We are delighted to announce that the new Editor in Chief of our journal will be Professor Miroslav Toman.
Prof. Toman will take over from Professor Dagmar Zendulková who has done a great job at the helm of Veterinární Medicína over the last 4 years.
Miroslav Toman is a professor of immunology and microbiology at the Veterinary University of Brno. He has been working at the University and at the Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine in Brno for more than 45 years. His main research interest is immunoprophylaxis of infectious diseases of farm animals and immune-mediated diseases of animals. He published several papers in this area and was the main editor of the Veterinary Immunology textbook (Veterinární imunologie, in Czech). He held a number of important positions, for more than ten years he was the director of the Veterinary Research Institute in Brno. He is a member of a number of professional societies, e.g. he was a member of the board of the European Veterinary Immunology Group under European Federation of Immunology Societes or a board member of the Czech Immunological Society. He also participates in the evaluation of research activities in the field of Veterinary science under the Council of the Government of the Czech Republic.
Prof. Toman has been an Associate Editor of Veterinární Medicína for many years and so is very well placed to take on the role of Editor in Chief.
Journal of Veterinary Medicine indexed in PubMed Central® database!
We are pleased to share that the Veterinární Medicína journal has successfully met the criteria of scientific and technical quality and has been indexed in PubMed Central® (PMC), a major medical database operated by the National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Veterinární Medicína articles will now be available to thousands more scientists, students, and educators from around the world.
Articles from Veterinární Medicína at PMC can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/4436/.
The Czech Academy of Agricultural Science, the publisher of the Vetarinární medicína thanks all the members of the Editorial Board for their tireless work for the journal, to the authors for their quality articles and to the reviewers for their thorough reviews.
Impact factor (WoS):
2023: 0.6
Q3 – Veterinary Sciences
5-Year Impact Factor: 0.7
SCImago Journal Rank (SCOPUS):
Veterinární medicína – veterinary medicine journal
- ISSN 0375-8427 (Print)
- ISSN 1805-9392 (On-line)
An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
- The journal is administered by an international Editorial Board
- Published since 1956
- Editor-in-Chief: prof. MVDr. Miroslav Toman CSc.
- Co-Editors: prof. MVDr. Eva Baranyiová, CSc.; doc. Mgr. MVDr. Leoš Landa, Ph.D.; doc. MVDr. Pavel Suchý, Ph.D.; prof. MVDr. Dagmar Zendulková, CSc.
- Executive Editor: Ing. Helena Smolová, Ph.D.
- The journal is published monthly
Aims & Scope
The journal Veterinarni Medicina publishes original papers, short communications, critical reviews and case reports from all fields of veterinary and biomedical sciences.
Current issue
The beauty of the beast: Suggestions to curb the excesses of dog breeding and restore animal welfare – Invited reviewReview
C Diederich
Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(11):369-380 | DOI: 10.17221/62/2024-VETMED 
Dog. Specifically created to save its master’s life. – (The dog is the ideal) Friend of man, (because it is his devoted slave) (source: Gustave Flaubert, Dictionnaire des Idées Reçues). But is man the best friend of the dog? This question is legitimate when we consider living situations to which modern domestic dogs are exposed. They often do not satisfy basic animal needs. In this narrative review, the author revisits the history of the dog’s presence alongside humans, in the light of current knowledge. The modern dog (breed standards and their interests in canine research) and its breeding strategy, including extreme...
A study on the measurement of the reference range of the whole blood viscosity in Thoroughbred horsesOriginal Paper
Y Ha, K Yi, C Park, G Kim, D Choi, J Lee, N Kim
Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(11):381-388 | DOI: 10.17221/24/2024-VETMED
This study aimed to measure the whole blood viscosity (WBV) in racehorses using a new viscometer and establish reference values, as well as to investigate the correlation between the WBV and the haematological parameters and serum chemistry. WBV measurements were conducted on 51 Thoroughbred horses using a novel U-shaped scanning capillary-tube viscometer. The reference values for the WBV were determined at various shear rates ranging from 1 s–1 to 1 000 s–1. Correlation analyses were performed to examine the correlation between the WBV and the haematological and serum chemistry parameters. The findings provide...
A novel pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 isolated from a sick racing pigeon in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China shows high virulence in chickensShort Communication
L Tong, X Gao, L Feng, D Yao, X Zhang, Y Du, Y Zhou, F Chen
Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(11):389-394 | DOI: 10.17221/15/2024-VETMED
Pigeon paramyxovirus type-1 (PPMV-1) is the causative agent of pigeon Newcastle disease (ND), which has caused huge losses to the pigeon industry. In this study, a PPMV-1 strain, PPMV-1/QH-01/CH/23, was isolated from a sick racing pigeon in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China in 2023. The mean death time of chicken embryos and the intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) were 76.8 h and 1.25, indicating a mesogenic strain. Pigeon morbidity and mortality were 100% and 80%, respectively, and both were 80% in chickens; therefore, this isolate was velogenic for both pigeons and chickens. The fusion gene was amplified and sequenced for phylogenetic analysis,...
Robinia pseudoacacia poisoning in two horses: A case reportCase Report
T Novotna, E Samonilova, J Klan, L Frgelecova, A Mala, Z Svobodova, Z Drabkova
Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(11):395-400 | DOI: 10.17221/55/2024-VETMED
This case report describes the poisoning of two mares from the same paddock with Robinia pseudoacacia (Black locust) bark. The poisoning manifested itself by the sudden onset of weakness and fever with transient improvement after the administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and fluids. After the initial stabilisation, the mares were left unattended overnight. One of them was found dead in the morning. The surviving mare developed colic and severe encephalopathy and had to be referred to the clinic. Blood tests revealed severe hyperammonaemia. After four days of symptomatic treatment, she fully recovered. Robinia pseudoacacia...
Erratum: The effects of Pycnogenol, a pine bark extract on pulmonary inflammation by Asian sand dust in miceErratum
SH Kim, IS Shin
Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(11):401 | DOI: 10.17221/97/2024-VETMED