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(South African Veterinary Association, 2023-11)Mark Christopher Williams is remembered by family and friends as a passionate butterfly fundi spending a great part of his life in the field, netting butterflies. This veterinary pathologist had a lust for life admired by ...
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(South African Veterinary Association, 2023-10)Professor Mark Williams studied at Onderstepoort, starting in 1970 to follow his passion to become a veterinarian. He was an enthusiastic butterfly expert and became a well-known researcher in the field with many publications ...
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(South African Veterinary Association, 2023-11)A Class of '68 Reunion was held in Dinokeng Game Reserve, Chameleon Bush Lodge, from 1 - 3 October 2023. the reunion was timed to coincide with the visit to South Africa by classmate Peter Shires from the USA. Reminiscing ...
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(Prames, 2023)The history and background of Merino farming in South Africa, and the development of the breed are addressed. Merino farming started off as a need for meat as a staple food, which then progressed into a large-scale adoption ...
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(2023-09)Biography of the veterinary researcher Gert Johannes Venter. The biography includes information about his/her education and career, scientific contributions and writings, homages and distinctions.
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(2023-06)Helen Downney, born 29th May 1946 in Oxford, UK, qualified as veterinarian at Onderstepoort in 1967. During the period, May 1973 – May 1977 she worked on the rehabilitation of our son, Aidan, who has a rare genetic syndrome. ...
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(2023-09)Michael John Versfeld was born in Barberton in 1942. He qualified from Onderstepoort in 1966, where he initially was a State Veterinarian in Pretoria and also a Junior Lecturer in Gynaecology at the Faculty. He was appointed ...
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(2023-09)Sieg, as known by all his friends and colleagues, was born on 28 February 1950 in Lichtenburg. He obtained his BVSc at Onderstepoort in 1973 and also a BVSC (Hons) in Veterinary Public Health from UP in 1992. major achievement ...
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(2023-07-01)Jakobus Johannes (Japie) Jackson was born on 20 August 1931 on the farm Riverton in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He completed the first-year examinations in November 1949 and he qualified for BVSc in the middle of ...
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(2023-09)Brian Baker was born on 11 November 1936 in Johannesburg. Brian and Janet Baker moved to ‘Summerveld’ in Natal in about 1965, where in addition to farming and his racing practice, he became increasingly involved in all ...
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(2023-08)Malie was born on 27 February 1933 in Potchefstroom, the granddaughter of the German missionary, Daniel Heese. At the end of 1954, Malie qualifies as a veterinarian and received the coveted Theiler medal for the best student ...
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(Article originally published in VetNews / VetNuus, August 2023, the monthly magazine of the South African Veterinary Association, 2023-08)Stan (Edgar Stanley Miller) was born in Windhoek on 8 June 1945. He graduated BVSc at Onderstepoort in 1970 and later BVSc (Hons) in 1981. He was a lecturer in Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the UP Faculty of ...
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(2023-05)David Mendel Burstein was born on 6 February 1943 in Johannesburg. He attended Houghton Primary School and King Edward (K.E.S) High School for Boys in Johannesburg. Initially, Dave began studying for a degree in Chemical ...
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(2023-04)Curriculum vitae of the veterinarian , Ian Vivian Schlesinger. The curriculum vitae includes information about his education and career, activities and interests
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(2023-04)Robert C. Clark was born in Johannesburg on 07/02/1944. He qualified as veterinarian in 1967 and worked for the Johannesburg City Council for two years as relief veterinarian. He worked in the United States of America and ...
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(2023-03)For the first time since the World Veterinary Association Congress was held in Cape Town in 2011, the Veterinary History Society (previously a SAVA Committee) arranged a whole-day session on Veterinary History at the ...
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(2023-03)Peter Henry Bunton was born on 2 March 1922, possibly in Port Elizabeth, where his parents Henry Arthur Bunton and his mother, Grace Isabel Gilfillan were living at that time and managing the family's Bunton's Grand Hotel. ...
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(2023-02)One of the most beloved veterinarians in Hermanus, Dr Sandy Waddingham died on 16 December 2023 after a long and brave battle with cancer. Sandy was born in 1958, the youngest of 5 children. After qualifying as veterinarian ...
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(2023-03)This is a tribute to the late Dr Alan Fair, who sadly passed away on 26 February 2022 at the young age (as he liked to say) of 87. Alan started out as a State Vet in Rustenburg, then spent a brief time in Pietermaritzburg, ...
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(2023-02)Maurice Azzie was born in East London, South Africa, on the 29th of October 1935, the son of Tim and Mary Azzie. Having completed two years of a Bachelor of Science (in Biology) at the University of Witwatersrand in ...