The first historical mention of the Department of Veterinary Reproductology (at that time - obstetrics) within the Kyiv Veterinary and Zootechnical Institute was dated 1928, in the memoirs of its first Head of the Department K.I. Turkevych, who ran the department until July 1951. In further 33 years, the department was headed by Professor I.S. Nahornyi, from 1985 to 1995 - Associate Professor V.P. Polishchuk, from 1996 to 1998 - Associate Professor V.M. Lakatosh, from 1998 to 2017 - Professor V.Y. Liubetskyi, and the department has been headed by Associate Professor O.A. Valchuk since June 2017.

The Department of Veterinary Reproductology of NULES (National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine) of Ukraine in 2025

     Significant achievements of the staff of the department of all generations are the development of the educational process, educational and scientific laboratories, conducting scientific research on topical issues of animal reproduction and introduction of their results into production, organization and holding of international forums (International Scientific and Practical Conference "Animals' Reproductology -Challenges of Today" is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Professor V. Y. Liubetskyi (2019), Ukrainian-Polish Scientific and Practical Seminar "Relevant Issues of Dog and Cats Reproduction" (2019)) and others.
The department is a forge of scientific personnel in the specialty 16.00.07 "Veterinary obstetrics": from 2002 to 2016 in the specialized academic council K (D) 26.004.13 in NULES of Ukraine (Сhairman of the Prof. V.Y. Liubetskyi, Scientific Secretary of the Council Associate Professor V.M. Lakatosh) were carried out 39 successful defense of PhD and Doctoral Theses in the specialties of "Veterinary Obstetrics" and "Veterinary Surgery". Edited by Professor of the Department V.A. Yablonskyi has published the first Ukrainian coursebook on obstetrics, gynecology, and biotechnology of animal reproduction with the basics of andrology (2011), which is still relevant. And to the 100th anniversary of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of NULES of Ukraine - a study guide on the authorship of Associate Professor V. Lakatosha "Obstetrics, Gynecology and Biotechnology of Dogs and Cats Reproduction" (2020).
In 2024-2025, the department will read 5 compulsory and 11 selective disciplines for 3 specialties: 211 - "Veterinary medicine," 212 - "Veterinary hygiene, sanitation and expertise," and 204 - "Technology of production and processing of livestock products".
     The staff of the department continues traditions on the organization of the educational process in production conditions: outbound clinical classes, educational practices in biotechnology of reproduction of animals, and obstetrics and gynecology, which are conducted based on academic and research farms of NULES of Ukraine.
     Priority scientific areas of activity of the department are the transplantation of embryos in animals; improvement of methods of diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of obstetric and gynecological diseases in cows; organization of obstetric and gynecological dispensaries in cattle-breeding with the use of information technologies; physiology and pathology of dogs and cats reproduction.