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The College of Veterinarians of Ontario is the body charged by the Government of Ontario with regulating practising veterinarians in the province. [2] [3] [4] The authority comes from the Veterinarians Act, RSO 1990, c V.3. [2]
Chief veterinary officer (CVO) is the head of a veterinary authority (typically a national government service comprising veterinarians, other professionals and paraprofessionals). They have the responsibility and competence for ensuring or supervising the implementation in their nation of animal health and welfare measures, international ...
Sheila attended the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at University of Edinburgh, getting her BVM&S qualification in 1988. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] She worked in a mixed practice for two years at Driffield, East Yorkshire [ 4 ] and then moved to the Scottish Borders area in Scotland where she had mixed practice roles, also in Biggar and Peebles .
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]
The following people have held the post of Chief Veterinary Officer for the United Kingdom: [1] Alexander Curtis Cope, 1893–1905; Sir Stewart Stockman, 1905–1926; Sir James Joseph Ralph Jackson, 1926–1932; Sir Percy John Luxton Kelland, 1932–1938; Sir Daniel Alfred Edmond Cabot, 1938–1948; Sir Thomas Dalling FRSE, 1948–1952
On 21 May 2008, Gibbens became the Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom and for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. [3] [4]Gibbens supports the culling of badgers in an attempt to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis, describing the practice as "the best available option".
James Marfell Scudamore CB was the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of the United Kingdom and for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from April 1997 until he retired March 2004, [1] [2] and prior to this he was Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, Scotland from 1990 to 1996. [3]
As CVO, Reynolds was the British government's main spokesperson on animal health, [1] and was in the British nationwide news repeatedly to explain policy and answer questions about outbreaks or control of serious animal infections, such as foot-and-mouth disease, H5N1 bird flu, bovine TB, rabies and bluetongue virus.