The Trevor Blackburn Award
BVA Congress, 29 September 2007
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Professor John E Cooper was today (Saturday) announced as the winner of the Trevor Blackburn Award in recognition of his many contributions in the field of animal health and welfare in developing countries. The announcement came during the Awards Ceremony at the British Veterinary Association’s Annual Congress in Belfast. Currently working as Professor of Veterinary Pathology at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad, John Cooper is a specialist pathologist with particular interests in wildlife and exotic species, tropical diseases and comparative medicine. |
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Notes for Editors
1. This Award was instigated last year by the BVA’s Overseas Group in memory of Mr J Trevor Blackburn, President of the BVA 1984-85, the Commonwealth Veterinary Association 1988-91 and the World Veterinary Association 1991-95. In so doing, the Group was mindful of the countless numbers of British veterinary surgeons who have served overseas, especially in the Tropics, over at last two centuries. Many of those in the earlier days were in the colonial service or, later, worked with government departments or aid organisations in newly independent countries. All contributed to the control of livestock disease and the raising of standards of animal and human health. The situation today is rather different. British veterinary surgeons do live and work overseas but many are “volunteers” and often sacrifice much in order to contribute to animal health and environmental needs in other, less fortunate, parts of the world. Often their altruism does not receive the acclaim it deserves. The Trevor Blackburn Award, named after a colleague who believed passionately that the profession still has so much to offer, provides an opportunity to recognise some of these people.
2. The BVA Overseas Group’s citation for John Cooper.
3. For further information contact Helena Cotton in the BVA Press Office on 020 7908 6342 or by e-mail: helenac@bva.co.uk
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