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ERSTEPOORT 100
South African Veterinary Association.
Of special significance for the future was the allocation in 2004 by the Depart- ment of Science and Technology of a major grant to facilitate the training at postgraduate level of new staff in order to counter the tremendous loss of expertise during the previous decade. The funds were used to appoint postgraduate students in the Professional Development Programme of the ARC, to finance their research and to appoint senior staff members as
mentors.
A total of 17 students were appointed,
three for PhD and 14 for MSc studies, mostly at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Onderstepoort. The Faculty thus also
benefited by an increase in its number of postgraduate students and by the appoint- ment of the mentors as supervisors in a part-time capacity. Four of these students were appointed in posts in 2007 and it is hoped that the remaining 13, who are expected to complete their studies in 2008, will be appointed in various vacancies at ARC-OVI.
The Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute can therefore enter its second century with confidence and the conviction that it will be able to continue its important contribu- tion to the development of South Africa and to regain the leading role it previously played in solving veterinary problems in southern Africa.
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Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute: General History
1908-2008
Years