Jakob Malmo AO, BVSc, FACVSc, DVSc (honoris causa) is a Registered Veterinary Specialist in Cattle Medicine and Honorary Senior Fellow, Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne's Maffra Veterinary Centre. As the son of a large animal veterinarian Malno spent a considerable amount of time seeing cattle practice with his father and this inspired him to undertake a career in veterinary science. Upon graduation from the University of Sydney he settled into mixed (primarily cattle) practice in the Macalister Irrigation District of Victoria. In the late 70s he was approached by Prof. Douglas Blood to work with him in the development of the University of Melbourne Rural Veterinary Unit at Maffra. This facility was developed with a view to exposing final year veterinary students to various aspects of cattle medicine and production. Since its inception over 1700 undergraduates have spent time at the unit. Jos Vermunt DVM (cum laude) BAgSc, MSc, FACVSc is a Registered Veterinary Specialist in cattle medicine and Adjunct Professor in Dairy Cattle Health & Production Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University.

Richard Laven BVSc is Professor in Production Animal Health and Welfare and Group Leader of Farm Services, School of Veterinary Science, at Massey University. His research focus is on disease control and enhancing farm productivity through the conduct of epidemiological studies and the development of diagnostic tests and vaccines. Much of this work has been directed at prevention of salmonellosis in intensive ruminant production systems. Timothy Parkinson BVSc, DBR, DipECAR, MEd, PhD, FRCVS is a Registered Specialist (RCVS) in veterinary reproduction (cattle and sheep). He has recently retired as the Professor of Farm Animal Reproduction & Health, Institute of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand.