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Faculty of Veterinary Science Web News: Recent submissions

  • UP collaborates to save the survivors 
    Mbambo, Mikateko; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Nkonyane, Buyisiwe (2016-07-15)
    The poaching of rhinos for their horns has resulted in the loss of many animals. It is particularly sad when pregnant rhinos or mothers with calves are poached. When calves under the age of 12 months are orphaned, they are ...
  • Rhino research that matters at UP 
    Research Matters; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Nkonyane, Buyisiwe (2016-07-11)
    At the University of Pretoria's Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) at Onderstepoort, Dr Cindy Harper and her team have developed a ground-breaking technique to collect and catalogue DNA from rhinos and rhino horns.
  • Phytomedicine students receive prestigious research awards 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2016-06-22)
    The quality of students enrolled in the Phytomedicine Programme offered by the Department of Paraclinical Sciences in the Faculty of Veterinary Science was recently highlighted when three PhD students, Drs Olubukola Adenubi ...
  • Faculty collaborates with Tshwane Speaker’s Office to expose learners to Veterinary Science 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2016-06-02)
    The visit was made possible by collaboration between the Faculty and the Office of the Speaker in the City of Tshwane. According to Ms Duduzile Malatsi, Deputy Director in the Office of the Speaker, the various departments ...
  • Experts agree to enhanced international DNA testing of rhinos 
    Van Blerk, Chris; TRAFFIC.org; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Heyl, Ansa (2016-07-05)
    The RhODIS® Rhino DNA Scientific workshop, hosted by the University of Pretoria's Veterinary Genetics Laboratory(VGL), concluded on Friday, 24 June 2016, at the Kruger National Park. RhODIS® is a system for profiling and ...
  • Crocodile Specialist Group event puts South Africa and University's Vet Faculty on the world map 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2016-07-03)
    A ‘huge success for the University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Veterinary Science and judged as one of the best Crocodile Specialist Group (CSG) working meetings held thus far”. This is how the Director of the OP Faculty ...
  • Model enables risk predictions for avian flu 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Nkonyane, Buyisiwe (2016-06-24)
    Avian influenza (AI) is an infectious viral respiratory disease that normally affects birds. However, due to the ability of the virus to mutate and its zoonotic pandemic potential, cases of human and other mammalian ...
  • Community Engagement newsletter, Faculty of Veterinary, Winter, June 2016 
    Makgale, Gaositwe; Gray, Nicolle; Van Zyl, Maryke; Harrylal, Sujatha; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Hoogenboezem, Susan (2016-06)
    So, what if I want to be a vet? / Gaositwe Makgale ; photographs by Susan Hoogenboezem -- Semonkeng outreach grows from strength to strength! / Nicolle Gray -- Less is more : at the Mamelodi Animal Health Clinic (MAHC) / ...
  • Community Engagement newsletter, Faculty of Veterinary, Autumn, May 2016 
    Lehloenya, Khoboso C.; Govender, Trishantha; Borrageiro, Jessica; Klingelhoeffer, Andrea; Grunewald, Andrea; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2016)
    Putting theory into practice: a three-days hands-on at Makapanstad / Khoboso Lehloenya -- A great learning experience at the Mamelodi Animal Health Clinic (MAHC) / Trishantha Govender -- Vet books for Africa: a drive for ...
  • New study by South Africa's Onderstepoort Faculty of Veterinary Science and SAVE on vulture-killing drug, published in Conservation Biology raises serious concerns 
    Van Blerk, Chris; Savings Asia’s Vultures from Extinction; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2016)
    Already in 2006 Prof Vinny Naidoo, now the Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and his team,started research on protecting vultures ...
  • New study on vulture-killing drug raises serious concerns 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Meyer, Martha (2016)
    For over a decade it has been known that some drugs are toxic to vultures and that they are exposed to these drugs by consuming contaminated carcasses. Yet no safety-testing measures are mandated for such drugs before they ...
  • UP veterinary science students make a difference 
    Masombuka, Jimmy; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Meyer, Martha (2016)
    A group of 125 veterinary science students from the University of Pretoria (UP) – led by Mr Masethe Maime (Chief Animal Health Technician) and Mrs Mmatjie Maime (Extension Advisor) from the North West Provincial Department ...
  • Faculty Skills Lab excels internationally 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2016)
    Since its opening in 2015, the Faculty of Veterinary Science's Skills Laboratory has excelled in various ways and has already proved to be a valuable asset to the Faculty.
  • UP veterinarians do their part to save our rhino 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Kilian, Martie (2016)
    As the rhino poaching crisis escalates, this year’s theme for World Wildlife Day, ‘The future of wildlife is in our hands’ is a chilling reminder of the situation in South Africa. The reality is that there are just too ...
  • New DVD on African horse sickness released 
    Poggenpoel, Linda; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2016)
    African horse sickness (AHS) is the most feared disease of horses on the African continent, and claims the lives of more than 200 horses in South Africa each year.
  • Community Engagement newsletter, Faculty of Veterinary, Autumn, March, 2016 
    Atkinson, Daggie; Mare, Wilma; Adams, Fae C.; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
    VPL 300 students experience mass sterilisation project in Khayelitsha / Daggie Atkinson -- Welfare of equines our passion / Wilma Mare -- Diptank sunrises and painted hides -- Fae C. Adams -- Community Engagement Committee ...
  • UP's Prof Moritz van Vuuren on 'Op die veepos' 
    Heyl, Ansa; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2016-02-22)
    Prof Moritz van Vuuren, an Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science, spoke to Hennie Maas of Radio Sonder Grense (RSG)’s ‘Op ...
  • HWSETA joins forces with UP Faculty of Veterinary Science in skills development initiatives 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Kilian, Martie (2016-02-22)
    The marked growth in South Africa’s human and animal populations within an environment characterised by climate change, emerging pathogens and toxic releases has resulted in increased health risks for humans and animals ...
  • Help for pets suffering from noise phobia 
    Du Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Heyl, Ansa (2016-02-22)
    The next few months will be filled with festivities. Fireworks will be used in an array of cultural celebrations and people will be going away for the December holiday. During this time, veterinary practices, the SPCA and ...
  • Water therapy makes dogs more mobile 
    Du Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Nkonyane, Buyisiwe (2016-02-22)
    The Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria (UP) offers a rehabilitation service that helps animals immobilised by injury, disease or post-operative restrictions to regain as much mobility as possible. ...