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Research on animal diseases and food
Our research activities comprise animal disease diagnostics, methodology in the analysis of foodstuffs and animal feed, as well as scientific studies related to these.
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No direct link between VHS disease found in rainbow trout farms and VHS virus carried by lamprey
08.03.2010 - 09:40 - Viral hemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) of rainbow trout is a highly infectious viral disease, which causes high mortality rates in fish and thus results in financial losses in fish farms. Genotype Id of the VHS virus was for the first time found in Finland in 2000 in food fish farms in the Åland Islands and Pyhtää. It has since been detected on an annual basis; primarily in the Åland Islands.
Public defence of a doctoral thesis on Setaria tundra, an emerging parasite of reindeer
09.02.2010 - 13:44 - LVM Sauli Laaksonen, an employee of Evira's Fish and Wildlife Health Research Unit,(University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Biosciences), will defend his doctoral thesis on Fri 12.2.2010.
Public defence of a doctoral thesis on diagnostics and epidemiology of bacterium Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
25.01.2010 - 14:33 - LVM Taina Niskanen, an employee of Evira's Hygiene Unit,(Helsinki University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene), will defend her doctoral thesis on Fri 29.1.2010.
No harmful trans fats found in margarines and fat spreads
10.12.2009 - 10:13 - Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira has examined the composition of the margarines and fat spreads on the market. The levels of trans fats in the samples were a special focus of attention. The levels of trans fats in food is being discussed in the EU and some countries have already set limits for them, as trans fats have been found to be harmful to health. In this study, the situation with spreadable margarines and fat spreads on the Finnish market was surveyed.
Research seminar 8.12.2009: Importance of wild fish, blue mussels and farmed whitefish in the epidemiology of the VHS virus
07.12.2009 - 09:29 - Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, (hereafter VHS) is a fish disease caused by a virus that is a rhabdovirus. The VHS virus is found as four distinct genotypes (VHS GI-GIV). In Europe the VHS GI type is the most important as the fish species most sensitive to it is the rainbow trout, which is farmed extensively in Europe.