Bob Frost

Bob Frost, raised in Sacramento, received his Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Conservation at the University of California, Berkeley in 1964.

In 1979 Bob built a ranch designed for camelids which evolved into a reproductive and diagnostic validation research herd. While serving on the International Llama Association’s Board of Directors he sought science based programs which led him to the United States Animal Health Association (USAHA). Bob served as USAHA’s President in 2003 and is a lifetime member of the USAHA Board of Directors.

To establish a first line of defense against disease that endangers wild and domestic animal populations, human health and our food supply, Bob has championed the modernization of the United States’ federal animal health laboratories in Ames, Iowa, Plum Island, New York and the wildlife facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. In 2004 he initiated collaborative efforts between Canada, Mexico and the United States to form a North American Animal Health Laboratory Network. As USAHA’s President he established the Committee on Diagnostic Laboratory and Veterinary Workforce Development and the Committee on International Standards to facilitate long term safeguards for animal and public health worldwide.

Bob is a Professional Member of Teddy Roosevelt’s century old Boone and Crockett Club and serves as Wildlife Liaison to the Club’s President.

Bob has initiated through USAHA a “Healthy Wildlife” philosophy that has resulted in a fifty state collaborative wildlife health initiative and Yellowstone National Park’s Yellowstone Wildlife Health Program. Bob has served since 2006 as a member of the United States Secretary of Agriculture’s National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee.