Speaker bio page for Phillipa Page

Bio

I achieved a BSc in Animal Science from the University of Leeds and then went on to study Veterinary Science at the University of Liverpool.  I qualified in 2006 and started work in mixed practice in South Wales for three years before moving to Gloucestershire to work in large animal practice for 8 years. The majority of the work was dairy and beef based. However, I developed the sheep side of the practice through the start of specific sheep training workshops, newsletters, discussion groups, involvement with producer groups and active flock health planning.

I now work at Flock Health Ltd and all of my work is sheep based. I work with farmers and their business through flock health planning and also with lamb retailers and processors and pharmaceutical companies.

I have co-authored a book ‘Sheep Keeping’ which was published in 2017 and is part of the 5M Publishing Professional Small Holders Series.

Together with my husband, I also commercially farm 400 ewes producing fat lambs which has helped bridge the veterinary and sheep farmer understanding. I have been a committee member of the BCVA from 2007-2010 and I have recently completed a three-year period as a committee member of the Sheep Veterinary Society.