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Nikola Betic, PhD

Research associate

Sector for Scientific-Technical Cooperation, Development and Transfer Technology

INSTITUTE OF MEAT HYGIENE AND TECHNOLOGY (INMES)

Kaćanskog 13, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia

Моb: +381 69 19 54 97

Теl:  +381 11 26 50 655

E-mail: nikola.betic@inmes.rs

 

EDUCATION

2023 –  Doctor of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, („Impact of Toxoplasma gondii infection on the safety of pork in Serbia“)

2016 – Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2024– Research associate, Institute of meat Hygiene and Technology (INMES)

2021 – Research assistant, Institute of meat Hygiene and Technology (INMES)

2018 – Research trainee, Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology (INMES)

2017 – Trainee for Researcher, Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology (INMES)

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2020 – Associate in the Sector for Scientific-Technical Cooperation, Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology (INMES)

2017 – 2020 — Associate in the Department for reception of samples and issuing laboratory reports, Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology (INMES)

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2023 – Deputy chairman of the Organizing committee 62nd International Meat Industry Conference, held on 01-04. October 2023, Kopaonik, Republic of Serbia

2021 – Member od the Organizing committee 61st International Meat Industry Conference, held on 26-29. September 2021, Zlatibor, Republic of Serbia.

2019 – Member od the Organizing committee 60th International Meat Industry Conference, held on 22-25. September 2019, Kopaonik, Republic of Serbia.

2022 – Has successfully passed training for: Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8: Internal Auditor. Requi and internal audit based on  ISO 19011:2018

2022 – Training School on Farm and Abattoir Interventions in a Risk-Based Meat Safety Assurance System

2022 – „Osijek Autumn School 2022 — Attracting IPA scientist to become risk assessors”. 12-14 October 2022, Osijek, Croatia

 

AREA OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

Toxoplasma gondii – presence in the food chain (especially pork), analysis of risk factors for infection on pig farms in Serbia, consideration of places of contamination of the food chain, risk assessment of food safety as well as consideration of possibilities for reducing the presence T. gondii in the pig meat production chain.

Safety and quality of food of animal origin.

 

PROJECTS

2019 – „Research on pharmacological characteristics of antimicrobial agents, introduction of new technological solutions and alternative prophylactic methods with the purpose to improve control of infectious animal disease (TR- 31071) «, 2011-2019, (Role: project participant — Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia)

2024 – 2027 – „Environmental Monitoring of Food and Waterborne Parasites — PARASITE_HUNTER“ from the Public Call «PRIZMA», duration of the project 03.01.2024. – 02.01.2027 (Role: Participant — Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia)

2024 – 2026 – „Worm Profiler: Surveillance and population genetics of Echinococcus in Serbia — WORM_PROFILER“ from the Public Call „PROMIS23“, duration of the project 01.03.2024. – 28.02.2026 (Role: Leader of the Working Package 4 — Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia)

2024 – 2025 – „Mild technology in meat processing for sustainable diet- МЕАТ“ from Public Call „Prof of concept“, duration of the project 01.06.2024-01.06.2025 (Role: Participant — Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia)

2018 – 2024 – the total number of the projects of Innovation Fund, Republic of Serbia participated through Innovation Voucher  was 12. Of these, he was a project leader in 6 and a project participant in 6:

  • Improvement of production from the aspect of hygiene and product quality in the slaughterhouse and meat processing «Agro 14. Septembar», ID number: 413, duration of the project: 6 months. Project participants: Nikola Betić, Boris Mrdović, Ivana Branković Lazić, Aleksandara Nikolić, Aleksandar Bajčić, Milan Milijašević, Nenad Parunović (Nikola Betić, project leader)
  • Development of production of fruit and vegetable products, ID number: 276, project duration: 6 months. Participants in the project: Nikola Betić, Boris Mrdović, Aleksandra Nikolić, Tatjana Baltić, Lazar Milojević, Saša Janković (Nikola Betić, project leader)
  • Improvement of production from the aspect of hygiene and product quality in meat processing «Gala doo», ID number 344, project duration: 6 months. Participants in the project: Nikola Betić, Branislav Baltić, Boris Mrdović, Aleksandar Bajčić, Milan Milijašević, Nenad Parunović, Ivan Nastasijević (Nikola Betić, project leader)
  • Improvement of existing and development of new fruit and vegetable products in the plant «Cilbro doo», ID number 626, project duration: 6 months. Participants in the project: Nikola Betić, Vesna Đorđević, Nenad Parunović, Ivan Nastasijević, Lazar Milojević, Aleksandar Bajčić, Boris Mrdović (Nikola Betić, project leader)
  • Development and validation of fruit production, ID number: 1175, project duration: 6 months. Participants in the project: Nikola Betić, Vesna Đorđević, Ivana Branković Lazić, Nenad Parunović, Tatjana Baltić, Boris Mrdović (Nikola Betić, project leader)
  • Development and validation of the production of vegetable and fruit products, ID number 1497, project duration 6 months. Project participants: Nikola Betić, Vesna Đorđević, Ivana Branković Lazić, Lazar Milojević, Nenad Parunović, Aleksandar Bajčić, Boris Mrdović (Nikola Betić, project leader)
  • Improving the quality and safety of meat products with added value (UnaMes), ID number: 221, project duration: 6 months Project participants: Ivan Nastasijević, Ivana Branković Lazić, Boris Mrdović, Miloš Petrović, Nikola Betić, Aleksandar Bajčić (Nikola Betić, participant)
  • Validation of the shelf life of meat products produced in the «Trivuk» meat processing plant, ID number: 297, project duration: 6 months. Participants in the project: Boris Mrdović, Nenad Parunović, Tatjana Baltić, Jelena Jovanović, Nikola Betić (Nikola Betić, participant)
  • Quality and safety of traditional/smoked meat products, ID number: 277, project duration: 6 months. Participants in the project: Boris Mrdović, Ivana Branković Lazić, Miloš Petrović, Zoran Petrović, Nikola Betić, Mladen Rašeta (Nikola Betić, participant)
  • Extending the sustainability of fresh chilled chicken meat (POPiMes) ID number: 80, project duration: 6 months. Participants in the project: Ivan Nastasijević, Mladen Rašeta, Tatjana Baltić, Aleksandar Bajčić, Nikola Betić, Miloš Petrović (Nikola Betić, participant)
  • Checking and improving the safety and shelf life of snack products, ID number 1402, project duration: 6 months. Project participants: Aleksandar Bajčić, Ivana Branković Lazić, Nikola Betić, Vesna Đorđević, Saša Janković (Nikola Betić, participant)
  • Improvement and standardization of production for the US market (USApple), ID number 1648, project duration 6 months: Participants in the project: Lazar Milojevič, Vesna Đorđević, Ivana Branković Lazić, Danijela Vranić, Aleksandar Bajčić, Nikola Betić, Dunja Mišić (Nikola Betić , participant).

 

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

  • The effects of season on health, welfare, and carcass and meat quality of slaughter pigs. Nikola Čobanović, Silvana Stajković, Bojan Blagojević, Nikola Betić, Mirjana Dimitrijević, Dragan Vasilev, Nedjeljko Karabasil (2020). International Journal of Biometeorology 00(00): 1-11.
  • Prevalence, Genetic Diversity, and Quantification of the RNA Genome of the Hepatitis E Virus in Slaughtered Pigs in Serbia. Milojević L, Velebit B, Janković V, Mitrović R, Betić N, Simunović S, Dimitrijević M. Animals (Basel). 2024 Feb 10;14(4):586.
  • A Pork Industry in the Backyard: An Analysis of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Serbia’s Pigs. Uzelac A, Betić N, Karabasil N, Ćirković V, Djurković-Djaković O, Klun I. Microorganisms. 2023 Jul 23;11(7):1857. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11071857.
  • Seroprevalence, Direct Detection and Risk Factors for Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Pigs in Serbia, and Influence of Biosecurity Measures. Betić, N.; Karabasil, N.; Djurković-Djaković, O.; Ćirković, V.; Bobić, B.; Branković Lazić, I.; Djordjević, V.; Klun, I. Microorganisms 2022, 10, 1069.
  • Biological Hazards in the Pork Chain Continuum: Risk Mitigation Strategy. Nikola Betić, Ivana Brankovic Lazic, Ivan Nastasijevic. Meat technology, Vol. 60 (2019), No2, 106-120.
  • Evaluation of the content and safety of nitrite utilisation in meat products in Serbia in the period 2016-2018. Aleksandar Bajčić, Radivoj Petronijević, Nenad Katanić, Dejana Trbović, Nikola Betić, Aleksandra Nikolić, Lazar Milojević. Meat technology, Vol. 59 (2018), No2, 102-109.
  • Process hygiene of pig carcasses in one large-scale slaughterhouse in the west of Serbia, during 48 months. Nikola Betic, Tatjana Baltic, Jelena Ciric, Aleksandar Bajcic, Mladen Raseta, Boris Mrdovic and Nedjeljko Karabasil. The 60th International Meat Industry Conference MEATCON2019. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 333 (2019).
  • Validation and application of a total dietary fiber determination method to meat products. Aleksandar Bajcic, Radivoj Petronijevic, Danijela Vranic, Dejana Trbovic, Nikola Betic, Aleksandra Nikolic and Lazar Milojevic. The 60th International Meat Industry Conference MEATCON2019. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 333 (2019).
  • Screening of Bacillus cereus presence in minced meat and meat products originating from Serbian retail facilities. Lazar Milojevic, Branko Velebit, Vesna Djordjevic, Vesna Jankovic, Brankica Lakicevic, Aleksandar Bajcic and Nikola Betic. The 60th International Meat Industry Conference MEATCON2019. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 333 (2019).
  • The interactive effects of transportation and lairage time on welfare indicators, carcass and meat quality traits in slaughter pigs. Nikola Čobanović, Dragan Vasilev, Mirjana Dimitrijević, Vlado Teodorović, Nenad Parunović, Nikola Betić, Neđeljko Karabasil. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 85(2017), 1-8.
  • Pork safety–challenges and opportunities. Nedjeljko Karabasil, Tamara Boskovic, Dragan Vasilev, Nikola Betic, and Mirjana Dimitrijevic. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, vol. 854, no. 1, p. 012043. IOP Publishing, 2021.
  • Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia–a real food safety hazard. Nikola Betic, Ivana Klun, Vesna Djordjevic, Ivana Brankovic Lazic, Tatjana Baltic, Dragan Vasilev, and Nedjeljko Karabasil. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, vol. 854, no. 1, p. 012008. IOP Publishing, 2021.
  • The intake of phosphorus through meat products: a health risk assessment. Dragan Milicevic, Danijela Vranic, Vladimir Koricanac, Zoran Petrovic, Aleksandar Bajcic, Nikola Betic, and Spomenka Zagorac. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, vol. 854, no. 1, p. 012057. IOP Publishing, 2021.
  • Health lipid indices of dry fermented sausages made of pork meat. Nenad Parunovic, Dejana Trbovic, Jelena Ciric, Radomir Savic, Marija Gogic, Nikola Betic, and Cedomir Radovic. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, vol. 854, no. 1, p. 012069. IOP Publishing, 2021.