IN MEMORY OF HRYHORII SEMENOVYCH SHARAPA (1933–2022) – A RECOGNIZED UKRAINIAN SCIENTIST IN THE FIELD OF FARM ANIMAL REPRODUCTION

The purpose of the article is to highlight the life path and creative pursuits of Candidate of Biological Sciences, Honored Worker of Agriculture of Ukraine H. S. Sharapa in the field of reproductive biotechnology of the farm animals and improvement of artificial insemination techniques. Research methods are general scientific (analysis, synthesis, classification), special historical (problematic-chronological, comparative-historical, biographical), source studies. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the systematization of the scientific heritage of the scientist and the generalization of creative achievements that have found wide practical application in the field of animal husbandry. It is substantiated that H. S. Sharapa has made a significant contribution to the study of the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the genital organs of cows, sheep and bulls of domestic breeds of cattle, to the improvement of the technique of insemination of females. Scientists have developed effective methods of increasing the reproductive capacity of breeding animals, optimal modes of their sexual load, modes of conservation and use of sperm, technology of artificial insemination of cows and heifers; a number of diagnostic, preventive and treatment measures for gynecological diseases were proposed, which contributed to the increase in the profitability of the production of livestock products in Ukraine. H. S. Sharapa made efforts to organize research work in animal husbandry as the Head of the Laboratory of Breeding Biology of Farm Animals of the Kyiv Research Station of Animal Husbandry "Terezyne" and relevant departments of the Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics named after M.V.Zubets of NAAS. The creative approaches of the scientist in the field of spreading zootechnical education and popularizing the scientific achievements of Ukrainian scientists in the field of reproductive biotechnology are summarized.