Posted on June 26, 2017
Dr Andre van der Vyver from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at the University of Pretoria (UP), who is also a USAID contracted and world renowned warehouse receipt expert, was instrumental in the introduction of a modern, sophisticated process by which...
Posted on June 19, 2017
It might sound strange at first to hear of a professor in human oral pathology who researches animals, but Prof Erich Raubenheimer has spent over a quarter of a century studying the great African Elephant.
Posted on June 02, 2017
Prof Marthinus Hartman's breakthrough in the field of veterinary surgery was inspired by procedures carried out on humans when he became the first veterinary surgeon in South Africa to perform laparoscopic sterilisation on lions.
Posted on May 30, 2017
Rhinos' response to anaesthesia has proved to have complications, but Prof Leith Meyer from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at UP is constantly working to better understand how these iconic animals respond to immobilisation.
Posted on May 25, 2017
More than 60 prizes and trophies were awarded to the top students in the Faculty at the Annual Outstanding Achievers Function for students of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, which took place earlier this month.
Posted on May 16, 2017
Prof Sheryl Hendriks, Director of the University of Pretoria's Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being has been appointed to serve on the new Malabo Montpellier Panel.
Posted on April 20, 2017
The Department of Consumer Science recently celebrated the official unveiling of their newly renovated food laboratories and the 90th anniversary of the Department at UP.
Posted on April 19, 2017
A new study from the Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU) at the University of Pretoria provides an estimate of the number of elephants that should be present in 73 protected areas spanning 21 African countries.
Posted on April 07, 2017
The University of Pretoria (UP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Edward Webb as Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), with effect from 1 April 2017.
Posted on March 22, 2017
The recent wildlife conference, jointly presented by the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria (UP) and the South African Veterinary Association (SAVA) Wildlife Group was an early highlight on the Faculty's calendar for 2017 and brought together a wide range of expertise in...
Posted on December 13, 2016
A lecturer who inspires and motivates students ... This encompasses Mr Carel Oosthuizen, the first-year co-ordinator for Animal Diversity in the Department of Zoology and Entomology who received the Best First-year Lecturer Award in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) on 2...
Posted on October 05, 2016
Joel Alves, a veterinary student in the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science at Onderstepoort, won $1 000 with his black-and-white photo entitled 'Conservation in motion', which captures the important role wildlife veterinarians play in protecting rhinos.
Posted on October 05, 2016
Peter Lindsey, Policy Coordinator of the Lion Programme at UP spoke to Samantha Spooner from The Conversation Africa about the findings of a new report that warns of an extinction crisis facing the world's largest wildlife.
Posted on September 27, 2016
The Poultry Nutrition and Management Research Facility on the University's Experimental Farm was recently upgraded to the amount of R2 million, with a major part of the cost being covered through collaboration with generous sponsors from the poultry industry.
Posted on September 16, 2016
Prof Este van Marle-Koster, was appointed as the new Head of the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences with effect from 1 September 2016.
Posted on August 22, 2016
The popular annual Run4Rhinos fun run, an initiative of veterinary students of the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science, will take place at the LC de Villiers Sports Grounds on Saturday, 27 August 2016.
Posted on August 04, 2016
A new reality/documentary TV series on SABC 3 titled Frontier Vets, depicts the daily lives of six South African soon-to-be-qualified veterinary students from the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Posted on July 19, 2016
Thokozani Sikhosana, an MSc Biochemistry student at the University of Pretoria (UP) was recently selected as the Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SANBio) student ambassador for Southern Africa.
Posted on July 15, 2016
The Department of Paraclinical Sciences and various partners have initiated a project to determine how rearing conditions and environment affect orphaned rhinos' adaption to their natural habitat.
Posted on July 11, 2016
Dr Cindy Harper and her team from UP's Veterinary Genetics Laboratory have developed a ground-breaking technique to collect and catalogue DNA from rhinos and rhino horns.
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