Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Mastitis (inflammation of the mammary gland) is recognized as the biggest threat to the health and productivity of dairy cows, and causes great economic damage in the production and processing of milk and dairy products. In most cases, only clinical mastitis is treated, while subclinical mastitis goes unnoticed causing great losses. While clinical mastitis is…

Metabolic syndrome refers to a combination of several metabolic risk factors including insulin resistance, central obesity, dyslipidaemia and hypertension. Dysfunction of lipid metabolism is a key component in the development of metabolic syndrome and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome is strongly associated with the severity of obesity. Therefore, dietary intervention could be important strategy for…

Fascioloidosis is an invasive disease caused by the non-native European species of bisexual fluke Fascioloides magna. For now, it is possible to distinguish three types of final wild carriers of this fluke in Europe: typical (red deer and fallow deer), “dead end” (wild boar) and atypical (roe deer, mouflon and chamois). Although the appearance of…

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a fatty acid that is highly concentrated in brain, cerebral cortex, skin, sperm, testicles and retina. The biochemical pathway for DHA synthesis was enigmatic for a long time and current model suggests that after the series of desaturation and elongation processes in endoplasmic reticulum C24:6n3 is synthesized, transported to the peroxisomal…

Proteins play essential roles in every cellular process. Biomarkers have the potential to identify key disease indicators at the individualised level, as well as to detect a disease at the early-stages before the development/advance of a serious illness. The emergence of innovative, post-genomic technology, like proteomics, led to the development of strategies aimed at identifying…

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb (FVM) is well established research institution in Croatia with more than 178 staff members who have excellent education and scientific experience. In order to conduct structural changes in veterinary medicine, scientists at FVM have accepted ERA Chair initiative, aiming at fostering structural changes, synergies between cohesion and research…