Posted on June 11, 2015
Bovine brucellosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Brucella abortus that leads to reproductive failure in infected cattle and to production losses in affected herds. The organism may also cause potentially serious illness in people who have contact with infected animals or drink...
Posted on June 08, 2015
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) thousands of children across the globe are victims of homicide annually, despite the right to protection and care afforded by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Posted on June 05, 2015
At first sight, the Central African rainforest is a picturesque paradise, filled with luscious vegetation, amazing animals, and birds of all kinds.
Posted on June 05, 2015
The Dead Sea Scrolls for the first time received exclusive attention at a South African conference when the Department of Old Testament Studies in UP’s Faculty of Theology hosted a Qumran Conference on 28 and 29 May 2015.
Posted on June 01, 2015
The University of Pretoria’s Institute for Sports Research (ISR), in collaboration with the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, and the High Performance Centre (hpc), have developed a ground-breaking tool to assist rugby teams in fine-tuning their scrumming technique.
Posted on May 29, 2015
Have you have ever thought about why people prefer one food to another? The obvious answer is the taste, but, if you think about it, the texture, sound, smell and appearance of food also play a fundamental role in our food choices. Together with taste, these four elements are known as the sensory...
Posted on May 28, 2015
Many of us take for granted things such as the ability to hear and enjoy music, the sound of children laughing or the simple joy of being part of a conversation with good friends. We usually don’t even think about how privileged we are in being able to hear.
Posted on May 13, 2015
Researchers and postgraduate students from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) and the Genomics Research Institute (GRI) at the University of Pretoria contributed to eight articles in a special issue of the journal, New Phytologist.
Posted on May 12, 2015
Prof Anita Michel of the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases in the Faculty of Veterinary Science strongly doubts that there is a single buffalo herd in the nearly two million hectares of the Kruger National Park (KNP) that does not have bovine tuberculosis (BTB).
Posted on May 04, 2015
The Mnisi Community Programme (MCP) is a component of the Faculty of Veterinary Science’s field based One Health Platform.
Posted on April 29, 2015
Every year around autumn people marvel at the sight of acres and acres of bright red vineyards decorating the landscape of the Cape Winelands.
Posted on April 28, 2015
“There are more than 6 million HIV+ people living in our region, and some would say we are the 3rd most obese nation in the world,” says Prof Michael Pepper, Director of the recently launched Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine (ICMM) at the University of Pretoria...
Posted on April 22, 2015
How do you get a crocodile to urinate in a cup? That is one of the questions that Dr Jan Myburgh from the University of Pretoria (UP) and his colleagues have had to research in order to develop reliable, effective ways of monitoring the health of farmed crocodiles in anticipation of a coming...
Posted on April 20, 2015
With most of the world’s population now living in cities and the current rate of urbanization showing no signs of abating, the sustainable management of urban areas has become one of the most important development challenges of our time.
Posted on April 07, 2015
Food safety is vital for public health and well-being. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognizes this and used it as the theme for World Health Day 2015 celebrated on 7 April.
Posted on March 31, 2015
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global concern that affects both human and animal health.
Posted on March 31, 2015
‘People think that because South Africa is a dry country, there is not a lot of opportunity for hydropower,’ says water engineer Marco van Dijk, ‘but it is actually low-hanging fruit.’
Posted on March 24, 2015
The ceramics industry, which is still thriving today, came into being when humans discovered that they could form clay mixed with water into objects that could then be made more durable by subjecting them to heat.
Posted on March 18, 2015
Despite the great advancements made by humankind through research, which is an exclusively human ability, nature still holds many unexplored secrets.
Posted on March 13, 2015
A collaborative team effort is needed to counter the increasing danger of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) in wildlife evident in the continuous spread of the disease to wildlife on unrelated properties in different parts of South Africa.
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