Martínez-González J. C., García-Esquivel F. J., Parra-Bracamonte G. M., Castillo-Juárez H., Cienfuegos-Rivas E. G. 2010. Genetic parameters for growth traits in Mexican Nellore cattle. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 42 (5): 887-892. PDF

Montaldo H. H., Núñez-Soto S. G., Ruiz-López F. J., Castillo-Juárez H. 2009. Selection response for milk production in conventional production systems in Mexico, using genetic evaluations of Holstein sires from Canada and the United States. Journal of Dairy Science. 92 (10): 5270-5275. PDF

Torres-Vázquez J. A., Valencia-Posadas M., Castillo-Juárez H., Montaldo H. H. 2009. Genetic and phenotypic parameters of milk yield, milk composition and age at first kidding in Saanen goats from Mexico. Livestock Science. 126 (1-3): 147-153. PDF

Ramírez-Mendoza H., Castillo-Juárez H., Hernández J., Correa P., Segalés J. 2009. Retrospective serological survey of porcine circovirus type 2 infection in Mexico. Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research. 73 (1): 21-24. PDF

Murillo Medina A. L., Córdova-Izquierdo A., Soriano Robles R., Mendoza Martínez G. D., Castillo-Juárez H. 2009. Breed differences in calving interval in the humid Mexican tropic. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 41: 1357-1362. PDF

Fernández M., Castillo-Juárez H., González-Montaña J. R., Fernández F. J. Castañeda Vázquez H., Saltijeral-Oaxaca J. A. 2008. Somatic cell counts and quality of goat milk produced in the central region of Mexico. Research Journal of Dairy Sciences. 2 (2): 45-50. PDF

Castro-Gámez H., Perezgrovas R., Campos-Montes G., López-Ordaz R., Castillo-Juárez H. 2008. Genetic parameters for fleece quality assessed by an ancient Tzotzil indigenous evaluation system in Mexico. Small Ruminant Research. 74 (1-3): 107-112. PDF 

Castillo-Juárez H., Campos-Montes G., Quintana J. C., Cabrera-Villela C., Martínez-Ortega A., Montaldo H. H. 2007. Heritability for body weight at harvest size in the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) from a multi-environment experiment using univariate and multivariate animal models. Aquaculture. 273: 42-49. PDF

Ruiz-Sánchez R., Blake W. R., Castro-Gámez H. M. A., Sánchez F., Montaldo H. H., Castillo-Juárez H. 2007. Changes in the association between milk yield and age at first calving in Holstein cows with herd environment level for milk yield. Short Communication. Journal of Diary Science. 90 (11): 4830-4834. PDF

De León-González F., Gutiérrez-Castorena M. C., González-Chávez M C., Castillo-Juárez H. 2007. Root aggregation in a pumiceous sandy soil. Geoderma. 142: 308-317. PDF

Ramírez-Mendoza H., Martínez C., Mercado G., Castillo-Juárez H., Segalés J. 2007. Porcine circovirus type 2 antibody detection in backyard pigs from Mexico City. Short communication. Research in Veterinary Science. 83: 130-132. PDF

Birkhead T. R., Pellatt E. J., Matthews I. M., Roddis N. J., Hunter F. M., McPhie F., Castillo Juárez H. 2006. Genic capture and the genetic basis of sexually selected traits in the zebra finch. Evolution. 60 (11): 2389-2398. PDF

Cienfuegos R. E., Oltenacu P. A., Blake R. W., Castillo-Juárez H. 2006. Fertility Responses of Mexican Holstein Cows to US Sire Selection. Journal of Dairy Science. 89 (7): 2755-2760. PDF

Birkhead T. R., Pellatt E. J., Brekke P., Yeates R., Castillo-Juárez H. 2005. Genetic effects on sperm design in the zebra finch. Nature. 434: 383-387. PDF

Castillo-Juárez H., Oltenacu P. A., Cienfuegos-Rivas E. G. 2002. Genetic and Phenotypic Relationships among Milk Production and Composition Traits in Primiparous Holstein Cattle in Two Different Environments. Livestock Production Science. 78 (3): 223-231. PDF

Froman D. P., Pizarri T., Feltmann A. J., Castillo-Juárez H., Birkhead, T. 2002. Sperm mobility: mechanisms of fertilizing efficiency, genetic variation, and phenotypic relationship with male status in the domestic fowl, Gallus gallus domesticus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 69 (1491): 607-612. PDF

Brooks B. M., Castillo-Juárez H., Oltenacu P. A. 2001. Heritability of Von Willebrand factor protein in German Wirehaired Pointers. Veterinary Quarterly, 23 (3): 126-128. PDF

Castillo-Juárez H., Oltenacu P. A, Blake R. W., McCulloch C. E., Cienfuegos-Rivas E. G. 2000. Effect of Herd Environment on the Genetic and phenotypic relationships among milk yield, conception rate and somatic cell score in Holstein cattle. Journal of Dairy Science. 83: (4): 807-814. PDF

Airey D. C., Castillo-Juárez H., Casella G., Pollak E. J., De Voogd T. J. 2000. Variation in the volume of zebra finch song control nuclei is heritable: developmental and evolutionary implications. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 267: 2099-2104. PDF

Cienfuegos-Rivas E. G., Oltenacu P. A., Blake R. W., Schwager S. J., Castillo-Juárez H., Ruiz F. J. 1999. Interactions in milk yield by Holstein cows in Mexico and the United States. Journal of Dairy Science. 82 (10): 2218-2223. PDF

In Mexican Scientific Journals

Membrillo-Ortega A., Córdova-Izquierdo A., Hicks-Gómez J. J., Valencia-Méndez. J. J., Castillo-Juárez H. 2011. Efecto de la adición de antioxidantes en el diluyente de semen de macho cabrío antes de congelar y después de descongelar. Revista Electrónica de Veterinaria. 22 (2): 85-90. PDF

Cienfuegos-Rivas E., Cantú-Medina F. G., Logan-López K. G., González-Saldivar F., González-Reyna A., Castillo-Juárez H., Mendoza-Martínez G. D., Martínez-González J. C., 2011. Selective harvesting: is it an antler change factor for White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus texanus). Agrociencia. 45 (7): 771-783. PDF 

Torres-Vásquez J. A., Valencia-Posadas M., Castillo-Juárez H., Montaldo H. H. 2010. Tendencias genéticas y fenotípicas para características de producción y composición de la leche en cabras Saanen de México. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias. 1 (4): 337-348. PDF

López-Ordaz R., Castillo-Juárez H., Montaldo H. H. 2009. Genetic and phenotypic covariancesfor days open and lactation curve characteristics in Holstein cows from northern Mexico. Veterinaria México. 40 (4): 343-356. PDF

Campos-Montes G. R., Montaldo H. H., Martínez-Ortega A., Castillo-Juárez H. 2009. Efectos de interacción genotipo por ambiente para peso corporal a los 130 días en el camarón blanco del Pacífico Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei. Veterinaria México 40 (3): 255-267. PDF

Rosas-Velasco C., Flores-Pérez I., Pérez Martínez M., Castillo Juárez H. 2007. Cambios histológicos inducidos por el acetato de medroxiprogesterona en el endometrio de conejas ovariectomizadas. Veterinaria México. 38 (2): 207-215. PDF

Torres Saldaña G., Trinidad Santos A., Reyna Trujillo T., Castillo Juárez H., Escalante Estrada A., De León-González F. 2006. Comportamiento de dos genotipos de amaranto en dos densidades de población. Fitotecnia Mexicana. 29 (4): 307-312. PDF

Torres-Saldaña G., Trinidad-Santos A., Reyna-Trujillo T., Castillo-Juárez H., Bautista-Martínez N., De León-González F. 2004. Barrenación del tallo de Amaranto por Hypolixus truncatulus (Cleoptera: Curculionidae) y Amauromyza abnormalis (Díptera: Agromyzidae). Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.) 20 (1): 131-140. PDF

Vega S., García L., Brunnett L., Castillo H., De León F. 2002. Elementos por considerar en el proceso de verificación de la calidad e inocuidad de la leche orgánica. Revista Chapingo. Serie Ingeniería Agropecuaria. Vol. V. (1 y 2): 117-120. PDF

Ramírez Mendoza H., Trigo Tavera F., Correa Girón P., Castillo Juárez H., Mercado García M. C. 1998. Determinación de anticuerpos y antígeno contra parvovirus porcino en fetos colectados en rastro. Veterinaria México. 29: 337-344. PDF

Castillo Juárez H., Navarro Fierro R., Ulloa Arvizu R. 1997. Análisis genético del cociente producción de leche/perímetro torácico como indicador indirecto de la eficiencia en bovinos Holstein Frisian. Veterinaria México. 28: 123-136. PDF