Miloš Pelić

Scientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad" · Laboratory of Food Inspection

Dear Colleagues, The main prerequisite for successful aquaculture production is maintaining the optimal quality of the breeding environment, i.e., the water in which aquaculture production is carried out. The basic parameters of water quality in aquaculture are temperature, amount of dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide, pH value, alkalinity, amount...

The image of fish as a healthy food is the main reason for increasing demand for fish meat but there are serious safety concerns related to the presence of parasitic hazards in fish meat. The main goals of this paper are to describe the most important parasitic hazards in fish meat, to indicate the need for adequate preparation of fish meat and to...

Wastewater from abattoirs in some countries is disposed of into water bodies without adequate removal of contaminants. Therefore, the use of wastewater in fish production could pose a serious risk for humans, fish and other aquatic organisms due to possible transfer of pathogenic bacteria in aquatic culture environments. The aims of the present stu...

The aim of this research was to investigate the effects of biofilm on antibiotic resistance of the bacterial isolates present in fish meat and to assess the risk of antibiotic residues for public health. Common carp, silver carp, and grass carp fishes were purchased from retail stores for an in vitro biofilm investigation and a drug-resistant patte...

The aim of the present work was to examine the effect of using slaughterhouse wastewater on the production of carp meat safe for human consumption in terms of antibiotic residue level. The obtained results of the content of tetracycline and sulfonamides in water, sediment, and carp meat samples showed that the measured values were below the limit o...

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture". Special Issue Information Dear Colleagues, The journal ‘Water’ is pleased to announce a forthcoming Special Issue focused on water quality in aquaculture production. The main prerequisite for successful aquaculture productio...

The fast growth rates in commercially reared chickens could lead to the changes in their muscle tissue structure and cause breast muscle myopathies, including deep pectoral myopathy (DPM). The incidence of DPM depends on various factors including rearing conditions, age, sex, weight and genetic strain. The aims of the present paper were to report a...

Fish meat and fish products are usually considered as healthy foods, mostly because of their content of unsaturated fatty acids, which have a beneficial effect on human health. On the Serbian market, fish and shellfish are commonly present as fresh, frozen and canned, but not regulating and monitoring the existence of high levels of different chemi...

Yogurt is one of the most popular fermented dairy products with a worldwide acceptance. There are many types of yogurt differing in flavor, physical and chemical properties. Yogurt is produced by adding bacterial culture of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus to milk and cream products. During the period from...

Wastewater from slaughterhouses in many countries is still discharged into rivers, without having been adequately treated. Such wastewater contains plenty of organic matter which is an ideal source of nutrients for fish, but also for the development of microorganisms. Thus, usage of wastewater in aquaculture could become a health risk for humans, f...

Sturgeon fish species are food fish of commercial significance in many countries. Sturgeon farming in Serbia is a relatively new branch of aquaculture, and sturgeon farming has been developing in the last several years. The objective of this study was to examine morpho-physiological and slaughter characteristics and proximate composition of one-yea...

The aim of the study was to investigate production parameters and nutritive quality of carp meat produced in a fish pond fed with fresh well water mixed with purified slaughterhouse wastewater. The quality of carp fillet was analyzed in view of both chemical parameters and seasonal variations, i.e., time of sampling. Our research idea was that puri...

The worldwide problem of infectious diseases has appeared in recent years, and antimi-crobial agents are crucial in reducing disease emergence. Nevertheless, the development and distribution of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains in pathogenic bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella Typhi and Citrobacter koseri, has beco...

Foodborne transmission of Salmonella spp. from contaminated duck meat has been recognised as an important hazard for human health in the past few decades and pathogenic strains of Salmonella spp. have long been considered as serious zoonotic hazards. The nutritional quality is the main reason for the fact that duck meat is very attractive for consu...

The concentrations of As, Cd, Hg, Ni and Pb were determined in fifteen sunflower honey samples collected from 9 locations in the Republic of Serbia during 2019. The elements were analysed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Mean levels of elements (mg kg-1) in all sunflower honey samples were as follows: 0.004 for As, 0.003...

Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (STDT104) are foodborne pathogens of public health significance. It is less known that Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (with cattle being the most probable natural reservoir) can be isolated from pigs, sheep and wildlife as well. The basic information a...

In the Northern part of Serbia, which is part of Pannonian Basin, mute swan (Cygnus olor) population has notably increased over the last few decades. Like other birds from Anatidae family, mute swans are a host of numerous endoparasite species. Th e aim of this study was to acquire the data on identifi cation and prevalence of endoparasites in mute...

Međunarodna trgovina zahteva bezbednu hranu zasnovanu na posebnim higijenskim standardima, transpartentnim procedurama i programima. Meso, zbog visokog sadržaja vode i hranljivih materija, predstavlja idealnu sredinu za rast i razmnožavanje mikroorganizama. Salmonella, kao jedan od najčešćih patogena, koji se putem hrane prenose sa životinja na lju...

International trade requires food safety guarantees based on specialized hygiene standards, transparency procedures, and programs. Meat, because of its high water content and nutrition, can be an ideal medium for microorganism growth and multiplication. Salmonella, as one of the most common pathogens that can be transmitted from animals to humans,...

The main objective of the present research was to determine the concentrations of the selected pesticides in muscle, liver and skin of common carp. Fish were sampled in two different seasons from fish pond which received previously treated slaughterhouse wastewater. Pesticides including etridiazole, chloroneb, trifluralin, propachlor, chlorothaloni...

Milk and dairy products are the oldest and most widely consumed nutritious foods worldwide. They are highlighted as a source of high-quality proteins and the most important sources of bioactive peptides. Milk proteins have high nutritive value and remarkable medicinal properties. They are known as potential health-promoting ingredients of functiona...

Th e aim of this study was to investigate the composition and quality of Serbian honeydew honey. For this purpose, the physicochemical characteristics of 14 honeydew samples were analyzed. Th e physicochemical characteristics of all honeydew honeys from Serbia analyzed in this research can be considered to be within the parameters prescribed for ho...

Fish meat is considered to have a beneficial nutritional composition and a favorable effect on human health. Fish meat is a significant source of highly unsaturated fatty acids with beneficial effects on health of consumers. Therefore, knowledge of the fat, protein and especially quality of lipids in fish is very important. The objective of this su...

Honey sells according to its appearance and the information given on the label. Labels provide the necessary information to consumers to enable them to make safe, healthy and sustainable choices. Label information is usually the only information consumers have at their disposal when deciding whether to buy honey. Lack of any information on honey la...

There is an increasing trend in the use of wastewater in fish production because wastewater-based aquaculture is a sustainable, biological way to treat and recycle wastewater. Different fish species including common carp have been reared in wastewater-fed ponds. However, untreated wastewater contains many kinds of contaminants that have adverse eff...

The aim of this study was to determine the level of the organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in meat, liver and skin of common carp. Fish were collected in spring and in autumn from fishpond that receives purified water from slaughterhouse. OCPs, including α-HCH, β-HCH, δ-HCH, lindane, heptachlor, aldrin, heptachlor epoxide, trans-chlordane, cis-chlord...

Vanadium (V) is essential element for poultry nutrition. Relatively low level of V (< 10 μg/kg of feed) is known to reduce both growth in chicks and Haugh unit value of eggs. The National Research Council (NRC) recommends the presence of very low levels of V in poultry diets, with the maximum tolerance level (MTL) being 10 mg/kg. Excessive vanadium...

Cases of deliberate, illegal animal poisoning are widely documented in the literature. Recently, there has been an increase in number of cases of poisoning of domestic and wild animals with highly toxic pesticides in the Republic of Serbia. During the two-year period (2016-2017), in total 40 autopsies of dogs and 2 cats from the territory of the So...

Cases of deliberate, illegal animal poisoning are widely documented in the literature. Recently, there has been an increase in number of cases of poisoning of domestic and wild animals with highly toxic pesticides in the Republic of Serbia. During the two-year period (2016-2017), in total 40 autopsies of dogs and 2 cats from the territory of the So...

In this paper, the electrical conductivity and concentration of free acids (acidity) of various types of honey collected from the area of Vojvodina was investigated. Physicochemical analyzes of parameters such as electrical conductivity and acidity of honey have an important role in defining the overall properties of honey and assessing the quality...

This is the first study offering insights into the prevalence of giant liver fluke in the population of red deer in the territory of Serbia. Giang liver fluke (Fascioloides magna, Bassi, 1875) is the most important liver parasite among wild ruminants in Europe, especially in the region of floodplain forests along the upper watercourse of Danube riv...

Mycoplasma synoviae is known to cause respiratory disorders, syno-vitis, subclinical infections, air sacculitis and eggshell apex abnormalities in domestic poultry worldwide. Th e aim of this study was to determine M. synoviae seroprevalence in 5 diff erent broiler breeder farms in South Bačka from 2014 to 2017. A total of 1511 samples were tested...

In order to diff erentiate between many honey types on Serbian market, consumers read labels, which represent an important aspect of packaging “catching” the consumer’s eyes as well as carrying all the necessary informa-tion about the product, producer and seller. As consumers are more and more aware of health problems and nutrition they pay attent...

Mycoplasma synoviae is known to cause respiratory disorders, synovitis, subclinical infections, air sacculitis and eggshell apex abnormalities in domestic poultry worldwide. Th e aim of this study was to determine M.synoviae seroprevalence in 5 diff erent broiler breeder farms in South Bačka from 2014 to 2017. A total of 1511 samples were tested us...

Bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) successfully grow in polyculture with carp, feeding on plankton. It has good quality of meat for both consumption and industrial processing. Th e quantity of by-products obtained during primary processing of bighead carp and chemical characteristics of internal organs were investigated in this paper. Th e total a...

Introduction Aquaponics systems have become increasingly popular today. It connects recirculating aquaculture with hydroponics to use nutrient waste from fish production as an input to plant production (Radosavljević et al., 2014). It is a relatively new idea about the use of same water in order to growth fish and plants in a single system. Aquapo...

Background: Niclosamide is a medication used to treat tapeworm infestation in animals and humans. It is also lampricide and molluscicide, and can be used in in agriculture as a pesticide. In the treatment of parasitic diseases in fish, niclosamide can be used as bath or mixed with the feed. Its most important use in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is...

The quantity of by-products obtained during grass carp primary processing and chemical characteristics of internal organs were investigated. The total average weight of byproducts was 783.69 g (36.99%) in relation to live body weight which was cca 2118.5 g. The by-product contributing the largest quantity to total live body weight was the head with...

Marine and freshwater fish can be intermediate hosts for different parasites that are responsible for diseases in humans, if ingested by eating raw or undercooked fish. The main goals of the present paper were to investigate the infection prevalence of larvae of parasites in imported marine and freshwater fish species and to indicate the need for a...

Food borne transmission of antibiotic resistant strains of Escherichia coli from contaminated food has been recognised as an important hazard for human health in the past few decades and pathogenic strains of E. coli have long been considered as serious zoonotic hazards. Poultry meat is attractive for consumers worldwide, so the measures to preserv...

Od 2014 godine nekoliko epizootija izazvanih visoko patogenim virusom avijarne infl uence podtipa H5N8, izbilo je u Aziji, Evropi i severnoj Americi. Ovaj tip virusa infl uence uzrokovao je infekcije domaće živine i divljih ptica. Globalnom širenju virusa doprinele su intrakontinentalne i interkontinentalne migracije ptica. Prvi slučaj visoko patog...

Vanadium (V) is essential element for poultry nutrition. Relatively low level of V (< 10 µg/kg of feed) is known to reduce both growth in chicks and Haugh unit value of eggs. The National Research Council (NRC) recommends the presence of very low levels of V in poultry diets, with the maximum tolerance level (MTL) being 10 mg/kg. Excessive vanadium...

The quantity of by-products obtained during carp primary processing and chemical characteristics of internal organs were investigated in this paper. The total average mass of by-products was 640.8 g (36.82%) in relation to livebody mass which was cca 1.740 g. Largest quantity in total live body weight was the head with 382.55 g (21.98%), followed b...

The quantity of by-products obtained during carp primary processing and chemical characteristics of internal organs were investigated in this paper. The total average mass of by-products was 640.8 g (36.82%) in relation to livebody mass which was cca 1.740 g. Largest quantity in total live body weight was the head with 382.55 g (21.98%), followed b...

Since early 2014 several outbreaks have occurred in Asia, Europe and North America involving novel highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype A(H5N8) viruses. This type of avian influenza virus have infected poultry and wild bird species. Global spread of these viruses was attributed to intracontinental and intercontinental movement of migratory bir...

The quantity of by-products obtained during carp primary processing and chemical characteristics of internal organs were investigated in this paper. The total average mass of by-products was 640.8 g (36.82%) in relation to livebody mass which was cca 1.740 g. Largest quantity in total live body weight was the head with 382.55 g (21.98%), followed b...

The two corpses of police dogs, of Labrador retriever breed used for fi nding narcotics, were sent to the Scientifi c Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad”, and examined post-mortem, in order to determine the cause of death. Post-mortem examination revealed the presence of neoplastic changes in the mandibular region, pulmonary parenchyma and axillary reg...

The main objective of this study was to describe the proper technological process of hot smoking of common carp as well as to determine the yield of the final product and also proximate and fatty acid composition of hot-smoked common carp meat. The average yield of smoked common carp was 82.19% based on weight of eviscerated and descaled fish or 47...

The quantity of by-products obtained during carp primary processing and chemical characteristics of internal organs were investigated in this paper. The total average mass of by-products was 640.8 g (36.82%) in relation to livebody mass which was cca 1.740 g. Largest quantity in total live body weight was the head with 382.55 g (21.98%), followed b...

Solution for sustainability of slaughter industry using fishery technologies as a system for the treatment of slaughter waste water, according to the present invention, in a safe way removes waste water from slaughter industry in order to protect the environment, and a particular advantage is obtained by exploitation of water which is obtained by p...

The relationship between the use of antibiotics and the presence of antibiotic resistant strains of E. coli , as well as antibiotic residues in poultry litter, mainly due to irregular use of antibiotics is reviewed in the present paper. The aim of this review is to examine the existing problem of poultry waste management and how it can impact agric...

The relationship between the use of pesticides and grey partridge poisoning, mainly due to irregular use of rodent baits, is reviewed in the current paper. The aim of this review is to emphasise the existing problem of partridge extinction and how it would impact the agriculture ecology. A drastic decline in the population of Grey Partridge Perdix...

Th e results of our 15-year long research on the eff ects of global warming in our region that relies on the database obtained from the Republic Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Serbia strongly suggested changes in the pattern of disease events associated with inevitable occurrence of heat stress in poultry regardless of the species a...

Ichthyophthiriosis is widespread parasitic disease of fi shes caused by a ciliated protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifi lis. Th is parasite is capable of affecting most of species of freshwater fi shes, including all cyprinids. The parasites usually can be found on skin and gill in the form of white prominent spots 0.1-1 mm in diameter, which looks...

Lernaea cyprinacea in common carp and other warm water fi shes is one of the major problems of aquaculture industry in Serbia. Infestations with Lernaea are most prevalent in the summer months and occur more commonly in stagnant or slow-moving water bodies. Th e optimal temperature range for Lernaea development is 26–28°C. In the present study infe...

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) fingerlings were fed five diets in triplicate containing 0, 2, 3, 4 and 5% of linseed oil for 75 days to determine the effect of the different concentration of linseed oil on growth parameters, as well as on the proximate and fatty acid composition of the fish flesh. The fish had the average initial weight of 200 g...

Nowadays, consumers, fi sh industry professionals and scientists are increasingly directing their attention towards safety requirements associated with the consumption of fi sh due to the presence of bacterial hazards. There is no doubt that good knowledge and management of bacterial hazards associated with the consumption of fi sh are of great eco...

Niclosamide is applied for the treatment of the disease of common carp hatchlings caused by Bothriocephalus acheilognathi. One of the main characteristics of this drug is a short half-life in water. A series of experiments were performed to determine the distribution of niclosamide residues in the organs and meat of the carp, in controlled conditio...

Apstrakt Primenom ribarskih tehnologija i sistema za prečišćavanje se na bezbedan, proveren i renomiran način uklanja otpad iz klanične industrije vodeći računa o zaštiti životne sredine. Sa otpadom dobijenim iz klanične industrije se postupa na način koji aktivno doprinosi ekonomskim, socijalnim i ekološkim cilјevima održivog razvoja. Sam spoj kla...

ISHARANA ŠARANA SA HRANOM KOJA SADRŽI NUSPROIZVODE IZ KLANICE Apstrakt Nusproizvodi klanične industrije čine više od 50% prinosa prilikom klanja u zavisno-sti od vrste životinje i korišćenje ovih sirovina, što je veoma važno za održivost klanične industrije. Pojedini nusproizvodi se koriste i u ishrani ljudi jer sadrže esencijalne hranjive materi...

Abstract Goussia subepithelialis is coccidian parasites of common carp Cyprinus carpio L. which have been reported to cause nodular coccidiosis. The pathogens may lead to necrosis of the intestinal epithelium and enteritis. The disease is transmitted directly when an uninfected carp comes into contact with the waste of infected specimens, but may a...

Abstract Erythrodermatitis is a disease which affects carp of any age and it occurs during the growing season. The clinical symptoms of this disease include the appearance of the wounds on skin surface and muscle tissue and the depth of the wounds is a few millimetres. Aeromonas salmonicida is the causative aetiological agent of this bacteriologica...

Abstract The fungi of the genus Aspegillus are ubiquitous saprophytic microorganisms which are, in certain circumstances, responsible for clinical infections of respiratory tract in all poultry, particularly in young birds. Aspergillus fumigatus, A. niger and A. glaucus are the most common isolated fungi in the cases of pulmonary aspergillosis in p...

Tečna hromatografija visokih performansi (HPLC, tečna hromatografija pod visokim pritiskom) je oblik kolonske hromatografije koji se često koristi u analitičkoj hemiji. HPLC se koristi za razdvajanje komponenti iz smese na osnovu hemijskih interakcija između supstance koja se analizira i stacionarne faze u koloni. Princip rada HPLC-a je forsiranje...