Murray Fowler grew up on a small farm in Utah, USA . A degree in Animal Husbandry at Utah State University preceded his professional DVM degree from Iowa State University. Three years were spent in an equine practice in Southern California prior to joining the faculty of the Veterinary School at the University of California, Davis in 1958. After 10 years of teaching and research in the area of equine medicine and surgery, he was asked to develop a program in Zoological Medicine (captive, free-ranging and privately owned wild animals), the first of its kind anywhere in the world.
He is the editor, author or co-author of 22 books. Over 250 professional papers have been published. He is the editor/coeditor or author of Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, now in its 6th edition. The second edition of his book on the Medicine and Surgery of South American Camelids is now in print, as is the third edition of Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals.
He has published his autobiography, entitled Murray – From Hummingbirds to Elephants and other Tales. His latest publication is The Biology, Medicine and Surgery of Elephants, co-edited by Murray E. Fowler and Susan K. Mikota.
He is a diplomate of three specialty boards: The American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM), The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) and the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology (ABVT)
After 34 years of service to the University of California he retired, and is now Professor Emeritus of Zoological Medicine. He remains active in consultations with colleagues and continues to participate in zoo animal, elephant and camelid conferences and workshops world wide, (Canada, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Indonesia, England, Scotland, Austria, France, Spain and Israel, United Arab Emirates).
Dr. Med. Vet. Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt
Dr. Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt has taken his university course in Veterinary Medicine in the year 1986 – 1992 at Humboldt- University Berlin. Following that year, he has further moved to his 2nd Degree in Veterinary Medicine at Free University Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine with a dissertation entitled : “Studies on ovarian transplantation in golden hamsters, mice and African goats.”
He was able to have his Board Certification for zoo and wildlife medicine (Fachtierarzt) last June 1997. Prior to taking his board certification, he was a Pathology Assistant for one year and then became a Scientific Researcher for 3 years. After working as a Researcher, he was promoted to be the Head of the Research Group Ultrasound in the year 1995 – 1997. From 1997 to present, he is the Head of the Department Reproduction in the Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin.
Included in his research is the Satellite-tracking in wild elephants (1996), Tanzaia, Corridor region between Selous-Game-Reserve and Niassa-Game-Reserve (Mosambique) 2000 bis 2002, Kruger National Park, Skukuza, Republic South Africa, Elephant Contraception Project (1995), and Kruger National Park, Skukuza Republic South Africa, Elephant Ultrasound Project (2006).
His scientific publications includes 95 publications, 13 book chapter, 80 presentations and 17 international plenary lectures, 2 patent for reproductive medicine intervention in elephants and rhinoceroses and 20 posters.
Prof. B.M.A. Oswin Perera
Oswin Perera obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Veterinary Science from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 1970 and earned a PhD in reproductive physiology and endocrinology from the University of Glasgow, UK in 1975.
He joined the academic staff of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies of the University of Peradeniya soon after graduation and worked as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor from 1970 to 1988.
Oswin Perera then moved to Austria and worked for the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, based at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, he spent seven years each for the two assignments (1988–1994 and 1998–2004).
He has recently completed a study on the ‘Relative abundance and movement patterns of wild elephants, assessment of the level of human-elephant conflict and effectiveness of management strategies in the North-Western Region of Sri Lanka’. He is currently engaged in a research and capacity building project funded by the European Union Asia-Link Programme on ‘Managing the health and reproduction of elephant populations in Asia’, with partner institutes in Thailand, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Oswin Perera has published over 45 research and review papers in international journals, 35 full papers and 50 abstracts in proceedings of scientific meetings, 22 book chapters and monographs, and several educational leaflets for livestock farmers.
Murray Fowler grew up on a small farm in Utah, USA . A degree in Animal Husbandry at Utah State University preceded his professional DVM degree from Iowa State University. Three years were spent in an equine practice in Southern California prior to joining the faculty of the Veterinary School at the University of California, Davis in 1958. After 10 years of teaching and research in the area of equine medicine and surgery, he was asked to develop a program in Zoological Medicine (captive, free-ranging and privately owned wild animals), the first of its kind anywhere in the world. 
Dr. Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt has taken his university course in Veterinary Medicine in the year 1986 – 1992 at Humboldt- University Berlin. Following that year, he has further moved to his 2nd Degree in Veterinary Medicine at Free University Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine with a dissertation entitled : “Studies on ovarian transplantation in golden hamsters, mice and African goats.”
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