Hreško Šamudovská Alena, DVM, PhD
Research/art/teacher profile
Date of last update: 25.08.2026
I. Basic information
| I.1 Surname |
Hreško Šamudovská |
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| I.2 Given name |
Alena |
| I.3 Degrees |
DVM, PhD |
| I.4 Year of birth |
1981 |
| I.5 Name of the workplace |
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Department of Animal Nutrition and Husbandry |
| I.6 Address of the workplace |
Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic |
| I.7 Position |
lecturer |
| I.8 E-mail address | alena.hresko.samudovska@uvlf.sk |
| I.9 University staff register / partner university profile | https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6119 |
| I.11 ORCID iD | 0000-0002-6264-9441 |
II. Higher education and further qualification growth
| Institution | Year | Study field and programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second degree higher education | University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice | 2006 | food hygiene |
| Third degree higher education | University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice | 2010 | animal nutrition and dietetics |
III. Current and previous employment
| Occupation | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
assistant professor | University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Department of animal nutrition and husbandry | 2010 – to date |
internal postgraduate study | University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice, Department of animal nutrition and husbandry | 2006 – 2010 |
IV. Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
| Activity | Institution | Year |
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Course: Fundamentals of higher education pedagogy | University of Prešov, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice | 2025 |
Protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes | Institute for the Education of Veterinary Doctors. Košice | 2023 |
Protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes; Module: implementation and design of procedures and projects - poultry | Institute for the Education of Veterinary Doctors. Košice | 2016 |
Protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes; Module: implementation of procedures and projects - farm animals | Institute for the Education of Veterinary Doctors. Košice | 2015 |
Management skills; Module: Time management | NOVA TRAINING, s.r.o., Košice | 2012 |
Working with a computer and Windows III | NOVA TRAINING, s.r.o., Košice | 2012 |
English language; module B1 | NOVA TRAINING, s.r.o., Košice | 2012 |
V. Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university
Academic year: 2026/2027
V.1. Overview of taught profile courses
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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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Defended theses | 11 | 2 | 0 |
V.5. Overview of other taught courses
| Course | Study programme | Degree | Study field |
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Growing and conversation forages and feeds | Feed and Foodstuff Safety – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Growing and conversation forages and feeds | Feed and Foodstuff Safety – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Growing and conversation forages and feeds | Feed and Foodstuff Safety – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Growing and conversation forages and feeds | Feed and Foodstuff Safety – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Growing and conversation forages and feeds | Feed and Foodstuff Safety – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Growing and conversation forages and feeds | Feed and Foodstuff Safety – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Growing and conversation forages and feeds | Feed and Foodstuff Safety – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Growing and conversation forages and feeds | Feed and Foodstuff Safety – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Feed plants and toxic plants | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Animal nutrition and feed control I. | Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Industrial dog food and diets | Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Industrial dog food and diets | Cynology – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Industrial dog food and diets | Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Industrial dog food and diets | Cynology – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Industrial feeds and diets | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Industrial feeds and diets | Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Industrial feeds and diets | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Industrial feeds and diets | Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language | I. | Veterinary Medicine |
Feed plants and toxic plants | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Nutrition and feeding of animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Nutrition and feeding of animals | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Animal nutrition and feed control I. | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Animal nutrition and feed control II. | 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 | 183 | 95 |
| VI.1.2 Number of outputs registered in Web of Science or Scopus | 12 | 7 |
| VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs | 84 | 42 |
| VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in Web of Science or Scopus | 58 | 28 |
| VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at international and national level | 0 | 0 |
VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
| 1. | ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - DEMETEROVÁ, Mária. Effect of diet supplemented with natural humic compounds and sodium humate on performance and selected metabolic variables in broiler chicken. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2010. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 79, č. 3 (2010), s. 385-393. (2010: 0.534 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.625 - IF 5y, 0.319 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.106 - ABDC). |
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| 2. | ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - DEMETEROVÁ, Mária. Effect of water acidification on performance, carcass characteristic and some variables of intermediary metabolism in chicks. In: Acta Veterinaria Beograd. 2010. ISSN 0567-8315, Vol. 60, č. 4 (2010), s. 363-370. (2010: 0.169 - IF, 15 - H-index, 0.224 - IF 5y, 0.191 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q, 0.037 - ABDC). |
| 3. | DEMETEROVÁ, Mária - MARIŠČÁKOVÁ, Renáta - PISTL, Juraj - NAĎ, Pavel - ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena. The effect of the probiotic strain Enterococcus faecium DSM 7134 in combination with natural humic substances on performance and health of broiler chickens. In: Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift. 2009. ISSN 0005-9366, Vol. 122, č. 9/10 (2009), s. 370-377. (2009: 0.972 - IF, 33 - H-index, 0.814 - IF 5y, 0.475 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.22 - ABDC). |
| 4. | BUJŇÁK, Lukáš - HREŠKO ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - NAĎ, Pavel - MARCINČÁK, Slavomír - MASKAĽOVÁ, Iveta - HARČÁROVÁ, Michaela - KARAFFOVÁ, Viera - BARTKOVSKÝ, Martin. The effect of dietary humic substances on cellular immunity and blood characteristics in piglets. In: Agriculture. 2023. ISSN 2077-0472, Vol. 13, no. 3 (2023), art. no. 636, 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). |
| 5. | HREŠKO ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - KARAFFOVÁ, Viera - MARCIN, Andrej - MIHOK, Tomáš - HARČÁROVÁ, Michaela - KOŠČOVÁ, Jana - HREŠKO, Stanislav - BUJŇÁK, Lukáš. Effect of humic substances, Limosilactobacillus fermentum and their combinations on growth performance, fermentation activity of the microbial population and mucosal immunity in the digestive tract of turkeys. In: Italian Journal of Animal Science. 2025. ISSN 1594-4077, Vol. 24, no. 1 (2025), p. 1323-1335. (2024: 2.3 - IF, 2.4 - IF 5y, 0.598 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 0.382 - ABDC). |
VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
| 1. | BUJŇÁK, Lukáš - HREŠKO ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - NAĎ, Pavel - MARCINČÁK, Slavomír - MASKAĽOVÁ, Iveta - HARČÁROVÁ, Michaela - KARAFFOVÁ, Viera - BARTKOVSKÝ, Martin. The effect of dietary humic substances on cellular immunity and blood characteristics in piglets. In: Agriculture. 2023. ISSN 2077-0472, Vol. 13, no. 3 (2023), art. no. 636, 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). |
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| 2. | MIHOK, Tomáš - HREŠKO ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - BUJŇÁK, Lukáš - TIMKOVIČOVÁ LACKOVÁ, Petra. Determination of buffering capacity of the selected feeds used in swine nutrition [Stanovenie pufračnej kapacity vybraných krmív používaných vo výžive ošípaných]. In: Journal of Central European Agriculture. 2022. ISSN 1332-9049, Vol. 23, no. 4 (2022), p. 732-738. (2022: 0.7 - IF, 22 - H-index, 0.7 - IF 5y, 0.196 - SJR, Q4 - SJR Best Q, 0.085 - ABDC). |
| 3. | HREŠKO ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - BUJŇÁK, Lukáš - MARCIN, Andrej - MIHOK, Tomáš - HARČÁROVÁ, Michaela - ZÁBRANSKÝ, Luboš - NAĎ, Pavel. Influence of humic substances on growth performance and blood serum parameters in fattening turkeys. In: Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences. 2024. ISSN 1505-1773, Vol. 27, no. 2 (2024), p. 165-172. (2024: 1 - IF, 0.9 - IF 5y, 0.32 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.164 - ABDC). |
| 4. | HREŠKO ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - KARAFFOVÁ, Viera - MARCIN, Andrej - MIHOK, Tomáš - HARČÁROVÁ, Michaela - KOŠČOVÁ, Jana - HREŠKO, Stanislav - BUJŇÁK, Lukáš. Effect of humic substances, Limosilactobacillus fermentum and their combinations on growth performance, fermentation activity of the microbial population and mucosal immunity in the digestive tract of turkeys. In: Italian Journal of Animal Science. 2025. ISSN 1594-4077, Vol. 24, no. 1 (2025), p. 1323-1335. (2024: 2.3 - IF, 2.4 - IF 5y, 0.598 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 0.382 - ABDC). |
| 5. | HREŠKO ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - HREŠKO, Stanislav - MASKAĽOVÁ, Iveta - TVRDÁ, Alica - BUJŇÁK, Lukáš. The use of humic substances as an additive to feed mixtures in pheasant breeding. In: Animals. 2025. ISSN 2076-2615, Vol. 15, no. 15 (2025), art.no. 2321, p. [1-14]. (2024: 2.7 - IF, 3.2 - IF 5y, 0.733 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 0.547 - ABDC). |
VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs
| 1. | ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - DEMETEROVÁ, Mária. Effect of diet supplemented with natural humic compounds and sodium humate on performance and selected metabolic variables in broiler chicken. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2010. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 79, č. 3 (2010), s. 385-393. (2010: 0.534 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.625 - IF 5y, 0.319 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.106 - ABDC). [1] STEPCHENKO, Lilia - DYOMSHYNAZ, Olga - USHAKOVA, Galyna. The Impact of the Humate Nature Feed Additives on the Antioxidative Status of Erythrocytes, Liver, and Muscle in Chickens, Hens, and Gerbils. In BIOINTERFACE RESEARCH IN APPLIED CHEMISTRY. ISSN 2069-5837, 2021, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 13202-13213. |
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| 2. | ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - DEMETEROVÁ, Mária. Effect of diet supplemented with natural humic compounds and sodium humate on performance and selected metabolic variables in broiler chicken. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2010. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 79, č. 3 (2010), s. 385-393. (2010: 0.534 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.625 - IF 5y, 0.319 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.106 - ABDC). [1] ARIF, Muhammad - REHMAN, Abdur - ABD EL-HACK, Mohamed E. - SAEED, Muhammad - KHAN, Fateh - AKHTAR, Muhammad - SWELUM, Ayman A. - SAADELDIN, Islam M. - ALOWAIMER, Abdullah N. Growth, carcass traits, cecal microbial counts, and blood chemistry of meat-type quail fed diets supplemented with humic acid and black cumin seeds. In ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES. ISSN 1011-2367, 2018, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1930-1938. |
| 3. | ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - DEMETEROVÁ, Mária. Effect of diet supplemented with natural humic compounds and sodium humate on performance and selected metabolic variables in broiler chicken. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2010. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 79, č. 3 (2010), s. 385-393. (2010: 0.534 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.625 - IF 5y, 0.319 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.106 - ABDC). [1] OZTURK, E. - COSKUN, I. - OCAK, N. - ERENER, G. - DERVISOGLU, M. - TURHAN, S. Performance, meat quality, meat mineral contents and caecal microbial population responses to humic substances administered in drinking water in broilers. In BRITISH POULTRY SCIENCE. ISSN 0007-1668, 2014, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 668. |
| 4. | ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - DEMETEROVÁ, Mária. Effect of water acidification on performance, carcass characteristic and some variables of intermediary metabolism in chicks. In: Acta Veterinaria Beograd. 2010. ISSN 0567-8315, Vol. 60, č. 4 (2010), s. 363-370. (2010: 0.169 - IF, 15 - H-index, 0.224 - IF 5y, 0.191 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q, 0.037 - ABDC). [1] EZZAT, Hasanain N. - SHIHAB, Ihsan M. - HUSSEIN, Mohammad A. Effects of ionized water on certain egg quality traits and the levels of proteins and enzymes in the blood of the Japanese quail Coturnix japonica. In International Journal of Poultry Science. ISSN 16828356, 2017-01-01, 16, 3, pp. 69-80. |
| 5. | HREŠKO ŠAMUDOVSKÁ, Alena - SPIŠÁKOVÁ, Viera - DEMETEROVÁ, Mária - HREŠKO, Stanislav. The influence of fungal β-glucan on nonspecific immunity in broiler chickS. In: Acta Veterinaria Beograd. 2012. ISSN 0567-8315, Vol. 62, č. 5-6 (2012), s. 511-519. (2012: 0.258 - IF, 15 - H-index, 0.281 - IF 5y, 0.206 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q, 0.055 - ABDC). [1] ABD EL-GHANY, Wafaa A. Yeasts and Their Derivatives as Functional Feed Additives in Poultry Nutrition. In Agriculture (Switzerland), 2025-05-01, 15, 9, pp. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15091003. |
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) 1/0402/20 – Effect of additives in the nutrition of monogastric animals on the health production, the production parameters, the quality of products and the environment.. Project period: 2020–2023. |
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| 2. | Cultural and educational grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 006UVLF-4/2022 – Study texts and the virtual laboratory for elearning in the topic of study of the technology and the safety systems in the feed production. Project period: 2022–2024. |
| 3. | Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0698/24 – Monitoring the effect of feed additives of natural origin and alternative feed components on the production and health of monogastric animals. Project period: 2024–2027. |
| 4. | Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/1010/26 – Application of modern ex vivo chicken gut models for the study of zoonotic foodborne infections using naturally derived substances. Project period: 2026–2029. |
| 5. | Cultural and educational grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 002UVLF-4/2026 – Study texts and virtual microscopy laboratory for e-learning in the field study of industrial animal feeds and diets for companion animals for the new study program Veterinary Nurse. Project period: 2026–2028. |
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
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IX. Other relevant facts
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