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Biography

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.

Activities

Employment (1)

University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice: Košice, SK

2013-09-01 to present | Assoc. prof., DVM., Ph.D. (Nutrition and Animal Husbandry)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Zigo F.

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice: Košice, SK

2014-09-01 to present (Nutrition and Animal Husbandry)
Qualification
Source: Self-asserted source
Zigo F.

Funding (4)

Modernizácia infraštruktúry pre výskum bezantibiotických prístupov kontroly mastitíd dojníc

2024-05 to 2025-05 | Grant
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic (Bratislava, SK)
Source: Self-asserted source
Zigo F.

APVV-22-0457: Non-antibiotic approaches to control mastitis of cows with an increase in the hygiene of dairy farms conditions

2023-07 to 2027-06 | Grant
Slovak Research and Development Agency (Bratislava, SK)
Source: Self-asserted source
Zigo F.

Reduction of antibiotic use in dairy mastitis control programs

2023-01 to 2026-12 | Grant
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic (Bratislava, SK)
Source: Self-asserted source
Zigo F.

SAIA: Factors determining the occurrence of bovine mastitis in dairy farms situated in marginal regions

2020-11 to 2022-08 | Grant
International Visegrad Fund (Bratislava, SK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

22010056

Source: Self-asserted source
Zigo F.

Peer review (62 reviews for 21 publications/grants)

Review activity for Agriculture. (1)
Review activity for Animals. (6)
Review activity for Antibiotics. (1)
Review activity for Applied microbiology. (2)
Review activity for Cogent food & agriculture. (2)
Review activity for Computers and electronics in agriculture. (4)
Review activity for Fermentation. (1)
Review activity for Folia microbiologica (1)
Review activity for Folia microbiologica. (1)
Review activity for Heliyon. (11)
Review activity for Journal of food composition and analysis. (2)
Review activity for Journal of thermal biology. (4)
Review activity for Life. (1)
Review activity for Microbes and infection. (2)
Review activity for Microbial pathogenesis. (2)
Review activity for Processes. (1)
Review activity for Research in Veterinary Science. (11)
Review activity for Small ruminant research. (2)
Review activity for Smart agricultural technology. (1)
Review activity for The journal of dairy research. (1)
Review activity for Veterinary medicine and science. (5)