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After 50 years, classmates of 1968 gather at OP Campus for anniversary reunion
Posted by: Faculty of Veterinary Science
20 November 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.

UP veterinarians perform life-saving dental surgery on elephant in Tbilisi Zoo in Georgia
Posted by: University of Pretoria
05 November 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.

‘Veterinary science can help achieve food security,’ says newly appointed Dean of UP's Veterinary Science faculty
Posted by: University of Pretoria
02 November 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.”

Plants that save you from volatile organic compounds
Posted by: University of Pretoria
20 June 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 laboratories in the University of Pretoria (UP) can easily follow these green steps and make their work environments healthier.

First ever SARChI NRF Chair awarded to Faculty of Veterinary Science
Posted by: University of Pretoria
24 May 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.

C.I.V.M.E honours Prof Dietmar Holm with core member position for the Africa region
Posted by: Faculty of Veterinary Science
24 May 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.)

University of Namibia delegation visits the Faculty of Veterinary Science
Posted by: Faculty of Veterinary Science
18 May 2018

An important delegation from the University of Namibia (UNAM) visited the Faculty of Veterinary Science’s Onderstepoort Campus on 17 and 18 May.

Faculty's Veterinary Academic Hospital's Equine Clinic fully operational again
Posted by: University of Pretoria
05 February 2018

The Faculty of Veterinary Science’s Equine Clinic is open for business again after a temporary closure of the Clinic

Dr Eugene Machimana receives 2018 EASA postgraduate medal doctoral award
Posted by: Faculty of Veterinary Science
29 January 2018

Dr Eugene Machimana, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Science was awarded the 2018 EASA Postgraduate Medal: Doctoral Award.

Research at UP — a retrospective review now published
Posted by: University of Pretoria
22 November 2017

The production of the annual Research Review is always a highlight in the research calendar of the University of Pretoria, and the Research Review 2016 was no exception.

The pathogen discoverer – in search of novel and/or emerging tick-borne pathogens
Posted by: University of Pretoria
01 November 2017

Prof Marinda Oosthuizen is a pathogen discoverer, always on the lookout for novel and/or emerging tick-borne pathogens. Understanding what something is, why it is there and what it can do is her forte.

Ground-breaking surgical procedure by South African team regarded as the first of its kind
Posted by: University of Pretoria
13 October 2017

In what is regarded as a first of its kind, a group of South African veterinarians, together with a maxillofacial surgeon, succeeded in surgically lengthening the misaligned jaw of an adult male chimpanzee.

Ground-breaking: Faculty vets and maxillofacial surgeon successfully lengthen broken jaw of chimp
Posted by: Faculty of Veterinary Science
11 October 2017

In what is known to be a first of its kind, two veterinarians from the Faculty of Veterinary Science together with a maxillofacial surgeon succeeded in surgically lengthening the misaligned jaw of an adult male chimpanzee.

Faculty hosts Research for Africa Network (ERFAN) workshop to improve research and collaboration between African countries
Posted by: Faculty of Veterinary Science
10 October 2017

The workshop which took place on 4 and 5 October was organised by the Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Abruzzo and Molise, or IZSAM from Italy

Another veterinary painkiller found to be toxic to vultures
Posted by: University of Pretoria
03 October 2017

In South Asia, the frequent and widespread use of certain drugs to treat cattle and buffalo has led to a catastrophic decline in the populations of vultures that consume livestock carcasses.

Married veterinarians create their own special moment with double MMedVet graduation
Posted by: University of Pretoria
02 October 2017

When Charlie met Christie at the Faculty of Veterinary Science in 1997, the two prospective veterinarians could not have foreseen that 20 years later they would obtain their MMedVet degrees together as husband and wife, at the same graduation ceremony and on the same day.

Veterinary experts warn against a lack of awareness about the only infectious disease with a 100% mortality rate
Posted by: Faculty of Veterinary Science
28 September 2017

Worldwide, more than 55 000 people die of rabies every year (with around 30 000 occurring in India alone)

World Rabies Day: What you need to know
Posted by: University of Pretoria
28 September 2017

Today is World Rabies Day. Prof Andrew Leisewitz from the Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies at UP, shares some important facts about rabies, the only infectious disease that carries a 100% mortality rate.

SANBS and UP blood plasma drive a massive success
Posted by: University of Pretoria
21 September 2017

A recent drive at the Faculty of Veterinary Science's Onderstepoort Campus to recruit hyperimmune blood plasma donors to alleviate the shortage of rabies immunoglobulin in South Africa attracted over 200 students.

Research explores the social life of one of Africa's most iconic animals
Posted by: University of Pretoria
20 September 2017

Giraffes are now listed as a threatened species, and it is said that there are currently fewer giraffes than elephants in Africa. Research taking place at the University of Pretoria, will ensure a greater understanding of this species.

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