Major Peter, DVM, PhD
Research/art/teacher profile
Date of last update: 03.10.2025
I. Basic information
| I.1 Surname |
Major |
|---|---|
| I.2 Given name |
Peter |
| I.3 Degrees |
DVM, PhD |
| I.4 Year of birth |
1982 |
| I.5 Name of the workplace |
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Clinic of Birds, Exotic and Free Living Animals |
| I.6 Address of the workplace |
Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic |
| I.7 Position |
lecturer |
| I.8 E-mail address | peter.major@uvlf.sk |
| I.9 University staff register / partner university profile | https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/19918 |
II. Higher education and further qualification growth
| Institution | Year | Study field and programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second degree higher education | University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice | 2006 | general veterinary medicine |
| Third degree higher education | University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice | 2011 | infectious and parasitic diseases of animals |
III. Current and previous employment
| Occupation | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
Teacher | University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice | 2013 – to date |
Privat veterinary doctor | Privat veterinary practice | 2011 – to date |
IV. Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
| Activity | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
English course within Erasmus + program (Malta) | Travoyage Malta | 2025 |
English exam for teachers | University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice | 2013 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Ambulatory patient care | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Ambulatory patient care | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Ambulatory patient care | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. |
V.2. Responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of study programmes
No records yet.
V.3. Responsibility for the development and quality of habilitation and inauguration fields
No records yet.
V.4. Overview of supervised theses
| Bachelor | Master | Doctoral | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Currently supervised theses | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defended theses | 0 | 6 | 0 |
V.5. Overview of other taught courses
| Course | Study programme | Degree | Study field |
|---|---|---|---|
Diseases of exotic and zoo animals | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of poultry | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of poultry, rabbits and exotic animals | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of reptiles and terrarium animals | 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 |
Falconry and rehabilitation of free-living animals | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Falconry and wild life rehabilitation | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Veterinary stomatology and maxilofacial orthopaedics of animals | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Welfare of handicapped, abandoned and zoo animals | Animal Welfare and Protection – full-time study, Slovak language | II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Welfare of handicapped, abandoned and zoo animals | Animal Welfare and Protection – part-time study, Slovak language | II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Ambulatory patient care | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of exotic birds | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of exotic birds | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of reptiles | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of reptiles | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of birds, exotic and free living animals | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of birds, exotic and free living animals | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Welfare of handicapped, abandoned and zoo animals | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Welfare of handicapped, abandoned and zoo animals | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Ambulatory patient care | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of exotic birds | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of exotic birds | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of reptiles | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of reptiles | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of birds, exotic and free living animals | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of birds, exotic and free living animals | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Welfare of handicapped, abandoned and zoo animals | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Welfare of handicapped, abandoned and zoo animals | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Ambulatory patient care | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Breeding and diseases of exotic birds | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Breeding and diseases of exotic birds | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Breeding and diseases of reptiles | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Breeding and diseases of reptiles | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Clinical practice - Clinic of birds, exotic and free living animals | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Clinical practice - Clinic of birds, exotic and free living animals | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Welfare of handicapped, abandoned and ZOO animals | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Welfare of handicapped, abandoned and ZOO animals | veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language | I. | |
Breeding and diseases of reptiles and terrarial animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of reptiles and terrarial animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of birds, exotic and free living animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of birds, exotic and free living animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of birds, exotic and free living animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of exotic animals and reptiles | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of exotic, ZOO animals and reptiles | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of exotic, ZOO animals and reptiles | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of poultry | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of poultry | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Falconry and wild life rehabilitation | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Falconry and wild life rehabilitation | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Falconry and wild life rehabilitation | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Veterinary stomatology and maxillofacial orthopaedics of animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of exotic and zoo animals, amphibians and reptiles | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of exotic animals and reptiles | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of poultry | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Diseases of poultry and rabbits | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Breeding and diseases of reptiles and terrarium animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice training - Clinic of birds, exotics and free living animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Clinical practice - Clinic of birds, exotics and free living animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Falconry and wild life rehabilitation | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Veterinary stomatology and maxillofacial orthopedics of animals | 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 | 109 | 12 |
| VI.1.2 Number of outputs registered in Web of Science or Scopus | 17 | 8 |
| VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs | 157 | 107 |
| VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in Web of Science or Scopus | 140 | 100 |
| VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at international and national level | 0 | 0 |
VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
| 1. | MOLNÁR, Ladislav - KÖNIGOVÁ, Alžbeta - MAJOR, Peter - VASILKOVÁ, Zuzana - TOMKOVÁ, Martina - VÁRADY, Marián. Seasonal pattern of prevalence and excretion of eggs of Baylisascaris transfuga in the Brown bear (Ursus arctos). In: Animals. 2020. ISSN 2076-2615, Vol. 10, no. 12 (2020), art. no. 2428, p. [1-14]. (2020: 2.752 - IF, 34 - H-index, 2.942 - IF 5y, 0.584 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 0.458 - ABDC). |
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| 2. | CSANK, Tomáš - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - MAJOR, Peter - GYURANECZ, Miklós - PISTL, Juraj - BAKONYI, Tamás. A serosurvey of flavivirus infection in horses and birds in Slovakia. In: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2018. ISSN 1530-3667, Vol. 18, č. 4(2018), s. 206-213. (2018: 1.939 - IF, 69 - H-index, 2.192 - IF 5y, 1.07 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.703 - ABDC). |
VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
| 1. | MOLNÁR, Ladislav - KÖNIGOVÁ, Alžbeta - MAJOR, Peter - VASILKOVÁ, Zuzana - TOMKOVÁ, Martina - VÁRADY, Marián. Seasonal pattern of prevalence and excretion of eggs of Baylisascaris transfuga in the Brown bear (Ursus arctos). In: Animals. 2020. ISSN 2076-2615, Vol. 10, no. 12 (2020), art. no. 2428, p. [1-14]. (2020: 2.752 - IF, 34 - H-index, 2.942 - IF 5y, 0.584 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 0.458 - ABDC). |
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| 2. | CSANK, Tomáš - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - MAJOR, Peter - GYURANECZ, Miklós - PISTL, Juraj - BAKONYI, Tamás. A serosurvey of flavivirus infection in horses and birds in Slovakia. In: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2018. ISSN 1530-3667, Vol. 18, č. 4(2018), s. 206-213. (2018: 1.939 - IF, 69 - H-index, 2.192 - IF 5y, 1.07 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.703 - ABDC). |
VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs
| 1. | MAJOR, Peter - MOLNÁR, Ladislav - ŠTOFÍK, Jozef - GOLDOVÁ, Mária. PARAZITOFAUNA MEDVEĎA HNEDÉHO (URSUS ARCTOS) V NÁRODNOM PARKU POLONINY [PARASITOFAUNA OF BROWN BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS) IN POLONINY NATIONAL PARK]. In: Škola - veda - prax I. 24.9.2009, Košice, SR. Košice : UVL, 2009. ISBN 978-80-8077-143-0, s. 318-322. [1] HWANG, Mei-Hsiu - CHIN, Ting-Wei - YU, Pin-Huan. ENDOPARASITES OF FORMOSAN BLACK BEARS (URSUS THIBETANUS FORMOSANUS) DURING ACORN SEASON IN YUSHAN NATIONAL PARK, TAIWAN. In JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES. ISSN 0090-3558, 2021, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 345-356. |
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| 2. | CSANK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - BENCÚROVÁ, Elena - DOLINSKÁ, Saskia - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - MAJOR, Peter - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - BOCKOVÁ, Eva - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - PISTL, Juraj. Detection of West Nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in birds in Slovakia, using a universal primer set [Detekcia vírusu Západného Nílu a vírusu kliešťovej encefalitídy u vtákov na Slovensku za použitia univerzálnych primerov]. In: Archives of virology. 2016. ISSN 0304-8608, Vol. 161, č. 6(2016), s. 1679-1683. (2016: 2.058 - IF, 107 - H-index, 2.045 - IF 5y, 0.969 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.564 - ABDC). [1] FEYER, Sina - BARTENSCHLAGER, Florian - BERTRAM, Christof A. - ZIEGLER, Ute - FAST, Christine - KLOPFLEISCH, Robert - MUELLER, Kerstin. Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free-ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) in Germany. In TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES. ISSN 1865-1674, 2021, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 907-919. |
| 3. | CSANK, Tomáš - DRZEWNIOKOVÁ, Petra - KORYTÁR, Ľuboš - MAJOR, Peter - GYURANECZ, Miklós - PISTL, Juraj - BAKONYI, Tamás. A serosurvey of flavivirus infection in horses and birds in Slovakia. In: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2018. ISSN 1530-3667, Vol. 18, č. 4(2018), s. 206-213. (2018: 1.939 - IF, 69 - H-index, 2.192 - IF 5y, 1.07 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.703 - ABDC). [1] BAKHSHI, Hasan - BECK, Cecile - LECOLLINET, Sylvie - MONIER, Maelle - MOUSSON, Laurence - ZAKERI, Sedigheh - RAZ, Abbasali - ARZAMANI, Kourosh - NOURANI, Leila - DINPARAST-DJADID, Navid - FAILLOUX, Anna-Bella. Serological evidence of West Nile virus infection among birds and horses in some geographical locations of Iran. In VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SCIENCE, 2021, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 204-209. |
VI.5. Participation in conducting or leading the most important projects over the last six years
| 1. | Cultural and educational grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 004UVLF-4/2022 – Improving the practical and theoretical education of falconry and rehabilitation of wild birds of prey in tertiary education and profesional specialization.. Project period: 2022–2024. |
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| 2. | APVV-20-0068 – Vývoj nových bioresorbovateľných zliatin pre vnútrotelové implantáty. Project period: 2021–2024. |
| 3. | Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0043/19 – Study of Ecology and Epidemiological Role of Blood-Sucking True Flies (DIPTERA) in the Spread of Causative Agents of Zoonoses and Parasitoses in the Climatically Changing Slovakia.. Project period: 2019–2022. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Clinic for birds, small mammals and reptiles, University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia | ERASMUS | 2019 – 2019 |
IX. Other relevant facts
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