Zoo in the Freezer
17.2.2025Thanks 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, […]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
18.12.2024Merry Christmas! And best wishes for a healthy, happy, and peaceful New Year.
20th International Workshop Research in Pig Breeding 2024
17.12.2024In mid-October, the 20th edition of the international workshop Research in Pig Breeding took place. The event was organized by the Department of Pig Breeding of the Institute of Animal Science in Kostelec nad Orlicí. The workshop took place in the beautiful setting of the Pod rozhlednou guesthouse in the village of Vrbice near Kostelec […]
Livestock Animal Genetics and Breeding Innovations in the Czech Republic
15.10.2024On Friday, September 20, 2024, the international meeting Livestock Animal Genetics and Breeding Innovations in the Czech Republic took place at the Research Institute of Animal Production, organised by the Department of Genetics and Breeding of Farm Animals the Institute of Animal Science, v.v.i. and EU-LI-PHE, European Network for Farm Animal Phenomics.
Success at the scientific conference of PhD students NutriNET 2024 in Brno
18.9.2024Jan Szmek MSc, a PhD student from the Department of Nutritional Physiology and Animal Product Quality, won the 1st place at the scientific conference NutriNet 2024 for his paper evaluating the influence of wheat variety and fat source on the performance and quality of eggs from laying hens.
Agricultural Exhibition Země Živitelka
17.9.2024In August 2024, the Institute of Animal Science presented itself very successfully at the largest, most visited and most important agricultural exhibition focusing on the agricultural sector across all its fields in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Země živitelka (BREAD BASKET) in České Budějovice.
Livestock Animal Genetics and Breeding Innovations in the Czech Republic
28.8.2024We invite you to an international meeting, Livestock Animal Genetics and Breeding Innovations in the Czech Republic, organised by the Department of Genetics and Breeding of Farm Animals of the Institute of Animal Science and EU-LI-PHE, the European Network on Livestock Phenomics.
RESEARCH IN PIG BREEDING
2.8.202420TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP KOSTELEC NAD ORLICÍ * VRBICE 17-18 OCTOBER 2024
Agricultural secondary school students and teachers visited the farm in Podlesek
28.6.2024Agricultural secondary school teachers and students visited the Institute of Animal Science on Wednesday 12 June 2024 as part of their further professional education and training by the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (ÚZEI).
Meeting of the Board of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
24.6.2024On June 4, 2024, a meeting of the Board of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences was held in the Blue Lounge of the House of Agricultural Education in Prague.