Once abundant, indigenous noble crayfish stocks in Europe have suffered from a long-term population decline due to the spread of North-American crayfish species. They are latent carriers of the crayfish plague agent ...

Milk coagulation properties (milk coagulation time and curd firmness) are of great importance for the cheese industry because of their influence on cheese outcome and quality. This thesis focuses on possibilities for the ...

Chemical immobilisation of wild animals is one of the most challenging fields of veterinary anaesthesia. The procedure must be safe for both animals and humans. Too light plane of anaesthesia can result in sudden unexpected ...

Antimicrobial resistance has been a global emerging threat in both human and veterinary medicine during last two decades. Antimicrobial resistance as a global problem needs to be handled on national, regional and ...

The roles of BMP and Pax in the embryonic development have been extensively studied in recent years and the formation of the neural tube is usually described as a self-evident process, but formation of nervous system in ...

Crystallisation is the main process in lactose production technology. It consists of several steps including formation of primary clusters of molecules, nucleation, growth of nuclei, and further formation of crystals. The ...

Eestis on viimase kümnendi jooksul toimunud lehmade aretuses, söötmises ja pidamises suured muutused, mille tulemusel on nii piimatoodang kui ka holsteini tõu osatähtsus pidevalt kasvanud; holsteini tõugu lehmade 305 päeva ...

Previous results have suggested that epidermal club cells have a generic role in response to injury and that they display intense phagocytic activity, having an anti-parasitic function in the host. The presently reported ...

Termofiilsed kampülobakterid on sagedased akuutse gastroenteriidi tekitajad inimestel. Kampülobakterenteriiti haigestumise peamisteks põhjusteks on ebapiisavalt kuumtöödeldud või kuumtöötluse järgselt kampülobakteritega ...