The

Chief Veterinary Officer 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 supervisi ...

(or CVO) is an official in the British government, who is head of

veterinary Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

services in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

and

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

also each have a Chief Veterinary Officer.

List of post holders for the United Kingdom

The following people have held the post of Chief Veterinary Officer for the United Kingdom: *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 , 1948–1952 *Sir John Neish Ritchie, 1952–1965 *Mr John Reid, 1965–1970 *Mr A G Beynon, 1970–1973 *Mr A C L Brown, 1973–1980 *Mr William Howard Rees, August 1980 – May 1988 * Keith Meldrum, June 1988 – April 1997 * James Scudamore, April 1997 – March 2004 *Dr

Debby Reynolds Deborah Reynolds CB served as the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of the United Kingdom from March 2004 until she retired in November 2007. She is usually referred to as Debby Reynolds, or less often as Deborah Reynolds. Chief Veterinary Office ...

, March 2004 – November 2007 *

Fred Landeg Frederick John Landeg (born 1948) was the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of the United Kingdom and for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), from November 2007 to April 2008. Landeg was born in 1948, and educated at Sir Wa ...

, November 2007 – May 2008 (

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CVO prior to full appointment) *Mr

Nigel Gibbens Nigel Paul Gibbens (born 1 March 1958) is a British veterinarian and civil servant. He was the United Kingdom's Chief Veterinary Officer from May 2008 to March 2018. Early life and education Gibbens was born on 1 March 1958 in Dover, Kent, En ...

, 21 May 2008 – 28 February 2018 *

Christine Middlemiss Christine Helen Middlemiss is a Scottish veterinary surgeon and the Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom. Early life She was born in Montrose and attended primary school in Morayshire. Career She graduated from Glasgow Vet School i ...

, 1 March 2018 – present

List of post holders for Wales

*Dr Christianne Glossop, June 2005 – present

List of post holders for Scotland

The Scottish post was created in October 2002, and the following people have held the post: *Leslie Gardner, October 2002 – March 2003 *Charles Milne, March 2003 – June 2009 *Simon Hall, June 2009 – June 2011 *

Sheila Voas Sheila Voas is a veterinary surgeon and the Chief Veterinary Officer of Scotland since 2012. Biography Voas attended Kings Park Primary School and Dalkeith High School in Midlothian, Scotland, graduating at the latter in 1983. Sheila at ...

, June 2011– present (acting CVO prior to full appointment in October 2012)

List of post holders for Northern Ireland

*Dr Robert (Bob) Milligan McCracken, 1998–2002 *Mr R M Houston, 2002–2013 *Mr Robert J Huey, 2013–present

References

External links

Government Veterinary Surgeons websiteDepartment of Agriculture for Northern Ireland website

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