Veterinary Internship Opportunities in Poultry Medicine and Production

Location United Kingdom
Discipline: Veterinary Surgeons, Production Vet (Poultry / Pig)
Job type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £30K
Job ref: PMC4019
Published: 10 months ago

We at Lloyd & Cowan are working closely with practice in the UK have have a great opportunity for an Intern to work.

Leading poultry health internship in an innovative practice. Interns will have the opportunity to work within the practice. Poultry is the most innovative and dynamic sector in modern agriculture, and this practice recognises its responsibility to ensure the sector is serviced by a modern, efficient, and forward-thinking Veterinary service. The company consists of strategically located practices in York, Sutton Bonington, Leominster, Hereford, Barton, Shrewsbury, Tarvin, Norwich, Gloucester, and Edinburgh, which are served by 23 specialised poultry Veterinarians. The practice offers internationally acclaimed Veterinary care for all poultry keepers, backed by a full range of diagnostic capabilities as required by modern poultry keepers. The team delivers high quality services across large and small layers, broiler producers, and gamebirds. The practice is the only primary breeder and hatchery specialists in the UK.

The company has UK and international clients in Russia, Kenya, Zambia, and Brazil. We actively encourage post-graduate degrees and engagement in poultry Veterinary associations. Some of the qualifications that their Veterinarians have include Certificates in Poultry Medicine and Production, Certificate in Welfare Ethics and Law, Certificate in Laboratory Animal Science, and MBA and Masters in Meat Science and Technology. They are also proud of having trained the first European Diplomate in Poultry Medicine in 2013. The practice acts as Veterinary consultants for a number of poultry operations in the UK including:

  • Broilers

  • Broiler breeders

  • Commercial layers

  • Turkeys

  • Ducks

  • Gamebirds

  • Hatcheries

  • Layer breeders

  • Layer replacements.

At the end of the internship, the successful applicant will have achieved a good working knowledge of the structure of the poultry industry, from breeding through to processing in all domestic poultry species. An understanding of the relationship between bird health and welfare, farm management, nutrition, biosecurity, cleaning and disinfection procedures, and vaccination procedures will also be gained. They offer a dedicated mentoring process to ensure that interns meet their training goals. The interns will gain an in-depth knowledge of the most significant poultry diseases with an emphasis placed on epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation and lesions, diagnosis, control, and treatment. You will gain the necessary skills, understanding, and confidence to perform the appropriate routine diagnostic procedures unsupervised, including sample collection to properly investigate the most common clinical cases. During your time with the group, the applicant will achieve sufficient working knowledge of the available databases and software to interpret and input clinical data and develop the ability to generate the necessary reports and treatment regimes for the business you are working with.

Areas covered in the programme:Industry structure and poultry production, including Broiler breeders ̶ Broilers ̶ Commercial layers Turkeys ̶ Game birds ̶ Ducks.

Hands-on experience, including visits to:Poultry units ̶ Feed mills ̶ Primary breed stock suppliers ̶ Hatcheries.

Key poultry diseases:Epidemiology ̶ Diagnosis ̶ Treatment and control ̶ Prevention.

Diagnostic procedures:Clinical inspections ̶ Necropsy examination Coccidiosis screening ̶ Pododermatitis/gait scoring.

Sampling techniques:Blood sampling ̶ Tracheal and cloacal swabbing, Organ sampling ̶ FTA paper impressions, Water sampling ̶ Environmental sampling.

Laboratory diagnostics:Bacteriology ̶ Serology ̶ Histopathology Microbiology ̶ Molecular diagnostics.

Data management:Data input and reporting ̶ Veterinary medicines prescriptions.

Applicants must be registered by RCVS.

Job Types:Full-time, Internship.

The roles can be based at:

Leominster – Herefordshire

Howton – Herefordshire

Tarvin – Cheshire

Sutton Bonington – Leicestershire

Sheriff Hutton – North Yorkshire.

If you wish to apply send a CV through the link with a mention of when you will be available for a registration call.​

For a confidential discussion about our opportunities call Paul on 07936947875 or email a CV to paul@lloydandcowan.com. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us on 02887658068.If you know someone else who may be interested, why not pass this advert on to them.​

If we successfully place someone, you've referred to us; we'll give you £200 in high street vouchers as a way of saying thank you.​

All applications will be treated in the STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.