7^th International Veterinary Congress

Biography

Former scientific project manager in animal production sector at the International Cooperation Centre for agronomic Research in Development (CIRAD- France) and International camel expert at FAO (Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Mauritania, Kazakhstan) Doctorate in veterinary medicine at Lyon (France) in 1974, then MSci in animal nutrition and endocrinology in 1980 After an eight-years African experience both in development (Niger) and in research (Ethiopia), PhD in animal epidemiology in 1995 (Paris University), then habilitation to manage research team (HDR), a French capacity diploma at Montpellier University in 1998 After African period, epidemiologist at the Ecopathology laboratory (National Agronomic Research Institute -INRA) at Clermont-Ferrand (France) and head of this laboratory for ten years (studies on risk factors of diseases in dairy farming systems). Since 1996, joining CIRAD- Montpellier as head of animal production program (1996-2007) and from 2010 to 2015 working as FAO international consultant in Saudi Arabia in the Camel Center at Kharj. Many expertises and missions achieved in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Awarded of the French Vet academy and “Chevalier du mérite agricole” (Ministry of Agriculture high distinction). Author of 23 books and chapters in different books and more than 600 scientific papers One of the founders of ISOCARD and first chairman of this Society (2006-2009) Since 2016, retired from CIRAD and at present independent international camel expert for FAO, OIE, WHO and private sector.

Research Interest

Former scientific project manager in animal production sector at the International Cooperation Centre for agronomic Research in Development (CIRAD- France) and International camel expert at FAO (Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Mauritania, Kazakhstan) Doctorate in veterinary medicine at Lyon (France) in 1974, then MSci in animal nutrition and endocrinology in 1980 After an eight-years African experience both in development (Niger) and in research (Ethiopia), PhD in animal epidemiology in 1995 (Paris University), then habilitation to manage research team (HDR), a French capacity diploma at Montpellier University in 1998 After African period, epidemiologist at the Ecopathology laboratory (National Agronomic Research Institute -INRA) at Clermont-Ferrand (France) and head of this laboratory for ten years (studies on risk factors of diseases in dairy farming systems). Since 1996, joining CIRAD- Montpellier as head of animal production program (1996-2007) and from 2010 to 2015 working as FAO international consultant in Saudi Arabia in the Camel Center at Kharj. Many expertises and missions achieved in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Awarded of the French Vet academy and “Chevalier du mérite agricole” (Ministry of Agriculture high distinction). Author of 23 books and chapters in different books and more than 600 scientific papers One of the founders of ISOCARD and first chairman of this Society (2006-2009) Since 2016, retired from CIRAD and at present independent international camel expert for FAO, OIE, WHO and private sector.