A Day in the Life of the University of Pretoria. 03 February 1934

On this "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria" Mr L.A. van Rooyen, lecturer on poultry at the University of Pretoria and chairman of the Pretoria Poultry Club, gave a lecture entitled “Breeding of Poultry”, at the University’s experimental farm.

Van Rooyen’s lecture focused on the “Breeding of Poultry for High Production”. The lecture was open to the public, as the University recognized the importance of poultry farming in South Africa. As early as 1921 Leo van Rooyen, an alumnus, was awarded a bursary to study in America.  On his return in 1925 he was appointed senior lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture and the Head of the Department of Poultry. Today, UP has a special Research Chair in Poultry Health and Production as part of the Department of Production Animal Studies in the Veterinary Faculty at Onderstepoort.

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