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Institute of Zoology and Parasitology

The E. N. Pavlovsky Institute of Zoology and Parasitology was founded in 1941. It
consists of 4 departments
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Taxonomy of Invertebrate Animals
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Ecology of Land Vertebrate Animals
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Ichthyology and Hydrobiology
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Parasitology, Laboratory of Experimental Ecology,
This Department devises biological methods to combat pests
The major fields of investigation include the following:
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Catalogue Tajikistan's fauna;
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Determine the dynamics of the animal population;
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Determine the role of animals in the different biocenosis;
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Assess the natural nidulites of animal diseases;
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Perfect biological methods to regulate the number of pests of agricultural
crops;
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Increase the biological productivity of the republic's reservoirs, lakes and
rivers; and
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Study the evolution of fauna from paleontological and archeological remains
which were collected.
Following are the major scientific results:
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The composition of different species of fish, reptiles, rodentias, birds,
modern and fossil mammalia was studied. The biology of economically
important fish, birds, and mammals and the influence of man on animal life
was also studied. Recommendations were made for protecting and using rare
and endangered species.
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Animal life in many rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, and the food base of fish
was studied and recommendations were made to improve and to expand the
technology of fish-breeding ponds, including the voluble, edible fish
Gorigonus Peledi in the lakes of the Pamir. The following invertebrate
animals were discovered: Mantoidea, Auchenorryncha, Psylloidea,
Aphidoidea, Coccoidea, Lepidoptera, Heteroptera, Anoplura, Siphonaptera,
Mallophaga, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, some Orthoptera and
Diptera, Tetranichoidea, and Mollusca. Dozens of new scientific species and
genuses have been described, and higher taxons have been well established.
Methods combating cotton pests and protecting tomatoes and other crops
from root-rot nematodes were worked out and are now widely used.
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The species composition of Protozoan pathogens and their carriers, Ixodidae
and Argasidae were studied in the field of Parasitology. The parasitical
fauna of fish, rodents, insectivores, and wild pigs and helminthology of

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birds, cattle, and wild mammals have been studied. The role of Coleoptera

as intermediate hosts of animal helminths has also been studied. A method
for preparing IMR unoglobutin against cattle theileriosis has been worked
out. Methods for the control of blood-sucking insects (Tabanidae,
Simuliidae, and Ceratopogonidae) and ticks that are carriers of parasites
were improved.
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A uniquely designed zoological museum has been set up.
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Twelve volumes of fauna, 20 monographic books, 14 collected articles, 20
scientific-popular booklets, two textbooks for secondary school and more
than 500 scientific articles have been published.
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Thirteen doctors of science and 80 candidates of science have been trained at
the Institute.