Department of Agriculture and Animal Health

Prof N Nyangiwe

College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department: Agriculture and Animal Health
Professor Extraordinarius
E-mail: nyangn@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • BSc: Animal Sciences (University of Fort Hare)
  • MSc: Veterinary Sciences (University of Pretoria), Cum laude
  • PhD: Animal Science (University of Stellenbosch)

NRF Rating

C

Field of Specialisation

  • Research Fields: Animal Health and Animal Science
  • Specialization: Veterinary Parasitology

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Professor Nkululeko Nyangiwe is a registered Professional Natural Scientist under the South African Council for Natural Scientific Profession (SACNASP). He is currently appointed as Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, UNISA. He previously served as a Senior Researcher at the Dohne Research Institute, which is part of the Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture. He holds a PhD from the University of Stellenbosch.  His research interests are mainly in veterinary parasitology, elucidating the acaricide resistance and climate change impact on Ixodid ticks, and he is recently advancing in helminthology. His dream is to champion the epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne diseases and improve current control strategies. So far, he has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers, including 50 conference proceedings. Prof. Nyangiwe has contributed to six (6) science school books (for pure Maths and Life Science) under the Department of Basic Education. He is a member of the Community of Practice under FAO. He has participated in various research committees and is a well-established researcher, as in NRF C ratings. Has chaired various scientific gatherings, including local and international conferences.

Professional Societies

  • Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA)
  • South African Society of Animal Science (SASAS)
  • Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SASVEPM)
  • International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE)

Awards 

  • 2024 June–NRF C Ratings Awards, VC Awards for Research and Innovation,  UNISA
  • 2022 Awardee of the 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE2022)  held August 7-12, 2022, at the Halifax Convention Centre in Canada travel grant
  • 2019 October –Best Animal Scientist in Eastern Cape Extension Awards.
  • 2017 September –Awarded a Bronze Medal for the meritorious PhD study by South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS).
  • 2014 May – Awarded part-time doctoral scholarship by National Research Foundation (NRF)
  • with the value of R100 000; Grant No: 92274.

Projects

  • Anthelmintic and acaricide resistance in sheep and cattle and the associated heamoparasites transmitted by vectors in the communal farming system in Eastern Cape Province
  • Longitudinal study on population dynamics of native tick, the Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)  decoloratus and the invasive cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)  microplus in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
  • Determination of acaricide resistance profiles and geographic range of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

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