Open AccessThe future of private veterinary practice in South Africa : animal health management in the 21st
Author(s) -
Charis Marwick
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
onderstepoort journal of veterinary research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 2219-0635
pISSN - 0030-2465
DOI - 10.4102/ojvr.v76i1.75
Subject(s) - private practice , government (linguistics) , medicine , veterinary medicine , family medicine , philosophy , linguistics
Private practice became the major vocation of local veterinarians from about 1945. Soga was probably the first qualified South African veterinarian to practice privately on a limited scale in the 1800s. Jack Boswell was the first locally qualified (in 1934) veterinarian to go directly into practice without first working for the government and is regarded as the father of private practice in South Africa. Boet Bekker worked for the government before setting up a successful practice in 1935.