Head: Professor Krzysztof Szulowski, DVM, PhD, ScD
email: kszjanow@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 30 19
Deputy Head: Professor Dariusz Bednarek, DVM, PhD, ScD
email: dbednarek@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 30 98
Secretariat
email: malgorzata.zarzycka@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3017
Research profile of the Department:
Research on the diagnosis, control, and epidemiology of bacterial diseases of animals, including zoonoses; studies on bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents; development and improvement of research methods – serological, microbiological, and molecular – in the field of bacterial diseases of animals.
Reference activities in the diagnosis of salmonellosis (in the aspect of zoonotic diseases), brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis, paratuberculosis, anthrax, listeriosis, glanders, tularemia, contagious equine metritis, Q fever, chlamydiosis, blackleg in cattle, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, contagious agalactia of sheep and goats, borreliosis, avian mycoplasmosis, leptospirosis, antimicrobial resistance: Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli.
Service activities: serological testing for bacterial diseases of animals: brucellosis, glanders, listeriosis, paratuberculosis, mycoplasmoses of cattle, poultry, swine, avian ornithobacteriosis, canine borreliosis, leptospirosis, detection of bacterial pathogens in biological material from animals, detection of genetic material of bacterial pathogens.
Activities for OMCL purposes: preliminary batch control of immunological veterinary medicinal products, including tuberculins, qualitative testing of immunological veterinary medicinal products in the area of biological testing – sterility, qualitative testing of tuberculins.
Preparation of opinions for in vitro diagnostic devices used in veterinary medicine, expert assessments, risk assessment reports for public administration authorities.
Participation in expert and international bodies.
Training and educational activities: training in bacterial diseases of animals and antimicrobial resistance for veterinary inspection staff and agricultural advisory centers, training of students and pupils (summer and vocational internships) in laboratory diagnostics of bacterial diseases, scientific supervision of doctoral candidates.
Research Teams
Multi-species Animal Diseases
Team Leader: Agnieszka Kędrak-Jabłońska, DVM, PhD
email: akedrak@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3026
Research profile of the team:
Research on the diagnosis, control, and epidemiology of bacterial diseases of animals, including brucellosis, listeriosis, anthrax, bovine tuberculosis, bovine paratuberculosis, glanders, contagious equine metritis, and tularemia.
Salmonellosis and Antimicrobial Resistance
Team Leader: Professor Dariusz Wasyl,DVM, PhD, ScD
email: wasyl@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3020
Research profile of the team:
Research on the diagnosis and epidemiology of Salmonella infections and antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in a One Health approach, with a focus on zoonotic and environmental aspects.
Diseases of Cattle and Poultry
Team Leader: Grzegorz Tomczyk, DVM, PhD, ScD, Professor of the Institute
email: gtomczyk@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3066
Research profile of the team:
Research on the diagnosis, control, and epidemiology of Q fever, chlamydiosis, blackleg in cattle, borreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis, monocytic ehrlichiosis, granulocytic anaplasmosis, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), contagious agalactia of sheep and goats (CA), bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC), and infections caused by Mycoplasma bovis and other mycoplasmas of domestic and wild ruminants, as well as bacterial diseases of birds, including mycoplasmoses of the respiratory, reproductive, and locomotor systems of poultry.
Swine Diseases
Team Leader: Jacek Żmudzki, DVM, PhD, ScD, Professor of the Institute
email: jaca@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3041
Research profile of the team:
Research on the epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, and control of bacterial diseases of swine, including leptospirosis and other bacterial infections of pigs: Lawsonia intracellularis, Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Glaesserella parasuis (Haemophilus parasuis), Escherichia coli, Pasteurella multocida, Clostridium perfringens, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Streptococcus suis, Salmonella spp.