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National Scientific Center “Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine” is the main research institution for veterinary medicine in the system of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine and veterinary departments of the institutions of higher education of Ukraine, which organizes and coordinates fulfillment of a number of State programs, concerning scientific support of veterinary branch. Research activity, fundamental investigations, manufacturing application of innovations, results of the fundamental and applied investigations in the form of practical propositions, recommendations, instructions and preparations are directed on the successful control of farm and domestic animals diseases and obtaining of ecologically safe and qualitative products of animal origin.
With the purpose of intensive development of Agrarian science of Ukraine, international cooperation and speeding up of integration of our state into the world and European structures NSC “IECVM” effectively cooperates with the State Committee of veterinary medicine of Ukraine, central authorities. Since 2003 NSC “IECVM has been the main coordinator of fulfilment of the Programs of joint scientific investigations in the branch of veterinary medicine of the Community of Independent States, approved by the Coordinating Board of scientific cooperation at Intergovernmental Council on Veterinary Medicine of CIS countries. NSC “IECVM” has been the coordinator of the Board since 2003.
Institute was founded in 1923 on the base of the Central bacteriological station as “Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Practical Veterinary Medicine” (1923 – 1934).
The name of the Institute has changed for the years of its existence: Ukrainian Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine (1936-1956), Ukrainian Scientific-Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine (1956 – 1992), Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine UAAS (1992 -2006).

Taking into consideration various directions of institution work and its leading role in the development of veterinary science of our state, by the Order of the president of Ukraine №186/2006 of March, 3 2006, Institute was given the status of the National Scientific Center.
10 Departments, 19 Laboratories, including Reference-laboratory on avian influenza, Scientific Library Center, 3 Scientific-Research Stations (Dnipropetrovs’k, Crimean and Odessa) belong to the structure of the Institute.
In one's time Rivne and Kyiv scientific-research stations , which were reorganized in the Institute of Epizootology NAAS of Ukraine and Institute of Veterinary Medicine NAAS of Ukraine, belonged to the structure of the Institute.

On the base of the Institute by the joint Orders of the President of UAAS and the Head of the State Department of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine there were created and now function 5 scientific-and-production centers: for study of bovine infectious diseases, for veterinary support of poultry farming, for toxicological monitoring and sertification of quality of feeds and products of animal origin, for study of animal parasitic diseases, for prophylaxis and control of animal tuberculosis and South-East center for study of prion infections (according to the desision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine).
Since the foundation of the Institute and to present day researchers of the Institute pay great attention to study and development of control mesures concerning treatment and prophylaxis of farm animals’ infectious diseases (leucosis, Aujeszky’s disease, tuberculosis, brucellosis, etc.), avian diseases (highly pathogenic avian influenza, Newcastle disease, Marek’s disease, Gamboro disease, salmonellosis, mycoplasma-infections and others), bee diseases (varoosis, Nosema disease, etc.), fish diseases (aeromonosis, pseudomonosis and others), small domestic animals’ diseases (Canine distemper, nematodosis, etc.), parasitic diseases, toxicosis, immune system and metabolism disorders and control of quality and safety of products of animal origin.
Tireless work of some generations of researchers for almost 90 years of history of the institute enabled to implement large scale of scientific work, to apply into practice new therapeutic and prophylactic means, to develop effective means of control of the diseases of farm and domestic animals.
Authoritative scientific schools have been developed and now successfully function in the Institute: schools for study of avian, bovine, swine, bee, small domestic animals’ infectious diseases, schools of parasitology, pharmacology, toxicology and immunology.
Principal trends of the activity of the NSC “IECVM” are:
– fundamental investigations concerning study of variability of infectious disease agents’ virulence, their genetic variability, ecology and phylogeography,immunobiological characteristics, peculiarities of long-term persistence on immune background and of the latent forms of disease course;
– epizootological monitoring of princial infectious and invasive diseases of farm animals, including antropozoonoses, forecast of epizootic situation and investigation of molecular mechanisms of epizootic process;
– study of competitive relations of infectious diseases agents and their synergistic activity in biological systems, which are used at the development of new biopreparations;
– investigation of the mechanism of immunity formation and dynamics of changes of immunocompetent organs in animals of different age under the influence of immunostimulating and immunosuppressive factors, theoretical substantiation of the scheme of immunodeficiency correction;
– development and introduction of the domestic means of diagnostics, prophylaxis and treatment of animal infectious diseases on the base of the newest biotechnologies;
– improvement of veterinary-and-sanitary measures concerning prevention and eradication of common for people and animals diseases: tuberculosis, brucellosis, highly pathogenic avian influenza, Newcastle disease and others;
– toxicological monitoring, development of methodical approaches concerning ensuring of ecological safety in society, quality of feeds and products of animal origin.
In the recent years new guideline of molecular-and genetic methods of investigations – indication of DNA (RNA) of animal infections agents on the base of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is being developed, methods of agent detection in cell material and methods of microorganism species differentiation by genome sequencing are being developed.As time required, in the NSC “IECVM” there have been started novel research directions in the field of immunology, including cytochemical and immunohistochemical methods and protocols. Biotechnologies of veterinary immunobiological preparations with the use of nanomaterials are being developed.

NCS “IECVM” in the present state of art carries out entire spectrum of diagnostic investigations (certificate of attestation №05 - 039 / 2010) and propose for production operation complex systems of veterinary-and-sanitary measures, scientific support and advisory services concerning diagnostics, treatment and prophylaxis of infectious, parasitic and invasive diseases of farm and small domestic animals, birds, bees, fish and silkworm.
One of priority guidelines of Institution work is introduction of GLP and GMP standards, international quality system in the corresponding spheres of its activity.
Applied investigations of the NSC”IECVM” in the new conditions of the development of agrarian sector are directed to the development and providing of new, highly effective veterinary preparations in production operation, that considerably promote maintenance of stable epizootic situation in Ukraine.
The most important competitive innovative scientific developments of the Institute are: tuberculin purified (PPD) for mammals and avian tuberculin (PPD), kit of liquid stabilized components for bovine leucosis diagnostics by immunodiffusion test, liquid cultural inactivated vaccine against Aujeszky’s disease, inactivated emulsive vaccine against highly pathogenic avian influenza “AviFluVac IECVM”, bivalent cultural vaccine against Marek’s disease, PCR test-systems for the detection of RNA and DNA of influenza, Newcastle disease, bovine diarrhea, bovine leukosis, porcine circoviruses, bovine infectious rhynotracheitis, Aujeszky’s disease viruses and chlamidia and mycobacteria DNA, vaccines against Gumboro and Newcastle diseases, antigen for diagnostics of bovine viral diarrhea in the indirect hemagglutination test.
Museum holding about 700 strains of microorganisms and cryobank of unique collection of continuous cells, which are used for conducting of scientific researches and production of biopreparations, have been created in the institute.
By the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 1241 of September, 22, 2004 the Collection of cell cultures for veterinary medicine and biotechnology was given the status of National Patrimony.
In addition, two more collections, which were given the status of National Patrimony have been created in the NSC “IECVM”: collection of silkworm genetic resources (Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 22.10.2008 №1345-p) and collection of mulberry gene pool (Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 03.09.2009 №1038-p).
Since 2005 NSC “IECVM” has taken active part in the realization of the Program of State standardization of Ukraine. More than 60 SOU, 91 SSU have been developed and 24 ISO have been harmonized to the requirements of EU and WTO.

For the first time in Ukraine there was created and introduced electronic subject rubricator. Electronic library on veterinary medicine is being developed.
Information providing of scientific researches in the NSC “Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine” is realized by the way of use of world scientific information resourses through the Internet, data search system LiberMedia, data bases CSAL, RAAS, MEDLINE, PNAS, Agris, CABI, OIE, and creation of own data resources – electronic data base and library stock (about 150 000 scientific publications).
Great attention in the Institute is paid to the study of methodical approaches and tools for marketing investigations concerning introduction of innovative developments of the Institution, conducting of patent-and- market study, patent-and-licensing activity, presentation of the objects of intellectual property at international, State, regional exhibitions, symposia, conferences.
Conducting of scientific-and-practical scientific-and-production conferences with international participation, All Ukrainian seminars, etc., devoted to wide spectrum of actual problems of veterinary medicine and strictly specialized questions: swine diseases, highly pathogenic avian influenza, development of molecular-and genetic investigations, ichtyopathology, became a good tradition in the NSC “IECVM”.
Results of scientific investigations are constantly covered in monographs, manuals, scientific papers, methodical recommendations, regulations and instructions.
Interdepartmental subject scientific digest “Veterinary Medicine”, which is included to the list of specialized publications of the HAC of Ukraine is regularly published.
The important part of the raise of scientific potential of the Institute is Post-graduate study. Specialized academic board for Ph.D. and Doctor’s thesis defense on following specialties is functioning in the Institute:epizootology and infectious diseases, veterinary microbiology and virusology, veterinary pharmacology and toxicology, parazitology and helmintology.
Great attention in the Institute is paid to the development of international scientific-and- technical cooperation with scientific-research veterinary institutions of Poland, Serbia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, Sweden, France, Denmark, USA, Russia and other CIS countries, which is conducted on the base of bilateral agreements, which include training, participation in the Congresses and Conferences, exchange of scientific-and-technical information.
With the purpose of improvement of innovative activity of the NSC “IECVM”, providing of competitive developments into science intensive market and with the purpose of attraction of investments, NSC “IECVM” takes part in the competition of International grants, conducted by Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU). Three projects have been already financed through the STCU, and seven innovative projects are on approval.
Close connection and effective cooperation have been developed with Institutes of higher education of the country. Four joint with KhSZA departments function on the base of the NSC “IECVM” (microbiology, virology and immunology department; epizootology department; pharmacology and toxicology department; chemistry and biochemistry department), one joint department with Odessa State Agrarian University and one joint department with Kharkiv National Technical University of Agriculture named after P. Vasylenko.
Researchers of the NSC “IECVM” take active part in educational process: give lectures and conduct practical trainings. Students have pregraduation and graduation practical training in the scientific subdivisions of the Institute, where they become proficient in methods of scientific investigations and obtain practical skills.
Researchers of the institute many times were marked with diplomas and awards of NAAS of Ukraine, State Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine and Kharkiv Regional State Administration for important contribution to the development of veterinary science.
Since the time of its foundation to present day institute staff, works effectively, it continue and increase the best traditions of scientific schools, keeps up to date. The main purpose of the specialists of the NSC “IECVM” is to increase their contribution to the development of veterinary medicine, to further maintenance of veterinary welfare of stock-raising branch and development of the economy of Ukraine.
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