Allan J. Gunn

Allan was born and raised in Zimbabwe where he completed secondary education. After a year of national service he completed a four year Agricultural degree in South Africa. He then spent a year on a travelling 'working holiday' before returning to Zimbabwe and working in the Agricultural sector, including a year of farming cotton and wheat. He then left for the UK to study veterinary medicine at the R(D)SVS in Edinburgh. After graduating he practiced mainly as a farm animal and horse clinician, before returning to Zimbabwe to set up his own rural practice. With the demise of the agricultural sector in Zimbabwe, he undertook various locum tenens positions in the UK, Australia, and Beijing, before settling in the Hunter Valley of NSW. During this time he obtained Membership of the ANZCVS in horse medicine, and reproduction, before becoming a Diplomate ACT via the alternate route, followed by MANZCVS in dairy cattle medicine. In 2012 academia beckoned, when he moved to CSU in Wagga Wagga. In August 2020 he was awarded Fellowship of the RCVS for meritorious contribution to clinical practice.