Posted on July 21, 2016
The University recently launched Research Matters, an exciting new website that showcases and highlights some of its research and innovation output and emphasises the impact of this work in South Africa, Africa and globally.
Posted on July 18, 2016
Prof Ivan Horak, emeritus professor in the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases in the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria, was recently selected by the South African Academy for Science and Arts to receive the MT Steyn medal for exceptional achievement in natural...
Posted on July 15, 2016
The Department of Paraclinical Sciences and various partners have initiated a project to determine how rearing conditions and environment affect orphaned rhinos' adaption to their natural habitat.
Posted on July 11, 2016
Dr Cindy Harper and her team from UP's Veterinary Genetics Laboratory have developed a ground-breaking technique to collect and catalogue DNA from rhinos and rhino horns.
Posted on July 05, 2016
The RhODIS system for profiling and indexing rhino DNA, developed by UP's Veterinary Genetics Laboratory and partners, could become the standard for producing DNA profiles that can be analysed and compared in a global database.
Posted on July 03, 2016
A ‘huge success for the University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, and judged as one of the best Crocodile Specialist Group (CSG) working meetings held thus far”.
Posted on July 03, 2016
The Faculty of Veterinary Science’s Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) of the University of Pretoria was instrumental in the announcement last week of the international expansion of rhino horn DNA testing
Posted on June 24, 2016
Most countries are not well prepared to cope with a possible avian influenza pandemic. Dr Folorunso Oludayo Fasina from the Faculty of Veterinary Science has developed a risk model to limit the spread of this disease.
Posted on June 22, 2016
The quality of students enrolled in the Phytomedicine Programme offered by the Department of Paraclinical Sciences in the Faculty of Veterinary Science was recently highlighted when three PhD students, Drs Olubukola Adenubi and Abimbola Aro, and Ms Bellonah Sakong, received prestigious research...
Posted on June 03, 2016
Organised by the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) to take place from 18 to 24 June, the collaborative action planning workshop will host representatives of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network (TRAFFIC) and the Wildlife Forensics Network (TRACE).
Posted on June 02, 2016
As part of the recent Take a Girl to Work day initiative, 15 female learners had the opportunity on the day to visit the Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Posted on March 15, 2016
For over a decade it has been known that some drugs are toxic to vultures and that they are exposed to these drugs by consuming contaminated carcasses. A new study shows that the threat to these magnificent birds are far from over.
Posted on March 10, 2016
Already in 2006 Prof Vinny Naidoo, now the Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and his team,started research on protecting vultures from the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) diclofenac in cattle...
Posted on March 10, 2016
An informative, professionally produced DVD on African horse sickness is now available.
Posted on March 04, 2016
A group of veterinary science students from the University of Pretoria recently went to Makapanstad village in the North West province, where they had the opportunity to gain first-hand experience handling farm animals without the aid of standard animal-handling facilities.
Posted on March 04, 2016
Since its opening in 2015, the Faculty of Veterinary Science's Skills Laboratory has already proven to be a valuable asset to the Faculty.
Posted on March 03, 2016
As the rhino poaching crisis escalates, this year's theme for World Wildlife Day, 'The future of wildlife is in our hands' is a chilling reminder of the situation in South Africa.
Posted on February 23, 2016
The Faculty of Veterinary Science at the Onderstepoort Campus on Friday officially opened its new Lesedi Complex, housing world-class veterinary facilities.
Posted on February 03, 2016
The course is suitable to colleagues/students who are not familiar with non-invasive techniques and will allow participants to gain practical experience in techniques of non-invasive endocrine monitoring including sample workup preparation, performance of enzyme immunoassays (EIA), data...
Posted on November 16, 2015
Prof Moritz van Vuuren, Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases in the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science, spoke to Hennie Maas of Radio Sonder Grense (RSG)'s 'Op die veepos' program, about the increase and incidence of diseases, especially...
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