Dr Tony Wilsmore

Veterinarian and veterinary epidemiologist

 

Specialisation

Dr Wilsmore is a Director of PAN Livestock Services, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics Research Unit (VEERU) at the University of Reading. He lectures on Veterinary Epidemiology and Livestock Economics and supervises PhD studies in the epidemiology of livestock diseases, their economic effects and the design of programmes for their control.

 He has undertaken a series of long-term assignments in Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Yemen, where he was team leader and Acting Director of Veterinary Services, and has also carried out many short-term consultancies for international agencies and NGOs.

 Dr Wilsmore has an outstanding academic and practical record in the field of small ruminant health and production. He was Senior Lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College, London where he directed the MSc course in Animal Health and undertook studies on the epidemiology of ovine perinatal disease. He subsequently developed a successful research programme on the production and health of small ruminants with special interests in perinatal disease, ectoparasites and vaccine development.  Recently, he has conducted research and consultancies on ruminant health and production in West Asia, South Asia, East and Southern Africa and the Mediterranean region.