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Browsing by Subject "Veterinary science activities SDG-15"
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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 ...
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Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
(2016-06-03)
Organised by the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) to take place from 18 to 24 June, the collaborative action planning workshop will host representatives of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Wildlife Trade ...
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Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
(2020-05-14)
An important week-long international visit in February to the Faculty’s In Vitro Fertility Laboratory
(IVF) has paved the way for more extensive collaboration with San Diego Zoo Global as part of the
International Rhino ...
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De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
(2015-10-02)
Imagine an island far removed from any human encroachment that teems with animal life. Such a place exists: it is called Marion Island and forms part of the Prince Edward islands archipelago, situated between South Africa ...
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University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mathibela, Xolani
(2022-02-24)
A groundbreaking study undertaken by researchers from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science has revealed that the heart operates with declining energy efficiency as body size increases among ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
(2015-10-08)
Pangolins have existed for more than 40 million years. Covered from head to toe in scales, they are certainly not your typical furry and fluffy mammal. On closer inspection of their precious little faces, one can begin to ...
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De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
(2015-10-02)
At first sight, the Central African rainforest is a picturesque paradise, filled with luscious vegetation, amazing animals, and birds of all kinds. Openings in the closed canopy forest (known as ‘bais’ in the local Ba’aka ...
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De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Meyer, Martha
(2017-09-20)
Giraffes, like so many species in Africa, are under threat. While scientifically inaccurate cultural beliefs exist which claim that lion bone, rhino horn and pangolin scales have health benefits for humans, certain cultures ...
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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.
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Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe
(2022-06-23)
Recently, a long-crested eagle was found collapsed on the ground and brought to the Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital situated in the Faculty’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH). This private clinic provides ...
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De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
(2015-04-23)
The sight of more than 200 vultures circling hundreds of metres up in the sky is a picture not many get to experience anymore. But not very long ago vultures flew freely in abundance.
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De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
(2015-10-08)
Wildlife endocrinology is a very important research area as it provides valuable information about the regulating systems of reproductive functions and responses to stressors in animals. An understanding of these systems ...
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Van Blerk, Chris; Leiberich, Marion; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe
(2022-03-10)
Dr Marion Leiberich, veterinarian and postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Research of the Faculty works in the field of wildlife research & conservation and she also loves running. What then is ...
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Van Blerk, Chris; Koeppel, Katja Natalie; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
(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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Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Masombuka, Jimmy
(2022-07-20)
University of Pretoria (UP) academics are playing a lead role in driving the reintroduction of wild cheetahs into India as part of efforts to ensure the survival of the species. With the global cheetah population in decline, ...
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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 ...
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De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
(2015-05-20)
Prof Anita Michel of the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases in the Faculty of Veterinary Science strongly doubts that there is a single buffalo herd in the nearly two million hectares of the Kruger National Park ...