OP News, Volume 16, no 1, 2016 : official newsletter of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria

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Crocodile Specialist Group puts OP on the world map -- New Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning appointed in the Faculty of Veterinary Science -- Message from the Dean Prof Darrell Abernethy -- Faculty Day showcases high-level research outputs -- Veterinary faculty’s VGL RhODIS® workshop in South Africa leads to agreement by experts to enhanced international DNA testing of rhinos -- Research on rhino rehabilitation -- Going back in history -- Prof Ivan Horak honored with the highest award of the South African Academy for Science and Arts -- Faculty hosts BVSc Graduate Day One Skills Assessment Workshop -- Advanced Course in Wildlife Chemical Immobilisation and Field Practice -- Onderstepoort gets its own community choir -- Milk Laboratory accredited by SANAS -- Improving FMD control among smallholder farmers -- Phytomedicine students win awards -- Honorary Member Award -- Pregnancy diagnosis challenge: a flagship education innovation -- Faculty’s Skills Lab goes from strength to strength -- OP Skills Laboratory team represents Faculty at the international VetEd Symposium -- Teaching and learning opportunities in Spain -- Anatomy staff members shine at conferences in France -- New staff member joins the Electron Microscopy Unit (EMU) -- Autumn graduation -- Passion and purpose earns Debbie van Dyk a BVSc degree at age 56 -- Utrecht students share their internship experience at Mnisi -- Further sponsorships from Abaxis a boost for wildlife research -- Arop Pluim does it again -- As long as the sun keeps shining for me, my days are blessed -- In Memoriam: Dr Colin McKenzie Cameron -- Short Course in Applied Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium -- PGSA Happy Hour -- Veterinary students on a mission to uplift veterinary education throughout Africa.