Name:

VIDEV, Vidio Stoyanov

Place and Date of Birth

Dec 6, 1943, Orizovo, Stara Zagora District 

Address:

Union of Scientists, Stara Zagora 

"Mitko Gogoshev" Home of Scientists

140, Tsar Simeon Veliki Blvd.
6000 Stara Zagora
Тел: +35942 639 105
E-mail: chairman@sub.stz.orbitel.bg

Education

• 1957-1961 Professional School of Agriculture, Sadovo, District of Plovdiv, Specialty: Animal Breeding
• 1963-1969 University - Higher Institute of Agriculture, Sofia, Major in Animal Engineering

Specializations:

Language proficiency:

Russian, French

Academic Degrees

• PhD, 1979 “Comparative study of meat productivity of Bulgarian brown cattle, American brown cattle (Brow Swiss) and first-generation cross breeds"
• Dr.Sc. (Agriculture), 1995  “Research on increasing quantity and improving quality of meat from young cattle"

Academic Title(s)

• 1970 Research Fellow III degree
• 1973 Research Fellow II degree
• 1976 Research Fellow I degree
• 1981 Senior Research Fellow II degree
• 1996 Senior Research Fellow I degree

• 1969 Deputy chirman of Agricultural cooperative
• 1970 Research Institute of Cattle and Sheep Breeding, Stara Zagora
• 2003-2004 CEO, Institute of Agriculture, Stara Zagora 
• Since 2003  Institute of Agriculture, Stara Zagora

Area of Study:

• Selection and reproduction of cattle breeds in Bulgaria and the world
• Milk and meat productivity in cattle bred in Bulgaria and the world
• Heterosis in cross breeding of different breeds by various traits
• Combinational capacity among various cattle breeds during cross breeding
• Developing and improving various selection programmes
• Technologies for breeding and feeding various categories of cattle
• Problems of meat and milk in breeding context
• Establishin, storing and preserving genetic resources in the country

• Scheme for creating synthetic population for meat production
• Schemes for industrial cross breeding compliant with genetic traits of breeds involved, taking account of cross-breed and age matching among these
• Two-tier scheme for cross breeding creating hibrid anaimals with high growth capacity, good utilization of fodder, slughter indicators, high quality of meat, in compliance with EU standards
• Established combinational capacity of Bulgarian brown cattle with bulls from meat breeds Charole, Blond d'Aqctuine, Saler and Hereford "Biological efficiency of heterosis indices"
• Established combinational capacity of Holstein-Freisian cattle with bulls from Charole and Hereford breeds. Biological efficiency of heterosis indices.
• Established meat productivity of Simental breed used in meat production
• Selection programmes for Bulgarian brown and Simental breeds

• 1 book.
• 72 study articles, 8 of these published in foreign journals.
• 32 research articles.
• 43 applied research works.
• 3 strategic works.
• Runs and takes part in 17 research projects.

• 1990 Member of academic council, Institute of Animal Breeding, Troian . 
• 1990 Member of National Commission for Breed Recognition
• 1992-2001 Chairman of Cattle Breeding Department at Institute for Research of Cattle and Sheep Breeding, Stara Zagora
• 1995-1998 Member of Governing Board, of Academy of Agriculture, Sofia
• 1995-2002 Member of Academic board of Institute for Animal Studies, Kostinbrod
• 1997 PhD Supervisor
• 2001-2003 Member of Directorate Borad of Institute for Animal Studies, Kostinbrod
• 2001-2003 Chairman of Cattle Breeding Department at the Institute for Animal Studies, Kostinbrod.
• 2003 Chairman of Academic Council of Institute of Agriculture, Stara Zagora.
• 2003 Member of expert board at the National Centre for Agricultural Studies approving and monitoring research projects.
• 2003  Member of directorate board of Institute of Agriculture, Stara Zagora.
• 2003 Member of the Academic Board in Animal Breeding and Veterinary Medicine at Higher Attestation Commission
• 2004 Member of the Public Procurement Commission

Public commitment

• 1976 Member of Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
• 1992 Member of editor board of "Animal Studies" Journal 
• 2001 Member of editor board of "Animal Breeding" Journal 
• 2001 Member of editor boards of International Conference Yearbooks
• 2001 Member of governing board of Union of Scientists, Sofia 
• 2001 Chairman of Union of Scientists in Stara Zagora
• 2004 Editor-in-chief of "Animal Studies" Journal 
• 2004 Distinguished memeber of Union of Scientists in Bulgaria