Abstract:
Sir Arnold Theiler KCMG (March 26, 1867 – July 24, 1936) is considered to be the father of veterinary science in South Africa. He was born in Frick, Switzerland.He emigrated to the South African Republic (ZAR) in 1891. Theiler was the first Director of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute, Pretoria. Under his leadership research was done on African horse sickness, sleeping sickness, malaria, East Coast fever (Theileria parva) and tick-borne diseases such as redwater, heartwater and biliary. The University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science was established there in 1920 which enabled veterinarians to train locally for the first time. Theiler became the first dean of this faculty. (Source: Wikipedia)
