Viktor Opara
Head of the Department of Fodder Technology and Animal Feeding, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor
General Information
Date and place of birth: September 25, 1966, village of Boromlia, Trostianets District, Sumy Region.
Education
1990 — Graduated from Sumy Agricultural Institute, majoring in Animal Science.
Since 1993 — Postgraduate studies at Sumy Agricultural Institute.
1999 — Defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Agricultural Sciences in the specialty 06.02.04 “Technology of Production of Livestock Products” on the topic “Technology of growing replacement gilts on feed of own production.”
2003 — Received the academic rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Farm Animal Nutrition and Breeding.
Professional Experience
1990–1995 — Junior Research Fellow.
1995–2000 — Assistant, Department of Farm Animal Nutrition and Breeding.
2000–2016 — Associate Professor, Department of Fodder Technology and Animal Feeding, Sumy National Agrarian University.
2016–2021 — Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Technology.
Since 2021 — Head of the Department of Fodder Technology and Animal Feeding.
Key academic disciplines: “Feeding of Farm Animals,” “Modern Technologies for Feeds and Feed Additives,” “Research in Animal Husbandry,” “Optimization of Animal Nutrition,” “Feeding of Exotic and Ornamental Animals.”
Research Work
Research focus: farm animal nutrition, as well as the optimization of feed resources and forage harvesting technologies.
Author of over 90 scientific publications and 35 sets of methodological guidelines.
Grant, state-funded, and contract-based research: In recent years, he has served as a consultant and a contributor (on feeding-related sections) for the projects “Improving the efficiency of dairy cattle farming at agricultural enterprises within the raw material supply zone of PJSC ‘Bel Shostka Ukraine’” (commissioned by PJSC “Bel Shostka Ukraine”) and “Developing recommendations for high-quality milk production and marketing in the Polissia region of Ukraine” (commissioned by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO). In 2018, he conducted research under a commercial contract titled “Efficiency of using the ‘VATAGANIMAL’ feed additive in broiler chicken rearing.”
Publications in Scopus, Web of Science:
• Mykhalko, O., Kyselov, O., Opara, V., Lykhach, V., Levchenko, I., Cherniavska, T., Verbelchuk, S., Trokhymenko, V., Kovalchuk, T., & Bilokopytov, V. (2025). The influence of breed on the fatty acid composition of goat milk and the relationship between breed and seasonal temperature with milk yield. Veterinarija ir Zootechnika, 82(2), 57-69. Link
• Dolbanosova, R. V., Loboda, V. B., Chernyavska, T. O., Opara, V. O., Chernenko, O. M., & Chivanov, V. D. (2021). A New Method for Determining the Quality of Bionanocomposite Layers of Chicken Eggshells. Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE 11th International Conference “Nanomaterials: Applications and Properties”, NAP 2021. DOI
• Bordunova, O. G., Dolbanosova, R. V., Loboda, V. B., Samokhina, Y. A., Kovalenko, L. M., Opara, V. O., & Chernyavska, T. O. (2023). A Simple Electrochemical and Ultrasound Technique for Obtaining Biocidal Antiviral, Antibacterial and Antifungal Nanoparticles of Calcium Carbonate From the Eggshell Waste. Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 13th International Conference “Nanomaterials: Applications and Properties”, NAP 2023, IMT061–IMT065. DOI
• Mykhalko, O., Opara, V., Levchenko, I., Prihodko, M., Rubtsov, I., & Cherniavska, T. (2023). Influence of breed and season on the fatty acid composition of goat milk. Scientific Papers Series Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 23(4), 549-558. Link
• Povod, M., Mykhalko, O., Kyselov, O., Opara, V., Andreychuk, V., & Samokhina, Y. (2021). Effects of various pre-slaughter weights on the physico-chemical qualities of pig meat. Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 8(3), 521-533. DOI
Professional Development
- November 6–17, 2017 — Internship at the Educational and Research Institute of Postgraduate Education, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine.
- Professional development — V.O. Opara (certificate).
- Certificate — V.O. Opara (view).
- Webinar certificate — V.O. Opara (view).
