Link Róbert, DVM, PhD
Research/art/teacher profile
Date of last update: 24.08.2026
I. Basic information
| I.1 Surname |
Link |
|---|---|
| I.2 Given name |
Róbert |
| I.3 Degrees |
DVM, PhD |
| I.4 Year of birth |
1969 |
| I.5 Name of the workplace |
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Clinic of Swine |
| I.6 Address of the workplace |
Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic |
| I.7 Position |
lecturer |
| I.8 E-mail address | robert.link@uvlf.sk |
| I.9 University staff register / partner university profile | https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6052 |
| I.11 ORCID iD | 0000-0001-6356-2420 |
II. Higher education and further qualification growth
| Institution | Year | Study field and programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second degree higher education | University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice | 1994 | general veterinary medicine |
| Third degree higher education | University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice | 2006 | general veterinary medicine, internal diseases of animals and pharmacology |
III. Current and previous employment
| Occupation | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
Assistant professor | University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice | 2002 – 2026 |
Laboratory assistant | University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice | 1995 – 2002 |
IV. Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
| Activity | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
Certificate of education: Wellfare of animals used for scientific and educational purposes | Institute of Education for Veterinary Doctors, cesta pod Hradovou 13/A, 041 77, Košice | 2025 |
Certificate: English Language Course | Babel Academy of English, Astor Hall, 4-8 Eden Quay, Dublin 1,Ireland | 2025 |
Certificate: Bases of High school pedagogics | Prešov University, Faculty of Philosophy, Prešov. Prof.PhDr.Paedr. Lenka Pasternakova, PhD., MBA - garant of course | 2025 |
Certificate: Enhance of profesional skills of drivers | DŠS - Dopravno školské stredisko, Košice, Hroncova, Peter Šafránek, č. oprávnenia VVZ-0499/08.01 | 2024 |
Certificate of education: Management skills | Nova Training, Ltd, Popradská 86, 040 11, Košice | 2012 |
Certificate of education: Work with computer and Windows III | Nova Training, Ltd, Popradská 86, 040 11, Košice | 2012 |
State Exam from English language | Language school, Košice, Komenskeho 2 | 2010 |
V. Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university
Academic year: 2026/2027
V.1. Overview of taught profile courses
| Profile course | Study programme | Degree | Study field |
|---|---|---|---|
Diseases of pigs II. | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of swine II. | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of pigs II. | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of swine II. | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
V.2. Responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of study programmes
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V.3. Responsibility for the development and quality of habilitation and inauguration fields
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V.4. Overview of supervised theses
| Bachelor | Master | Doctoral | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Currently supervised theses | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defended theses | 1 | 26 | 0 |
V.5. Overview of other taught courses
| Course | Study programme | Degree | Study field |
|---|---|---|---|
Diseases of pigs | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of pigs | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of swine I. | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of swine II. | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice training - Clinic of pigs | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice – food producing animals (poultry, ruminants, swine, herd health management) | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Propaedeutics | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Propaedeutics | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Propaedeutics | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Propaedeutics | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Propedeutics | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Propedeutics | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Assisted reproduction | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Assisted reproduction | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of pigs | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of swine (including herd health management) | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of pigs I. | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of pigs I. | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of swine I. | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Embryo transfer in farm animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Assisted reproduction | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of pigs I. | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of swine I. | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Embryo transfer in farm animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice training - Clinic of pigs | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of swine (including herd health management) | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Propedeutics | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Propedeutics | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Propedeutics | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
VI. Overview of research/artistic/other outputs
The last six completed calendar years: 2020–2025. The current year is excluded.
VI.1. Overview of research/artistic/other outputs and citations
| Total | Over the last six years | |
|---|---|---|
| VI.1.1 Number of research/artistic/other outputs | 318 | 47 |
| VI.1.2 Number of outputs registered in Web of Science or Scopus | 15 | 5 |
| VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs | 124 | 45 |
| VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in Web of Science or Scopus | 111 | 42 |
| VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at international and national level | 0 | 0 |
VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
| 1. | LINK, Róbert - KOVÁČ, Gabriel - PISTL, Juraj. A note on probiotics as an alternative for antibiotics in pigs. In: Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences. 2005. ISSN 1230-1388, Roč. 14, č. 3(2005), s. 513-519. (2005: 0.316 - IF, 31 - H-index, 0.203 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q). |
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| 2. | TÓTHOVÁ, Csilla - LINK, Róbert - KYZEKOVÁ, Petronela - NAGY, Oskar. Serum protein electrophoretic pattern in piglets during the early postnatal period. In: Scientific Reports. 2021. ISSN 2045-2322, Vol. 11, no. 1 (2021), art. no. 17539, p. [1-10]. (2021: 4.997 - IF, 242 - H-index, 5.516 - IF 5y, 1.005 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 1.207 - ABDC). |
| 3. | SOROČINOVÁ, Jana - REICHEL, Peter - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - NOVOTNÝ, Jaroslav - LINK, Róbert - LEŠKOVÁ, Lenka - SMARŽÍK, Michal - SEIDEL, Herbert - HÚSKA, Miroslav - MACÁK, Vladimír - DOBOLYOVÁ, S. - KOVAČOCYOVÁ, Katarína. Beta-glucan feeding effect on biochemical and immune responses in vaccinated and non-vaccinated piglets against proliferative enteropathy. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2013. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 82, č. 2 (2013), s. 153-159. (2013: 0.448 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.585 - IF 5y, 0.35 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.117 - ABDC). |
| 4. | PETROVIČ, Vladimír - NOVOTNÝ, Jaroslav - HISIRA, Vladimír - LINK, Róbert - LENG, Ľubomír - KOVÁČ, Gabriel. The Impact of Suckling and Post-weaning Period on Blood Chemistry of Piglets. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2009. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 78, č. 3 (2009), s. 365-371. (2009: 0.403 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.502 - IF 5y, 0.237 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.104 - ABDC). |
| 5. | LINK, Róbert - KOVÁČ, Gabriel. The effect of probiotic BioPlus 2B on feed efficiency and metabolic parameters in swine. In: Biologia. 2006. ISSN 0006-3088, Roč. 61, č. 6 (2006), s. 783-787. (2006: 0.213 - IF, 35 - H-index, Q4 - JCR Best Q). |
VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
| 1. | TÓTHOVÁ, Csilla - LINK, Róbert - KYZEKOVÁ, Petronela - NAGY, Oskar. Serum protein electrophoretic pattern in piglets during the early postnatal period. In: Scientific Reports. 2021. ISSN 2045-2322, Vol. 11, no. 1 (2021), art. no. 17539, p. [1-10]. (2021: 4.997 - IF, 242 - H-index, 5.516 - IF 5y, 1.005 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 1.207 - ABDC). |
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| 2. | ČONKOVÁ-SKYBOVÁ, Gabriela - ZEMANOVÁ, Silvia - BÁRDOVÁ, Katarína - REICHEL, Peter - LINK, Róbert - HISIRA, Vladimír - CSANÁDY, Alexander - VUKUŠIČ, Gabriel - ONDREJKOVÁ, Anna. Occurrence of Aujeszky's disease in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Slovakia. In: Biologia. 2021. ISSN 0006-3088, Vol. 76, no. 8 (2021), p. 2225-2230. (2021: 1.653 - IF, 42 - H-index, 1.532 - IF 5y, 0.339 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.248 - ABDC). |
| 3. | TÓTHOVÁ, Csilla - LINK, Róbert - GLEMBOVÁ, Veronika - NAGY, Oskar. Evaluation of the differences in the serum protein electrophoretic pattern in precolostral serum of farm animal neonates. In: Agriculture. 2023. ISSN 2077-0472, Vol. 13, no. 5 (2023), art. no. 1035, p. [1-12]. (2023: 3.3 - IF, 3.5 - IF 5y, 0.607 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 0.469 - ABDC). |
| 4. | KIŠŠOVÁ, Zuzana - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - LINK, Róbert - TKÁČIKOVÁ, Ľudmila. Immunomodulatory effect of probiotic exopolysaccharides in a porcine in vitro co-culture model mimicking the intestinal environment on ETEC infection. In: Veterinary Research Communications. 2024. ISSN 0165-7380, Vol. 48, no. 2 (2024), p. 705-724. (2024: 2 - IF, 65 - H-index, 2.1 - IF 5y, 0.568 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.392 - ABDC). |
| 5. | KYZEKOVÁ, Petronela - BÁRDOVÁ, Katarína - REICHEL, Peter - LINK, Róbert - NOVOTNÝ, Jaroslav - ČONKOVÁ-SKYBOVÁ, Gabriela. Seasonal ovarian activity and oocyte size in ovarian follicles of sexually mature gilts. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2024. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 93, no. 3 (2024), p. 289-298. (2024: 0.7 - IF, 46 - H-index, 0.7 - IF 5y, 0.24 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.107 - ABDC). |
VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs
| 1. | LINK, Róbert - KOVÁČ, Gabriel. The effect of probiotic BioPlus 2B on feed efficiency and metabolic parameters in swine. In: Biologia. 2006. ISSN 0006-3088, Roč. 61, č. 6 (2006), s. 783-787. (2006: 0.213 - IF, 35 - H-index, Q4 - JCR Best Q). [1] KAEWTAPEE, Chanwit - BURBACH, Katharina - TOMFORDE, Georgina - HARTINGER, Thomas - CAMARINHA-SILVA, Amelia - HEINRITZ, Sonja - SEIFERT, Jana - WILTAFSKY, Markus - MOSENTHIN, Rainer - ROSENFELDER-KUON, Pia. Effect of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis supplementation in diets with low- and high-protein content on ileal crude protein and amino acid digestibility and intestinal microbiota composition of growing pigs. In JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. ISSN 2049-1891, 2017, vol. 8, no., pp. |
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| 2. | LINK, Róbert - KOVÁČ, Gabriel - PISTL, Juraj. A note on probiotics as an alternative for antibiotics in pigs. In: Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences. 2005. ISSN 1230-1388, Roč. 14, č. 3(2005), s. 513-519. (2005: 0.316 - IF, 31 - H-index, 0.203 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q). [1] POMORSKA-MOL, M. - TURLEWICZ-PODBIELSKA, H. - WOJCIECHOWSKI, J. Effects of the microencapsulated feed additive of lactic acid bacteria on production parameters and post-vaccinal immune response in pigs. In POLISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCES. ISSN 1505-1773, 2021, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 335-343. |
| 3. | LINK, Róbert - KOVÁČ, Gabriel. The effect of probiotic BioPlus 2B on feed efficiency and metabolic parameters in swine. In: Biologia. 2006. ISSN 0006-3088, Roč. 61, č. 6 (2006), s. 783-787. (2006: 0.213 - IF, 35 - H-index, Q4 - JCR Best Q). [1] NGUYEN, D. H. - NYACHOTI, C. M. - KIM, I. H. Evaluation of effect of probiotics mixture supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, faecal bacterial enumeration, and noxious gas emission in weaning pigs. In ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE. ISSN 1594-4077, 2019, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 466-473. |
| 4. | LINK, Róbert - KOVÁČ, Gabriel - PISTL, Juraj. A note on probiotics as an alternative for antibiotics in pigs. In: Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences. 2005. ISSN 1230-1388, Roč. 14, č. 3(2005), s. 513-519. (2005: 0.316 - IF, 31 - H-index, 0.203 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q). [1] KANTAS, D. - PAPATSIROS, V. G. - TASSIS, P. D. - GIAVASIS, I. - BOUKI, P. - TZIKA, E. D. A feed additive containing Bacillus toyonensis (Toyocerin (R)) protects against enteric pathogens in postweaning piglets. In JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1364-5072, 2015, vol. 118, no. 3, pp. 727. |
| 5. | PETROVIČ, Vladimír - NOVOTNÝ, Jaroslav - HISIRA, Vladimír - LINK, Róbert - LENG, Ľubomír - KOVÁČ, Gabriel. The Impact of Suckling and Post-weaning Period on Blood Chemistry of Piglets. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2009. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 78, č. 3 (2009), s. 365-371. (2009: 0.403 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.502 - IF 5y, 0.237 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.104 - ABDC). [1] APARICIO-ARNAY, María - YESTE-VIZCAÍNO, Natalia - SORIA, Nerea - CAMBRA, Jorge - ISABEL, Beatriz - PIÑEIRO, Carlos - GONZALEZ-BULNES, Antonio. Precision Feeding in Lactating Sows Improves Growth Performance and Carcass Quality of Their Progeny. In Agriculture (Switzerland), 2025-04-01, 15, 8, pp. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15080887. |
VI.5. Participation in conducting or leading the most important projects over the last six years
| 1. | Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0177/22 – Protein profile and separation of serum protein fractions in laboratory diagnostics and in the evaluation of animal health disorders. Project period: 2022–2025. |
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| 2. | Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0398/18 – Analysis of blood serum proteins in the evaluation of the internal environment and diagnosis of animal diseases. Project period: 2018–2021. |
| 3. | Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0040/24 – Research of the prevalence, etiological and predisposing factors of gastric ulcerative changes in pigs. Project period: 2024–2026. |
VII. Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities
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VIII. Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study
| Institution | Address | Mobility scheme, employment contract, other | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
Babel Academy of English | 2nd floor, Astor Hall, 4-8 Eden Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland | English Language Course | 2025 – 2025 |
IX. Other relevant facts
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