Animal Production and Biotechnology

The Department of Animal Breeding and Livestock Production participates in teaching, research and professional work related to breeding, selection and production of animals. Within the Department there is a small and large computer room, library, offices of the Department staff and laboratories for determining the phenotypic and genotypic manifestation of production traits of domestic animals…

In the Department, there are four teachers, an assistant and a technical associate. The staff of the Department participates in the implementation of compulsory and elective subjects of the integrated undergraduate and graduate university study of veterinary medicine in Croatian and English. The Department is also involved in the implementation of postgraduate studies, including Doctoral…

The area of ​​nutrition of domestic animals was already included in the first complete curriculum of veterinary medicine in 1922, and the classes were held by the part-time teacher prof. Dr. Sava Ulmansky from the then Faculty of Economics and Forestry in Zagreb. Since 1933, nutrition has been incorporated into the teaching of the Department…

During the course Fishery, a student of integrated undergraduate and graduate study of veterinary medicine IRISZ KOUTIS participated at a field work on the Mrežnica River.

At the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, the course Hunting began to be taught in 1959, and in 1989 the Department of Biology and Pathology of Wildlife was established. Thus, today’s Department for Hunting and Wild Animals is one of the youngest organizational units of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Today, the Department…

The project Improving cooperation between fishermen and scientists for the purpose of introducing advanced technologies for marking fishing gear, protecting fish health and preserving the environment was applied in the tender of the Ministry of Agriculture for granting support under measure I.3. “Partnerships between scientists and fishermen”.

IN MEMORIAM     NIKOLA FIJAN Professor emeritus ( 1931 – 2009 )     Professor emeritus Nikola Fijan was born on the fish farm ˝Poljana˝, Croatia, where his father was the general manager. He followed in his father’s steps- graduated in 1950 at the classical high school in Zagreb and then continued to study…

The aim of this project is to extend the knowledge on the consequences of metal pollution in the freshwater ecosystems using two freshwater bioindicators, fish species northern pike (Esox lucius) and the bivalves from the family Unionidae, from the ecologically important Croatian river Mrežnica, which, in its lower course, is impacted by the waste of…

  A lecture on MICROPLASTICS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT, for students of integrated undergraduate and graduate study of veterinary medicine enrolled in courses Biology and Pathology of Aquatic Organisms and Fishery, will be held on-line, on 30th April, 2021, by Serena Savoca, PhD from University of Messina, Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences.

Sustainable pollination in Europe – joint research on bees and other pollinators (SUPER-B) SUPER-B is a COST Action that will bring together scientific and societal communities involved in the conservation and sustainable management of ecosystem services mediated by pollinators. >70 of our crops need insects for optimal pollination; these include many fruits, nuts, oil crops, fibres and…

Goal: Health of honey bee colonies is crucial in successful beekeeping and pollination. Veterinarians have a vital role in the health of honey bee colonies and their notifiable disease control and eradication. Also, honey bee colonies are reared mainly because of apian products production intended mainly for human consumption. This veterinary position is reflected in all…