Dora Zurak, MSc. agr.
Doctoral Student
Division for Animal Sciences
Department of Animal Nutrition
Office location: 2nd Pavilion, ground floor, right
Phone: +385 1 239 3945
Email: dzurak ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: croatian, english
Academic qualifications
- 2016 - 2019: M.Sc.
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
Effect of maize grain endosperm traits on in vitro digestibility kinetics starch in small intestine of swine - 2013 - 2016: B.Sc.
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
Selected quality parameters of corn silage from large farms in Croatia
Employment and work experience
- 2020 - : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
Assistant
Research interests
- nutritive value of feeds
- physical-chemical traits of animal feed
- nutrient digestibility kinetics
Training and research experience
- 2022/05/01 - 2022/06/30: BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (scientific)
CEEPUS program (SK-1018-07-2122 – Biology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences)
Projects
scientific
| Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biodostupnost karotenoida kukuruza kod nesilica: utjecaj mikrostrukture zrna i sastava smjese | Croatian science foundation | 2020/01/15 - 2024/01/14 | coordinator |
Publications
- Zurak, D., Slovenec, P., Janječić, Z., Bedeković, D., Pintar, J., & Kljak, K. (2022). Overview on recent findings of nutritional and non-nutritional factors affecting egg yolk pigmentation. World's Poultry Science Journal, 78(2), 531-560. DOI: 10.1080/00439339.2022.2046447.
- Zurak, D., Grbeša, D., Duvnjak, M., Kiš, G., Međimurec, T., & Kljak, K. (2021) Carotenoid content and bioaccessibility in commercial maize hybrids. Agriculture, 11 (7) 586, 12 DOI:10.3390/agriculture11070586.
- Zurak D., Kljak K., & Grbeša D. (2020). The composition of floury and vitreous endosperm affects starch digestibility kinetics of the whole kernel. Journal of Cereal Science. 95, 2 - 6. doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2020.103079.
Bibliography (CROSBI): https://www.bib.irb.hr/profile/37050
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=hr&user=M_3rqr0AAAAJ
Other professional activities
- 2021 - : World Poultry Science Association (WPSA)
- 2021 - : International Carotenoid Society