DEPARTMENT of VETERINARY MEDICINE and TECHNOLOGY of ANIMAL

DEPARTMENT of VETERINARY MEDICINE and TECHNOLOGY of ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

History The department of zootechnics was formed in 1964. Over the 50 years of its existence the department changed its name several times. It was named as "Zooingeneering", in 1973 and in 1998 on the basis of the merger of two departments, the department was renamed the "Veterinary". The founders of the department were Professors: Nagorny V. T. , Shelepov E. S. , Kadyrov N. T, Matusevich V. F. , R. K. Kazykhanov, Rodionov V. G. Department of "Veterinary medicine" was established in 1972. The first dean was Vysokos N. P. (1974 -1977). The next deans were elected: V. N. Poyarkov (1977 -1982). , A. F. Dmitriev (1982 -1983), A. J. Zhaķipbaev (1983 -1987), Ibragimov, R. M. (1987 -1990), Maykanov B. S. (1990 -2002), Abdrakhmanov T. Zh. (2002 -2012). Associate Professor, c. v. s. Terebinov G. I. worked as a vice dean more than 20 years.

In February 2012, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Maykanov Balgabay Sadepovich had been appointed as a dean of the department. He works at S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University since 1987. He directed 10 candidate’s, doctoral and nine masters theses. He works currently with one doctoral student and seven undergraduates. He has published 150 scientific transactions, textbooks, manuals and monographs.

Now the department structure of «Veterinary medicine and technology of animal husbandry" includes 5 chairs: "Veterinary medicine", "Veterinary sanitation", "Morphology, microbiology and biotechnology", "Production technologies and processing of livestock products", "Game management and fishery".

All the chairs carry out training of specialists on the following specialties: "Veterinary medicine", "Veterinary sanitation" and "Zootechnics", "Game management and animal breeding", "Fishery", "Technology of food products", "Biotechnology". Students of all specialties are trained on credit system.

90 teachers are working at the department now; there are 16 doctors of science, 51 candidates of science and 12 masters among them. The number of teachers with scientific degrees makes 87%.

Thanks to the German service of the academic exchanges (DAAD) the doctor of veterinary science of Y. Lubih Giessen university, Christian Bauer visits us annually for lecturing and carrying out laboratory classes in disciplines "Parasitological and invasive diseases", "Sanitary parasitology" and " Invasive diseases of creophagous” Christian Bauer was awarded with the honorary Professor title of S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University for a contribution to development of cooperation between two universities.

Teachers of our department attend annually trainings in the countries of the near and far abroad (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Poland, Mongolia, China, the Warsaw university of natural sciences).

Today 1317 students, 64 undergraduates, 4 foreign students among them, are studying at the department.