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First Name: Michael
Middle Name(s): John
Surname: Clarkson
Bio:

I worked in the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine as a veterinary parasitologist for 20 years before coming to Leahurst as Professor of Farm Animal Medicine in 1976. I retired in 1996. I have worked on parasites of domesticated and wild animals and on parasitic zoonoses, especially hydatid disease and fasciolosis. I am also interested in sheep medicine particularly abortion caused by Chlamydophila and Toxoplasma. I have worked in Kenya, Zambia, Libya, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Trinidad and Tobago. In recent years, I have revived an interest in Histomonas meleagridis, a protozoan parasite of gallinaceous birds and studied their immune responses along with collaborators at IAH, Compton. Very recently, I have started dabbling with mosquitoes in the Neston area and have carried out a survey of the local species.

Qualifications: PhD DVSc BSc DSHP MRCVS
Position: Emeritus Professor of Farm Animal Medicine
Address: National Centre for Zoonosis Research
Leahurst
Chester High Road
Neston
CH64 7TE
United Kingdom
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