Meet the Wyvern Farm Vets' team
You won’t find a more dedicated team of farm vets, veterinary technicians, and support staff anywhere else in the Somerset, Wiltshire & Dorset area.
We’re really proud of our team and their achievements over the years. Our farm vets have wide-ranging experience in farm animal medicine and surgery, including a number of certificate holders and two Diploma holders in Bovine Reproduction (DBR)! All our team get involved in day-to-day practical work as well as providing additional management support to our clients. See what our clients have to say about our team in our recent testimonials.
Our Vets
Chris Mangham BSc (Hons) BVSc MRCVS
Chris joined the practice in July 2007 having graduated from the University of Bristol, and became a partner in 2012..
James Ryder BSc(Hons) BVSc CertAVP DBR MRCVS
James graduated from Bristol University in 2012, and worked in mixed practice in Worcestershire for 18 months before making the move to Garston Farm Vets in Frome to become a farm animal vet..
Georgina Doel BVetMed MRCVS
Georgina qualified from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), London and following a spell working as a farm vet in Cornwall, she joined the farm team at Garston in 2011..
Alex Roberts BVSc CertAVP DBR MRCVS
Alex graduated from the University of Bristol in 2015 and has been working at the practice ever since. He has a particular interest in Bovine Mastitis prevention and nutrition, and is our Beef Benchmarking and BVD control coordinator..
Emily Nail BVSc MSc MRCVS
Emily graduated from the University of Bristol in 2016 and joined Garston Farm Vets in January 2017..
Katie Reynolds BVM BVS MRCVS
Katie graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2023 and originates from Cambridge. She has a keen interest for all areas of farm veterinary work, ranging from dairy herd health to alpaca care..
Amber Finch BVMSci MRCVS
Amber graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2018 with a degree in Bio veterinary Science, following which she joined the University of Surrey to fulfil her ambition to become a vet and graduated in July 2023..
Sam Mitchell BVMSci MRCVS
Sam graduated from the University of Surrey in 2021. Since then, he spent a couple of years farm vetting in Chippenham before moving to the Wyvern team at the start of 2024..
Lewis Wosnitzka BVetMed MRCVS BAJVA
Lewis has recently joined the team after working in Devon where he grew up.
Our Veterinary Technicians
Gary Davis
Gary grew up locally with a farming background and after leaving school went to Lackham College of Agriculture.
Carmen Norris
In 2019, Carmen qualified as one of the first non-vet TB testers and became our dedicated Vet Technician.
Sarah Mangham BSc (Hons) Cert VNES RVN
Sarah is Wyvern’s Advanced Breeding Technician, she is a qualified Veterinary Nurse and spent 15 years in practice.
Our Support Staff
Claire Webb
In November 2014, Claire returned to a role working with animals when she joined our Large Animal reception team.
Liz Grigg
Previously working for Longleat Safari Park meant that she’d already worked with Wyvern Farm Vets.
Harriet Haygreen
Harriet has recently passed her exams to become a SQP meaning she can prescribe and supply veterinary medicines...
Laura Read
Laura joined the practice in 2002 and has been a familiar friendly face here since.
