University of Pretoria-led study reveals COVID-19 Delta variants transmitted from humans to animals

Posted on January 18, 2022

A team of UP scientists has published the only study from Africa that entailed genomic One Health investigations to reveal that Delta variants of COVID-19 were transmitted from humans to animals.

UP vet team gives macaw new lease of life with 3D-printed beak

Posted on October 27, 2021

Many people get prosthetic titanium limbs as a result of illness or injury. Now, thanks to a University of Pretoria (UP) team led by Professor Gerhard Steenkamp, a veterinary specialist in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, a macaw has been given a new lease...

UP Veterinary Science master’s student wins Belgian prize for dissertation

Posted on September 28, 2021

UP master’s student Dr Hendrik Swanepoel has won the Prize for Global Research of the Province of Antwerp for his dissertation. The award recognises research that contributes to global science for health worldwide.

UP Faculty of Veterinary Science’s new test for deafness in dogs

Posted on August 11, 2021

UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) in the Faculty of Veterinary Science has invested in the latest device to test deafness in dogs, and is currently testing 20–30 dogs per month, most of which are puppies.

UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital gets its first MRI scanner

Posted on July 26, 2021

UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital has entered a new era in patient care with the acquisition of an MRI scanner, which allows for the bodies of big cats, great apes and the necks of horses, among others, to be scanned.

University of Pretoria veterinary specialist performs what is believed to be SA’s first neuroprosthesis on a horse

Posted on May 28, 2021

The surgery, which will enable the filly to return to racing in three months’ time, is one of several breakthroughs by UP veterinary specialists in recent months.

Veterinary pathology and post-mortems are keys to problem-solving

Posted on April 03, 2021

To many people the thought of doing a post-mortem (also known as a necropsy) on a dead animal or carcass brings up negative thoughts such as blood, guts, grossness, bad smells and even nausea. So, it begs the question: Why do veterinary pathologists perform post-mortems?

UP vets’ partial knee replacement surgery on Theophylline the cat another first for South Africa

Posted on March 04, 2021

After Theophylline fractured her leg in a fall, determined UP vets used a complex surgery that has never been performed in SA before to ensure that the kitten’s leg is saved from amputation.