Browsing South African National Veterinary Repository by Title

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  • Clark, R.; Groenewald, J.W.; Malan, J.R.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1943)
    (1) It has been confirmed that a sudden and drastic reduction in diet of fat ewes in the fourth month of pregnancy causes typical domsiekte or pregnancy disease. The condition was evinced clinically, chemically and ...
  • Clark, R.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1943)
    1. Obesity is a potent factor in the causation of "pregnancy disease" or domsiekte. 2. In the absence of fatal acetonaemia, prolonged semi-starvation of sheep causes a gradual decrease in the circulating lymphocytes ...
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1940)
    Photo of Douglas A Haig, staff member of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute in the late 40's to early 50's. Photographer unknown
  • Robinson, E.M.; Du Toit, P.J. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1948)
    1. Foals may become infected with dourine before sexual maturity. Cases are described where infection had occurred at 9 months or younger. 2. Such foals on reaching sexual maturity are capable of transmitting the infection ...
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1918)
    Alexis Daniel Thomas was born in Switzerland on 12/7/1899, he came to South Africa as a small boy with his parents. He joined the Department of Agriculture as a temporary stockman and was stationed at Armoedsvlakte shortly ...
  • Welton, John; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (1989)
    Dr Alan Graham Rose died on the 11th of February 1989. He was born in Swaziland, schooled in Natal and at the Universities of Natal and Pretoria. On qualifying as a veterinarian he practiced in South Africa, England and Canada
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1940)
    Signed photo of Sir Arnold Theiler. Sir Arnold Theiler KCMG (March 26, 1867 – July 24, 1936) is considered to be the father of veterinary science in South Africa. He was born in Frick, Switzerland.He emigrated to the South ...
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1910)
    Photo of Dr Arnold Theiler in his office at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute in 1910. Photographer unknown
  • Van Niekerk, Francois; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2022-04)
    One of the Eastern Cape’s best known and most loved veterinarians, Dr Brian Rippon, passed away on 15 February 2022 after a short illness. Dr Rippon graduated from Onderstepoort in 1962 and worked in rural practise in ...
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1929)
    Photo of Dr C.P. Neser, lecturer and research officer in Veterinary Medicine and Pathological Physiology at the Agricultural Faculty of the Transvaal University College in Pretoria, 1922 (Source: There was a Man: the life ...
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1930)
    Dr D.B. Smuts, Onderstepoort staff memberin the Section of Nutrition in the late 1930's. He was co-author of the article "The Nutritive Value of Animal Proteins.- The Biological Values of Fishmeal, Whale and Fishmeal, ...
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1947)
    Photo of Dr de Kock of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute. Reproduction of a photograph taken in America in 1947. Photographer unknown
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1906)
    Dr Duncan Hutcheon was appointed in 1880 as Colonial Veterinary Surgeon for the Cape Colony. Hutcheon can be regarded as the true pioneer in veterinary science in South Africa and was responsible for the elucidation of ...
  • Unknown; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa) (2008-01-23)
    Dr Gertrud Theiler was a world renowned parasitologist and published a massive series on ticks in Africa and their effects on animals.
  • Modisane, Botlhe M.; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2022-06)
    Dr Gideon Brückner receives the God medal of the OIE for the year 2020. Only one Gold medal is awarded each year. Indeed, the highest international honour for any veterinarian, and this time it is proudly a South African ...
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1949)
    Photo of Dr Gilles de Waal de Kock, Onderstepoort staff member from 1920-1949. He was a veterinary bacteriologist.
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1973)
    Gillis van der Wall de Kock (1989-1973) was appointed in February 1914 to the staff of Sir Arnold Theiler at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Laboratory and for a short time he was stationed at Armoedsvlakte. When the Veterinary ...
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1940)
    Dr Green arrived at Armoedsvlakte Experiment Station on 4th February 1914. He worked on the chemical research of the Lamziekte syndrome. (Source: There was a man: the life and times of Sir Arnold Theiler K.C.M.G. of ...
  • ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (1920)
    Wedding photograph of the reception of Dr Henry Green and Kate Green at the residency of Arnold Theiler, Onderstepoort, 1920. Dr Green arrived at Armoedsvlakte Experiment Station on 4th February 1914. He worked on the ...
  • Bowker, Buzz; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2021-04)
    The Ricky Wilson Award is a RuVASA award to a practicing rural veterinarian who has consistently, for more than 20 years, provided an excellent service to his/her clients and served as a model and inspiration for fellow ...