Kunibert Carl August Schulz (also Schultz) was a son of Carl August Schulz and his wife Elizabeth Bertha, born Grützner. He studied at the University College of the Orange Free State and was awarded the degree Bachelor of Science (BSc) by the University of South Africa in 1921. He then qualified as a veterinarian at the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Pretoria at Onderstepoort in 1925. The next year he became a member of the South African Veterinary Medical Association. In 1931 he was awarded the degree Dr Med Vet at the University of Leipzig, Germany, for his thesis Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pyometra des Rindes. Following service as a government veterinary officer at Otjiwarango (Namibia, 1926-1930), Kimberley (1932-1935) and Cape Town he joined the staff at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute in the Department of Pathology. He also lectured in pathology at the Veterinary Faculty and was eventually promoted to professor and head of the department. His main interest was pathological conditions associated with mineral deficiencies.

Schulz and his wife Elisabeth Margarethe Mathilde Schulz, whom he married in 1954, had two children. While stationed at Kimberley Schulz was involved in a dramatic incident, having his lower jaw shattered by a shot from a farmer whose dourine infected horse he had to destroy.

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Author and Subject Index to the Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry (1933-1950) and the Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research (1951-1968). Pretoria: Department of Agriculture, June 1969.

Brown, M.H.V. & Curson, H.H. The veterinary profession in South Africa. 6: Theses for the doctorate. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medical Association, 1933, Vol. 4(3), pp. 186-188.

Carl Schulz. MyHeritage. Retrieved from https://www.myheritage.com/names/carl_schulz on 17 September 2020.

Dr Kunibert Carl August Schulz. Geni. Retrieved from https://www.geni.com/people/Dr-Kunibert-Schulz/6000000052657805824 on 17 September 2020.

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Register of veterinarians of the Union of South Africa and South West Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medical Association, 1929, Vol. 1(3), pp. 77-82.

Compiled by: D.W. Verwoerd

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