#PODCAST SA's only veterinary school unveils the largest CT scanner ever used in practice in the country #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - South Africa's sole veterinary school and the second oldest on the continent has just unveiled the largest CT scanner ever used in veterinary practice in the country. Made possible thanks to a R13 million donation, the University of Pretoria's Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) will now be able to perform scans of the limbs as well as the head and neck of large animals likes lions and even buffaloes. Veterinary Radiologist Dr. Nicolene Hoepner says this new piece of equipment not only improves diagnostics of patients, but also opens up multiple future research opportunities...