Education
He studied veterinary science at the University of Melbourne, earning his Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1919, and a Masters the following year.
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Harold Bennetts
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Born in Carlton, Victoria. In 1921 he began working for the Commonwealth Department of Health as a Bacteriologist. In 1925 Bennetts took up a position as veterinary pathologist for the Western Australian Department of Agriculture.
In conjunction with Charles Gardner, his work on the toxic effects on livestock of some Western Australian plants resulted in the highly regarded book The Toxic Plants of Western Australia being published in 1956.
Achievements
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While based at Avondale Agricultural Research Station he achieved worldwide recognition for his work identifying Bacillus ovitoxicus, and developing the enterotoxaemia vaccine, for which he received a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1957 he received the Australian Veterinary Association Gilruth Prize and his Doctor of Veterinary Science in 1931.
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Australia