Mr Gittins in ABERYSTWYTH
A specialist in egg and poultry meat (chicken) production, with particular reference to legislation, production costs and flock performance.
Dr Huntington in SHREWSBURY
Poultry industry matters, especially those relating to bird health and welfare, food safety, zoonoses and antimicrobial stewardship • Poultry carcass condemnations (offical controls) and meat quality, in particular where this may relate to causes on farm and in transport • Economic impact of animal diseases (and their mitigations, e.g. vaccination) in poultry and other species • Issues relating to international animal health, including trade • Biosecurity design and implementation
Dr d'Sa in ALTON
Criminal & civil proceedings for both defence & prosecution cases • Dog behaviour/training & breed identification, including prohibited breeds • Dangerous dogs legislation • Police Dog Legislation Officer (DLO) training • Dog behaviour expert for police constabularies across the UK • Dog bites • Human fatalities involving dogs • Cat behaviour • Animal behaviour (mammals & birds) • Animal welfare & protection • Animal-related environmental matters • Animal boarding establishments - licensing matters • An...
Dr Waldron in STAFFORD
Agriculture - research and development, practical applications • Ethics in research and on-farm • Product development requirements and regulatory policy • Tertiary education (postgraduate students) - supervision, policy, quality of research and teaching • Biosecurity - water quality, on-farm policy and practices • Environmental emissions from farming - control and application, grant funding, planning applications, policy • Disease prevention and control of spread • Animal ethics and welfare Time split between UK and New Zealand and free to trav...
Mr Madeiros in BANBURY
Management of a mixed general veterinary practice, including employment of staff, official veterinary service work & veterinary work, including bovines, ovines, porcines, equines, felines, canines, reptiles (including hydrotherapy) • Professional negligence claims • Animal welfare, cruelty & negligence cases (including RSPCA cases) • Non-accidental injury cases • Local authority animal welfare inspections/licences • Riding schools, measuring equines & equine chiropractic • Agricultural veterinary show work • Avians (including parrots, poult...
Dr Robson in LONDON
Small animal forensic veterinary medicine and surgery, including cruelty and neglect cases of cats, dogs, small mammals and birds • Dangerous dogs and their control • Practising veterinary surgeon for over 40 years • Considerable experience with the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and the Animal Welfare Act 2006 • Regularly giving evidence in civil and criminal cases • Human fatalities and serious injuries involving dogs
Dr Atkinson in WHITCHURCH
30 years' experience in farm animal practice and the wider dairy industry • Bond Solon-trained in expert report writing • Excellent communication skills, trusted to explain complex issues in a user-friendly way Dairy cow husbandry • Veterinary matters pertaining to cattle farms • Veterinary matters pertaining to dairy industry • Dairy cow nutrition • Dairy herd health and disease • Animal welfare - cattle • Lameness in cattle • Veterinary medicines residues (in particular in milk) • Personal injury in relation to cattle and st...
Mrs Jackson in CHELTENHAM
Eventing Eventing since 1988 • NZ squad for 2012 Olympic Games • NZ team for World Equestrian Games 2014 • Advanced BE and 5* FEI Dressage Nationally to AM Show jumping Nationally to 1.30m Coaching Dressage, show jumping and cross country to individuals or groups from youth squads, Pony Club and Riding Club up to 5* riders since 2023 Sporthorse, racehorse, leisure and British Army horse sales Since 2009 Competition business a...
Mr Bloor in READING
All matters relating to the production & management of all classes of farm livestock (dairy, beef, sheep, pigs & goats) • Grassland management & forage production • Financial losses relating to disease(s) within farm livestock • Genetic improvement within farm livestock • The growing & production of arable crops (wheat, barley, oats, peas, beans, oilseed rape) • The storage of such crops • Gross margin analysis of agricultural enterprises • Loss of agricultural income resulting from damage, introduction of diseases into a herd • C...
Dr Marsden in BIGGAR
Top level academic & professional qualifications with lifelong practical experience • Causes of riding & horse-related accidents • Safety around horses • Adequacy of instruction, facilities, equipment, housing, horse care, handling, riding & training techniques • Horse behaviour • Handling, ridden & performance problems • Industry standard guidelines, including HSE, CIEH, BHS, ABRS, TRSS.