Department history

The department was founded by professor A.K. Skorokhodko in December 1922 as part of the Kyiv Veterinary and Zootechnical Institute (KVZI). The newly created department was headed by A.K. Skorokhodko until 1939. During 1939 - 1941 the Department of Zoohygiene was headed by associate professor M.K. Shevchenko. From 1941 to 1944, as a part of KZVI, the department was in evacuation in Sverdlovsk. During this period, the Department of Hygiene was headed by associate professor K.O. Levitsky, who took an active part in its development. He was the author of the first laboratory manual on animal hygiene, published in Ukrainian. In 1944, the Department of Zoohygiene was headed by professor B.Kh. Medvedev and associate professor M.P. Zhovanyk.
Professor A.K. Skorokhodko was the head of the department from July 1944 till February 1954.

He started working on the problem of studying the processes of thermoregulation and thermoadaptation in farm animals. He has published more than 75 scientific papers, including 9 textbooks and manuals on animal hygiene, which have been translated into 15 foreign languages. He prepared the first textbook "Hygiene of farm animals" (1922). Associate professors K.S. Yermolaeva and O.L. Bedrata continued to develop professor’s A.K. Skorokhodko scientific direction, supported and preserved the traditions of the department. As a head of the Department of Zoohygiene, professor M.S. Borsch started working on a new area of research, namely the study of thermoregulation processes in pigs with the intensive introduction of industrial methods of industrial technologies for the production of livestock products. Professor O.G. Tymchenko has made a significant contribution to the study of acclimatization of beef cattle in different climatic zones of Ukraine. Associate professor V.P. Mazurenko dealt with applied issues of animal physiology and hygiene, studied the role of carbon dioxide and ammonium nitrogen in the regulation of metabolism and physiological functions in heterotrophic organisms. He co-authored 6 textbooks.
From 1996 to August 31, 2012 the department was headed by Doctor of Biological Sciences, Corresponding Member of NAAS of Ukraine, professor M.O. Zakharenko. In 1998, by decision of the staff, the Department of Animal Hygiene was named after A.K. Skorokhodko, and in 2005 it was divided into two departments. The Department of Animal Hygiene named after A.K. Skorokhodko as a part of the educational and scientific institute of Animal Husbandry and Aquatic Bioresources was headed by professor M.O. Zakharenko, and the Department of Veterinary Sanitation and Hygiene of Livestock Products as a part of the educational and scientific institute of Veterinary Medicine, Quality and Safety of Livestock Products, by the Order of the Rector №420 from 30.06.2005, was headed by Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, professor D.A. Zasekin. In June 2009, as a result of merging with the Department of Technology of Processing of Livestock and Fish Products, this department was transferred to the Institute of Quality and Standardization of Food and Food Technologies and renamed into the Department of Technology of Processing and Circulation of Livestock Products and Sanitation of Processing Enterprises. Later on, according to the Order of the Rector of NULES of Ukraine №523 from 28.05.2010, it was renamed into the Department of Sanitation and Hygiene of Processing Enterprises of Agro-Industrial Complex (AIC).
On August 31, 2012 according to the Order of the Rector of NULES of Ukraine № 730, the Department of Animal Hygiene named after A.K. Skorokhodko was merged with the Department of Sanitation and Hygiene of Processing Enterprises of AIC, renamed into the Department of Hygiene and Sanitation named after A.K. Skorokhodko and transferred to the educational and scientific institute of Veterinary Medicine and Quality and Safety of Livestock Products.
Since 1996, professor Zakharenko M.O. began working on a new direction in animal hygiene: the study of the content of lower aliphatic amines in the air of livestock facilities and feed and their impact on the clinical condition, metabolic status and resistance of animals. In 2001, he established a scientific strain laboratory to improve and implement in the production of microorganisms-overproducers of carotenoids. At the same time, he founded a new direction of research on the synthesis of chelated compounds of trace elements for farm animals feeding.
Employees of the department provide the educational process in the state language for students of the faculties of veterinary medicine, technology of production and processing of livestock products, food technology and quality management of agricultural products, agrobiosystems, fisheries, pedagogical and advanced training and retraining of staff for agro-industrial and environmental protection. Employees of the department published 18 textbooks, 16 manuals, 6 monographs, almost 1,500 scientific papers and 170 patents for inventions. In the last 5 years, such textbooks as "Hygiene and feeding of dogs"; "Sanitary and hygienic requirements for water supply of agricultural enterprises"; "Transportation of animals and products"; "Sanitary and hygienic aspects of beekeeping", etc., manual "Design and construction of enterprises for the production and processing of livestock products", manuals for laboratory classes on animal hygiene, sanitation and hygiene in fish farming, biology of animal productivity, workbooks for laboratory work on animal hygiene, training and sanitary practice have been published.
The department cooperates with such scientific institutions as the Institute of Veterinary Medicine of NAAS of Ukraine, the Institute of Surface Chemistry, the Institute of Ecohygiene and Toxicology named after L.I. Medved, as well as Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the leading enterprises of Ukraine and foreign countries in the direction of technology of creation of modern biologically active additives for feeding of farm animals.
The scientific achievements of the department consist in creating of sources of trace elements of a new generation for animals in the form of complex compounds with amino acids, developing methods for obtaining new strains of microorganisms-producers of carotenoids.
During the period of the department's existence, three Doctors of Sciences and 20 PhD have been trained.

The department was headed by:

Yermolaieva Klavdiia  (October 29, 1906 - 1986). She was born in the Saratov region of the Russian Federation in a family of peasants. In 1932 she graduated from the veterinary faculty of the Saratov Zooveterinary Institute.
Klavdiia took the position of assistant of the Department of Zoohygiene of the Kyiv Veterinary Institute in 1949, having considerable experience in research work. After graduation from the All-Union Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine (Moscow) under the supervision of A.V. Prokhorov and the defense of her dissertation, she worked for about 13 years as a senior researcher in the department of filtering viruses headed by the world-renowned scientist, our compatriot Mykhailo Hamaliia.
Since 1954, K.S. Yermolaieva was elected as a head of the department.
Klavdiia supported the best traditions laid down by her predecessors, first of all by the indisputable humanist and tireless worker with a generous soul, professor A.K. Skorokhodko. She was distinguished by scientific erudition, emotional restraint, inconspicuous intelligence. Together with Olga Bedrata and Halyna Odoshkina, she cultivated an atmosphere of calm, balanced working relations, and creativity at the department.
Associate professor K.S. Yermolaieva together with staff and graduate students continued to develop the scientific direction defined by professor A.K. Skorokhodko. In October 1960, the scientific work was significantly revived after the establishment of the laboratory of zoohygiene at the station of meat cattle breeding "Vorzel" (scientific supervisor - professor K.B. Sviechyn). For a long time, the Vorzel research station was destined to become a center where complex scientific issues of dairy and meat cattle breeding development in Ukraine were solved.
On the basis of the research station "Vorzel" under the guidance of associate professor K.S. Yermolaieva, along with employees of the department, graduate students L.V. Sovenko, I.B. Ihnatev, P. Dziubenko conducted their research.
The performed works deepened the issues of thermoregulation and gas exchange in cattle in age and breed aspects and in conditions of prolonged starvation; evaluated the role and importance of ventilation systems in cattle premises and in poultry houses.
 

Borshch Mykhailo (November 19, 1918 - November 13, 1995) was born in the town of Varva, Chernihiv region. After studying at the Kyiv Veterinary Institute in 1956 he finished graduate school at the Department of Zoohygiene under the supervision of professor A.K. Skorokhodko. He worked as an assistant professor. Since 1964 he has been the head of the department. In 1974 he defended his dissertation and obtained a degree of Doctor of Veterinary Sciences. He became a professor in 1976.
Under his supervision, two PhD dissertations were defended by Vasyl Mazurenko and Oraz Ilhekbaiev (Kazakhstan). During the war he served in the military in the reserve units of Siberia.
Borsch MS continued his scientific research according to the traditions of his teacher. In 1956 he defended his dissertation on the topic: "Study of the role of temperature and humidity in the cultivation of piglets".
As the head of the department, in scientific work M.S. Borshch oriented pedagogical staff on the development of current problems of animal husbandry in connection with the introduction of industrial methods of industrial technology of livestock production in industrial complexes, thermogenesis and thermoregulation in suckling piglets depending on age, seasonal characteristics and stimulation of hematopoiesis in them, as well as the productive qualities of sows, the conditions of formation of the microclimate in the premises and measures to optimize them.
A notable milestone in the activities of the department is the five-year work on the development of veterinary and hygienic measures to improve the efficiency of fattening pigs in industrial complexes. On the basis of the department, through the efforts of professor M.S. Borshch was created a team of highly qualified specialists in various fields of science (V.P. Mazurenko, V.V. Krasii, L.V. Sovenko, V.B. Borysevych, N.T. Danylevska, E.M. Zabelo, V. Melikhov, M.P. Teres and others), who represented several faculties of our university and enterprises of the military-industrial complex.
Within the defined theme a complex of scientific research (veterinary-hygienic, clinical-physiological, cytomorphological, ethological) and several series of production experiments were carried out. In addition, an original electronic device SK-1 was developed to suppress sexual arousal in fattening pigs, and two applications for inventions were sent to Moscow.
Through the efforts of the staff of the department (M.S. Borshch, V.P. Mazurenko, V.V. Krasii, L.V. Sovenko, V.M. Shevchuk, R.M. Pukhovych) the issues of peculiarities of microclimate formation and methods of its optimization in farrowing crates, rearing of piglets, fattening of pigs on pig complexes were also studied (“Kalityansky”, Kyiv region, state farm “Russia”, Cherkasy region). The influence of various factors on the duration of productive use of sows and the quality of the obtained offspring was studied at the mentioned enterprises.
With the participation of professor M.S. Borsch, "veterinary and sanitary rules for specialized pig farms" (approved by the State Veterinary Service with the State Veterinary Inspection of the State Agrarian Industry of the USSR on November 4, 1986) and others, were developed.
 

Mazurenko Vasyl (19.10.1938 - 17.12.1995), headed the department from 1991 to 1995.
He was born in the village of Vepryn, Radomyshl district, Zhytomyr region. After graduating from the Veterinary Faculty of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy in 1960, he worked as a general practitioner at horse farms in Luhansk region.
In 1961 – 1965 he worked as a teacher of Myrotsky zooveterinary technical school of Kyiv region. In 1965 he entered graduate school at the Department of Zoohygiene (supervisor - associate professor M.S. Borshch). In 1968 he defended his dissertation and worked as an assistant professor, since 1973 - as an associate professor.
V.P. Mazurenko provided organizational support for scientific research conducted under the supervision of professor M.S. Borshch. Somewhat aside from this were several years of intensive research conducted by associate professor V.P. Mazurenko in cooperation with the Institute of Biochemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The work was carried out within the framework approved by the Presidents of VASGNIL and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1977 "Research Program on the study of the role of carbon dioxide and ammonium nitrogen in the regulation of metabolism and physiological functions in heterotrophic organisms".
Associate professor V.P. Mazurenko worked fruitfully to create textbooks and manuals for students and general practitioners of veterinary medicine. He published as a co-author with professor M.S. Borshch and associate professor V.V. Krasii: "Handbook of Animal Hygiene" (1991); with professor V.A. Bortnichuk et al. "Zoohygiene with the basics of veterinary medicine", (1980), which was reprinted twice in 1986 and 1994; with professor D.T. Vinnichuk "Animal Husbandry, Zoohygiene and Veterinary Sanitation", (1995); "Veterinary Handbook" 1990, as well as educational literature.

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History of the Department of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise

In 1923, the Department of Meat Science, Refrigeration, Processing and Utilization of Animal Products was established at the Kyiv Veterinary and Zootechnical Institute.
From 1924 to 1931 the department was headed by the associate professor Vasyl Borovskyi.
From 1932 to September 1935 the head of the department was associate professor Lemishko Petro. At this time, the department became known as the Department of Veterinary Expertise.
From 1935 to 1938, the course of veterinary expertise was taught by PhD in Veterinary Sciences Kosolapov B.M.
From 1938 to 1941, before the evacuation of the department to Sverdlovsk, its head was again associate professor Lemishko P.M., who in 1941 defended his doctoral dissertation. His PhD and doctoral dissertations were devoted to trichinosis invasion in animals and humans.
After the return of the Kyiv Veterinary Institute from evacuation (Sverdlovsk, 1941–44), where the head was professor Beznosenko O.G., the course of veterinary examination continued to be taughed by professor Lemishko P.M.
In 1957, the departments of veterinary expertise and pathological anatomy were merged, and headed by professor Ponomarenko F.M.
In 1974, professor Rohovskyi P.Ya. was appointed as a head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary Expertise (1974–1990), and from 1990 to June 2001 the department was headed by associate professor Pototskyi Mykola.
By the Order of the Rector of NAU № 266 from 20.06.2001 the Department of Veterinary Expertise and Hygiene of Processing of Products of Animal Origin was created and the doctor of veterinary sciences, professor Yakubchak O.M. was appointed as its head. By the Order of the Rector from 16.01.06 "On the reorganization of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products" the name of the department was changed to the Department of Veterinary Sanitary and Expertise.

Lemishko Petro - professor, Head of the Department of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise. He established and headed the department from 1932 to September 1935.
He was born on November 29, 1888 in Uman, Kyiv province (now Cherkasy region) in the family of an artisan. In 1905–1916 he worked in the office of the Uman County Court, in 1916–1917 - in the Tax Inspectorate of Kyiv, in 1917–1919 - in Ukrinbank of Kyiv, in 1920–1922 - in the district commission on nationalization of lands on the Right Bank of Ukraine.
In 1922 he entered the veterinary faculty of the Kyiv Veterinary and Zootechnical Institute, which he graduated in 1926.
Initially, he worked as a veterinarian at the Kyiv Veterinary and Bacteriological Institute. In 1927 he was a veterinarian, and in 1928–1930 he was the head of the diagnostic office of the Kyiv City Slaughterhouse. Since 1930 worked as an assistant professor of the Pathological Anatomy Department, since 1932 worked as an associate professor of the Meat Science Department. At the same time he worked part-time at the Bila Tserkva Agricultural Institute, where he headed the Department of Veterinary Sanitary Expertise and was a Deputy Director for Education and Research.
In 1938 at the Kharkiv Veterinary Institute he defended his dissertation on the topic: "Double invasion of ears’ and tails’ muscles by Trichinella and biopsy in pigs with trichinosis".
In 1941, P.M. Lemishko defended his doctoral dissertation at the Kharkiv Veterinary Institute on the topic: "Invasive properties of non-encapsulated Trichinella". In the same year he was awarded the academic title of Professor of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise.
During the Second World War, Petro worked at the Novosibirsk Agricultural Institute as a dean of the Faculty of Zootechnics, headed the Department of Veterinary Medicine. After the liberation of Ukraine in May 1944, he returned to his native land.
At the Bila Tserkva Agricultural Institute, he headed the Department of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise and at the same time acted part-time as the Deputy Director of the Institute for Educational and Scientific Work.
In 1947 he held the position of director of the Kyiv Veterinary Institute. Here he devoted his strength and talent to the work of restoring the institute destroyed by the German occupiers. P.M. Lemishko took part in public life, was a deputy of the Kyiv City Council.
P.M. Lemishko's scientific activity was devoted to the study of animal trichinosis. The results of his research were included in the regulations on the control of very dangerous zoonoses.
Professor P.M. Lemishko has published about 50 scientific papers. For conscientious fruitful scientific and pedagogical, public and organizational work, Professor P.M. Lemishko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and medals.
He died on October 26, 1956, and was buried in the Baykovo Cemetery in Kyiv.

Ponomarenko Fedir - associate professor, Head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary Sanitary Expertise. He headed the department from 1957 to 1974.
He was born on April 22, 1900 in the village of Smyrne, Loziv district, Kharkiv region (formerly Pavlograd district, Ekaterinoslav province) in a peasant family. After graduation from Lozova Gymnasium with a gold medal, he entered the Kharkiv Veterinary Institute (KhVI) in 1918. During his student years he worked as an assistant to the head of the health department, an instructor in the fight against cattle plague, an instructor in animal husbandry and a secretary of the district union, etc. At the same time he graduated from the Higher Zootechnical Courses at the Ukrainian Agronomic Society, receiving a diploma in zootechnics of the highest qualification.
After graduation in 1923 from the Kharkiv Veterinary Institute, F.M. Ponomarenko worked as a veterinarian of the first state reserve named after Rakovskii "Askania-Nova". From June 1924 to August 1925 he was an intern at the therapeutic clinic of the Kharkiv Veterinary Institute and part-time veterinarian of the Kharkiv Zoo. In 1925 he moved to Moscow, where he worked as a veterinarian at the Moscow Zoo and a parasitologist in the laboratory of experimental biology, headed by academician M.M. Zavadovskii. In 1926, F.M. Ponomarenko returned to the Kharkiv Veterinary Institute to the Department of Pathological Anatomy, holding the positions of assistant, vice-rector, teacher of the first category, associate professor (at the same time he hold a part-time position of a veterinarian at the Kharkiv Zoo).
In 1931–1956 he headed the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Kyiv Veterinary Institute (KVI), in 1957 - Head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise of the KVI; in 1962–1973 he was the head of the educational part of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy (UAA).
During the Second World War, the Kyiv Veterinary Institute (KVI) was evacuated to the Sverdlovsk Agricultural Institute where F.M. Ponomarenko headed the Department of Pathological Anatomy.
Fedir was an erudite specialist not only in the field of veterinary pathology, but also in various matters of veterinary medicine and practice. His lectures were always high-content, rich in didactic material.
Endowed with great ability to work by nature, he skillfully combined teaching with scientific work. He has published more than 80 scientific papers on the pathological anatomy of leptospirosis, respiratory diseases, infectious equine encephalomyelitis, ketonuria of ewes, fungal diseases of cattle and horses, contagious ecthyma of sheep, spirocercosis of dogs, ascites, parakeratosis, edema disease and leukosis in pigs, aspergillosis in birds, and tumors if farm animals.
Under the supervision of Fedir 18 candidate and 5 doctoral dissertations were completed. He took an active part in the public life of the institute, UAA, Kyiv and Ukraine. He was elected a deputy of the Kyiv City Council of Workers of the first convocation (1939-1947), was a member of the library commission, trade union committee, editorial board of scientific papers.
Professor F.M. Ponomarenko, together with a team of researchers from the KVI and the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and the Gold Medal of the ENEA.
He died on January 8, 1974, and was buried in the Baykovo Cemetery in Kyiv.

Rohovskyi Petro - professor, Head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary Expertise, headed the department from 1974 to 1990. He was born on February 1, 1921 in the town of Brusyliv district of Kyiv (now Zhytomyr) region. In 1939 he entered the Kyiv Veterinary Institute (KVI). Training was interrupted by the war. He took part in the Finnish War and the Great Patriotic War. In November 1945 he continued his studies at KVI. In the evening he worked as a senior laboratory assistant at the Department of Anatomy. After graduation with honors from KVI, he was left in graduate school at the Department of Operative Surgery. From 1953 he worked at the Department of Anatomy as an assistant, senior lecturer, senior researcher, associate professor. He was repeatedly elected a member of the Presidium of the Kyiv Regional Committee of the Trade Union.
In 1954 he defended his dissertation on the topic: "Surgical treatment of cattle with foreign bodies of the esophagus" (scientific adviser - professor Povazhenko I.O.). In 1973 he defended his doctoral dissertation: "The pelvis of mammals in comparative anatomical and functional aspects" (scientific consultant - professor Gimelreich G.O.).
In 1973 he was transferred to the position of associate professor of the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary Expertise, where from 1974 to 1990 he headed the department. In 1976 he was awarded the academic title of professor. During 1980-1984 he worked as the dean of the veterinary faculty, for more than 10 years he headed the specialized scientific council for the defense of doctoral dissertations. Since 1990 he has been working as a professor of the department.
P.Ya. Rohovskyi is the author of 88 scientific works.
Under his supervision, since 1979, 19 PhD theses have been completed and defended, including by citizens of: Egypt (1979), Nigeria (1980), Ukraine (1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999), Mali (1984), Jordan (1984), Bangladesh (1985), Vietnam (1987), Angola (1987), Sudan (1990), Slovakia (1990), Russia (1992), Cambodia (1993).
The main topic of Petro’s research was the study of the effect of hypokinesia on the body of animals at the industrial complexes, quantitative and qualitative indicators of meat after slaughter, the development of pathology in livestock and poultry. He developed guidelines for the implementation of research results in production. In recent years, the scientist has been working on the study of veterinary and sanitary assessment of slaughter products in case of the pathology of the gastrointestinal tract of pigs in farms with different types of keeping and feeding animals.
In 1996, by the Decree of the President of Ukraine, he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine.
P. Ya. Rohovskyi is a group II invalid of the Great Patriotic War, he was awarded with orders and medals.
He died in 2003 and was buried in Baykovo Cemetery.

Pototskyi Mykola - associate professor, Head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary Expertise. He headed the department from 1990 to 2001.
He was born on December 5, 1939. in the village of Gnilusha of Ostersky district now – Lebedivka village, Kozelets district, Chernihiv region in the family of collective farmers.
He graduated from the Gnilush seven-year school in 1954 and entered the Kozelets Zootechnical College, which he graduated in 1958. He received a diploma of junior zootechnician. According to the state distribution, he was sent to work to Tarashchanskii district in the Kyiv region. At the beginning he worked in the collective farm "Pershe Travnya" in the Kruti Horby village, and after the unification in the collective farm "Progress" in Velyka Berezyanka village as a senior zootechnician. In 1963, after passing a three-month preparatory course, he entered the first year of the Veterinary Faculty of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy (UAA). In 1968 he received a red diploma of a veterinarian. According to the state distribution, he was appointed to work at the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.
On September 1, 1968 by the Order of the Rector of the UAA, he was appointed as a veterinarian - trainee of the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise, where he worked until August 31, 1970. After passing the entrance exams in pathological anatomy, history of the CPSU and the German language, he was enrolled in a graduate school in the specialty "Pathological Anatomy" from September 1, 1970.
Upon completion of graduate studies, he was appointed as an assistant professor at the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary Expertise from September 1, 1973.
Mykola completed and successfully defended his dissertation on May 18, 1981 in the specialized council D 120.71.03 at the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor on the topic "Pathological and morphological changes in case of white muscle disease in turkeys".
From 01.09.1973 to 1984 he worked as an assistant professor of the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary Expertise; from 1984 - senior lecturer of the department; in 1998 he was awarded the academic title of associate professor; from 13.07.1984 to 1990 he worked as an associate professor; from 01.07.1990 to 24.10.2001 - head of the department; from 01.10.2001 to 31.12.2009 - associate professor of the department.
During his work he was awarded with medals and bages: "Veteran of Labor" (1988), "For Labor Distinction" (1986), "In memory of the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv" (1982), a badge of MAPU "Badge of Honor", a badge of the Kyiv mayor , honorary diplomas of the UAA, MAP of Ukraine, NSPU, III degree Medal "For services in the development of veterinary medicine of Ukraine".
He was awarded with the honorary title of "Honored Worker of Higher Education of Ukraine" (1998).
Pototskyi Mykola is an author of about 400 scientific papers and guidelines on pathological anatomy, pathomorphogenesis of animal diseases, history of veterinary medicine.
He is a co-author and co-editor of the textbook "Pathological Anatomy of Animals", - K .: Vetinform, 2008. - 896p., Ill.
He compiled the Russian-Ukrainian Veterinary Dictionary, which was published by Dovira Publishing House in 2013.
During his work he was elected a member of the party bureau of veterinary faculty, member of the party committee of the UAA. Member of the specialized council, Deputy President of the All-Ukrainian Society of Veterinary Pathologists, Member of the editorial board of the research and production monthly journal "Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine".

Khomenko Vitaliy - Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, professor of the Department of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise (1998-2009).
He was born on September 9, 1936 in the Skuraty village of Malyn district of Zhytomyr region in the family of a teacher. He studied at the Myrotskii Veterinary College of the Borodyanka district of Kyiv region. After graduating from college he worked as a paramedic in the Arkhangelsk region, served in the army, headed the veterinary unit in the Shcherbanivka village of Malyn district.
In 1963, after graduation with honors from the Veterinary Faculty of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy (UAA), he worked as the chief veterinarian at the collective farm named after Ilyich in Kodaks village of Vasylkiv district of Kyiv region. The inquisitive veterinarian was interested in scientific work, so he soon completed his graduate studies at the Bila Tserkva Agricultural Institute. Under the guidance of professor J.S. Zagayevskii, he studied and developed accelerated methods for determining the sanitary quality of milk, diagnosing latent forms of mastitis in cows, determining bacterial contamination of milk, and so on.
Candidate's dissertation on the topic: "Express methods for determining some indicators of sanitary quality of milk in the dairy industry and on farms" was defended in 1980. Scientific adviser - professor Zagaevskii J.S.
He defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic: "Hygiene of production and veterinary and sanitary control of milk" in 1990. Scientific consultant - professor Kartashova V.M.
Vitaliy worked on various government positions: in the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of State Farms, the Ministry of Procurement, in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, from September 1977 to 1998 he worked as a chief specialist in veterinary control, agricultural ecology, product quality, scientific and research institutes and educational institutions of agricultural profile. He was the secretary of the Extraordinary Anti-Epizootic Commission within the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and a member of the Board of the State Department of Veterinary Medicine of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.
V.I. Khomenko was a leading scientist in Ukraine on veterinary sanitation, veterinary examination and hygiene of livestock products. Under the direct guidance of the scientist, the Law of Ukraine "On Veterinary Medicine" and other legislative acts on veterinary and agricultural science and education were prepared.
Professor V.I. Khomenko has prepared more than 80 normative and technical documents, including GOST and DSTU, RTU, instructions, methodical recommendations. He has published more than 160 scientific papers, including reference books, monographs, articles, textbooks, his scientific developments have been introduced into the educational process of many agricultural universities in Ukraine.
V.I. Khomenko is an honored worker of agriculture of Ukraine.
He died in 2009 and was buried in the Lisove Cemetery in Kyiv.

Yakubchak Olga - professor, Head of the Department of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise from 2001 to 2020.
She was born in 1961 in Ukrain. By training Olga is a veterinarian, since 1983 she was engaged in scientific and pedagogical activities.
After graduating from the Veterinary Faculty of the Bila Tserkva Agricultural Institute (1983), she entered graduate studies (1983–1986) at the Department of Veterinary Expertise and Pathological Anatomy of the Bila Tserkva Agricultural Institute, scientific advisor - retired colonel of veterinary service, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, professor J.S. Zagaevskii. In 1986 she began working at the same department as an assistant professor. She successfully defended her dissertation on "Veterinary and sanitary evaluation of milk for subclinical mastitis in cows" and was awarded of PhD degree in the specialty 16.00.06 - Veterinary Sanitation (1988). Olga worked as an assistant professor of the Department of Veterinary Expertise and Pathology of the Bila Tserkva Agricultural Institute (1986–1990), then - associate professor (1990–1998) of the Department of Veterinary Expertise and Pathology. In 1997 she defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Sciences on the topic "The role of some bacteria in reducing the quality of milk and the development of accelerated methods of its veterinary expertise" in specialties 16.00.08 - animal hygiene, livestock products and veterinary expertise; 16.00.03 - veterinary microbiology, virology, epizootology, mycology and immunology (Russian Federation); 16.00.06 - veterinary sanitation and hygiene (Ukraine). Afterwards, she worked as a professor of the Department of Veterinary Expertise and Pathology of the Bila Tserkva State Agrarian University (1998–2000).
Since 2000 she has been working at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NULES of Ukraine). In 2000–2001 she worked as a professor of Pathological Anatomy and Veterinary Expertise, since 2001 - she headed the Department of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise. She was awarded the academic title of professor in 2002.
Moreover, Olga worked part-time as acting Dean of the Faculty of Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products (2004–2006), Director of the Veterinary Examination, Sanitation and Hygiene of Livestock Products educational and scientific center (2006–2009). From 2001 to 2006 she was the chairman, and from 2007 - the deputy chairman of the specialized scientific council D 26.004.12 (now K 26.004.12) in NULES of Ukraine.
O.M. Yakubchak is a leading scientist in the field of food hygiene, including the safety and quality of animal products. Her main scientific works are aimed at studying the quality and safety of livestock products and their veterinary and sanitary assessment depending on the analysis of risks in the production, processing and circulation of livestock products.
O.M. Yakubchak is the author of more than 500 publications, including 34 textbooks, manuals and monographs, 24 regulations and more.
She has supervised 13 PhD.
The activity of professor Yakubchak O.M. on the transformation of veterinary science and education in Ukraine deserves special attention. She is a leader in the implementation of new approaches to veterinary expertise, in particular the management of animal safety in accordance with the concept of HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) and harmonization of domestic sanitary and phytosanitary legislation. In this area, she actively trains not only students, research and teaching staff, but also inspectors of veterinary medicine, authorized veterinarians and more. This plays an important role in the harmonization of veterinary science, education and practice with world and European standards and the integration of veterinary and sanitary expertise of Ukraine into the international system. With her active participation, the specialty "Veterinary Hygiene, Sanitation and Expertise" was licensed, a specialty standard was prepared, curricula for new disciplines were developed, and methodological support, material and technical base were constantly prepared and updated.
Honorary awards: she has repeatedly been awarded diplomas of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine (2003, 2005, 2009) for her scientific and pedagogical activity, Acknowledgment of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine (2009), has an honorary award of UAAS (2007).

Tkachuk Svitlana - professor of the Department of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise, Academician of the National Academy of Higher Education Sciences of Ukraine.
She was born on September 20, 1969 in Kamyanets-Podilsky, Ukraine. In 1991 she graduated with honors from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Kamyanets-Podilsky Agricultural Institute with a degree in Veterinary Medicine.
From 1991 to 1992 she worked as a veterinarian at the city station for the control of animal diseases in Kamyanets-Podilsky.
From 1992 to 1997 she worked as an assistant professor at the Department of Ecology and Life Safety of Kamyanets-Podilsky Agricultural Institute.
From 1997 to 2000 she studied in full-time graduate school at the Department of Anatomy of Farm Animals of the National Agrarian University, Kyiv.
In 2001 she began working as an assistant professor at the Department of Anatomy of Farm Animals named after academician V.G. Kasyanenko. In the same year she defended her dissertation on specialty 16.00.02 - pathology, oncology and morphology of animals on the topic "Age features of the structure of the skeleton of the stylo- and zeigopody of the American mink" (supervisor - Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, professor S.K. Rudyk). The degree of Candidate of Veterinary Sciences was awarded in 2002. In 2005 she was awarded with the title of associate professor and continued working at the Department of Anatomy of Farm Animals named after academician V.G. Kasyanenko.
From 2006 to 2009 she studied for a doctorate at the Department of Animal Anatomy named after academician V.G. Kasyanenko, working on and defending on December 1, 2010 a doctoral dissertation on the topic: "Regularities of morphogenesis of tubular bones of hens of meat productivity in the postnatal period of ontogenesis" (scientific advisor - Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, professor S.K. Rudyk) .
After graduating from doctoral studies (since January 11, 2010) she worked at the Department of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. She is responsible for the activities of the problematic research laboratory "Food Hygiene". Svitlana works on a scientific problem of laws of morphogenesis of a skeleton of extremities of mammals and birds, veterinary and sanitary examination of products of an animal and vegetable origin.
Tkachuk S.A. is the author and co-author of more than 200 scientific and scientific-methodical works, including 7 monographs, 2 scientific-practical recommendations, 3 collections of legal acts, a patent of Ukraine for a utility model, a textbook and 3 manuals. Professor Tkachuk S.A. is the supervisor of 4 PhD candidates. She was awarded the incentive award of the State Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine "For services in the development of veterinary medicine of Ukraine" III degree.