PRACTICE THE ET

TEAM THE SUPPORT

TEAM

THE VETERINARY TEAM

	Den Leonard BVSc DBR MRCVS Den qualified from Liverpool with Charlie, and soon joined him as a farm vet in Nantwich. In 1999, he and Charlie founded the Practice. Den’s veterinary interests are cattle fertility work, infectious diseases and nutrition. He also supports Des on the pig work. Mobile: 07970 267 494		Charlie Lambert BVSc MRCVS A farmer’s son from the Yorkshire Dales, Charlie is a natural farm vet. He has worked as a dairy vet in Nantwich since qualifying in 1993. He is also our resident sheep expert. Mobile: 07974 264 272
	Bill May BVSc CertCHP DBR MRCVS Bill joined the Practice in 2000 from an established farm practice in Macclesfield. He is a respected dairy vet, being an examiner for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He has particular expertise in calf rearing and mastitis and cell count management. Mobile: 07968 318 493		Des Leonard BVSc MRCVS Des has over 30 years experience as a farm vet in the Cheshire and Shropshire district, and has become a pre-eminent pig vet in the area, due to his common sense practical approach. Mobile: 07811 342 289
	Simon King BVM&S MRCVS Simon first worked in farm practice in North Wales before going to New Zealand for 2 years. He joined the Practice in 2002, bringing with him a wealth of experience in low input, grazing based dairy systems. He is also one of our pig vets. Mobile: 07973 271 754		Owen Atkinson BVSc CertCHP MRCVS Owen qualified in 1994 and has worked in North Yorkshire, North Wales, and at the University of Liverpool farm animal teaching practice. He joined the Practice in 2003. His particular veterinary interests are cattle lameness, mastitis, and the Interherd records analysis system and rumen health. Mobile: 07855 269 615
	Mike Christie BVMS DBR MRCVS Mike joined the Practice in 2004. Previously, he was the in-house vet at Cogent, where he gained expertise in bull fertility and embryo transfer work. He heads up our ET team, whilst remaining responsible for Cogent’s Bull Stud. Mobile 07775 561 820		James Allcock BVM&S CertCHP MRCVS James worked with Bill in Macclesfield and, after ten years in livestock practice, joined Intervet in 1997. After industry he joined our Lambert, Leonard & May in 2006 to help manage the business aspects of the Practice. He retains some useful clinical skills and has a special interest in cell count management and the milking machine. Mobile: 07894 406 224
	Tom Wright BVetMed MRCVS Tom previously worked in Staffordshire, Herefordshire and then at Aldford near Chester. He joined the Practice in 2008 with a wealth of farm veterinary experience. Tom is especially interested in helping us monitor outcomes of the various techniques used at the Practice so we can continue to improve the quality of the work we do. Mobile 07590 183 804		Dan Stevenson BVSc MRCVS Dan refers to himself as a ‘plastic scouser’ as he hails from the Wirral. He previously worked in the Derbyshire Peak district and came to try his hand on the Cheshire plains in 2007 as the dairy intern. He joined us permanently in 2008 and retains a particular interest in individual cow medicine cases. Mobile 07894 586 233
	Ian Cure BVMS MRCVS Ian was a student with us during his years at Glasgow University and really stood out from the crowd. He worked in Stafford, turning his hand to all species, before deciding that full-time farm work was the only way forward. Ian and Rob started LLM’s Lancashire branch in December 2008 where they can be contacted on Mobile: 07590 225284		Rob Howe BVSc MRCVS Rob was a keen and top class vet student with the Practice. He studied at Bristol university and qualified in 2006. Since first qualifying Rob has focussed on dairy work and joined Ian in December 2008 to set up the new branch of LLM in Lancashire. Mobile: 07590 225283
	Lidia Dzieciol MRCVS Lidia is a Polish veterinary surgeon who came to the UK in 2006 and previously worked in meat inspection in North Yorkshire. Eternally smiling, Lidia has proved a tremendously popular member of the team and provides a TB testing service for the area. Mobile: 07894 586231		Lucy Morgan Lucy qualified at the Royal Vet College in London in 2002. She has spent most of her working career to date in North Cornwall but also had a year in New Zealand learning all about large herd grazing systems.
	Chris Corrigan Chris qualified from University College Dublin in 2005. He spent three years working in mixed practice in Northern Ireland and also a year in dairy practice in New Zealand. His involvement in cattle practice stems from his farming background and his primary interests include bovine surgery and herd health management.		The Intern Since early 2006 we have always offered a fixed term post for young, enthusiastic farm vets who want to focus on learning more about the practical aspects of dairy veterinary work. These fully qualified vets are given support and encouragement to become some of the best vets available to serve dairy farmers in the area.
	TB Testers
	Ana Santos Ana moved from Portugal to UK in 2008 and lived mainly in the South and Mid-Wales while working for the Meat Hygiene Service. She joined the practice in September 2009 as a TB tester. She says she has pretty average hobbies: travelling, reading, being with friends,... she loves her Mum’s bread and really hates carpets!		Janina Wawrzynczyk Janina, who prefers to be known as “Janka” (pronounced “Yanka”), joined us at the start of 2010 to further expand our TB testing team. Tall and red-headed you will certainly know her when you see her!