Article originally published in VetNews / VetNuus, May 2023, the monthly magazine of the South African Veterinary AssociationDavid Mendel Burstein was born on 6 February 1943 in
Johannesburg. He attended Houghton Primary School and King
Edward (K.E.S) High School for Boys in Johannesburg. Initially,
Dave began studying for a degree in Chemical Engineering at the
University of the Witwatersrand which he gave up in his second
year to study Veterinary Science at Onderstepoort, Pretoria
University. Dave graduated as a veterinarian in 1967ab202
