Kozmanishvili Apolon

Apolon Kozmanishvili (b. December 31, 1930, Choporti, present-day Dusheti Municipality – d. June 1, 2012, Tbilisi), zootechnician, full member of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1992), Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (1979), professor (1980). In 1954, he graduated from the Georgian Zoo and Veterinary Institute. In 1969, he was appointed director of the Georgian branch of the All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of the Combined Feed Industry. From 1982, he was the head of the Department of Animal Nutrition of the Georgian Zootechnical Educational and Research Institute, in 1989–1991 – the vice-rector of the same institute for scientific research, in 1993–2005 – the head of the Department of Agricultural Animal Nutrition, in 2006–2009 – a full professor of the General Zootechnical Department, in 2011–2012 – the chief scientific officer of the same institute.

He is the author of scientific works, including 3 monographs. He had 7 copyright certificates for inventions.

Kozmanishvili received state awards.

 

Literary work: საქართველოს ძირითადი საკვები საშუალების ქიმიური შემადგენლობა და ყუათიანობა, თბ., 2005.