Institute of Veterinary Medicine, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine

Institute of Veterinary Medicine (IVM) is a leading institution and structural subdivision of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine for Veterinary Biotechnology, which provides scientific support for the diagnostics, prevention and control of especially dangerous infectious diseases of farm animals.

The main mission of the IVM includes fundamental and applied research in the field of veterinary medicine, particularly focused on the diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases of wild and domestic animals, hygiene and toxicology of food of animal origin and animal feed, environmental protection and the development of veterinary biologicals and diagnostic kits and their production techniques.

The IVM interests cover a wide range of areas including molecular studies and the monitoring studies of animal diseases, identifying threats for the population and their global distribution, namely:

• study of the circulation of pathogens, development of methods for their detection, prevention, surveillance;

• development of diagnostic, therapeutic and prophylactic veterinary drugs;

• scientific support of the monitoring of animal health and development of regulations and guidelines, technologies and measures to ensure the sustainable veterinary well-being of the country.

  Our Institute has a BSL-2+ laboratory infrastructure and sequencing capabilities, including Oxford Nanopore and Ion Torrent platforms. We can contribute expertise in veterinary and environmental microbiology, biological sampling, microbiome analysis, pathogen detection, genomic/metagenomic sequencing and AMR surveillance.