Assoc. Prof. PhD Roman Pepovich Petkov

Address: | 1 Vasko Abadzhiev St., Studentski grad, 1700 Sofia, Building D, office 302 |
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Classes taught:
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Roman Pepovich Petkov - Associate Professor, PhD
He graduated the Trakia University - Stara Zagora, majoring „Veterinary Medicine” in 2005. From October 2005 to February 2007 worked in department „Animal Health” to the Regional Veterinary Service – Lovech. In March 2007, after winning a competition started to work in University of Forestry – Sofia, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department „Infectious pathology & Hygiene, technology and control of foods from animal origin”, as assistant. In 2015 defended a PhD thesis „Prevalence, diagnosis and control measures of enzootic pneumonia in industrial swine-breeding”. Since 2016 he is Chief Assistant Professor, and since 2020 he has been an Associate Professor in Veterinary Medicine.
Classes taught:
- Infectious Diseases
- Tropical Diseases
- Epidemiology and Preventive Veterinary Medicine
- Virology
- Herd Health Management
- Mobile clinic
Major fields of scientific interests:
- Infectious pathology in pigs
- Enzootic pneumonia (EP) in pigs
- Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex – PRDC
- Mycoplasma infections in farm animals
List of selected publications:
- Tsachev I., R. Pepovich, P. Marutsov, M. Baymakova, M. Pishmisheva, L. Pekova & K. Gospodinova, 2019. Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs from Southern Bulgaria: a preliminary report. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 79(Suppl. 1): 63. [doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.163]
- Pepovich R., B. Nikolov, I. Sirakov, K. Genova, K. Hristov, E. Nikolova, R. Hajiolova & B. Beltova, 2015. Clinical testing of combined vaccine against enzootic pneumonia in industrial pig farming in Bulgaria. Macedonian Veterinary Review, 38(2): 195-201. [doi: 10.14432/j.macvetrev.2015.07.051]
- Pepovich R., M. Baymakova, M. Pishmisheva, P. Marutsov, L. Pekova & I. Tsachev, 2019. Current knowledge of hepatitis E virus infection: review оf the literature. Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 76(7): 733-739. [doi.org/10.2298/VSP170815159P]
- Baymakova M, G. Popov, R. Pepovich & I. Tsachev, 2019. Hepatitis E virus infection in Bulgaria: A brief analysis of the situation in the country. Open Access Maced J Med Sci, 7(3): 458-460. [doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.073]
- Tsachev I., M. Baymakova, M. Ciccozzi, R. Pepovich, T. Kundurzhiev, P. Marutsov, K. Dimitrov, K. Gospodinova, M. Pishmisheva & L. Pekova, 2019. Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs from Southern Bulgaria. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 19(10): 767-772. [doi: 10.1089/vbz.2018.2430]
- Pepovich R., 2018. Metafillactic efficiency оf florfenicol, applied to the fodder оf the pigs from the fattening infected with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Trakia Journal of Sciences, 16(1): 11-16. [doi: 10.15547/tjs.2018.01.003]
- Kril A., A. Georgieva, B. Nikolov, R. Pepovich, K. Hristov, G. Stoimenov, E. Nikolova, R. Petrova, J. Ananiev & V. Manov, 2017. In ovo hepatocarcinogenicity of N-nitrosodimethylamine and N-nitrosodimethylamine in White Leghorn chickens. Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 69(3): 1117-1124. [doi: 10.12681/jhvms.18884]
- Pishmisheva M., M. Baymakova, E. Markova, T. Kundurzhiev, R. Pepovich, G. Popov & I. Tsachev, 2018. First serological study of hepatitis E virus infection in Bulgarian pigs. Comptes Rendus de L'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 71(7): 1001-1008. [doi: 10.7546/CRABS.2018.07.18]
- Baymakova M., I. Tsachev, G. Popov, R. Andonova, R. Pepovich, N. Zaekov, P. Marutsov, M. Pishmisheva, L. Pekova & K. Plochev, 2019. Lyme borreliosis. General Medicine, 21(1): 72-79.
- Baymakova M., G. Popov, R. Andonova, V. Kovaleva, P. Parousheva, R. Pepovich, P. Marutsov, L. Pekova, K. Plochev & I. Tsachev, 2019. Coxiella burnetii infection presenting as fever of unknown origin: a retrospective case series from Bulgaria. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 79(Suppl. 1): 62-63. [doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.162]