Microbiological Research Laboratory

Ihor Kyshnir

Head of the Laboratory, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences

Tel. +380 (32) 231-80-92,

E-mail: ikushnir@scivp.lviv.ua, igorku70@gmail.com

The main task of laboratory is development of quality control methods of veterinary medicinal products and feed additives, conducting of trials at registration and selective control of veterinary medicinal means, development and approbation of new control methods of veterinary medicinal means, non-sterile medicinal forms of veterinary medicinal products (powders, pills, liniments, ointments), determination of antimicrobial activity of medicinal products of plant and animal origin, conducting of expertise of home normative documents according to requirements of biological safety and also state control over the quality of veterinary medicinal products on the stages of manufacture, storage and realization.

The laboratory staff conducts research work in cooperation with leading Ukrainian institutions: Stepan Gzhytsky National University of Veterinary Medicine of Lviv and Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in the study of probiotic properties of lactic acid bacteria and in the development of instrumental methods for microbiological research, in particular, the determination of mechanical microparticles in sterile veterinary medicines, the materials of which are protected by an international patent for invention, as well as in the development of microbiological methods for controlling antimicrobial drugs made on the basis of nanotechnology.

Functions of laboratory:

• Development of quality control methods of veterinary medicinal products and feed additives;

• Development of control methods of frozen sperm of bull at export-import operations;

• Development of methods of diagnostics and prophylaxis of chlamydia infection of productive animals;

• Development of control methods of probiotic medicinal products for productive and non-productive animals;

• Improvement of control methods of non-sterile medicinal means (powders, pills, liniments, ointments) on microbiological purity;

• Development of instrumental methods of safety and sterility determination of injection medicinal products;

• Development of control methods of vaccine efficacy against poultry viral diseases;

• Studying of efficacy control methods of antirabic vaccines in the system of combating of rabies of carnivorous animals;

• Expertise of home normative documents whether they meet requirements of biological safety;

• Approbation of new home and foreign veterinary medicinal products;

• Certification trials of veterinary medicinal products and feed additives;

• State control over quality of veterinary medicinal products at the stage of manufacture, storage and realization.