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WVA Information: Dr. Herbert Schneider
Posted by: Admin on Jun 30, 2003 - 03:46 PM
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Herbert Schneider was born in 1942 in Wiesbaden/Germany, emigrated with his parents to South-West-Africa (today Namibia) in 1950 and grew up on a farm in the Karibib district of Namibia. He studied veterinary medicine at the University of Pretoria (Onderstepoort), obtaining the degree BVSc degree in 1965. Post-graduate qualifications are: DVSM (Dip. State Vet. Med) University of Edinburgh (Scotland) 1973; Dr.med.vet, University of Giessen (Germany) 1977; and Specialist veterinarian in Tropical Veterinary Medicine, State of Hessen (Germany) 1981 (FTA-TVM). He is a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS), London (United Kingdom) since 1973 and is licensed to practise in Namibia, South Africa and the UK.
Since 1981 he is part-time farming on the family ranch (cattle; sheep; goats and wildlife) in the Karibib district. He is married to Ilme and has 4 grown-up children. His mother tongue is German and he is fluent in English and Afrikaans with a working knowledge of French..
He joined the Division of Veterinary Services of Namibia in 1965 and served as State Veterinarian in Omaruru, Ondangua, Kamanjab-Opuwo and Windhoek. In 1978 he became the Director of Veterinary Services (the first time a Namibian held this post as all previous Directors were seconded from South Africa) and in 1984 Principal Secretary for Agriculture, Nature Conservation, Veterinary Services and Sea Fisheries. In 1990 he established a veterinary consultancy in Windhoek and again joined the Directorate of Veterinary Services of Namibia as Principal Food Hygiene veterinarian from 1993 to mid 1998. Since than he is the Principal Consultant of AGRIVET International Consultants, which is a consultancy in the field of veterinary medicine, with special expertise in the field of tropical animal health, veterinary epidemiology, veterinary legislation, food hygiene & safety and veterinary public health.
In September 2002 he was elected President of the World Veterinary Association.
He has served in an executive capacity on numerous veterinary and agricultural commissions and committees in the Southern African region, inter alia as a member of the SWA/Namibia Meat Board and as a director of SWAVLEIS / Meatco. In South Africa he was a Member of the Livestock Advisory Council of South Africa from 1985 - 1990 and Member (since 1978) and Leader (since 1982) of the Namibian delegation to SARCCUS (Southern African Regional Commission for the Conservation and Utilisation of the Soil - member countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland) from 1978 ? 1990.
He is the author of more than 40 scientific publications and has given papers at various international veterinary congresses, including the World Veterinary Congresses at Perth (1983); Montreal (1987) and Yokohama (1995). He is the author of the handbook ? Animal Health and Veterinary Medicine in Namibia?.
1st May 2003
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