Posted on May 17, 2019
Dr Lieza Odendaal, a lecturer in Veterinary Public Health at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science, has been studying the complex Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV) for years – and her findings have offered the international community of veterinary pathologists...
Posted on May 16, 2019
Chaos, a 16-year-old lion from the Lory Park Zoo in Midrand, Johannesburg, this week underwent a third round of radiation at the Mediclinic Muelmed in Pretoria after being diagnosed with skin cancer by veterinarians in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Posted on April 30, 2019
The Department of Production Animal Studies in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science recently invited emerging small-scale feedlot farmers from the surrounding communities to participate in its annual Feedlot Challenge, which will run until 24 May.
Posted on April 29, 2019
Every year on 1 March, National Pig Day is celebrated in the USA. In South Africa there is no such holiday but recently the Faculty of Veterinary Science, in conjunction with the SA Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO), hosted a swine environment day
Posted on April 24, 2019
Two graduates from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science recently shared with Primarashni Gower why veterinary practice is in their blood.
Posted on April 23, 2019
We will probably never know what students in the OP Class of 1969 did in the summer of ‘69 but the group that qualified at the end of that year recently held their 50th reunion near Pretoria at the Roodevalley Hotel in Kameeldrift East.
Posted on April 15, 2019
24 students from three different continents have successfully started the 2019 collaborative Masters in Tropical Animal Health degree programme.
Posted on March 22, 2019
On 14 March, the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria held its annual Teaching and Learning Prize-giving. Recognition was given to students for academic performance during 2018 in a variety of subjects, while academic staff were recognized for outstanding contributions to...
Posted on March 20, 2019
Almost two months ago, on 25 January, the second chapter of a remarkable flamingo rescue story was written when 900 day-old lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) chicks arrived in Gauteng from Kimberley.
Posted on March 06, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Veterinary Science course has been ranked 43rd globally in the QS World University Rankings for 2019. Furthermore, UP is among seven South African universities which have courses in the top 500 in the world, in this ranking system.
Posted on March 06, 2019
Already credited with performing the world´s first ever cataract surgery on an orangutan in 2007 in Borneo, specialist veterinary ophthalmologist Dr Izak Venter, accompanied by Dr Keri-Lee Dobbie, an MMedVet postgraduate student in ophthalmology recently travelled to the DRC to assist the JACK...
Posted on January 25, 2019
When you believe in yourself, you have faith and are determined to succeed, nothing will get in your way to reach your goals.
Posted on January 22, 2019
Curious Kids is a series run by The Conversation for children, in which experts answer questions from children. Do cats and dogs understand humans when they make miaowing or barking noises? (Mila, 11, and Alex, 8)
Posted on January 22, 2019
Dr Karin Lourens has carried out many world-firsts in the treatment of pangolins –and now she is giving these illegally trafficked animals an even better chance of survival after being the first to chart the normal reference intervals of a healthy pangolin.
Posted on November 20, 2018
The 50th Anniversary Reunion of the OP Class of 1968 took place from 9 to 11 November 2018 at the Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Posted on November 05, 2018
World-renowned University of Pretoria veterinarians Prof Gerhard Steenkamp and Dr Adrian Tordiffe this week performed intricate dental surgery on an elephant in Georgia, to remove its infected tusk.
Posted on November 02, 2018
“Veterinary science is not only about keeping our pets healthy. Looked at from a wider perspective, it’s about food security. Nobody is born a farmer, but they can be trained to become one – and that’s where veterinary science can play a very important role.”
Posted on June 20, 2018
The Faculty of Veterinary Science’s Department of Anatomy and Physiology has taken a simple, but incredibly progressive step towards protecting the health of staff and students by reducing their exposure to human carcinogenic compounds in its dissection halls. Other dissection halls and...
Posted on May 24, 2018
A SARChI Research Chair has been awarded to Prof Celia Abolnik of the Faculty of Veterinary Science. This is the first Chair relevant to veterinary science to be awarded in the history of the Faculty.
Posted on May 24, 2018
The Faculty’s Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning, Prof Dietmar Holm was honoured by the Council on International Veterinary Medical Education (C.I.V.M.E.)
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