Wilhelm Brass

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Wilhelm Brass (born April 14, 1926 in Cologne ; † October 8, 2011 in Porto Alegre ( Brazil )) was a German veterinarian and university professor .

Life

Wilhelm Brass fought on the Western Front from 1944 in World War II and was taken prisoner there by the US . After the war, Brass studied veterinary medicine in Hanover. In 1947 he became a member of the Corps Hannoverania Hannover. In 1951 he was with the thesis about the behavior of white blood after food intake in horses doctorate . In 1958 he qualified as a professor and was appointed private lecturer for experimental therapy and small animal diseases at the Clinic for Small Pets in Hanover. From 1959 he taught for five years as a visiting professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre. From 1965 to 1988 he was director of the clinic for small animals of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. In 1977 the passionate hunter took over the honorary management of the Institute for Wildlife Research, which was spun off as an affiliated institute in 1980 . Brass remained in charge until his retirement in 1988. From 1989 to February 2011 he was President of the Scientific Commission of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale , to which he had belonged since 1980. The focus of his work there was the international introduction of tests for hip dysplasia and the standardization of the execution of tests corresponding X-rays and their evaluation. Brass received numerous awards for its services to German and international cynology , including the highest award from the VDH , the VDH badge of honor in gold with a wreath and diamond, which was awarded to him on June 1, 1997. He was closely associated with several Brazilian universities.

Awards

  • several honorary doctorates
  • 1989: Honorary membership in the Association for German Shepherds (SV)
  • 1994: Honorary member of the scientific advisory board of the Association for the German Dog System (VDH)
  • 1997: VDH badge of honor in gold with wreath and diamond (highest award of the VDH)

Fonts

  • About the behavior of the white blood count after feeding in horses , Hanover 1951 (also dissertation at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover 1951)
  • Experimental studies to combat shock . In: Zentralblatt für Veterinärmedizin . Vol. 5, 1958, no. 6, pp. 515–574, Parey, Berlin / Hamburg 1957 (also habilitation thesis at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover 1958)
  • Compendium of Small Animal Diseases , Schaper, Hannover 1975, ISBN 3-7944-0057-7
  • with Horst Schebitz: Operations on Dog and Cat , Parey, Berlin / Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-489-67516-9
  • with Hanns-Jürgen Wintzer (Ed.): Horst Schebitz: General surgery for veterinarians and students: with 20 tables , Parey, Berlin / Hamburg, 2nd edition 1993, ISBN 3-489-57916-X
  • Veterinária: Uma Parceria Universitária eo Seu Efeito Multiplicador , translation from German by Peter Naumann. In: Manoel André da Rocha / René Ernaini Gertz / Valério Rohden (eds.): Retratos de cooperação científica e cultural: 40 anos do Instituto Cultural Brasileiro-Alemão , EDIPUCRS, 1999, pp. 117–122, German summary on p. 324 , ISBN 85-7430-033-0

literature

  • Wilhelm Schulze: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Brass 70 years , in: Tierärztliche Praxis, Volume 24, Schattauer, 1996, p. 61 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituaries , in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, October 15, 2011, p. 21
  2. ↑ a b c Ingo Nolte, Michael Fehr, Irma Schütt-Mast: For the 80th birthday. In: TiHo-Anzeiger 2/2006 (PDF file; 3.4 MB) pp. 12–13
  3. ^ Directory of Weinheimer Corps Students 1990, p. 58
  4. ↑ a b c Peter Friedrich, Bernhard Meyer: We mourn Professor Dr. Dr. hc mult. Wilhelm Brass . (Obituary of the VDH)
  5. ^ History of the Institute for Wildlife Research of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, accessed on October 15, 2011
  6. ↑ a b Zeev Trainin: Obituary, Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Wilhelm Brass (obituary of the Scientific Commission of the FCI).
  7. ↑ Life data of Prof. Dr. W. Brass on the website of the FU Berlin. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 24, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / bib.vetmed.fu-berlin.de  
personal data
SURNAME Brass, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German veterinarian and university teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 2011
Place of death Porto Alegre , Brazil