Walter Groth (veterinarian)

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Walter Ludwig Groth (born November 13, 1921 in Saarbrücken ; † September 17, 1989 in Freising-Hohenbachern ) was a German veterinarian.

Life

Walter Groth was born as the son of the Bonn civil servant Engelhardt Groth. After graduating from high school, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and took part in the Second World War as an artilleryman, from October 1920 in the rank of lieutenant in the reserve. He was wounded several times and seriously. As war awards, he received the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class, the assault badge and the wound badge in silver. Released from British captivity in September 1945, he began studying veterinary medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover in the winter semester 1945/46 . In 1946 he became a member of the Corps Normannia Hanover . In July 1950 he received his veterinary license . After an internship at the cattle clinic of the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover, he was promoted to Dr. med. vet. PhD.

After completing his doctorate, Groth worked as an assistant in veterinary practices in Westerstede and Süderbrarup as well as a practical veterinarian in Niederstein in the Fritzlar-Homberg district , before joining the Pathological Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover as a scientific assistant in October 1952. In 1954 he became a veterinary pathologist at the industrial-hygienic-pharmacological institute of BASF in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . In 1955 he moved to the Institute for Anatomy and Physiology of Pets at the University of Bonn as a research assistant , where he qualified as a professor in 1959. He became a private lecturer and later professor for anatomy and physiology of domestic animals at the University of Bonn. He was appointed to the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture at the Technical University of Munich in Weihenstephan , where he was full professor and director of the chair for animal hygiene and animal science until his death.

Groth published on topics related to the anatomy and pathology of domestic animals and on aspects of the health of domestic animals. He was a member of the German Society for Pathology and the German Veterinary Society .

Fonts

  • Investigations into the fine structure of some basal ganglia of the cerebrum in horses , 1951 (dissertation)
  • Histological-physiological investigations on endocrine glands and on the gastrointestinal tract with regard to the mechanism of action of antibiotic feeding in animals , 1959 (post-doctoral thesis)
  • The thyroid . In: Handbook of the special pathological anatomy of domestic animals , Volume III, 1962.
  • To differentiate the effect of a lack of calcium, phosphorus or vitamin D on the bones, blood and internal secretory glands of the chicken . In: Zentralblatt für Veterinärmedizin, Series A , Volume 13, Issue 4, June 1966, pp. 302-319. (in cooperation with H. Frey)
  • The influence of the stable climate on the health and performance of cattle and pigs . In: Zentralblatt für Veterinärmedizin, Series B , Volume 31, 1984, pp. 561-584
  • Investigations into keeping and hygienic conditions in Bavarian horse stocks , 1st part: Stables and housing systems . In: Züchtungskunde , Volume 56, 1984, pp. 199-208. 2. Communication: Hygiene measures and stable climate . In: Züchtungskunde , Volume 56, 1984, pp 209-218. (in cooperation with U. Jussen and M. Zeiler)
  • Influence of loading density when transporting slaughter tickets on stress reactions and meat quality with a space of 0.45 and 0.5 m , 1987
  • Conference report: 10th Weihenstephan conference on "Modern husbandry systems and animal health" on October 1st, 1987 , 1988 (editor)
  • Husbandry-related health disorders in beef fattening . In: Der Tierzüchter , Volume 40, 1988, pp. 437-439.
  • Technopathies in cattle . In: Handlexikon der Tierärztlichen Praxis , Volume I-IV, Supplement 184, 1988, pp. 818-818i.

literature

  • Fritz Riggert, Otto Gervesmann: History of the Corps Normannia Hannover, 1859, March 15, 1959, 1959, p. 206.
  • Theophil Gerber: Personalities from agriculture and forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine - biographical lexicon , Volume 1, 2008, p. 255

Web links

  • Biograms, Groth, Walter at www.vetmed.fu-berlin.de (website of the Free University of Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Die Wachenburg - News from the Weinheim Senior Citizens' Convention , 38th year, 1990, issue 2, supplement: CC reports and large corps inventory , p. 3
  2. ^ Scientific publications of the Technical University of Munich 1989 , pp. 261–262
personal data
SURNAME Groth, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Groth, Walter Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German veterinarian
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1989
Place of death Freising-Hohenbachern