Munetsi Tagwireyi

Munetsi Tagwireyi, BVSc, MSc, MBA

Assistant Professor
Munetsi Tagwireyi

Location: LATF 
Room#: 36-214
Phone: 401-1577
WTagwireyi@rossvet.edu.kn

Munetsi Tagwireyi is a veterinarian specializing in food animals. Originally from Zimbabwe, he earned his veterinary degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 2011. Following his graduation, he relocated to South Africa, where he worked in private practice as a wildlife veterinarian. 

Subsequently, Munetsi joined the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform as a State veterinarian and also served as a part-time lecturer at Tsolo Agriculture and Rural Development Institute. He was part of the inaugural cohort of students for the MSc in One Health program at the University of Pretoria, graduating in 2017. Following this, he became a lecturer at the same institution. 

In 2019, Munetsi furthered his education by obtaining a Master's in Business Administration from the University of South Wales. Additionally, he is in the process of completing his PhD on the epidemiology of Neospora caninum in livestock and wildlife in South Africa. His research interests encompass parasites affecting both livestock and wildlife, animal production economics, and issues related to one health.

Education

BVSc, University of Zimbabwe
MSc (Animal/Human/Ecosystem Health), University of Pretoria
MBA, University of South Wales
PhD, University of Pretoria (current)

Research Interests

Parasites of livestock, wildlife and humans,
Animal/Human/Ecosystem Health,
Epidemiology,
Food animal health,
One health

Publication Highlights

Mukarati, N.L., Vassilev, G.D., Tagwireyi, W.M. and Tavengwa, M., 2013. Occurrence, prevalence and intensity of internal parasite infections of African lions (Panthera leo) in enclosures at a recreation park in Zimbabwe. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 44(3), pp.686-693.

Tagwireyi, W.M., Etter, E., Neves, L. and Tagwireyi, W.M., 2019. Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic animals in southeastern South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 86(1), pp.1-6.

Manyenyeka, M., Tagwireyi, W.M., Marufu, M.C., Spargo, R.M. and Etter, E., 2022. Spatio‐temporal clustering and risk factor analysis of bovine theileriosis (Theileria parva) in Zimbabwe from 1995 to 2018. Transboundary and emerging diseases, 69(3), pp.1186-1196.

Tagwireyi, W.M., Thompson, P.N., Garcia, G.A., Morar-Leather, D. and Neves, L., 2024. Seroprevalence and associated risk factors for Neospora caninum infection in dairy cattle in South Africa. Parasitology Research, 123(8), p.298.

Olawole, A.S., Malahlela, M.N., Fonkui, T.Y., Marufu, M.C., Cenci-Goga, B.T., Grispoldi, L., Etter, E.M., Tagwireyi, W.M. and Karama, M., 2024. Occurrence, serotypes and virulence characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from dairy cattle in South Africa. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 40(10), p.299.

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