Westpoint PRO
Collaboration with vets
Feel like you’re just scratching the surface of herd or flock health?
Westpoint PRO can work with your practice and clients to enact in-depth investigations and advise on:
- Husbandry and management practices
- Data capture and analysis
- Environment and buildings
- Infectious disease management and prevention strategies
We can aid in setting up monitoring strategies and health protocols in collaboration with existing veterinary care providers.
Email us to find out more consultancy@westpointfarmvets.co.uk
Not a current Westpoint client?
Our team boasts a range of experienced vets in varied fields, but you do not have to be a client to benefit from our services.
With open communication and cooperation with your vets, Westpoint PRO teams can offer a consultancy service to provide remote and practical support on a range of livestock health issues, including, but not limited to:
- Mastitis investigations and protocols
- Mobility scoring, housing and walkway assessment
- Grassland management advice
- Beef and dairy fertility protocols, stockperson training, fertility and breeding assessments, AI training and investigations
- Sheep fertility and advanced reproduction techniques, nutritional assessment and embryo transfer
- Youngstock health, holistic disease investigation, advanced diagnostics
- Camelid second opinion medicine, fertility investigation and health planning
- Nutritional advice for sheep, camelids and cattle
- Infectious disease management for all farm species
- Biosecurity site assessment and advice
- Genomics, introduction to new technical tools and interpretation
We can train stockpersons and farm teams
Our herd and flock health consultants can provide on-farm training to stockpersons in many areas that can benefit farm efficiency, such as:
- Scanning techniques
- Youngstock scoring
- Artificial insemination
- Foot trimming
- Responsible use of medicines
- Biosecurity
- Lambing, calving and unpacking tuition
- Hygienic milking routine protocols
- Basic post-mortem technique of lambs
- Selective dry cow therapy
- Mobility scoring
Email us to find out more consultancy@westpointfarmvets.co.uk
Current Westpoint client?
Existing Westpoint clients have unrestricted access to advice from our in-house consultants in collaboration with their home practice.
Your veterinary care contracts can now include a set number of visits from any one of our livestock consultants depending on your personal targets and priorities.
Your annual health planning visit is a perfect opportunity to discuss how our Pro: services can help bring a fresh perspective to your livestock’s health and productivity. However, you can enquire at any time.
Ask your practice about incorporating consultancy visits from our network of expert vets, many of whom hold higher qualifications in their chosen fields.
Meet our Pro: Teams
Dairy Team
Navaratnam Partheeban - BVM&S BSc MRCVS
Since graduating, Theeb has worked in farm animal production, higher education and in the pharmaceutical and livestock nutrition sectors. He is a director of the Oxford Farming Conference and has completed training and research in the US, China and South Africa! An avid rugby fan, he also follows football, cricket and F1, and loves spending time at home with his children and pets!
Jack Balkham - BSc (Hons) BVSc MRCVS
Jack grew up in East Sussex and joined us in 2014 as a graduate intern, before becoming practice principal in 2021. His main interests include bovine fertility and infectious diseases, and he is part of VetPartners’ fertility special interest group. In his free time, he enjoys kayaking, running and spending time with his family and dog!
Kathryn Hume - BVM BVS MRCVS
Originally from Ireland, Kathy graduated from the Nottingham Vet School in 2011 and joined us as an intern the same year. She enjoys all aspects of her role, but has a particular interest in proactive health planning and mastitis control. She is also an AHDB dairy mastitis control plan user, and loves being outdoors and taking photos of the Kent countryside!
Emily Phipps - BVSc MRCVS
Mia Ellis - BSc (Hons) BVetMed MRCVS
Mia graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2019 and enjoys all aspects of farm practice, particularly bull fertility and herd health planning. She is currently completing a masters in sustainable agriculture and food security, and loves figure skating, running and working on craft projects!
Beef Team
Jack Balkham - BSc (Hons) BVSc MRCVS
Jack grew up in East Sussex and joined us in 2014 as a graduate intern, before becoming practice principal in 2021. His main interests include bovine fertility and infectious diseases, and he is part of VetPartners’ fertility special interest group. In his free time, he enjoys kayaking, running and spending time with his family and dog!
Ashley Marshall - BVetMed MRCVS
After graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in 2013, Ashley started her career at a farm practice in Oxfordshire. She joined us after relocating to Yorkshire in 2015 and has a keen interest in cattle, sheep production and camelid medicine. In her spare time, she enjoys tending to her allotment and taking care of her flock of pedigree badger faced texels!
Ian Roper - BVetMed MRCVS
Ian joined us in 2007, shortly after graduating from the Royal Veterinary College. He has helped Westpoint practices across the country, and previously worked as a consultant in the middle east, Denmark and Sweden! In his own time, he enjoys looking after his Labrador, Albie, running and playing squash and golf and indulging his love of cinema.
Camelid Team
Ami Sawran - BVSc CertAVP PGCertVPS PhD MRCVS
Originally from Durham, Ami graduated from Liverpool University in 2011, before completing a production animal health and welfare internship, a PhD in cattle lameness and a camelid practice certificate! Outside of work, she enjoys reading, watching Formula One, snowboarding, playing netball and going on adventures with her Shih Tzus.
Ashley Marshall - BVetMed MRCVS
After graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in 2013, Ashley started her career at a farm practice in Oxfordshire. She joined us after relocating to Yorkshire in 2015 and has a keen interest in cattle, sheep production and camelid medicine. In her spare time, she enjoys tending to her allotment and taking care of her flock of pedigree badger faced texels!
Laura Gibson - BSc BVetMed MRCVS
Originally from Devon, Laura graduated from The Royal Veterinary College in 2014 and joined us as an intern the same year. She has a keen interest in dairy work, especially fertility, infectious disease and calf health, and often works alongside our alpaca breeders. In her own time, she enjoys walking her spaniels, walking on the beach and visiting friends.
Sheep Team
Sharminda Lockwood - BVet Med MRCVS
Sharminda graduated in 2005 and has been working in Kent ever since! After ten years spent working at a mixed practice, she decided to concentrate on farm work and pursue her interest in flock health. She lives on a sheep and beef farm with her husband, three daughters and pack of working collies, and is a keen gardener and cook!
Ashley Marshall - BVetMed MRCVS
After graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in 2013, Ashley started her career at a farm practice in Oxfordshire. She joined us after relocating to Yorkshire in 2015 and has a keen interest in cattle, sheep production and camelid medicine. In her spare time, she enjoys tending to her allotment and taking care of her flock of pedigree badger faced texels!