Originally from a farming family in Yorkshire, Duncan qualified from The Royal Veterinary College in 1995, followed by a short stint in Herefordshire before joining The Vale. Duncan has a dynamic interest in dairy and beef health, especially fertility. He now travels throughout the South West and beyond as team leader of The Vale Embryo [...]

Originally from Cullompton Dan studied at Liverpool University before joining The Vale in 2006. He enjoys all aspects of herd and flock management with particular interests in nutrition, lameness, and cow comfort as well as organising and running farmer training courses and discussion groups. Dan is a trained DairyCo Mobility Mentor and DairyCo Mastitis Plan [...]

Fi qualified from Liverpool University in 2011, and then studied to gain her Diploma in Bovine Reproduction in 2018. Fi is passionate about all aspects of farm veterinary work, and is particularly interested in cattle fertility, youngstock and genetics. She also enjoys teaching on our AI and herdsperson courses, as well as running farmer discussion [...]

Abi joined The Vale in 2019 and many of you will know her as the voice behind the phone and Lab technician at Tiverton. Abi's family are local dairy farmers, and so Abi often helps on the farm and in her spare time enjoys exploring the countryside with her 2 dogs and horse.

The son of a distinguished veterinary professor, Andrew is an internationally recognised academic despite being immersed in everyday general practice since joining as a new graduate in 1981. He now acts as an international consultant on mastitis, tuberculosis and cattle health in general. A past president of the British Cattle Veterinary Association, he was awarded [...]

Anna-Mae graduated from Glasgow University in 2015 and joined The Vale straight from college. Having grown up on a dairy farm in Northern Ireland she has particular interests in cattle lameness as well as youngstock rearing. Outside of work she is a keen hockey player, and is currently playing for Exe Hockey Club.

Maddi joined The Vale after graduating from Bristol University in 2017. Growing up in Somerset on a small holding she has developed an interest in all aspects of farming in particular small ruminant work and lameness in dairy herds. In her free time she enjoys climbing, walking and skiing.

Mireille joined the Vale after graduating from Liverpool in 2017. Originally from Gloucestershire, she is interested in all aspects of herd health, fertility and youngstock. She is particularly keen on cost benefit and disease prevention- and enjoys working proactively with the more grass based clients in the practice including at home on her husbands spring [...]

Emily joined The Vale after graduating from Nottingham University in 2019. Originally from Essex, she developed a keen interest in becoming a farm vet whilst working as a relief milker at her local dairy. Emily is interested in all aspects of farm animal medicine, particularly preventative medicine and data analysis. In her free time she [...]

Lily graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2022. She has been exceptionally busy in her studies and also graduated from Swansea university in 2017 with a first class honors in Biochemistry! Lily is from Axminster, so is delighted to be returning to Devon with the Vale. Whilst Lily grew up on a dairy farm, [...]