Dr. Michael Opitz graduated as a Veterinarian in 1964 from the Free University, Berlin, Germany. He obtained a diploma in Tropical Veterinarian Medicine and spent ten years as a diagnostician and extension veterinarian in Sierra Leone and Malaysia. He served as the Extension and Research Veterinarian at the University of Maine during the period 1979 to 2004 and has since held an appointment as a Professor Emeritus following retirement.
