Alison Farr BVet Med, Dip ACVP, FRCPath, MRCVS European Head of Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Alison graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in London in 2000 and spent five years in small animal practice where she developed her interests in pathology, internal medicine and exotic animal medicine before joining IDEXX as a trainee in clinical pathology in 2005. Alison left in 2008 to have a family and returned to small animal practice for several years, before rejoining the company in June 2012 to continue her training, and obtained the FRCPath certification in 2015. She has a special interest in exotic animal medicine. She has also co-written three veterinary nursing textbooks. In 2016 Alison obtained the diploma from the American College of Pathologists.

Dr Thelma Meiring BA(SW), BVSc, MMedVet (Path), MVM, Diplomate ACVP, MRCVS

Director Associate Pathology, Head of Anatomic Pathology, EMEA and SA

Thelma qualified as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in 2002. She immediately pursued her interest in veterinary pathology and started as clinical assistant at the Pathology section of the University of Pretoria in 2003. She started doing locums for IDEXX, South Africa during that year and became a full-time employee in 2005. She has done most of her training in pathology at IDEXX, which included surgical biopsies and post-mortem examinations. She obtained her MMed Vet(Path) degree in 2011 and ACVP specialisation in 2014. In 2021 she completed a Master of Veterinary Medicine, including oncology, dermatology, epidemiology, and others, through Massey University. Her special interests include oncology and bird pathology.