Andrzej Gniazdowski

An outstanding specialist in horse diseases, a legend in veterinary medicine. He took care of the stud farms in Łąck, Stubno, Strzegom, Książ and Pępowo, and for 30 years he was the chief physician of the Golejewko Horse Stud.

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He was born on September 29, 1941 in Miszewo Murowane in the Masovian Voivodeship. He died on November 28, 2020 in Golejewko, where he was also buried.

Andrzej Gniazdowski has been associated with horses since he was a child, and his father Jerzy Gniazdowski instilled in him a love for them. He graduated from the Secondary School in Strzelce Opolskie in 1959. Initially, he planned to study zootechnics, but his father explained to him that veterinary medicine would be a better path for him.

After graduation, he took care of stud farms in Łąck, Stubno, Strzegom, Książ and Pępowo. In 1972, at the instigation of Maciej Świdziński, he went to Golejewko, where he took care of the stud for 30 years. It is here that he gained the greatest publicity, brought to him by the mare Konstelacja, the winner of the Derby, Oaks, as well as the best mare in Poland when it comes to offspring. When it turned out that she had an intestinal torsion, he performed a successful operation on her, which was the first such event in the history of the stud in Golejewko.

In his professional career, Andrzej Gniazdowski organized a veterinary clinic in Pakosław with its seat in Golejewko (1973), the Center for Cow Infertility and Udder Diseases in Rawicz (1979), and also worked at the District Veterinary Inspectorate in Rawicz, where in 1988 -1995 he was the manager. Together with his son Maciej, he ran his own clinic, founded in 1996, where he dealt mainly with the treatment of reproductive disorders as well as obstetrics and insemination of horses. Until the last days, he was professionally active, going to breeders in Wielkopolska, Lower Silesia and Lubuska Land.

Andrzej Gniazdowski is the author of the book "When the horse falls ill", which is a guide for young veterinarians.

Author: Jerzy Gniazdowski