Posted on October 22, 2015
Equine surgery has its fair share of challenges, but thanks to the well-equipped Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH), equine surgeons such as Dr Arnold Mahne are able to do their utmost for sick and injured horses.
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 September 07, 2015
Time for reflection. These are two early publications presented by the Equine Research Centre.
Posted on September 07, 2015
Prof Guthrie talks about the establishment of ERC.
Posted on September 07, 2015
It is fitting that, as it celebrates 25 years of operation, ERC has released these two papers
Posted on June 13, 2015
qPCR-based national surveillance programme for Taylorella equigenitalis in SA horses
Posted on June 13, 2015
Determining the physiologicsl stress patterns in young horses at sales
Posted on April 08, 2015
Interesting breakthrough for midge free international travel of horses
Posted on April 08, 2015
International acknowledgement of the Equine Herpes Virus research conducted in South Africa
Posted on November 27, 2014
Research done at the University of Pretoria has found that the abundant occurrence of two species of midges that cause AHS could be due to their ability to withstand cold temperatures.
Posted on October 06, 2014
As per the official letter from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) below, we are happy to advise that the 2011 Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) outbreak in the process of being declared closed. This follows extensive trace-backs involving testing of more than 4 500...
Posted on February 19, 2014
The first phase of a scientific study investigating the efficacy of meshes and insecticides to protect horses that are being transported from being exposed to AHS has recently been completed and submitted to an international journal for publication
Posted on February 18, 2014
A significant step has been achieved with the recent approval by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) for PCR Tests developed by the ERC to be performed by the Molecular Diagnostics Section of the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VG
Posted on February 18, 2014
The first phase of a scientific study investigating the efficacy of meshes and insecticides to protect horses that are being transported from being exposed to AHS has recently been completed and submitted to an international journal for publication
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