UP vet team gives macaw new lease of life with 3D-printed beak

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Steenkamp, Gerhardus

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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 at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, a macaw has been given a new lease of life with a 3D-printed beak.

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News article with colour photos about what's happening at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.
Originally published as HTML file, converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Version 9.0.0.

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Faculty of Veterinary Science, News media coverage of, Macaw -- 3D printed beak, Birds -- Veterinary surgery

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