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Maurice Allen

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Maurice Allen
Born1937 (age 86–87)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
OccupationVeterinarian

Maurice Allen (born 1937) is a British veterinarian.

Career

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Allen practised as a veterinary surgeon before obtaining a position in the Biochemistry Department of the Central Veterinary Laboratory[1] and was working there during the 1967 foot-and-mouth outbreak.[1]

From 1975 to 1984 he led the Department of Functional Pathology at the Institute for Animal Health.[1]

He later set up Compton Paddock Laboratories, which provides services to the veterinary profession and farming industry.[1]

He is a former president of the Association of Veterinary Research Workers,[1] and served as examiner for the Royal College of Pathologists.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Reynolds, L.A.; Tansey, E.M., eds. (2003). Foot and mouth disease : the 1967 outbreak and its aftermath (PDF). London: Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. ISBN 9780854840960. Retrieved 5 September 2020 – via History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group.
  2. ^ "Lab Services Ltd (LSL) - About". Archived from the original on 27 June 2016.
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