New state veterinarian for Wisconsin
Dr Paul McGraw has been appointed Wisconsin’s State Veterinarian too Administrator for the Department of Agriculture, Trade too Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Animal Health division.
In improver to his run every bit Assistant State Veterinarian, Dr McGraw likewise served every bit Bureau Director of Animal Disease Control inside the Animal Health division. He starts his novel duties on Apr 22.
“I am honored past times this engagement too humbled to move next inward the footsteps of Dr Bob Ehlenfeldt who did a dandy labor inward this run for 27 years,” said Dr McGraw. “We stimulate got a dandy squad inward the Animal Health sectionalisation too nosotros volition move along working to protect the wellness of the state’s $34-billion livestock industry.”
Dr McGraw has ever worked amongst animals too agriculture starting amongst his days growing upward on a dairy too swine farm inward Dodgeville, Wisconsin. After completing undergraduate studies at University of Wisconsin-River Falls too his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine score at the Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison, Dr McGraw worked inward person veterinary practise for 16 years earlier coming to DATCP every bit Assistant State Veterinarian inward 2004.
During his fourth dimension at DATCP, Dr McGraw has served every bit Program Manager for the state’s Livestock Premises Registration plan too the state’s Animal Dealers, Animal Truckers too Animal Markets programs. He is the USDA’s Designated Brucellosis Epidemiologist for the State of Wisconsin too an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UW-Madison. He’s likewise a past times President of the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association (WVMA) too past times Chairman of the WVMA’s Public Health too Food Safety Committee.
The State Veterinarian is Wisconsin’s primary of regulatory veterinary medicine. He oversees surveillance, prevention too answer to diseases inward the state’s multi-billion beast agriculture sector. As administrator of the Division of Animal Health, his oversight likewise includes the local humane officeholder grooming program, rabies epidemiology, too the domestic dog sellers’ licensing program. The Division plant closely amongst the the States Department of Agriculture Veterinary Services too Wildlife Services too the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, every bit good every bit other patch too federal agencies, person practise veterinarians, too local police enforcement.
In making the statement of the appointment, DATCP Secretary Ben Brancel said: “Dr McGraw has served the people of Wisconsin good every bit Assistant State Veterinarian for the past times nine years too I expect frontward to his leadership inward the years ahead. He’s really familiar amongst our beast wellness rules too regulations too he has already established practiced working relationships amongst partners, stakeholders too counterparts inward other agencies.”
Dr McGraw too his wife, Heidi, stimulate got ii daughters, Kelly too Maggie.
Dr McGraw volition laid out his novel duties Apr 22.
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