Munetsi Tagwireyi

Munetsi Tagwireyi, PhD, MBA, MSc, BVSc

Assistant Professor
Munetsi Tagwireyi

Location: LATF 
Room#: 36-216
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. He is currently working on his PhD research on the epidemiology of Neospora caninum in livestock and wildlife in South Africa. 

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
Animal production economics
Epidemiology

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. 

Whatmore Munetsi Tagwireyi 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.

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