On July 25, 2019, Deputy of the President of GAAS, Anatoli Giorgadze had an official visit at the Research Institute of Animal Biology in Lvov and signed a memorandum of cooperation.

The Scientific- research Institute is a leading Scientific organization in Ukraine which studies animal bio-chemistry, physiology, the problems of feeding and bio-technology.

Main scientific directions of the Institute are: fundamental research in physiology and bio-chemistry of agricultural animals, poultry, and fish; working out bio-technological methods to raise the quality and quantity of the product; research of etiological and morphogenetic factors of the infections, and working out preventive and diagnostic methods to fight against them. One of the essential aspects of the current researches is the study ecological factors and their influence on physiological and biochemical status to get ecologically clean product.

Organization structure of the Institute includes the following: 10 laboratories, 1 testing plot for farming; 71 researchers carry out scientific work, among them 15 are doctors of sciences, 50 candidate of sciences, 7 professors, and 26 senior scientific workers.

The Institute has postgraduate studies and young scholars are learning and working on their doctorate theses – direction: Biochemistry; human and animal physiology.

Dr. Anatoli Giorgadze and the First Deputy Director of the Institute Professor Nikoloz Sharan met with the institute staff members and discussed the further areas of close cooperation between the Academy of Lvovi Scientific Research Institute and Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

A particular attention was paid to the problems of preservation of local species of animals and birds to keep bio-diversity and preserve genetic resources.