Posted on September 04, 2019
Prof Marinda Oosthuizen and I were invited to attend the 30th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology in Sante Fe, New Mexico, from 8-11 June 2019.
Posted on September 03, 2019
On the 11th July, the Faculty of Veterinary Science hosted 2 lecturers and 11 students (1 DTM&H, 3 DPH and 7 MPH) from the School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH).
Posted on August 27, 2019
The Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases (DVTD) of the Faculty of Veterinary Science (FVS), University of Pretoria, was well represented at the 27th Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP), in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Posted on April 15, 2019
24 students from three different continents have successfully started the 2019 collaborative Masters in Tropical Animal Health degree programme.
Posted on August 07, 2018
The DVTD will present training courses during October and November 2018.
Posted on May 22, 2018
Article on Listeriosis in animals.
Posted on May 18, 2018
Faith Nkosi was accepted for the first Molecular Data for Infectious Diseases course hosted by ITM
Posted on November 01, 2017
Prof Marinda Oosthuizen is a pathogen discoverer, always on the lookout for novel and/or emerging tick-borne pathogens. Understanding what something is, why it is there and what it can do is her forte.
Posted on March 31, 2017
Dr Francis Kolo, of the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases at UP, conducted a study on the dog population of Hluvukani Village to determine the prevalence of rabies in the area and the causes of mortality in the population.
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 14, 2016
Prof Anita Michel, Professor in the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, is the author of a chapter in the top ranked eBook
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 May 06, 2016
Collaborative effort to install a laboratory in the LNP.
Posted on March 15, 2016
The Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases at the Faculty of Veterinary Science offers a full-time position (3 years) in a CDC funded project investigating the epidemiology of bovine and human tuberculosis at the wildlife/livestock/human interface in KwaZulu-Natal.
Posted on March 10, 2016
An informative, professionally produced DVD on African horse sickness is now available.
Posted on January 22, 2016
Banenat (Ben) Dogonyaro registered for the MSc (Veterinary Science) degree in the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases in 2009.
Posted on October 28, 2015
PhD student (DVTD) selected as a finalist for Invitrogen Science Hero Award
Posted on September 18, 2015
Prof Estelle Venter studies diseases that can have significant implications for farmers and communities, particularly bluetongue and lumpy skin disease, which occur predominantly in livestock.
Posted on July 17, 2015
Zamantungwa Khumalo is a 27 year old female from the village Bergville in Woodford, KwaZulu-Natal, and is doing her PhD in Veterinary Parasitology at Ondersterpoort Campus (University of Pretoria).
Posted on May 12, 2015
Prof Anita Michel of the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases strongly doubts that there is a single buffalo herd in the nearly two million hectares of the Kruger National Park that does not have bovine tuberculosis (BTB).
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