Publications

Journal with impact factor:

Jerico Consolacion J., Ceacero F., Ny V., Kotrba R., Illek J., Škorič M., Serralle M., Soria-Meneses P.J., Soler A.J., Kokošková T. 2025. Post-harvest motility and morphological changes of spermatozoa following caudal epididymal recovery in farmed common eland (Tragelaphus oryx) bulls. Reproductive Biology 25 (2), Article Number 100997, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.repbio.2025.100997

Silberbauer B.L., Kokošková T., Bureš D., Kotrba R., Strydom P.E., Hoffman L.C. 2024 The influence of sex on the yield and chemical composition of the organs of young giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis), African Journal of Wildlife Research 54: 136–145. https://doi.org/10.3957/056.054.0136

Pintus, E., Kotrba, R., Ros-Santaella, J.L. 2024. Horn size is linked to Sertoli cell efficiency and sperm size homogeneity during sexual development in common eland (Taurotragus oryx). Front Cell Dev Biol. 12:1421634. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2024.1421634

Consolacion, J; Ceacero, F; Musa, A.S.; Ny, V.; Kotrba, R.; Illek, J.; Skoric, M.; Needham, T. 2024. Reproductive tract morphology and symmetry of farmed common eland (Tragelaphus oryx) bulls, and their relationship with secondary sexual traits and social rank, Animal Reproduction Science 23, Article Number 107438, doi10.1016/j.anireprosci.2024.107438

Musa A.S., Needham T., Kotrba R., Ceacero F. 2024. Activity and social behaviour of farmed common eland (Taurotragus oryx), and the effect of immunocastration thereon. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 272, Article Number 106189, doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106189

Hoffman L.C., Silberbauer B.L., Needham T., Bureš D., Kotrba R., Strydom P.E. 2024. The effect of sex on the chemical and mineral composition of the meat, bone and liver of giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis). Foods 13, 13030394, doi:/10.3390/foods13030394

Bureš D., Needham T., Bartoň, L., Lebedová N., Kotrba R., Řehák D., Kučerová I., Klouček P., Hoffman L.C. 2024. Consumer acceptance and quality of game meat “dröewors” sausages withdifferent levels of added fat. Meat Science 210, Article Number 109424, doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109424

Musa A. S. Kundankumar J., Needham T., Kotrba R., Ny V., Consolacion J., Ceacero F. 2024. Effects of temperament during handling and social rank on the blood biochemical parameters of common eland (Taurotragus oryx), Veterinary Research Communications doi:10.1007/s11259-024-10296-1

Esattore B., Buczek M., Dusek A., Kotrba R. Pluháček J., Ceacero F., Komárková M., Bartošová J., Radwan J., Bartoš L. 2024. Ivermectin decreases parasite load, testosterone, and potentially antler length in a group of captive red deer males (Cervus elaphus). Research in Veterinary Sciences, Article Number 105095, doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2023.105095

Chitambala T., Ny V.,Ceacero F., Bartoň L., Bureš D., Kotrba R., Needham T. 2024. Effects of immunocastration and amino acid supplementation on yearling fallow deer (Dama dama) testes development. Animals 14, Article number 115, doi.org/10.3390/ani14010115

Bartoš L., Esattore B., Kotrba R., Pluháček J., Ceacero F., Komárková M., Dušek A., Bartošová J. 2023. The effects of challenge or social buffering on cortisol, testosterone, and antler growth in captive red deer (Cervus elaphus) males. Scientific Reports 13, Article number 21856, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48476-9

Ny, V; Needham, T; Bartoň, L; Bures, D; Kotrba, R; Musa, S; Ceacero, F. 2023.Effects of immunocastration and supplementary feeding level on the performance and blood biochemical markers of farmed yearling fallow deer (Dama dama). Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition ;1–9.  doi: 10.1111/jpn.13807

Ceacero F, Ny V, Kotrba R, Bartoň L, Čupić S, Bureš D, Turek J, Komárková M, Needham T. 2023. Combined effects of supplementation of amino acids and immunocastration in first antler growth of farmed fallow deer (Dama dama). Animal Production Science 16 (3), 1583-1593. doi:10.1071/AN22258

Needham, T.; Musa, A.S.;Kotrba, R.; Ceacero, F.; Hoffman, L.C.;Lebedová, N.; Bureš, D. 2022. Carcass and offal yields of farmed common eland (Taurotragus oryx) males, as affected by age and immunocastration. Animals 12, Article Number 2893, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12212893

Hrnková J, Golovchenko M, Musa AS, Needham T, Italiya J, Ceacero F, Kotrba R, Grubhoffer L, Rudenko N and Cerný J 2022. Borrelia spirochetes in European exotic farm animals. Front. Vet. Sci. 9, Article Number 996015, https://doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.996015

Hoffman, L.C.; Silberbauer, B.L.; Needham, T; Bureš, D.; Kotrba, R; Strydom, P. 2022. Physical meat quality characteristics of Angolan giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) as affected by sex and muscle, Meat Science 192, Article Number 108911, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108911

Pyszko M, Němeček P, Horák O, Páral V, Kotrba R, Hoffman LC & Robovský J. (2022). Newly described anatomical opening on forelimb tendon in the artiodactyls and its relation to knee clicks. Scientific Reports 12: 4362. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08303-z

Lojka, B.; Teutscherová, N.; Chládová, A.; Kala, L.; Szabó, P.; Martiník, A.; Weger, J.; Houška, J.; Červenka, J.; Kotrba, R.; Jobbiková, J.; Doležalová, H.; Snášelová, M.; Krčmářová, J.; Vávrová, K.; Králík, T.; Zavadil, T.; Lawson, J. (2022). Agroforestry in the Czech Republic:What Hampers the Comeback of a Once Traditional Land Use System? Agronomy 2022, 12, 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12010069

Musa AS, Needham T, Kotrba R, Neradilova S, Ganswindt A, Ceacero F. 2021. Habituation of common eland (Taurotragus oryx) to intensive routine handling, and the effect of immunocastration thereon. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 237. DOI10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105294

Bureš, D., Bartoň, L., Kudrnáčová, E., Kotrba, R., Hoffman, LC. 2020. The effect of barley and lysine supplementation on the longissimus lumborum meat quality of pasture-raised fallow deer (Dama dama), Foods 9, 1255, DOI: 10.3390/foods9091255

Esattore, B.; Villagrán, M.; Pluháček, J.; Komárková, M.; Dušek, A.; Kotrba, R.; Bartošová, J.; Bartoš, L. 2020. To beat or not to beat: Behavioral plasticity during the antler growth period affects cortisol but not testosterone concentrations in red deer (Cervus elaphus) males. General and Comparative Endocrinology 297, 113552, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113552

Needham, T; Kotrba, R; Hoffman, L.C.; Bureš, D. 2020. Ante-and post-mortem strategies to improve the meat quality of high-value muscles harvested from farmed male common eland (Taurotragus oryx), Meat Science‏ 168, Article Number: 108183, DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108183

Ny, V; Kotrba, R; Cappelli, J; Bures, D; Clar, MA; Garcia, AJ; Landete-Castillejos, T; Barton, L; Ceacero, F. 2020. Effects of Lysine and Methionine supplementation on first antler growth in fallow deer (Dama dama), Small Ruminant Reseach187, Article Number: 106119, DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2020.106119

Cawthorn, D.M., Fitzhenry, L.B., Kotrba, R., Bureš, D., Hoffman, L.C. (2020). Chemical Composition of Wild Fallow Deer (Dama Dama) Meat from South Africa: A Preliminary Evaluation dagger, Foods 9(5): 598, doi: 10.3390/foods9050598rch 187, Article Number: 106119, DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2020.106119

Needham, T., Engels, R., Bureš, D., Kotrba, R., Van Rensburg, B.J., Hoffman, L.C. (2020). Carcass yields and physiochemical meat quality of semi-extensive and intensively farmed impala (Aepyceros melampus), Foods 9 (418), 1-16, 10.3390/foods9040418

Needham, T., Laubser, J.G., Kotrba, R., Bureš, D., Hoffman, L.C. (2020). Influence of ageing on the physical qualities of the longissimus thoracis et lumborum and biceps femoris muscles from male and female free-ranging common eland (Taurotragus oryx), Meat Science 159, Article Number: 107922, DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107922

 Ceacero, F., Clar, M., Ny, V., & Kotrba, R. (2020). Differential effects of ruminally protected amino acids on fattening of fallow deer in two culling periods. Animal 14 (3), 648-655. doi:10.1017/S1751731119002325

Needham, T., Laubser, J.G., Kotrba, R., Bureš, D., Smyth, H., Hoffman, L.C. (2019). Sensory characteristics of the longissimus thoracis et lumborum and biceps femoris muscles from male and female common eland (Taurotragus oryx), Meat Science 158, Article Number: 107918, DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107918

Fitzhenry, L.B., Cawthorn, D.M., Muchenje, V., Bureš, D., Kotrba, R., Hoffman, L.C.. (2019). Carcass composition and yields of wild fallow deer (Dama dama) in South Africa, African Journal of Wildlife Research 49, 100 –110,doi.org/10.3957/056.049.0100

Ros-Santaella JL, Kotrba R, Pintus E. (2019). High-energy diet enhances spermatogenic function and increases sperm midpiece length in fallow deer (Dama dama) yearlings. Royal Society Open Science 6 (6), DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181972 

Needham, T., Laubser, J.G., Kotrba, R., Bureš, D., Hoffman, L.C. (2019). Sex influence on muscle yield and physiochemical characteristics of common eland (Taurotragus oryx) meat. Meat Science, 152, 41-48. doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.02.008

Kudrnáčová, E., Bureš, D., Bartoň, L., Kotrba, R., Ceacero, F., Hoffman, L., Kouřimská, L. 2019. The effect of barley and lysine supplementation of pasture-based diet on growth, carcass composition and physical quality attributes of meat from farmed fallow deer (Dama dama). Animals 9/33, 1-13

Kolbábek, P., Maxová, P., Kouřimská, L., Lukešová, D., Kotrba, R. (2019) Sensory evaluation of liver/meat pâté made from fresh or frozen eland meat and beef. Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica 50 (2), 71-79, doi: 10.2478/sab-2019-0011

Pavlik, A. Slama, P., Bures, D., Kotrba R. (2018): Effect of feeding on growth and blood biochemistry of male fallow deer, Journal of Microbiology Biotechnology and Food Sciences 8(3), 911-913

Bordes, C. N. M.; Ceacero, F.; Kotrba, R. (2018). Cues and mechanisms for lateral exposure preference in the common eland (Taurotragus oryx), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72 (7), 120: 1-9, doi: 10.1007/s00265-018-2535-1

Cawthorn, D.M., Fitzhenry, L.B., Muchenje, V., Bureš, D., Kotrba, R., Hoffman, L.C. (2018). Physical quality attributes of male and female wild fallow deer (Dama dama) muscles, Meat Science 137, 168-175, doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2017.11.031

Cappelli, J.,García, A.J., Kotrba, R., Pozo, P.B., Landete-Castillejos, T., Gallego, L., Ceacero, F. (2018). The bony horncore of the common eland (Taurotragus oryx): composition and mechanical properties of a spiral fighting structure, Journal of Anatomy 232, 72-79

Bartova, E; Kobedova, K; Lamka, J; Kotrba, R; Vodicka, Sedlak, K (2017). Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in exotic ruminants and camelids in the Czech Republic, Parasitology research 116 (7), 1925-1929, DOI: 10.1007/s00436-017-5470-6

Sebestova, H., Vozdova, M., Kubickova, S., Cernohorska, H., Kotrba, R., Rubes, J. (2016). Effect of species-specific differences in chromosome morphology on chromatin compaction and the frequency and distribution of RAD51 and MLH1 foci in two bovid species: cattle (Bos taurus) and the common eland (Taurotragus oryx), Chromosoma 125, 137–149, DOI 10.1007/s00412-015-0533-x

Hoffman, L. C., van Schalkwyk, D. L., McMillin, K. W., Kotrba, R. (2015). Intramuscular fat characteristics of Namibian common eland (Tragelaphus oryx), African Journal of Wildlife Research 45(3), 312–320, DOI /10.3957/056.045.0312

Vadlejch, J., Kotrba, R., Z. Čadková, Z., Růžičková, A., Langrová, I. (2015). Effects of age, sex, lactation and social dominance on faecal egg count patterns of gastrointestinal nematodes in farmed eland (Taurotragus oryx), Preventive Veterinary Medicine 121, 265- 272, DOI /10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.07.006

Bureš, D., Bartoň, L., Kotrba, R., Hakl, J. (2015). Quality attributes and composition of meat from red deer (Cervus elaphus), fallow deer (Dama dama) and Aberdeen Angus and Holstein cattle (Bos taurus), Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 95 (11), 2299- 2306, doi: DOI 10.1002/jsfa.6950.

Bartoň, L., Bureš, D., Kotrba, R., Sales, J. (2014). Comparison of meat quality between eland (Taurotragus oryx) and cattle (Bos taurus) raised under similar conditions, Meat Science 96, 346- 352, doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.07.016.

Šárová, R., Špinka, M., Stěhulová, I., Ceacero, F., Šimečková, M, Kotrba, R. (2013) Pay respect to the elders: age, more than body mass, determines dominance in female beef cattle, Animal Behaviour 86 (6), 1315- 1323, doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.10.002.

Sales, J., Kotrba, R. (2013). Meat from wild boar (Sus scrofa L.): A review, Meat Science 94, 187- 201, doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.01.012

Teichroeb, L.J., Riede, T., Kotrba, R., Lingle, S. (2013). Fundamental frequency is key to response of female deer to juvenile distress calls, Behavioural Processes 92, 15-23, doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2012.09.011

Lingle, S., Wyman, M.T., Kotrba, R., Teichroeb, L.J., Romanow, C.A. (2012). What makes a cry a cry? A review of infant distress vocalizations, Current Zoology 58 (5), 698–726.

Bartošová, J., Bartoš, L., Kotrba, R., Ceacero, F., 2012. Pre-orbital gland opening in farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus) during stressful handling. Journal of Animal Science 90, 3200- 3206,doi: 10.2527/jas.2011-3925

Kužmová, E., Kotrba, R., Rolf, H. J., Bartoš, L., Wiese, K. G., Schulz, J., Bubenik, G. A. 2012. Factors affecting the number of STRO-1+ stem cells derived from regenerating antler and pedicle cells of red and fallow deer. Animal Production Science 52(8), 746- 749, (doi.org/10.1071/AN12012)

Pinc L, Bartoš L, Reslová A, Kotrba R, 2011. Dogs Discriminate Identical Twins. PLoS ONE 6(6): e20704. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020704

Kužmová, E., Bartoš, L., Kotrba, R., Bubenik, G.A. (2011). Effect of different factors on proliferation of antler cells, cultured in vitro. PLoS ONE 6(3): e18053. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018053.

Bartoš, L.,  Schams, D., Bubenik, G.A., Kotrba, R., Tománek, M. 2010. Relationship between rank and plasma testosterone and cortisol in red deer males (Cervus elaphus). Physiology & Behavior 101, 628–634.

Pluháček, J., Bartoš, L., Bartošová, J., Kotrba, R. 2010. Feeding behaviour affects nursing behaviour in captive plains zebra (Equus burchellii), Applied Animal Behaviour Science 128, 97–102.

Drábková, J.; Bartošová, J.; Bartoš, L.; Kotrba, R.; Pluháček, J.; Švecová, L.; Dušek, A., and Kott, T. (2008) Sucking and allosucking duration in farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science (113), 215- 223.

Kotrba, R., Knížková, I.,  Kunc, P., and Bartoš, L. (2007). Comparison between the coat temperature of the eland and dairy cattle by infrared thermography. Journal of Thermal Biology (32), 355-359.

Peer reviewed journals:

Žižková, K., Kotrba, R., Kočišová, A. (2013). Effect of changes in behaviour on the heart rate and its diurnal variation in a male and a female eland (Taurotragus oryx). Agricultura tropica et subtropica, vol. 46/1, Prague: 29-33, doi: 10.2478/ats-2013-0005.

Nežerková, P., Antonínová, M., Kotrba, R., Hejcman, M., & Verner, PH. (2004). The conservation programme of the western giant eland (Tragelaphus derbianus derbianus) in Senegal. Game and Wildlife Science, 21(4), 811- 814.

Kotrba R., Ščevlíková P.(2002): The evaluation of antelope breeding and the proposal of the economic use in the Czech Republic. Agricultura tropica et subtropica, vol. 35, Prague: 129-137.

Chapters in peer reviewed books:

Kotrba, R., Hejduk, S. 2022. Silvopastevní systémy, In: (Ed.) Krčmářová J., Stromy v zemědělství. Historie a současnost agrolesnictví v České republice, Středisko společných činností AV ČR, v. v. i., pro Kancelář Akademie věd ČR, Národní 3, 117 20 Praha 1 Česká republika, p. 121-137, ISBN 978-80-200-3333-8 (in czech)

Kotrba, R., Bartoš, L., Pařízek, V. 2020. Domestikace, historie a farmové chovy jelenovitých, In: (Ed.) Kratochvíl J. a kol., Drobnochovy hospodářských zvířat, Profi Press, Praha, Česká republika p. 293-306, ISBN 978-80-88306-04-7 (in czech)

Bartoš, L., Kotrba, R., Pintíř, J. (2010). Ungulates and their management in the Czech Republic, In: European Ungulates and their Management in the 21st century, (Eds.) Apollonio M., Andersen R., Putman R., Cambridge University Press, London, UK, p. 243-261.