About our farm animal services
Regardless of whether you have livestock as pets or are a large-scale commercial farming operation, our Farm Animal team is committed to providing you with the most up-to-date veterinary care and advice.
Our newly renovated barn has the facilities to perform consultations, perform routine and emergent surgeries and hospitalise critically ill patients or those requiring more complex management. We consult on a range of areas from basic health and nutrition, vaccination and parasite control, all the way up to emergency injury, illness and birthing difficulties.
For large-scale beef, dairy cattle and sheep farming operations, we provide advice on the complete management of your stock, including breeding.
We also perform in bull breeding soundness examinations, pregnancy diagnosis in sheep and cattle, artificial breeding of cows and sheep, mastitis surveillance, parasite programme planning, breeder herd health programmes and dairy herd health visits.
Availability
We understand that animals are your livelihood. If you require veterinary assistance at your property, we're available to travel to you during business hours, but currently don't offer an after-hours emergency service for farm animals.
Our team
Lecturer in Farm Animal Medicine
Kevin graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, London, in 2006. He spent his first two years in mixed Practice in Cornwall, England, before returning to the Royal Veterinary College to complete a Clinical Training Scholarship (Senior Internship) in Production Animal Medicine in 2010. After that he worked in private practice in Wales, the South West and South East of England, and India as a Production and Mixed Practice Veterinarian, until moving to Perth in 2015. He worked part time as a Demonstrator at Murdoch University until he became a full time Registrar in Production Animal Heath and Medicine in 2018. In 2023 he became a Lecturer in Production Animal Health at Murdoch University.
Professor in production animal population medicine and European Board Specialist (EBVS) in animal welfare science, ethics and law (AWSEL).
Nick graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1999. He worked in large animal practice in the UK, including a spell as a director of a practice and dairy consultant. He completed a PhD on lameness control programmes in dairy herds at the University of Bristol in 2006. He spent 4 years working as a research fellow at Bristol where he worked on the Healthy Feet Project, then working as a lecturer/senior lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College, based at a field station in the south (Dorset) where he ran tracking rotations on production animal medicine and population medicine.
In 2016 Nick returned to full time dairy consulting, retaining a research interest through a an honorary associate professorship at the University of Nottingham. During the subsequent 8 years he worked on the Healthy Feet Programme, Cattle Hoofcare Standards Board developing industry qualifications in cattle lameness /hoof trimming, the register of mobility scorers (RoMS) plus also various retailer/processor initiatives, as well as expanding his farmer client work. In 2025 Nick moved his family to Western Australia where he will continue his interests in research, teaching, herd health, welfare and productivity consulting, cattle foot health and farmer skills training.
Dr Pauline Wahlsten graduated with honours from Murdoch University and later completed a Master’s degree in Medicine and Surgery.
With a strong foundation in mixed animal practice, Pauline has gained extensive experience across private veterinary clinics and government service, including time as a District Veterinary Officer with the Department of Agriculture and Food.
In 2024, Pauline joined the Production Animal team, bringing a passion for farm-based veterinary work and a special interest in surgery. She thrives on the practical challenges of on-farm care, and her clinical interests lie in both preventative herd health and complex individual animal medicine.
Registrar Farm Animal Medicine.
Tess joined the Farm Animal Services team in 2024, where she's enjoying the varied case load in both herd health management and pet farm animals.
While Tess was completing her degree, she worked as a small animal Veterinary Nurse Assistant in Perth, and a Veterinary Nurse in Sydney. While she loves all farm animals, she has a particular interest in cattle medicine (especially calf health!) and camelids.
Associate Lecture in Farm Animal Services.
Graduating in 2018 with a double Bachelor of Veterinary Technology and Animal and Veterinary Bioscience, majoring in microbiology. Sarah spent the first half of her career generating pluripotent stem cells from fruitbats at The University of Queensland before making the jump to Perth to complete her DVM at Murdoch University.
Since graduating from Murdoch University, Sarah has become part of the Farm Animal Services Team, working as an Associate Lecturer; with a special interest in biosecurity, lab work, wildlife medicine, reproductive technology and gene editing.
Sarah has also completed a Diploma of Zoology and Certificate in Adult Training, Assessment and Education (TAE).
On the weekends you can find Sarah at the WA Wildlife Hospital, or at the beach with her Golden Retriever Alan.
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