Acting Head of Department: Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor Yuriy Hryhorovych Kropyvka

The Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding traces its origins to 1936, when, at the Animal Breeding Institute of the Lviv Academy of Veterinary Medicine under Professor and Doctor Tadey Olbricht, lectures in zootechnical disciplines were first introduced.

The Department offers the following courses: Genetics with Biometry, Animal Genetics, Veterinary Genetics, Genetics and Animal Breeding, Breeding of Farm Animals, Animal Breeding, Fundamentals of Professional Activity, Ornamental Animal Husbandry, Animal Genetic Resources, Fundamentals of Animal Science, Breeds and Selection of Cats, Breeds and Selection of Dogs, Reproductive Features of Wild and Domestic Animals, and Cynology.

Research activities focus on the following areas:

• Assessment of the genetic potential realization of specific cattle breeds in Western Ukraine.
• Selection of dairy cattle using selection indices.
• Studying the influence of various factors on the breeding and productive qualities of cattle.
• Effects of different factors on milk productivity and lifetime efficiency of cows of specific breeds.
• Productive traits of animals of different types of the Simmental breed in the Carpathian region.
• Intensification of the breeding process in dairy cattle through the use of genetic and biochemical markers.

Based on these research activities, the Department’s faculty have published 4 monographs, over 20 teaching manuals, and approximately 350 scientific articles in specialized journals.

Contacts

Address: 50 Pekarska street, Lviv, 79010, Ukraine

Phone: 38(032) 239-26-13

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