Keith Meldrum
Keith Cameron Meldrum CB, MRCVS, DVSM, HonFRSH was the United Kingdom's Chief Veterinary Officer from June 1988 to April 1997.Biography
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. His tenure as CVO coincided with the Bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic, to which he led the government's response.
A lifetime member of the British Veterinary Association, he sits on the council of their Central Veterinary Society division. He was made a Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath in the 1995 New Year Honours. He is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Society for Public Health, and a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and holds a Diploma in Veterinary State Medicine.
