University of Veterinary Medicine

Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine

Essential activities beneficial for the public are the following:

The primary role of the Institute as the only sectional professional state research institution within the field of veterinary medicine in Slovakia is to ensure the progress in veterinary sciences, research and development aimed at the investigation of animal morbidity, the mechanisms of evolution and the course of the pathological process as well as the epizootiological and epidemiological conditions, to prevent diseases and to decrease both direct and indirect losses in common and conventional as well as special types of farms (cooperative, private, family ones) doing business at different soil and climatic conditions within unequal production areas for the improvement the effectiveness of production. In addition, research activities of the Institute are aimed at ensuring the full nutritive value and health unobjectability of the produced raw materials and food of animal origin. Research activities of the Institute are being realized and developed in the following fields: (1) microbiology, epizootiology and immunology, (2) production and reproduction disorders in animals, (3) ecotoxicology and hygiene of food and environment, (4) economy of animal health, sustainable development of agricultural production and biodiversity.

The general professional activities of the Institute are the following:

non-investment project activities in the field of ecological studies of veterinary nature and preventive programmes of animal health promotion for the enterprises and larger regional units,
monitoring of foreign compounds in the production environment of farm and free-living animals as well as in animal organisms and feeds,
advisory activities including the investigation of actual veterinary and health problems
research and verifying activities in the experimental basis and operation of the Institute’s menagerie
activities of expertise in the field of veterinary medicine relative to central administration
specific cyto- and biochemical - genetic examinations for genotoxicity to control health heredity (HH),
collecting information data and making databases within the sphere of action
additional examinations and expertise activities in cooperation with the State Veterinary

Administration of the Slovak Republic (SVA SR) as well as other institutions involved; establishing reference laboratories,

activities in expert commissions of the central director of the SVA SR,
economic analysis of the effect of scientific and technical knowledge and production technologies on animal health,
advisory and realization activities (extention service) in accordance with the policy within the section of agriculture.

Address:

University of Veterinary Medicine

Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine

Hlinkova 1/A

040 01 Košice

Slovak Republic

e-mail: vuvm@vuvm.sk

http:// www.vuvm.sk

Head:

Alojz BOMBA, DVM, PhD.

Phone: +421-55-6335246

e-mail: bomba@vuvm.sk

Phone exchange: +421 55 633 20 11-12

Fax: +421-55-633-18-53