BSc, BVMS (Murdoch), Veterinarian
Dr Peter Morrell is a male Veterinarian.
After graduating, Peter was appointed District Veterinary Officer in Kununurra, Western Australia, becoming the first DVO with a pilot’s licence in the WA Department of Agriculture. It was here that Peter pioneered the strategy to eradicate bovine tuberculosis on Kimberley cattle stations.
Two years later Peter and Virginia moved to the Northern Territory and opened the Katherine Veterinary Clinic. Peter did extensive tuberculosis testing, flying to cattle stations throughout the NT. In 1986 they moved to Darwin, where Peter worked for a livestock export company, shipping cattle and buffalo throughout SE Asia, and two shipments of buffalo to Cuba.
