Curriculum vitae Dr R.J. Esslemont
The Abortion Cost Calculator used on www.neosporosis.com has been developed and explained by Dr. Esslemont.
Qualifications and career
| 1964 | N.D.A. National Diploma in Agriculture Harper Adams Agricultural College |
| 1965 | Cert.Ed. Certificate in Education, Institute of Education, University of Birmingham |
| 1970 | B.Sc. Agriculture (with Agricultural Economics) First Class Honours. University of Wales |
| 1974 | Ph.D. The University of Reading |
Dr Esslemont is currently a self employed consultant.
| 1975-2002 | Senior Lecturer, University of Reading |
| 1973-1975 | ARC (now BBSRC) Research Fellow, University of Reading |
| 1970-1973 | Research Agriculturalist, University of Reading |
| 1965-1967 | Lecturer in Agriculture, Seale Hayne Agricultural College |
| 1993 | Member of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers |
| 1991-1994 | Chairman of RASE/National Agricultural Centre, Dairy Club. (Founder Member 1977, (30 farmers, 10 non farmers, membership continues) |
| 2004- | Chairman, Dairy Science Forum: 40 Scientists and Farmers who meet twice a year to discuss important aspects of current dairy science |
Dr. Esslemont's responsibilities at Reading University included lecturing and managing the BSc Agriculture course.He lectured to a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in animal production, farm management and IT/communications, e.g. Accounts and Accounting, Investment Appraisal, Costing Schemes, Use of Computers, Design of Software, Leadership Skills, Fertility Management in Cattle, Preventive Medicine and Economics where he lectured on cost appraisal.
He has developed a succession of computerised recording schemes for veterinarians and dairy farmers, from MELBREAD in 1972, via DANDAIR to DAISY The Dairy Information System in 1979. DAISY, used by 2000 farmers in 40 countries, was sold to NMR in 1996, and is still in use 25 years after it was first marketed.
Consultancy carried out in China, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Sudan and Malaysia on livestock farming and farm management systems, use of IT, investment appraisal and accounting systems.
Dr. Esslemont is widely published in many fields including farm management, dairy herd fertility and cost assesments in farming.
