Факультет тваринництва та водних біоресурсів

Кафедра технологій у тваринництві

Main research directions


The staff of the department carry out research work in the following modern areas of research:
· development and improvement of methods for increasing the productivity of farm animals;
· resource-saving technologies of livestock production;
· study of the influence of feed preparations on animal productivity and product quality;
· environmental problems of the livestock industry;
· technological assessment and efficiency of using animals of domestic and foreign selection of promising specialized productivity areas;
· development of new and improvement of existing technologies for production, primary processing and advanced processing of livestock products;
· increasing the level of general animal resistance;
· implementation of welfare principles in animal husbandry based on ethological factors;
· introduction of information technologies, artificial intelligence of production processes in animal husbandry;
· studying the genetic structure of animal populations using microsatellite and DNA markers.
· study of the genealogical structure of the modern livestock of English thoroughbred horses, Oryol trotting breeds;
· study of polymorphic blood systems of Shetland ponies;
· studying the milk production of mares of the Novooleksandrivsk heavy-duty breed.


Student scientific clubs are constantly operating at the department. Based on the results of their research work, students make presentations at student scientific and practical conferences of the faculty, other institutions and higher education institutions.













For the methods of creating and breeding the Ukrainian beef breed of cattle, its intra-breed factory type and 6 factory lines, the Department of Milk and Meat Production Technologies was awarded the Gold Medal of the XXII International Agro-Industrial Exhibition in the nomination of innovative developments in the field of agricultural science.






The department conducts research on the following topics: «Chewing activity of cows as a criterion for assessing the optimal course of the technological process of milk production» (headed by Prof. Kostenko V.I.), “Development of technological requirements for work operations on dairy farms with the latest equipment” (headed by Assoc. Prof. Nosevych D.K.), “Investigation of the influence of lighting on the productivity of cattle in the conditions of the Agronomic Research Station of the National University of Life Sciences of Ukraine” (headed by Assoc. Prof. Nosevych D.K.), ««Justification of systems for the production and monitoring of safe livestock products»« under state registration number 00493706 № 0121 U 110192 (supervisor Prof. Ugnivenko A.M.), ««Improving the usage of interior and exterior methods for the production of cattle»« under state registration number 0124U002490. Research supervisor – Ugnivenko A.M., ««Justification of quality characteristics of beef of domestic breeds in accordance with national and international systems of beef carcass evaluation»«, state registration number 0124U002511. Research supervisor – Ugnivenko A. M.