Testing center

On the basis of “West Kazakhstan agrarian and technical university named after Zhangir Khan” there is an accredited Testing center, which includes 3 laboratories:

• Laboratory of chemical analysis;
• Laboratory of zootechnical analysis of food;
• Laboratory of biotechnology and infectious diseases.

The testing center GOST ISO / IEC 17025-2009 “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories” is accredited in the accreditation system of the Republic of Kazakhstan for compliance with the requirements (no. KZ.T.09.E0858 dated March 23, 2022). Currently, the process of expanding the scope of accreditation is underway.

The chemical analysis laboratory provides services in the following areas:

• Agrochemical analysis of soil and land;
• Chemical analysis of water (surface, underground, etc.);
• Analysis of atmospheric air and emissions of industrial enterprises atmosphere;
• Analysis of meat, meat products, fish, milk and dairy products, grain.

The laboratory of  zootechnical analysis of feed for agricultural animals (determination of raw fiber, moisture, feed unit, etc.)

Laboratory of biotechnology and infectious diseases provides the following services:

• DNA certification of farm animals;
• Establishing the origin of the animal in court proceedings;
• Diagnosis of COVID-19 in humans and animals;
• Morphological analysis of the blood of farm animals.

The laboratory of  biotechnology and infectious diseases has access to the Information Analytical Database for entering data on genotyping of breeding cattle, and is an institutional member of the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) ID number is 5144509 for determining the genotypes of cattle by the STR method for at least 12 microsatellite loci. The laboratory has a permit to work with microorganisms and helminths of group II-IV pathogenicity (no. KZ25VMY00001957 dated 18.08.2020).

The testing center provides services to leading livestock, industrial and medical enterprises in the Western and other regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan.