Scientific consultant of the biotech company EVOLINK, Head of the Department of Immunology and Biotechnology of the Scriabin Moscow State Medical University, Professor Nikolai Pimenov spoke at the First Russian–Saudi Agro-Industrial Forum GRAS.
The event brought together leading agricultural specialists, farmers and entrepreneurs to discuss developments in the field of agricultural engineering, advanced innovations, technologies, solutions and investment opportunities.
The topic of the plenary sessions was topical issues of feed production, animal husbandry, horse breeding, poultry farming, aquaculture, crop production, food production, IT, genetics, veterinary medicine.
In his speech, Nikolai Pimenov noted: "The issue of food security and technological sovereignty of the Russian Federation is closely linked to ensuring epizootic well-being, timely vaccination of animals and effective biological control of infectious diseases."
To do this, you need to solve several tasks at once:
• Ensure effective import substitution of foreign veterinary vaccines for domestic developments
• To form a unified system of interaction between educational, scientific organizations and businesses in the field of veterinary medicine, biotechnology and animal husbandry.
"Joint efforts will solve the problem of training qualified specialists and developing new vaccines," says Professor Pimenov. "In addition, it is an opportunity to support talented young scientists and keep them in the country by involving them in project activities and integrated interdisciplinary research."
The scientist separately noted the successful experience of developing an unparalleled vaccine against Newcastle disease of the 7th genotype, the death rate from which can reach 100%, leads to forced slaughter of the entire poultry population and causes enormous damage to the poultry industry. In modern conditions, epizootic well-being for this quarantine infection is not achieved using traditional vaccines of the 4th genotype. The creation of a new vaccine was critically important for changing the epizootic situation in poultry farming. "Currently, EVOLINK researchers are working on the development of a combined vaccine against Newcastle disease, avian infectious bronchitis and egg production reduction syndrome," added Nikolay Pimenov.
The event brought together leading agricultural specialists, farmers and entrepreneurs to discuss developments in the field of agricultural engineering, advanced innovations, technologies, solutions and investment opportunities.
The topic of the plenary sessions was topical issues of feed production, animal husbandry, horse breeding, poultry farming, aquaculture, crop production, food production, IT, genetics, veterinary medicine.
In his speech, Nikolai Pimenov noted: "The issue of food security and technological sovereignty of the Russian Federation is closely linked to ensuring epizootic well-being, timely vaccination of animals and effective biological control of infectious diseases."
To do this, you need to solve several tasks at once:
• Ensure effective import substitution of foreign veterinary vaccines for domestic developments
• To form a unified system of interaction between educational, scientific organizations and businesses in the field of veterinary medicine, biotechnology and animal husbandry.
"Joint efforts will solve the problem of training qualified specialists and developing new vaccines," says Professor Pimenov. "In addition, it is an opportunity to support talented young scientists and keep them in the country by involving them in project activities and integrated interdisciplinary research."
The scientist separately noted the successful experience of developing an unparalleled vaccine against Newcastle disease of the 7th genotype, the death rate from which can reach 100%, leads to forced slaughter of the entire poultry population and causes enormous damage to the poultry industry. In modern conditions, epizootic well-being for this quarantine infection is not achieved using traditional vaccines of the 4th genotype. The creation of a new vaccine was critically important for changing the epizootic situation in poultry farming. "Currently, EVOLINK researchers are working on the development of a combined vaccine against Newcastle disease, avian infectious bronchitis and egg production reduction syndrome," added Nikolay Pimenov.