Elmar Roots

Elmar Roots (19 April 1900 Priipalu, Kuigatsi Parish, Estonia – 12 December 1962 Giessen, Germany) was an Estonian veterinarian.

He participated on Estonian War of Independence. He graduated from the Tartu Teachers' Seminary in 1920. In 1924, he graduated from Tartu University with a degree in veterinary medicine. He taught at Tartu University from 1928-1941, where he was Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine from 1931–37 and vice-rector for administration from 1938-40.

After moving to Germany in 1941, he worked at the Institute of Food Hygiene at the University of Berlin until 1945. He worked at Giessen University from 1947-1962.

His main fields of research were milk hygiene, animal health, mastitis, and microbiology. Provided by Wikipedia