Faculty of Agriculture

Chair of animal breeding (zootechniques), merchandizing and provisions examination

Head of the Chair,      Full Professor, Doctor of Agriculture,      Honored Scientist of the RK and RF, Bolgov Anatoly Efremovich Lenin str., 33, room#342 Tel: (814-2) 71-10-86 E-mail: bolg@psu.karelia.ru

• Courses performed at the chair
• Scientific research
• Scientific interests of the personnel
• Cooperation with universities and scientific organizations
• Cooperation with enterprises and organizations
• Spheres of possible cooperation

The chair of zootechnics is the only one in the European North of Russia (Republic of Karelia, Republic of Komi, Murmansk and Archangelsk regions) training specialists in animal husbandry. Since its foundation in 1953 the chair has trained and turned out 1178 specialists in animal science and zoological engineers.

There are 1 Full Professor, 15 Associate Professors and PhDs, 2 instructors, and 6 methodologists at the chair. 89% of lecturers have academic degree.

The chair accomplishes scientific research and holds postgraduate studies well. The students major in selections of animals, fish breeding, economy of animal husbandry, fur farming, poultry farming, horse breeding, agricultural ecology.

Courses performed at the chair:

 

The teachers of the chair perform the following compulsory and supplemetary courses:

- Morphology (anatomy, histology) of agricultural animals;
- bases of veterinary science;
- technique of scientific researches and patent-studies;
- genetics and biotechnology;
- breeding of agricultural animals;
- feeding of agricultural animals;
- zoological hygienics;
- obstetrics, gynecology and biotechnics of duplication;
- cattle breeding and the "know-how" of beef;
- dairy business;
- pig-breeding;
- fur farming;
- poultry farming;
- breeding business in cattle breeding;
- the "know-how" of milk;
- sheep breeding;
- horse breeding; - technology of initial processing of animal husbandry production;
- selection and breeding of fishes;
- private animal husbandry;
- feeding of fur animals;
- breeding business in fur farming;
- fur commodity research;
- bases of animal husbandry (for students majoring in agronomics and mechanization of an agriculture)

About 10% of students annually work on probation in Finland, Sweden, Norway and other countries. All teachers of the chair have had scientific probation in Finland, some also worked in the USA, Germany, Norway and Sweden.

Scientific research:

The main feature of scientific development of the faculty is a combination of fundamental and applied research. Under the leadership of the professor E.P.Karmanova the scientific school on genetics and selection of agricultural animals has been created.

Scientific trends: Genetic bases of increase of efficiency, fertility and resistance to illnesses of agricultural animals.

Basic themes of research:

• Methods of perfection of Ayrshire cattle at thoroughbred breeding and crossing with other breeds;
• Paratypical, physiological and hereditary factors of fertility increase of cattle;
• Development of methods of selection of cattle on increase resistance to a mastitis;
• Organization of breeding work with Ayrshire breed of cattle;
• Analysis and ways of improvement of a forage reserve and full value of feeding agricultural animals in Karelia.

Main scientific results of the school

• the system of scientific and methodological maintenance of selection of Ayrshire breed of cattle and creation of highly productive herds in the European North Russia is developed;
• under the scientific and methodical management of the faculty the best population of Ayrshire breed of cattle in Russia is bred;
• new concepts of desirable type of Ayrshire cattle, use interior and exterior estimations of animals in the theory and practice of a breeding are formulated;
• theoretical and methodological bases of selection on increase genetic resistance of large horned livestock to a mastitis are developed;
• the concept and methodology of selection of dairy cattle according to technological attributes is proved;
• factors are investigated and ways of increase of fertility of dairy cattle are revealed;
• the new way of diagnostics of cows' mastitis (the copyright certificate 1158929) and a patentable method of transformation of estimation of the qualitative test for a mastitis in a quantitative estimation is developed on the basis of curtailing logarithms with shift.

The unique for the universities of Russia problem laboratory of genetics of resistance to mastitis works actively since 1991. For over 20 years the students' scientific group "For healthy herd" diagnoses mastitis at 1700 cows in two herds 6 times a year. Scientific conference of students, post-graduate students and teachers of faculty is held annually, seminars are organized on a regular basis.

The chair is able to train Ph.D. holders in the following fields:

- Breeding, selection and reproduction of dairy cattle;
- increase genetic resistance of animals to illnesses (mastitis, leucosis);
- fish breeding;
- fur farming.

Scientific interests of the personnel:

Bolgov Anatoly Efremovich, head of the chair, Doctor of Agriculture, Full Professor, the Honored Scientist of the RK and the Russian Federation bolg@psu.karelia.ru
Breeding, selection, reproduction, genetic stability to illnesses of dairy cattle, agroecology.

Karmanova Ekaterina Petrovna, Doctor of Agriculture, Full Professor
Genetics, breeding, selection, reproduction, resistance to illnesses of agricultural animals.

Makarova Vera Evgenievna, Ph. D. in Agriculture, Associate Professor
Breeding, selection, reproduction, resistance to illnesses of dairy cattle.

Muravia Larisa Nikolaevna, Ph. D. in Agriculture, Associate Professor
Genetics, breeding, selection, resistance to illnesses of dairy cattle.

Grishina Natalia Vladimirovna, Ph. D. in Agriculture, Associate Professor grishina@psu.karelia.ru
Breeding, selection, exterior, desirable type of Ayrshire cattle, agroecology.

Nianikova Albina Vladimirovna, Ph. D. in Agriculture, Associate Professor
Feeding of agricultural animals.

Leri Nelli Alexandrovna, Ph. D. in Agriculture, Associate Professor
Feeding of agricultural animals. Poultry farming.

Komlyk Irina Petrovna, Ph. D. in Agriculture, Associate Professor
Breeding, selection, interpedigree crossing of dairy cattle.

Shterkel Svetlana Gennadievna, Ph. D. in Agriculture, Associate Professor shterkel@psu.karelia.ru
Breeding, selection, interpedigree crossing, exterior, desirable type of Ayrshire cattle.

Chistiakova Irina Aleksandrovna, instructor
Selection, interpedigree crossing of Ayrshire cattle.

Huobonen Marina Ensiovna, Ph. D. in Agriculture, senior instructor
Breeding, selection, reproduction of dairy cattle. Fur farming. Fish breeding.

Sirotina Valeria Jurievna, senior instructor
Reproduction of dairy cattle. Veterinary science.

Onischenko Nikita Alexandrovich, Ph. D. in Agriculture, Associate Professor, the dean of agricultural faculty nikon@psu.karelia.ru
Breeding, selection of agricultural animals. Pig-breeding.

Hakana Irina Alekseevna, Ph. D. in Agriculture, Associate Professor
Breeding, selection, methods of selection, reproduction.

Kuchko Tamara Jurievna, Ph. D. in biological sciences, senior instructor
Ichthyology, fish breeding, ecology.

Berestov Alexander Alekseevich, Ph. D. in biological sciences, Associate Professor
Fur farming and rabbit breeding, veterinary science, processing of livestock products.

Rodiukov Alexey Pavlovich, Ph. D. in veterinary sciences, Associate Professor
Veterinary science, illnesses of fine animals, зоогигиена, fur farming.

Cooperation with universities and scientific organizations:

The chair supports scientific relations with Universitieas and scientific institutions of Russia, CIS, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the USA.

Good contacts are established with colleagues from universities of Helsinki, Rostock, Vermont, agricultural universities of Sweden and Norway, ecological centre Svanhovd, professional high school of Northern Karelia (Finland).

The chair has organised International conferences:

International conference Barents Euro-Arctic region "Animal husbandry in the European North: fundamental problems and prospects of development" (Petrozavodsk, October, 1-3 1996)

International conference "Modern methods of health protection of agricultural and domestic animals in Northern Europe: treatment, medical products and preventive maintenance of illnesses" (Petrozavodsk, March, 30 - April, 2, 1998)

International conference "Ecological problems in animal and reindeer breeding. The improvement of animal resistance to diseases in the European North" (October 4-7, 1999)

International conference "Problems of knowledge distributions, education and teaching in sphere of agricultural ecology in the European North" (April, 9-12, 2001)

Cooperation with enterprises and organizations:

The chair has steady relations with the industry. Under application of the Ministry of Agriculture of Karelia in the project "Organizing of pedigree work with с Ayrshire cattle" was developed and realized.

At active participation of the chair the following international projects are realized:

• Preparation of advisers for agriculture of Karelia and Russia, project FAST (together with educational centre Kitee, Finland)
• Cultivation of dairy cattle in the Republic of Karelia, project 43094034 (together with the Finnish society of animal husbandry FABA)
• the Estimation of a degree of realization of genetic potential of Ayrshire cattle in herds of Finland and Russia (together with station of artificial insemination in Pieksamaki, Finland)
• Rational structure of farmer and personal part-time farms of Karelia (together with university Joensuu, Finland)
• Development of an agriculture in Olonetskom area, TACIS (together with the Union of the agricultural centres of Finland)
• Training and consultation in Northwest of Russia (together with the Ministry of Agriculture of Finland, Agricultural centre of Joensuu).

Spheres of possible cooperation:

The Chair of zootechnics invites universities, scientific and educational institutions, organizations, enterprises, firms and funds of Russia and other countries to cooperate in realization of the following projects:

• Creation in one of state farms of Karelia of system of transfer and introduction of the Scandinavian experience in forage production and animal husbandry;
• Monitoring of the physiological and biochemical status and resistance of animals in the European North Russia;
• the Program of diversification of industrial activity of agricultural population in the European North of Russia with the purpose of preservation and development of unique northern ethnos;
• Ecological and anthropogenous factors Morphogenesis and resistance of animals in the European North of Russia;
• Creation in Petrozavodsk the state university of a uchebno-centre of science on аквакультуре;
• the Edition of the manual "Genetic bases of selection of animals on increase resistance to illnesses".