Roman Pepovich Petkov – Associate Professor, PhD
He completed his higher education in 2005 at Trakia University – Stara Zagora, majoring in Veterinary Medicine. From October 2005 to February 2007, he worked in the Animal Health Department of the Regional Veterinary Medical Service in Lovech.
In March 2007, after a competitive selection, he began working at the University of Forestry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, in the Department of Infectious Pathology, Hygiene, Technology, and Control of Food of Animal Origin as an Assistant Lecturer.
In 2015, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic: “Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Control Measures for Enzootic Pneumonia in Industrial Pig Farming.”
He was promoted to Chief Assistant Professor in 2016, and since 2020 has held the position of Associate Professor in the professional field of Veterinary Medicine.

He delivers lectures and conducts practical classes in the following subjects:
– Infectious Diseases (General Part, Diseases of Farm Animals, Exotic Animals, and Companion Animals)
– Tropical Diseases
– Epidemiology and Preventive Veterinary Medicine
– Virology
– Herd Health Management
– Mobile Clinic

Main areas of scientific interest:
– Infectious pathology in pigs
– Enzootic (mycoplasmal) pneumonia in pigs
– Porcine respiratory disease complex
– Mycoplasmal infections in production animals

Selected Publications:
Tsachev I., R. Pepovich, P. Marutsov, M. Baymakova, M. Pishmisheva, L. Pekova & K. Gospodinova (2019). Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs from Southern Bulgaria: a preliminary report. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 79(Suppl. 1): 63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.163
Pepovich R., B. Nikolov, I. Sirakov, K. Genova, K. Hristov, E. Nikolova, R. Hajiolova & B. Beltova (2015). Clinical testing of combined vaccine against enzootic pneumonia in industrial pig farming in Bulgaria. Macedonian Veterinary Review, 38(2): 195–201. https://doi.org/10.14432/j.macvetrev.2015.07.051
Pepovich R., M. Baymakova, M. Pishmisheva, P. Marutsov, L. Pekova & I. Tsachev (2019). Current knowledge of hepatitis E virus infection: review of the literature. Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 76(7): 733–739. https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP170815159P
Baymakova M., G. Popov, R. Pepovich & I. Tsachev (2019). Hepatitis E virus infection in Bulgaria: A brief analysis of the situation in the country. Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 7(3): 458–460. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.073
Tsachev I. et al. (2019). Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs from Southern Bulgaria. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 19(10): 767–772. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2018.2430
Pepovich R. (2018). Metaphylactic efficiency of florfenicol, applied to the fodder of pigs from the fattening infected with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Trakia Journal of Sciences, 16(1): 11–16. https://doi.org/10.15547/tjs.2018.01.003
Пепович, Р. (2019). Ензоотична пневмония при прасетата – разпространение, диагностика и мерки за контрол. Изд. „Интел Ентранс“, София. ISBN: 978-619-7554-01-4, стр. 125.
Kril A. et al. (2017). In ovo hepatocarcinogenicity of N-nitrosodimethylamine in White Leghorn chickens. Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 69(3): 1117–1124. https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.18884
Pishmisheva M. et al. (2018). First serological study of hepatitis E virus infection in Bulgarian pigs. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie Bulgare des Sciences, 71(7): 1001–1008. https://doi.org/10.7546/CRABS.2018.07.18
Baymakova M. et al. (2019). Lyme borreliosis. General Medicine, 21(1): 72–79.
Baymakova M. et al. (2019). Coxiella burnetii infection presenting as fever of unknown origin: a retrospective case series from Bulgaria. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 79(Suppl. 1): 62–63. [doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.162]