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Today’s Spotlight: The Faculty of Veterinary Science 🐾 at UP! 📸 South Africa’s only veterinary faculty, leading in research, education, and animal health. Share your fond memories in the comments. #UniversityOfPretoria #CampusView #LoveYourCampus
Just in! UP & @Cornell launch C-CHANGE, tackling climate-driven infectious diseases With NIH support, this center combines global expertise to predict & prevent outbreaks, focusing on rural communities in SA, Zimbabwe & NY. Read more: ow.ly/oqyy50UmeAq #ProudlyUP
Meet Binti, a 5-month-old orphaned white rhino calf saved by the University of Pretoria's Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (@OPtuks)! After life-saving surgery for a critical colon impaction, she's thriving back at The Rhino Orphanage: ow.ly/Kz3850UhfcY
Breaking boundaries - Together, against rabies. Any mammal can become infected with rabies. Dog rabies is concentrated in the eastern parts of the country (KZN, LP, MP, ECP, FSP-Lesotho border). Image credit 1: @afrivetza Image credit 2: @DLRRD_za #BreakingBoundaries #WRD2024
28 September is #WorldRabiesDay! The theme for this year: “Breaking Boundaries”. Mammals with rabies show changes in behaviour and neurological symptoms. Are your dogs and cats up to date with their rabies vaccinations? #BreakingBoundaries #WRD2024 #GlobalAllianceforRabiesControl
#MondayMotivation: New Week, New Month, New Possibilities! Every new beginning is a chance to grow and achieve greatness. Let's make Mondays matter 💙🆙 #UniversityOfPretoria#MakeTodayMatter
MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Your donation can make a significant impact on the lives of students in need. Take action today and help create a better world. Donate today: givingday.up.ac.za #UniversityOfPretoria #UPGivingMatters
Professor Chris Marufu earns NRF Rating for pioneering research in veterinary parasitology, crucial for global food security and sustainable agriculture. Read more: ow.ly/RtY550SrcnE #UniversityOfPretoria #ProudlyUP
FLYING HIGH: Molecular biologist/virologist Prof Celia Abolnik of UP’s Faculty of Veterinary Science has been rated as a C1 researcher by the National Research Foundation. Read more: ow.ly/jl6850SfjxK #UniversityOfPretoria #UPExcellenceMatters
Tune in to kykNET channel 144 on DStv this Sunday, 19 May 2024 at 20:00 when the Faculty's Prof Gerhard Steenkamp, world famous for his maxillofacial work on wild animals, will feature on the next episode of ‘Bewonder & Bewaar’ with English subtitles, hosted by Bonné de Bod 🆚
Attention Grade 9-12 learners! Discover the fascinating world of veterinary science at the Faculty of Veterinary Science Information Session Open Day on April 5, 2024, at the Onderstepoort Campus. Register here: ow.ly/amgX50QVkVl #UPVeterinaryScience #FutureVets @OPtuks
SHAPING POLICY: An uptick in zoonotic disease has shown that the opinion of farmers and veterinary officials is vital to creating an effective disease-control policy. See page 20, Issue 7 of RE.SEARCH magazine: indd.adobe.com/view/b59379a8-… #UPResearchMatters
SOME SHARKS ARE HOT: University of Pretoria and Trinity College Dublin researchers discover the smalltooth sand tiger shark and the basking shark are also warm-bodied sharks, much like their distant cousin, the great white shark. Read more: bit.ly/3QAcZYw
UP EXPERT OPINION: “New & innovative thinking is needed to deal with the reality on the ground in SA,” says specialist poultry health veterinarian & senior lecturer at UP Dr Shahn Bisschop, speaking about the #outbreak of #avianflu in the country: ow.ly/Kfl650Q11sU
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS: For immediate support, contact the 24-hour UP Careline on 0800-747-747. Break the stigma, talk about it, reach out for help. #MentalHealthMatters #UPCares
Having continued her bravery with her recovery from surgery after robbers shot her in the head, the veterinary team that performed surgery on Phoenix at UP’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital believes she will continue to live a full life. ow.ly/XpcM50PQ7Co
Today is the seventeenth #WorldRabiesDay! Let us celebrate this milestone of uniting towards a common goal to #EndRabiesNow through #OneHealth4All and by each of us playing our part. Together, we can! @RabiesAlliance Image credit: Global Alliance for Rabies Control
Heat stress in chickens is a growing threat to the livelihoods of small-scale poultry farmers in SA. A team of UP researchers has come with a potential solution: adding vitamin C and a probiotic to chicken feed: ow.ly/7hxg50POfLH #UniversityOfPretoria #UPRearchMatters
A study by the Faculty of Veterinary Science at UP @OPtuks into Listeria monocytogenes in beef at some abattoirs & retailers in SA has raised some red flags. #listeria #redmeat #foodsafety Read more on the findings and where to next here: foodfocus.co.za/home/Industry-…
#UPGraduation: Today, more than 200 graduates from the faculties of Theology and Religion, Vet Science, Law and EBIT will step on to the stage to receive their degrees! Watch here: ow.ly/HQ9W50PI0Uh #UPGraduation2023
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