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Husband of Amiran Ressang – Groenewegen. Veterinarian, professor and researcher. Son of Daeng Pa Wellan Ressang and Siti Hadjar. His father was an inspector of education. He was married in June 1954 to W.E. Groenewegen. Four sons were born from this marriage

EDUCATION: Secondary school in Makassar (diploma 1941), veterinary medicine in Bogor (diploma 1946), veterinary medicine in Utrecht from 1947-1951; PhD in 1954 with a dissertation entitled Sterility in the mare; a clinical, bacteriological and histopathological examination. He later studied medicine in Amsterdam from 1964-1971, homeopathic physician and acupuncturist (after training in England in 1975).

He also was fluent in seven languages, including Italian.

CAREER: Assistant at the Institute for Veterinary Pathology in Utrecht from 1951-1956; Professor of Pathological Anatomy and Milk Hygiene in Bogor (Indonesia) from 1956-1963, Visiting Professor of Pathological Anatomy in Hanover in 1963, Chief Scientific Officer at the C.D.I. from 1964-1982, initially in Amsterdam and later in Rotterdam; alternative medical practice in Aerdenhout from 1978-1982; director of the BPPH Research Station in Den Passar on Bali 1983-1986.

MERITS: The start of immunofluorescence techniques in the algae community and more specifically with regard to leucosis in cattle and virus plague in pigs. Histopathological studies of sheep toil.

HONOURS: Membre d'Honneur de l'Université de Managua (Nicaragua); Consultant to the UNICEF for the world food supply; chairman at many international conferences because of his knowledge of foreign languages.

PUBLICATIONS: A complete list of publications is available at ID-DLO in Lelystad. Almost all of them deal with swine fever and bovine leucosis and relate to properties of the viruses, pathogenesis, diagnostics and epidemiology. With regard to bovine leucosis, studies have also been carried out on the susceptibility of various breeds of cattle to this disease. (J.P.W.M. Akkermans)

Source: http://www.veterinaryhistory.nl/pdf/biografieen/Ressang.pdf

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