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Assoc. prof. DVM. František Zigo, Ph.D. works at the Department of Nutrition and Animal Husbandry of the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Košice in Slovakia. He is a guarantor of 2 subjects for study programs Veterinary medicine and Nutrition and food safety.
Research and Academic Experience:
Knowledge and methodological skills in the field in detecting bacterial pathogens from blood, milk and tissue samples, their virulence factors and the health safety of produced food of animal origin. Teaching activities on animal husbandry and technology of animal production.
Research Area:
Research activities aimed at solving problems in the field of ruminant breeding and primary milk production, as well as poultry, pigeons and rabbits breeding and diseases.
A number of Published Papers and Citations:
The scientific achievement consists of 170 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and 78 of them in SCI/WoS and Scopus, 3 monographs and 8 textbooks. In databases, WoS and Scopus are registered 470 citations and the Hirsh index is 12.
Research Projects:
The principal researcher of 4 international and 4 Slovak projects focused on the prevention and diagnosis of ruminant mastitis, milk quality and animal husbandry as well as on improving the education of veterinary medicine students. Co-solver of 1 foreign NAWA project (Poland) and 5 Slovak projects.
Special Honors and Awards:
• member of the Academic Senate of the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Slovakia
• Rector's Award for the highest number of publications in WoS and Scopus for the year 2022.
• inclusion and publication of a CV in the Encyclopedia of Personalities of the Czech and Slovak Republics, 2017, British Publishing House based on the BP index.
• published patent application no. 00098-2013: Methods of preventing and suppressing ruminant mastitis caused by Staphylococcus spp.
• member of the European Commission for the preparation of assessments and expertise of funding and tenders
• member of the Livestock Production Section of the Slovak Academy of Agricultural Sciences
• member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Avian & Wildlife Biology
• member and lector of Humac group organization
• member of Slovak Breeders' Association.
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