About
Professional Summary
Kennedy Erlwanger is an Associate Professor in the School of Physiology. He joined the school of Physiology as a lecturer in May 2003. Prior to that, he had been a senior lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe from 1994. Kennedy’s educational qualifications are a DPhil (Veterinary Sci) University of Zimbabwe, MSc (Neuroscience) University of Edinburgh and Bachelor of Veterinary Science (University of Zimbabwe). More recently he was awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science Education from the University of the Witwatersrand. He serves on several school, faculty and university committees. He is the chairman of the Wits animal ethics committee and is the immediate past president of the Physiological Society of Southern Africa. Internationally he serves on the council of the African Association of Physiological Sciences. He serves as external examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at several local and regional universities. He is a recipient of the Phillip V Tobias Medal and Convocation Distinguished Teacher’s Award for Basic Sciences from the faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand.
His research interests are gastrointestinal and nutritional physiology. He also has a keen interest in medicinal plants and phytochemicals as interventions to programme for good metabolic health .
The research has produced over 70 peer reviewed original scientific manuscripts and has been presented at various scientific fora locally and internationally.
Associate professor Erlwanger first received a Y2 rating from the NRF in 2005. In 2010 he was rated C3 and retained the rating in 2016.
Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Veterinary Sciences | Completed: 2003
Publications (72)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Sex‐specific hepatic effects of sweetened alcohol consumption and tannic acid intervention in adolescent rats
2026
The effect of voluntary chronic alcohol consumption on Th1/Th2 cytokine signature during adolescence in Sprague-Dawley Rats
2026
The Impact of Administration of Fenofibrate During Suckling on Glucose Homeostasis and Programming of Metabolic Function in Adolescent Sprague Dawley Rats
2024
Effects of voluntarily consumed sweetened alcohol and naringin on cardiac function in male and female Sprague–Dawley rats
2024
A 3D-Printed Biomaterial Scaffold Reinforced with Inorganic Fillers for Bone Tissue Engineering: In Vitro Assessment and In Vivo Animal Studies
2023
Neonatal Oral Administration of Chrysin Prevents Long-Term Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Sexually Dimorphic Manner in Fructose Nurtured Sprague Dawley Rats
2022
Administration of ursolic acid to new-born pups prevents dietary fructose-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Sprague Dawley rats
2021
Neonatal zingerone protects against the development of high-fructose diet-induced metabolic syndrome in adult Sprague-Dawley rats
2021
Potential Protective Effects of Neonatal Supplementation with Oleanolic Acid on Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARγ)-Ligand Dependent Regulation of Glucose Homeostasis in High Fructose-Fed Rats
2020
The Potential Therapeutic Value of Medicinal Plants in the Management of Metabolic Disorders
2020
A Study on Neonatal Intake of Oleanolic Acid and Metformin in Rats (Rattus norvegicus) with Metabolic Dysfunction: Implications on Lipid Metabolism and Glucose Transport
2018
Prevention of βeta-Adrenergic-Induced adverse cardiac remodelling by gonadectomy in male but not female spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2017
Measurement of body temperature in normothermic and febrile rats: Limitations of using rectal thermometry.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2017
The effects of high-fat diets composed of different animal and vegetable fat sources on the health status and tissue lipid profiles of male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix Japonica).
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2017
Aspalathin a unique phytochemical from the South African rooibos plant (Aspalathus linearis): A mini Review.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2017
A Dual-Biotic system for the concurrent delivery of antibiotics and Probiotics: In vitro, Ex vivo, In vivo and In silico evaluation and correlation.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2016
Effect of dietary Ximenia caffra kernel meal on blood and liver metabolic substrate content and the general clinical biochemistry of Sprague Dawley rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2016
Grewia bicolor seed oil: Putative pharmaceutical, cosmetic and industrial uses.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2015
The fatty acid composition and physicochemical properties of the underutilised Cassia abbreviata seed oil.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2015
Potential of indigenous fruit-bearing trees to curb malnutrition, improve household food security, income and community health in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2015
The effect of different high fat diets on erythrocyte osmotic fragility, growth performance and serum lipid concentrations in male, Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2015
Lipid profile and proximate analysis of the seeds of Anisophyllea boehmii.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2015
Dietary effects of Moringa oleifera leaf powder on growth, gastrointestinal morphometry and blood and liver metabolites in Sprague Dawley rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2015
Growth performance, blood metabolic responses, and carcass characteristics of grower and finisher South African Windsnyer-type indigenous and Large White × Landrace crossbred pigs fed diets containing ensiled corncobs.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2014
Dietary supplementation with coriander (Coriandrum sativum) seed: Effect on growth performance, circulating metabolic substrates and lipid profile of the liver and visceral adipose tissue in healthy female rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2014
Effects of Ficus thonningii extracts on the gastrointestinal tract and clinical biochemistry of suckling rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2014
Effect of Dietary Enrichment with Canola Oil on Glucose Tolerance, Tissue Glycogen Content and Viscera in Coturnix cortunix Japonica.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2014
The progressive effects of a high-fat diet on erythrocyte osmotic fragility, growth performance and serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels in Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) and Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata).
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2014
Comparative effect of cane syrup and natural honey on abdominal viscera of growing male and female rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2013
Dietary supplementation with natural honey promotes growth and health of male and female rats compared to cane syrup.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2013
Phytochemistry, pharmacology and ethnomedicinal uses of Ficus thonningii (Blume Moraceae): A review.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2013
Aloe ferox seed: A potential source of oil for cosmetic and pharmaceutical use.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2013
Proximate, mineral, fibre, phytate–phosphate, vitamin E, amino acid and fatty acid composition of Terminalia sericea.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2013
Physicochemical characterisation of hexanic seed oil extract from the pepper tree (Schinus molle) of South African origin.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2013
Glucose tolerance and lipid absorption in Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) and domestic fowl (Gallus gallus var. domesticus).
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2012
Red sour plum (Ximenia caffra) seed: A potential nonconventional energy and protein source for livestock feeds.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2012
Effect of graded dietary substitution of soyabean meal with large sour plum (Ximenia caffra) seed meal on erythrocyte osmotic fragility and the packed cell volume of growing male Sprague Dawley rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2012
The effect of a single dose of tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitor on gut permeability in rats during exposure to a heat stress.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2012
The effects of crude aqueous and alcohol extracts of Aloe vera on growth and abdominal viscera of suckling rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2012
Suppression of Caco-2 and HEK-293 cell proliferation by Kigelia africana, Mimusops zeyheri and Ximenia caffra seed oils.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2012
The effects of dietary supplementation with spirulina platensis in growing rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2011
Uterine torsion in a sprague dawley rat (Rattus norvegicus).
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2011
Kigelia africana seed: proximate, mineral, vitamin E, fibre, amino acid and fatty acid composition.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2011
Proximate, mineral, amino acid, fatty acid, vitamin E, phytate phosphate and fibre composition of Mimusops zeyheri (Red Milkwood) seed.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2011
Acute effects of doramectin on gastric acid secretion in anaesthetized rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2010
Hepatic capillariasis in a Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inaurus).
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2009
Gross anatomical and histomorphological observations on the terminal rectum and the cloaca in the ostrich Struthio camelus.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2009
Lipid content and fatty acid profile of the fruit seeds of Diospyros mespiliformis.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2009
The effectiveness of enzymatic replacement therapy measured by turbidimetry and the lipaemic index in exocrine pancreatic insufficient young, growing pigs, fed a high-fat diet.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2009
The effects of orally administered crude alcohol and aqueous extracts of African potato (Hypoxis hemerocallidea) corm on the morphometry of viscera of suckling rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2008
A comparison of the lipid and fatty acid profiles from the kernels of the fruit (nuts) of Ximenia caffra and Ricinodendron rautanenii from Zimbabwe.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2008
A preliminary investigation on the semen characteristics of the split ejaculates of unilateral cryptorchid boars.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2008
The effects of dietary raw and heat-treated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) on growth and intestinal histomorphometry of pigs.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2008
Deprivation of drinking water for up to 48 hours does not affect the osmotic fragility of erythrocytes from captive helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris).
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2008
The effect of EDTA, heparin and storage on the erythrocyte osmotic fragility, plasma osmolality and haematocrit of adult ostriches (Struthio camelus).
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2007
Hyperzincaemia in a pet African giant rat (Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse, 1840) : Clinical communication.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2007
The effects of some over-the-counter dietary weight loss supplements on growth, hepatic glycogen stores, liver lipid profile, pancreatic protein and the gastrointestinal tract of rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2007
The effect of pancreatic and biliary depletion on the in vivo pharmacokinetics of digoxin in pigs.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2006
Effects of dietary Jatropha curcas meal on percent packed cell volume, serum glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride concentration and alpha-amylase activity of weaned fattening pigs.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2006
Nutrition of ostrich (Struthio camelus Var. domesticus) breeder birds.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2005
Effects of antisecretory factor-derived peptides on contractions in guinea pig colon.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2004
Gastro- intestinal Gastrointestinal-tract models and techniques for use in safety pharmacology.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2004
Does the ostrich (Struthio camelus) coprodeum have the electrophysiological properties and microstructure of other birds?.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2003
Enteral crude red kidney bean (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS) lectin-phytohemagglutinin-induces maturational changes in the enterocyte membrane proteins of suckling rats.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2003
Haematology and clinical chemistry parameters in indigenous mukota, large white and large white × mukota crossbred pigs in Zimbabwe.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2002
The effects of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) feeding on basal, exogenous cholecystokinin (CCK33) and secretin stimulated pancreatic secretions of the anaesthetized rat.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2001
A ventricular septal defect in a juvenile ostrich (Struthio camelus) : A case report.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2001
The effects of imidocarb dipropionate on gastric acid secretion in the anaesthetised adult female rat.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2001
Gastric acid secretion in the anaesthetised captive guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) from Zimbabwe: A short communication.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2000
Scientific letter: Monorchidism in a mukota boar.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2000
Effects of dietary Jatropha curcas on the haematology of weaned pigs.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
2000
Osmotic fragility of erythrocytes in clinically normal dogs and dogs with parasites.
Kennedy Honey Erlwanger
1994