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Welfare Quality Network Seminar 2025

30.11.2025

We are pleased to invite you to the Welfare Quality Network Seminar, taking place on December 2nd, 2025 in Prague and online via Microsoft Teams (10:00–14:00). The seminar will feature experts from the Czech Republic and abroad who will present current topics in Welfare Quality, certification and animal welfare assessment.

Workshop New insights and directions in the formulation of feed mixtures, their analysis and the analysis of animal products

22.10.2025

Scientific committee for animal nutrition and Department of Nutritional physiology and animal product quality invite you to an international workshop held on November 6, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. in the meeting room of the VÚŽV. Workshop topic: New insights and directions in the formulation of feed mixtures, their analysis and the analysis of animal products. […]

21st International Workshop Research in Pig Breeding

24.9.2025

Institute of Animal Science, Pig Breeding Department in Kostelec nad Orlicí invites you to the 21st international workshop Research in Pig Breeding, which will take place on 9–10 October 2025 in Vrbice.

Successful presentation of the IAS at the international agrofair Země živitelka 2025

8.9.2025

The Institute of Animal Science received prestigious awards at the 51st edition of Země živitelka (The Land that Feeds Us). Radko Loučka, MSc, PhD was awarded the Zlatý klas (Golden Ear) prize for the Certified Technology for Systematic Selection of Silage Additives. Ludmila Zavadilová, MSc, PhD received recognition from the Minister of Agriculture and the […]

The Institute of Animal Science contributes to the conservation of endangered mammals

8.9.2025

On 29 August 2025, Prague Zoo, the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Animal Science (IAS), and other leading public institutions signed a Memorandum of Cooperation focused on the conservation of the Przewalski’s horse and other endangered mammal species. Until now, such a comprehensive collaboration has been missing in the Czech Republic. According to […]

Field Measurements at the National Stud Farm Písek

20.8.2025

As part of the newly launched NAZV project “Use of Genomic Data in Horse Breeding” (QL25020022), the team from the Department of Genetics and Breeding at the Institute of Animal Science continues extensive collection of phenotypic data, focusing on body measurements for evaluating the conformation of warmblood horses. In cooperation with the Association of Horse […]

Annual Meeting of COST – European Network on Livestock Phenomics (EU-LI-PHE)

18.8.2025

The annual meeting of COST CA22112 (EU-LI-PHE) took place on July 9–11, 2025, at the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium. The Institute of Animal Science (VÚŽV) was represented by Ing. Ludmila Zavadilová, CSc., and Dr. Ing. Jitka Kyselová (both from the Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding), who served as representatives of the Czech Republic […]

Zoo in the Freezer

17.2.2025

Thanks to the unique project „Zoo in the Freezer“, an exceptionally rare chimpanzee has a chance to have offspring even after death. More than a month after his death, the male chimpanzee Čego has a high chance of producing further offspring as part of a collaboration between the Safari Park, the Institute of Animal Science, […]