Welcome to Surrey Poultry Vet
Experienced vet for chickens, turkeys, ducks and other poultry
​Consultations
-
General poultry advice e.g. coop setup and design
-
Consultations - In-person, via video or telephone
-
Home-visits - health checks, parasite management and to assess poorly birds
​
Face-face, interactive online courses in small groups. For some courses, your favourite, healthy hen will be invited to join us so you can practice some hen-skills.
​
Referrals & case collaboration
If you would like to refer a client to me, please email me and ask them to submit a consult request form. We will send you and your client a report via email after the event, including medical or surgical directions if required.
​
CPD
If you would like me to arrange a CPD session with you or your practice ​either via video or in-person please contact me via email. I provide both classroom-based or practical sessions for the whole team, vets and/or nursing and support staff. I designed and delivered the poultry course at the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine and have a PgCert Learning and Teaching for higher education level. Prices from £170.91 per team session.
Vet team
My parents must have foreseen my career would be with hens when they named me Henrietta. I've wanted to work with chickens since I bought my first Belgium Bantam trio at an agricultural show with my dad on holiday. These astounded hens spent the next few days living in a tent in Wales, sheltering from heavy rain, before moving to London.
I qualified as a veterinary surgeon from The Royal Veterinary College and went straight into mixed practice in Surrey where I saw lots of pet chickens. Wanting to spend more time with these unique feathery creatures, I was lucky enough to join one of the leading poultry veterinary practices in the UK. After frequent desperate phone calls from vet-friends who wanted chicken advice, I realised there was a great need for today's vets to understand and treat chickens. So, I moved back to Surrey to design and teach the poultry course (medicine, surgery and husbandry) at the University of Surrey, School of Veterinary Medicine.
In addition to my MRCVS registration I also have a postgraduate diploma in veterinary public health and epidemiology and a postgraduate certificate in learning and teaching.
​
My opening hours account for my other roles which include: Associate poultry editor of the UK's peer-reviewed veterinary journal - Vet Record, visiting lecturer at University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine and committee member of the British Veterinary Poultry Association (BVPA). I also collaborate in various poultry-related research projects, provide poultry consultant services, am a director of Happy Healthy Hens Ltd. and educate veterinary surgeons in practice through CPD provision and published articles.
​
In summary, I live and breathe chickens!
Dr Sharmini Julita Paramasivam DVM (Mal), MScAABAW (Edin), GCLT, SFHEA, MRCVS
I am a veterinary surgeon and a chicken owner with a wealth of experience and a strong passion for chicken behaviour and health. Alongside my veterinary degree and membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, I hold an MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare from the University of Edinburgh and am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
​
My current day job is an Associate Professor in Veterinary Behaviour and Animal Welfare at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, and I've been loving seeing chickens for Surrey Poutlry Vet when I can. I've had a varied veterinary career and my roles have been in clinical practice, behavioural medicine, animal welfare and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.
​
My furry-and-feathery family includes a beautiful cat and two chickens. I love training them and finding new ways to strengthen their bond with people.
If you want help training your chickens, contact me!
News
