doc. Mgr. Jan Zukal Dr., MBA

Position director of the institute
Direction bat ecology

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Current PhD students

  • Sohio Maglakelidze PřF MU Cave-dwelling bats in Georgia – phenology and ecology of cave occupation.
  • Šárka Bednaříková VETUNI Imunitní odpovědi netopýrů na infekci s ohledem na roční cyklus.

Running Projects

Urban bats - protected species in our buldings Visegrad fund (2023–2024)

Finished projects

Help bats in V4 (2022–2023)
Komercializace výsledků zoologického výzkumu - aplikace využitelné v praktické ochraně přírody (2016–2019)

Publications

2024

Piaček V, Zukal J, Seidlová V, Vitula F, Bednaříková Š, Dundarova H, Havelková B, Němcová M, Zukalová K, Pikula J (2024). Sperm storage of wild cervid species: comparison of available cryoprotectants. Acta veterinaria Brno, 93: 59-64.

2023

Bachorec E, Pikula J, Seidlová V, Zukalová K, Zukal J (2023). Hibernation strategy related profound differences in the whole-body fat composition of bats. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 72:1205 23036.
Dundarova H, Ivanova-Aleksandrova N, Bednaříková Š, Georgieva I, Kirov K, Miteva K, Neov B, Ostoich P, Pikula J, Zukal J, Hristov P (2023). Phylogeographic aspects of bat lyssaviruses in Europe: a review. Pathogens, 12:1205 1089.
Němcová M, Seidlová V, Zukal J, Dundarova H, Bednaříková Š, Pikula J (2023). Bat-derived cells use glucose as a cryoprotectant. Journal of Thermal Biology, 115: 103652.
Pikula J, Piáček V, Banďouchová H, Bartlová M, Bednaříková Š, Burianova R, Daněk O, Jedlička P, Mašová Š, Němcová M, Seidlová V, Zukalová K, Zukal J (2023). Case report: Filarial infection of a parti-coloured bat: Litomosa sp. adult worms in abdominal cavity and microfilariae in bat semen. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10:1210 1284025.
Pikula J, Brichta J, Seidlová V, Piaček V, Zukal J (2023). Higher antibody titres against Pseudogymnoascus destructans are associated with less white-nose syndrome skin lesions in Palearctic bats. Frontiers in Immunology, 14: 1269526.
Seidlová V, Pikula J, Kolařík M, Nováková A, Čmoková A, Ghazaryan A, Němcová M, Bednaříková Š, Patra S, Kokurewicz T, Piáček V, Zukal J (2023). Higher white-nose syndrome fungal isolate yields from UV-guided wing biopsies compared with skin swabs and optimal culture media. BMC Veterinary Research, 19:1210 40.
Zukalová K, Seidlová V, Ulmann V, Pavlík I, Pikula J, Zukal J (2023). Prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in gestating common noctule (Nyctalus noctula) females. Acta Chiropterologica, 25: 351-361.

2022

Aicher S, Streicher F, Chazal M, Planas D, Luo D, Buchrieser J, Němcová M, Seidlová V, Zukal J, Serra-Cobo J, Pontier D, Pain B, Zimmer G, Schwartz O, Roingeard P, Pikula J, Dacheux L, Jouvenet N (2022). Species-specific molecular barriers to SARS-CoV-2 replication in bat cells. Journal of Virology, 96: e0060822.
Ivanova-Aleksandrova N, Dundarova H, Neov B, Emilova R, Georgieva I, Antova R, Kirov K, Pikula J, Zukalová K, Zukal J (2022). Ectoparasites of cave-dwelling bat species in Bulgaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 75: 463-4681210 .
Kaňová M, Banďouchová H, Abdelsalam EEE, Linhart P, Sedláčková J, Seidlová V, Zukal J, Pikula J (2022). Torpor/hibernation cycle may enhance the risk of insecticides for bats: an in vitro study. Acta veterinaria Brno, 91: 59-68.
Linhart P, Banďouchová H, Zukal J, Votýpka J, Baláž V, Heger T, Kalocsanyiová V, Kubíčková A, Němcová M, Sedláčková J, Seidlová V, Veitová L, Vlaschenko A, Divínová R, Pikula J (2022). Blood parasites and health status of hibernating and non-hibernating noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula). Microorganisms, 10:1205 1028.
Němcová M, Seidlová V, Zukal J, Dundarova H, Zukalová K, Pikula J (2022). Performance of bat-derived macrophages at different temperatures. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9:1210 978756.
Seidlová V, Straková P, Kejíková R, Němcová M, Bartonička T, Salát J, Dufková L, Šikutová S, Mendel J, McKee C, Zukal J, Pikula J, Rudolf I (2022). Detection of Leptospira species in bat cadavers, Czech and Slovak Republics. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 11: 2211-22131210 .
Zukalová K, Seidlová V, Piaček V, Němcová M, Přibyl M, Pikula J, Zukal J (2022). One or two pups - optimal reproduction strategies of common noctule females. BMC Zoology, 7:1205 18.

2021

Bachorec E, Bartonička T, Heger T, Pikula J, Zukal J (2021). Cold arousal - a mechanism used by hibernating bats to reduce the energetic costs of disturbance. Journal of Thermal Biology, 101: 103107.
Harazim M, Piálek L, Pikula J, Seidlová V, Zukal J, Bachorec E, Bartonička T, Kokurewicz T, Martínková N (2021). Associating physiological functions with genomic variability in hibernating bats. Evolutionary Ecology, 35: 291-308.
Pavlík I, Ulmann V, Modrá H, Gersl M, Rantova B, Zukal J, Zukalová K, Konečný O, Káňa V, Kubálek P, Babák V, Weston RT (2021). Nontuberculous mycobacteria prevalence in bats’ guano from caves and attics of buildings studied by culture and qPCR examinations. Microorganisms, 9:1205 2236.
Seidlová V, Syrová E, Minářová H, Zukal J, Baláž V, Němcová M, Papežíková I, Pikula J, Schmidt-Posthaus H, Mareš J, Palíková M (2021). Comparison of diagnostic methods for Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae detection in salmonid fish. Journal of Fish Diseases, 44: 1147-1153.
Seidlová V, Němcová M, Pikula J, Bartonička T, Ghazaryan A, Heger T, Kokurewicz T, Orlov OL, Patra S, Piaček V, Treml F, Zukalová K, Zukal J (2021). Urinary shedding of leptospires in palearctic bats. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68: 3089-3095.

2020

Banďouchová H, Zukal J, Linhart P, Berková H, Brichta J, Kováčová V, Kubíčková A, Abdelsalam EEE, Bartonička T, Zajíčková R, Pikula J (2020). Low seasonal variation in greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) blood parameters. PLoS ONE, 15: e0234784.
Davy CM, Donaldson ME, Banďouchová H, Breit AM, Dorville NAS, Dzal YA, Kováčová V, Kunkel EL, Martínková N, Norquay KJO, Paterson JE, Zukal J, Pikula J, Willis CKR, Kyle CJ (2020). Transcriptional host-pathogen responses of Pseudogymnoascus destructans and three species of bats with white-nose syndrome. Virulence, 11: 781-794.
Heger T, Zukal J, Seidlová V, Němcová M, Nečas D, Papežíková I, Piaček V, Zajíčková R, Banďouchová H, Pikula J (2020). Measurement of phagocyte activity in heterotherms. Acta veterinaria Brno, 89: 79-87.
Linhart P, Banďouchová H, Zukal J, Votýpka J, Kokurewicz T, Dundarova H, Apoznanski G, Heger T, Kubíčková A, Němcová M, Piaček V, Sedláčková J, Seidlová V, Berková H, Hanzal V, Pikula J (2020). Trypanosomes in Eastern and Central European bats. Acta veterinaria Brno, 89: 69-78.
Němcová M, Pikula J, Zukal J, Seidlová V (2020). Diclofenac-induced cytotoxicity in cultured carp leukocytes. Physiological Research, 69: S607-S618.
Piaček V, Zukal J, Seidlová V, Heger T, Němcová M, Přibyl M, Vitula F, Pikula J (2020). Fresh semen characteristics in captive accipitrid and falconid birds of prey. Acta veterinaria Brno, 89: 291-300.
Pikula J, Heger T, Banďouchová H, Kováčová V, Němcová M, Papežíková I, Piaček V, Zajíčková R, Zukal J (2020). Phagocyte activity reflects mammalian homeo- and hetero-thermic physiological states. BMC Veterinary Research, 16:1210 232.
Seidlová V, Zukal J, Brichta J, Anisimov N, Apoznański G, Bandouchová H, Bartonička T, Berková H, Botvinkin AD, Heger T, Dundarova H, Kokurewicz T, Linhart P, Orlov OL, Piaček V, Presetnik P, Shumkina AP, Tiunov MP, Treml F, Pikula J (2020). Active surveillance for antibodies confirms circulation of lyssaviruses in Palearctic bats. BMC Veterinary Research, 16:1210 482.

2019

Blažek J, Zukal J, Banďouchová H, Berková H, Kováčová V, Martínková N, Pikula J, Řehák Z, Škrabánek P, Bartonička T (2019). Numerous cold arousals and rare arousal cascades as a hibernation strategy in European Myotis bats. Journal of Thermal Biology, 82: 150-156.

2018

Banďouchová H, Bartonička T, Berková H, Brichta J, Kokurewicz T, Kováčová V, Linhart P, Piaček V, Pikula J, Zahradníková Jr. A, Zukal J (2018). Alterations in the health of hibernating bats under pathogen pressure. Scientific Reports, 8: 6067.
Briestenská K, Janíková M, Kabát P, Csepányiová D, Zukal J, Pikula J, Kováčová V, Linhart P, Banďouchová H, Mistríková J (2018). Bats as another potential source of murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) in nature. Acta virologica, 62: 337-339.
Harazim M, Horáček I, Jakešová L, Luermann K, Moravec JC, Morgan S, Pikula J, Sosík P, Vavrušová Z, Zahradníková Jr. A, Zukal J, Martínková N (2018). Natural selection in bats with historical exposure to white-nose syndrome. BMC Zoology, 3:1205 8.
Jurajda P, Roche KF, Halačka K, Mrkvová M, Zukal J (2018). Winter activity of common bream (Abramis brama L.) in a European reservoir. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 25: 163-171.
Kováčová V, Zukal J, Banďouchová H, Botvinkin AD, Harazim M, Martínková N, Orlov OL, Piaček V, Shumkina AP, Tiunov MP, Pikula J (2018). White-nose syndrome detected in bats over an extensive area of Russia. BMC Veterinary Research, 14:1210 192.
Kováčová V, Kolařík M, Banďouchová H, Bartonička T, Berková H, Havelková B, Hrudová E, Kohoutová L, Martínková N, Zukal J, Pikula J (2018). Recovery of a phytopathogenic bacterium Lonsdalea quercina from a lesser horseshoe bat in Moravian karst, Czech Republic. Forest Pathology, 48: e12379.
Martínková N, Pikula J, Zukal J, Kováčová V, Banďouchová H, Bartonička T, Botvinkin AD, Brichta J, Dundarova H, Kokurewicz T, Irwin NR, Linhart P, Orlov OL, Piaček V, Škrabánek P, Tiunov MP, Zahradníková Jr. A (2018). Hibernation temperature-dependent Pseudogymnoascus destructans infection intensity in Palearctic bats. Virulence, 9: 1734-1750.
Zahradníková Jr. A, Kováčová V, Martínková N, Orlova MV, Orlov OL, Piaček V, Zukal J, Pikula J (2018). Historic and geographic surveillance of Pseudogymnoascus destructans possible from collections of bat parasites. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65: 303-308.

2017

Bartonička T, Banďouchová H, Berková H, Blažek J, Lučan R, Horáček I, Martínková N, Pikula J, Řehák Z, Zukal J (2017). Deeply torpid bats can change position without elevation of body temperature. Journal of Thermal Biology, 63: 119-123.
Pikula J, Banďouchová H, Kováčová V, Linhart P, Piaček V, Zukal J (2017). Reproduction of rescued vespertilionid bats (Nyctalus noctula) in captivity: veterinary and physiologic aspects. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 20: 665-677.
Pikula J, Amelon SK, Banďouchová H, Bartonička T, Berková H, Brichta J, Hooper S, Kokurewicz T, Kolařík M, Köllner B, Kováčová V, Linhart P, Piaček V, Turner GG, Zukal J, Martínková N (2017). White-nose syndrome pathology grading in Nearctic and Palearctic bats. PLoS ONE, 12: e0180435.

2016

Adámek Z, Mrkvová M, Zukal J, Roche KF, Mikl L, Šlapanský L, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2016). Environmental quality and natural food performance at feeding sites in a carp (Cyprinus carpio) pond. Aquaculture International, 24: 1591-1606.
Jurajda P, Adámek Z, Roche KF, Mrkvová M, Štarhová D, Prášek V, Zukal J (2016). Carp feeding activity and habitat utilisation in relation to supplementary feeding in a semi-intensive aquaculture pond. Aquaculture International, 24: 1627-1640.
Lučan RK, Banďouchová H, Bartonička T, Pikula J, Zahradníková Jr. A, Zukal J, Martínková N (2016). Ectoparasites may serve as vectors for the white-nose syndrome fungus. Parasites & Vectors, 9: 1302.
Zukal J, Berková H, Madaraszová J (2016). Flying or sleeping: flight activity of bats in natural cave with confirmed WNS. Folia zoologica, 65: 46-51.
Zukal J, Banďouchová H, Brichta J, Cmoková A, Jaron KS, Kolařík M, Kováčová V, Kubátová A, Nováková A, Orlov O, Pikula J, Presetnik P, Šuba J, Zahradníková Jr. A, Martínková N (2016). White-nose syndrome without borders: Pseudogymnoascus destructans infection tolerated in Europe and Palearctic Asia but not in North America. Scientific Reports, 6: 19829.

2015

Banďouchová H, Bartonička T, Berková H, Brichta J, Černý J, Kováčová V, Kolařík M, Köllner B, Kulich P, Martínková N, Řehák Z, Tumer GG, Zukal J, Pikula J (2015). Pseudogymnoascus destructans: evidence of virulent skin invasion for bats under natural conditions, Europe. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 62: 1-5.
Zukal J, Pikula J, Banďouchová H (2015). Bats as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution: history and prospect. Mammalian Biology, 80: 220-227.

2014

Berková H, Pokorný M, Zukal J (2014). Selection of buildings as maternity roosts by greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis). Journal of Mammalogy, 95: 1011-1017.
He X, Korytář T, Zhu Y, Pikula J, Banďouchová H, Zukal J, Köllner B (2014). Establishment of Myotis myotis cell lines - model for investigation of host-pathogen interaction in a natural host for emerging viruses. PLoS ONE, 9: e109795.
Řehák Z, Zukal J (2014). Professor Jiří Gaisler, 3 July 1934 – 17 July 2014. Vespertilio, 17: 5-14.
Turner GG, Meteyer CU, Barton H, Gumbs JF, Reeder DM, Overton B, Banďouchová H, Bartonička T, Martínková N, Pikula J, Zukal J, Blehert DS (2014). Nonlethal screening of bat-wing skin with the use of ultraviolet fluorescence to detect lesions indicative of white-nose syndrome. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 50: 566-573.
Zukal J, Šafář J, Berková H, Kovařík M, Koudelka M, Wagner J (2014). Rhinolophus ferrumequinum in Moravia – an irregular migrant in the Czech bat fauna. Vespertilio, 17: 223-229.
Zukal J, Banďouchová H, Bartonička T, Berková H, Brack V, Brichta J, Dolinay M, Jaron KS, Kováčová V, Kovařík M, Martínková N, Ondráček K, Řehák Z, Turner GG, Pikula J (2014). White-nose syndrome fungus: a generalist pathogen of hibernating bats. PLoS ONE, 9: e97224.

2012

Pikula J, Banďouchová H, Novotný L, Meteyer CU, Zukal J, Irwin NR, Zima J, Martínková N (2012). Histopathology confirms White-Nose Syndrome in bats in Europe. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48: 207-211.
Zukal J, Gajdošík M (2012). Diet of Eptesicus serotinus in an agricultural landscape. Vespertilio, 16: 357-363.

2010

Berková H, Zukal J (2010). Cave visitation by temperate zone bats: effects of climatic factors. Journal of Zoology, 280: 387-395.
Bryja J, Uhrin M, Kaňuch P, Bémová P, Martínková N, Zukal J (2010). Mitochondrial DNA confirms low genetic variation of the greater mouse-eared bats, Myotis myotis, in Central Europe. Acta Chiropterologica, 12: 73-81.
Martínková N, Bačkor P, Bartonička T, Blažková P, Červený J, Falteisek L, Gaisler J, Hanzal V, Horáček D, Hubálek Z, Jahelková H, Kolařík M, Korytár Ľ, Kubátová A, Lehotská B, Lehotský R, Lučan RK, Májek O, Matějů J, Řehák Z, Šafář J, Tájek P, Tkadlec E, Uhrin M, Wagner J, Weinfurtová D, Zima J, Zukal J, Horáček I (2010). Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. PLoS ONE, 5: e13853.
Pikula J, Zukal J, Adam V, Banďouchová H, Beklová M, Hájková P, Horáková J, Kizek R, Valentíková L (2010). Heavy metals and metallothionein in vespertilionid bats foraging over aquatic habitats in the Czech Republic. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29: 501-506.

2006

Bednářová J, Zukal J, Řehák Z (2006). Rozšíření netopýra velkouchého (Myotis bechsteinii) v České republice. Vespertilio, 9-10: 9-26.
Berková H, Zukal J (2006). Flight activity of bats at the entrance of a natural cave. Acta Chiropterologica, 8: 187-195.
Gaisler J, Řehák Z, Zukal J (2006). Výzkum netopýrů v Moravském krasu: historie a současný stav. Vespertilio, 9-10: 75-85.
Petrželková KJ, Downs NC, Zukal J, Racey PA (2006). A comparison between emergence and return activity in pipistrelle bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus. Acta Chiropterologica, 8: 381-390.
Zukal J, Řehák Z (2006). Flight activity and habitat preference of bats in a karstic area, as revealed by bat detectors. Folia zoologica, 55: 273-281.

2005

Zukal J, Berková H, Řehák Z (2005). Activity and shelter selection by Myotis myotis and Rhinolophus hipposideros hibernating in the Kateřinská cave (Czech Republic). Mammalian Biology, 70: 271-281.

2004

Berková H, Zukal J (2004). Sezónní změny letové aktivity netopýrů u vchodu do jeskyně zjištěné pomocí automatického monitorovacího systému. Vespertilio, 8: 45-54.
Gaisler J, Zukal J (2004). Ecomorphometry of Myotis daubentonii and M. lucifugus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) - a Palearctic-Nearctic comparison. Mammalia, 68: 275-282.
Petrželková KJ, Obuch J, Zukal J (2004). Does the barn owl (Tyto alba) selectively predate individual great mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis)?. Lynx, 35: 123-132.

2003

Bartonička T, Zukal J (2003). Flight activity and habitat use of four bat species in a small town revealed by bat detectors. Folia zoologica, 52: 155-166.
Petrželková KJ, Zukal J (2003). Does a live barn owl (Tyto alba) affect emergence behavior of serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus)?. Acta Chiropterologica, 5: 177-184.
Pokorný M, Berková H, Gaisler J, Řehák Z, Zukal J (2003). Letní výskyt netopýrů v lidských stavbách v Moravském krasu a širším okolí. Vespertilio, 7: 161-168.
Vávrová M, Zlámalová Gargošová H, Šucman E, Večerek V, Kořínek P, Zukal J, Zejda J, Sebestiánová N, Kubištová I (2003). Game animals and small terrestrial mammals - Suitable bioindicators for the pollution assessment in agrarian ecosystems. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 12: 165-172.
Zukal J, Řehák Z, Kovařík M (2003). Netopýři Sloupsko-šošůvských jeskyní (Moravský kras). Lynx, 34: 205-220.

2001

Andreas M, Reiter A, Benda P, Zukal J (2001). Výzkum potravní ekologie společenstva netopýrů na lokalitě Ledové sluje v Národním parku Podyjí. Thayensia, 4: 5-181210 .
Petrželková KJ, Zukal J (2001). Emergence behaviour of the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) under predation risk. Netherlands Journal of Zoology, Roc. 51: 395-414.
Zukal J, Kovařík M, Řehák Z, Berková H (2001). Početnost netopýrů zimujících ve dvou jeskyních v severní části Moravského krasu a její dlouhodobé změny. Vespertilio, 5: 321-328.

2000

Bryja J, Zukal J (2000). Small mammal communities in newly planted biocorridors and their surroundings in southern Moravia (Czech Republic). Folia zoologica, 49: 191-197.

1998

Baruš V, Prokeš M, Zukal J (1998). A biometric study of four populations of the bleak (Alburnus alburnus) from the Czech Republic. Folia zoologica, 47: 135-144.
Gaisler J, Zukal J, Řehák Z, Homolka M (1998). Habitat preference and flight activity of bats in a city. Journal of Zoology, 244: 439-445.
Zukal J, Pokorný M, Řehák Z (1998). Netopýři v oblasti vlivu Jaderné elektrárny Dukovany. Přírodovědný sborník Západomoravského muzea v Třebíči=Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Musei Moraviae Occidentalis, 36: 23-31.

1997

Zejda J, Zukal J, Steiner HM (1997). Symmetric pattern in M1 and M3 molars in Clethrionomys glareolus. Folia zoologica, 46: 89-90.
Zukal J, Pokorný M, Řehák Z (1997). Relativní početnost a aktivita netopýrů v okolí jaderné elektrárny Dukovany. Vespertilio, 2: 105-112.

1996

Gaisler J, Zukal J, Nesvadbová J, Chytil J, Obuch J (1996). Species diversity and relative abundance of small mammals (Insectivora, Chiroptera, Rodentia) in the Pálava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 60: 13-23.
Řehák Z, Zukal J, Gaisler J (1996). Contribution to the knowledge of distribution of Myotis dasycneme (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the Czech Republic. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 60: 199-205.

1994

Řehák Z, Zukal J, Kovařík M (1994). Long- and short-term changes in the bat community of the Kateřinská Cave (Moravian Karst) - a fundamental assessment. Folia zoologica, 43: 425-436.
Zejda J, Zukal J, Steiner HM (1994). Variation in the shape pattern of molars in populations of the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus Schreb.). Folia zoologica, 43: 121-133.
Zima J, Kovařík M, Gaisler J, Řehák Z, Zukal J (1994). Dynamics of the number of bats hybernating in the moravian karst in 1983 to 1992. Folia zoologica, 43: 109-119.
Zukal J, Řehák Z, Macholán M (1994). Abnormal Coloration in Bechstein's Bat, Myotis bechsteini. Folia zoologica, 43: 281-283.
Zukal J (1994). Bibliography of zoological publications by Prof. RNDr. Jiří Gaisler, DrSc. Folia zoologica, 43: 292-296.
Zukal J, Zima J (1994). Studies in Chiropterology. Folia zoologica, 43: 290-468.

1993

Zukal J (1993). Estimation of ecological parameters of small mammal communities by a new method of sampling. Folia zoologica, 42: 1-12.
Zukal J (1993). Přehled chiropterologické literatury vyšlé v roce 1992 - A List of Chiropterological literature (year 1992). Bulletin ČESON - Informační zpravodaj České společnosti pro ochranu netopýrů.