Dairy Veterinary Consultancy Ltd is owned and operated by Owen Atkinson BVSc DCHP MRCVS, a dairy vet Specialist, CowSignals® trainer and herd health consultant, with over 20 years’ clinical experience in cattle health and production.
Combining a unique blend of skills – scientific, commercial and practical – Dairy Veterinary Consultancy provides strategic health advice and communication services to the whole of the dairy supply chain. This includes farms, as well as suppliers to the industry, national organisations, processors and retailers.
We help businesses and organisations achieve their objectives of better herd health management, which in turn enables them to:
increase productivity and profit
Dairy Veterinary Consultancy has the
We work with our clients to understand their business problems and opportunities. Once we have agreed a
We can help you achieve your dairy health management goals. It may be a short project, for example to meet an objective of increasing knowledge in a certain area, or you may want us to work on a longer term programme working with a number of veterinary or farmer clients to deliver measurable change. Whatever your requirement, we have the experience and
Dairy Veterinary Consultancy Ltd
Park View Business Centre, Combermere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 4AL
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Cattle Health and Production, awarded 2015.
RCVS Diploma in Cattle Health and Production, awarded 2013. This qualification has been awarded only twenty times in twenty years and is an indication of high academic and professional standard.
RCVS (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons) Certificate in Cattle Health and Production, awarded 2000.
Owen’s professional goal is to help improve the lives of cows and the people who care for them.
Our values underpin all our work. We have chosen to make clear our values as they help inform our customers and colleagues why Dairy Veterinary Consultancy exists.
We really do get the people who work with cattle, including vets as well as farmers. We enjoy their company and understand the work they do and the challenges they face. We see things from their perspective. Respect and understanding mean we can communicate with our target audience and tailor projects to their needs – which makes them more likely to work.
We appointed Dairy Veterinary Consultancy to lead a project in conjunction with our Arla producer group to promote better herd health management. After agreeing a plan and a timetable, Owen used his veterinary knowledge coupled with a great communication style to deliver just what was required for this project. The resulting report is a pleasure to read and well illustrated.
Our series of Wynnstay Calf Signals meetings run in association with Dairy Veterinary Consultancy were a great success. Owen’s practical experience and ability to listen and empathise with farmers’ problems made the meetings very popular.
Following a very competitive tender process we awarded the Dairy Youngstock Project – Wales to Dairy Veterinary Consultancy Ltd. Owen was a pleasure to work with. We had set tight deadlines for the project; Owen managed to catch every deadline and has delivered work of an exceptional quality. It has made my life as a project manager very easy, and I would not hesitate to recommend Dairy Veterinary Consultancy for future projects.
We asked Dairy Veterinary Consultancy to develop veterinary training modules and help devise simple, practical materials for farmers and vets, to help identify areas of improvement in the dry cow group. Owen was able to exploit his considerable experience of how to apply successful knowledge transfer skills in both these tasks, enabling vets to work more effectively with their farmer clients in transition cow management.
Owen is an extremely professional, reliable and user-friendly expert witness who provided written reports and attended a mediation in relation to a multi-party litigation. His writing style is excellent: he explains complex issues clearly in his reports which provided invaluable assistance to us. I would not hesitate to instruct him again.
We asked Dairy Veterinary Consultancy to develop a practical bespoke mobility score system in conjunction with ourselves and design a training package suitable for our staff. Owen took time to understand our requirements and delivered a solution which absolutely fulfilled the brief.
Dairy Veterinary Consultancy Ltd is a private limited company, registered in England and Wales
Company number 8432696
