My future profession

I'm a student of the Agronomy Department of Altai State Agricultural University. The Agronomy Department is the oldest in our University. It trains agronomists for our agriculture since 1943. Agronomy is my future profession.

Agronomists must know vegetables, field and horticultural crops, varieties of different plants, soil and its fertility, methods of crop production. Agronomists must also know fertilizers, farm machines, how to protect plants from plant pests and different diseases. They must know the ways to raise the level of crop yield.

The specialists in the field of Agrochemistry and Soil Science have the theoretical knowledge in soil science, crop production, soil mapping. They know how to make soil and agrochemical maps, rotation schemes; they create systems for soil cultivation and plant protection.

Specialists in the field of Gardening and Horticulture have deep knowledge of growth, development and reproduction of fruits, vegetables and berries, and the technology of their cultivation. They can work in specialized horticultural and vegetable farms, vine-yards, hot-houses.

Specialists in the field of Forestry can professionally use the forests in the given territory, protect them from fires and diseases, monitor the environment and restore forests.

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

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to study second-year student the day-time (extra-mural) department qualified development animal husbandry diseases to cause damage herd cattle to reduce profit to prevent livestock poultry epizootic to carry out to wage a constant struggle to protect to save horrible reliable to achieve to contribute to conduct to rule out designed to safeguard regarding injured surgical treatment

учиться второкурсник дневное (заочное) отделение квалифицированный развитие животноводство болезни вызывать урон, повреждение стадо, поголовье скот уменьшать прибыль предотвращать животные домашняя птица эпизоотия (быстрое распространение инфекционной болезни среди сельскохозяйственных животных) проводить вести постоянную борьбу защищать спасать ужасный надежный достигать способствовать проводить исключать, препятствовать созданный охранять, защищать относительно раненый хирургическое лечение

My Speciality

I study at Altai State Agricultural University. I am a second-year student of the Veterinary Medicine Faculty of the day-time (extra-mural) department. The institute trains qualified specialists for the veterinary service of our country.

An important part in the development of animal husbandry in our country is played by the veterinary service.

Animal diseases can cause great damage to the herds of cattle. They reduce the profits of farms. To prevent and control diseases of livestock and poultry, to control epizootics and to carry out veterinary-sanitation work are the main tasks of the veterinary service.

Veterinarians wage a constant struggle against diseases common to animals and man and thus protect people's health saving them from such horrible diseases as anthrax, brucellosis or tuberculosis.

Neither meat, milk nor their products can be sold without veterinarian's examination.

Veterinary science develops and introduces into practice reliable ways and means of specific and general prophylaxis and environmental sanitation, methods of diagnostics of animal diseases.

Prophylaxis is the chief trend of the veterinary service in the country. It is important to develop in animals’ immunity to various infections. This is achieved with the help of vaccines.

Veterinary laboratories contribute greatly to the fight against animal diseases. The main function of them is to conduct examinations of the nature to establish diagnose or causes of animal's death and to rule out a disease.

Nowadays these laboratories can diagnose all infectious and parasitic diseases and some diseases of non-infectious nature. They become centers for organizing disease eradication and environmental sanitation programmes for practical application of advanced method and scientific discoveries.

The veterinarian must know rules and regulations designed to conserve animal life and to safeguard the public health. Specialized types of work in which he may be engaged are the following:

1. Consultation regarding problems of animal health and disease.

2. Hospitalization of sick and injured animals, including medical and surgical treatment.

3. Eradication of tuberculosis and brucellosis in livestock.

4. Vaccination of animals against anthrax, blackleg, brucellosis, tetanus and against several infectious diseases of poultry.

5. Inspection of food supplies of animal origin to prevent the transmission of animal diseases to man and to maintain their quality and sanitary condition.

The Bio-Technological Faculty