NVI is responsible for public veterinary service, for laboratory testing of animal and food product samples to detect the presence of an animal disease and inspect compliances of animal food products and fodder; it performs veterinary hygienic service, control of animal reproduction as well as honeybee and fish healthcare. It performs duties of appointed and national reference laboratories. Reliability of results are ensured by performance according the standard for testing laboratories SIST ONE 17 025, as verified with the accreditation document issued by Slovenian Accreditation.
D.07 Presiding over a centre/laboratory
COBISS.SI-ID: 58066688In invited lecture at University of Virginia G. Majdič presented results of studies of his research group using SF-1 knockout mice model. He presented results of morphological and behavioral analyses of SF-1 knockout mice from sexual differentiation perspective such as expression of calbindin and nNOS in the brain and differences in female sex behavior between genetically male and female SF-1 knockout mice. Additionally, he also presented results about expression of certain peptides involved in body weight regulation that could be involved in the development of obesity in SF-1 knockout mice.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 3130746Gregor Majdič as editor in chief is responsible for editorial policies of Slovenian veterinary research, together with the editorial board. Editor in chief receives all manuscripts submitted and assigns appropriate reviewers, if needed after consultations with members of editorial board. Since Gregor Majdič became an editor in chief, Slovenian veterinary research has been included in several important international databases. The most important achievement is undoubtedly inclusion in Science citation index in 2008 while in 2009 we have submitted application to be included also in Pubmed.
C.05 Editorial board of a national magazine
COBISS.SI-ID: 108028416Within the continuing education for veterinarians we prepared 2 educations on clinical oncology in 2009. In the second part we focused on treatment methods in oncology, especially on the particularity of oncology surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, electrochemtherapy, electrogene therapy and alternative methods in clinical oncology. All the lectures were based on theoretical basis, upgraded with many clinical cases, which makes the lectures much more interesting for participants and gives more opportunity for interactive collaboration.
D.10 Educational activities
COBISS.SI-ID: 3136378Leading theme of symposium was small animal gastroenterology (speakers: Michael D Willard, Texas A&M University and local speakers). Pre-congress day was organized within the frame of symposium (dermatology, tick-transmitted diseases) as well as symposium for veterinary technicians. 130 veterinarians, 20 students and 35 veterinary technicians attended the symposium.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 3035002