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  • 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 ...
  • UP Vet Books for Africa team returns from donation drive to Zimbabwe and Zambia 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-08-10)
    Eight students from the University of Pretoria (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science students have completed the first leg of their 2022 donation drive as part of the MTB Petroleum Vet Books for Africa Society. During the ...
  • UP vet science alumni reunite in US to perform tusk extraction on six-ton elephant 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-05-20)
    Three University of Pretoria (UP) veterinary science alumni recently reunited in the US to relieve a hefty African elephant of “toothache” by combining their skills in animal care to extract one of its tusks. Faculty of ...
  • UP vet team gives macaw new lease of life with 3D-printed beak 
    Steenkamp, Gerhardus; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2021-10-27)
    Many people get prosthetic titanium limbs as a result of illness or injury. Now, thanks to a University of Pretoria (UP) team led by Professor Gerhard Steenkamp, a veterinary specialist in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery ...
  • UP veterinarian features in children’s book about local pioneers 
    Menong, Tebogo; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2020-11-20)
    Professor Gerhard Steenkamp, Head of the Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic at UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital, is featured in an Afrikaans children’s book that consists of 102 stories about South ...
  • UP veterinarians do their part to save our rhino 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Kilian, Martie (2016)
    As the rhino poaching crisis escalates, this year’s theme for World Wildlife Day, ‘The future of wildlife is in our hands’ is a chilling reminder of the situation in South Africa. The reality is that there are just too ...
  • UP veterinarians’ emergency surgery saves Nero, an adorable Yorkie almost fatally felled by a bone 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-04-15)
    University of Pretoria (UP) veterinarians recently saved the life of Nero, a Yorkshire terrier, after he swallowed a bone that ended up stuck at the base of his oesophagus, just above his heart. Nero was presented at UP’s ...
  • UP veterinary pathologist leads international field with ground-breaking findings on Rift Valley Fever Virus 
    Gower, Primarashni; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2019-05-17)
    Dr Lieza Odendaal, a lecturer in Veterinary Public Health at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science, has been studying the complex Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV) for years – and her findings have offered ...
  • UP Veterinary Science master’s student wins Belgian prize for dissertation 
    Mnguni , Hlengiwe; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2021-09-28)
    South African veterinarian Dr Hendrik Swanepoel, a University of Pretoria (UP) master’s student in Veterinary Science, recently won the 2021 Prize for Global Research of the Province of Antwerp for his thesis on viral ...
  • UP veterinary science students make a difference 
    Masombuka, Jimmy; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Meyer, Martha (2016)
    A group of 125 veterinary science students from the University of Pretoria (UP) – led by Mr Masethe Maime (Chief Animal Health Technician) and Mrs Mmatjie Maime (Extension Advisor) from the North West Provincial Department ...
  • UP veterinary specialist performs SA’s first medical procedure to restore regular heart rhythm in a horse 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2023-05-30)
    A veterinary specialist from the University of Pretoria (UP) and the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital has performed South Africa’s first transvenous electrical cardioversion (TVEC) on a horse. It is believed this ...
  • UP veterinary staff and students help pet owners in Bronkhorstspruit 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-04-08)
    As part of a vaccination drive against rabies, residents of Bronkhorstspruit (50 km east of Pretoria) and surrounds recently lined up to receive free care and advice for their cats, dogs – and even a parrot. The initiative ...
  • 'UP vets are the best vets!' – My name is Andrew the Scottie, and this is my story 
    Delport, Piet; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni , Hlengiwe (2020-04-01)
    I know many animal friends will read this when their human parents are not at home and will wonder why their human parents do not take them to Onderstepoort. Maybe their parents think they are not allowed to go to Onderstepoort ...
  • UP vets assist chimp sanctuary in the DRC 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2019-03-26)
    University of Pretoria (UP) veterinary ophthalmologist, Dr Izak Venter, accompanied by Dr Keri-Lee Dobbie, a veterinary surgeon and resident in ophthalmology, recently travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...
  • UP vets perform extractive tusk surgery on elephant in Poland 
    Gower, Primarashni; Mnguni, Hlengiwe; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2019-09-04)
    Two University of Pretoria (UP) veterinarians saved the life of a 5.5-ton elephant at Poznan Zoo in Poland, by performing a surgical extraction of his damaged tusk. Ninio, an African elephant, suffered a severe infection ...
  • UP vets perform heart surgery on dog after heart murmur discovered during routine sterilisation 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-06-14)
    A routine visit by 20-month-old crossbreed Labrador/pitbull Hera to the sterilisation clinic at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science led to the discovery of a heart murmur, and ultimately to heart ...