Presenter(s):

Richard Ford, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM and (Hon) ACVPM

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University

A graduate of the Ohio State University, Dr. Ford practiced small animal and equine medicine for 3 years prior to completing the internal medicine residency at Michigan State University. Subsequently, he taught internal medicine at Purdue University for 4 years, after which he joined the faculty at North Carolina State University. Dr. Ford was the Lead Editor of the 2017 AAHA Canine Vaccination Guidelines and has served as co-author on the AAFP Feline Vaccination Guidelines. He currently coordinates the rabies awareness initiative in the US and the rabiesaware.org website, a State-level resource (US) for veterinarians on laws and regulations governing rabies and rabies vaccination. Outside of veterinary medicine, Dr. Ford spent 28 years with the US Air Force as a Biomedical Scientist. He retired from the USAF Reserve as a Brigadier General , where he was assigned to the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General at the Pentagon.

Richard Ford, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM and (Hon) ACVPM

A graduate of the Ohio State University, Dr. Ford practiced small animal and equine medicine for 3 years prior to completing the internal medicine residency at Michigan State University. Subsequently, he taught internal medicine at Purdue University for 4 years, after which he joined the faculty at North Carolina State University. Dr. Ford was the Lead Editor of the 2017 AAHA Canine Vaccination Guidelines and has served as co-author on the AAFP Feline Vaccination Guidelines. He currently coordinates the rabies awareness initiative in the US and the rabiesaware.org website, a State-level resource (US) for veterinarians on laws and regulations governing rabies and rabies vaccination. Outside of veterinary medicine, Dr. Ford spent 28 years with the US Air Force as a Biomedical Scientist. He retired from the USAF Reserve as a Brigadier General , where he was assigned to the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General at the Pentagon.