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August 13/2019
Customs enhances the combat against African swine fever – Customs trains a food detector dog for Helsinki Airport
Customs enhances the combat against African swine fever by training a new customs dog to detect foodstuffs of animal origin at Helsinki Airport. The new food detector dog will be placed at Helsinki…
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August 8/2019
Defence of doctoral dissertation, 16 August 2019: Human noroviruses: detection in food and new transmission routes
The doctoral dissertation compared different virus extraction methods and developed an easy and rapid extraction method for detecting human noroviruses in food. In addition, the research investigated…
Defence of doctoral dissertation, 16 August 2019: Human noroviruses: detection in food and new transmission routes -
July 8/2019
The KRYPTO project is determining the reasons behind the increase in cases of cryptosporidiosis
The protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium causes intestinal infection, cryptosporidiosis, in humans and animals. Previously, the C. parvum diarrhoea in calves has been rare in Finland, but during the…
The KRYPTO project is determining the reasons behind the increase in cases of cryptosporidiosis -
July 2/2019
Reliable identification of crayfish plague is vital for Finland’s crayfish populations
The Finnish Food Authority has discovered a previously unknown species of water mould in noble crayfish in a small Finnish lake, similar to that which causes crayfish plague. This water mould…
Reliable identification of crayfish plague is vital for Finland’s crayfish populations -
June 24/2019
New method for inspecting the origins of strawberries
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and the Finnish Food Authority (formerly the Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira) have developed an analytical method for ensuring that strawberries sold as…
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June 19/2019
Dogs imported into Finland may bring along new infectious diseases
The number of dogs imported into Finland has increased in the recent years. The import of dogs from countries with a different disease situation than Finland can contribute to the spread of diseases…
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May 27/2019
Prevent the spreading of the Gyrodactylus salaris salmon parasite in the North Lapland water system
The rivers Teno and Näätämö emptying into the Arctic Ocean are among Finland’s most important salmon rivers, and their significance for salmon production is prominent even at an international level.…
Prevent the spreading of the Gyrodactylus salaris salmon parasite in the North Lapland water system -
May 15/2019
Salmonella occurring at low levels in the Finnish food chain
Finnish poultry causes only a very small percentage of all salmonella infections in Finland whereas Finnish beef may cause the highest percentage of salmonella infections. Imported meat, on the other…
Salmonella occurring at low levels in the Finnish food chain -
May 3/2019
Insufficient immunisation of dogs imported from Russia and Romania
A research on canine rabies antibodies supports the idea that the immunisation of dogs imported from Russia and Romania is insufficient. This was indicated in a research by the Finnish Food Authority…
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May 2/2019
Solutions sought to combat problematic water mould
Water moulds are widespread fungus-like freshwater microbes, and particularly the Saprolegnia sp. cause serious problems in the salmonids farming worldwide. In addition, mass mortalities of wild…
Solutions sought to combat problematic water mould