Michael Clarksonwas born in Yorkshire and graduated from Liverpool Veterinary School. He undertook specialist studies in the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine where he taught veterinary parasitology and did research on turkey coccidiosis, cattle trypanosomiasis,liver fluke infection in cattle and sheep and a number of zoonotic infections, especially hydatid disease. Michael has worked in several countries including Kenya, Zambia, Peru, Chile and Libya. He was appointed Professor of Farm Animal Medicine by Liverpool Veterinary School and studied the epidemiology of a number of important sheep diseases including parasitic gastro-enteritis, chlamydial and toxoplasma abortion and fasciolosis and continued his interest in hydatid disease. He taught sheep and cattle medicine and worked on a number of sheep farms developing sheep health programmes. He was appointed Emeritus Professor on his retirement and still undertakes research work at the Veterinary School. He has been a member of the UK Sheep Veterinary Society for many years, edited its Proceedings for 25 years, and was President of the Society from 1986-87. Read More Read Less