DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL BREEDING, NUTRITION AND LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE

Address: 1078 Budapest, István u. 2.
Mailing address: H-1400 Budapest P.O. Box: 2, Hungary.
Phone/Fax: (+36 1) 478 4250.
Fax: (+36 1) 478 4128

Short history of the department

Teaching of animal breeding and management as well as animal nutrition ("dietetics") has been on the preclinical training program of the Budapest veterinary school from the beginning, from 1787. The year 1873 marked a milestone in the teaching of animal husbandry since the first Department for this discipline was founded even at the Veterinary school in Hungary. B. Tormay was appointed head of the department. After him K. Monostori, O, Wellmann, J. Schandl, Z. Csukás and J. Márkus headed the department. In 1963, a new Department, of Animal Nutrition, was detached from the original Department of Animal Husbandry, with J. Márkus as its first head and A. Horn was appointed professor of Animal Breeding. The staff of Animal Nutrition - under the leadership of J. Bokori and later S. Fekete took charge of a two-term course on foodstuffs and general nutrition science. Since 1974, introduction to the special aspects of livestock nutrition (i.e. the nutrition of various animal species) has also been separated from the training program of the Department of Animal Husbandry and referred to the competence of the Department of Animal Nutrition. After the retirement of A. Horn, his two past students and co-workers, J. Dohy and I. Bodó were appointed heads of the Department of Animal Breeding. In 1997 the two separated parts and the laboratory-group have been joined as Department of Animal Breeding and Nutrition with I. Bodó. Later, in 199 with S. Fekete, the "laboratory animal science" was integrated into the series of disciplines.

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Teaching facilities

• Auditorium (lecture room) for 100 students, department library for 25 students, laboratory, animal facilities.