Vecherkin Sergey Semenovich (1926), Doctor of Veterinary Sciences (1971), Professor (1976).Russian. Born in the village of Podgornoe, Lugovsky District, Jambyl Region, Kaz. SSR. Graduated from the Moscow Veterinary Academy (1951), postgraduate studies at VIEV (1955). Worked as the director of the Kyrgyz Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, senior researcher, head of the laboratory, deputy director of the Kyrgyz Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, director of the Research Institute of Non-Black Soil Zone of the RSFSR, senior researcher, deputy director of the Kyrgyz Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, and since 1999 - chief researcher in the Department of Parasitology at the Kyrgyz Scientific Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine.
Specialist in veterinary parasitology. Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, medals of the USSR, and a certificate of the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR. Honored Worker of the Kyrgyz SSR. Published more than 110 scientific works, including 2 inventions. Under his supervision, 1 doctoral and 7 candidate dissertations were defended.
Main works:
1. Experiments on the immunization of sheep against babesiosis. Proceedings of VIEV, vol. 21, Moscow, 1957.
2. The significance of immunized sheep as potential sources of infection for tick vectors. Proceedings of the Kyrgyz Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, issue 16, section "Veterinary", 1962.
3. Results of the fight against hemospore diseases in cattle in Kyrgyzstan. Proceedings of the Kyrgyz Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, issue 18, Frunze, 1968.
4. Ixodid ticks of agricultural and wild animals in certain areas of the Osh region (co-authored). Materials of Regional Epidemiology, vol. 21, part 1, Frunze, "Kyrgyzstan", 1972.
5. Materials on the study of arboviral infections in the Osh region (co-authored). Materials of Regional Epidemiology and Hygiene. Frunze, 1974.