Assoc. prof. Čurlík Ján, DVM, PhD

Research/art/teacher profile

Date of last update: 25.08.2026

I. Basic information
I.1 Surname
Čurlík
I.2 Given name
Ján
I.3 Degrees
Assoc. prof. , DVM, PhD
I.4 Year of birth
1969
I.5 Name of the workplace
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Department of Breeding and Diseases of Game, Fish and Bees, Ecology and Cynology
I.6 Address of the workplace
Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position
associate professor
I.8 E-mail address jan.curlik@uvlf.sk
I.9 University staff register / partner university profile https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6068
I.10 Study field in which the person works
Veterinary Medicine
I.11 ORCID iD 0000-0002-7336-9242
II. Higher education and further qualification growth
InstitutionYearStudy 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
2003
infectious and invasive diseases
Habilitation procedure
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2022
infectious and parasitic diseases of animals
III. Current and previous employment
OccupationInstitutionYear
Assoc. Prof.
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2022 – to date
Special assistant
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2008 – 2022
Special assistant
University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice
2004 – 2008
Researcher
University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice
1999 – 2004
Field veterinary practice - I. attestation
Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons of the Slovak Republic
1995 – 1999
IV. Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
ActivityInstitutionYear
2026
V. Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

Academic year: 2026/2027

V.1. Overview of taught profile courses

Profile courseStudy programmeDegreeStudy field
Performance and trainnig of dogs II. - working and other dogs
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Performance and training III. - hunting dogs
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Performance and training III. - hunting dogs
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Performance and training III. - hunting dogs
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Performance and training III. - hunting dogs
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Parasitozoonoses
Parasitic diseases of animals – full-time study, English language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Parazitozoonózy
Parasitic diseases of animals – full-time study, Slovak language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Parasitozoonoses
Parasitic diseases of animals – part-time study, English language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Parazitozoonózy
Parasitic diseases of animals – part-time study, Slovak language
III.
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

BachelorMasterDoctoral
Currently supervised theses410
Defended theses65150

V.5. Overview of other taught courses

CourseStudy programmeDegreeStudy field
Farm animal breeding
Feed and Foodstuff Safety – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Farm animal breeding
Feed and Foodstuff Safety – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Farm animal breeding
Feed and Foodstuff Safety – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Farm animal breeding
Feed and Foodstuff Safety – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Pharmacy (joint study programme with UPJŠ) – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Pharmacy
Hunting
Pharmacy (joint study programme with UPJŠ) – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Pharmacy
Hunting I.
Pharmacy (joint study programme with UPJŠ) – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Pharmacy
Hunting II.
Pharmacy (joint study programme with UPJŠ) – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Pharmacy
Hunting I.
Pharmacy – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Pharmacy
Hunting II.
Pharmacy – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Pharmacy
Diseases of free-living animals
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Breeding and diseases of game
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Cynology
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Cynology
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting I.
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting II.
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Infectious diseases of wild animals
Infectious diseases of animals – full-time study, English language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Infekčné choroby voľne žijúcej zveri
Infectious diseases of animals – full-time study, Slovak language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Infectious diseases of wild animals
Infectious diseases of animals – part-time study, English language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Infekčné choroby voľne žijúcej zveri
Infectious diseases of animals – part-time study, Slovak language
III.
Veterinary Medicine
Breeding and organization of dog husbandry
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Chovnosť a organizácia chovu psov
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Perfomance and trainging I. - service dogs
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Perfomance and trainging I. - service dogs
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Performance and trainnig of dogs II. - working and other dogs
Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Breeding and organization of dog husbandry
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Chovnosť a organizácia chovu psov
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Perfomance and trainging I. - service dogs
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Perfomance and trainging I. - service dogs
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Performance and trainnig of dogs II. - working and other dogs
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Performance and trainnig of dogs II. - working and other dogs
Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Market and Food Quality – full-time study, Slovak language
II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Market and Food Quality – full-time study, Slovak language
II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Market and Food Quality – part-time study, Slovak language
II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
Market and Food Quality – part-time study, Slovak language
II.
Veterinary Medicine
Breeding and diseases of animals
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Breeding and diseases of game
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Cynology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Cynology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting I.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Hunting II.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Rescue cynology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Rescue cynology
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Assistance dogs
Human - Animal Relationship and Its Application in Canistherapy and Hippotherapy – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Assistance dogs
Human - Animal Relationship and Its Application in Canistherapy and Hippotherapy – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Assistance dogs
Human - Animal Relationship and Its Application in Canistherapy and Hippotherapy – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Assistance dogs
Human - Animal Relationship and Its Application in Canistherapy and Hippotherapy – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
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

TotalOver the last six years
VI.1.1 Number of research/artistic/other outputs25540
VI.1.2 Number of outputs registered in Web of Science or Scopus279
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs355125
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in Web of Science or Scopus322123
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at international and national level00

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

1.
LAZÁR, Jozef - ŠMIGOVÁ, Júlia - ŠMIGA, Ľubomír - LAZÁR, Peter - ČURLÍK, Ján - PAPAJOVÁ, Ingrid. Morphological and molecular identification of adult Stichorchis subtriquetrus in beaver in Slovakia. In: Veterinary Research Communications. 2023. ISSN 0165-7380, Vol. 47, no. 4 (2023), p. 2161-2164. (2023: 1.8 - IF, 1.9 - IF 5y, 0.483 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.361 - ABDC).
2.
ZUBRIKOVÁ, Dana - VARGOVÁ, Lucia - HALAPY, Júlia - LUKÁČ, Branislav - BLAŽEKOVÁ, Veronika - ŠVIRLOCHOVÁ, Klaudia Mária - ČISOVSKÁ BAZSALOVICSOVÁ, Eva - ČURLÍK, Ján - HEGLASOVÁ, Ivana - VÍCHOVÁ, Bronislava. Prevalence of haemotropic mycoplasmas and blood piroplasmids in domestic and wild ruminants in Slovakia, Central Europe. In: Current research in parasitology and vector-borne diseases. 2025. ISSN 2667-114X, Vol. 8, no. (2025), art. no. 100270, p. [1-6]. (2025: 3 - IF, 20 - H-index, 3.6 - IF 5y, 0.953 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.842 - ABDC).
3.
LAZÁR, Jozef - ŠMIGOVÁ, Júlia - ŠMIGA, Ľubomír - BERRILLI, Frederica - LAZÁR, Peter - ČURLÍK, Ján - PAPAJOVÁ, Ingrid. Molecular detection of Setaria tundra (Issaitshikoff & Rajewskaya, 1928) and Setaria cervi (Rudolphi, 1819) in red deer in Slovakia. In: Veterinary Research Communications. 2024. ISSN 0165-7380, Vol. 48, no. 4 (2024), p. 2835-2840. (2024: 2 - IF, 65 - H-index, 2.1 - IF 5y, 0.568 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.392 - ABDC).
4.
ČURLÍK, Ján - ŠMIGOVÁ, Júlia - ŠMIGA, Ľubomír - LAZÁR, Jozef - LAZÁR, Peter - KONJEVIČ, Dean - PAPAJOVÁ, Ingrid. The first report of Setaria tundra (Issaitshikoff & Rajewskaya, 1928) in Slovakia by using of molecular methods. In: Veterinary Research Communications. 2023. ISSN 0165-7380, Vol. 47, no. 4 (2023), p. 2247-2251. (2023: 1.8 - IF, 1.9 - IF 5y, 0.483 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.361 - ABDC).
5.
MAĽARIK, Tomáš - BHIDE, Katarína - KULKARNI, Amod - HRUŠKOVICOVÁ, Jana - MOCHNÁČOVÁ, Evelína - TALPAŠOVÁ, Lea - JAMES, Kevin - ČURLÍK, Ján - KUCKOVÁ, Katarína - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh. Construction of CDR3-phage library for selection of neutralizing peptides against Tick-borne encephalitis virus. In: Advances in experimental neuroimmunology. Advances in experimental neuroimmunology 2023. 1. vyd. Dunajská Lužná : AHO5, 2023. ISBN 978-80-69025-00-4, s. 41-42.

VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

1.
ČURLÍK, Ján - LAZÁR, Peter - IGLÓDYOVÁ, Adriana - BARBUŠINOVÁ, Eva - ŠMIGA, Ľubomír - NOVOTNÝ, Jaroslav - MOJŽIŠOVÁ, Jana - ONDREJKOVÁ, Anna - HROMADA, Rudolf - KONJEVIČ, Dean - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - DRÁŽOVSKÁ, Monika. Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Slovakian wildlife. In: Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences. 2020. ISSN 1505-1773, Vol. 23, no. 4 (2020), p. 529-535. (2020: 0.821 - IF, 27 - H-index, 1.005 - IF 5y, 0.302 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.183 - ABDC).
2.
BARBUŠINOVÁ, Eva - IGLÓDYOVÁ, Adriana - ČURLÍK, Ján - LAZÁR, Peter - MRAVCOVÁ, Kristína - ŠTRKOLCOVÁ, Gabriela - MUCHA, Rastislav - KAROLOVÁ, Renáta. First molecular detection of Onchocerca flexuosa (Wedl, 1856) in red deer in Slovakia. In: Parasitology Research. 2020. ISSN 0932-0113, Vol. 119, no. 3 (2020), p. 985-990. (2020: 2.289 - IF, 94 - H-index, 2.403 - IF 5y, 0.716 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.509 - ABDC).
3.
KULKARNI, Amod - MOCHNÁČOVÁ, Evelína - MAJEROVÁ, Petra - ČURLÍK, Ján - BHIDE, Katarína - MERTINKOVÁ, Patrícia - BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh. Single domain antibodies targeting receptor binding pockets of NadA restrain adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to human brain microvascular endothelial cells. In: Frontiers in molecular biosciences. 2020. ISSN 2296-889X, Vol. 7, no. (2020), art. no. 573281, p. [1-16]. (2020: 5.246 - IF, 37 - H-index, 5.389 - IF 5y, 2.098 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 1.532 - ABDC).
4.
ZUBRIKOVÁ, Dana - VARGOVÁ, Lucia - HALAPY, Júlia - LUKÁČ, Branislav - BLAŽEKOVÁ, Veronika - ŠVIRLOCHOVÁ, Klaudia Mária - ČISOVSKÁ BAZSALOVICSOVÁ, Eva - ČURLÍK, Ján - HEGLASOVÁ, Ivana - VÍCHOVÁ, Bronislava. Prevalence of haemotropic mycoplasmas and blood piroplasmids in domestic and wild ruminants in Slovakia, Central Europe. In: Current research in parasitology and vector-borne diseases. 2025. ISSN 2667-114X, Vol. 8, no. (2025), art. no. 100270, p. [1-6]. (2025: 3 - IF, 20 - H-index, 3.6 - IF 5y, 0.953 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.842 - ABDC).
5.
LAZÁR, Jozef - ŠMIGOVÁ, Júlia - ŠMIGA, Ľubomír - BERRILLI, Frederica - LAZÁR, Peter - ČURLÍK, Ján - PAPAJOVÁ, Ingrid. Molecular detection of Setaria tundra (Issaitshikoff & Rajewskaya, 1928) and Setaria cervi (Rudolphi, 1819) in red deer in Slovakia. In: Veterinary Research Communications. 2024. ISSN 0165-7380, Vol. 48, no. 4 (2024), p. 2835-2840. (2024: 2 - IF, 65 - H-index, 2.1 - IF 5y, 0.568 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.392 - ABDC).

VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs

1.
KIERDORF, Uwe - KONJEVIČ, Dean - JANICKI, Zdravko - SLAVICA, Alen - KEROS, Tomislav - ČURLÍK, Ján. Tusk abnormalities in wild boar (Sus scrofa L.). In: European Journal of Wildlife Research. 2004. ISSN 1612-4642, Roč. 50, č. 1 (2004), s. 48-52. (44 - H-index, 0.246 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q).
[1] GAYET, Thibault - SAY, Ludovic - BAUBET, Eric - DEVILLARD, Sebastien. Consistently high multiple paternity rates in five wild boar populations despite varying hunting pressures. In MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY. ISSN 1616-5047, 2021, vol. 101, no. 3, pp. 321-327.
2.
BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - TRÁVNIČEK, Milan - LEVKUTOVÁ, Mária - ČURLÍK, Ján - REVAJOVÁ, Viera - LEVKUT, Mikuláš. Sensitivity of Borrelia genospecies to serum complement from different animals and human: a host-pathogen relationship. In: FEMS immunology and medical microbiology. 2005. ISSN 0928-8244, Roč.43, č. 2 (2005), s.165-172. (2005: 2.371 - IF, Q2 - JCR Best Q).
[1] TELFORD, Sam R. - GOETHERT, Heidi K. Perpetuation of Borreliae. In CURRENT ISSUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. ISSN 1467-3037, 2021, vol. 42, no., pp. 267-306.
3.
BHIDE, Mangesh Ramesh - TRÁVNIČEK, Milan - LEVKUTOVÁ, Mária - ČURLÍK, Ján - REVAJOVÁ, Viera - LEVKUT, Mikuláš. Sensitivity of Borrelia genospecies to serum complement from different animals and human: a host-pathogen relationship. In: FEMS immunology and medical microbiology. 2005. ISSN 0928-8244, Roč.43, č. 2 (2005), s.165-172. (2005: 2.371 - IF, Q2 - JCR Best Q).
[1] SURTH, Valerie - LOPES DE CARVALHO, Isabel - NUNCIO, Maria Sofia - NORTE, Ana Claudia - KRAICZY, Peter. Bactericidal activity of avian complement: a contribution to understand avian-host tropism of Lyme borreliae. In PARASITES & VECTORS. ISSN 1756-3305, 2021, vol. 14, no. 1, pp.
4.
LETKOVÁ, Valéria - LAZÁR, Peter - SOROKA, Jaroslav - GOLDOVÁ, Mária - ČURLÍK, Ján. Epizootiology of game cervid cysticercosis [Epizootiologija cisticerkoze kod jelenske divljači]. In: Natura Croatica. 2008. ISSN 1330-0520, Vol. 17, č. 4 (2008), s. 311-318.
[1] MACCHIONI, Fabio - COPPOLA, Francesca - FURZI, Federica - GABRIELLI, Simona - BALDANTI, Samuele - BONI, Chiara Benedetta - FELICIOLI, Antonio. Taeniid cestodes in a wolf pack living in a highly anthropic hilly agro-ecosystem. In PARASITE. ISSN 1252-607X, 2021, vol. 28, no., pp.
5.
VÍCHOVÁ, Bronislava - MAJLÁTHOVÁ, Viktória - NOVÁKOVÁ, Mária - MAJLÁTH, Igor - ČURLÍK, Ján - BONA, Martin - KOMJÁTI-NAGYOVÁ, Martina - PEŤKO, Branislav. PCR detection of re-emerging tick-borne pathogen, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, in deer ked (Lipoptena cervi) a blood-sucking ectoparasite of cervids. In: Biologia. 2011. ISSN 0006-3088, Roč. 66, č. 6 (2011), s. 1082-1086. (2011: 0.557 - IF, 35 - H-index, 0.63 - IF 5y, 0.256 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q, 0.16 - ABDC).
[1] GALECKI, Remigiusz - JAROSZEWSKI, Jerzy - BAKULA, Tadeusz - GALON, Eloiza M. - XUAN, Xuenan. Molecular Detection of Selected Pathogens with Zoonotic Potential in Deer Keds (Lipoptena fortisetosa). In PATHOGENS, 2021, vol. 10, no. 3, pp.

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) 017UVLF-4/2020 – Implementation of new methods of education and training of working and social dogs in the process of educating students and preparation of teaching material for the needs of study subjects "Performance and training of working and other dogs", "Assistance dogs" and "Cynology".. Project period: 2020–2022.
2.
Cultural and educational grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 015UVLF-4/2020 – Inovation of pedagogical process by modernisation of lecture room and laboratory for practical learning and creation of study materials for follow disciplines: "Chov a choroby zveri I" a "Breeding and Diaseases of Game". Project period: 2020–2022.
3.
Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0368/21 – Toll-like 3 receptor mutations and their influence on cell mediated immune response in relation to susceptibility to selected flavivirus infections in animals. Project period: 2021–2024.
4.
Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0452/25 – Species specification of ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes by molecular methods and risk of spread in the ecological conditions of Slovakia. Project period: 2025–2028.
5.
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
Position / activityInstitutionYear
Member of the Slovak Veterinary Chamber (KVL)
Slovak veterinary chamber
2009 – to date
Member of the Slovak Parasitological Society
Slovak parasitological sociaty
1999 – to date
VIII. Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study
InstitutionAddressMobility scheme, employment contract, otherYear
Universita of Zagreb
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Vjekoslav Heinzel 55, 10000 Zagreb
Participation in the scientific project of the Croatian Science Foundation
2026 – 2026
IX. Other relevant facts

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