Your pets & the COVID-19 pandemic: Your questions answered.

Posted on March 19, 2020

The COVID-19 disease was caused by the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus and it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 11 March 2020. It has now spread to all continents. Amidst widespread uncertainty it has also become clear that there are certain misconceptions and...

University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science opens wildlife clinic

Posted on March 06, 2020

UP's Faculty of Veterinary Science opened a dedicated wildlife clinic at its Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) on Friday, 6 March.

Patients at our new wildlife clinic already include the weird and wonderful

Posted on March 06, 2020

The Faculty's new wildlife clinic that was officially opened today by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Tawana Kupe already housed a few interesting patients but recently the facility had a very unusual visitor.

UP part of 3-year ELEPHANT project to address health challenges arising from human, animal interaction such as COVID-19

Posted on March 05, 2020

The Faculty of Veterinary Science at UP is one of the leading partners in the Erasmus+ ELEPHANT project which will boost the capacity of the participating partner institutions in solving complex issues relating to the health of humans and animals.

UP’s Faculty of Veterinary Science, SA’s only one, celebrates 100 years

Posted on February 05, 2020

The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science is celebrating its centenary this year. Dean Professor Vinny Naidoo tells Primarashni Gower how Africa’s top vet school was established.

Vaccinating African buffalo against bovine tuberculosis – a promising step towards disease control

Posted on January 30, 2020

Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is one of the most important and widespread diseases of livestock worldwide and in particular a huge threat to cattle, wildlife species and people in developing countries.

Registered? Welcome! Now get orientated with UP!

Posted on January 03, 2020

Welcome to the University of Pretoria and congratulations on choosing UP. You’ve made one of the best decisions of your life!

New skills training for final year vet students serves the agricultural needs of South Africa

Posted on November 26, 2019

In 2018 the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Onderstepoort embarked on enriching the skills base of newly qualified veterinarians by developing a one-week training course to diagnose bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis. These are important state controlled diseases of cattle which also affect...