The Head of the Department:
KRASNIKOV Gennadiy Andriyovych, Doctor of Science (Vet. Med.), Professor, Academician of UAAS
phone: (057) 707-20-01
Research areas:
– study of the mechanisms of biocompatibility and biosafety of nanomaterials by their membrane-acting characteristics and toxicity levels on the model of biological systems with different organization;
– development of means of modification of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells by metal nanoparticles and development of control system for estimation of their biological characteristics and nanobiotechnological regulations for construction of new immunobiological preparations and feed supplements.
Expertise areas: immunology, biochemistry, quality of feeds and animal products.
Laboratory of Pathomorphology and Immunology
The Head of the Laboratory:
SHUTCHENKO Pavlo Olexandrovych, Candidate of Science (Vet. Med.),
phone: (057) 707-20-03
Research areas:
– use of the methods of immunohistochemistry, histology and histochemistry for the study of pathogenesis of latent and chronic infections (leukosis and tuberculosis), improvement of diagnostics of salmonellosis, lymphoproliferative infections and neoplastic processes in birds;
– development of the criteria and system of morphofunctional estimation of the animal immunity organs in normal state and under the influence of immunostimulating and immunosuppressive factors, and methods of histomorphological detection and correction of immunodeficiency states;
– investigation of the pathogenesis of farm animals and poultry infectious diseases and development of methods of their immunohistochemical and histomorphological diagnostics;
– study of fundamentals of immunity formation at animal disieases and vaccination, development of new criteria for immunity activity determination, namely for group estimation of primary and secondary immunodeficiency disorders at different technologies of animal keeping;
– development of researches concerning improvement of diagnostics of new and mixed infections in poultry, namely infections with chicken proventriculus affection.
Expertise areas: pathomorphology, immunology, immunohistochemical diagnostics.
Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology
The Head of the Laboratory:
KOVALENKO Larysa Volodymyrivna, Candidate of Science (Biol.)
phone: (057) 707-20-27, (057) 707-20-34
admin@vet.kharkov.ua
Sector of Clinical Biochemistry
Research areas:
– study of the mechanisms and factors of formation of specific and nonspecific resistance in animal organism under the influence of pathogenic factors and at application of immunoprophlaxis means;
– estimation of the biological effect level and safety of specific prevention means and veterinary preparations by the study of the dynamics of biochemical processes, including the state of oxidative-antioxidative system in animal organism;

– development of methods and means of treatment and prevention of metabolic disorders and of nonspecific resistance of animals and poultry, development of technologies of production of preparations for the raise of animal total resistance on the base of complex immunoglobuline compounds;
Sector of Immune-enzyme Analysis
Research areas:
– investigation of physical-biochemical reactions of microorganism cells under the long-term storage conditions, effects of protective media and of technological stress, their interaction with microorganism virulence for the new immunobiological preparations development;

– study of the mechanisms of the development of postinfection and postvaccinal immunity on the basis of ELISA taking into account peculiarities of animal disease agents;
– development of the technologies of preparation and reception of the components of means of immunodiagnostics of viral and bacterial animal diseases based on the ELISA.