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  • 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 ...
  • PhD student an Apprentesses Leadership 2015 finalist 
    Khumalo, Zamantungwa Thobeka Happiness; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2015-10-08)
    Zamantungwa Khumalo is a 27 year old female from the village Bergville in Woodford, KwaZulu-Natal, and is doing her PhD in Veterinary Parasitology at Ondersterpoort Campus (University of Pretoria). She is one of the ...
  • Phytomedicine students receive prestigious research awards 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2016-06-22)
    The quality of students enrolled in the Phytomedicine Programme offered by the Department of Paraclinical Sciences in the Faculty of Veterinary Science was recently highlighted when three PhD students, Drs Olubukola Adenubi ...
  • Phytomedicine – fighting parasites for healthier animals and people 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2015-10-08)
    Phytomedicine is an area of pharmacology in which plant materials are used for both preventive and therapeutic treatments. With the increasing resistance of parasites and micro-organisms to commercially available ...
  • Plants that save you from volatile organic compounds 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Molefe, Madikobe (2018-06-20)
    The Faculty of Veterinary Science’s Department of Anatomy and Physiology has taken a simple, but incredibly progressive step towards protecting the health of staff and students by reducing their exposure to human carcinogenic ...
  • Prof Gareth Bath receives World Veterinary Association’s 2020 Global Animal Welfare Award 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2020-04-22)
    Prof Gareth Bath, emeritus professor of the Faculty of Veterinary Science and chairperson of the Livestock Welfare Coordinating Committee (LWCC) was recently awarded the 2020 Global Animal Welfare Award by the World ...
  • Prof Horak honoured with award from the South African Academy for Science and Arts 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Poggenpoel, Linda (2016-07-18)
    Prof Ivan Horak, emeritus professor in the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases in the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria, was recently selected by the South African Academy for Science and ...
  • Protecting the Garden of Eden 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2015-10-02)
    At first sight, the Central African rainforest is a picturesque paradise, filled with luscious vegetation, amazing animals, and birds of all kinds. Openings in the closed canopy forest (known as ‘bais’ in the local Ba’aka ...
  • Rabies can be prevented : be aware of its dangers. 
    Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Crafford, Jannie; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2022-09-23)
    28 September 2022 is #WorldRabiesDay. The theme for this year is “Rabies: One Health, Zero Deaths”, emphasising the need for us all to work together to achieve the #ZeroBy30 goal. This article by Dr Claude Sabeta and Prof ...
  • Research Chair tackles bird flu 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2015-02-09)
    The Research Chair in Poultry Health and Production, which was established jointly by the Southern African Poultry Association (SAPA) and the University of Pretoria (UP) in 2012, is taking the lead in research on poultry ...
  • Research explores the social life of one of Africa's most iconic animals 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Meyer, Martha (2017-09-20)
    Giraffes, like so many species in Africa, are under threat. While scientifically inaccurate cultural beliefs exist which claim that lion bone, rhino horn and pangolin scales have health benefits for humans, certain cultures ...
  • Research that goes beyond science to benefit communities in need 
    De Bruin, Louise; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2015-05-20)
    The Mnisi Community Programme (MCP) is a component of the Faculty of Veterinary Science’s field based One Health Platform. The MCP is an international platform for integrated teaching, learning, research and community ...
  • Research to enhance protection of livestock against Foot and mouth disease 
    Van Schalkwyk, Louis; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2011-08-24)
    During the official opening of the Hans Hoheisen Wildlife Research Station (HHWRS) in August 2010, Peace Parks Foundation (PPF) made available R1 million towards priority research concerning veterinary issues in trans-frontier ...
  • Rhino billboard 
    University of Pretoria. Centre for Communication and Reputation Management; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2011-10-24)
    The University of Pretoria has chosen the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at the Faculty of Veterinary Science to be represented on a billboard across the road on the South Campus of UP.
  • Rhino research that matters at UP 
    Research Matters; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Nkonyane, Buyisiwe (2016-07-11)
    At the University of Pretoria's Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) at Onderstepoort, Dr Cindy Harper and her team have developed a ground-breaking technique to collect and catalogue DNA from rhinos and rhino horns.
  • Rinderpest eradicated 
    Miller, Sean Myles; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2011-08-24)
    Rinderpest caused hundreds of millions of animal deaths that preceded famines in Africa, Asia, and Europe. After centuries of efforts to prevent outbreaks of the disease, international authorities announced in May that the ...
  • Saving the life of a long-crested eagle with severe trichomoniasis is no small feat 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-06-23)
    Recently, a long-crested eagle was found collapsed on the ground and brought to the Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital situated in the Faculty’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH). This private clinic provides ...
  • Saving the Rhino : Veterinary Genetics Laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the forefront of the fight against rhino poaching 
    Harper, Cindy Kim; Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2011-10-24)
    The poaching of rhinos has reached alarming levels in 2010. With the specific aim of providing a tool to support the forensic investigation of the poaching cases, the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory of the Faculty at the ...