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  • Healthy cows ensure quality milk

    Posted on September 07, 2015

    The small-staffed, but highly efficient Milk Laboratory in UP's Faculty of Veterinary Science, is the go-to place for nearly half of South Africa's commercial dairy farmers for diagnostic services relating to udder health.

  • Faculty proudly hosts its second Doctoral Celebration of 2015

    Posted on September 03, 2015

    It was with pride that the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria hosted its second Doctoral Celebration of 2015 on 2 September.

  • Searching for the dirty truth

    Posted on August 20, 2015

    The Endocrine Research Laboratory (ERL), in the Department of Anatomy and Physiology in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, has established numerous non-invasive tests for a wide range of species.

  • The ethics of meat production

    Posted on August 05, 2015

    Prof Edward Webb has conducted years of intensive research in animal science to find acceptable ways of improving farming methods to enhance the well-being of animals, which, in turn, will result in better quality animal produce.

  • Conquering your own Everest means never lose focus of what you want to achieve

    Posted on July 24, 2015

    Sibusiso Vilane, the first black African to reach the summit of Mount Everest, delivered a guest presentation at the Faculty of Veterinary Science's second VetEd Symposium on 22 July.

  • PhD student an Apprentesses Leadership 2015 finalist

    Posted on July 17, 2015

    Zamantungwa Khumalo is a 27 year old female from the village Bergville in Woodford, KwaZulu-Natal, and is doing her PhD in Veterinary Parasitology at Ondersterpoort Campus (University of Pretoria).

  • Phytomedicine – fighting parasites for healthier animals and people

    Posted on July 14, 2015

    With the increasing resistance of parasites and micro-organisms to commercially available anti-parasitic and antimicrobial drugs, the need to find treatments that improve animal and human health is fast becoming a necessity.

  • The pangolin’s plight

    Posted on July 01, 2015

    Dr Christine Steyn, of the Department of Anatomy and Physiology in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, is one of only a few people doing research on the anatomy of this shy animal.

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