Milomir Kovac

Milomir Kovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Миломир Ковач/Milomir Kovač, 21 October 1962 – 24 October 2022) was a Serbian-German veterinary surgeon, equine specialist, columnist,[1] and author of university textbooks.[2][3]

Kovac Milomir
Born(1962-10-21)21 October 1962
Died24 October 2022(2022-10-24) (aged 60)
NationalitySerbian
EducationUniversity of Sarajevo
Veterinary clinic - Hochmor (Germany), Doctor of Sciences (1993)
AwardsGold medal of the University in Sarajevo, as the academically best among the graduating students - 1987;

Professor "honoris causa at the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology - 2013;

Golden scalpel - most prestigious award of the Russian Veterinary Association - 2014.
Scientific career
FieldsVeterinary Medicine
InstitutionsVeterinary Clinic "New Century;
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology

Biography

From 2007, Kovac worked as the Lecturer for "Equine Biology and Pathology" of the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology and as a columnist for the Russian magazine "Horse World”.[1]

Kovac was latterly the head of the veterinary clinic "New Century" (Moscow), a member of the Serbian Royal Academy of Innovative Science [4] and the chief instructor of Russian nationwide intensive course for veterinarians specialization: "Equine Medicine and Surgery".[5][6]

In October 2013, Kovac was awarded at the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology, the title of professor "honoris causa" for outstanding achievements in the field of equine medicine in the Russian Federation.[7]

In April 2014, Kovac received the most prestigious award in veterinary medicine of the Russian Federation "Golden scalpel" in the nomination "For the introduction of innovative technologies in the veterinary medicine".[8][9][10]

In 2017, Kovac, together with the Federal University of Kazan and the University of Nottingham (Great Britain), was the first in the world to successfully apply the gene therapy technology in the treatment of severe damage of equine tendon and ligaments.[11][12][13][14][15][16] [17] [18] [19]

From 2007, Kovac was the only full-time available equine surgeon specialist in the Russian Federation.[20][21] He started the first implementation equine colic surgery in Russia.[22] In the course of ten years, 300 such operations were performed, with the percentage of survival rate of over 82%.[23] Prior to 2007, all horses with intestinal strangulation died in the Russian Federation, because nobody could perform the colic surgery. In addition, Kovac was the first in the Russian Federation, to perform laparoscopic surgery for equine cryptorchidism,[24][25] and cryosurgery to remove abdominal and skin tumors.[26] He was the first to use the mesenchymal stem cells[27][28] and platelet-rich plasma for the treatment of equine tendon and ligament injury.[29]

In cooperation with Joseph Toth, he first performed a pars plana vitrectomy of horses with equine recurrent uveitis,[30] as well as first performed an evisceration with insertion of an intrascleral prosthesis of horses in the Russian Federation. .[31]

Kovac wrote several books of the equine medicine and surgery [32][33][34][35] and is also author of over 100 scientific papers.[23] His monographs "Colic disease of horse" [36] and "Equine Orthopedic Diseases - Modern methods of diagnosis and treatment" [37] are the first published university textbooks, in these fields of equine medicine in the Russian-speaking world. As the university textbooks, these books have been approved by Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.[38]

Kovac died on 24 October 2022, at the age of 60.[39]

References

  1. Questions and Answers with Prof. Dr. Milomir Kovac,
  2. "Book - Equine medicine 1". Horseworld.ru. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  3. Book - Equine medicine 2,
  4. "СКАИН · Чланови". www.skain.rs.
  5. "Chief instructor of russian nationwide intensive course for veterinarians specialization". Archived from the original on 13 February 2015.
  6. "Курс повышения квалификации- итоги". www.newcentury.ru.
  7. Professor "honoris causa" at the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology, www.newcentury.ru,
  8. "Национальная ветеринарная премия". vetpharma.org.
  9. "Prof. dr. Kovac Milomir received the National veterinary award "Golden Scalpel"". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  10. "Проф. др. Ковач Миломир – лауреат национальной премии «Золотой скальпель» за 2014 год". www.newcentury.ru.
  11. "Gene therapy can cure lameness in horses, research finds". phys.org.
  12. "Gene therapy can cure lameness in horses, research finds". ScienceDaily.
  13. "Gene therapy can cure lameness in horses, research finds". EurekAlert!.
  14. "Gene therapy can cure lameness in horses, research finds". www.alphagalileo.org.
  15. "Gene therapy can cure lameness in horses". Feedstuffs. 18 October 2017.
  16. "Gene therapy for severe tendon and ligament injuries in horses". www.cabi.org.
  17. "Российские ученые вылечили лошадь от хромоты с помощью генной терапии". РИА Новости (in Russian). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  18. Jurga, Fran (18 October 2017). "Fran Jurga's Hoofcare + Lameness: Research: Direct-Injection Gene Therapy Proven Successful for Soft Tissue Lameness Injuries in Horses".
  19. "Gene therapy shapes up as a potent new tool to repair tendon injuries in horses". 18 October 2017.
  20. "Журнал "Конный Мир"". www.newcentury.ru.
  21. "откровенный разговор с Доктором ковачем" (PDF). www.horseworld.ru. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  22. "Фактор времени, или 5% за жизнь" (PDF). www.horseworld.ru. 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  23. "Доктор Ковач". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  24. Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Surgery,
  25. "The first laparoscopic surgery for equine cryptorchidism in Russia" (PDF).
  26. Cryosurgery in equine medicine,
  27. Equine tendonitis therapy using mesenchymal stem cells Archived 25 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine,
  28. Treatment of tendon injuries in horses with mesenchymal stem cells – 20 Cases ,
  29. "The first use of platelet rich plasma (Osteokine-PRP) in Russia by equine tendinitis". Newcentury.ru. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  30. The first pars plana vitrectomy in horses with equine recurrent uveitis in Russia,
  31. "Российская Офтальмология Онлайн". eyepress.ru.
  32. Марибор, IZUM-Институт информацијских знаности. "Основно претраживање :: COBISS+". plus.sr.cobiss.net.
  33. Kovač, Milomir (2002). Količina oboljenja konja. ISBN 9788682301394.
  34. Books of the Veterinar Chamber of Serbia
  35. "Loading..." mirknig.com.
  36. Book - Colic disease of horse,
  37. Book - Equine Orthopedic Diseases,
  38. "Доктор Миломир Ковач". Kovac.ru. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  39. "Ушел из жизни Миломир Ковач". Prokoni. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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