Prof Anita Michel

Professor: Bacteriology

BVSc (Germany) DVM (Germany) PhD (Utrecht)

Anita Michel

Office
Room 2-31
Paraclinical Building

Telephone
+27 12 529 8426

Email
[email protected]

ORCID
0000-0001-9240-2653

Professional and academic experience

28 years experience as researcher and laboratory diagnostician
7 years experience as research programme manager
6 years experience as technical manager of ISO 17025 accredited laboratories

Professional memberships

Member of the South African Veterinary Council
Member of the Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Member (Treasurer) of the Organising Committee of the 12th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Durban, South Africa, 9 – 14 August 2009

Subjects taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

Veterinary microbiology and bacterial pathogenesis
Veterinary Infectious Diseases
One Health: basic concepts and advanced level

Research interests

Bacterial zoonoses with an emphasis on bovine tuberculosis
Veterinary diagnostics
Wildlife/livestock/human interface
One Health

Collaboration

National:

Stellenbosch University

National Zoological Gardens

SANParks

ARC-OVI

Kwazulu/Natal Nature Conservation Services

National Institute for Communicable Diseases

International:

Utrecht University

Oregon State University

University of Georgia

North Carolina State University

CIRAD

Friedrich-Loeffler Institute

SACIDS

Industry:

Prionics (Zurich, Switzerland)

Postgraduate Students

Graduated Students
Student Name	Supervisor/Co-supervisor	Institution	Master’s/PhD	Year
1. Sabine Eschenfelder	Co-supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	1998
2. Manfred Tanner	Co-supervisor	University of Leipzig, Germany	Dr med vet	1999
3. Maretha van der Merwe	Co-supervisor	Tshwane University of Technology	Master’s	2006
4. Theresa Sethusa	Co-supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2007
5. Ingrid Roussow	Co-supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2010
6. Mzwandile Dube	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2012
7. Boitumelo Modise	Co-supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2013
8. Nhamo Nyanhongo	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2013
9. Mcebo Dlamini	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2013
10. Miriam Maas	Co-supervisor	Utrecht University	PhD	2013
11. Kerushini Govender	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2013
12. Tiny Hlokwe	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	PhD	2014
13. Angela Brϋns	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2015
14. Bongekile Ndwandwe	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2015
15. Jacoba Dongo	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2015
16. Noma Gcebe	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	PhD	2015
17. Jolly Musoke	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	PhD	2016
18. Jescah Munjere	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2017
19. Josephine Chileshe	Supervisor	University of Pretoria	Master’s	2017

Currently enrolled students
Name of student	Degree enrolled for and date of first registration	Project title	Supervisor	Co-supervisor(s)
Michael Kaysay-Ghebremariam	PhD; 2012	A study of prevalence and risk factors of bovine tuberculosis in livestock and humans in Eritrea	V Rutten	Anita Michel
Molefe Tladi	MSc; 2015	Circulating M. bovis at the wildlife/ livestock interface in northern Botswana	Anita Michel	Ferran Jori
T Hanyire	MSc; 2014	Pilot Project to study the prevalence of tuberculosis in domesticated African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) and their handlers in the Victoria Falls and Livingstone area	Anita Michel	Chris Foggin
Chimbwandwe	MSc; 2014	Prevalence of M. aviumd subsp. paratuberculosis in communal sheep in the Eastern Cape	Anita Michel	N/A
Elise van der Heijden	PhD; 2015	Immunopathogenesis and diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in cattle and buffalo	Victor Rutten	Anita Michel
Andre Nhambir	MSc; 2015	Survey on bacterial diseases of zoonotic importance in cattle, goats and humans in LNP, Mozambique	Anita Michel	N/A
John Mongovoyo	MSc, 2014	Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in African buffalo in the Chobe National Park, Botswana	Anita Michel	N/A
Karen Gerber	MSc, 2014	Changes to the provision of bovine tuberculosis testing in England and the effects on veterinarians and farmers	Anita Michel	N/A
Petronillah Sichewo	PhD, 2016	Zoonotic tuberculosis transmission at the wildlife/livestock/human interface	Anita Michel	Erick Etter
Nomawethu Masina	MSc, 2016	Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis detection in ovine faecal samples using pooled fecal culture and species verification by PCR	Anita Michel	Tiny Hlokwe
Annelize Jonker	PhD, 2017	Infectious causes of abortion	Anita Michel	Peter Thompson
Desiree Mazwi	MSc, 2017	Patterns of longitudinal M. bovis shedding in cow’s milk	Anita Michel
Gillian Declerq	MSc, 2017	Human Health Risk Factors of Informal Slaughter, focussing on Brucella abortus, in small scale farmers of Gauteng	Anita Michel	N/A

Research output/publications

96 peer reviewed research publications
5 chapters in books
author and co-author of 104 conference presentations

NRF rating

Awards and recognition

Rated among Faculty's top 10 researchers every year since 2011.

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