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  • Join us in celebrating the achievements of our latest PhD graduates 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2021-09-24)
    Research and postgraduate education are central to the strategic plan of the University of Pretoria and its long-term vision of becoming a leading research-intensive university. The enhancement of innovative and relevant ...
  • DVTD’s Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis diagnostic services go live 
    Michel, Anita Luise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2021-08-16)
    Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis are two of the most important diseases of livestock and wildlife but testing facilities able to provide much needed diagnostic services are scarce. The reason is that only veterinary ...
  • UP Faculty of Veterinary Science’s new test for deafness in dogs 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2021-08-11)
    The University of Pretoria’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) in the Faculty of Veterinary Science has invested in the latest device to test deafness in dogs and is currently testing 20–30 dogs per month, ...
  • UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital gets its first MRI scanner 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2021-07)
    The Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science has acquired its first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. This means that the hospital now no ...
  • Faculty's veterinary experts cast a tiger's eye over Fushan 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2021-07)
    To receive a tiger as patient in the Faculty's Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) these days may not be that unusual anymore, but every time that happens one cannot escape the lasting impression such a ...
  • #UPMandelaMonth: UP Veterinary Science students serve rural community at animal clinic 
    Maseka, Mecayla; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2021-07)
    With the annual July commemoration of the life of former president Nelson Mandela having kicked off, a group of University of Pretoria (UP) Veterinary Science students is using their new skills to help farmers in rural ...
  • Using science to improve the safety of lion anaesthesia (immobilization) 
    Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Donaldson, Ashleigh Claire; Fuller, Andrea; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2021-06-07)
    Recently, a team from the Faculty, in collaboration with the Brain Function Research Group (BFRG) at Wits University and the SANParks Veterinary Wildlife Services team, conducted research in the Kruger National Park to ...
  • University of Pretoria veterinary specialist performs what is believed to be SA’s first neuroprosthesis on a horse 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni , Hlengiwe (2021-05-28)
    A University of Pretoria veterinary specialist has performed what is believed to be the first dynamic neuroprosthesis on a horse in South Africa. The patient, a two-year-old racing filly, suffered from respiratory noise ...
  • Faculty members perform health checks at Jane Goodall Institute SA's Chimp Eden 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2021-05-05)
    Situated within the beautiful 1,000 hectare Umhloti Nature Reserve, 15 kilometres outside Nelspruit, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) South Africa Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Chimp Eden, is home to chimpanzees that have been ...
  • New research aimed at improving practical skills of our BVSc graduates 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2021-04-27)
    The findings of a new research article published in the April edition of the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education form part of the Faculty's drive to improve practical skills training of our BVSc graduates in those ...
  • Veterinary pathology and post-mortems are keys to problem-solving 
    Lewis, Michelle; Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2021-04-03)
    To many people the thought of doing a post-mortem (also known as a necropsy) on a dead animal or carcass brings up negative thoughts such as blood, guts, grossness, bad smells and even nausea. So, it begs the question: Why ...
  • UP vets’ partial knee replacement surgery on Theophylline the cat another first for South Africa 
    Kitshoff, Adriaan Mynhardt; Bester, Elge; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni , Hlengiwe (2021-03-04)
    Specialist veterinary surgeons at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science conducted South Africa’s first partial knee replacement on a cat. They ...
  • UP vets save lives of two dogs using ground-breaking technique in first for Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital 
    Kitshoff, Adriaan Mynhardt; Elliott, Ross Christopher; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni , Hlengiwe (2021-02-15)
    Two University of Pretoria (UP) veterinary surgeons have performed life-saving heart surgery on two dogs by using a ground-breaking technique. This is a first in the 100-year history of the Faculty of Veterinary Science in ...
  • Extraordinary lecturer in the DVTD receives prestigious 2021 AAVMC Excellence in Research Award 
    Van Blerk, Chris; Kansas State University; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2021-02-22)
    The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) has announced the recipients of its annual awards that recognize professional excellence, achievement and service in academic veterinary medicine. Among these ...
  • New study : Welfare and survival of Africa’s arid mammals under threat of climate change 
    Snelling, Ned; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mthembu, Zama (2021-02-24)
    Dr Ned Snelling, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy and Physiology and Prof Leith Meyer, Director of the Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies, both from the Faculty of Veterinary Science have just published a ...
  • Expert opinion : Veterinary ivermectin : should I use it to protect me from COVID-19? 
    Naidoo, Vinny; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2021-01-31)
    Since the release of the first articles on the potential effectiveness of ivermectin, there have been several questions on the use of the cattle drug in people, since it is available over the counter as a veterinary drug. ...
  • Expert opinion : Fighting COVID-19 : a veterinary perspective 
    Moerane, Rebone; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni , Hlengiwe (2021-01-18)
    As a veterinary professional with experience in disease control, I have been following the various measures implemented by the South African government as we attempt to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. It is ...
  • UP researchers embark on vaccine trial for bovine TB 
    Michel, Anita Luise; Hewlett, Jennie; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2020-11-26)
    Professor Anita Michel and Dr Jennie Hewlett, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, have announced the start of vaccine trials for tuberculosis (TB) in African buffalo. Bovine ...
  • UP veterinarian features in children’s book about local pioneers 
    Menong, Tebogo; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2020-11-20)
    Professor Gerhard Steenkamp, Head of the Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic at UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital, is featured in an Afrikaans children’s book that consists of 102 stories about South ...
  • ‘I never wanted to be a princess – becoming a veterinarian was my dream,’ says UP lecturer and wildlife specialist Dr Katja Koeppel 
    Gower, Primarashni; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2020-08-21)
    If a wild animal is in distress anywhere in the country, veterinarian Dr Katja Koeppel, a senior lecturer in Wildlife at the University of Pretoria (UP), is likely to be called upon to help. As the go-to person who rescues ...