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DR. W. HORNER ANDREWS vacated the post of director of the Veterinary Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Weybridge, at the end of September, having held the appointment since 1927. He has taken up an appointment in the office of the Animal Health Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Prior to taking over the Weybridge post, Dr. Andrews held research appointments in South Africa, where he served on the staff of the late Sir Arnold Theiler. He went to South Africa in 1909 and shared in the research work which led to the development of the Onderstepoort Laboratory near Pretoria which is now so well known. During 1914—18 he joined the South African Army Veterinary Corps and saw service in German South–West Africa, but was recalled to civil duty in 1915. In Africa he had wide experience of virus diseases of animals, Protozoan infections, livestock poisoning and poisonous snakes, and contributed to the literature on these subjects. When a veterinary degree was established in South Africa Dr. Andrews was appointed professor of physiology, and for some years after his return to Great Britain he was an examiner in physiology for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He was thus able to bring wide experience when he took over the Weybridge Laboratory. In the nature of that appointment much time was devoted to committee work and questions of policy, and much of the development of veterinary research in Great Britain during recent years has been influenced by work done on such committees. Dr. Andrews' personal attention was perhaps directed largely to research on foot–and–mouth disease, consideration of problems relating to bovine contagious abortion, the organization of a growing department dealing with poultry diseases and a host of other questions. The good wishes of his friends go with him in his new field of work.
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Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge. Nature 148, 656 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148656a0
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