Animal Nutrition Post-grads Outshine in National Competition

Posted on February 20, 2025

Kean Jacobs & Jorja Ashford, Animal Nutrition MSc candidates, win national competition.

Hog Heaven: A PhD Candidate's Hands-On Experience in Swine Production

Posted on January 22, 2025

Phina Mdaka, an Animal Science PhD candidate, was the top 2024 Taaibosch Piggery intern.

UP Animal Science Stuns at National Congress

Posted on November 19, 2024

From postgrad students winning a debate competition to professors receiving prestigious awards.

First edition (May 2024) of Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences newsletter (SquaredUP)

Posted on June 03, 2024

The first edition for 2024 (May 2024) of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available.

Prof Hettie Schönfeldt appointed as one of 15 global experts to international committee on food security

Posted on April 10, 2024

Prof Hettie C Schönfeldt, a professor in the Department of Animal Science in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently appointed to the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the Committee on World...

Moo-ving Forward: University of Pretoria's Artificial Insemination Certification Exam

Posted on March 27, 2024

UP third-year students participated in an artificial insemination certification exam.

Postgrad. Animal Science Students Champion International Symposium

Posted on March 27, 2024

Two of our students, Mr Gerhard Classen and Mr Kyle Coetzee came 1st and 3rd.

Gerhard Claasen on the road to improving poultry sustainability

Posted on December 18, 2023

Gerhard Claasen, an alumnus with a master’s degree in Animal Nutrition, not only graduated cum laude in September 2023 but was also the overall winner of the AFMA Intervarsity Writers Cup.