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):

2022: 0.7
Q3 – Veterinary Sciences
5-Year Impact Factor: 0.9

SCImago Journal Rank (SCOPUS):

SCImago Journal & Country Rank

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

Non-invasive methods for analysing pig welfare biomarkersReview

M Svoboda, M Nemeckova, D Medkova, L Sardi, N Hodkovicova

Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(5):137-155 | DOI: 10.17221/17/2024-VETMED  

At present, the assessment of pig welfare quality has gained significant importance, prompting the exploration of novel biomarkers for this purpose. Traditionally, these biomarkers have been monitored in the blood; however, blood sampling is considered an invasive procedure. Currently, non-invasive methods for collecting samples are emerging as viable alternatives for assessing these biomarkers. This article aims to present the current knowledge regarding the use of non-invasive methods for analysing pig welfare biomarkers, specifically focusing on the saliva, hair, faeces, and urine as matrices to determine these biomarkers. The saliva analysis encompasses...

Transitional, fused and/or supernumerary vertebrae in the lumbosacrocaudal region of the spine – A reality in many domestic mammalsOriginal Paper

C Toader Covasa

Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(5):156-168 | DOI: 10.17221/102/2023-VETMED  

The aim of this study was to identify the presence of transitional lumbosacral and sacrocaudal vertebrae in domestic mammals, to realise a comparative analysis of the localisation and conformation of this abnormal condition. The research included the following species: cattle – 29 specimens, sheep – 32 specimens, horse – 31 specimens, pig – 26 specimens, rabbit – 33 specimens, dog – 89 specimens and cat – 57 specimens. The spine of the animals was analysed post-mortem or radiologically. The investigations revealed the presence of transitional vertebrae as follows: in cattle – 3 cases (8.7%), all being...

Limosilactobacillus reuteri L26 BiocenolTM and its exopolysaccharide: Their influence on rotavirus-induced immune molecules in enterocyte-like cellsOriginal Paper

P Schusterova, D Mudronová, K Loziakova Penazziova, V Hajducková, T Csank

Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(5):169-176 | DOI: 10.17221/106/2023-VETMED  

This study aimed to evaluate the immunomodulatory effect of the probiotic Limosilactobacillus reuteri L26 BiocenolTM (L26) and its purified exopolysaccharide (EPS) with respect to antiviral innate immune response. In our experiment, we used porcine epithelial IPEC-J2 cells as a model of the intestinal barrier in a homologous infection by porcine Rotavirus A strain OSU6 (RVA). The production of selected molecules of non-specific humoral immunity was evaluated at the mRNA level. The EPS alone significantly increased the level of interferon λ3 (IFN-λ3) mRNA in the non-infected IPEC-J2 cells (P < 0.001)....

Feline gastrointestinal eosinophilic sclerosing fibroplasia in two cats: Serial ultrasonographic and computed tomography findingsCase Report

D Noh, H Jo, H Shin, SW Lee, S Choi, K Lee

Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(5):177-183 | DOI: 10.17221/2/2024-VETMED  

A 6-month-old Ragdoll and 9-year-old Russian Blue cat presented with vomiting. Ultrasonography and computed tomography showed a pyloric antrum mass with wall layering loss and regional lymphadenopathy in the Ragdoll kitten. The Russian Blue cat only presented with muscularis layer thickening throughout the jejunum; however, despite medications, it later progressed to a mass with wall layering loss on the serial ultrasound. Both cats underwent surgery, and feline gastrointestinal eosinophilic sclerosing fibroplasia (FGESF) was histologically confirmed. FGESF should be considered for gastrointestinal masses demonstrating wall layering loss and...