This issue contains abstracts of the 34th Symposium of Veterinary Medicine held in Israel during 10 February 2010. Topics include the risk factors, diagnosis and treatment of infectious and non-infectious diseases in cats and dogs; disease prevention and control; zoonoses and food safety.

The objective of this study was to examine the keeping quality of a new clone of loquat cv. Akko 1, which is known to possess a low storage potential. The new clone Avri bears larger fruit of superior appearance in comparison with Akko 1. A factorial trial comparing the two cultivars at two storage ...

The possibility of combining four strategies known to be effective in delaying the onset of internal breakdown (wooliness) of peaches and nectarines (cultivars Flamekist and Fairlane) in order to obtain a maximum storage life of 6-8 weeks, under commercial conditions was examined. Nectarine plots...

Canino is the apricot cultivar that is predominantly grown in Israel. Factors limiting the storage of apricots are the development of mesocarp disorders such as gel breakdown and internal browning. Gel breakdown can develop in the orchard, but it is aggravated by cold storage. In gel breakdown, the ...

The dual temperature storage regime developed for Sungold plums enables the export of these plums from Israel to Europe, at the desired stage of colour and firmness. However, the fruit generally needs to be sold within a month of harvest, since it has fruit softening as a limiting factor. A study...

This paper focuses on the sampling systems used to predict the quality of apples in a packinghouse. This work compares the fruit quality determined during final sorting prior to marketing and the fruit quality determined at the receiving station prior to storage. Quality gap was observed between...

The shelf life duration of the astringent 'Triumph' persimmon is inversely proportional to the length of the storage period, even if the fruit is stored in controlled atmospheres (CA), the limiting factor being fruit softening. Persimmon softening is considered to be predominantly controlled by...

The limiting factor for the cold storage of Triumph persimmons is fruit softening. With the aid of the Firmalon instrument, which measures the acoustic response of the fruit and translates it into units of a firmness index (FI), a highly significant correlation was found between FI during removal...