prof. Ing. Vlastimil Baruš, DrSc.

Position: researcher contracted for particular project
Research topics: parasitology, ichtyology
Department: Working place Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 545
E-mail: barusivb.cz

Research intersts

ecological studies of ichthyofauna in water reservoirs and research on fish parasitofauna.

Education

1953-1958: undergaraduate study - Mendel university of agriculture and forestry, Brno. Thesis: Parasites of domestic animals bred in the farm of Žabčice, south Moravia.

1961: PhD study - Institute of Biology CZAS Praha, PhD thesis: Helminths parasitizing horses Equus caballus in the Czechoslovakia.

1972: DrSc. in biology - Institute of parasitology CZAS Praha. Thesis: Theoretical and practical aspects of syngamosis and subulurosis of Gallinaceous in domestic and free-living birds.

1980: Professor in zoology of Mendel university of agriculture and forestry in Brno.

Publications

2013

V. BARUŠ, Š. MAŠOVÁ, B. KOUBKOVÁ, J. SITKO: Subulura mackoi n. sp. (Nematoda: Subuluridae) and the zoogeography of subulurids parasitizing birds, Helminthologia 50 (2013) 46-56.

2012

V. BARUŠ, A. ŠIMKOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, M. PEŇÁZ, L. VETEŠNÍK: Heavy metals in two host-parasite systems: tapeworm vs. fish, Acta veterinaria Brno 81 (2012) 313-317.

V. BARUŠ, B. KOUBKOVÁ, M. ŠPAKULOVÁ: Professor František Tenora has passed away, Helminthologia 49 (2012) 62.

2011

Š. MAŠOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, F. MORAVEC: New morphological data on the first-stage larvae of two Procamallanus species (Nematoda: Camallanidae) based on SEM studies, Folia Parasitologica 58 (2011) 318-321.

M. PROKEŠ, V. BARUŠ, J. MAREŠ, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARÁNEK: Growth of sterlet Acipenser ruthenus under experimental and farm conditions of the Czech Republic, with remarks on other sturgeons, Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 59 (2011) 281-290.

2010

I. FOITOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, B. KOUBKOVÁ, Š. MAŠOVÁ, W. NURCAHYO: Description of Lemuricola (Lemuricola) pongoi-male (Nematoda: Enterobiinae) parasitising orangutan Pongo abelii, Parasitology Research 106 (2010) 817-820.

B. KOUBKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. HODOVÁ: Nematodes of Cithariniella (Pharyngodonidae) from freshwater fishes in Senegal, with a key to species, Helminthologia 47 (2010) 105-114.

H. KROUPOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, S. MÁCOVÁ, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARUŠ, L. NOVOTNÝ, J. MÁCHOVÁ: Effect of nitrite on early-life stages of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.), Enviromental Toxicology and Chemistry 29 (2010) 535-540.

J. MÁCHOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARUŠ, I. KROUPOVÁ: Toxicity of Diazinon 60 EC for embryos and larvae of tench, Tinca tinca (L.), Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 20 (2010) 409-415.

Š. MAŠOVÁ, F. TENORA, V. BARUŠ, P. KOUBEK: A new Anoplocephalid (Cestoda) from Tarentola parvicarinata (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Senegal (West Africa), Journal of Parasitology 96 (2010) 977-981.

2009

V. BENEDIKT, V. BARUŠ, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK, I. LITERÁK: Blood parasites (Haemoproteus and microfilariae) in birds from the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, Acta Parasitologica 54 (2009) 197-204.

J. HAMÁČKOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, P. KOZÁK, M. PEŇÁZ, L. A. STANNY, T. POLICAR, V. BARUŠ: Growth and development of vimba bream (Vimba vimba) larvae in relation to feeding duration with live and/or dry starter feed, Aquaculture 287 (2009) 158-162.

Š. MAŠOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. HODOVÁ, P. KOUBEK, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Redescription of Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat 1917) (Nematoda Pharyngodonidae) from the new host Tarentola parvicarinata Joger 1980 (Squamata Gekkonidae), Tropical Zoology 22 (2009) 243-255.

2008

B. KOUBKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. HODOVÁ, A. ŠIMKOVÁ: Morphometric and molecular characteristics of Labeonema synodontisi n. comb. (Nematoda: Atractidae) from the West African fishes, Parasitology Research 102 (2008) 1013-1020.

Š. MAŠOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. HODOVÁ, I. MATĚJUSOVÁ, P. KOUBEK, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Morphometric and molecular characterization of Parapharyngodon echinatus (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) from the Senegal gecko ( Tarentola parvicarinata ), Acta Parasitologica 53 (2008) 274-283.

2007

Z. ADÁMEK, M. PROKEŠ, V. BARUŠ, I. SUKOP: Diet and growth of 1+ Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii in alternative pond culture, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 7 (2007) 153-160.

V. BARUŠ, J. JARKOVSKÝ, M. PROKEŠ: Philometra ovata (Nematoda: Philometroidea): a potential sentinel species of heavy metal accumulation, Parasitology Research 100 (2007) 929-933.

J. MÁCHOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, Z. SVOBODOVÁ, V. ŽLÁBEK, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARUŠ: Toxicity of Diazinon 60 EC for Cyprinus carpio and Poecilia reticulata, Aquaculture International 15 (2007) 267-276.

J. MÁCHOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, H. KROUPOVÁ, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARUŠ: Toxicita Diazinonu 60 EC pro raná vývojová stadia lína obecného (Tinca tinca), Bulletin VÚRH Vodňany 43 (2007) 74-80.

2006

B. KOUBKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. MATĚJUSOVÁ, I. HODOVÁ, P. KOUBEK: Thelastoma gueyei sp. n. (Nematoda: Thelastomatidae) from the Senegal diplopod Archispirostreptus tumuliporus (Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae), Nematology 8 (2006) 739-747.

M. PROKEŠ, P. ŠOVČÍK, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARUŠ, P. SPURNÝ, L. VILIZZI: Growth of barbel, Barbus barbus, in the River Jihlava following major, Folia zoologica 55 (2006) 86-96.

2005

V. BARUŠ, V. KAJEROVÁ, B. KOUBKOVÁ: A new species of Pterothominx Freitas, 1959 (Nematoda : Capillariidae) parasitising psittacine birds (Psittaciformes), Systematic Parasitology 62 (2005) 59-64.

M. DÁVIDOVÁ, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. REICHARD, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Nematode infections of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Pallas, 1776: Cypriniformes), Helminthologia 42 (2005) 45-48.

V. KAJEROVÁ, V. BARUŠ: Psittacine birds (Aves : Psittaciformes) as new hosts of Baruscapillaria obsignata (Nematoda : Capillariidae), Acta veterinaria Brno 74 (2005) 571-574.

V. KAJEROVÁ, V. BARUŠ: Corrections to description of Cardiofilaria dubia (Nematoda) parasitizing Australian parrot, Helminthologia 42 (2005) 167-169.

M. PEŇÁZ, Z. SVOBODOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. PROKEŠ, J. DRASTICHOVÁ: Endocrine disruption in a barbel, Barbus barbus population from the River Jihlava, Czech Republic, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 21 (2005) 420-428.

E. ŘEHULKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. GELNAR: Two remarkable nematodes from the African reedfish Erpetoichthys calabaricus (Polypteriformes : Polypteridae), Helminthologia 42 (2005) 149-153.

A. ŠIMKOVÁ, J. JARKOVSKÝ, B. KOUBKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. PROKEŠ: Associations between fish reproductive cycle and the dynamics of metazoan parasite infection, Parasitology Research 95 (2005) 65-72.

2004

K. HAUPTMANOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. LITERÁK, V. BENEDIKT: Haemoproteids and microfilariae in hawfinches in the Czech Republic, Helminthologia 41 (2004) 125-133.

J. JARKOVSKÝ, B. KOUBKOVÁ, T. SCHOLZ, M. PROKEŠ, V. BARUŠ: Seasonal dynamics of Proteocephalus sagittus in the stone loach Barbatula barbatula from the Haná River, Czech Republic, Journal of Helminthology 78 (2004) 225-229.

V. KAJEROVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. LITERÁK: Nematodes from the genus Ascaridia parasitizing psittaciform birds: a review and determination key, Veterinární medicína 49 (2004) 217-223.

V. KAJEROVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. LITERÁK: New records of Ascaridia platyceri (Nematoda) in parrots (Psittaciformes), Veterinární medicína 49 (2004) 237-241.

P. KOUBEK, V. BARUŠ, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Troglotrema acutum (Digenea) from carnivores in the Czech Republic, Helminthologia 41 (2004) 25-31.

P. KOUBEK, V. BARUŠ, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Presence of Skrjabingylus petrowi (Nematoda) in central Europe, Parasitology Research 93 (2004) 301-303.

B. KOUBKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. PROKEŠ, I. DYKOVÁ: Raphidascaris acus (Bloch, 1779) larvae infections of the stone loach, Barbatula barbatula (L.), from the River Haná, Czech Republic, Journal of Fish Diseases 27 (2004) 65-71.

M. LENHARDT, M. PROKEŠ, I. Z. JARIC, V. BARUŠ, J. KOLAREVIC, I. KRUPKA, G. CVIJANOVIC, Z. CAKIC, Z. GACIC: Comparative analysis of morphometric characters of juvenile sterlet Acipenser ruthenus L. from natural population and aquaculture, Journal of Fish Biology 65 (2004) 320.

S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, J. HALOUZKA, V. BARUŠ: Mermithid nematode parasitizing in Tabanidae (Diptera) in South Moravia, Czech Republic, Helminthologia 41 (2004) 113-114.

F. TENORA, V. BARUŠ, M. PROKEŠ: Discussion to several tapeworm species from the families Hymenolepididae, Anoplocephalidae and Davaineidae parasitizing rodents and man, Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 52 (2004) 23-28.


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HOME NEWS AND PRESS RELEASE STRUCTURE OF IVB BOARD OF INSTITUTE AND SUPERVISORY BOARD RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND PROJECTS STAFF PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY BIENNIAL REPORT FOLIA ZOOLOGICA CONFERENCE LECTURE HALL	prof. Ing. Vlastimil Baruš, DrSc. Position: researcher contracted for particular project Research topics: parasitology, ichtyology Department: Working place Brno Phone: +420 543 422 545 E-mail: barusivb.cz Research intersts ecological studies of ichthyofauna in water reservoirs and research on fish parasitofauna. Education 1953-1958: undergaraduate study - Mendel university of agriculture and forestry, Brno. Thesis: Parasites of domestic animals bred in the farm of Žabčice, south Moravia. 1961: PhD study - Institute of Biology CZAS Praha, PhD thesis: Helminths parasitizing horses Equus caballus in the Czechoslovakia. 1972: DrSc. in biology - Institute of parasitology CZAS Praha. Thesis: Theoretical and practical aspects of syngamosis and subulurosis of Gallinaceous in domestic and free-living birds. 1980: Professor in zoology of Mendel university of agriculture and forestry in Brno. Publications 2013 V. BARUŠ, Š. MAŠOVÁ, B. KOUBKOVÁ, J. SITKO: Subulura mackoi n. sp. (Nematoda: Subuluridae) and the zoogeography of subulurids parasitizing birds, Helminthologia 50 (2013) 46-56. 2012 V. BARUŠ, A. ŠIMKOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, M. PEŇÁZ, L. VETEŠNÍK: Heavy metals in two host-parasite systems: tapeworm vs. fish, Acta veterinaria Brno 81 (2012) 313-317. V. BARUŠ, B. KOUBKOVÁ, M. ŠPAKULOVÁ: Professor František Tenora has passed away, Helminthologia 49 (2012) 62. 2011 Š. MAŠOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, F. MORAVEC: New morphological data on the first-stage larvae of two Procamallanus species (Nematoda: Camallanidae) based on SEM studies, Folia Parasitologica 58 (2011) 318-321. M. PROKEŠ, V. BARUŠ, J. MAREŠ, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARÁNEK: Growth of sterlet Acipenser ruthenus under experimental and farm conditions of the Czech Republic, with remarks on other sturgeons, Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 59 (2011) 281-290. 2010 I. FOITOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, B. KOUBKOVÁ, Š. MAŠOVÁ, W. NURCAHYO: Description of Lemuricola (Lemuricola) pongoi-male (Nematoda: Enterobiinae) parasitising orangutan Pongo abelii, Parasitology Research 106 (2010) 817-820. B. KOUBKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. HODOVÁ: Nematodes of Cithariniella (Pharyngodonidae) from freshwater fishes in Senegal, with a key to species, Helminthologia 47 (2010) 105-114. H. KROUPOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, S. MÁCOVÁ, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARUŠ, L. NOVOTNÝ, J. MÁCHOVÁ: Effect of nitrite on early-life stages of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.), Enviromental Toxicology and Chemistry 29 (2010) 535-540. J. MÁCHOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARUŠ, I. KROUPOVÁ: Toxicity of Diazinon 60 EC for embryos and larvae of tench, Tinca tinca (L.), Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 20 (2010) 409-415. Š. MAŠOVÁ, F. TENORA, V. BARUŠ, P. KOUBEK: A new Anoplocephalid (Cestoda) from Tarentola parvicarinata (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Senegal (West Africa), Journal of Parasitology 96 (2010) 977-981. 2009 V. BENEDIKT, V. BARUŠ, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK, I. LITERÁK: Blood parasites (Haemoproteus and microfilariae) in birds from the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, Acta Parasitologica 54 (2009) 197-204. J. HAMÁČKOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, P. KOZÁK, M. PEŇÁZ, L. A. STANNY, T. POLICAR, V. BARUŠ: Growth and development of vimba bream (Vimba vimba) larvae in relation to feeding duration with live and/or dry starter feed, Aquaculture 287 (2009) 158-162. Š. MAŠOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. HODOVÁ, P. KOUBEK, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Redescription of Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat 1917) (Nematoda Pharyngodonidae) from the new host Tarentola parvicarinata Joger 1980 (Squamata Gekkonidae), Tropical Zoology 22 (2009) 243-255. 2008 B. KOUBKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. HODOVÁ, A. ŠIMKOVÁ: Morphometric and molecular characteristics of Labeonema synodontisi n. comb. (Nematoda: Atractidae) from the West African fishes, Parasitology Research 102 (2008) 1013-1020. Š. MAŠOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. HODOVÁ, I. MATĚJUSOVÁ, P. KOUBEK, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Morphometric and molecular characterization of Parapharyngodon echinatus (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) from the Senegal gecko ( Tarentola parvicarinata ), Acta Parasitologica 53 (2008) 274-283. 2007 Z. ADÁMEK, M. PROKEŠ, V. BARUŠ, I. SUKOP: Diet and growth of 1+ Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii in alternative pond culture, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 7 (2007) 153-160. V. BARUŠ, J. JARKOVSKÝ, M. PROKEŠ: Philometra ovata (Nematoda: Philometroidea): a potential sentinel species of heavy metal accumulation, Parasitology Research 100 (2007) 929-933. J. MÁCHOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, Z. SVOBODOVÁ, V. ŽLÁBEK, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARUŠ: Toxicity of Diazinon 60 EC for Cyprinus carpio and Poecilia reticulata, Aquaculture International 15 (2007) 267-276. J. MÁCHOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, H. KROUPOVÁ, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARUŠ: Toxicita Diazinonu 60 EC pro raná vývojová stadia lína obecného (Tinca tinca), Bulletin VÚRH Vodňany 43 (2007) 74-80. 2006 B. KOUBKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. MATĚJUSOVÁ, I. HODOVÁ, P. KOUBEK: Thelastoma gueyei sp. n. (Nematoda: Thelastomatidae) from the Senegal diplopod Archispirostreptus tumuliporus (Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae), Nematology 8 (2006) 739-747. M. PROKEŠ, P. ŠOVČÍK, M. PEŇÁZ, V. BARUŠ, P. SPURNÝ, L. VILIZZI: Growth of barbel, Barbus barbus, in the River Jihlava following major, Folia zoologica 55 (2006) 86-96. 2005 V. BARUŠ, V. KAJEROVÁ, B. KOUBKOVÁ: A new species of Pterothominx Freitas, 1959 (Nematoda : Capillariidae) parasitising psittacine birds (Psittaciformes), Systematic Parasitology 62 (2005) 59-64. M. DÁVIDOVÁ, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. REICHARD, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Nematode infections of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Pallas, 1776: Cypriniformes), Helminthologia 42 (2005) 45-48. V. KAJEROVÁ, V. BARUŠ: Psittacine birds (Aves : Psittaciformes) as new hosts of Baruscapillaria obsignata (Nematoda : Capillariidae), Acta veterinaria Brno 74 (2005) 571-574. V. KAJEROVÁ, V. BARUŠ: Corrections to description of Cardiofilaria dubia (Nematoda) parasitizing Australian parrot, Helminthologia 42 (2005) 167-169. M. PEŇÁZ, Z. SVOBODOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. PROKEŠ, J. DRASTICHOVÁ: Endocrine disruption in a barbel, Barbus barbus population from the River Jihlava, Czech Republic, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 21 (2005) 420-428. E. ŘEHULKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. GELNAR: Two remarkable nematodes from the African reedfish Erpetoichthys calabaricus (Polypteriformes : Polypteridae), Helminthologia 42 (2005) 149-153. A. ŠIMKOVÁ, J. JARKOVSKÝ, B. KOUBKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. PROKEŠ: Associations between fish reproductive cycle and the dynamics of metazoan parasite infection, Parasitology Research 95 (2005) 65-72. 2004 K. HAUPTMANOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. LITERÁK, V. BENEDIKT: Haemoproteids and microfilariae in hawfinches in the Czech Republic, Helminthologia 41 (2004) 125-133. J. JARKOVSKÝ, B. KOUBKOVÁ, T. SCHOLZ, M. PROKEŠ, V. BARUŠ: Seasonal dynamics of Proteocephalus sagittus in the stone loach Barbatula barbatula from the Haná River, Czech Republic, Journal of Helminthology 78 (2004) 225-229. V. KAJEROVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. LITERÁK: Nematodes from the genus Ascaridia parasitizing psittaciform birds: a review and determination key, Veterinární medicína 49 (2004) 217-223. V. KAJEROVÁ, V. BARUŠ, I. LITERÁK: New records of Ascaridia platyceri (Nematoda) in parrots (Psittaciformes), Veterinární medicína 49 (2004) 237-241. P. KOUBEK, V. BARUŠ, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Troglotrema acutum (Digenea) from carnivores in the Czech Republic, Helminthologia 41 (2004) 25-31. P. KOUBEK, V. BARUŠ, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Presence of Skrjabingylus petrowi (Nematoda) in central Europe, Parasitology Research 93 (2004) 301-303. B. KOUBKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. PROKEŠ, I. DYKOVÁ: Raphidascaris acus (Bloch, 1779) larvae infections of the stone loach, Barbatula barbatula (L.), from the River Haná, Czech Republic, Journal of Fish Diseases 27 (2004) 65-71. M. LENHARDT, M. PROKEŠ, I. Z. JARIC, V. BARUŠ, J. KOLAREVIC, I. KRUPKA, G. CVIJANOVIC, Z. CAKIC, Z. GACIC: Comparative analysis of morphometric characters of juvenile sterlet Acipenser ruthenus L. from natural population and aquaculture, Journal of Fish Biology 65 (2004) 320. S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, J. HALOUZKA, V. BARUŠ: Mermithid nematode parasitizing in Tabanidae (Diptera) in South Moravia, Czech Republic, Helminthologia 41 (2004) 113-114. F. TENORA, V. BARUŠ, M. PROKEŠ: Discussion to several tapeworm species from the families Hymenolepididae, Anoplocephalidae and Davaineidae parasitizing rodents and man, Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 52 (2004) 23-28.