UP veterinarian features in children’s book about local pioneers

Abstract

Professor Gerhard Steenkamp, Head of the Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic at UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital, is featured in an Afrikaans children’s book that consists of 102 stories about South African pioneers in science and other fields.

Titled Uitvinders, Planmakers en Ander Slimkoppe van Suid-Afrika (Inventors, Masterminds and Other Brainiacs of South Africa) and written by Engela Duvenage, the book is being translated into English and is expected to be available by mid-2021. Prof Steenkamp appears in a chapter about working with animals with big teeth.