About us

Dr. Peter Roeder BVetMed, MSc, PhD, MRCVS, OBE
Hollyhedge Cottage
Spats Lane
Headley Down
Bordon
Hampshire GU35 8SY
UK

Telephone (landline): +44 1428 717396
Telephone (mobile): +44 7786075124
Telephone (Secretary): +44 1428 712939
Email: Peter(dot)Roeder(at)taurusah.com

Profile
I am a veterinarian with broad experience of disease epidemiology, diagnosis and control. In particular I have specialist expertise and extensive practical experience of disciplines relating to the control of infectious and especially epizootic and zoonotic diseases, namely; disease investigation; virology; laboratory diagnostics; epidemiology; reporting and surveillance systems; disease control procedures; official veterinary service structures and functions.

I have a proven track record in initiating, planning, executing and assessing research and I am skilled at project design and implementation, conducting meetings and workshops (national and international), public presentation and teaching at post-graduate student and professional levels.

I have broad experience of the recognition, epidemiology, diagnosis and control of virtually all the major infectious diseases of livestock, inter alia: rinderpest; avian influenza; Newcastle disease; peste des petits ruminants; foot-and-mouth disease; Rift Valley fever; bluetongue; African horse sickness; classical swine fever; African swine fever; sheep and goat pox, lumpy skin disease; rabies; malignant catarrhal fever, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia; contagious caprine pleuropneumonia; haemorrhagic septicaemia; brucellosis; anthrax; tuberculosis and bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

I have lived and worked on long term assignments for 12 years in developing countries in Africa and Asia and have traveled extensively to work in 64 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe.

Consequently I have an extensive knowledge of the conditions which prevail in developing countries and those in transition;

I maintain an extensive network of contacts at senior government level in countries throughout the African, Asian and Middle East regions.

I use computers for word processing (Word), presentations (Powerpoint), spreadsheets (Excel), databases (Access), digital image manipulation (Photoshop and Paintshop Pro) and electronic mail (Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird) as well as other less frequently used software applications.

On reaching mandatory UN retirement age in June 2007 I retired from FAO and now work as a UK-based independent consultant. I was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year’s Honours List for services to veterinary science.


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