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  • University of Pretoria-led study reveals COVID-19 Delta variants transmitted from humans to animals 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-01-18)
    A team of scientists from the University of Pretoria (UP) has published the only study from Africa that entailed genomic One Health investigations which reveal that Delta variants of COVID-19 were transmitted from humans ...
  • University of Pretoria-led study reveals COVID-19 Delta variants transmitted from humans to animals 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni , Hlengiwe (2022-01-18)
    A team of scientists from the University of Pretoria (UP) has published the only study from Africa that entailed genomic One Health investigations which reveal that Delta variants of COVID-19 were transmitted from humans ...
  • University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science opens wildlife clinic 
    Gower, Primarashni; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni , Hlengiwe (2020-03-06)
    The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science opened a dedicated wildlife clinic at its Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) on Friday, 6 March. The Faculty is the only one of its kind in the ...
  • UP alumnus only second South African to receive gold medal from the OIE for outstanding international veterinary service 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-05-23)
    The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has awarded Dr Gideon Brückner, an alumnus of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science, the OIE Gold Medal for 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
  • UP and CSIR sign collaboration agreement on smart transport, cities and environments 
    Gower, Primarashni; Mandaha, David (South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2020-09)
    The University of Pretoria (UP) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on 22 July to collaborate ...
  • UP and CSIR study reveals plant vaccines could save poultry industry 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2019-10-11)
    The University of Pretoria (UP) has joined forces with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to successfully develop a vaccine against avian influenza using tobacco plants, bypassing the many biosafety ...
  • UP and SAACA launch oncology centre for animal treatment and research 
    Gower, Primarashni; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2021-10-13)
    The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Southern Africa Animal Cancer Association (SAACA) have teamed up to create an oncology centre for clinical cases and research in animals. At the end ...
  • UP caps SA’s first cohort of veterinary nursing graduates 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-05-05)
    The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science has heralded a new chapter in the education of veterinary nurses in South Africa by conferring veterinary nursing degrees (BVetNurs) on the country’s first ...
  • UP collaborates to save the survivors 
    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 ...
  • UP congratulates veterinary clinician-scientist Prof Johan Schoeman for his research rating 
    University of Pretoria. Department of Institutional Advancement; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Semenya, Anna (2022-05-06)
    The National Research Foundation (NRF) has awarded Professor Johan Schoeman of the University of Pretoria (UP) a B1 rating for the 2022 – 2027 period, the highest rating ever achieved by a veterinary clinician-scientist ...
  • UP equine expert pioneers service to detect early heart health issues in horses 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-04-07)
    A specialist at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science has created a unique offering for horse owners: an equine cardiology consulting service called EquiCardio, which provides comprehensive ...
  • UP Faculty of Veterinary Science assistance with surgical intervention saves cheetah's life in East Africa 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (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 ...
  • UP Faculty of Veterinary Science’s new test for deafness in dogs 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2021-08-11)
    The University of Pretoria’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) in the Faculty of Veterinary Science has invested in the latest device to test deafness in dogs and is currently testing 20–30 dogs per month, ...
  • UP initiative leads in rhino poaching prosecution 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2014-09-29)
    In 2009, Dr Cindy Harper, Director of the University of Pretoria (UP) Veterinary Faculty’s Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL), established a method to obtain a DNA profile from a rhino horn. Poaching of rhinoceros for ...
  • UP part of 3-year ELEPHANT project to address health challenges arising from human, animal interaction such as COVID-19 
    Panyane, Masego; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni , Hlengiwe (2020-03-05)
    The Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria (UP) is one of the leading partners in the Erasmus+ ELEPHANT project which will boost the capacity of the participating partner institutions in solving complex ...
  • UP Reproduction Clinic helps SA Guide-Dogs Association breed 100th artificial-insemination litter 
    Onderstepoort Veterinary Animal Hospital. Reproduction Clinic; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mathibela, Xolani (2022-10-18)
    Staff at the Reproduction Clinic of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) at the University of Pretoria (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science joined the South African Guide-Dogs Association (SAGA) in celebrating ...
  • UP research waves the red flag against BTB 
    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 ...
  • UP researcher finds ways to improve the well-being of wildlife 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2015-02-09)
    Although wild animals have been captured and chemically immobilised for years (by using a form of anaesthesia induced by drugs in a dart), very little is known about the short- and long-term consequences of capture and the ...
  • UP researchers embark on vaccine trial for bovine TB 
    Michel, Anita Luise; Hewlett, Jennie; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2020-11-26)
    Professor Anita Michel and Dr Jennie Hewlett, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, have announced the start of vaccine trials for tuberculosis (TB) in African buffalo. Bovine ...
  • UP tackles rabies in rural areas 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Heyl, Ansa (2017-03-31)
    Rabies is a fatal viral disease that affects both humans and other mammals, causing inflammation of the brain. The disease spreads when an infected animal scratches or bites another animal or human that has not been ...