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David C Henderson began his working life as a hill shepherd in Cumberland
and, after attending Kirkley Hall Farm Institute in Northumberland,
as a farm foreman in Lincolnshire. After qualifying from the Royal
(Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, he worked in farm
animal veterinary practices, mainly in the West Country. He was senior
lecturer in animal health at Seale-Hayne Agricultural College in
Devon and later a field research and development officer for a major
pharmaceutical company. From 1984 until his retirement in 1999 he
was Head of the Department of Clinical Studies and Director of Farms
at the Moredun Research Institute in Edinburgh.
David has been both President and Honorary Treasurer of the Sheep
Veterinary Society, a visiting lecturer at the veterinary schools
in Glasgow and Edinburgh, an external examiner at London and Glasgow
veterinary schools, a chief examiner for the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons and consultant to a large beef and sheep enterprise in the
eastern United States of America. He holds a BSAS/RSPCA award for
Innovative Developments in Animal Welfare (2000), is an Associate
of the Royal Agricultural Societies and is currently a member of
the Farm Animal Welfare Council.
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David during the filming of Lamb Survival.

David at the Sheep 90 Event at Malvern where his book was first
seen by the public. Holding a glass on the right of the picture is
Julanne Arnold, who edited the book for Farming Press.
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