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Collection of material capturing the beginning and development of the Faculty of Veterinary Science.
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(University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2024-10)This issue of the newsletter gives coverage on the community engagement projects the faculty recently engaged in. On 16 September 2024 the faculty hosted a special community engagement seminar to showcase the various ...
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(University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2024-10)The Spring issue covers some of the various community engagement projects of the Faculty of Veterinary Science. A special Community Engagement Seminar was hosted by the faculty on 16 September 2024, showcasing community ...
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(University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2024-09)This issue provide insight into HR appointments, as many requests were received from staff. Prof Nene Qekwana is acting as interim director of the African Centre for Biosecurity and Risk Assessment and will be looking into ...
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(University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2024-08)This issue covers the Spring Graduation Day, the Programme Qualification Mix (PQM) with assistance from the team from Institutional Planning, the re-accreditation of the DVTD and milk laboratories by SANAS, Health and ...
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(University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2024-07)This July issue mentions the second Veterinary Faculty in South Africa and touches on the fifteen new Beagle puppies received with the assistance of ClinVet and a general invitation to Faculty members to suggest names for ...
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(University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2024-06)This issue covers the rehoming of the OTAU horses, the BVSc accreditation report, the VRE module research projects, future planning for the Hans Hoheisen Research Centre, Faculty funding and evaluation, a new Minister for ...
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(University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2024-05)This newsletter, "Scribbling for Success", is the first issue of a series, as written by the Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, in an attempt to share managerial information and decisions regarding operational, ...
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(Pretoria : University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2023-09)Session 1: Postgraduate research [10 min + 3 min questions] Session chair: Dr Rungano Magadu Risk factors for the 2011 and 2017 high pathogenicity avian influenza outbreaks on ostrich farms in the Western Cape – MC ...
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(Pretoria : University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2023-09)Session 1: Postgraduate research [10 min + 3 min questions] Session chair: Dr Rungano Magadu Risk factors for the 2011 and 2017 high pathogenicity avian influenza outbreaks on ostrich farms in the Western Cape – MC ...
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(2023-07-01)News articles with colour photos about the various community engagement projects of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.
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Alumnus and award-winning writer donates copies of her 2016 debut Afrikaans novel to Faculty library (2023-05-19)Dr Ilse van Staden, who qualified as veterinarian at the Faculty of Veterinary Science in 1995, is not only an alumnus of the Faculty, but an acclaimed, award-winning poet, writer and artist who recently donated two copies ...
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(2023-06-10)What do you do when a vulture with a crushed beak needs a new beak and two attempts to fit an acrylic beak fail? You improvise and use the beak of a deceased vulture, successfully enabling the injured bird to feed again.
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(2023-06-08)Veld fires are common in South Africa and according to local studies will increase in frequency over the next three decades. Farmers are emotionally and financially affected by fires, sustaining losses including feed, ...
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(2023-05-30)A veterinary specialist from the University of Pretoria (UP) and the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital has performed South Africa’s first transvenous electrical cardioversion (TVEC) on a horse. It is believed this ...
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(2023-05-22)A recent collaborative effort between the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) of Somaliland in East Africa has most likely saved the life of Janet, a cheetah in a ...
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(2023-03-07)“PAWS”, which stands for Professional Attributes Workshop, is a 2-day in-contact workshop which sees the students take part in various small group, team-building exercises. One of the main objectives of PAWS is to help ...
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(2023-05-04)Recently a juvenile Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) was found collapsed in the Mabula Private Game Reserve by a ranger. Members of the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project NPO collected it and rushed it through to the ...
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(2023-04-25)“There is always a way to pursue your dreams, and anything is achievable with hard work and self-belief – exploit your strengths and try to find a healthy study-life balance.” This is the advice that University of Pretoria ...
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(2023-05-02)Siblings Sybrand and Marlie Harris are part of a one-of-a-kind unit: they are two of a family of five veterinarians who have all graduated from the University of Pretoria (UP) – and they were thrilled to be sharing a stage ...