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  • 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 ...
  • OP Faculty of Veterinary Science student takes top prize in 'Veterinarians Around the World' photo competition organized by Kansas State University 
    Van Blerk, Chris; K-State News; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2016-09-29)
    An image of wildlife veterinarians saving a rhino from poachers in South Africa's Kruger National Park is the first-place winner in a photography contest organized by the International Programs office in the College of ...
  • OP rugby and netball teams excel in superb fashion 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2009-09-30)
    The Faculty of Veterinary Science’s rugby and netball teams this year experienced a remarkable season. Not only did the 1st rugby team play in the final of the Winter House League for the first time in the Onderstepoort ...
  • OP Veterinary Science Faculty soccer team crowned as Spring Day soccer league champions 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2016-09-09)
    “We wanted to make the Faculty proud and give something back for the support and the positive response we received from the Dean and the Departments when we founded this team in 2015.” Speaking on behalf of the OP Soccer ...
  • OPVSC newsletter : for the students by the students, Issue 1, Summer 2017 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2017-10)
    Bronkies outing -- Message from the Chairperson -- OPRC grading -- OPRC lunging clinic -- SANBS and Op students' blood plasma drive against rabies a huge success -- An inspiring trip to uShaka Marine World in Durban -- ...
  • OPVSC newsletter : for the students by the students, Issue 2, Autumn 2018 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2018-03)
    Onderstepoort students continue to excel at IVSA with a new President-elect -- Message from the Chairperson -- Run4Rhinos -- Wollies donations -- Nothing says "aloha" to the new academic year better than the OPVSC's annual ...
  • The pangolin’s plight 
    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 ...
  • PARSA awards to DVTD staff members 
    Penzhorn, Barend Louis; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2011-08-24)
  • Patients at our new wildlife clinic already include the weird and wonderful 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2020-03-06)
    The Faculty's new wildlife clinic that was officially opened today by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Tawana Kupe already housed a few interesting patients but recently the facility ...