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Appendix 4
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
FORMAT OF CURRICULUM VITAE The University prefers the following CV format. Specific items can be added to or omitted to reflect faculty specific and/or individual circumstances, but the given numbering should, as far as possible, be followed to facilitate the evaluation process. Provision of information about race and gender is optional, but will assist the University to report in terms of current employment equity legislation. EVALUATION DATE: (Office use only)
1. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION
Surname Leask
First names Rhoda ID Number 751025 0081 081
Citizenship South African Title Dr Female X Male
Place of birth Johannesburg Date of birth 25 October 1975
Population group African Coloured Indian White X
Other (Please specify)
Department Production Animal Studies Position Senior Lecturer
Direct Telephone 012 529 8226 Direct Telefax 012 529 8396
E-mail [email protected]
Date of appointment 01 July 2005
Permanent full-time X
Temporary full-time
1.2 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED
Degree/ Diploma
Field of study Higher education institution Year Distinctions
BScAgric
Animal Science University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg)
1998 Poultry Science 210 Animal Science 332 Animal Science 344 Animal Science 411 Genetics 310
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BVSc
Veterinary Medicine University of Pretoria 2004
MMedVet Small Stock Health University of Pretoria 2010 Research Methodology 811
1.3 WORK EXPERIENCE TO DATE Name of employer Capacity and/or type of work Period From mm//yy to mm//yy University of Natal (Dr. C Downs) Biology Practical Demonstrator 02/1997 to 11/1997
University of Natal (Prof Mike Lawes) Department of Zoology and Entomology
Laboratory Admin Assistant (part time) 03/1998 to 12/1998
Health Tech Laboratories
Sales Rep. (part time) 09/1998 to 11/1998
University of Pretoria Sr R. de Kock
Outpatients Reception (part time) 06/1999 to 09/2003
Pretoria North Animal Clinic
Locum (Small Animals Practice) 12/2004 to 01/2005
Pyramid Vet Clinic
Locum (Mixed Practice) 12/2004 to 01/2005
University of Pretoria
Clinical Assistant (Production Animal Studies)
02/2005 to 06/2005
University of Pretoria
Lecturer (Production Animal Studies) 07/2005 to 12/2011
University of Pretoria Senior Lecturer and Specialist (Production Animal Studies)
01/2012 to date
Self (part time) Small Stock Flock Health Consultant 12/2004 to date
1.4 CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES COMPLETED/ATTENDED (since 2004) Continuing Education Institution Year Young Researchers
CSIR 2006
2. TEACHING ACTIVITIES 2.1 Courses presented
Course Level (e.g. second year, Masters) Self developed (Yes or No) AHG300 Practicals Third year BVSc
No
PAS300 Practicals PAB300 Lectures and Practicals
Third year BSc Third year BSc
Partly
Production Animal Medicine and Surgery
Second year Nurses Yes
Bovine Clinics Final year BVSc No
Small Stock Clinics
Final year BVSc No
Outreach Clinic
Final year BVSc Partly
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SSH lectures (Milk goats)
Third year BVSc Yes
VET200
Second year BVSc Yes
2.2 Other education and pedagogic courses presented Course
Year Institution
Abscess management in sheep
2007 Pedi Breeders Association
Application of the FAMACHA© system in sheep and goats
2005/2006/2007/2008/2009 Presented to farmers on behalf of the University of Pretoria
Basic farm procedures for sheep and goats
2006/2009 Presented to farmers on behalf of the University of Pretoria
Milk Goat Management Course
2009 Presented to developing farmers on behalf of the University of Pretoria
3 TEACHING OUTPUTS
3.1 Educational publications and products
3.1.1) DVD Demonstrations for practical procedures in sheep and goats – included 32 hours of video recording
and re-recording, 176 hours of narrating, voice-overs and editing of procedures using personal equipment and
after-hours time not compensated for by the University of Pretoria to produce four DVD’s of between
approximately 45 minutes and one and a half hours duration. (First in the faculty to produce such demonstration
DVDs). Content of the Demonstration DVDs includes the following:
3.1.1.1) Session 1 includes the following demonstrations:
* Sheep flock – a discussion of the sheep flock including the breed at Onderstepoort
* Handling facilities including the pens, crush, scale, loading ramp, foot bath, shelter, pastures drainage,
slope, water provision and grass cover (critical analysis of the facilities at Onderstepoort
* Basic handling skills – catching a sheep by hand and by crook, herding and basic behavior of sheep
and catching and restraining goats
* Setting up and examination of the sheep and differences between sheep and goats
* Age determination and teeth examination and differences between sheep and goats
* Body condition scoring and differences between sheep and goats
* Methods of weighing including the girth band, fish scale and fan belt, hanging scale, cage scale and
electronic scale
* Bloat relief – a demonstration of equipment and where to insert in the case of emergency bloat relief
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3.1 Educational publications and products (continued) 3.1.1.2) Session 2 includes the following demonstrations:
* Foot or claw care showing the correct procedure for trimming claws in sheep and goats
* Udder and teat examination including udder and teat assessment and the Wet/Dry technique
* Ballotment and pregnancy diagnosing
* Crutching and blowfly strike
* Injection sites including landmarks, how to administer, risks involved for subcutaneous, intramuscular,
intravenous and intraperitoneal injections as well as blood collection.
* Dipping including different types of dipping equipment and risks involved as well as the dipping
procedure
3.1.1.3) Session 3 includes the following demonstrations:
* Special restraint including the rope loop, leg tie, sack, gambrel and tether methods
* Urine sampling showing the method and risks for collecting a urine sample from a lamb and analysis
with a dipstick
* Setting of leg fractures
* Identification methods including permanent methods such as notching, tattooing, ear tagging, and
temporary markers such as farmers tape, coloured wire, marking crayons, grease oxide
* Castration methods including the elastrator and Burdizzo methods are demonstrated (open castration
and the high/low methods are also discussed)
* Tail docking including the hot iron, elastrator and Burdizzo methods
3.1.1.4) Session 4 includes the following demonstrations:
* Dehorning of goats including disbudding with a disbudder or with embryotomy wire, dehorning using the
gas dehorner and the butane dehorner
* Anaemia estimation and FAMACHA evaluation
* Faecal sampling including different methods and identification of samples
* Dosing of anthelmintics or fluids
* Passing of a stomach tube
* Examination of the fleece both on the sheep and the shorn fleece
* Ram examination for selection and culling
3.1.2) Video recordings of surgical procedures in production animal clinics (first person in the faculty to record
procedures and edit them for student training) – the recording and editing of numerous procedures including:
3.1.2.1) Clinical examination of the Bovine (a comprehensive demonstration of a thorough clinical evaluation of
all organ systems of the bovine) approximately one hour and 30 minutes duration
3.1.2.2) Claw amputation (including anaesthesia and post operative care) approximately 45 minutes duration
3.1.2.3) Claw conditions in the bovine (including foot abscess, white line disease correction of the condition,
application of hoof blocks and post-operative care)
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3.1 Educational publications and products (continued) 3.1.2.4) Methods of casting cattle (including the Reuff and Burley methods as well as the tilting table)
approximately 30 minutes duration
3.1.2.5) Rumenotomy of the bovine (including anaesthesia demonstrating the paravertebral nerve blocks, the
use of the Wyngaardt frame and dosing of rumix and rehydration fluids post operatively) approximately
45minutes duration
3.1.2.6) Rumenotomy of a ram (including “inverted L” nerve block and showing the removal of a foreign body)
approximately 30 minutes duration
3.1.2.7) Rumen fistula placements for nutritional studies (showing general anaesthesia and insertion of the
fistula) approximately 30 minutes duration
3.1.2.8) Oesophageal fistula placement for nutritional studies (showing general anaesthesia and placement of
the fistula) approximately 30 minutes duration
3.1.2.9) Rumenotomy for treatment of frothy bloat approximately 30 minutes duration
3.1.2.10) Teat and udder surgery (correction of a webbed teat duct including anaesthesia, demonstration of teat
equipment and the surgical procedure and demonstration of the use of the tilting table) approximately 45
minutes duration which was used by senior staff to lecture students
3.1.2.11) Cosmetic dehorning of a cow (including a demonstration of nerve blocks on a skeleton, nerve blocks
on the patient, tourniquet application/haemostasis removal of horns, description of sinuses, flushing of sinuses
and stitching as well as post-operative care) approximately one hour and 30 minutes duration also used by
senior staff to lecture students
3.1.2.12) Fluid therapy in a goat (oral rehydration via stomach tube including how to place the stomach tube and
how to check that it is placed correctly) approximately 15 minutes duration
3.1.2.13) Fluid therapy in a collapsed, dehydrated calf (showing placement of an intravenous catheter, testing of
blood glucose levels and fluid therapy administration) approximately 20 minutes duration
3.1.2.14) Bottle feeding of calves (includes showing how to stimulate the calf to suckle and observation of
closure of the oesophageal groove)
3.1.2.15) Correction of a left displaced abomasum (including anaesthesia and procedure performed with the cow
in dorsal recumbancy)
3.1.2.16) Enucleation of a bovine (including nerve block demonstrated on a skeleton as well as the procedure)
approximately 30 minutes duration
3.1.2.17) Enucleation of a goat (including anaesthesia and enucleation) approximately 30 minutes duration
Editing, narrating and voice-overs of the procedures were also performed.
3.1.3) DVD Demonstrations for practical procedures in cattle – included 16 hours of video recording and re-
recording, 32 hours of narrating, voice-overs and editing of procedures using personal equipment and after-
hours time not compensated for by the University of Pretoria to produce four demonstration DVD’s of between
approximately 45 minutes and one and a half hours duration.
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3.1 Educational publications and products (continued)
The following procedures were recorded for cattle: * Herding and packing a crush, handling and casting a young calf
* Facilities
* Restraint including catching in a neck clamp, the tilt table, leg lifts, nose rings and rope halters, casting
* Identification (notches and ear tags)
* Injection sites for s/c, i/m, i/v, blood collection and making a blood smear
* Weighing in a cage scale
* Aging
These DVDs save a tremendous amount of lecturing time, ensure consistency and completeness and serve as a permanent learning source for students far superior to notes or power point presentations.
5 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 5.1 Former supervision or co-supervision (completed)
Name of student Degree/Title of dissertation/ thesis and date
Supervisor Co-supervisor(s) Duration of studies (years)
5.2 Current post-graduate students
Name of student Degree enrolled for and date of first registration
Project title Supervisor Co-supervisor(s) Year of registration
Dr M Booysen MSc The lousicidal efficacy of Flumethrin 1,0% plus Fluazuron 2,5% (Bayer AH) against Bovicola ovis in sheep in South Africa
Dr R Leask 2011
Dr DJ Coetzee MMedVet Dr R Leask Prof GF Bath 2010 Dr J Vaessler MMedVet Dr R Leask Prof GF Bath 2012 Dr T Brink MMedVet Dr R Leask Prof GF Bath
& Prof G Fosgate
2013
5.3 Obtaining research funds (Optional)
Origin of research funds (e.g. contract research, THRIP, international funding organisations, other(s)
Title of research project or programme Duration
Money allocated (R) (Optional - exact amounts not required)
PARASOL : (EUFP6) funded project 2006-2010
The effect of application of the FAMACHA© system on selected production parameters in sheep.
7 months
FAMACHA
The effect of application of the FAMACHA© system on selected production parameters in sheep.
7 months
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Department of Production Animal Studies
The effect of application of the FAMACHA© system on selected production parameters in sheep.
7 months
6 RESEARCH OUTPUTS 6.1 Publications in peer-reviewed or refereed journals
1) R. Anderson, G.F. Bath, P.N. Thompson and M.M. Stadler, 2010. Oesophageal obstruction in Dorper
ewes caused by impaction of a pelletted ration. Journal of the South African Veterinary Assosciation, 81 (2):
118-120. (First author)
2) D.J.C. Blignaut, D.E. Holm, R. Leask, N. Stander, J.C.A. Steyl, 2011. Congenital myoclonus in two Merino-
cross lambs in South Africa. Veterinary Record 169:684 doi:10.1136/vr.d5812.
3) R Leask, P.N. Thompson, J.A. Van Wyk, G.F. Bath, 2013. The effect of application of the FAMACHA©
system on selected production parameters in sheep. Small Ruminant Research 110:1-8 (First author)
4) R. Leask, G.F. Bath, 2012. Rumenolith formation in the rumen of a Bapedi ram. Journal of the South
African Veterinary Association. 83(1). (First author)
5) R. Leask, A.M. Botha, G.F. Bath, 2012. Schmallenberg virus – is it present in South Africa? 2013, Journal
of the South African Veterinary Association 84(1). (First author)
6) G.F. Bath, R. Leask, K.P. Pettey, D.J. Coetzee. An abortion storm in Suffolk ewes attributed to Arcobacter skirrowii infection. Submitted to Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, October 2012.(accepted 2013)
7) R. Leask, G.F. Bath, Incomplete closure of the branchial arches in two Mutton Merino lambs. Journal of
the SAVA journal (accepted 2013). (First author)
8) R. Leask, K.P. Pettey, An afebrile heartwater-like syndrome in goats. Journal of the SAVA (accepted)
(First author)
9) R. Leask, D.J.C. Blignaut, M.J. Grobler, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis associated with otitis
media/interna in goats. Journal of the SAVA (accepted 2012) (First author)
6.2 Books and/or chapters in books
6.3 Published full-length conference papers/keynote addresses 7th International Sheep Vet Congress in Norway June 2009:
1) The effect of application of the FAMACHA system on selected production parameters in sheep. (See 6.1.3
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above).
6.4 Non-refereed publications or popular articles The following C.E. articles have been published: 1) Diagnosing the cause of bloat in sheep (Livestock Health and Production Review, Jaargang 11, Vol. 2)
2) A quick, 7 step post mortem for lambs or kids (Livestock Health and Production Review, Jaargang 11,
Nommer 6)
3) Vra vir Faffa – answer to “abscesses caused by vaccinating the oil adjuvant pulpy kidney vaccine”
(Inspuiting vir bloednier veroorsaak abses – Landbou weekblad, 13 July 2009)
4) Inspuitplekke. Vra die veearts wat kleinveeboere moet weet(1). Siektes en entstowwe by bokke en
skape. Eds Faffa Malan & Gareth Bath 2013. Uhuru Printers, Cape Town
6.5 Patents
6.6 Technical reports
7 OTHER SCHOLARLY RESEARCH-BASED CONTRIBUTIONS 7.1 Participation in conferences, workshops and short courses - specify type of contribution
Provide full details of participation in national and international. Conferences etc
7.2.1 National
1) 4th Veterinary and Paraveterinary congress, Sun City, 7-11 July, 2008. Ram evaluation. (oral presentation)
2) LHPG congress, Mossel Bay, 21-23 July, 2009. Effect of application of the FAMACHA system on selected
production parameters in sheep. (oral presentation)
3) Ceva SFS for vets, 6-7 March, 2009 and 4-6 March, 2010. Ram evaluation for breeding soundness (2009)
and methods of semen collection (2010) (oral presentation and workshop), 31 May, 1&2 June 2012 (participant),
18-20 April 2013 (participant).
4) 6th Veterinary and Paraveterinary Congress, Pretoria, 4 August 2012. Flock and herd status
assurance/accreditation (keynote speaker).
5) 7th Veterinary and Paraveterinary Congress, Port Elizabeth, 19-22 August 2013. Novel/newly emerging
hereditary conditions of sheep (oral presentation). Discussion of results of Biosecurity practices survey dealing
with small ruminant farms (oral presentation). Production animal welfare (oral presentation).
7.2.2 International
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7th International Sheep Vet Congress in Norway June 2009:
1) A case of a foreign body leading to an enterolith formation in the rumen of a Pedi ram. (oral presentation)
2) The effect of application of the FAMACHA system on selected production parameters in sheep (oral
presentation)
3) Poster: A case report of oesophageal obstruction (choke) in Dorper ewes caused by feed impaction.
30th World Vet Congress in Cape Town 2011: 1) Internal and external biosecurity threats to South African small ruminants. (oral presentation)
Zimbabwe Veterinary Association’s Annual International Congress 6-8 September 2012
1) Afebrile heartwater in goats (and cattle) (oral presentation)
2) Schmallenberg virus – is it present in South Africa? (oral presentation)
11th International Conference on Goats 24-27 September, Gran Canaria 2012
1) Afebrile heartwater in goats (poster presentation), Chairperson for session on Pathology and Zoonoses.
8th International Sheep Vet Congress 18-22 February, New Zealand 2013
1) Congenital myoclonus in two Merino-cross lambs in South Africa (oral presentation)
2) Survey of biosecurity practices of veterinarians on small ruminant farms (oral presentation)
31st World Veterinary Congress 17-20 September, Prague 2013
1) Risk analysis of Biosecurity practices of small ruminant veterinarians (oral presentation)
2) Emerging genetic disorders in sheep (poster)
3) Schmallenburg virus – more widespread than has been reported? (poster)
7.2 Teamwork and collaboration with others: Other researchers (national and international) Prof. Ken Pettey (of the University of Pretoria), Dr Alan Fisher (State Vet), Prof Gareth Bath (University of
Pretoria), Dr Ariena Shepherd (Small Stock Specialist – KZN), Dr Johan van Rooyen (Small Stock
Specialist – Graaf Reinette), Dr Jaco Pienaar (Private Practitioner), Dr Roland Larson (Private Practitioner
and SAVC) and Dr Henry Anandale (OVAH director, University of Pretoria), Dr Danie Odendaal, Dr Piet
Schoeman and Dr Ian Herbst on minimum requirements for Ram Breeding Soundness Evaluation.
Currently working on biosecurity in small stock with Prof K.P. Pettey and Prof G.F. Bath, as well as
several other articles in progress including an incidence of incomplete closure of the branchial arch in
lambs.
Other research institutions (national and international)
Zimbabwe Veterinary Association – Dr Doug Bruce.
Industry
I am keeping in touch with personnel who work for Intervet, Pfizer and the State Vet. They keep me
updated on any new developments e.g. tamperproof ear tags, and I update them on the needs of the
farmers. I also have contacts with the National Wool Grower’s Association (through Prof. G.F. Bath) who
keep me updated on developments in their field.
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7.3 Membership in national and international bodies Registered as a Veterinary Specialist with the South African Veterinary Council (S11/4592) Faculty representative: Livestock Welfare Co-ordinating Committee (LWCC) (2009 to date) Minutes secretary: LWCC (2010 to 2011) Working group member: South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) SANS Animal Welfare Codes (2012
to date)
7.4 Visits to local and overseas universities or research institutes as guest professor or researcher
7.5 Dissertations or theses (own M or PhD outputs) MMed Vet dissertation: The effect of application of the FAMACHA system on selected production parameters in sheep. External examiner: Prof Agnes Winter, University of Liverpool. 8 ARTISTIC OUTPUTS (if applicable) Designed and put together a poster for presentation at the 7th International Sheep Vet Congress, Norway, 2009. Designed and put together a poster for presentation at the 11th International Conference on Goats, Gran Canaria, 2012. Assisted with poster design and wording for 8th International Sheep Vet Congress, New Zealand, 2013 Recorded my piano playing for use as musical background for some of the DVD presentations. 9 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
Course co-ordinator for PAB300 (2009 to 2011): the co-ordination of 8 staff members including senior staff members in three species (sheep cattle and pigs) involving 27 lectures and 99 practicals given by lecturing staff in total as well as computer based testing, multiple station testing, debates, oral and practical testing and examinations. Faculty board Committee for Departmental Research Forum Curriculum Development: Putting together the new curriculum for Veterinary Ethology and Genetics to be presented as a second year subject in the new curriculum – combining three subjects and departments into one course. Assisting with the curriculation documents of all new courses to be presented. Post Graduate Representative: Post Graduate Curriculum Committee, VETEX (2006-2007) Departmental representative: Community Outreach Committee (2006 to 2011) Departmental representative: Curriculum Working Group (2011 and 2012)
Course co-ordinator for VET200 (2012 to date): Co-ordination of 11 staff members involving 5 species
(cats and dogs, horses, sheep and goats, pigs and cattle, as well as welfare and genetics aspects,
including 84 lectures and 125 practical sessions.
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10 COMMUNITY SERVICE OR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 10.1 Outreach projects
Community Outreach Activities (as part of my Clinical duties with final year students). On Wednesdays the students from the Production Animal Clinic are taken to Rajipan and Makapanstad to
attend to cases in the area (this was done without additional staff involvement for the majority of the years
2006 and 2007). This involves any animals that are presented (from dogs and cats to cattle, goats,
chickens etc). Advice on vaccination programmes and general health aspects is also given to the local
farmers. I also liaise with Nkosi Makapan (the chief of Makapanstad) who informs me of the needs of the
locals and has complimented me on the service that the University is providing to the area. (2005 to 2009)
10.2 Professional service performed Presented a talk at a farmer’s day for the Pedi Breeder’s Association 10/02/2007 C.E. Goat Management Course presented at University of Pretoria’s experimental farm (2009)
10.3 Clinical service
Attendance of sheep sales (usually for the Dorper Breeders Association) to inspect the animals and
ultrasound scanning for pregnancies, as well as check rams for any abnormalities. This I do in my own
time. As well as attendance of the Pretoria show for the Dorper Breeders in a similar capacity. Where
there are students that show an interest they will be included in these excursions provided time can be
arranged off their usual clinics.
I also receive many phone calls from a number of private vets requiring advice on sheep or goats, their
management and diseases and I accept referrals from private practitioners. During the clinical rotations
with the students we visit farms in the area (up to 3 hours drive) and do flock inspections where we
discuss everything from udders, feet, teeth, pregnancies and the rams to facilities, diseases, parasites,
nutrition, planted pastures and breeding programmes with the farmers. These visits are followed by
reports that are sent out to the farmers giving advice on their specific situations.
10.4 Involvement with other universities/scientific institutions
10.5 Referee duties 1) Refereed articles for the Journal of the SAVA include:
• Anthelmintic resistance of nematodes in communally-grazed sheep and goats in a semi-arid area of South Africa/Anthelmintic efficacy in communally managed rangelands as reflected by faecal egg
count reduction tests in goats and sheep (Reference MS 6291 (2009))
• Clinical report of an unusual atresia ani in a lamb. (Reference 09/2010) • Misdiagnosis of pregnancy by ultrasonography, a cause for an outbreak of primary pregnancy toxemia in
ewes (Reference 53/2010)
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• Lumbrosacral epidural magnesium prolongs ketamine analgesia in conscious sheep. (Reference 90/2010 and 88/2010)
• The effects of adding epinephrine or xylazine to lidocaine solution for lumbosacral epidural analgesia in fat-tailed sheep. M Rostami and N Vesal.
• i/v anaesthetic in goats 499-1253-2-RV (2012) • Determination of membrane phosphatidylserine from ram spermatozoa after capacitation, UV-
illumination and cryopreservation by anti-PS antibody and annexinV. Maria Ivanova-Kicheva, A
Kukov, V Gerzilov, T Marinkov, I Petkov (reference63/2011)
2) Contribution to NSPCA Codes: Evolution foods code for sheep
11 AWARDS AND SCIENTIFIC/SCHOLARLY RECOGNITION 11.1 Evaluation status as scientist/scholar
(e.g. NRF; first evaluation and date, subsequent evaluations and dates)
11.2 Research awards and prizes OBP Young researcher of the year award 2013
11.3 Teaching awards and prizes
Nominated for Nurses’ lecturer of the year award 2011.
ATTACHMENTS Candidates should attach the following documents to their CVs
Self evaluation of teaching outputs and practice Self evaluation of Teaching
11.4 Artistic awards and prizes
• short critical assessment of your teaching and research outputs and practice over the last several years. (Teaching and research should be dealt with separately. In sum they should not exceed 4 pages. Highlight your most important teaching and research achievements and provide the necessary background to allow reviewers to appreciate your achievements);
• peer review reports of your teaching and research outputs and achievements (if available);
• selections from your teaching portfolio (if you have compiled a teaching portfolio) • 2 lists of peers ( in South Africa or overseas), who you regard as suitable to review your
teaching and research outputs respectively • 2-3 referees who may be consulted to confirm critical aspects of your CV.
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Undergraduate teaching (2005-2006):
• Taking over of all PAS 300 demonstration and practical sessions – 39 Practical
sessions in total involving organisation, demonstration and practice sessions.
Including the arrangement for external sources such as National Wool Growers
Association (NWGA) to give demonstrations.
• DVN II Production Animal Medical and Surgical Nursing (lectures and evaluations)
course self developed 11 lecture sessions and two practical sessions
• Education Innovation: Began video recording surgical procedures that happen in the production Animal section of the OVAH to be made available for students to watch
during rotations where there are too few cases to keep them occupied and to teach
procedures that are not performed on every rotation (used own private equipment
and editing programmes in order to do this – compiled out of office hours without
remuneration). First in the faculty to do so. See CV under 3.1 Educational
publications and products for full details
• Received favourable student evaluations.
Undergraduate teaching (2007-2008):
• PAS 300 demonstration and practical sessions (36 in total) and evaluations including
CBT, MST and oral evaluations throughout the year.
• Education Innovation: PAS 300 demonstration DVDs for farm procedures and small stock handling recorded and edited with the help of Ms Lana Botha. These DVDs
were recorded as a result of having to lecture at the same time as the scheduled
practical sessions. This allowed students to view the procedures to be taught prior
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to the practical session without having to demonstrated the procedures physically to
each group of students. The DVDs were also made available to the students to view
again before the examinations or if they wished, they were also able to purchase the
DVDs to review at home. Was the first staff member of the faculty to video record
such demonstration sessions. This involved planning, co-ordinating with other staff
members to perform the procedures, editing, voice-overs and narrations. See
section 3.1 of CV for full details. These DVDs save a tremendous amount of
lecturing time, ensure consistency and completeness and serve as a permanent
learning source for students far superior to notes or power point presentations.
• Questions for fifth year group evaluations. Asked by senior staff members to
participate in evaluating the students for the SSH 500 course as group evaluations
also the first of its kind to be done at the faculty in this manner. Involved the
formulation of scenarios, problems and tasks. BVSc VI.
• SSH 600 Farm visits followed by farm reports which are sent to the farmers, seminars
and evaluations encouraging group work and team efforts
• Numerous farm reports and referral reports for both PAC and SSH
• Final year BVSc student evaluations BHP and SSH for end of year examinations
• Education Innovation: Developed cards on sheep for a board game similar to “30 seconds” to play with students (together with Dr Dietmar Holm - cattle) to assist
students in learning sheep and cattle procedures, diseases and treatments. This
also developed enthusiasm for production animals for the students. First of its kind
in the faculty.
• Education Innovation: Recorded more procedures and surgeries performed in the clinics and added them to the DVD library in the clinic (used own private equipment
and editing programmes in order to do this – compiled out of office hours without
remuneration). See 3.1 of CV for detailed descriptions.
• Received favourable student reviews
• Received performance bonus
Undergraduate teaching (2008-2009):
• Final year BVSc student evaluations for BHP and SSH
• Lecturing BVSc III Milk goat lectures
• MVP 200 Production Animal Medicine and Surgery lectures
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• Contributed multiple choice questions on sheep and cattle for SAVC exams: two
questions on zoonoses, three questions on cattle and eight questions on sheep. This
shows that the SAVC trusts and accepts my expertise.
• Education Innovation: PAB 300 demonstration DVDs for farm procedures and updated small stock handling (used own private equipment and editing programmes in
order to do this – compiled out of office hours without remuneration). Also encouraged
students who completed the PAB300 course successfully to assist with the teaching of
the new students on a voluntary basis.
• Education Innovation: PAB 300 demonstration DVDs for cattle practical sessions recorded and edited (with the help of Sr Reinette van Reenen (used own private
equipment and editing programmes in order to do this – compiled out of office hours
without remuneration). See CV 3.1 for full details.
• Presentation of the FAMACHA system and five point check (to the Croatian exchange
students) at the request of the students and senior staff members.
• Course Co-ordinator for PAB 300 (previously PAS 300) the co-ordination of 8 staff members including senior staff members in three species (sheep cattle and pigs)
involving 27 lectures and 39 practical sessions as well as computer based testing,
multiple station testing, debates, oral and practical testing and examinations.
• PAB 300 practical sessions (39 in total per year).
• BVSc III final evaluations in small stock
• DVN II Production Animal Medical and Surgical Nursing (lectures and evaluations)
included small stock and pigs in the course that had previously only covered
bovines.
• Included private veterinarians in the teaching of the nurses by compiling a list of
practitioners in the production animal field that were willing to take students for
electives and so expose them to rural veterinary practices in order to encourage
students to move towards mixed or production animal orientated veterinary
practices.
• Elective visits to the Free State and Natal to show students small stock farming and
veterinary practices in these areas.
• Received favourable student evaluations
• Received performance bonus
Undergraduate teaching (2010):
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• Final year BVSc student evaluations for BHP and SSH
• Education Innovation: PAB 300 demonstration DVDs for farm procedures and updated small stock handling (used own private equipment and editing programmes in
order to do this – compiled out of office hours without remuneration). Also encouraged students who completed the PAB300 course successfully to assist with the teaching of the new students on a voluntary basis.
• Education Innovation: PAB 300 demonstration DVDs for cattle practical sessions recorded and re-edited (used own private equipment and editing programmes in order
to do this out of office hours without remuneration).
● Course Co-ordinator for PAB 300: co-ordination of 8 staff members including senior
staff members in three species (sheep cattle and pigs) involving 27 lectures and 39
practical sessions as well as computer based testing, multiple station testing, debates,
oral and practical testing and examinations.
• PAB 300 practical sessions (39 in total per year).
• Received favourable student evaluations
• Lecturing BVSc III Milk goat lectures
• MVP 200 Production Animal Medicine and Surgery lectures
• Received favourable student evaluations.
• Received performance bonus
Undergraduate teaching (2011):
• Final year BVSc student evaluations for BHP and SSH
● Course Co-ordinator for PAB 300 (previously PAS 300) the co-ordination of 8 staff
members including senior staff members in three species (sheep cattle and pigs)
involving 27 lectures and 39 practical sessions as well as computer based testing,
multiple station testing, debates, oral and practical testing and examinations.
• PAB 300 practical sessions (39 in total per year).
• Received favourable student evaluations
• Lecturing BVSc III Milk goat lectures
• MVP 200 Production Animal Medicine and Surgery lectures – nominated for lecturer of the year.
Undergraduate teaching (2012):
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• BVSc III evaluations SSH 610
• Final year BVSc student evaluations for SSH 650
● Course Co-ordinator for VET 200 (previously PAB 300) the co-ordination of staff
members including senior staff members in three species (sheep cattle and pigs)
involving 84 lectures and 125 practical sessions as well as computer based testing,
debates, oral and practical testing and examinations.
• VET200 Lectures and practical sessions (25 pracs and 9 lectures).
• Received favourable student evaluations
• Lecturing BVSc III Milk goat lectures
• MVP 200 Production Animal Medicine and Surgery lectures
• Curriculation of undergraduate courses (both production animal and companion animal)
• Received performance bonus
Postgraduate training (2012)
• MMedVet 2 students (co-supervisor with Prof GF Bath)
• MSc 1 Student
Undergraduate teaching (2013):
• BVSc III evaluations SSH 610
• Final year BVSc student evaluations for SSH 650
● Course Co-ordinator for VET 200 (previously PAB 300) the co-ordination of staff
members including senior staff members in three species (sheep cattle and pigs)
involving 84 lectures and 125 practical sessions as well as computer based testing,
debates, oral and practical testing and examinations.
• VET200 Lectures and practical sessions (25 pracs and 9 lectures).
• Received favourable student evaluations
• Lecturing BVSc III Milk goat lectures
• MVP 200 Production Animal Medicine and Surgery lectures
• Curriculation of undergraduate courses (both production animal and companion animal)
Postgraduate training (2012)
• MMedVet 3 students (co-supervisor with Prof GF Bath)
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• MSc 1 Student (temporarily suspended studying as she enrolled for a course-work MSc
and other ancillary subjects have not yet been finalised.
Self evaluation of Research Presentations 1) 4th Veterinary and Para-veterinary Congress, Sun City, 2008. Ram evaluation.
2) LHPG congress, Mossel Bay, 2009. Effect of application of the FAMACHA system
on selected production parameters in sheep.
3) Ceva SFS for vets, March 2009 and 2010. Ram evaluation for breeding soundness
(2009) and methods of semen collection (2010).
4) 7th International sheep vet congress, Norway, 2009. A case of a foreign body
leading to an enterolith formation in the rumen of a Pedi ram.
5) 7th International sheep vet congress, Norway, 2009. The effect of application of the
FAMACHA system on selected production parameters in sheep
6) 7th International sheep vet congress, Norway, 2009. Poster: A case report of
oesophageal obstruction (choke) in Dorper ewes caused by feed impaction
7) 30th World vet congress, Cape Town, 10-14 October 2011. Internal and external
biosecurity threats to South African small ruminants.
8) Ceva SFS for vets, 31 May – 2 June 2012. Participant.
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9) 6th Veterinary and Para-veterinary Congress, CSIR, Pretoria, 4 August 2012. Flock/
herd health accreditation/assurance.
10) 1st Zimbabwe Veterinary Association’s Annual International Congress 6-8
September 2012. Afebrile heartwater in goats (and cattle) (oral presentation)
11) 1st Zimbabwe Veterinary Association’s Annual International Congress 6-8
September 2012. Schmallenberg virus – is it present in South Africa? (oral
presentation)
12) 11th International Conference on Goats 24-27 September, Gran Canaria 2012.
Afebrile heartwater in goats (poster presentation), Chairperson for session on Pathology
and Zoonoses.
13) 8th International Sheep Vet Congress 18-22 February, New Zealand 2013.
Congenital myoclonus in two Merino-cross lambs in South Africa (oral presentation)
14) 8th International Sheep Vet Congress 18-22 February, New Zealand 2013. Survey of biosecurity practices of veterinarians on small ruminant farms (oral presentation)
15) CEVA SFS for vets 18-20 April 2013. Participant
16) 7th Veterinary and Paraveterinary Congress, Port Elizabeth, 19-22 August 2013.
Novel/newly emerging hereditary conditions of sheep (oral presentation).
17) 7th Veterinary and Paraveterinary Congress, Port Elizabeth, 19-22 August 2013.
Discussion of results of Biosecurity practices survey dealing with small ruminant farms
(oral presentation).
18) 7th Veterinary and Paraveterinary Congress, Port Elizabeth, 19-22 August 2013.
Production animal welfare (oral presentation).
19) World Veterinary Congress 17-20 September, Prague 2013. Risk analysis of
Biosecurity practices of small ruminant veterinarians (oral presentation)
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20) World Veterinary Congress 17-20 September, Prague 2013. Emerging genetic
disorders in sheep (poster)
21) World Veterinary Congress 17-20 September, Prague 2013. Schmallenburg virus –
more widespread than has been reported? (poster)
Publications in peer-reviewed or refereed journals
1) R. Anderson, G.F. Bath, P.N. Thompson and M.M. Stadler, 2010. Oesophageal
obstruction in Dorper ewes caused by impaction of a pelletted ration. Journal of the
South African Veterinary Assosciation, 81 (2): 118-120. (First author)
2) D.J.C. Blignaut, D.E. Holm, R. Leask, N. Stander, J.C.A. Steyl, 2011. Congenital
myoclonus in two Merino-cross lambs in South Africa. Veterinary Record 169:684 doi:10.1136/vr.d5812.
3) R Leask, P.N. Thompson, J.A. Van Wyk, G.F. Bath, 2013. The effect of application of
the FAMACHA© system on selected production parameters in sheep. Small Ruminant
Research 110:1-8 (First author)
4) R. Leask, G.F. Bath, 2012. Rumenolith formation in the rumen of a Bapedi ram.
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association. 83(1). (First author)
5) R. Leask, A.M. Botha, G.F. Bath, 2012. Schmallenberg virus – is it present in South
Africa? 2013, Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 84(1). (First author)
6) G.F. Bath, R. Leask, K.P. Pettey, D.J. Coetzee. An abortion storm in Suffolk ewes attributed to Arcobacter skirrowii infection. Submitted to Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, October 2012.(accepted 2013)
7) R. Leask, G.F. Bath, Incomplete closure of the branchial arches in two Mutton Merino
lambs. Journal of the SAVA journal (accepted 2013). (First author)
8) R. Leask, K.P. Pettey, An afebrile heartwater-like syndrome in goats. Journal of the
SAVA (accepted) (First author)
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9) R. Leask, D.J.C. Blignaut, M.J. Grobler, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
associated with otitis media/interna in goats. Journal of the SAVA (accepted) (First author)
Work in progress:
1) Important internal and external biosecurity threats to South African small ruminants –
to be submitted 2013 (First author) 2) A survey of Biosecurity practices of small ruminant veterinarians – to be submitted
2013 (First author)
Although several publications were/are to be case reports they are actually quite unique and
will add significantly to the knowledge on the subject.
Non-refereed publications or popular articles
The following C.E. articles have been published:
1) Diagnosing the cause of bloat in sheep (Livestock Health and Production Review,
Jaargang 11, Vol. 2) (Authored)
2) A quick, 7 step post mortem for lambs or kids (Livestock Health and Production
Review, Jaargang 11, Nommer 6) (Authored)
3) Vra vir Faffa – answer to “abscesses caused by vaccinating the oil adjuvant pulpy
kidney vaccine” (Inspuiting vir bloednier veroorsaak abses – Landbou weekblad, 13 July
2009) (Authored)
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List of Peers to review teaching/research output
Within the Faculty: Prof G.F. Bath, University of Pretoria, Production Animal Studies
Prof K.P. Pettey, University of Pretoria, Production Animal Studies
Prof G.H. Rautenbach, University of Pretoria, Production Animal Studies
Private Practitioners: Dr Ian Herbst, Tel: 028 212 1551
Dr Roland Larson, Tel: 049 892 4783
Dr Alan Fisher, 079 495 7131
Dr Ariena Shepherd (MMedVet (CaprOv)), Tel: 036 448 2163 or 082 497 0655
International: Professor Agnes Winter, University of Liverpool, [email protected]
Address: 2 Fossbridge House
Walmgate
York
YO1 9SY
Tel: 01904 675645
Appendix 4UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIAFORMAT OF CURRICULUM VITAE
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