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UK animal health conference celebrates the lifeworks of immunologist Declan McKeever

UK animal health conference celebrates the lifeworks of immunologist Declan McKeever

Written by Brian Perry and Lee Innes. All drawings by Declan McKeever.

Professor Declan McKeever, who died in January this year, devoted much of his professional life as a veterinarian and immunologist to the complexities of developing vaccines against parasitic diseases affecting the livestock enterprises of Africa, in particular for the tick-borne disease East Coast fever. But he also touched…

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Declan McKeever--'Veterinary Record' tribute to gifted ILRI/ILRAD scientist by Ross Gray and Ivan Morrison

Declan McKeever–’Veterinary Record’ tribute to gifted ILRI/ILRAD scientist by Ross Gray and Ivan Morrison

Peter Doherty (left, Nobel Laureate and head of the program committee of the ILRAD board of trustees) and Declan McKeever (right) at ILRAD in the 1990s (photo credit: ILRI).

In a further tribute to Declan James McKeever (Veterinary Record, February 15, 2014, vol 174, pp 176-177), who died in the UK on 23 January 2014 following illness, Ivan Morrison and Ross Gray write the following.

Declan…

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