James Dixon, BVetMed, CertCHP, MRCVS, was born into a farming family in Gloucestershire and grew up working with the dairy, beef and sheep enterprises run by various members of the family.
James graduated from the RVC in 2003 and went into livestock practice with Westpoint Veterinary Group, working from the main office in Sussex for five-and-a-half years. James later opened Westpoint Ashbourne, taking the group’s ethos to the farmers of Derbyshire.
James enjoys all aspects of farm animal veterinary work, with a particular interest in the impacts of housing, management and nutrition on animal health and productivity, and has completed several training courses in this area. On the cow side, fertility work, surgery and foot trimming – in which he is Dutch-trained – are all interests, along with mastitis and general sick cow work.
Having already discussed the wider causes of lameness, James Dixon turns his attenton to the risk factors to stock at pasture, including some less common conditions affecting grazing animals.
In his article, James Dixon provides a precis of some of the more common causes of lameness in livestock, summarising best advice for treating and preventing them.
James Dixon, BVetMed, CertCHP, MRCVS, was born into a farming family in Gloucestershire and grew up working with the dairy, beef and sheep enterprises run by various members of the family.