Deer farming is a new and intensively growing non-traditional livestock industry; therefore, experience in feeding traditional livestock is only partly applicable to captive deer due to physiological and housing differences of the animals. As a result, a number of challenges related to efficient...

The article analyzes the data, obtained while evaluating the genetic quality of stags during the event "Annual Deer Antler Competition", which has been held in the farm "Saulstari" in Sigulda region since 2007. The genetic quality of stags is determined by evaluating antlers that animals have cast...

In order to obtain high-quality game meat, it is very important to observe strict deer farming and process and meat obtaining conditions. Microbiological control of meat is an important factor to provide harmlessness of food. The aim of the study was identification of the microbial contamination...

Alariosis is a parasitological disease caused by parasitic trematode from the family Diplostomatidae and the genus Alaria. During the examination of wild boar (Sus scrofa) meat for presence of Trichinella, frequently Alaria mesocercariae are detected. The aim of the present work was to explore the...

A study was conducted to investigate microbial contamination of game meat - roe deer and farmed red deer. Microbial analysis revealed a high mycological contamination level - a total of 11 genera of microscopic fungi (Acremonium, Apophysomyces, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Fonsecaea, Humicola, Mucor, ...

The area of population of wild red deer in the NE Europe in the 21st century is similar to the one dating back to the last meltdowd period of the ice age almost 8000 years ago. The very name of the animal in the Latvian language - "briedis" has come in use quite recently - in the 2nd half of the...

This study was carried out to analyze the veterinary forensic investigations in the Faculty of Veterinary medicine during the 2010-2012 year period on purpose to summarise investigations depending on the criminal proceeding city, animal species, types of the animal death induced patterns and...

The aim of the study was to determine and compare crude protein and amino acids content in pedal and visceral mass of wild and bred trial groups snails. Trial was carried out in Research farm of Research Institute of Biotechnology and Veterinary Medicine "Sigra" Depending upon the diets fed to them ...

In order to obtain high-quality game meat, it is very important to observe strict deer farming and transporting conditions. Microbiological control of meat is an important factor to provide harmlessness of food. Our investigations revealed that pH levels in game meat significantly differ between...