Prof Anna Meredith
Personal Chair of Zoological and Conservation Medicine
Contact details
Address
- Street
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The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Availability
Willingness to take Ph.D. students: Yes
Background
I qualified from the University of Cambridge in Veterinary Medicine in 1999 after a first degree in Physiological Sciences from the University of Oxford. After a year in general practice I joined R(D)SVS as a lecturer in exotic animal and wildlife medicine in 1992 and have over 20 years experience as a clinician working with exotic animals and wildlife. I established and lead the Exotic Animal and Wildlife Service and was head veterinary surgeon for the Royal Zoologial Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo (1992-2009). I am a RCVS and European Recognisied Specilaist in Zoo and Wildlief Medicine and my focus now is on wildlife and conservation medicine. I am also Director of Postgraduate Taught programmes at the Easter Bush Campus and am Programme Director for the MVetSci in Conservation Medicine
Collaborative Activity
Institute of Zoology; SNH; Scottish Wildcat Action Plan partnership
Clinical Expertise and Specialisation
Zoological medicine; RCVS Diplomate and Recognised Specialist in Zoological Medicine (Mammalian); ECZM Diplomate and Specilaist on Zoological Medicine (Wildlife Population Health)
Area of Expertise
| Zoological Medicine, Conservation Medicine, Exotic Pet Medicine |
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh Evaluation of predators as sentinels for emerging infectious diseases Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (Cambridge), University of Cambridge Bachelor of Arts, University of Cambridge Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford Master of Arts, University of Oxford
Professional Qualifications
Diplomate of the European College of Zoological Medicine (Wildlife Population Health), DipECZM RCVS Diploma in Zoological Medicine, DZooMed RCVS Recognised Specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine RCVS Certificate in Zoological Medicine, CertZooMed RCVS Certificate in Laboratory Animal Science, CertLAS
Responsibilities & affiliations
School
- Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes
- Chair, Postgraduate Learning and Teaching Committee
- Member, Senior Management Group
- PG teaching staff
College
- Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes
- Chair, College Postgraduate Learning and Teaching Committee
- Member, College Strategy Group
- Member, Edinburgh Medicial School Executive
- Member, College Quality Assurance and Enhancement Commitee
University
- Member, Learning and Teaching Committee
Undergraduate teaching
UG
Student Research Component
Postgraduate teaching
PG (Msc Taught courses)
MSc Conservation Medicine
An introduction to Conservation Medicine
Eco-system health and species conservation
Applied Epidemiology and Surveillance for Conservation Medicine
Veterinary techniques and interventions for Conservation Medicine
Wildlife disease management
Interventions in Wild Animal Health
Research summary
Red squirrel surveillance and infectious diseases (squirrelpox, squirrel leprosy); Scottish wildcat conservation and infectious diseases; a novel Amphibiocystidium disease in palmate newts on the Isle of Rum; Scottish raptor mortality; infectious diseases of pine martens
Current research interests
Wildlife diseases and epidemiology; Conservation Medicine-
Geographical Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Bank Vole Hepaciviruses in Europe
In:
Viruses, vol. 13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v13071258
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Clinical Progression of leprosy in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in A Naturally infected wild population
In:
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
DIAGNOSING AND CATEGORIZING LEPROSY IN LIVE EURASIAN RED SQUIRRELS (SCIURUS VULGARIS) FOR MANAGEMENT, SURVEILLANCE, AND TRANSLOCATION PURPOSES
(12 pages)
In:
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, vol. 52, pp. 648-659
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0066
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Geographical distribution and genetic diversity of bank vole 2 hepaciviruses in Europe
In:
Viruses
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Fatal Exudative Dermatitis (FED) in Island Populations of Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris): Spillover of a Virulent Staphylococcus aureus Clone (ST49) From Reservoir Hosts.
In:
Microbial Genomics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000565
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Bacterial pathogens and symbionts harboured by Ixodes ricinus ticks parasitising red squirrels in the United Kingdom
In:
Pathogens
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040458
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Infectious disease and emergency conservation interventions
In:
Conservation biology, vol. 34, pp. 784-785
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13558
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Letter (Published) -
Rigorous wildlife disease surveillance
In:
Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc0017
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Investigating infectious disease threats to the recovery of the European polecat in Britain
In:
Mammalian biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-020-00046-6
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Letter (Published) -
Field anaesthesia of Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris)
In:
Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2020.05.005
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Letter (E-pub ahead of print)