Laboratory of Biology and Biological Basis of Preventive Measuresи 

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Head of the Laboratory, Candidate of Biological Sciences
Olga Aleksandrovna Panova
Tel.: 8(916)197-14-94
e-mail: panova@vniigis.ru
Education: in 2012, she graduated from the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Higher Professional Education "Moscow State University of Food Production" with a degree in Veterinary. In 2016, she defended her PhD thesis in specialty 03.02.11 parasitology on "Toxocariasis of carnivores: diagnostic methods and bioecological aspects of pathogen development in a metropolis"
Research direction: morphology and development biology of pathogens of nematodiasis; studying routes of transmission and infection of humans with zoonoses, and routes of infection of animals; epizootic studies of parasitoses in domestic and wild carnivores and ungulates; environmental research for contamination by invasive stages of pathogens, and development and improvement of diagnostic methods.
Experience in scientific and other activities: 9 years.
Mid-career education: 
"Safety of work with risk group 3-4 microorganisms and causative agents of parasitic diseases" (72 hours), Unital-M, remotely, 04/2021;
"Sanitary and parasitological studies of raw materials and products of animal and plant origin, and external environment objects" (72 hours), FSC VIEV RAS, Moscow, 04/2021;
2020 Introduction to Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (8 academic hours), Stepik; 
2020 Molecular Biology and Genetics (8 academic hours), Stepik;
2020 Digital Pedagogy (8 academic hours), RUDN University;
2018 Gastroenterology (24 academic hours), UralBiovet Consulting.
Professional Retraining: 
“Teacher of higher education. Development of educational and methodological support, delivering of training courses, teaching of disciplines under bachelor, master, specialist and highly qualified personnel-level programs" (250 hours), OOO «Nauchno-obrazovatelnye tekhnologii» (Scientific and Educational Technologies, LLC), remotely, 31/01/2021. 

Laboratory staff:

Alexander Valerievich Khrustalev, Senior Research Associate,
Curator of the Parasitology Specimen Collection
e-mail: hrustalev@vniigis.ru.
Education: In 1977, he graduated from the Moscow Veterinary Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after K.I. Scryabin.
Research direction: morphology and taxonomy of zooparasitic nematodes, ecology and faunology of helminths, paleoparasitology, organization of museum studies in parasitology, and information support of parasitology specimen collections.
Experience in scientific and other activities: 43 years.
Mid-career education:
11/10/2019 under additional professional program “Veterinary and sanitary examination. Raw material safety control and conformity assessment of animal and plant products”, Moscow, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Supplementary Professional Education "Russian Academy of Human Resources of the Agro-Industrial Complex" (ФГБОУ ДПО «РАКО АПК»).

Alexander Sergeevich Moskvin, Senior Research Associate
Tel.: 8(499)124-86-66
e-mail: moskvin@vniigis.ru
Education: In 1976, he graduated from the Moscow Veterinary Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after K.I. Scryabin.
Research direction: biology and epizootology of helminthiasis of agricultural and wild ruminants; development of preventive measures; experimental biology - paramphistomidosis of ruminants, and ethology of trematode larvae; therapeutic drugs against paramphistomidosis of cattle; parasitological monitoring, helminth fauna of the auroch and bison, and development of measures for prevention of helminthiases (Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Biosphere Reserve); helminth fauna of domestic, synanthropic and wild birds (the center of the North Caucasus region); computerization of the Skryabin Museum of Helminthology VNIIP – FSC VIEV RAS (digitizing of the drug collection and depositories of the scientific and exposition funds of the Museum of Helminthology).
Experience in scientific and other activities: 44 years.
Mid-career education:
11/10/2019 under additional professional program “Veterinary and sanitary examination. Raw material safety control and conformity assessment of animal and plant products", Moscow, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Supplementary Professional Education "Russian Academy of Human Resources of the Agro-Industrial Complex" (ФГБОУ ДПО «РАКО АПК»).

Education: He graduated in 1997 from the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after K.I. Scryabin. Veterinary Faculty. He was enrolled in the graduate school of VIGIS (now VNIIP) in December 1998, and defended his thesis for a Candidate Degree in Cand. Sc. Biology in December 2001.

Anna Dmitrievna Kuznetsova, Laboratory Research Assistant

An important structural unit of the Laboratory is the Parasitology Specimen Collection
(formerly the Central Museum of Helminthology)

LABORATORY ACTIVITIES
The main and primary activity of the Laboratory is scientific work.

The Laboratory studies the biology and morphology of helminths, the ecology of intermediate hosts, parasite cenosis relationships and taxonomy. It explores biological methods for the control and prevention of parasitic diseases. It conducts regular epizootic monitoring of parasitoses in domestic and wild animals, assesses the sanitary and parasitological parameters of environmental contamination by invasive stages of zoonotic pathogens, which gives an opportunity to study routes of transmission and infection of humans. Its employees develop and improve methods for the diagnosis and differentiation of nematodiasis in animals including application of genetic methods.
  
The Laboratory has developed and widely implemented biological basis for pasture prevention of animal helminthiasis and helminthological assessment of water sources as a method for prevention of helminthiasis in birds. The effect of bacteria, actinomycetes and predatory fungi on helminths, and the pathogenic effect of microsporidia on fish diplostomes were studied, and the role of oligochaetes Chaetogaster in destruction of trematode larvae was revealed. The ecology of intermediate hosts of helminths, and the epizootic role of earthworms as reservoir hosts of the causative agent of ascariasis and heterakidosis of chickens have been studied, and relationship of Ascaridia, Capillaria and Coccidia in the intestines of chickens has been revealed. The parasite fauna of bears and musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) in the northeast of Gorny Altai and in the Middle Sikhote-Alin was studied. 

The employees go on business trips regularly to collect and organize parasitological material and take an active part in international conferences.

The Laboratory supervises degree theses in parasitology made by the 5th year students of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Moscow State University of Food Production". It participates in development of guidelines and recommendations for students, curricula for advanced training courses for veterinarians and students in disciplines "Parasitology and Invasive Diseases of Animals" and "Parasitic Pathology".

The Laboratory provides a wide range of paid services
 
Laboratory & Diagnostic:
Study of fecal specimens for helminth eggs and larvae and protozoan cysts.
Examination of ear and skin scrapings of various animal species.
Examination of blood smears for blood protozoan diseases.
Determination of a pathogen type (helminth, ectoparasite).

Veterinary & Sanitary:
Research for parasite purity of meat of domestic and wild game animals (trichinosis, cysticercosis, echinococcosis, fascioliasis, etc.) and fish (opisthorchiasis, viability of larvae, etc.).
A full parasitological study of animal carcasses and fish.

Sanitary & Hygienic:
Examination of bedding samples, washings from walls, floors and other objects.
Study of water, soil, grass and snow samples.

Consultation.