Dr J.G. van der Wath : Onderstepoort staff

Abstract

Jan George van der Wath, Onderstepoort staff member who served Onderstepoort from 1936 to 1948. He qualified at the Onderstepoort Faculty in 1934 and joined the Division of Veterinary (Field) Services in 1935 to be posted to the Allerton Laboratory in Pietermaritzburg, Natal. In 1936 he was transferred to the Physiology Department at Onderstepoort. He was awarded a DVSc degree in 1942 for a thesis entitled: 'Studies on the alimentary tract of the Merino sheep with special reference to the role of the micro-fauna and -flora’. (Source: Veterinary education in South Africa: The Classes of 1934 and 1935 / R D Bigalke)