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

    2014

    I. FOITOVÁ, K. CIVÁŇOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, W. NURCAHYO: Phylogenetic relationships between pinworms (Nematoda: Enterobiinae) parasitising the critically endangered orang-utan, according to the characterisation of molecular genomic and mitochondrial markers, Parasitology Research 113 (2014) 2455-2466.


    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.


    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.