Consultants and Authors

Members of the Editorial Board

Paul R. Greenough

Born in the United Kingdom, Paul completed his training at the Royal Veterinary College in 1947. In 1963 he was made Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for a thesis entitled "Observations on some of the diseases of the bovine foot." In 1966 he joined the faculty of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He co-authored and/or co-edited three editions of Lameness in Cattle, has lectured extensively, conducted research and published numerous papers on bovine lameness. He retired from the University of Saskatchewan in 1992 and subsequently established VetAgro International Consultants Inc.

Christer Bergsten

Christer graduated from the Veterinary College of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in 1981 and went into general practice for four years. He joined the Experimental Station in Skara where he undertook research, teaching and extension. In 1978 he organized the International Lameness Symposium. In 1995 he obtained his PhD and took a postdoctoral position at Washington State University in 1997. In 1999 he joined the Swedish Department of Animal Environment and Health and is now the lameness expert to the national herd-health project at Swedish Milk. He has special interests in preventive measures, particularly the influence of housing and management on claw health.

Roger W. Blowey

Roger graduated from the University of Bristol in 1968 and obtained his Fellowship to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1995. He is a recognized specialist in the economics of dairy production and in the design of preventive medicine programs. He has written several books including Cattle Lameness and Hoofcare as well as numerous papers in scientific journals and lay magazines. Roger is a lecturer and examiner to veterinary schools and popular speaker at international conferences. He has been involved in collaborative research projects with both industry and government and has been employed extensively as an international consultant.

Alberto Brizzi

Alberto graduated "summa cum laude"in veterinary medicine in 1980 from the University of Bolgna. He obtain a professional claw trimmer degree from the Oenkerk School in the Netherlands. He is currently engaged in private practice in Parma specialising in claw diseases and dairy herd health. Alberto is the Prisident of the Italian Association for Buiatrics and is one of the organisers of the XI International Symposium on Disorders of the Ruminant Digit and III International Conference on Bovine Lameness.

Consultants and Authors

In due course, consultants and authors will be selected by the Board from those specialists volunteering to review one or several chapters of the encyclopedia.