Prof. Dr. Roberto Maurício Carvalho Guedes is a full professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. He was the deputy coordinator and coordinator of the postgraduate program of Veterinary Science at the UFMG School of Veterinary Medicine from 2010 to 2016 and head of the Department of Veterinary Clinic and Surgery from 2016 to 2018. He was vice-director of the UFMG School of Veterinary Medicine from 2018 to 2022. He is Treasurer of the Brazilian Association of Veterinarians Specialized in Swine, regional Minas Gerais (Abraves-MG), member of the fiscal council of Abraves Nacional. He is a member of the State Council for Swine Health (COESUI) of the state of Minas Gerais. He was awarded with “Abraves Merit” in 2011 by the Brazilian Association of Veterinarians Specialized in Swine and the “Best in Pig Farming in 2014—University Professor Category” at Porkexpo 2014. Dr Guedes has experience in the area of Animal Anatomy and Pathology, mainly working on swine diseases. He is one of the leaders of NEPS (Extension and Research Center in Pig Farming), a research group registered with CNPq. Dr Guedes’s research line in the area of swine diseases, particularly in enteropathogens Lawsonia intracellularis (epidemiology, pathogenesis and diagnosis) and Brachyspira hyodysenteriae (epidemiology and diagnosis).