Description
Ian and Neil will discuss the Examination of the Individual Sheep including Post Mortem Examination.
Neil Sargison grew up working with dairy cattle and has worked as a farm animal veterinary practitioner in Scotland and New Zealand since graduating from the Cambridge University Veterinary School in 1984. He has been employed by the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies for 15 years, mostly working in the first opinion Farm Animal Practice. He has interests in sheep and beef cattle health and production and has published widely in these areas. He has written a textbook, which outlines a practical and rational approach to the diagnosis and management of sheep diseases. His principal research focus is ruminant parasitology. He was awarded a PhD in 2009 by the University of Edinburgh for studies of anthelmintic resistance in sheep nematode parasites that were conducted mostly at the Moredun Research Institute.