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  • 'Never pass up an opportunity to grow' 
    Gower, Primarashni; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Masombuka, Jimmy (2020-08-14)
    Dr Darshana Morar-Leather of UP’s Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases tell us about her various roles as senior lecturer, researcher, student supervisor, committee member, wife and mother. As part of UP’s Women’s ...
  • New AHS test developed in Faculty a boost for South Africa’s international horse exports 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2017-06-23)
    The World Organisation for Animal Health has approved a South African developed diagnostic test for African horse sickness (AHS), a potentially deadly horse disease. Previously, results for the test for this disease took ...
  • New Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies aims to dynamically escalate Faculty's research status 
    Teffu, Lesego; Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2019-08-12)
    "I strongly believe that the postgraduate student experience should be much more than simply graduating. We ideally want our students to graduate with a passion for learning and research, to achieve their research potential, ...
  • New DVD on African horse sickness released 
    Poggenpoel, Linda; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2016)
    African horse sickness (AHS) is the most feared disease of horses on the African continent, and claims the lives of more than 200 horses in South Africa each year.
  • New equine simulator model provides impetus to equine clinical training in the Faculty 
    May, Kate; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2022-07-11)
    Equine clinical training in the Faculty of Veterinary Science recently received a welcome boost when a brand-new multipurpose equine simulator model was unveiled in its Skills Laboratory. The model includes a very life-like ...
  • New Mamelodi Animal Health Clinic (MAHC) opens its doors to the public 
    Johnson, Sarah; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2011-08-24)
    The MAHC project was conceived a few years ago by Prof Gerry Swan, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science together with UP Mamelodi campus director, Mr Edwin Smith. The aim of the clinic is to supply Mamelodi residents ...
  • New Poultry Disease Management Agency (PDMA) and UP Research Poultry Chair launched in the Faculty of Veterinary Science 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2013-09-09)
    The new PDMA-UP Poultry Research Chair in the Faculty of Veterinary Science was recently launched by the Faculty and the South African Poultry Association (SAPA). This exciting collaborative partnership aims among other ...
  • 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 ...
  • New skills laboratory huge boost for clinical training in Faculty of Veterinary Science 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2015-05-20)
    As part of its continuing efforts to ensure that veterinary science students are able to perform clinical procedures, the University of Pretoria (UP) established a skills laboratory at the Faculty of Veterinary Science. ...
  • New skills training for final year vet students serves the agricultural needs of South Africa 
    Michel, Anita Luise; Jonker, Annelize; Crafford, Jan Ernst; Kgasi, Alfred T.; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2019-11-26)
    In 2018 the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Onderstepoort embarked on enriching the skills base of newly qualified veterinarians by developing a one-week training course to diagnose bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis. ...
  • 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 ...
  • New study by South Africa's Onderstepoort Faculty of Veterinary Science and SAVE on vulture-killing drug, published in Conservation Biology raises serious concerns 
    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 ...
  • New study finds today’s gorillas may be smarter than human ‘ancestors’ of three million years ago 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Nkonyane, Buyi (2019-11-13)
    Research led by Professor Roger Seymour at the University of Adelaide, in collaboration with Dr Edward Snelling from the University of Pretoria’s Department of Anatomy and Physiology in the Faculty of Veterinary Science; ...
  • New study on vulture-killing drug raises serious concerns 
    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 ...
  • New UP project to support South African dairy industry 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2017-02-24)
    Mastitis is one of the most common diseases affecting dairy cattle, causing huge annual financial losses to the dairy industry. Antibiotics are usually administered to treat this infectious and occasionally fatal disease ...
  • New UP Veterinary Science graduate had no pets and was terrified of animals for years 
    Gower, Primarashni; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni , Hlengiwe (2020-04-30)
    Dr Zandile Mbonxa was terrified of animals as a child and never had pets – but despite this she recently qualified as a veterinarian when she was awarded a degree from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary ...
  • Newly opened Hans Hoheisen Wildlife Research Station managed by Faculty of Veterinary Science's Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies 
    Kriek, N.P.J.; Van Schalkwyk, Louis; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2010-09-17)
    On 25 August 2010, the Hans Hoheisen Wildlife Research Station (HHWRS), was officially opened by the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (UP), the Peace Parks Foundation (PPF) and the Mpumalanga Tourism ...
  • Niloticus News April 2020 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Exotic Leather Research Centre; Exotic Leather SA; South Africa. Department of Trade and Industry (2020-04)
    The specific topic for this edition is "Electrical stunning – an essential management tool for crocodile farmers". Prof Gerry Swan prepared a short summary of the e-stunning research and farm investigations. The ELRC is ...
  • Niloticus News March 2020 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Exotic Leather Research Centre; Exotic Leather SA; South Africa. Department of Trade and Industry (2020-03)
    The ELRC is involved with numerous national and international crocodile research projects. The idea is to forward relevant information, every month, through this newsletter, to the crocodile farmers in South Africa. We ...
  • No “Mission Impossible” after airlifting a gorilla by helicopter to the Faculty for a CT scan 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2020-06-09)
    The special patient aboard the helicopter was Makokou, a 34-year-old male Western lowland gorilla from the Johannesburg Zoo who was airlifted to Onderstepoort for a CT scan of his nasal passages. The Johannesburg ...