Prof. Róbert Herich, DVM, PhD

Last update: 17. 06. 2022

I. BASIC INFORMATION
I.1 Surname Herich
I.2 Name Róbert
I.3 Titles Prof. , DVM, PhD
I.4 Year of birth 1968
I.5 Name of the workplace University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Department of morphological disciplines
I.6 Address of the workplace Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position professor
I.8 E-mail address robert.herich@uvlf.sk
I.9 Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6077
I.10 Name of the study field in which a person works at the university veterinary medicine
I.11 ORCID iD 3 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8002-0946
3 Optional item.

II. HIGHER EDUCATION AND FURTHER QUALIFICATION GROWTH
II.a Name of the university or institution II.b Year II.c Study field and programme
II.1 First degree of higher education
II.2 Second degree of higher education Veterinary College in Košice 1991 general veterinary medicine
II.3 Third degree of higher education University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice 2002 veterinary morphology and physiology
II.4 Associate professor University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice 2009 veterinary morphology and physiology
II.5 Professor University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2019 veterinary morphology and physiology
II.6 Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
III.a Occupation-position III.b Institution III.c Duration
Professor University of veterinary medicine and pharmacy in Košice 2020 up to now
Associate Professor University of veterinary medicine and pharmacy in Košice 2009 2020
Assistant Professor University of veterinary medicine in Košice 2003 2009
Researcher University of veterinary medicine in Košice 2001 2002
Researcher Institute of experimental veterinary medicine in Košice 1993 2000
Assistant Professor Faculty of medicine, University of Pavol Jozef Šafarik Košice 1992 1993

IV. DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, LANGUAGE, DIGITAL AND OTHER SKILLS
IV.a Activity description, course name, other IV.b Name of the institution IV.c Year
manager skills 2013
english language 2012

V. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TEACHING CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY
V.1. Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a Name of the profile course V.1.b Study programme V.1.c Degree V.1.d Field of study
Organ pathological anatomyveterinary morphology and physiology full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Orgánová patologická anatómiaveterinary morphology and physiology full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Organ pathological anatomyveterinary morphology and physiology external english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Orgánová patologická anatómiaveterinary morphology and physiology external slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine

V.2. Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year 4
V.2.a Study programme V.2.b Degree V.2.d Field of study
4 According to Art. 6 para. 4 of the Standards for the Study Programme.

V.3. Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b Study field to which it is assigned
veterinary morphology and physiology (habilitation procedure) veterinary medicine
veterinary morphology and physiology (inaugural procedure) veterinary medicine

V.4. Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.a Bachelor's (first degree) V.4.b Diploma (second degree) V.4.c Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.1 Number of currently supervised theses 0 1 0
V.4.2 Number of defended theses 0 10 3

V.5. Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a Name of the course V.5.b Study programme V.5.c Degree V.5.d Field of study
Pathologypharmacy (join study programme) full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndpharmacy
Pathological anatomyfood hygiene full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Diagnostic pathologyfood hygiene full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Pathological anatomygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Diagnostic pathologygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Pathological anatomygeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Diagnostic pathologygeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Diagnostic pathologyinfectious diseases of animals full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Diagnostická patológiainfectious diseases of animals full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Diagnostic pathologyinfectious diseases of animals external english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Diagnostická patológiainfectious diseases of animals external slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Methodology and statistical evaluation of a biological experimentveterinary morphology and physiology full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Pathological anatomyveterinary morphology and physiology full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Metodológia a štatistické hodnotenie biologického experimentuveterinary morphology and physiology full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Methodology and statistical evaluation of a biological experimentveterinary morphology and physiology external english languagethirdveterinary medicine

VI. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER OUTPUTS
VI.1. Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.a Overall VI.1.b Over the last six years
VI.1.1 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs 342 77
VI.1.2 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 54 19
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to the research/artictic/other outputs 588 220
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 524 196
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs 5
1. HERICH, Róbert - LEVKUT, Mikuláš. Lactic acid bacteria, probiotics and immune system. In: Veterinární medicína. 2002. ISSN 0375-8427, Roč. 47, č. 6 (2002), s. 169-180.
2. REVAJOVÁ, Viera - LEVKUT, Mikuláš - KOZÁK, Marián - BÍLEK, Ján - MAGIC, Dušan ml. - HERICH, Róbert. Canine histiocytic syndrome manifested as ulcerative gastroenterocolitis, skin lesions and lymphadenopathy - a case report. In: Veterinární medicína. 2004. ISSN 0375-8427, Roč. 49, č. 8 (2004), s. 312-316.
3. HERICH, Róbert - LAUKOVÁ, Andrea - STROMPFOVÁ, Viola - REVAJOVÁ, Viera - LEVKUT, Mikuláš - PISTL, Juraj. Optimalization of Salmonella detection in chickens caecum using PCR method (short communications). In: Archiv fur Tierzucht. 2004. ISSN 0003-9438, Roč. 47, č. 1 (2004), s. 85-91.
(2004: 0.477 - IF, 28 - H-index, 0.328 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
4. MIHOK, Viktória - ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, Zuzana - REVAJOVÁ, Viera - HERICH, Róbert - LEVKUT, Mikuláš. Mast cells and eosinophils in rat mammary gland tumours induced by N-Nitroso-N-methylurea. In: Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy. 2015. ISSN 0042-4870, Vol. 59, č. 3 (2015), s. 411-416.
(2015: 0.468 - IF, 0.424 - IF 5y, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
5. HERICH, Róbert - LEVKUTOVÁ, Mária - KOKINČÁKOVÁ, Tatiana - REITEROVÁ, Katarína - HIPÍKOVÁ, Vlasta - LEVKUT, Mikuláš. Diagnosis and manifestation of encephalitozoonosis in mice after experimental infection with different species and application of dexamethasone. In: Journal of Veterinary Medicine A. 2006. ISSN 0931-184X, Vol. 53, č. 7 (2006), s. 340-345.
(2006: 0.627 - IF, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
5 Maximum of five most significant outputs, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years 6
1. HERICH, Róbert. Is the role of IgA in local immunity completely known : [Je úloha IgA v lokálnej imunite úplne známa?] In: Food and Agricultural Immunology. 2017. ISSN 0954-0105, Vol. 28, č. 2(2017), s. 223-237.
(2017: 2.568 - IF, 32 - H-index, 1.985 - IF 5y, 0.533 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
2. REVAJOVÁ, Viera - HERICH, Róbert - SEMAN, Vladimír - LEVKUT, Martin - LEVKUTOVÁ, Mária - KARAFFOVÁ, Viera - LEVKUT, Mikuláš. An unusual outbreak of inclusion body hepatitis on a broiler chicken farm: a case report : [Neobyčajný výskyt inklúznej hepatitídy na farme kurčiat: kazuistický prípad] In: Veterinární medicína. 2017. ISSN 0375-8427, Vol. 62, no. 11 (2017), p. 631-635.
(2017: 0.434 - IF, 46 - H-index, 0.764 - IF 5y, 0.280 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q)
3. LEVKUT, Martin - REVAJOVÁ, Viera - KARAFFOVÁ, Viera - LAUKOVÁ, Andrea - HERICH, Róbert - STROMPFOVÁ, Viola - ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, Zuzana - ŽITŇAN, Rudolf - LEVKUTOVÁ, Mária - LEVKUT, Mikuláš. Evaluation of mucin and cytokines expression with intraepithelial lymphocytes determination in the caecum of broilers administered with Enterococcus faecium EF55 and challenged with Salmonella Enteritidis SE147 : [Hodnotenie expresie mucínu a cytokínov so stanovením intraepitelových lymfocytov v ceku brojlerov po aplikácii Enterococcus faecium EF55 a čelenži so Salmonella Enteritidis SE147] In: Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health. 2016. ISSN 2141-2529, Vol. 8, č. 12(2016), s. 214-222.
4. LETNICKÁ, Alica - KARAFFOVÁ, Viera - LEVKUT, Mikuláš - REVAJOVÁ, Viera - HERICH, Róbert. Influence of oral application of Enterococcus faecium AL41 on TGF-beta 4 and IL-17 expression and immunocompetent cell distribution in chickens challenged with Campylobacter jejuni : [Vplyv orálnej aplikácie Enterococcus faecium AL41 na expresiu TGF-β4 and IL-17 a na distribúciu imunokompetentných buniek u kurčiat infikovaných Campylobacter jejuni] In: Acta Veterinaria Hungarica. 2017. ISSN 0236-6290, Vol. 65, č. 3(2017), s. 317-326.
(2017: 1.042 - IF, 32 - H-index, 0.992 - IF 5y, 0.470 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
5. KARAFFOVÁ, Viera - MARCINKOVÁ, Eva - BOBÍKOVÁ, Katarína - HERICH, Róbert - REVAJOVÁ, Viera - STAŠOVÁ, Dominika - KAVUĽOVÁ, Alica - LEVKUTOVÁ, Mária - LEVKUT, Martin - LAUKOVÁ, Andrea - ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, Zuzana - LEVKUT, Mikuláš. TLR4 and TLR21 expression, MIF, IFN-beta, MD-2, CD14 activation, and sIgA production in chickens administered with EFAL41 strain challenged with Campylobacter jejuni. In: Folia microbiologica. 2017. ISSN 0015-5632, Vol. 62, č. 2(2017), s. 89–97.
(2017: 1.311 - IF, 45 - H-index, 1.353 - IF 5y, 0.502 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q)
6 Maximum of five most significant outputs over the last six years, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs 7
1. HERICH, Róbert - BOMBA, Alojz - NEMCOVÁ, Radomíra - GANCARČÍKOVÁ, Soňa. The influence of short-term and continuous administration of Lactobacillus casei on basic haematological and immunological parameters in gnotobiotic piglets. In: Food and Agricultural Immunology. 1999. ISSN 0954-0105, Roč. 11, č. 4 (1999), s. 287-295.
(1999: 0.794 - IF)
[1] VEIZAJ-DELIA, Etleva - PIU, Thanas - LEKAJ, Pashk - TAFAJ, Myqerem. Using combined probiotic to improve growth performance of weaned piglets on extensive farm conditions. In LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, 2010, vol.134, no.1-3, 249-251.
2. HERICH, Róbert - BOMBA, Alojz - NEMCOVÁ, Radomíra - GANCARČÍKOVÁ, Soňa. The influence of short-term and continuous administration of Lactobacillus casei on basic haematological and immunological parameters in gnotobiotic piglets. In: Food and Agricultural Immunology. 1999. ISSN 0954-0105, Roč. 11, č. 4 (1999), s. 287-295.
(1999: 0.794 - IF)
[1] PANIGRAHI, A. - KIRON, V. - KOBAYASHI, T. - PUANGKAEW, J. - SATOH, S. - SUGITA, H. Immune responses in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss induced by a potential probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus rhamnosus JCM 1136. VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY. ISSN 0165-2427, DEC 28 2004, vol. 102, no. 4, p. 379-388.
3. HERICH, Róbert - LEVKUT, Mikuláš. Lactic acid bacteria, probiotics and immune system. In: Veterinární medicína. 2002. ISSN 0375-8427, Roč. 47, č. 6 (2002), s. 169-180.
[1] JANG, Kyoung-Soon - BAIK, Jung Eun - HAN, Seung Hyun - CHUNG, Dae Kyun - KIM, Byung-Gee. Multi-spectrometric analyses of lipoteichoic acids isolated from Lactobacillus plantarum. In BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 2011, vol.407, no.4, 823-830.
4. HERICH, Róbert - LEVKUT, Mikuláš. Lactic acid bacteria, probiotics and immune system. In: Veterinární medicína. 2002. ISSN 0375-8427, Roč. 47, č. 6 (2002), s. 169-180.
[1] LI, X.J. - YUE, L.Y. - GUAN, X.F. - QIAO, S.Y. The adhesion of putative probiotic lactobacilli to cultured epithelial cells and porcine intestinal mucus. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1364-5072, APR 2008, vol. 104, no. 4, p. 1082-1091.
5. NETCHINE, Iréne - AZZI, Salah - HOUANG, Muriel - SEURIN, Danielle - PERIN, Laurence - RICORT, Jean-Marc - DAUBAS, Claudine - LEGAY, Christine - MEŠTER, Ján - HERICH, Róbert - GODEAU, François - LE BOUC, Yves. Partial Primary Deficiency of Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I Activity Associated with IGF1 Mutation Demonstrates Its Critical Role in Growth and Brain Development. In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2009. ISSN 0021-972X, Vol. 94, č. 10 (2009), s. 3913-3921.
(2009: 6.202 - IF, 343 - H-index, 6.460 - IF 5y, 3.225 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
[1] NAKASATO, Makoto - KOHSAKA, Hitoshi - MIZUTANI, Tetsuya - WATANABE, Gen - TAYA, Kazuyoshi - NAGAOKA, Kentaro. Pregnancy-associated plasma protein (PAPP)-A expressed in the mammary gland controls epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation. In ENDOCRINE. ISSN 1355-008X, 2013, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 387.
7 Maximum of five most significant citations, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.5. Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years 8
1. VEGA 1/0107/21 "Activity of muscle myogenic stem cells and modulation of microflora in intestinal tract of poultry", Duration: 2021 - 2023
2. Iné 47/2019/UVLF "Výskum inovatívnych foriem liečenia kostných defektov prepojením bioaktívnych biomateriálov s autológnymi rastovými faktormi", Duration: 2019 - 2021
3. VEGA 1/0355/19 "Influence of Zinc and probiotic bacteria on intestinal parasites in poultry", Duration: 2019 - 2022
4. VEGA 1/0562/16 "Modulation of immune system of mucous intestine of chickens infected with Campylobacter spp.", Duration: 2016 - 2018
8 Maximum of five most significant projects, if the RATP form is attached to the application. In addition to the name and brief characteristics of the project, the type of participation is indicated (in Slovak and in English), if possible, a hyperlink to the project and its outputs and citations are stated as well.

VII. OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER ACTIVITIES 9
VII.a Activity, position VII.b Name of the institution, board VII.c Duration
9 E.g. academic positions, memberships in editorial boards and in scientific and professional societies.

VIII. OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITIES AND VISITS ORIENTED ON EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/ OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE GIVEN FIELD OF STUDY
VIII.a Name of the institution VIII.b Address of the institution VIII.c Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Inserm Paris, France 2005 2005
Inserm Paris, France 2004 2004
Inserm Paris, France 2002 2002
Oregon Health and Science University Oregon, USA 2000 2000
University of Minnesota Oregon, USA 1998 1998

IX. OTHER RELEVANT FACTS 10
IX.a If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artictic/other activities are mentioned
Introduction of morphometric analysis of digitalized histological slides
10 Maximum of 1800 characters, if the RATP form is attached to the application.
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