ACADEMIC AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN LATVIA – 150

Veterinary Scientists and Research at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 1919–2013

From 1930 to 1943, research in contagious diseases of domestic animals was organized and led by professor Miķelis Rolle. Under his leadership, proposals for guidelines for the control and eradication of infectious diseases of animals and for the sanitary inspection of milk and dairy products were prepared. M. Rolle established the Institute of Hygiene, where students studied infectious diseases, parasitology, health care for livestock, general microbiology, dairy microbiology, hygiene, and technology. M. Rolle defended his doctoral thesis “Biologie des Bacterium pyogenes” in Germany and received the degree of Veterinary Medical Doctor. 

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Even though during the early years of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine there was lack of the most essential facilities for the Departments (not even mentioning space and equipment for research), Latvian veterinary scientists such as Voldemārs Brencēns, Ludvigs Kundziņš, Rūdolfs Grapmanis, Artūrs Vītums, Miķelis Rolle, and others studied and gained knowledge at the most prestigious veterinary schools and institutes in Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Austria, and elsewhere in Europe.

Source: http://llufb.llu.lv/conference/AAS_Latvia150/Proceedings_Academic_Agric_Sc_Latvia150_2013.pdf