Background and Aim: Poultry meat is an excellent animal protein source accessible to many low-income families in developing countries. It is also part of a balanced diet and contains valuable nutrients necessary for maintaining human health. The poultry sector implements improved processes to increase the quality and nutritional value of poultry meat. This study aimed to determine the influence of licorice root extract on the amino acid, fatty acid, vitamin, mineral composition, nutritional value, and productivity of quail meat. Materials and Methods: Two groups were formed from Japanese quails: A control group and one experimental group, each consisting of 50 individuals. Quails from both the experimental and control groups received the same complete diet. Quails in the experimental group had licorice root extract added to their water at a dosage of 10 g/L, starting from the age of 3 days to 42 days of growth. At 42 days of age, 30 birds from each group were slaughtered to examine their meat productivity and chemical composition. The quail carcasses were analyzed for the following parameters: Live weight, carcass weight, nutritional value, mineral substances, vitamin content, fatty acid composition, amino acid composition, and amino acid score. Results: This study demonstrated that quails in the experimental group receiving water with licorice extract exhibited higher indicators than those in the control group. Calcium (21.05%), magnesium (20.83%), and phosphorus (23.53%) were the most elevated mineral substances in the meat of the experimental birds. Vitamins E (22.22%) and C (20.0%) showed the greatest increase in vitamin content. The fatty acid composition parameters 17:0 margaric acid (8.16%), 18:3 linolenic acid (6.25%), and 20:4 arachidonic acid (4.49%) showed the highest increase. There was a clear increase in the amino acids valine (4.61%), lysine (4.32%), threonine (5.99%), tryptophan (4.87%), phenylalanine (5.87%), and cysteine (14.17%). The application of licorice root extract also positively impacted the amino acid score of quail meat, except for leucine, which remained within the range compared with the control group. Quails in the experimental group weighed 7.96% more live weight before slaughter than the controls. Moreover, the carcass weight was in favor of the experimental group (8.59%). Conclusion: The use of licorice root extract positively influences the quality and biological value of quail meat. Data on amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins, trace elements, and other important components of quail meat will significantly expand our understanding of the biological value of licorice root extract. These findings can be used in the formulation of balanced diets for children and adults and highlight the importance of this issue. Keywords: amino acids, licorice root extract, minerals, quails, vitamins

Echinococcosis is one of the most dangerous parasitic diseases common to humans and animals. In Kazakhstan, echinococcosis is widespread in animals. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and biological characteristics of echinococcosis in agricultural animals, dogs, wild carnivores, and rodents in the Western region of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Piroplasmoses are obligately transmissible diseases caused by non-pigmented endoglob-ular blood parasites, affecting various domestic and wild animals, particularly cattle and small ruminants. In Kazakhstan, particularly in West Kazakhstan, these diseases lead to significant economic losses in the livestock sector. This study, conducted in 2024, aimed to investigate the epizootic situation of piroplasmoses and ixodidoses in cattle in West Ka-zakhstan. Blood samples from 507 cattle and 581 ixodid ticks were collected for analysis. Ticks were identified to genus and species, and blood parasites were diagnosed using PCR. The study found 11 tick species, with Hyalomma being the most abundant. Peak tick activi-ty occurred in the spring-summer period, with up to 100% cattle infestation in the steppe zone. Tick abundance varied by age and environmental conditions, with the highest rates in young cattle aged 1-3 years in desert areas. PCR analysis of blood samples revealed blood parasite DNA in 32% of cattle, indicating high prevalence of piroplasmoses. Addi-tionally, 6.9% of ixodid ticks tested positive for piroplasmoses pathogens, confirming their role in disease transmission.

Многие виды иксодид, являясь переносчиками и резервуарами возбудителей пироплазмидозов, наносят огромный экономический ущерб животноводству, а отдельные виды иксодовых клещей представляют угрозу и для человека как специфические переносчики энцефалита, туляремии, чумы, пароксизмального риккетсиоза и т.д. На территории Западно-Казахстанской области отмечено обитание 20 видов иксодовых клещей, относящихся к пяти родам: Ixodes, Haemophysalis, Dermacentor, Rhipicephalus и Hyalomma. Для исследования были выбраны хозяйства, расположенные в различных природных зонах Западно-Казахстанской области. Сезонную динамику заражённости крупного рогатого скота клещами определяли ежеквартальными (зимой, весной, летом и осенью) исследованиями животных, а возрастную - исследованиями различных возрастных групп: до года, 1-3 года, 4-5 лет, 6 лет и старше. Сбор клещей с растительности осуществляли на «флаг». Сбор клещей с крупного рогатого скота проводили пинцетом в банки ёмкостью 100 мм3. В степной, полупустынной и пустынной зонах Западно-Казахстанской области крупный рогатый скот поражён клещами семейства Ixodidae, относящихся к пяти родам и десяти видам клещей. Наибольшая заражённость отмечена весной и летом ИВ от 100 до 90%. Наибольшая поражённость животных зарегистрирована в степной зоне, а наименьшая в пустынной. ИВ в среднем составил 55%, Наибольший ИО определили у H. detritum – 59,3±12,1, а наименьший – I. ricinus - 3,5±1,0 экз/гол. Наиболее поражён молодняк в возрасте до года и от 1 до 3 лет, ИО составил 216,2 - 252,4 экз/гол, соответственно. Личинки и нимфы иксодид на крупном рогатом скоте прикреплялись на передней части тела животных – голова и плечи, а имаго – в области передних конечностей, груди, живота и паха.

Castration is the most common type of surgical intervention performed in veterinary surgical practice. Although this activity is considered a widely used operative action, it is common for postoperative complications to occur due to the condition of the stallion's castration. There are often cases of postoperative edema after cutting Stallions both in the open method and in the closed method, which covers an interval of 25-30% in farm conditions. At the same time, when Castrated by the open method, total vaginal bleeding was 3.3%, and cases of non-penetration bleeding were up to 2.8%.And in the closed method, post-incision edema and cancer of the NMA were 29.6%. Taking into account the listed main reasons, the main task of the experimental study was to select a suitable option for the methods used in the operation when embroidering stallions and avoid complications after embroidering. The article discusses the methods of effective castration of stallions in farms in the conditions of the West Kazakhstan region using a Zand clamp. Practical research work was carried out in the farms" Kubley "and" Nurkhan". According to the results of the study, the level of surgical complications encountered after castration was chosen as an effective castration technique in terms of the reduction in the method used by Zand clamp and the duration of healing. Regardless of the age, breed, external characteristics of stallions, in the open castration method, castration with a Zand clamp is the safest method, since the probability of complications during its execution is significantly less than in the ligature castration method.

In modern conditions of creation of different forms of ownership in rural areas, goat herds are concentrated in farmsteads, farms and peasant farms, the problems of combating helminthiasis have become particularly relevant. В современных условиях создания на селе разных форм собственности поголовья коз сосредоточены в подворьях, фермерских и крестьянских хозяйствах, проблемы борьбы с гельминтозами приобрели особую актуальность. Отдельные элементы происходящих процессов, связанные с реорганизацией в сельском хозяйстве, негативно отразились на эпизоотической ситуации, увеличилась зараженность и падеж животных от паразитарных болезней, возникли серьезные упущения в вопросах ветеринарного обслуживания отрасли. Эпизоотический процесс при гельминтозах как отмечают специалисты – это непрерывная цепь последовательного перехода возбудителя от больного животного - источника возбудителя, к здоровому - восприимчивому животному. Механизм передачи возбудителя осуществляется через пастбища, источники водопоя, корм и усиливается в зависимости от природно-климатических, антропогенных, техногенных и хозяйственных процессов, условий введения животноводства, когда нарушаются ветеринарно - санитарные нормы, элементы пастбищной профилактики. Гельминтофауна коз в Западно-Казахстанской области представлена 17 видами гельминтов, из которых 14 видов нематод: Dictyocaulus filaría, Haemonchus contortus, Ostertagia circumciancta, O. trifurcata, Nematodirus spathiger, N. oiratianus, N. filicollis, N. hervetianus, N. abnormalis, Marshalagia marshalli, Chabertia ovina, Trichostrongylus probolurus, T. skrjabini, Trichocephalus ovis, и 3 вида цестод: Moniezia expansa, M. Benedeni, Thisaniezia giardi.