Dr. Jotello F. Soga

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1889:	Malarial fever in sheep. Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope. Vol. 2 (41):336-337
1891:	Disease ‘Nenta’ in goats. Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope. Vol. 3(15):140-142
-	Notice no. 150. Fever, belziekte, blaauwtong, or epizootic catarrh. Agricultural Journal of theCape of Good Hope. Vol. 3(18):177-178
-	Wire-worm in sheep. Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope. Vol. 3(19):181
1892:	Rinderpest. Agricultural Journal of theCape of Good Hope.Vol. 5(18):287-288
1893:	Castration- advocating the method of torsion. Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope. Vol. 6(15):281-282
-	Peculiar cases in castration. Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope. Vol. 6(15):282
1895:	Inoculation for lung-sickness. Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope. Vol. 7(12):295-296
1896:	Heartwater. Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope. Vol. 9(13):328-329
-	Stamping out rinderpest, Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope. Vol. 9(25):647-648
Pamphlets
1893:	Lung-sickness

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Decolonizing Veterinary History: On the benefits of telling the story of Dr Jotello Soga, the first South African veterinarian
(The Royal Society of Publishing, 2023-10-04) Davis, Diana K
Although nearly erased from history, the first formally trained South African veterinarian was the little-known Dr Jotello Festiri Soga (1865–1906), son of the Xhosa Reverend Tiyo Soga and his Scottish wife. By detailing Soga's remarkable trajectory, this paper helps to decolonize the history of veterinary medicine, long dominated by the ‘great deeds’ of a succession of white men, and only recently beginning to diversify. This sort of knowledge decolonization has been increasingly advocated by numerous scholars and a growing number of students globally. Dr Soga qualified as a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1886, after studying at the Royal (Dick's) Veterinary School in Edinburgh. Appointed Assistant Veterinary Surgeon for Cape Colony in 1889, he made pioneering contributions to veterinary toxicology and vaccination methods over the next decade. Soga was also one of the earliest to warn of the impending disaster of rinderpest, and he played an instrumental role in the containment and eventual eradication of this devastating disease. He provided essential help in communicating with indigenous South Africans about livestock diseases, although his feelings about his countrymen were sometimes conflicted. The processes of decolonization are complex, and frequently difficult, but the benefits are great.
Visit of the great grandchildren of Jotello F Soga to the Veterinary Library, February 12th, 2023
(2023-02-12) Jotello F. Soga Library
On Sunday morning, 12 February 2023, the Jotello F Soga Library at Onderstepoort welcomed special guests, the great granddaughters of Jotello Festiri Soga. The two sisters, Jean Duncan and Pat Thomson from Edinburgh, Scotland, were on vacation in South Africa. Marguerite Nel, Modisa Khosi, Amelia Breytenbach and Myleen Oosthuizen, shared an insightful morning with them, exchanging information about their great grandfather. A pamphlet with the career history of their great grandfather and a special internally crafted UP DLS booklet, was presented to Jean and Pat. (Source: Infomania newsletter / Myleen Oosthuizen)
Photo of Catherine Burnside Soga and her sister Pearl.
(2023)
Catherine Burnside Soga (right), daughter of JF Soga, with her sister Pearl (left)
Catherine Burnside Soga
(2023)
Photo of Jotello's daughter, Catherine Burnside Soga, born November 12th, 1894 in King Williamstown, South Africa
Photo of a poster of Jotello Festiri Soga and his wife, Catherine Watson Chalmers, displayed at an exhibition in Edinburgh
(2023)
Photo of Jotello F. Soga's grand daughters Jean Duncan and Pat Thomson's dad, William Duncan and his two sisters Doris and Cathy standing in front of a poster of Jotello Festiri Soga and his wife. This was taken at an exhibition in Edinburgh called 'Roots' which explored the connection between South Africa and Edinburgh. Jotello F. Soga and his wife featured in this exhibition as he trained at the Veterinary School in Edinburgh and married a Scottish woman.
Bronze bust of Dr Jotello Festiri Soga
(2009-05-05) University of Pretoria. faculty of Veterinary Science; University of Pretoria. Jotello F. Soga Library
The bust of Dr Soga was created by Lusanne Peens. It is a copy of the one commissioned by the CEO of the Agricultural Research Council for the Jotello Soga Ethnoveterinary Garden at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute. It was unveiled at OVI during the Centenary Celebrations of Onderstepoort in October 2008. The bronze bust was unveiled at the Jotello F. Soga Library by his great granddaughter, Ms Carole Gallagher, assisted by Ms Thembi Soga, great granddaughter of Jotello's brother.
Message from the Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu at the naming ceremony of the Jotello F. Soga Library
(2009-05-05)
The Faculty of Veterinary Science on the Onderstepoort Campus is the only one of its kind in the country and a national asset. It is also the 2nd oldest of the 46 Faculties of Veterinary Science in Africa and the first in sub-Saharan Africa. Established by Sir Arnold Theiler in 1920 it has a long history of excellence in teaching and learning and it is expected in future to play a leading role in veterinary education in the SADC region and further afield in Africa. By naming the library in honour of the first South African to qualify as a veterinary surgeon, we are honouring Dr Jotello Festiri Soga’s unique and important role as a veterinarian in South Africa in the late 19th century.
Jotello Festiri Soga : his significance today
(2009) Van der Westhuizen, Erica
Jotello F. Soga was the first South African to qualify as a veterinary surgeon (Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh 1886). “Dr Soga played an important role in combating rinderpest and lung-sickness in the country as the first qualified South African veterinarian. He also laid a foundation for veterinary education in South Africa. But he is better known in veterinary circles as a pioneer researcher in the study of toxic plants and their effect on animals – both for their poisonous and curative effects.” (Prof Gerry Swan, Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria)
Dr Jotello Festiri Soga : his career
(2023) Heyne, Heloise
Historical summary of Dr Jotello Festiri Soga's career from 22 April 1886 when he registered as veterinary surgeon in Tutuka, Cape Colony to 1902 when he was employed by Carl H. Malcomess to supervise his cattle on the farm Itala in the Stutterheim district.
Dr Jotello Festiri Soga : general history
(2023)
Jotello Festiri Soga was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission, in the formerly Transkei, South Africa as the fourth son of Reverend Tiyo and Janet Soga and died on December 6, 1906 in Amalinda, East London, South Africa. After earning his degree from the Royal (Dick) College of Veterinary Medicine at University of Edinburgh in 1886, Dr. Soga became, at the age of 21, the first South African to qualify as a veterinary surgeon. In 1886, after earning his degree in veterinary medicine, with a gold medal distinction in botany, Jotello Soga returned to the Cape Colony. On July 9, 1892, Jotello visited Scotland and married Catherine Watson Chalmers.
Veterinary Faculty Library named after the first South African who qualified as a veterinarian, Dr Jotello Festiri Soga
(2009-05-05) University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Maritz, Erhardt
The Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria named its library in honour of the first South African who qualified as a veterinary surgeon. Dr Jotello Festiri Soga studied for the veterinary degree at the University of Edinburgh and qualified in 1886. A bronze bust of Dr Soga was also unveiled during the event that took place on 5 May.
Jotello Festiri Soga : family history
(2020-12) Bath, Gareth F.; Veterinary History Society (South Africa)
We know something about the life and contributions of Jotello Festiri Soga, the first person from South Africa (and probably Africa) to graduate as a veterinarian, and possibly the first Black person to graduate as a veterinarian in the UK. In this document there is also some information about his family history.
Heart water
(Department of Agriculture Cape of Good Hope, 1896-06-25) Soga, Jotello Festiri
Malarial fever in sheep
(Cape of Good Hope (Colony) : Dept. of Agriculture, 1890-03-27) Soga, Jotello Festiri; Cape of Good Hope (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture
Rinderpest
(Department of Lands, Mines and Agriculture, Cape of Good Hope, 1892-12-29) Soga, Jotello Festiri
Castration - advocating the method of torsion
(Cape of Good Hope (Colony) : Dept. of Agriculture, 1893-07-27) Soga, Jotello Festiri; Cape of Good Hope (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture
Foot-and-mouth disease
(Department of Lands, Mines and Agriculture Cape of Good Hope, 1892-12-29) Soga, Jotello Festiri
Peculiar cases in castration
(Cape of Good Hope (Colony) : Dept. of Agriculture, 1893-07-27) Soga, Jotello Festiri; Cape of Good Hope (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture
Inoculation for lung-sickness
(Department of Agriculture, Cape of Good Hope, 1895-06-13) Soga, Jotello Festiri
Notice no. 150 : fever, belziekte, blauwtong or epizootic catarrh
(Cape of Good Hope (Colony) : Dept. of Agriculture, 1891-03-19) Soga, Jotello Festiri; Cape of Good Hope (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture

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