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According to the project calendar plan for IRN AP26103421, “Discovery of Lead-Based Antiparasitic Compounds from Medicinal Plants of Kazakhstan and the Development of New Veterinary Pharmaceuticals” (2025–2027), Professor G.D. Ilgekbayeva, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, and Associate Professor B.K. Otarbayev, Candidate of Veterinary Sciences, from the Department of Biological Safety of the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, visited the Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Lanzhou, PRC) to carry out the task entitled “Preliminary evaluation of each component for acaricidal and antiparasitic biological activity.”

During the visit, a service agreement was concluded with the Director of the Institute, Professor Zhang Jiju, PhD.

The Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences was established in 1996 through the merger of the original College of Chinese Veterinary Medicine (founded in 1958) and the Lanzhou Institute of Animal Husbandry (founded in 1979). The Institute serves as a key innovation unit of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, specializing in scientific and technological innovation in the fields of animal husbandry and veterinary medicine.

Extracts obtained using various solvents to isolate water-soluble and fat-soluble components from seven medicinal plants collected in the Republic of Kazakhstan were subsequently delivered to the Veterinary Pharmacology Laboratory of the Ethnoveterinary Drug Innovation Research Group, headed by Professor Zhang Xiaofei.

Preliminary assessments of the extracts’ acaricidal and antiparasitic biological activities were conducted at the aforementioned laboratory.