Dr Sally Nixon graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of Melbourne in 2000 and is a Resident in behavioural medicine in both the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists and the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. As well as owning her own rural-based business consulting in veterinary behavioural medicine, Sally is a co-tutor for the CVE Veterinary Behavioural Medicine course and is a consultant for the US based Veterinary Information Network (VIN). She has been an AVBIG committee member since 2014 and currently represents AVBIG on the Policy Advisory Council of the AVA. Dr Sally Nixon and her husband own a commercial and seedstock beef enterprise.