Research Training Center for Animal Disease Diagnostics

 

The Head of the Center Krytsia Yana, PhD in Veterinary Sciences

Tel .: +38 (067) 440-67-47

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 Staff of laboratory

 History

The Center was built under the “Biological Threat Reduction Program” and US Agreement on cooperation in preventing the proliferation of technology, pathogens and expertise that could be used in the development of biological weapons. In October 2010 the State Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine and the Department of Threat Reduction in Kyiv, and the United States Embassy in Ukraine signed a memorandum on technical assistance for the “Reduction of biological threat in Ukraine” project.

The Center is a modern laboratory of biosafety level 2+ that started its activity in 2013. It functioning under the Laws of Ukraine, current national and international standards, legal acts and other documents that ensure the quality of the results. It was accredited in accordance with the requirements of ISO / IEC 17025: 2005 by Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS). Its field of responsibilities include routine diagnostics, test kits development, participation in the international laboratory professional tests, conducting trainings, seminars and lectures for the professionals of different fields of science, and outreach activity. This center is equipped with all the necessary laboratory equipment and technology. The conference hall is equipped with presentation equipment.

Particular importance is attached to professional development, each year training of laboratory staff improving their skills during internships at leading research institutions of veterinary medicine in Europe and Ukrainian institutions as well, participate and organize international and national scientific conferences and seminars.

Main Tasks of the Center

  • scientific and methodological support for the prevention of biological risks and threats concerning livestock;
  • improving the scientific and methodological level of fundamental and applied research;
  • organization of management quality system of scientific support of samples research in accordance with international requirements;
  • good laboratory practice for the diagnosis of animal diseases;
  • development of the biosafety control system and management of biological risks;
  • development of new quality control system and safety of biological preparations;
  • increasing of implementation volume of modern biotechnologies in livestock production.

Main activity directions of the Center

  1. Research;
  2. Diagnostics;
  3. Training.

Independent serological, molecular and genetic diagnostic tests of infectious diseases are carried out using modern equipment.

Real time PCR diagnostics:

  • RNA detection of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus;
  • RNA detection of Classical Swine Fever;
  • DNA detection of African Swine Fever;
  • DNA detection of Porcine Circovirus type II;
  • RNA detection of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRS);
  • DNA detection of Bovine Infectious Rhinotracheitis virus;
  • RNA detection of Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus;
  • RNA detection of Rotavirus infection;
  • DNA detection of Mycoplasmosis Swine and Birds pathogen;
  • DNA detection of Chlamydia;
  •  DNA detection of Brucellosis pathogen and others.

ELISA diagnostics:

  • Leucosis;
  • Influenza A virus;
  • Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS);
  • Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED);
  • Mycoplasmosis in Swine;
  • Aujeszky’s disease;
  • Bovine Infectious Rhinotracheitis (BIR);
  • Bovine Viral Diarrhea;
  • Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Infection;
  • Parainfluenza-3;
  • Porcine Circovirus type II;
  • Haemophilus Polyserositis in Pigs;
  • Actinobacillosis Pleuropneumonia in Pigs;
  • Porcine parvovirus;
  • Chlamydiosis and others.

Education and training activity of the laboratory includes lectures and practical workshops concerning infectious diseases by PCR and ELISA.

The Center conducts advanced training of specialists of different field of science:

  • training in virology;
  • training in bacteriology;
  • training on pathological material processing under BSL-2 facility condition as well as the rules of packaging and shipping of biological material;
  • study on application PCR and ELISA diagnostics.

International Cooperation:

The Center collaborates with different international agencies and research institutes:

  1. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), USA;
  2. National Veterinary Research Institute, Poland;
  3. Republican Scientific-Research Subsidiary Unitary Enterprise “Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine named after S.N. Vyshelessky”, Republic of Belarus;
  4. Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Germany;
  5. Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Mongolia;
  6. Republican State Enterprise National Reference Center for Veterinary Medicine, Republic of Kazakhstan.