Ms Julie Forrest
Lecturer in Farm Animal Health
Contact details
Address
- Street
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The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
Julie is a lecturer in Farm Animal Health and Production at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.
Julie comes from farming background and was heavily involved with the family dairy and sheep farm in central Scotland.
She graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2002, following which she went into mixed veterinary practice in Dumfriesshire where she stayed for 7 years mainly doing cattle work.
In 2009 she joined the Farm team at R(D)SVS. In 2012 she graduated from the University of Liverpool with a Diploma in Bovine Reproduction.
The majority of her work time is spent in the Dairy Herd Health and Productivity Service (DHHPS) providing interpretation of metabolic results and giving advice to dairy, beef and sheep farmers. Alongside this she is involved with the training of undergraduate veterinary students and enjoys getting onto farm with the final year vet students.
Qualifications
Postgraduate Diploma, University of Liverpool DBR Diploma Bovine Reproduction
Responsibilities & affiliations
DHHPS, Farm Animal Practice, Farm Animal Hospital, UG Teaching staff, Student support, Pre-Clinical Teaching, Farm Animal Teaching
Postgraduate teaching
Year 1
Professional & Clinical Skills 1
Year GEP
The Animal Body, Professional & Clinical Skills GEP
Year 2
The Animal Body 3, Professional & Clinical Skills 2
Year 3
Clinical Foundation Course
Year 4
Farm Animal, Professional & Clinical Skills 4
Year 5
Final Year Rotations, Student Selected Component 2
All Years
Professional Development
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Risk factors associated with excessive negative energy balance in commercial United Kingdom dairy herds
In:
The Veterinary Journal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2019.06.001
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Prevalence of excessive negative energy balance in commercial United Kingdom dairy herds
In:
The Veterinary Journal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2019.04.001
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Failure of passive transfer: not just a dairy problem
(5 pages)
In:
Cattle Practice, vol. 25, pp. 141
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Investigation and reduction in inhibitory substance (antibiotic) failures in a UK producer group: 2014 – 2017
In:
Cattle Practice, vol. 25, pp. 248-253
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Control and Monitoring of Infections Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) in a Closed Dairy Herd Following Vaccination with a Live/Inactivated IBR Marker Vaccine Programme
(1 page)
In:
Cattle Practice, vol. 24, pp. 122-122
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Meeting abstract (Published)