Ryan Davies

Based and raised in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, I attended The University of Edinburgh and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery in 2002. Having worked over 20 years in farm animal clinical practice I started my own Veterinary consulting company in 2023 to pursue my passion in preventative animal healthcare. The company targets proactive health planning on farms to decrease morbidity and mortality and reduce the requirement for administration of antibiotics, while maximising animal welfare and productivity. At present I have a contract with a world leading producer of whole bovine colostrum, for whom I provide technical consultation services. I have conducted an on farm study investigating the supplementation of passive transfer of calves and provision of enriched pasteurised transition milk to a spring calving, pasture based batch calving production unit. The results showed a dramatic decrease in the use of antibiotics (mainly HP-CIA's), improvements in health and weight gain. I will present these findings at the World Buiatrics Congress in Mexico 2024. I also provide consultation services using data analysis software (Dairycomp Consultant) to analyse fertility on farms and increase submission rates by good management, nutrition strategies and disease control to reduce the need for hormonal intervention. The company goal regarding fertility is to reduce the average days in milk of a herd by natural (pasture based), sustainable methods to reduce the number of cows required to produce the same volume of milk, thereby improving sustainability. The company has courses certified by Lantra Awards to educate animal health professionals in health and management procedures - Selective Dry Cow Therapy, Calving Cow Management and Johne's disease control (currently awaiting certification). In my spare time I like to surf and explore the beaches of the beautiful Welsh coastline.