Dr. Takalani Judas Mpofu is a senior lecturer at the Department of Animal Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. He received his Master’s degree in Agricultural Management from the University
of Limpopo in 2016 and a PhD in Animal Production from Tshwane University of Technology in 2020. Dr. Takalani Judas Mpofu’s research focus is mainly on an interdisciplinary approach to animal health, animal breeding, and genetics, with a specific emphasis on studying genetic resistance to diseases and parasites, and the development of genetic testing kits for resistance in livestock.
Dr. Masindi Lottus Mphaphathi is a researcher at the Agricultural Research Council, Animal Production Institute, South Africa. He obtained an M-Tech Degree in Animal Production from Tshwane University of Technology in 2012, an MSc in Animal Science in 2017, and a PhD focusing on cattle oocyte cryopreservation from the University of the Free State in 2022. As a researcher, Dr. Masindi Lottus Mphaphathi specializes in semen collection from bulls, rams, bucks, boars, and cocks. He has also gained research experience on semen cryopreservation/freezing following improving and testing different semen cryopreservation protocols.
