Martin Prior MA VetMB MRCVS (Director)

Martin is a director of Market Veterinary Centre. He qualified from Cambridge in 1984 and started work at the practice in October of that year. He is an experienced practitioner in both farm and domestic animal work but spends the majority of his time working with the latter. He also fulfils management and administrative duties in conjunction with the practice manager.

Alan Jaques MA VetMB CertCHP DBR MRCVS (Director)

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Alan is a director of Market Veterinary Centre and runs the farm animal side of the Practice. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1995 and has been in farm animal practice ever since. He obtained the RCVS Certificate in Cattle Heath and Production in 2000 and a Diploma in Bovine Reproduction in 2005. Alan is interested in all areas of farm animal practice especially reproductive technologies. 

Rachel Forster BVet Med MRCVS (Associates)

Rachel graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1997 and has worked at Market Veterinary Centre ever since. She is an experienced all-rounder but spends most of her time in the large animal department. A horse owner and successful competitor Rachel leads the Equine department with an emphasis is on owner education and preventative health care. She also has a keen interest in sheep, especially preventative health care and flock health planning. Rachel is also a trained veterinary acupuncturist and is able to treat all species both large and small using the Western Approach to veterinary acupuncture.

Richard Locke BVetMed MRCVS (Associates)

Richard qualified from the Royal Veterinary College, London, in 2004 and joined the practice that autumn. Richard is an all-rounder and enjoys the variety that mixed practice offers, dividing his time between both the farm and small animal departments. He has developed particular interests in small animal orthopaedics and on the farm side, bovine mastitis. 

Sophia Elworthy BVSc MRCVS (Associates)

Sophia graduated from Bristol University in 2006 and then joined Market Vets as part of the farm animal team. She has a keen interest in dairy cows with a particular focus on herd health work and record analysis. She runs the Interherd bureau service and has an active role in producing a proactive herd health review service.

Craig Ferguson BVSc MRCVS

Craig joined the practice in Spring 2008 having returned to the UK after a year spent travelling and working overseas. Since graduating from Liverpool in 2001 he has always worked in mixed practice, spending four years working on the Cheshire plain and one year in the Staffordshire Peak district. Craig really enjoys the variety and challenges that mixed practice brings and is quite happy to see the full range of animals.

Carly Cook BVM&S MRCVS

Carly qualified from Edinburgh University in 2007, and has worked in mixed practice in Somerset until joining Market Vet Centre in April. Specific interests include diagnostic imaging and equine medicine.

Samantha Lintin MRCVS

Sam graduated from the University of Bristol in 2006 and worked in a mixed practice for two years before moving to Market Veterinary centre in November 2008.  Sam enjoys both large and small animal work and has a particular interest in dairy herd health and diagnostic imaging, she also helps Sophia run the Interherd Bureau Service.  Married to a local dairy farmer, Sam enjoys spending her spare time out with her dogs. 

Charlotte Day MRCVS

Becky Mills RVN

Becky qualified in 1994 and is head nurse at Market Veterinary Centre. The daughter of a dairy farmer Becky has worked with animals throughout her life. Becky has a special interest in animal behaviour and is working towards her BVNA certificate in animal behaviour. 

Lisa Westlake RVN

Lisa is one of our nurses and qualified in 2006.  She has an array of animals at home including reptiles, a snake, lizards, chinchillas, cats and a dog!   

Sadie Jones SVN

Sadie joined us in February 2008; she is currently attending college on an apprenticeship programme, training to become a qualified veterinary nurse. The daughter of a local beef and sheep farmer, she has grown up with both large and small animals.

Marilyn Sloane

Marilyn has been with the practice since 2000 and is the Practice Manager.  Marilyn works behind the scenes dealing with all account administration and the general day to day running of the practice.  When not at work Marilyn likes to spend time walking her flat coats across the moor and climbing mountains the scarier the better!

Louise Rowson

Louise joined the practice in November 2008 and works within the accounts department.  You will also see her working behind the reception desk in the evenings.  Louise loves long walks in the countryside with her collie dog Meg.

Kim Moore

Kim is one of our receptionists and has worked for the practice for 14 years, she has done everything from cleaning to working behind the scenes with animals.  Kim enjoys helping clients and their animals and keeps the reception running smoothly from day to day.

Ley Doyle

Ley is one of our receptionists who started working at Market Veterinary Centre in October 2004.  She has three grown up children and a very youthful cat!  She is interested in walking, music and computers.