Dr. Richard Kemp

Name

Dr. Richard Kemp

Location

Babell, Flintshire

Key Specialism

Herd health

Sector

  • Dairy
  • Beef
  • Sheep

Why are you an effective Advisor?

  • Richard was brought up on a dairy farm and qualified as a vet in 1995. As well as working as a practising vet for most of the time since qualifying, he has done epidemiology research and worked for the then VLA doing post-mortems and related field and lab work.  He is a trained mobility mentor.
  • Richard is able to bring his experience of epidemiology and pathology together with years of clinical experience to deal with a variety of herd health issues.
    He has delivered a number of farm workshops and webinars and is involved in implementing the Cow Compass scheme for farms supplying Ben and Jerrys.

Qualifications/Achievements/Experience

  • BVSc
  • MSc. (Veterinary epidemiology)
  • PhD (Veterinary epidemiology)
  • Mobility mentor and registered mobility scorer

Top Tip/Quote

It’s important for modern farms to maintain good animal welfare and farm ethically – fortunately happy cows are productive cows.