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.
Posted on August 25, 2021
Extended deadline for abstracts: 08 September 2021
Posted on August 17, 2021
The inaugural Rift Valley fever (RVF) online course, hosted by the Enhancing Research for Africa Network (ERFAN), took place from the 23rd to the 26th of November 2020
Posted on August 16, 2021
The Department Veterinary Tropical Diseases (DVTD) at the Faculty of Veterinary Science has obtained both SANAS accreditation and Government approval to render a diagnostic service for bovine brucellosis serology (RBT and CFT) and culture for tuberculosis in all animal species.
Posted on April 07, 2021
In a collaboration between three research projects and between researchers in DVTD and in the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology at the University of Stellenbosch, several field trips have been organised over the past two years to collect rodents, in order to answer several...
Posted on March 01, 2021
PhD research project in Molecular Biology or Virology available at the DVTD
Posted on March 01, 2021
ADVERT for a post-doc fellowship in the DVTD
Posted on February 22, 2021
The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) has announced the recipients of its annual awards that recognize professional excellence, achievement and service in academic veterinary medicine. Among these awards, was the 2021 AAVMC Excellence in Research Award, being presented...
Posted on February 10, 2021
Dr. Francis Kolo and Dr. Charles Byaruhanga, under the respective mentorships of Prof. Henriette van Heerden and Dr. Chris Marufu, visited abattoirs in the Eastern Cape Province to sample livestock and transfer knowledge to workers in the abattoirs about protecting themselves and animals from...
Posted on February 09, 2021
Adverts for MSc, PhD and Post-doc students in the DVTD
Posted on October 05, 2020
Bovine tuberculosis is an extremely slow but steadily progressing disease which poses a serious health threat to cattle, wildlife and people especially in developing countries.
Posted on August 01, 2020
The Helminthology Laboratory of the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases renders a broad spectrum of diagnostic tests, among other the identification of measles (cysticerci) and other larval stages of tapeworms (metacestodes) of taeniids found in herbivore and omnivore game carcasses.
Posted on July 02, 2020
As COVID-19 has reminded us, the benefits of vaccines still far outweigh the risks.
Posted on May 20, 2020
There are 2 Post-graduate Appointments available in the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases (DVTD), Faculty of Veterinary Science under Agreement with Afrivet.
Posted on January 30, 2020
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is one of the most important and widespread diseases of livestock worldwide and in particular a huge threat to cattle, wildlife species and people in developing countries.
Posted on November 26, 2019
Worldwide, ten filarial helminth species have been recorded from domestic carnivores. In domestic dogs Dirofilaria immitis (canine heartworm), Dirofilaria repens, Acanthocheilonema reconditum and Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides are the most prevalent ones.
Posted on November 07, 2019
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) affects a wide range of wildlife species with devastating consequences
Posted on November 07, 2019
Following his recent nomination to the South African Young Academies of Science (SAYAS), Dr. Munyaradzi Christopher Marufu, has hailed this appointment as an opportunity to not only advance his academic skills, but to also convert technical outputs to tangible benefits for the communities he...
Posted on October 02, 2019
On the 31th August, a group of lecturers supported by admin staff from the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases and Hans Hoheisen Wildlife Research Station hosted a One Health workshop with learners from Mungena High School.
Posted on September 06, 2019
It was a double celebration in the Kolo household when husband and wife Francis and Agatha graduated from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science this week with PhDs in Veterinary Science.
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