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Faculty of Veterinary Science Web News: Recent submissions

  • Faculty DVTD staff attend 4th ICPOW and 50th annual PARSA conference 
    Marufu, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2022-09-30)
    The Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA) recently celebrated its golden jubilee in style as the 50th PARSA Conference was held together with the 4th International Conference on Parasites of Wildlife from 11 ...
  • UP’s veterinary staff put World Rabies Day into practice in communities in the Moloto-area 
    Onderstepoort Veterinary Animal Hospital; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2022-10-03)
    28 September 2022 marked the 16th World Rabies Day. This year’s theme was “Rabies: One Health, Zero Deaths”, highlighting the connection of the environment with both people and animals. Staff of the Onderstepoort Veterinary ...
  • Faculty at a glance 2023 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (Pretoria : University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2022-09-08)
    Faculty of Veterinary Science 2023 brochure for electronic distribution to external roleplayers, collaborators, prospective students, the general public and other target markets.
  • Another year, another highly successful PD Challenge 
    May, Kate; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2022-08-31)
    The Faculty's recent 2022 PD (Pregnancy Diagnosis) Challenge, sponsored by the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Zoetis and IMV Imaging, was again a great success. According to Dr Kate May, coordinator of the PD Challenge and ...
  • UP’s Mamelodi Animal Health Clinic : in service of care and competence 
    Rudman, Jeanne; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-09-01)
    For more than a decade, the Mamelodi Animal Health Clinic has helped local residents to care for their pets. This primary care clinic on the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Mamelodi Campus is managed as a satellite of the ...
  • Your #UPGivingMatters contribution will help the Faculty and our OVAH 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2022-07-28)
    The University of Pretoria (UP) has embarked on a campaign to create awareness, attract new donors, and encourage existing donors to increase their funding to the University. The global #UPGivingMatters campaign is ...
  • University of Pretoria veterinary reproduction specialists help Brahman bull get back his role in the herd 
    Brown, Geoff; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-08-16)
    Whether on a large commercial or small-scale farm, the beef bull has a single role: to ensure that his cow herd falls pregnant as soon as possible during the breeding season, in order to maximise production and farming ...
  • 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 ...
  • University of Pretoria vets lead revival of India’s extinct cheetah 
    Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Masombuka, Jimmy (2022-07-20)
    University of Pretoria (UP) academics are playing a lead role in driving the reintroduction of wild cheetahs into India as part of efforts to ensure the survival of the species. With the global cheetah population in decline, ...
  • 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 ...
  • Training the next generation of farmers : how UP’s Faculty of Veterinary Science is helping small-scale farmers and boosting food security 
    Moerane, Rebone; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Masombuka, Jimmy (2022-07-12)
    South Africa has a dual agricultural economy, with an established commercial farming industry and an emerging small-scale farmer sector. Most small-scale farmers are based on communal lands under tribal authority, or the ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • UP’s Onderstepoort Animal Blood Bank : how donor animals are saving other animal lives 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mnguni, Hlengiwe (2022-06-07)
    Since the 1990s the Onderstepoort Animal Blood Bank (OABB) has been the saving grace of many dogs, cats, and even prized stud sheep, horses and cattle in need of life-saving blood transfusions. The OABB is housed in 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 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, ...
  • 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 ...
  • First aid for pets : the dos and don’ts 
    McClure, Vanessa; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Van Blerk, Chris (2022-03-25)
    Pets are inquisitive by nature and sometimes their curiosity leads to unexpected injuries or getting into emergency situations. Sometimes after hours. In these situations, it is vital that they receive rapid and effective ...
  • The Meerkat : official newsletter of the OPVSC : for the students, by the students, Issue 3.1, Autumn 2022 
    University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Kessa, Jayna; Ephraim, Kreshalia; Gounden, Thanushka; Bronkhorst, Chris; Van Blerk, Chris; De Klerk, Annalize (2022-06)
    The wellness issue / Christiaan Bronkhorst -- This is hard / Kreshalia "Cow" Ephraim -- Covid getting long in the tooth? / Christiaan Bronkhorst -- Throw a dog a bone / Meerkat staff with assistance from BIG -- We can haz ...
  • 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 ...