Alongside typical 24 hour emergency and routine flock care we also provide:
- Post mortems – a valuable tool in preventative medicine
- Flock health planning – vital for reducing losses and maximising productivity, working with farmers we develop a bespoke, easy to follow flock health plan that complies with red tractor and farm assurance guidelines but most importantly works for you and your flock.
- Poor performance investigation – rapid lamb growth is important to avoid sending too many to the store markets and maximise output per ewe
- Ram vasectomies – a valuable tool to make a shepherds lambing period easier
- Ram pre-breeding examinations – essential for any Ram with a suspected fertility issue or as a preventative for measure pre-breeding.
- Lameness control using the 5 point plan
- Advanced fertility techniques for synchronisation or out of season breeding.
- MV and CAE health scheme testing – for accredited and general healthy flock management
We run regular workshops and courses on many of the key areas of Flock health, keep an eye on the education and training pages to see what’s going on.
and has two Labradors, two cats
king and long weekends. In her spare time Vicky likes to be out competing on her horse Dave or walking her rather bouncy Labrador Harvey.
Medicine. He loves the process of making wine … and the tasting! When he is not testing cattle you will find him on the open roads on one of his motor cycles. Be careful, blink and you will miss him! When he is on farm he is pretty speedy, if the cattle behave.
Ally joined Belmont in July 2020, after moving to the UK last year from Australia where she predominantly worked in mixed practice. Ally is originally from a beef cattle property in Southern Australia, but spent alot of time working in Northern Australia on the cattle stations.
Sophie joined the practice in July 2019, and is mainly based in our Hereford office. She is very involved in producing the Herd Health Plans, as well as keeping an eye on the TB diary and is a qualified SQP. Sophie comes from a farming background and can be regularly found in the lambing shed in springtime. In her spare time Sophie likes to socialise with her friends and travel the world.
Originating from his family’s pig farm in South Norfolk, James headed West and graduated from Bristol School of Veterinary Science in the summer of 2018. Post graduation he spent 16 months in a truely mixed practice in Ledbury before deciding to switch to solely Large animal practice, with the aim of developing further as a large animal vet. James’ main interests lie in all aspects of cattle and small ruminant work and he is considering his options on further specialisms at the moment. Outside of work you will typically find him up the scaffolding or on the roof of his family home that he is currently renovating. He admits it’s a labour of love but as with most projects taking a little longer to complete than expected.
Ros joined the practice in April 2019. She has a Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, with an emphasis on nutrition and is currently studying for her SQP qualification. Ros has a particular interest in dairy goat herds and their niche place within the farming industry. She also finds the health planning side of the business very interesting and along side Laura produces the health plans. Ros is a very hands on person and is keen to study for her Vet Tech qualification so that she can get out on farm. In her spare time Ros enjoys walking with her three whippets, camping and horse riding. You will find Ros in our Ledbury office most of the time.
Before joining Belmont Farm and Equine in 2013 Nick worked in West Wales and Cheshire in large animal practice. He enjoys all aspects of large animal work and has particular interests in ruminant systems, helping clients build sustainable businesses through excellent animal health and performance. He completed the Diploma in Bovine Reproduction in 2018 and is a dairyCo mobility mentor. He is also very interested in genetics and delivers Clarifide genomic testing for the practice. Nick joined the business as a Director in 2017 and in his free time he juggles a young baby with as much fly fishing and shooting as possible.
Originally from a farming background in Gloucestershire, Harry graduated from the Royal Veterinary College back in 2016 and went to work in a farm practice in Worcestershire. Harry joined Belmont in September 2018 with the view to developing and broadening his knowledge on all farm species. His farming background stands him in good stead to cope with the challenges of farm veterinary work. Harry’s areas of interest include surgery and lameness. Outside of work Harry enjoys working his spaniel, shooting and sailing.
Tudor comes from Ordea in Romania. He qualified from the University of Cluj-Npoca in 2009 and went straight into clinical Veterinary practice. He was the sole vet on a dairy farm of 400 cows and then came to work in the UK for Eville and Jones doing meat inspection and abattoir work. He trained as a TB tester through XL Farmcare and joined the team at Belmont in February 2018. He lives in the Forest of Dean and in his spare time enjoys exploring the UK and further afield.
Sharon has worked for Belmont since 1997. She joined as office manager and soon became practice manager working for Belmont Veterinary Centre. When the practices spilt she continued to work for both Belmont Vets and Belmont Farm and Equine Vets as practice manager. Her role is very varied with no two days being the same. She likes the variation of working for both businesses and ensures both practices comply with the ever changing legislation set down by the government and the RCVS.