Abstract:
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Rowe was born on 7/2/1844. He qualified MRCVS (London) on 21/4/1869 and saw service in South Africa as a regular Army Veterinary Department officer from 31/3/1886 to 13/3/1892. During this period he held the post of S.V.O. (later P.V.O.) of the Army Veterinary Department with headquarters in Pietermaritzburg having
succeeded J C Berne as S.V.O. On his return to England he was succeeded as S.V.O. by F F Crawford. In 1888 he gave evidence before the Stock Commission which was formed to investigate the best means of improving of breeding of cattle and horses in Natal. In his evidence he appears to be the first person to draw attention to the need horsesickness to stable horses to avoid them contracting horsesickness. He died at Balham on 21/3/1930. (Source: Past Veterinarians in South Africa Volume 2 M-Z https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/21238)
