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

Mammary neoplasms in female dogs: Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspectsReview

JR Rueda, CD Porto, RP Franco, IB da Costa, LMC Bueno, RJS Girio, FFR Manhoso, PCS Bueno, CSF Repetti

Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(4):99-114 | DOI: 10.17221/4/2024-VETMED  

With the increase in the life expectancy of domestic animals and their increasingly affectionate relationship with their owners, it is possible to observe an increase in cases of neoplasms in these animals. Mammary neoplasia mainly affects older females who have not been castrated, due to hormonal dependence for the development of the tumour. The main form of treatment is surgery. This study aims to carry out an updated review on mammary neoplasms in female dogs covering the anatomy, physiology, prevalence, causes, diagnoses, treatments, prevention and prognosis, based on scientific articles by renowned researchers.

Antibacterial effect of curcumin on Salmonella Typhimurium: In vitro and food model studiesOriginal Paper

G Terzi Gulel, S Kanat, E Kucukgoz

Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(4):115-122 | DOI: 10.17221/114/2023-VETMED  

Salmonellosis is a major foodborne disease transmitted from contaminated poultry products worldwide. Although a wide variety of chemical agents are used in the prevention of foodborne Salmonella spp. infections, consumers prefer natural additives, that do not harm human health and do not impair the characteristics of food. Curcumin is a yellow-coloured, hydrophobic polyphenol obtained from the rhizome of the Curcuma longa L. plant known as turmeric. The purpose of this study was to evaluate curcumin’s antibacterial activity against S. Typhimurium in chicken meat and in vitro. In the first step, chicken samples...

Repeated bolus injections of bupivacaine for continuous bilateral transversus thoracis plane block undergoing median sternotomy in a dog: A case reportCase Report

D Kim, D Shin, S Yun, G An, J Jung, WG Son

Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(4):123-129 | DOI: 10.17221/118/2023-VETMED  

An 8-year-old, 6.5 kg, neutered female Shih-Tzu dog was presented for surgical resection of a mediastinal mass. A median sternotomy and left cranial lung lobectomy were performed. Intraoperatively, with the patient under general anaesthesia, a bilateral transversus thoracis plane (TTP) block was performed by injecting 0.5% bupivacaine (0.2 ml/kg) per side using real-time ultrasound guidance. After surgery, indwelling catheters for repeated bolus injections of bupivacaine in TTP were placed as follows: the fifth sternebra was palpated in dorsal recumbency, and the transducer was placed in the longitudinal plane lateral to the sternal border. A 16 gauge...

Myxofibrosarcoma of the penis in an African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) – A clinical caseCase Report

L Kasalova, H Cernochova, R Dvorakova, A Angelova, Z Knotek

Vet Med - Czech, 2024, 69(4):130-135 | DOI: 10.17221/107/2023-VETMED  

A 3-year-old, 420 g, intact male African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) was presented with a sudden appearance of a mass protruding from its preputium. A detailed physical examination revealed the presence of a polyp-like mass, connected to the mucous membrane of the penis and a second, multilobular mass with a larger base. Both masses were surgically removed. While the histopathological examination of the polyp-like mass revealed only a chronic active inflammatory reaction, the histopathological examination of the multilobular mass revealed a tumorous tissue composed of spindle-shaped cells, irregularly oval or polygonal in some...