Sanet Kotzé, BVsc, PHd
Sanet qualified as a veterinarian in South Africa and joined the Veterinary Anatomy Department at the University of Pretoria (UP) after spending some time in private practice. She obtained her PhD in Anatomy in 1990. Sanet spent time as visiting lecturer at the Anatomy Department, College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, USA and taught anatomy at the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Upon her return to South Africa, she spent many years teaching human anatomy at various medical faculties in South Africa. During this time, Sanet retained contact with veterinary anatomy by acting as external examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate veterinary anatomy courses at UP. She also acted as course reviewer for the veterinary anatomy courses at UP on behalf of the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC). Sanet is a lifelong member of the Anatomical Society of Southern Africa (ASSA) and served on ASSA council from 2007 to 2020. She attended and participated in numerous national and international anatomy and medical education conferences over the years.
BVSc: University of Pretoria, South Africa, 1982
PhD in Veterinary Anatomy: University of Pretoria, South Africa, 1990
Registered as a veterinarian with the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC)
The comparative morphology of the gastrointestinal tract in a variety of animal species
Morphological adaptations of African mole rats to their underground niche
Affordable anatomy teaching innovations
SAHD L, DOUBELL N, BENNETT NC AND KOTZÉ SH. (2023), Muscle architecture and muscle fibre type composition in the forelimb of two African mole-rat species, Bathyergus suillus and Heterocephalus glaber. J. Morphol.284: e21557. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21557
SAHD L, DOUBELL N, BENNETT NC, KOTZÉ SH. 2022 Hind foot drumming: Myosin heavy chain muscle fiber distribution in the hind limb muscles of three African mole-rat species (Bathyergidae). Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2022 Jan;305(1):170-183. DOI: 10.1002/ar.24712
SAHD, L., BENNETT, N.C. & KOTZÉ, S.H. 2022 Hind foot drumming: Volumetric micro-computed tomography investigation of the hind limb musculature of three African mole-rat species (Bathyergidae). Journal of Anatomy, 240, 23– 33. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13534
VAN DER HORST G, KOTZÉ S, O'RIAIN MJ, MULLER N, MAREE L. 2021 A possible highway system for the rapid delivery of sperm from the testis to the penis in the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber. J Morphology, 282 (10), 1478– 1498. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21399
SAHD L, BENNETT NC, KOTZÉ SH*. 2021 Hind Foot Drumming: Muscle Architecture of the Hind Limb in Three Bathyergidae Species. J Mammal Evol 28:511–525. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-020-09527-4
VENKATAKRISHNAN A, HOLZKNECHT ZE, HOLZKNECHT R, BOWLES DE, KOTZÉ SH, MODLISZEWSKI, JL, PARKER, W. 2021 Evolution of bacteria in the human gut in response to changing environments: an invisible player in the game of health. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 19: 752-758 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.01.007
SAHD L, BENNETT NC, KOTZÉ SH*. 2020 Hind foot drumming: Morphofunctional analysis of the hind limb osteology in three species of African mole‐rats (Bathyergidae). Journal of Morphology. 281: 438– 449. doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21110
DOUBELL NS, SAHD L, KOTZÉ SH*. 2020 Comparative forelimb morphology of scratch‐digging and chisel‐tooth digging African mole‐rat species. Journal of Morphology. 281: 1029– 1046. doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21229
KOTZÉ SH, HUYSSEUNE A. 2020 Mucin histochemistry as a tool to assess rostral digestive tract health in a teleost model (Danio rerio). Journal of Fish Diseases.43:1603–1606. DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13252
REN L, HOLZKNECHT RA, HOLZKNECHT ZE, KOTZÉ SH, BOWLES DE, LIN SS, MCKENNEY EA, PARKER W. 2019 A mole-rat’s gut microbiota suggests selective influence of diet on microbial niche space and evolution. Experimental Biology and Medicine (EBM): 244: 471–483. DOI: 10.1177/1535370219828703
LAYMAN JI, PEREIRA DL, CHELLAN N, HUISAMEN B, KOTZÉ SH*. 2019 A histomorphometric study on the hepatoprotective effects of a green rooibos extract in a diet-induced obese rat model. Acta Histochemica: 212: 646-656 doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2019.05.008.
AYLWARD M, BESELAAR LC, ALAGAILI AN, AMOR NMS, MOHAMMED OB, KOTZÉ SH*. 2019 A comparative morphological and histological study of the gastrointestinal tract of four insectivorous bat species: Asellia tridens, Chaerephon pumilus, Nycteris thebaica, Rhinopoma hardwickii Journal of Morphology: 280, 1106-1117 doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21004
SAHD L, BENNETT NC, KOTZÉ SH*. 2019 Hind foot drumming: morphological adaptations of the muscles and bones of the hind limb in three African mole-rat species. Journal of Anatomy: 235: 811-824 doi: 10.1111/joa.13028
VAN DER HORST G, KOTZÉ SH, O’RIAIN MJ AND MAREE L. 2019 Testicular structure and spermatogenesis in the naked mole-rat is unique (degenerate) and atypical compared to other mammals. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 7:234. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2019.00234
TRUTER D, CHELLAN N, STRIJDOM H, WEBSTER I, RAWSTORNE J, KOTZÉ SH* 2018 Histomorphological changes in the pancreas and kidney and histopathological changes in the liver in male Wistar rats on antiretroviral therapy and melatonin treatment. Acta Histochemica: 120: 347–355 doi.org/10.1016/j.acthis.2016.11.014
HENKE Z, SAHD L, MATTHEE S, KOTZÉ SH* 2018 Morphometric analysis of the gastrointestinal tract of four African muroid rodent species (Rhabdomys dilectus, Rhabdomys pumilio, Aethomys chrysophilus and Lemniscomys rosalia). Journal of Morphology: 279:1282–1289 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20856
PINHEIRO C, VENTER ML, SHAD L, BRONNER GN, KOTZÉ SH*. 2018 Comparative gastrointestinal morphology of seven golden mole species (Mammalia: Chrysochloridae) from South Africa. Journal of Morphology: 279:1776–1786 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20900
SMITH HF, PARKER W, KOTZÉ SH, LAURIN M. 2017. Morphological evolution of the mammalian cecum and cecal appendix. Comptes Rendus Palevol 16: 39–57 doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2016.06.001
TRUTER, D, STRIJDOM H, EVERSON F, KOTZÉ SH* 2017 Mucin secreting cells in the stomach and colon are altered by combination antiretroviral treatment in an obese rat model. Acta Histochemica 119:122–128 DOI.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2016.06.001
SAHD L, PEREIRA DL, BENNETT NC, KOTZÉ SH* 2017 The Comparative Gastrointestinal Morphology of Tachyoryctes splendens (Rüppell, 1835) and Heliophobius emini, (Noack, 1894) two species of East African Mole-rats. Journal of Morphology, 278 (6): 780-790
NEL S, STRIJDOM H, GENIS A, EVERSON F, VAN WIJK R, KOTZÉ SH* 2017 A histomorphometric study on the effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) combined with a high-calorie diet (HCD) on aortic perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT). Acta Histochemica 119(5):555-562 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20672
