Sofiia Yehorchenkova
Senior Lecturer, Department of Livestock Production and Processing Technologies and Cynology
General Information
Date and place of birth: 1995, Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine.
Education
2012–2018 — Studied at Sumy National Agrarian University in the “Cynology” program, diploma with honors.
Professional Experience
Since 2018 — Works at the Cynological Center of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Sumy Region.
Since 01.09.2021 — Assistant, now Senior Lecturer, Department of Livestock Production and Processing Technologies and Cynology.
Main courses taught: “Club Activities and Marketing in Cynology,” “Psychophysiology of Dog Behavior Formation,” “Cynology.”
Research Work
Research area: evaluation of the protective and guarding qualities of service dogs trained under the national program “Vidsich.”
Industry links: Cynological Center of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Sumy Region.
Key publications:
• Bula L. V., Svysenko S. V., Pavlenko Yu. M. Influence of primary selection factors on the working qualities of escort dogs. Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. Series: Animal Husbandry. 2020. Iss. 4 (43). P. 148–154. DOI
• Bula L. V., Svysenko S. V., Pavlenko Yu. M. Evaluation of dogs of different breeds by working qualities at competitions under the national training program “Guard Dog.” Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. Series: Animal Husbandry. 2021. Iss. 4 (47). P. 221–229. DOI
• Bula L. V., Svysenko S. V., Pavlenko Yu. M., Dzhura O. L., Bartienieva L. S. (2021). Influence of breed, sex, and conformation of dogs on their working qualities in canine freestyle. Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. Series: Animal Husbandry. 4 (47). P. 202–208.
• Yehorchenkova S. V., Pavlenko Yu. M. (2023). Historical aspects of transforming the system for evaluating dogs’ working qualities under the national program “Vidsich” (escort dog). Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. Series: Animal Husbandry, (1), 17–24. DOI
• Bula L. V., Pavlenko Yu. M., Stavetska R. V., Tsarenko T. M., Yehorchenkova S. V., Kudriavska V. O. Relationship between housing conditions and disease incidence in service dogs of the National Police of Ukraine. Scientific Bulletin of Veterinary Medicine. 2025. No. 1. P. 44–52. DOI
• Yehorchenkova S. V., Bula L. V. Study of conformation parameters of dogs of the domestic Odis breed. Animal Breeding and Genetics. 2025. Iss. 70. P. 87–96. DOI
