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Lab action: Jana ​van Heerden doing DNA extractions (left) and qPCR (right) for the Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV) ​study. Read about the project here: Animal TB Student projects​​​​​

Blood​ stimulations for the felid study: Animal TB Student Projects​

Rachiel Gumbo working on the ELISA development for the felid study. 

Animal TB Group February 2020

(back from left: Charlene Clarke, Dr Tanya Kerr, Prof. Michele Miller, Dr Wynand Goosen, Dr Léanie Kleynhans; Middle: Tina Meiring, Jos Chileshe​, Sam Goldswain, Candice de Waal, Pamela Ncube; front: Rebecca Dwyer, Kat Smith, Rachiel Gumbo; missing: Debbie Cooke)​

Animal TB Group December 2019​

(back row from left: Dr Léanie Kleynhans, Sam Goldswain, Dr Tanya Kerr, Dr Wynand Goosen; front: Kat Smith, Jos Chileshe, Rachiel Gumbo, Tina Meiring, Prof. Michele Miller)

MEDIA LINKS:

​​​19 August 2021: Competing human values​ make wildlife conservation more complex​

19 August 2021: Why do ‘lockdowns’ matter for rhinos?​

What can Elephants Teach Us About Cancer Prevention and Treatment.pdf

Read about the incredible work done by a former Animal TB member, Dr Jos Chileshe​: Test developed to identify bovine TB in wild rhinos​

https://www.thecattlesite.com/news/54762/how-bovine-tuberculosis-diagnostics-contribute-to-wildlife-conservation/​​​

Tina Meiring, a PhD student in the Animal TB group, had her research featured in the latest edition of Stellenbosch University (SU)'s multi-award winning publication Research at Stellenbosch University (29/09/2020):​

http://www.sun.ac.za/NGS_wilddog​

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Prof. Michele Miller shares her expertise on ​testing elephants for TB in the National Geographic (published 4 September 2020)​:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/09/threat-of-tuberculosis-transmission-looms-in-captive-elephants/​

Presentation on elephant TB for the International Elephant Foundation conference in 2019​ by Prof. Michele Miller:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gidhdba1pjn5n44/00001%20Miller.MTS?dl=0​

Bovine TB testing on buffalos in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi national park​:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo_KmQq8UcQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oKyp5AIM1o​

Collaborator Prof Francisco Olea-Popelka articles and videos:

»​ https://www.youtube.com/watch​?v=YMy7URx1Oi4

» http://m.health24.com/health24/Medical/Tuberculosis/News/can-animals-and-food-give-you-tb-20161006

» http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=2680

» http://m.mgafrica.com/article/2016-03-11-tuberculosis-poses-new-threat-for-africas-wildlife-even-as-humans-continue-to-battle-the-disease

» http://www.medicalbrief.co.za/archives/bovine-tb-a-hidden-killer/​

»​ ​https://www.news24.com/Columnists/GuestColumn/world-wildlife-day-the-silencing-roars-of-a-king-20180302

» https://www.facebook.com/SAWomenInSciEng/photos/a.594329863922295.1073741826.487045594650723/1721392484549355/?type=3

» https://www.facebook.com/SAWomenInSciEng/photos/a.594329863922295.1073741826.487045594650723/1719158738106063/?type=3​

Famelab:

» http://mg.co.za/article/2016-05-06-00-presenting-the-years-best-three-minute-scientists

» https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PbbWiy_kQ98

Lion TB:

» http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=3727

» http://www.health24.com/Medical/Tuberculosis/TB-in-south-africa/kruger-lions-threatened-by-tuberculosis-20160323