Vitebsk Academy of Veterinary Medicine awarded the diploma "Golden Department of Russia"
The Department of Parasitology and Invasive Animal Diseases of the Vitebsk Academy of Veterinary Medicine has been recognized as the winner of the competition for the best department of higher educational institutions of Russia and the CIS countries, as reported to a BELTA correspondent at the university.
The competition was held in 2012 by the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences among various university departments. Based on its results, the department of the Vitebsk Veterinary Academy was awarded the diploma "Golden Department of Russia" for its merits in the development of national education. The award ceremony will take place in February 2013 in Russia (Moscow or Sochi, the location has not yet been precisely determined) at the solemn annual meeting of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
For more than 20 years, the Department of Parasitology and Invasive Animal Diseases of the Vitebsk Academy of Veterinary Medicine has been headed by Anton Yatusevich. The team he leads actively trains agricultural and scientific personnel and participates in research work. Since 1944, 46 candidate and 7 doctoral dissertations have been defended at the department. In recent years, over 50 veterinary drugs have been developed and introduced into production at the department, some of which have no analogues in world practice. Of particular importance are the developed methods for the prevention of hypodermatosis and fasciolosis, which have made it possible to lift restrictions on the use of livestock products for three weeks after animal treatment. The economic effect from the implementation of these developments over the last three years has amounted to more than Br15 billion.
The Vitebsk Academy of Veterinary Medicine is a recognized center of higher education and science in Belarus. It comprises 5 faculties, 28 departments, an agricultural college, branches in Rechitsa and Pinsk, a research institute of applied veterinary medicine and biotechnology, and a Republican laboratory of information technologies. Today, 177 candidates and 21 doctors of sciences work at the academy. Since 1998, the rector of the academy has been Anton Yatusevich, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Petrovskaya Academy of Sciences and Arts, Academician of the Russian Academy of Agrarian Education, Academician of the International Academy of Information Technologies, and Honored Scientist of the Republic of Belarus.