The main task of microbiological study of pulmonary patients is to identify the etiology of acute and exacerbation of chronic disease in order to determine therapy and control its effectiveness. Classical methods of microbiological research consist in isolating a pure culture of the causative agent of the disease with its identification by biochemical, antigenic and other characteristics. Such studies are multistage; they impose rather strict requirements on the quality of the source material, the timing and conditions of its transportation, laboratory equipment and the precise execution of the research methodology for at least 3-5 days. Isolation of the culture of a number of pathogens (atypical intracellular microflora, anaerobic bacteria, mycobacterium tuberculosis) requires even more lengthy studies using special media and equipment. This article presents the results of a bacteriological study of pathogenic microflora in diseases of the respiratory system of the population of the Shcherbakty district of Pavlodar region for 2017-2019, including the following sequence: microscopy of native and Gram stained smears; inoculation of biological material on nutrient media for isolation and identification of the pathogen; determination of the sensitivity of the isolated microorganism to antibiotics; immunological (serological) research methods aimed at determining antigens of microbiological origin, as well as antibodies to them in the patient's body. It has been shown that conducting bacteriological studies in accordance with the requirements of regulatory documents allows obtaining reliable and comparable results necessary both for the optimal treatment of patients and for collecting and analyzing data on monitoring the emergence and spread of diseases of the respiratory system caused by pathogenic microflora.

Main problem: At present, service, decorative and hunting dog breeding is intensively developing in Russia and in the Tula region. So, in 2020, 119 high-breed puppies were registered in the Book of Pedigree Breeding, and in 2021 already 164 puppies, mostly decorative and service breeds. Thus, the number of pedigreed dogs susceptible to various infectious diseases is increasing annually. Canine distemper is one of the most widespread viral diseases of dogs all over the world, including in Russia. Analyzing the "Patient Admission Logs" of veterinary clinics in the city of Tula, it was found that 44 % of dogs that fell ill with diseases of infectious etiology were diagnosed with canine distemper. Purpose: The aim of our research was to study the epizootological features of the course of canine distemper among dogs in the Tula region of Russia. To achieve the intended goal, it was necessary to solve the following problem: to analyze the breed and age factors for the incidence of canine distemper. Methods: Analysis of data from private veterinary clinics reporting on the incidence of small domestic animals was used. Results and their significance: As a result of studying the epizootic situation of canine distemper among dogs, the following data were obtained: The disease is observed throughout the year and has the character of undamped fluctuations subject to sharp seasonal changes. The maximum number of diseased dogs in all years of observation is recorded in March - 6.2 cases per 1000 individuals. It has been established that among the infectious diseases of dogs, distemper occupies the first place, and there is an annual increase in the number of dogs with distemper.

The production of vaccine preparations before release requires standardization of their immunobiological parameters, especially safety and immunogenic efficacy. An indicator of the immunogenic effectiveness of the lumpy skin disease vaccine is the resistance of vaccinated cattle against the virulent virus. However, according to preliminary studies, the virulent control virus did not always cause clinical disease with characteristic symptoms when infected subcutaneously. The purpose is to develop a biological model in the form of a complex consisting of a pathogenic virus, a method of infection and a susceptible animal to assess the immunogenicity of a lumpy skin disease vaccine. Local cattle, intact from lumpy dermatitis, were used to reproduce lumpy dermatitis and develop the causative agent of the disease. As the initial infectious virus, we used a 20 % tissue suspension of nodules (skin nodules) obtained from cattle that fell ill with lumpy dermatitis in the field in the Atyrau region in 2016. As a viral mass to control immunogenicity, a 20 % suspension of skin nodules and edematous skin tissue at the site of the pathogen injection, obtained after the “refreshment” of the virus in animals, were used. The disease was reproduced by infection with the test suspension of the virus intradermally, subcutaneously, intravenously at a dose of 0.5 cm3 and titration on the skin of the animal. The effectiveness of the biological model was assessed by morbidity, severity of the course and severity of the manifestation of the disease. During primary intradermal infection with a field isolate of the virus, the disease manifested itself in one of three animals in the form of hyperthermia, depression, lacrimation, and the appearance of several nodular nodules in the skin of animals. The refreshed tissue virus caused clinical disease both in subcutaneous, intradermal and intravenous infection. But the clinical signs of the disease were more pronounced with intradermal inoculation of the virus, and with intravenous inoculation, it manifested itself in a more severe form with a fatal outcome. Inoculation of the virus intradermally into different areas of the skin led to the development of an independent skin lesion in each infected point in the form of painful edema, followed by necrosis, the size and intensity of which depended on the dose of the injected virus. This development of skin pathology made it possible to work out a method for determining the virus titer in vivo. The tissue virus obtained from the edematous tissue at the site of the pathogen injection was guaranteed to cause clinical disease in cattle during intradermal inoculation and made it possible to evaluate the immunogenic efficacy of the produced batches of vaccine against lumpy dermatitis.