BSc.Agric (Natal), BVM&S (Edin), MANZCVS (horse med; repro), DACT, MRCVS Allan was born of farming parents in what is now known as Zimbabwe. He attended state boarding school, followed by a year of compulsory National service where he passed the selection process to join a special forces unit. Thereafter he completed an agricultural degree before working and travelling in the UK and the USA. After a few years of agriculture related employment which included farming, and being part of the 1988 Zimbabwe rugby squad, he completed a veterinary degree at the University of Edinburgh. After working in the UK, he returned to Zimbabwe to set up a practice in rural Zimbabwe based in Mvurwi. The political and economic uncertainty in the country led to him undertaking veterinary work in Australia, Beijing and the UK before settling in Australia in 2001. He married Viki Brookes, and they have three children. He is still keeping active on the sports fields of Wagga Wagga. He obtained MANZCVS in horse medicine, animal reproduction and dairy cattle medicine in 2002, 2006 and 2021 respectively, became a diplomate ACT via the alternate route in 2008. In 2013 he was registered as a specialist in Theriogenology with the RCVS, and in 2014 in Australasia. In 2012 his academic career began at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga. He is supervising a DACT and DVStud student at Charles Sturt, and involved is in mentoring other ACT candidates from around the world. He is clinically active, and teaches students in the theriogenology and production animal departments as well as coordinating extra mural placements in clinical and preclinical student rotations. In July of 2020 he was conferred the honour of Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as a result of his meritorious contribution to clinical practice. He is research active and has published on a variety of topics mainly in the field of reproduction. He has presented at national and international conferences including the ANZCVS, and the Society for Reproduction in the USA. In July of 2020 he was conferred the honour of Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as a result of his meritorious contribution to clinical practice. He is supervising a DACT and DVStud student at Charles Sturt, and is involved in mentoring other ACT candidates from around the world. He also supervises honours and Masters students’ at Charles Sturt. He is in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Newcastle where he co-supervises a PhD student, and Monash University and the University of Melbourne. The latter projects are in semen longevity (UoN) and the neuro-endocrinological control of the reproductive axis (UMelb).
Academic Staff/Clinicians
Associate Professor Allan Gunn
Associate Professor and Registered Specialist in Veterinary Reproduction