RESEARCH GROUP LEADER: Dr. Hullár István egyetemi docens
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RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS:
Professor emeritus: Dr. József Szabó
Associate professors: Dr. Hullár István, Dr. Orsolya Korbacska-Kutasi
Senior research fellow: Dr. Éva Cenkvári
Senior lecturer: Dr. András Bersényi
PhD-student: Dr. Nikoletta Hetényi, Dr. Kinga Joó, Dr. Zsófia Bohák
Department engineer: Emese Andrásofszky Emese, cert. chemical engineer
Agricultural engineer: Judit Krizsán, food analytical technician
Technician/Assistant: Éva Lozsádiné Szira, food analytical technician
RESEARCH AREAS:
Investigating the effect of natural feed supplements and plant extracts on poultry's production parameters and immune responsiveness, as well as on the performance of sport- and racehorses.
To investigate the pasure associated laminitis of horses. Other pasture and feed associated toxicoses and poisonings in horses.
Performance testing/analysis of sport- and racehorses, exploration of the causes of poor performance and exercise intolerane in horses.
Possible use of rabbit as a model animal in horse-digestive and various animal nutrition studies.
Test feeding of dogs and cat food, testing for preference, determination of digestibility of nutrients.
Prevention of metabolic bone disease in reptiles. Examinations of digestive physiology of ground turtles. Evaluation of vitamin and mineral supplements produced for reptiles, evaluation of pelleted nutrition. Definition of the nutritional value of arthropod based feed and its modifications with adding different feedstuffs.
Investigation of the biological effects of fulvic acid and humic acid with laboratory rats.
Study of the effects of different monosaccharides on production parameters, fat metabolism and immune responsiveness with laboratory rats.
MEMBERSHIPS:
Hungarian Association of food science and technology
World Rabbit Science Association, Hungarian Section
MTA Microelement Working Committee
Hungarian Association of Equine Practitioners
Hungarian Laboratory Animal Science Association
Hungarian Association for Animal Protection and Animal Welfare
Society of Nutrition Physiology
Federation of European Equine Veterinary Associations
College of Equine Internal Medicine
European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition
LONG-TERM COLLABORATIONS:
NÉBIH Food Safety Risk Assessment Directorate,
University of Kaposvár, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
NÉBIH Food and Feed Safety Directorate,
NÉBIH, Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate,
NAIK Animal Husbandry, Feeding and Meat Research Institute,
ÁT Kft.,
Europharmavet Kft.,
Phytobiotics Futterzusatzstoffe GmbH, Germany,
Veterinary University Vienna.
SERVICES
feed analysis
evaluation of certain digestive-physiology parameters and feed preferance tests in different animal species
modell-experiments on poultry fattening and egg production
evaluation of the antibacterial effect of feed additives
dietetic consultancy
diagnostics of feed related diseases
performance analysis in horses, diagnostics of diseases causing poor performance and exercise intolerance,
GRANTS:
| Funding source | Project title and topic | Amount (HUF) |
| Research Faculty (Ministry of Human Capacities) | Correlation between the fructose content of pasture plants and the prevalence of laminitis in horses (2016) | 1.000.000 |
| Research Faculty (Ministry of Human Capacities) | Evaluation of sedative effect of herbal, L-tryptophan and magnesium-containing supplemets with heart rate variability analysis and measurements of serum cortisol levels in horses (2016) | 800.000 |
| Research Faculty (Ministry of Human Capacities) | The effect of artificial UV-B radiation and oral vitamin D3 supplementation on the vitamin D levels and major blood parameters of greek turtles and bearded agama (2014) |
1.900.000 |
| NKB | The effect of different food sources on the body composition of animals used for feeding for reptiles (2014) | 325.000 |
| NKB | Investigating nutritive content of repile feeds of plant origin. Investigating UV lamps for reptiles (2013) | 208.000 |
| NKB | Studies of digestive physiology of reptiles and nutritional values of commercially available reptile feeds (2012) | 270.000 |
| NKB | The most important blood parameters of greek turtles (Testudo hermanni). Nutrition and mineral content of different animal based feedstuffs (2011) | 491.000 |
| NKB | Changes in the growth rate and blood parameters of bearded agama (Pogona vitticeps) when using four different feed additives (2010) | 259.000 |