From July 18 to July 21, 2021, employees of the Federal Center for Animal HEALTH, subordinate to ROSSELKHOZNADZOR, visited the Republic of Uzbekistan, where they held a seminar and a round table for managers and veterinary specialists in the field of industrial poultry farming.
HEAD of the laboratory of epizootology and monitoring Mikhail Volkov presented a report on the topic “Control of especially dangerous infectious diseases of birds. Prevention of some economically significant infections. Diagnostic capabilities of FGBI “ARRIAH”. Head of the Laboratory for the Prevention of Poultry Diseases Natalya Moroz made a presentation on “Development and production of vaccines for poultry farming at FGBI ARRIAH”. The head of the laboratory, Vladimir Melnikov, presented the report "Measures for the control and prevention of Marek's disease in industrial poultry farming" to the audience. Veterinarian Yuliya Kezik made a presentation "Methods for effective vaccination of infectious diseases of birds."
The conference was attended by heads and specialists of eight large poultry enterprises of the Republic and a distributor of veterinary drugs in the Republic. Veterinarians of poultry farms showed great interest in vaccines produced by FGBI "ARRIAH", assessed the possibility of their use in poultry farms in Uzbekistan. The round table discussed topical veterinary problems for the poultry industry of the Republic, namely the prevention of avian influenza and Newcastle disease, the control of Marek's disease, infectious bronchitis of chickens and infectious bursal disease, the problem of mycoplasmosis and bacterial diseases. Particular attention was paid to the peculiarities of the use of live and inactivated vaccines by various methods in different conditions, which can affect the quality and effectiveness of immunoprophylaxis,
FGBI “ARRIAH” specialists visited two poultry enterprises in order to provide scientific and consulting assistance. To maintain veterinary well-being at the poultry industrial facilities of Uzbekistan, the main directions have been identified in strengthening stable and fruitful cooperation between FGBI “ARRIAH” and specialists of the Republic in the field of poultry farming.