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• The Biology, Ecology and Medicine Faculty of Dnipropetrovsk National University after Oles’ Gonchar

  15-17

  Olexandr Pakhomov

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  175

  The historical rewiev of Biology, Ecology and Medicine Faculty is presented. The Faculty of Biology, Ecology and Medicine has 7 Departments, Aquarium complex, Zoological Museum, Vivarium and Herbarium. It works in cooperation with the Research Institute of Biology, Botanical Garden, O. L. Bel’gard International Biosphere Station, and Biological Station of DNU and forms the regional Centre of Science, Education and Culture in the field of Biology, Ecology and Nature Conservation in Central Ukraine. The Faculty proposes courses in the following specialities: Biology, Zoology, Botany, Microbiology and Virology, Biochemistry, Physiology, Ecology, Environmental Protection and Balanced Nature Management. All of them have the highest IV level of accreditation. Students get a pedagogical education.

• Andrological examination of Hungarian Large White and Landrace boars

  5-10

  Eszter Balogh

  László Kern

  István Anton

  Orsolya Balogh

  György Gábor

  József Rátky

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  377

  The Hungarian Large White and Hungarian Landrace pig breeds have outstanding lifetime performance, production parameters and crossbreeding ability. Nevertheless, during the recent decades, these breeds could not compete with the West European hybrid pigs concerning on production results. In this study, we made a complex andrological evaluation of boars in different Hungarian nucleus breeding stocks. After taking blood and semen samples, performing gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) challenge, ultrasonic and thermographic examinations were done. Laboratory tests were accomplished in reproduction labs of NARIC ABNMS. Our goal was to determine the reproductive performances of boars and collect samples for future genetic examinations, respectively.

• Preservation of Biological Diversity of Domestic Animals in Hungary

  18-29

  Imre Bodó

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  301

  Since the 1992 Rio de Janeiro UNO Congress domestic animals belong also officially to the genetic diversity of the world. Non commercial domestic animal breeds should be maintained for many cultural and technical reasons. Conservation and preservation of living beings is nowadays in the programme of many regional, national and international organizations.
  The preservation of domestic animals is possible in situ (at the original place and conditions) and ex situ (by cryogenic methods).
  There are three era in the history of preservation of domestic animals: the epoch of spontaneous maintenance, the period of sporadic national activities and the era of international programme.
  Some of the questions to be solved by scientific research: the principles of selection of the candidate populations for maintenance, the different degrees of endangeredness, the necessary population size to be subsidized, the problem of inbreeding, the best mating systems etc.
  In Hungary the maintenance of endangered domestic animal breeds is based upon the low.
  The following breeds are on the list of protected breeds:
  − the Hungarian Grey cattle,
  − the Lipizzan, Shagya, Nonius, Gidran, Furioso,Kisbér Halfbred, Murinsulaner and Hucul horses,
  − the Racka, Tsigai and Cikta sheep,
  − the Mangalitsa pig,
  − the Hungarian yellow, white, speckled and the Transsylvanian naked necked hen,
  − the Bronze Turkey,
  − the Frizzle Feathered goose.
  Hopefully in the near future the breeders of traditional domestic animal breeds will find the possible niches for their special products.

• Opportunities of renewable energy use in Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg counties

  143-146

  András Tamás

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  293

  Today it's an important role of the renewable energy resources, improving energy efficiency, thereby contributing to sustainable, ecofriendly use of local energy resources. Globally intensify the requirements and considerations related to environmental conservation. In this light, the main objective of the Hungarian energy concept is to maintain long-term security of supply, the economy and the environment occurring contradictions. So there is a need for systems that, in compliance with EU environmental directives, acceptable cost level will ensure the desired and expected security of supply. In the study, three companies and other technical parameters of these are examined. For each undertaking, different results were observed. For two undertakings, we are talking about realized investments, in one case a prognosis was examined. All three companies contributed to the requirement of renewable energy sources reaching 13% in Hungary by 2020.