Andreas Nabholz

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Andreas Nabholz (born August 5, 1912 in Moscow ; † October 23, 2005 in Säriswil in the municipality of Wohlen near Bern , reformed , resident in Zurich ) was a Swiss veterinarian .

Life

Andreas Nabholz was born in Moscow on August 5th as the son of the mechanical engineer Hans Kaspar Nabholz and Julia Helena, née Frick. Nabholz, who spent the first years of his life abroad, graduated from high school in Zurich from 1924 to 1931 . From 1932 to 1936, he studied veterinary medicine in Zurich , which he completed with the academic degree of Dr. med. vet. completed.

Subsequently, from 1937 to 1944, Nabholz initially worked as an assistant and then as an adjunct at the Cantonal Veterinary Office in Zurich. He then worked as a Zurich canton veterinarian between 1944 and 1960. He was also employed as Vice Director from 1961 to 1965 and as Director of the Federal Veterinary Office from 1966 to 1977.

He also held lectures in Zurich and as an associate professor at the University of Bern . Nabholz served in the Swiss Army with the rank of major .

Andreas Nabholz, who was married to Ella Melanie, born Blatter, died on October 23, 2005 at the age of 94 in Säriswil.

Act

During his period of service at the Federal Veterinary Office, the introduction of the mandatory vaccination of Swiss cattle herds against foot-and-mouth disease , measures against rabies and the drafting of an animal welfare law fell. At the university level, he gave lectures on the subject of epidemic science and animal disease police. In addition, Andreas Nabholz was President of the European Commission for the Control of Foot and Mouth Disease and a Swiss delegate at the International Office of Epizootics.

literature

  • Hans Keller: «Personnel: Resignation of Prof. Dr. Andreas Nabholz as Director of the Federal Veterinary System », In: Swiss Archive for Veterinary Medicine 119, 1977, pp. 381–383.
  • Information sheet farm animal husbandry, 2006, No. 1, pp. 8-10.

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personal data
SURNAME Nabholz, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss veterinarian
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 2005
Place of death Säriswil in the municipality of Wohlen near Bern