Keith Meldrum
Keith Meldrum CB, MRCVS, DVSM, HonFRSH | |
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Born |
Keith Cameron Meldrum 1937 (age 79–80) |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Keith Cameron Meldrum CB, MRCVS, DVSM, HonFRSH (born 1937) was the United Kingdom's Chief Veterinary Officer from June 1988 to April 1997.[1]
After two years in general practice as a veterinary surgeon, he joined the State Veterinary Service, as a veterinary officer, and worked there during the 1967 foot-and-mouth outbreak.[2]
His tenure as CVO coincided with the Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic,[2] to which he led the government's response.[3]
A lifetime member of the British Veterinary Association, he sits on the council of their Central Veterinary Society division.[3]
He was made a Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1995 New Year Honours.[2][4] He is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Society for Public Health (HonFRSH), and a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS), and holds a Diploma in Veterinary State Medicine (DVSM).[2]
References
- ↑ "Keith Meldrum: Official vet". BBC News. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2003), Foot and Mouth Disease: The 1967 outbreak and its aftermath, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-0-85484-096-0, Wikidata Q29581674
- 1 2 "Keith Meldrum". Central Veterinary Society. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "No. 53893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1994. pp. 1–32.
External links
- Keith Meldrum on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website