Milomir Kovac (

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: Миломир Ковач/Milomir Kovač, 21 October 1962 – 24 October 2022) was a Serbian-German veterinary surgeon,

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specialist, columnist,Questions and Answers with Prof. Dr. Milomir Kovac
and author of university textbooks. Book - Equine medicine 2

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”. Kovac was latterly the head of the veterinary clinic "New Century" (

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), a member of the Serbian Royal Academy of Innovative Science and the chief instructor of Russian nationwide intensive course for veterinarians specialization: "Equine Medicine and Surgery". In October 2013, Kovac was awarded at the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology, the title of professor "

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" for outstanding achievements in the field of equine medicine in the

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.Professor "honoris causa" at the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology, www.newcentury.ru
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". In 2017, Kovac, together with the Federal University of Kazan and the

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(Great Britain), was the first in the world to successfully apply the

gene therapy Gene therapy is Health technology, medical technology that aims to produce a therapeutic effect through the manipulation of gene expression or through altering the biological properties of living cells. The first attempt at modifying human DNA ...

technology in the treatment of severe damage of equine tendon and ligaments. From 2007, Kovac was the only full-time available equine surgeon specialist in the Russian Federation. He started the first implementation

colic

surgery Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...

in Russia. In the course of ten years, 300 such operations were performed, with the percentage of survival rate of over 82%. Prior to 2007, all horses with intestinal

strangulation Strangling or strangulation is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain by restricting the flow of oxygen through the trachea. Fatal strangulation typically occurs ...

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 Laparoscopy () is an operation performed in the abdomen or pelvis using small incisions (usually 0.5–1.5 cm) with the aid of a camera. The laparoscope aids diagnosis or therapeutic interventions with a few small cuts in the abdomen.Medli ...

for

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,Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Surgery
and

cryosurgery Cryosurgery (with ''cryo'' from the Ancient Greek ) is the use of extreme cold in surgery to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue; thus, it is the surgical application of cryoablation. Cryosurgery has been historically used to treat a number o ...

to remove abdominal and skin tumors.Cryosurgery in equine medicine
He was the first to use the

mesenchymal stem cells Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), also known as mesenchymal stromal cells or medicinal signaling cells, are multipotent stromal cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types, including osteoblasts (bone cells), chondrocytes (cartilage ...

Equine tendonitis therapy using mesenchymal stem cells
,Treatment of tendon injuries in horses with mesenchymal stem cells – 20 Cases
and

platelet-rich plasma Platelet-rich plasma (PRP), also known as autologous conditioned plasma, is a concentrate of plasma protein derived from whole blood, centrifuged to remove red blood cells but retaining platelets. Though promoted for treating various medical con ...

for the treatment of equine tendon and ligament injury. In cooperation with Joseph Toth, he first performed a pars plana

vitrectomy Vitrectomy is a surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the Human eye, eye. Anterior vitrectomy entails removing small portions of the vitreous humor from the front structures of the eye—often because these are tangled in an i ...

of horses with equine recurrent

uveitis Uveitis () is inflammation of the uvea, the pigmented layer of the eye between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea. The uvea consists of the middle layer of pigmented vascular structures of the eye and ...

,The first pars plana vitrectomy in horses with equine recurrent uveitis in Russia
as well as first performed an evisceration with insertion of an intrascleral prosthesis of horses in the Russian Federation. . Kovac wrote several books of the equine medicine and surgery
Books of the Veterinar Chamber of Serbia and is also author of over 100 scientific papers. His monographs "Colic disease of horse" Book - Colic disease of horse
and "Equine Orthopedic Diseases - Modern methods of diagnosis and treatment"
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. Kovac died on 24 October 2022, at the age of 60.

References

External links

* official website , http://kovac.ru
Veterinary Clinic – New Century

Magazine “Horseworld”

Stem Cell Labor in Russia

Magazine “Vetpharma”

Moscow state academy of veterinary medicine and biotechnology named K.I. Skryabin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kovac, Milomir 1962 births 2022 deaths Academic staff of the University of Sarajevo German veterinarians Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Germany People from Foča Serbian scientists Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina